My Third Empire

Four Hundred and Fifty Nine Easy

If the air battle in the sky was overwhelmed by the Luftwaffe, then the Soviet Army on the ground performed an excellent performance that stunned the world. German armored units did not appear at various counterattack locations as expected. On the contrary, Soviet tank units covered their own infantry and broke through several German defensive positions.

Khrushchev, as the head of the German front, is discussing the Soviet Red Army's offensive strategy with several generals. Several Soviet Red Army generals were wooden men left over from the Great Purge, and the entire front-line headquarters was almost the voice of Khrushchev alone.

And Khrushchev, the political commissar of the front command, also summed up his own experience and lessons from the failure of attacking Poland that year. This experience and lesson is to make up for his military knowledge in the first few months before coming to the front line. .

He memorized the analysis of the German army's combat capabilities from the letters and analyzes Zhukov provided to the Soviet High Command. He knew that Germany's shortcoming was the disadvantage of artillery in a defensive state, and he knew the basic principles of German blitzkrieg. To put it bluntly, there seems to be nothing remarkable about blitz warfare. It is nothing more than putting in armor power to tear apart the opponent's defense system, and then investing more troops to break into the enemy's hinterland through the torn hole.

So Khrushchev felt that he could also fight a blitzkrieg, using the German spears to break through the German shields. Therefore, he divided several main groups in his hands into 5 main attack areas, and attacked the German defense line in several directions at the same time.

The war just started today, and the news he received was very encouraging. All five offensive clusters broke through the German defense line, and even a dozen feint battlefields made amazing progress. The German defense line seemed to be really vulnerable, as Zhukov predicted.

But if Zhukov was here, he would definitely slap Khrushchev. He said that the German defense was weaker than the offensive. When did he say that the German defense was vulnerable? This method of giving up several defensive areas at the defensive location couldn't be more obvious. The Germans are going to fight a war of encirclement and annihilation! You still put your troops into the pockets that these people have set up. Could it be that your head is full of paste?

At the northernmost point of the Soviet offensive, Timoshenko, the famous Soviet general in charge of the northern theater, violated Khrushchev's order and ordered the troops to stop transferring troops to the defensive area vacated by the German army. However, the troops he could mobilize were not the Soviet frontline troops. The main force of the army, there are only about 200,000 troops willing to obey his command.

At the same time, Marshal Voroshilov, who is in charge of the south, has always been a well-known good man. He maintains an alliance with Khrushchev and almost obeys Khrushchev's decisions. Therefore, the central theater and the southern theater directly controlled by Khrushchev, as well as most of the main Soviet army in the northern theater, poured into the encirclement that the German army had already prepared.

It's as if someone sent a pillow when you were dozing off, as if the prey jumped in after digging the hole. German generals such as Liszt Model and Bock, who commanded the front-line operations, were a little confused by the cooperation of the Soviet army.

They don't quite believe that their combat goals will be easily achieved, and even suspect that this is the Soviet army's deliberate attempt to seduce the German army.

"The 17th Infantry Army is setting up a new line of defense in the eastern town of Kaliu, and the 99th Infantry Division is fighting fiercely with the Soviet army here and here." A combat staff officer pointed to some areas on the map and said: "General Guderian The G Group Army is on standby here, and the 502nd Tank Battalion under the 3rd Panzer Division of the SS is here to carry out a limited counterattack against the Soviet tank units."

"The 74th Panzergrenadier Division is making a detour. There are about 190,000 Soviet Red Army soldiers in the first encirclement. Their tanks are about to run out of fuel, and they lack artillery support and ammunition supplies." Another staff officer is not far away Pointing to another map in the southern region, Bock is introducing the progress of the battle: "The 6th Division lost 500 soldiers, but their defensive positions are still there, and the defense line damage rate of the 6th Infantry Army is still within an acceptable range. within."

"The 3rd Armored Army began to counterattack the Soviet Central Attack Group on the left flank of the No. 14 encirclement. They encountered tenacious resistance from the Soviet Red Army, but the advancing speed was satisfactory." Liszt introduced the Central Army to Brauchitsch next to him. The latest situation in the war zone: "The Soviet Union has thrown large-caliber artillery here, here, and here and in these areas to destroy our army positions. The bombing of the Air Force destroyed some Soviet weapons, but the opponent still insists on firing every half an hour. once."

"Approximately how many Soviet troops have entered the encirclement encircled by our army?" Brauchitsch asked, pointing to the huge circular defensive positions like the entrance to hell.

