On September 29, at the Second Armored Cluster Command of Prussia, General Heinz Wilhelm von Mauch had just entered the command center when his adjutant hurried over and said, "A call from Marshal von Bock of the Central Army Group."
General Mauch: "I know. Make me some coffee."
After speaking, he walked over to the maps table and picked up the receiver: "This is Mauch, what's the matter, Marshal?"
"Being able to actually ring through to your command post is quite the novel experience."
Previously, General Mauch's armored forces had been attacking very swiftly, always advancing, and thus their cluster command post also had to be moved forward constantly, without enough time to lay phone lines.
The current scenario, where the command post had remained in the same place for nine days, was indeed unprecedented.
