Prosen 9th Army Group Headquarters.
Marshal Mengde was originally holding the receiver, waiting for the communications department to finish repairing the phone line when he suddenly saw a staff officer place a breakthrough symbol at Shostka on the map.
He immediately slammed the receiver down on the desk, loudly demanding, "How could Shostka have been breached?"
The staff officer hurriedly explained, "This breakthrough symbol represents the enemy making some progress, capturing part of the key positions; it does not mean a full breach."
Mengde: "So, does the 48th Army have confidence in reclaiming the lost territory?"
The staff officer was at a loss of words: "Uh... actually, they are requesting reinforcements. The enemy has deployed the rumored 500mm rocket artillery launchers. The defense points that held till yesterday were blown up one by one.