"There is Timoshenko in the Soviet Red Army in the north. There may be 300,000 troops who have not attacked our army's pocket defense positions, so General Model has rushed to the north to sit in the town himself. Almost half of the Soviet Red Army troops in the central and southern regions have entered our army. Army's encirclement, our army's counterattack can start at any time." Liszt said with his hands behind his back.

"After 24 hours, order the troops to implement the "Requiem Plan", and the counterattack will begin!" Brauchitsch looked at the huge sand table in the center of the entire headquarters, and said firmly: "Notify Catherine, the action has begun!"

"Boom!" Ren leaned on the hatch of the commander of the Tiger tank, watching the hot flames from the muzzle of his car, and destroyed a poor T-26 900 meters away with an armor-piercing projectile. tank, and then pressed the communicator to order Bruce to continue loading ammunition. He knew that in far away England, Wittmann had already marked his 104th record on the barrel of his tank, and now he is only 68th.

I don't know how Karius, who was on the southern front, performed today. Is he so lucky to be able to destroy the opponent's tank on the first day? He raised his binoculars and looked at the ridge in the distance. There were already 30 burning Soviet tank wrecks there. These tanks were all destroyed by their company, which was no different from shooting training.

"Marcus! Retreat! Everyone get out of here!" Looking at his watch, the defensive battle had already started for almost 20 minutes. Ren felt that since he was already the commander of five Tiger tanks, he still had to It is better to be more cautious, so I ordered my men to retreat: "Tank No. 111 covers! Markus No. 112! Pay attention to the side hillside. Bowman! Let's reverse the car too!"

The teaching company began to retreat in an orderly manner, leaving behind the Soviet armored troops who were beaten and dizzy in the distance. Their radio stations were in chaos. Up to now, no effective offensive tactics have been arranged, and no one has thought of contacting artillery for support. Or suppress.

"They're in the woods! I can see the smoke from their muzzles!" Behind the ridge, among the messy Soviet armored tanks, a Soviet tank commander shouted hysterically.

"We didn't have a chance to go up and shoot. The armor of the kv-1 tank can't deal with German tanks. Its front armor has been penetrated! It has been penetrated!" Another tank commander showed his head and looked not far away. The wreckage of a German Tiger tank that just broke through the front armor plate and was paralyzed there said through a communicator.

Just a few minutes after Rennes and his tanks withdrew from the woods, the Soviet artillery arrived late, and the large-caliber shells one after another fell into the woods that had long been empty. Flying the broken branches and soil to the height of several floors, it looks powerful and extraordinary.

"The Soviets seem to be angry." Marcus' voice came from Ren's earphones, making Alice laugh constantly. They crossed a road at the end of the woods, and then arranged another on the other side of the road. A sniper spot. They camouflaged their tanks carefully, putting branches and other things on the turrets of the tanks.

The motorcycle of the reconnaissance company drove over from not far away. A scout with a dusty face was carrying an MP-44 assault rifle on his chest. He stopped next to the tank of the teaching company, and then pointed to the Lin Zi said: "Soviet tanks have just entered the woodland, and there are some infantry behind them. I can't see the number of people clearly. There is probably a battalion."

"Is the infantry position in the back ready?" Ren asked.

"I don't know about this, but if you can persist for a while, I will go to the back and ask. If their positions are ready, I will ask the company commander to call you on the radio."

"Okay! There is nothing wrong with us staying here for 20 minutes. Go ahead." Ren nodded, then got out of his hatch, stood on the turret of the tank, and picked up the binoculars to see what was not far away. The Soviet troops didn't know what he saw, so they squatted down again in a few seconds: "Andrei, aim at the 11 o'clock position on the left wing. The opponent is smart this time, and may want to outflank it."

As soon as his words fell, the turret started to rotate, making a mechanical friction sound. Holding the hatch door with one hand, he jumped into his own hatch, and while adjusting his sitting posture, he ordered loudly: "The teaching company is ready to fight, car No. 111, Markus No. 112, tank No. 114, you are in charge of the front , leave the flank to me, and the No. 115 vehicle will keep an eye on the right flank, and if there is a place, the tank will open fire."

"Yes! Sir!" "Understood!" Several commanders in the earphones answered. At the same time, the voice of Marcus also came over: "Friends enough! I know you can leave the front to me." Only a dozen seconds after these answers, the cannon of the No. 114 tank spewed out flames, and the second battle ended. It kicked off so quickly.

For the German soldiers of the 502nd Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion who have experienced many battles, it seems that such a battle can be described as "easy".

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