As Lieutenant General Kubil had estimated, the Soviet general's artillery and air forces were bombarded indiscriminately at Tver, followed by tanks and infantry.

Kubil first contacted the fighters, and when it was determined that the fighters could provide reinforcements to the front, he asked the von Brown, who was in charge of the frontline command. Major General Funk ordered: "Attack!" ”

"Attack!" Feng. Major General Funk immediately conveyed the order.

German tanks came out of bunkers one by one...... The cold winter temperatures are also advantageous, and the tanks are easy to hide, almost as long as you dig down the snow and drape it over with a canvas, and the snowflakes will quickly hide all traces.

"Forward!" Feng. Funk said on the walkie-talkie: "The enemy tank is T34, and the preliminary estimate is 70 units!" This is our chance, because they are attacking Tver, which means that they will expose their back armor to you...... The time has come to wash away the shame and kill them! ”

"Kill them!"

……

The German tank crews roared in the tanks.

On the other side, Colonel Lavrenin hadn't even noticed this, the sound of the tanks was drowned out by artillery fire and aircraft bombardment, but more importantly, all of Lavrengin's attention was focused on Tver.

"The enemy is cunning!" While holding a telescope and watching the battle situation at the front, Colonel Lavrensin said to the staff officer: "They use the river to arrange defenses, and it is difficult for our tanks to attack them!" ”

As mentioned before, Tver is the confluence of the Tvercha and Volga rivers.

After the last time Tver was captured by the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, several bridges were blown up during the retreat.

This forced the Germans to build several pontoon bridges over the Volga to ensure transportation.

But of course, now there is no need to rely on pontoon bridges to attack, the river has frozen and the tanks can go directly through. (Note: The Volga River freezes from the end of November to April of the following year)

Lavrentin would say that the enemy was cunning because the Germans used the ice of the river, and they piled up sandbags, stones, etc. on the banks of the river and then poured water, and the water quickly froze into a wall with these barricades, which made it difficult for tanks on the ice of the river to cross.

Occasionally, a few tanks barely crossed, but because the chassis was cocked high, they were exposed to enemy anti-tank guns...... So the "boom" was blown into a fireball.

"We should let the artillery blow up this ice wall!" Colonel Lavrenchin turned to the staff officer and ordered: "Tell the artillerymen the coordinates!" ”

"Comrade Colonel!" The staff officer said with some concern: "The Germans can build this ice wall, which means that they know that we will attack Tver......

"So what!" Colonel Lavrenchin said: "You think this wall will stop us? This is wishful thinking! ”

"No, Comrade Colonel!" The staff officer replied: "I'm afraid they have other preparations!" ”

"You think too much, Comrade Fyodor!" Colonel Lavrenin said: "Today is their end, they have nothing but to escape......

Before he could finish speaking, a shell whistled from the rear and exploded nearby.

Colonel Lavrenin cursed, thinking that his own man had almost hit his own man by mistake.

Looking back, I realized that this was not the case...... In the rear, a group of German tanks, also painted white, appeared in Colonel Lavrentin's sight, and the black cross on the turret stood out in the sunlight.

Colonel Lavrenchin was stunned, and then immediately ordered: "Germans, they are behind us!" Turn around! ”

"Airplanes! Let the planes block them! Can't they see? ”

"Why didn't they warn us?"

……

The pilot really can't see it.

The reason was that on the one hand, their mission was to bomb Tver, and on the other hand, the German tanks were painted white and drove to Tver...... Looking down from the air, the white color is against the snow, so all you can see is the exhaust fumes of the tank and some vague shadows of the tank.

It was even difficult for the pilot to tell the model of the tank.

So, they took it for granted that it was a follow-up unit of the Soviet army and ignored it.

On the other hand, the position of the German ambush was only ten minutes away from the Soviet troops, and the Soviet pilots did not have time to react in such a short time.

But in fact, even if the Soviet pilots realized this, it was of little use.

Because at this time, more than a dozen German fighters suddenly swooped down from the clouds, and at the piercing sound of motors, one after another machine guns fired bullet lines straight towards the Soviet fighters, and several Soviet fighters were hit and fell to the ground on the spot.

"Artillery, let the artillery block them......" shouted Colonel Lavrentin.

He needed time to bring the attacking tanks back to meet them, and it only took a few minutes, whether it was artillery or the air force, as long as he held off the German tanks for a few minutes...... Ravrenin was then able to organize a defense and rely on the excellent performance of the T34 to block the German attack.

However, the Soviet army was not without artillery, and its shells also had a certain reserve as a result of long preparations.

The problem lies in the Soviet army's backward communications equipment and helpless coordination capabilities.

For example, at this time, the artillery of the Soviet army had been brought under the unified command of the group army...... This was Shulka's proposal to Zhukov, it was a helpless choice, the military qualities of the front commander were not enough to command the offensive and artillery at the same time, so the artillery could only be used intensively.

As a result, there was a turning point in the process of artillery support: first the command of the group army had to be contacted, and then the group army would command the artillery operation.

And an urgent emergency like the one in front of you...... It can be said that the coordinates are transmitted to the artillery, and then they are already invalid.

As it is now, the shells actually hit the rear of the German tank group.

As for the guidance of aerial reconnaissance aircraft, it is even more impossible...... Several Soviet reconnaissance planes were shot down or entangled by German fighters at the first time.

So the German tanks rushed to the Soviet tank group at the fastest speed with the sound of "rumbling" motors, and broke through from the rear.

And the T34 tank did not even notice this, until the following infantryman, lying behind the tank, shouted on the phone: "Germans, German tanks, they are behind us!" ”

The T34 tank group was in a state of confusion, and they hurried back to deal with the enemy behind them.

But it doesn't seem to be a good option either, because in front of them is Tver.

The Germans had already hidden one anti-tank gun after another in the building, waiting for this moment.

As a result, the T34s, which were turning around, were destroyed by the enemy...... There were shells everywhere, in front, in the back, and even the cannons of German planes coming from the sky.

T34 had no way to avoid it, so he could only clumsily scurry around on the ice like a headless fly.