Message from OKW HQ:

Date: July 4, 1941

Situation Report: The Soviets have had some success at using natural barriers to slow our advance. We are faced with another of these crises. Our advance has reached the city of Barysau, but the Bolsheviks are entrenched on the opposite banks of the Beresina River. We must break through the Russian defenses.

Operational Orders: You will take your forces out of Barysau and overwhelm the defenses of the Soviets. Do not play games here, a high casualty rate is expected in this action but so is victory!
