Chapter 1121 The 9th Mechanized Army

Thus passed the first day of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

The German corps that came out of the Brest Fortress crippled and surrounded the Soviet 14th Mechanized Army at the forefront.

During the day, the tank units of the 14th Mechanized Army fought fiercely with the German tank units, and killed several German tanks in the battle, but it was useless.

At noon, under the attack of the German attack aircraft overhead and surrounded by German tanks, the 14th Mechanized Army ushered in the moment of their demise.

Tanks are on fire and burning, and the Soviet soldiers are fighting bravely. Unfortunately, they have no chance of winning. Compared with quantity, they can't compare with Germany, and compared with quality, they can't compare with Germany.

By night, they only had a dozen tanks left, and at the same time, their infantry was surrounded by the German army.

At this time, the Soviet army had realized that something was wrong, and the commander, Major General Oberlin, said to his deputy: "Quick, call our reinforcements!"

When he received the order, his troops were closer to the front line and caught up. At the same time, he also knew that behind him, there must be other troops advancing in the direction of the Brest Fortress. Now, if he wants to get rid of the danger of being surrounded now, he must notify the military region and the troops in the rear to clear the siege.

"General, our radio has been strongly interfered with and cannot communicate effectively with the rear," the deputy said.

The radio of this era only uses on and off to indicate the signal. Even in this way, Germany did not let it go, and implemented strong radio interference, making their radio communication completely malfunctioning.

"It seems that we can only send people out, find a few cavalry, take advantage of the night, rush out of the encirclement, and report to the rear." Major General Oberlin was very worried.

Using signal soldiers to communicate is still the main method of this era. If reinforcements are not available now, I am afraid that our troops are at risk of being wiped out.

At this moment, a bright light appeared again in the distance, which was the flame of the opponent's muzzle, and a new round of shelling began again. It seems that the Germans are going to besiege overnight!

The 14th Mechanized Army, with a full staff of more than 30,000 people, actually had 18,000 people. On the first day of the war, this mechanized army disappeared in the second half of the night.

At this time, the 9th Mechanized Army on the other front was advancing hard.

"Quick, quick, speed up, we are going to block the German attack!" At this time, the 9th Mechanized Army was rushing frantically.

As a mechanized army of the Soviets, the 9th Army consists of the 20th and 35th Tank Divisions, the 131st Mechanized Division, and the 32nd Mechanized Regiment, with a full complement of more than 30,000 people.

And during the day, in order to speed up, the corps commander, General Rokossovsky, sent the tank divisions forward, leaving the mechanized divisions behind.

This day, the mechanic was simply running, trotting along with his weapons, not to mention those who carried heavy machine guns, even those soldiers who carried ordinary rifles, and the grenade on their buttocks also smashed their buttocks. Pain.

However, they had no intention of stopping at all. On this day, they had advanced 100 kilometers.

This kind of speed seems to be nothing in the eyes of later generations. If there is a car, it will be there in an hour, but now, for a complete march on foot, this 100 kilometers is definitely a deadly distance.

For a normal foot march, thirty kilometers a day is the absolute limit.

At night, the 131st Mechanized Division was completely unable to move. Even if there was a military order, the soldiers were lying in the mud and gasping for breath.

In the tank division, there are also a large number of infantry. They are not bad and can move forward on the tank, but unfortunately, after they advanced more than 200 kilometers, they had to stop, their fuel Running out.

The 20th Tank Division, the commander of the division, Colonel Katukov, was ill and did not lead the troops, but was led by the deputy commander, Chernyayev.

At this point, he was sitting next to a T-34 tank, discussing with his commanders.

"We must now find out where the main German troops are," said Alexander, the commander of the subordinate tank regiment. "Now, the situation on the front line is too chaotic."

Everything was extremely chaotic. Although they were advancing, they didn't know where the main German force was, so they could easily collide with the main German force.

Although they were ordered to block the main German troops, at such times, they had to know the situation on the opposite side.

The German tank troops are quite powerful in combat.

"Anyway, we can't move now, so we just sent our scouts to scout 20 kilometers ahead of us," Cherniaev said.

Their fuel truck is still far behind. Before the fuel truck arrives, there is almost no possibility for them to continue moving, so they should also investigate.

Two years ago, Chernyayev was only a company commander, and he was also a company commander of an infantry company, and he was equally inexperienced.

When the tank troops are advancing, they must arrange a large number of scouts in front. At this time, they only remembered to use scouts to scout the opposite side.

At this time, just outside their temporary station, German scouts were looking at it.

In the first few wars, the scouts of the German armored forces used motorcycles, which were small and light, and had good off-road performance.

After that, with the continuous updating of equipment, the scouts finally changed to wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. The advantage of this type of infantry fighting vehicles is that they can run more stably and carry more weapons, such as recoilless guns. After the opponent's tank, you can also counterattack.

After several wars, the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles also showed their fatigue, and the new universal tracked chassis infantry fighting vehicles began to be equipped with a large number of troops.

However, after all, the original wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are still in service in large numbers and cannot be eliminated like this, so this chassis is still the main one.

The current scout is driving this 8*8 all-wheel drive Sd Kfz 232 heavy armored vehicle, and has been driving to the outside of the station of the Soviet armored forces, using night vision goggles to look at their queue.

"I found a large number of Soviet tank troops, and they are resting. Report to our troops!" The scout shouted excitedly.