Naturally, Panfilov was not going to easily withdraw from his positions, after all, Colonel Katukov was not his superior.

This forced Katukov to call the command of the 16th Army...... At this time, the 4th Tank Brigade was under the command of the 16th Army.

"Comrade Rokossovsky!" Colonel Katukov reported: "The Germans have attacked Volokolamsk!" ”

"Yes!" Rokossovsky was worried about this: "One armored division, and another armored division is massing in that direction!" ”

"Two armored divisions?" Katukov couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Yes!" Rokossovsky replied: "As soon as Volokolamsk is lost, our counteroffensive forces will be encircled, including your 4th tank brigade......"

"No, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Colonel Katukov replied: "We will not be surrounded!" ”

"What?" Rokossovsky did not understand what Colonel Katukov meant.

"The 4th Brigade of Tanks is in Volokolamsk!"

"What?"

"Yes, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Colonel Katukov simply put it bluntly: "I hid the 4th tank brigade there!" ”

"Where are you hiding? You mean Volokolamsk? ”

"Yes!" Colonel Katukov replied: "Just hide in the houses, and in each house there are one or two tanks!" ”

Rokossovsky couldn't help but be surprised and delighted when he heard this.

He was surprised that this Katukov dared to secretly disobey the order and leave the main force of the 4th Tank Brigade behind, and at the same time the tanks were hidden in Volokolamsk, and the commander of the army group did not know about it.

Gladly...... He really wasn't very sure if it was just two armored divisions of the Germans with infantry divisions, but now that there was a 4th tank brigade and all of them T34s, things would be much easier.

"Fantastic, Comrade Katukov!" Rokossovsky said: "So, should we put the German tanks in now?" ”

"Yes, we're ready!" Colonel Katukov replied, and at the same time a hanging heart was completely relaxed.

Although he believed that as long as he won the battle, there would be no problem, and even he had an excuse, but after all, it was disobeying the order, and it was indeed irrefutable if his superiors insisted on pursuing it.

Now Rokossovsky's affirmation was like giving Colonel Katukov a reassurance.

Then Rokossovsky made a phone call to Colonel Panfilov: "Withdraw your troops from Volokolamsk and prepare for a counteroffensive!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Only then did Panfilov know that what Katukov said was true.

As one of the first three Panzer Divisions formed by the German Army in 1935, the 2nd Panzer Division is a veritable veteran unit in the German Panzer Corps. From the Polish campaign at the beginning of World War II, to the Western Front campaign in 1940, and then to the Balkan campaign in 1941, the 2nd Panzer Division can almost be said to be undefeated.

Now, they were standing in front of the Russian line again, and their division commander, Major General Ick, was holding a telescope and observing the advancing tank troops.

For Major General Ick, it is likely that he will be the first to set foot in Moscow, as long as he can take the position in front of him and break through the enemy's lines...... There will be a straight railway and road to the center of Moscow, a distance of only a hundred kilometers, and if the speed is fast, the tanks of the 2nd Panzer Division will appear on the streets of Moscow tomorrow afternoon.

Rear Admiral Ike was confident that this wish would come true, because until now not a single Russian tank had been found, even one.

This illustrates the fact that Marshal Bock was right...... The tanks of the Russians are attacking Tver.

Ike once again explained the situation between the two armies in his heart:

Germany has air supremacy.

The Russian army has pitifully few anti-tank equipment.

T34 tank in Tver.

So...... What else could stand up to the 2nd Panzer Division from rolling Moscow under the belt?

Major General Ike had almost seen his tanks unfolding an assault on the Kremlin on Red Square.

"General!" At this time, the adjutant reported: "The enemy has retreated!" ”

"Good!" Major General Ike gave the order without looking back: "Go ahead, occupy the three villages that originally belonged to us, and then immediately attack the enemy's defense!" ”

"Yes!"

According to the order, the tanks divided into three teams and "rumbled" towards the three villages, and artillery and aircraft were already bombarding the Russian lines.

For Major General Ike, the capture of three villages was just the end and there could be no problems.

At this time, the commander of the tank regiment, Colonel Becker, reported to Major General Ick: "Something is wrong, General, they spread a white cloth on the ground!" ”

"I don't think there's anything wrong with that, Colonel!" Major General Ike replied.

"Why did they do that?" Colonel Becker said: "Although I don't know the answer, I believe they must have a reason for doing so, so ......"

"Maybe they just used it to cover up the corpse!" Major General Ike thought that Colonel Becker had overreacted, so he comforted: "Take it easy, Colonel, there will be no problem!" ”

"Yes, General!" Colonel Becker replied helplessly, and then ordered the troops to move on.

At this moment, Colonel Becker heard the sound of a motor, the motor of a tank.

There is nothing strange about the sound of the tank's motor, there are tanks everywhere here.

The problem is that this motor sound is not a German tank...... Colonel Becker, who has a lot of combat experience, immediately judged the sound of the motor of the Russian T34 from the sound, and the roar of the engine gave people a strong feeling, which is unique to diesel engines.

Colonel Becker looked at the voice in surprise, but he saw no enemy tanks, only a civilian house.

The next second Colonel Becker understood, he immediately grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Alarm, enemy tanks are hiding in civilian houses, ready to fight!" ”

However, it was too late to realize that a tank "Peng" burst out of the house, smashed the door of the house, and then stopped, adjusted the position of the gun port slightly, and with a "boom", it pierced the side armor of a "No. 3" tank at close range.

Perhaps it had hit the ammunition, and the "No. 3" tank exploded immediately, detonating the turret and body from the inside out, and then flipped several times in the air and fell to the ground.

"Fight! Destroy them! Colonel Becker immediately reported to Major General Ike with another microphone after giving the order to his subordinates: "General, we are ambushed, there are enemy tanks everywhere, ask for air support......"

Before he could finish speaking, Colonel Becker suddenly understood.

"God!" Colonel Becker said: "Their tanks are painted white, and white cloth can be their camouflage!" ”

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