Chapter 1128 A Chance to Breathe

The bridge over the Stry River was blown up, finally giving the Soviet 9th Mechanized Army a chance to breathe. At this time, they already knew the news that their 20th Tank Division had been wiped out. They only had the 35th Tank Division to use. On this kind of invulnerable plain, the 131 motorized division can't play a big role.

As long as the Germans break through the river, it will inevitably be a tragic battle. Major General Rokossovsky is not optimistic about the battle situation. On his defense surface, at least five German armored divisions are rushing in. .

The only thing that reassured him was that at dawn, the supply convoy finally arrived. As long as his tank troops had fuel supplies, they could deploy defenses along the river bank and fight again for a while.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Southwest Front Army in the rear also realized the danger here. There are troops arriving here one after another. As long as they continue to persevere, they can wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

At that time, we can really launch a counter-offensive!

The GAZ-AAA truck, roaring, came to the 35th Tank Division, and the tank soldiers who had been waiting impatiently came to help.

From the back of the truck, pull out the fuel pipe, open the fuel tank cap at the back of the tank, and refuel!

The engine is rumbling, and the fuel pump is constantly pumping out the fuel and delivering it to the fuel tank of the tank. Every tank is a monster that drinks fuel. Take the current T-34 as an example, with 409 liters of fuel in the car. It also has a 150-liter external fuel tank.

A two-ton truck can only refuel four tanks.

The tank soldiers listened to the sound of the fuel pump. As long as the tanks are full of fuel, they will not throw away their equipment and run away like the 20th Tank Division. They will go to fight and let the Germans know how powerful the Soviet tank troops are!

However, just as they started to refuel, there was a rumbling sound in the sky above.

A terrifying HS-129 attack aircraft has flown over them!

The anti-aircraft artillery of the tank division began to shoot sparsely into the sky, but the Germans were extremely skilled in their movements, and they had already started to dive and shoot at these tankers!

"Tom tom tom!" Still three bursts, the armor-piercing incendiary bomb hit the tanker that was refueling.

A violent fire emerged from the fuel tanker, and the fire was rapidly expanding, and the entire fuel tanker became a flaming torch.

Diesel is not easy to light, but that doesn't mean it can't be lighted. (I remember an hour later, when the fuel tank of the tractor could not be seen at night, a driver used a lighter to look at it, and he was severely burned by the flames.)

Especially in the current state of refueling, there is pressure inside the oil pipe, and at the same time the upper space inside the oil pipe begins to be filled with air. The air and the volatilized diesel oil are mixed together. Under the ignition of the armor-piercing incendiary bomb, it quickly burns up. The diesel fuel below is heated to the ignition point in the combustion, and it will be added to the combustion.

"Quick, leave!" Although the tank had not been filled with fuel, the driver jumped into the tank quickly. With the chirp of compressed air, the engine of the tank was started. Drive away.

At this time, the flames had already rushed over, and all the hats on the driver's head were roasted. With a fearless spirit, he continued to step on the accelerator to save his tank.

Don't be afraid of personal death, you can sacrifice your life for victory!

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Tiger tanks, with their barrels high, appeared from the horizon. The tanks were like a group of monsters. Black smoke was coming from the engines at their tails. Their tracks were crushing the soil by the river. Looking at the bridge that has been blown up here, I can only look at the river and sigh.

Sitting in his tank and observing the bridge here with his binoculars, the division commander, General Felix Steiner, was quite dissatisfied.

They were a step slower. Although they had already crossed at the fastest speed when they were encircling the 20th Tank Division, they were still a step slower. This bridge had been blown up by the Soviets.

Although their own air force hit the Soviets in the sky, as long as the bridge is broken, their actions will be blocked, and it will take a long time to mobilize the engineers from the rear.

"Commander, our infantry fighting vehicles can cross the river, so let's use the infantry fighting vehicles to destroy them!" Felix's side, the regiment commanders suggested to him.

Tiger tanks, Panther tanks, these equipment are unable to cross the river, but infantry fighting vehicles have no problem.

However, Felix shook his head: "No."

The reason is very simple. The opposite river bank has been defended by the Soviets. From the river bank, you can see the opponent's tanks and anti-tank guns, lined up along the river bank. If your own infantry fighting vehicles pass directly, it will be greatly affected. Fighting, after all, infantry fighting vehicles are thin-skinned and stuffed, and they are not beaten.

Moreover, even in the past, infantry fighting vehicles cannot fight tanks.

"Our sappers will arrive in 12 hours," said an adjutant in charge of liaison.

Felix could only nod helplessly and wait for 12 hours. What a pity, if he had arrived earlier, he could have killed all the Soviets on the opposite side!

At this time, I wonder how the operations of the other armored divisions are progressing?

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head, who said a tank couldn't cross a river without a bridge? Our tanks have tried some special methods to cross the river, and now they can try it!

At this time, in the rear, in the headquarters of the 1st Panzer Army Group, General Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist also received news that the attack on the front was blocked.

He looked at the map, looked at the Stry River, pondered for a moment, and said: "Order the 11th and 13th Armored Divisions in the rear to find a breakthrough from the upper reaches of the river and cross the river. The 14th and 16th Armored Divisions, Looking for a breakthrough from the downstream, crossing the river, the 16th Armored Division, followed behind the Viking Division, we broke through from three directions! After the breakthrough, do not attack the Soviet troops on the river bank for the time being, and continue to advance in depth to eliminate the Soviet reinforcements !"

In the previous wars of General Kleist, he also showed his skills, and the application of armored forces was handy. Now, his command is quite artistic.

The Soviets also planned to deploy defenses on the river bank, trying to block their own side here, and even start a counter-offensive, while their own side just wanted to find a way to bypass this line of defense and then attack their reinforcements!

The reinforcements of the Soviets did not arrive all at once. Their hasty marches came first and then, just in time to surround and destroy them in batches!

Eat the Soviet army in one bite, and then the peak of the soldiers points to Kyiv! The vast Ukrainian Plain is simply the world of German armored troops!