There was a cheer from the Soviet camp, it was the infantry of the 316th Division on both flanks shouting.

The Germans were furious and bombarded the possible pocket positions with artillery.

However, it did work, as two T34s were blown up by enemy fire, and one was blown up to cover the entire body in the snow...... The tank crew was fine and was quickly rescued. The snow buries the exhaust pipe, which quickly turns into water, then pours back into the engine, paralyzing it in place.

Major General Funk reported to Hoult with trepidation.

"General!" Funk said: "Our offensive has failed! ”

This was a surprise to Holt.

"Failure? I heard you right! Hott said, "What else can they do to stop you?" ”

"Tank, General!" Funk replied: "I think it's the 4th Tank Brigade!" ”

"Are you sure?" Hult asked.

"No, I'm not sure!" "But they are all T34s, at least a few dozen, and we broke into their ambush circle!" ”

"Ambush circle?"

"Yes, they put tanks in tank bunkers!" "Our Air Force couldn't even detect them, and we lost a lot of money because of it!" Funk explained! ”

Hort did not respond to this, knowing that it was pointless and unfair to blame his own generals after losing the battle.

It doesn't make sense to say it because it won't do anything, and it's unlikely to turn defeat into victory, or worse.

It's unfair to say that even if you're in command at the front, you're likely to make the same decision and fall into the enemy's trap.

After a moment of silence, Hoult hung up the phone, and after looking at the map for a while, he immediately made a phone call to the headquarters of the 14th Motorized Rifle Division.

"Attack immediately, the right flank of the enemy's 1075th regiment!"

"Yes, the sooner the better!"

So the battle in the other direction soon began, shells poured in pieces towards the positions of the 1075th regiment, the Luftwaffe also turned to that direction, and the battlefield in the direction of the 333rd regiment was quiet.

Shulka secretly said that it was not good, and the reaction and speed of the German army were completely unexpected.

The Germans were very clever in this game.

There was only one 4th tank brigade of the Soviet army, and it was determined to lay an ambush on the left flank of the 1075th regiment, although the Germans had just suffered a big loss here, but at least the location of the 4th tank brigade was determined.

In addition, the Germans knew that the 4th Tank Brigade did not have many tanks, so they determined that it was safe to go in other directions.

As a result, the 4th Tank Brigade could only watch the Germans attack in other directions and could not reinforce them...... Reinforcements would most likely mean exposure, and at this time the German reconnaissance planes were only afraid that they were already staring at the area, and even the snow wall would not be able to hide the T34.

Sure enough, soon the order came: "A battalion to reinforce Dubosekovo!" ”

Dubosekovo was the right flank of the 1075 regiment.

"Tanks to reinforce together?" Shulka asked.

"No!" Venyakov replied: "Only us!" ”

There is no need to say more about the reason, the tank can only stay in place, and the slightest movement can be blown up by the enemy aircraft that arrives.

Knowing that their movements would be blown up, of course no one would be stupid enough to insist on doing so.

But that also means...... The first battalion had to face the enemy's attack without tanks.

Dubosekovo was the junction of the defense area of the 3rd Cavalry Army and the defense area of the 1075th Regiment.

Obviously, this junction is more complicated than the junction between two regiments, since it even involves the command of the other corps, which also involves the problem of artillery coordination...... For example, the 1075th Regiment launched a counteroffensive, but the 3rd Army provided artillery fire for the front line and did not move to block the shooting, so it hit the shells on its own heads as soon as it exploded.

By the time the first battalion arrived here, the battle had been going on for more than half an hour.

This happened to be the interval between the German offensive, so the troops entered the position smoothly.

There were dead bodies lying everywhere in the trenches, both German and Soviet, and it was clear that the Germans had rushed into the trenches to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Soviets.

"Who's in command here?" Venyakov asked loudly.

A second lieutenant with a dark face stood up: "Comrade Captain, I command!" ”

"How many of you are there?" Venyakov asked.

"And 73 more!"

"What anti-tank equipment is there?" Venyakov asked again.

"Anti-tank guns, grenades, ......"

As soon as he heard the beginning, Venyakov's face sank.

When reporting equipment, it is usually ranked according to the high power to the low power, and now the anti-tank guns are actually at the forefront!

As he spoke, the whistle of cannonballs sounded overhead.

As soon as Shulka buried his head in the trenches, the shells "rumbled" around him, and the earth and snow kicked up by the shells poured up on Shulka's head like waves.

Ten minutes of artillery preparation, and before the sound of artillery stopped, the tank followed the "rumble" of artillery fire.

This was a tactic of the German army...... When the artillery fire extended in depth, the tank followed.

This is easy to say, but it requires close coordination between the artillery and the tank crew, because if anything goes wrong, such as inaccurate artillery fire or too fast tank, it can cause artillery fire to accidentally damage your tank.

The advantage is that it has the potential to enter enemy positions before they can react from the fire.

This is the case this time.

"Prepare for battle!" Shulka shouted.

But in the midst of the cannons, the shout was not even audible to himself.

However, the soldiers saw that Shulka had already set up their guns on the trenches, and they also mounted rifles and machine guns on the trenches one by one.

There are more than 20 tanks, of which seven or eight are "No. 3" tanks, and the rest are "No. 2" and "35T" tanks.

After all, this is a motorized division, and they are more equipped with light tanks.

"Anti-tank rifle!" On the orders of Venyakov, a dozen anti-tank rifles were put up in the trenches.

But it seems not wise to put an anti-tank rifle on the trench so early.

One of the disadvantages of the anti-tank rifle is that the gun carriage is too high, and because the body of the gun is more than two meters long, it is like a cannon in front of the trench, which can be observed by the enemy from afar.

As a result, machine-gun bullets quickly rained down and knocked several anti-tank riflemen down on the trenches.

However, this did not seem to be possible, because the enemy tanks that followed the artillery fire were only more than 300 meters away from the Soviet defense line...... The distance of more than three hundred meters may take only a minute for a fast 35T tank.

"Mortar!" Captain Venyakov shouted.

The fighters immediately fired mortar shells at the enemy positions.

The mortars provided good cover for the anti-tank guns, and there were even a few smoke grenades, but of course they could not stop the tanks from advancing.

A hard battle is inevitable.