Major General Schroeder realized immediately that he had been fooled, and his panzer division had fallen into an ambush carefully set by the enemy, and it was an ambush that they could not break through.

However, Major General Schroeder still did not give the order to retreat.

Rear Admiral Schroeder was well aware of the Russians' tank named T34...... It had a great advantage in firepower and defense over German tanks, which had to push 100 meters to pose a threat to them.

As an Imperial soldier, a division commander, and a recipient of the Silver Oak Iron Cross, Major General Schroeder had the calm wisdom of a commander.

He knew that if he ordered his troops to retreat at this point, it would only keep the German tanks out of the range of the enemy's T34 tanks forever, and the 79th Panzer Division would collapse and be annihilated.

So, Major General Schroeder resisted the urge to order a "retreat", gritted his teeth and ordered in the walkie-talkie: "Soldiers, this is the enemy's last line of defense and the last barrier, as long as you break through it...... Moscow is ours! Follow me and go full throttle! ”

"Full speed ahead!"

……

The order was conveyed one by one, and the motors of the German tanks "rumbled", and the tanks drove towards the Soviet line in a dense fog of exhaust, and then faster and faster, faster and faster......

The Soviet tanks, of course, went on the defensive.

In fact, it cannot be said to be on the defensive.

As mentioned before, the tanks of this period basically have no chance of hitting in the marching shot, and at the same time, the T34 tank has a long-range advantage over the German tank, so even a fool knows that now is the time for the T34 to shoot, and it is best to block the German army before the German tank rushes to the 100-meter danger line, so that the Soviet tank can get the maximum result at the minimum cost.

So, with Katukov's order, T34s fired shells at German tanks.

The German tanks in front of them slowed down as if they had hit an invisible wall, and then drove forward for some distance in inertia and finally stopped.

One of the tanks may have been detonated by the internal ammunition to cause a violent explosion, and in an instant the tank was blown apart from the turret and chassis, and the red flames spewed out from every gap in the tank body like a burning furnace, instantly baking the rain and snow that fell around it in a cloud of steam.

However, this did not deter the Germans from advancing, as their tanks continued their way around the wreckage, while the soldiers struggled to keep up with the tanks......

Five hundred meters.

German tanks fired in the direction of the Soviets as they advanced, both tanks and machine guns.

But everyone knows that this is nothing more than a deterrent...... As the saying goes, the barrel of the gun will swing up and down with the bumps of the tank's body during the move, and even if the gunner tries to aim at the target, the moment the shell is fired out of the barrel, it will still deviate from the trajectory.

This deviation is even a small one, and in the end the shell is seriously off target.

So this firing hardly works.

But the German tanks had to do it again, because they knew it...... Even if they stopped and opened fire and hit the target accurately, the German tanks could not penetrate the target's armor at this distance.

Three hundred meters.

German tanks were destroyed one after another, and there were all kinds of tanks, and at first it was mainly the "Four", because it was the fastest off-road and always ran at the front.

In some ways, the "Four" was used as high-grade cannon fodder in this tank battle, due to the weak armor-piercing ability of its short-barreled gun, which made it difficult to penetrate the frontal armor of the T34 even within 100 meters, and wanted to rush into the enemy's tank group at a distance of 100 meters...... This was almost impossible, because at that time the gunner did not need to aim at all, he only needed to point the barrel at the target and fire.

Then there are the "No. 1" and "No. 2" tanks, which are used as secondary cannon fodder, that is, blocking the front to attract enemy fire.

The main force, without a doubt, is the "No. 3" tank.

200 meters......

The "three" tank finally approached the distance at which it could fire.

Major General Schroeder seems to see hope again: at this time, the 79th Division still has 67 "No. 3" tanks, and if these "No. 3" tanks can rush close to the T34 and "hand-to-hand" combat with them, then the Germans will be able to open a gap and break through the encirclement with numerical superiority, or even turn defeat into victory.

(Note: Katukov only deployed one tank battalion on the front, and the other tank battalion was deployed on both flanks to outflank, and Major General Schroeder saw only one tank battalion of more than 40 tanks at this time)

As a result, Major General Schroeder almost hysterically urged on the walkie-talkie: "Step on your accelerator to the end, as fast as possible, and don't give the enemy any chance to block you!" ”

The "No. 3" tank group did exactly that, even if the bullets rained down on the armor, although the front and rear were full of tank wreckage destroyed by the enemy, they still kept an eye on the T34 in front of them and advanced as fast as they could.

Among them was Major Millier.

Not so long ago, he thought that this battle would be an "easy victory", as he said to his subordinates: "We will comfort our comrades who died last night and the blown up tanks and, of course, the dogs carrying explosives with the corpses and blood of the enemy!" ”

However, the situation turned too abruptly.

One second the Germans were still pursuing the Soviets, and the next second Major Millier realized that the entire army was surrounded by the Soviets, that is, there was no hope of revenge.

Not only is there no hope of revenge, but even they are likely to fall victim.

However, Major Millier held on to his post, and he decided to lead his men to fight until the very end, regardless of the outcome.

"Hold on!" Major Millier ordered while looking ahead through the periscope: "Hold on...... Don't fire without my orders! ”

This was the critical moment, and he had to wait for the tank to enter an effective distance of 100 meters before firing.

So, Major Millier nervously estimated the distance between the enemy's tank and himself...... This is calculated by the size of the enemy tank in the periscope, and the closer you get to the target, the larger it is.

Therefore, experienced tank commanders will memorize the length, width, and height of the enemy's various armored vehicles, because the ratio of these data to the size seen in the periscope can quickly calculate the distance to the target, which is the key to victory on the battlefield.

"Prepare ......," Major Millier ordered.

Seeing that he was about to break through a hundred meters, Major Milier's heart couldn't help but beat faster.

But at this moment, Major Millier's eyes went dark, and the tank fell into a deep pit.