October 26, 0300 hours, Central Army Group Command.
"Do you think your Army Group is the only one under attack?" Marshal Von Bock, holding the receiver, said to General Walter Mendel of the 9th Army Group on the other end of the phone, "The entire line, I mean the entire line is under attack. All the Army Groups are telling me that the Anteans have made a breakthrough!"
Mendel shouted back, "But not all breakthroughs are lethal! They are indiscriminately attacking every sector; as soon as they break through, they start committing troops, but the mass of troops pouring through can't really cause too much damage!"
Marshal Von Bock shook his head, "No, you feel the threat to you is not great because you have nearly three hundred thousand men; you are the strongest in the entire Central Army Group. Look at those Army Groups with only about a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers—Antean breakthrough troops are appearing less than five kilometers from the Corps Commands!