Kugelblitz

Chapter 1: Dalmatia
A convoy of partizans drove up into a village. The trucks and buses were acquired a week before in Herzegovina. “We’re here” said Ratko nudging Zlatko “Okay” he replied yawning while waking up his wife and son, Mirjana and Ivo. “Ivan, wake up we’re are here” Zlatko said to his brother-in-law “Ivan wake up” shouted Ratko “You’re not going to get him up like that” told Mirjana kicking Ivan “Ivan wake up you lazy oath” she shouted. Ivan woke up and cried “You didn’t have to do that sis”. When they got off the bus Zlatko started to oversee the arrival of the other partizans. “Vodnik Zlatko” a partizan ran up “these men are irregulars from the village” the partizan told Zlatko “Tell them to report to Commandant Filipović” he ordered the partizan. “Zlatko, why did we stop?” Ratko asked “Don’t know, recruitment maybe? Filipović will know” answered Zlatko. In Split a small squad of SS drove up towards a villa. General Muller of the Waffen SS stepped out. “Hiel Hitler” saluted the grenadier at the front door. “General Muller, is General Bayer home?” asked Muller. “Ja Herr General, right this way” the grenadier replied. “Herr General, General Muller is here to see you” the grenadier told Bayer “Very well send him in” he replied. “Ah General Muller, so they send you to clean up this communist mess?” asked Bayer “Ja, I was sent, so how have you and the Wehrmacht been holding up with the Ustashas?” replied Muller asking Bayer a question “Sadly we’ve not been able to take Dubrovnik but we are trying, the Ustashas have been displaced with all of this disorganisation” answered Bayer. “The Croatians and Bosnians, forget about them it’s all down to us mein Freund and the Bulgarians” Muller told Bayer “The partizans wouldn’t know what hit them after I’m done here” he continued. “Zdraveĭte Major Lazarov, General Berbatov is waiting upstairs” a solider told Major Aleksander Lazarov a Bulgarian major. “Lazarov, good we can start this meeting” said General Berbatov. “We have offered to help the Germans in this anti-partizan operation of theirs. We will capture this hamlet here, they plan to pass through it tomorrow. I would also like you to meet Major Lazarov he just came today. So any questions? Good by the way unlike Sutjeska I wouldn’t be so forgiving, for if we fail this operation I’ll shoot the biggest screw up. Uspekh i Bog da blagoslovi Tsarya”. “Aleksander what’s wrong?” asked the solider “Nothing Vladimir, nothing”