"I think we should be quick, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Colonel Lavrenchin replied: "This will catch the enemy by surprise, we have already hit Tver, and the enemy is vulnerable!" ”

There seems to be nothing wrong with Colonel Lavrentin's words, because at this time the Soviet army was interspersed with learning from the German "blitzkrieg".

Interspersed is to quickly get to the destination before the enemy is ready, and then capture it.

"This was unexpected!" Rokossovsky said: "We think that you will be blocked by the enemy, so the 1st Guards Tank Brigade will be able to follow you...... But now, you are twenty kilometers away from the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, and it will take them at least two hours to arrive! ”

"I don't think it's important, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Colonel Lavrentin said: "We can handle it, as I said...... The enemy is defeated, and it may take us two hours to take Tver, by which time the 1st Guards Tank Brigade will be able to join us! ”

"Okay!" Rokossovsky said: "Watch your flank, I will let the air force and artillery cooperate with your attack!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Colonel Lavrenchen stepped forward to answer.

This can be said to be a battle in which Lavrenin raised his eyebrows.

Before that, there had never been a battle that could be covered by both air and artillery fire, and now they were called upon for Lavrentin.

Colonel Lavrenchin didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the staff officer: "Report the position to the Air Force and artillery, we will bomb Tver!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Colonel!"

As a result, dozens of warplanes and hundreds of artillery and rocket artillery bombarded Tver indiscriminately, and then a group of T34 tanks led the infantry to "rumble" towards Tver.

But what Colonel Lavrenin didn't know was that he was playing into the hands of the Germans.

The battle was personally commanded by the commander of the Fourth Army, Kubil, because he knew what the Kling salient and even Tver meant to the Germans...... If the Germans were always on the offensive, then Tver did not seem to be so important. But if the Germans were to retreat, then it was the way for several German army groups.

It is true that because the snow and ice are frozen, the mobility of troops can be carried out without relying on roads.

The problem is that there are many uncertainties in not relying on roads, and the pace of marching can be very slow.

The reason is that the field is not flat, and even due to the battle between the enemy and us, the field is full of craters, in addition to mines, barbed wire, roadblocks, ravines, etc., all of which are buried in a meter of snow, in which cars cannot move, tank tracks slip, etc., and even accidentally fall into the crater and be buried by snow.

Therefore, cross-country marching is only for combat or for enemy blockade, and it also requires topographic surveys.

Thus, at the moment when the Soviet troops launched a counteroffensive, Kubil knew that the enemy's target was Tver.

It's easy to know what the enemy is aiming for...... Kubil used Tver as a decoy to set up an encirclement: he placed two disjointed 6th and 7th Panzer Divisions behind Tver flanks and prepared them.

Both armoured divisions suffered varying degrees of losses on the battlefield, with the 7th Panzer Division, in particular, being ambushed by the T34 during the attack on Volokolamsk, and then some of its tanks sinking into the lake while fighting with the 14th Motorized Infantry...... This led directly to the loss of combat effectiveness of this division.

This was given to the commander of the 7th Panzer Division, von Brown. The blow inflicted by Major General Funk was indescribable, and when Lieutenant General Kubiler found him, von Murphy. Funk was even ready to commit suicide, as he had already written a suicide note and handed it to his assistant to bring to his family.

Suicide in another situation, to be exact.

"I hope you will put me on the front, Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Feng. Major General Funk said to Kubiler: "Like the rest of the soldiers! ”

"You're on the front line, Major General!" Kubil said.

"No, I'm not talking about being a commander!" Feng. "Rather, as a soldier, he went to the battlefield with a rifle...... I wish I could die honorably on the battlefield! ”

Kubiler understood that von. Funk's thoughts.

As the saying goes, "the higher the hope, the greater the disappointment", Feng. Major General Funk was hoping to win over Rommel, because they commanded the same force: the 7th Panzer Division.

However, the 7th Panzer Division was in the hands of Rommel in all directions, and in the hands of Von Brown. Major General Funk suffered heavy losses in his hands, and it can even be said that he was defeated.

This was difficult to accept for the aristocratic faction who looked down on Rommel's origins, because he suffered a double defeat, defeat to the enemy, and at the same time to his own people.

Kubil was silent for a moment, then replied: "No, Major General, if I do this, there is no doubt that I am derelict in my duty. I don't think in the previous battles you had no problems with command. So, I will let you continue to command the 7th Panzer Division, what you need to think about is how to lead the 7th Panzer Division to wash away the shame, and not escape in this way! ”

These words convinced Major General Funk.

As a result, the 6th and 7th Panzer Divisions were transferred to Tver for reorganization...... The Germans repaired the railway line from the rear to Tver, so Tver had many tanks that broke down on the battlefield and were waiting for repairs, as well as tanks that were replenished from the rear to the front.

The 6th and 7th Panzer Divisions relied on these tanks to restore their combat effectiveness.

By now, the two armoured divisions each had about seventy tanks, and even more warm clothing had been given because they had been given more warm clothing because they had been in Tver for a month near the water.

Regarding the Soviet counteroffensive, Lieutenant General Kubil said to the commanders of the two armored divisions: "This counteroffensive of the enemy is likely to be well prepared, so they may concentrate a large amount of artillery fire and air power, and we cannot rush into it...... Because it will cost us dearly! ”

The two division commanders had no objection to this, because with the current state of the German army, they could not afford to suffer another "heavy loss".

"We're going to avoid their sharpness!" Lieutenant General Kubil continued: "At the same time, we need time to prepare. You know, both our tanks and our air force need more time to prepare! ”

This was determined by the temperature, and neither the German Air Force nor the Army had experience fighting in such extreme temperatures.

"So, we're going to wait for them to attack Tver!" Lieutenant General Kubil said: "When their artillery, as well as air power, and even their tank units, are focused on Tver, it is time for us to attack!" ”