Major Paul commanded a fairly good battle, and although in the end the Germans were defeated, they inflicted certain losses on the Soviets and delayed time.

This allowed the German 3rd Battalion to successfully escape from the Soviet encirclement...... The Soviets were surrounded by German troops from both flanks of the road towards the center of the road, and because they had to advance while clearing mines, they could only follow behind the T26 minesweeper tanks, which was not fast.

The reason why the German army was successfully encircled before was mainly because the German army was caught off guard...... The Germans advanced to the north and the Soviets to the south, and the two armies were moving in the opposite direction, so it was naturally appropriate to encircle them.

However, the German 2nd Battalion successfully delayed the Soviets for some time with the correct tactics, which gave the German 3rd Battalion time to retreat.

In the meantime, after retreating 20 kilometers and reaching a small town called Sopakwei, Major General Andreas gathered an infantry regiment and an armored battalion in the hope of forming a defensive line to block the Soviet attack, after all, in this town they had escaped from the predicament of being trapped in a minefield.

This can be said to be a kind of arrogance of the German Panzer Division, although they knew that their tanks could not match the T34, but they fought all the way to Moscow and almost did not have a single general, and they still thought that they could defeat the opponent from the psychological high ground.

But when Major General Andreas reported to Guderian, he was unceremoniously criticized by Guderian.

"Who do you think you are?!" Guderian said: "Do you think you can stop the 'T34 troops'?" Do you think you can stop those tanks? ”

"But the General!" Major General Andreas was still unconvinced: "They don't have many tanks, we still have two tank battalions, and our troops and tanks are twice as ...... as theirs."

"It's not a matter of troops and tanks, you idiot!" Guderian scolded: "You think that with the strength of two tank battalions, you can stop their attack? You must be guarding both the road and the railroad, right? ”

"Yes, General!" Major General Andreas replied.

"Don't you understand?" Guderian said: "They have minesweepers, minesweepers that can quickly clear mines, and at the same time the ice and snow will also freeze in mud, which means that they do not need to rely on road and rail lines to maneuver, they will appear in any direction, you know?" In any direction, it will even bypass you and attack you from the rear! ”

Hearing this, Major General Andreas couldn't help but be speechless, he really didn't expect this, so it was obvious that Guderian was right, the Soviets could attack them from any direction, and with the current strength of the German 3rd Panzer Division, it was simply not enough to hold every direction......

"Retreat now!" Guderian ordered: "Withdraw all the way to Tula, build a defensive line on the basis of Tula's lakes and rivers!" ”

"Yes, General!" Major Andreas answered, and then shouted an order to the German soldiers who were building the fortifications: "Leave those fortifications alone, continue to retreat!" ”

But at this time it was not so easy for them to retreat to Tula.

Shulka certainly takes this into account...... The 3rd Panzer Division was tricked into the 3rd Panzer Division by "luring the enemy into the depths", and there was no way to let them out like this.

Zahakavich arranged an ambush in Pukano, not far south of Sopak.

This ambush was the 7th Civil Defense Division, which had been routed by the Germans.

Their main task was not really to stop the German advance, but to convince the Germans that it was normal for the Soviet civilian defense division to appear here...... A whole civil defense division was routed by the Germans, and of course some units were scattered nearby.

Of course, the vast majority of the Civil Defense Divisions were unaware of this, so they were really chaotic when they retreated, as the Germans portrayed, and many of them broke into minefields and stepped on their own mines.

But it was precisely because of this that the Germans did not take this unit seriously.

The combat effectiveness of this force is indeed not strong, and it is indeed not enough if it is used to intercept the German 3rd Panzer Division.

The problem is that they do not need to "intercept", but only "block".

The 7th Civil Defence Division was soon reorganized, and they gathered more than 1,000 men, including some new civilians...... Originally, the civil defense division was organized by the people to train for a few days, so there is nothing wrong with joining the people to fight while training.

It didn't take much effort for the team to defeat the German Einsatzgruppen that was following up and stationed in the villages...... The Germans generally deployed only one company in one group in villages and towns, and in some places even one platoon.

How can the strength of this company be able to block the attack of more than 1,000 people, even if these more than 1,000 people are poorly trained civil defense divisions or even civilians.

Then, south from Pukano to Tula, there are seven buried underground warehouses that have been dug and marked along the railways and roads.

The task of the Civil Defence Division is to remove a large number of mines stored in underground warehouses and bury them on roads and railways.

Major General Andreas at this time, of course, did not know this, they only received reports of enemy partisan attacks in the rear.

Major General Andreas didn't take this seriously at first.

Not to mention the guerrillas, even if it is the regular army of the Russian army, it is nothing, they are only afraid of the 4th Brigade of the Russian Tank, the 4th Brigade of the Tank!

As soon as he thought of the 4th Tank Brigade, Major General Andreas gritted his teeth with hatred, if it weren't for them, if it weren't for those demining tanks...... They should have stormed the gates of Moscow by this time!

However, now all this can only be a dream.

Major General Andreas knows that this is likely to become his lifelong regret!

But Major General Andreas soon realized that things were not so simple, because at that moment there was an explosion of "boom" ahead.

Rear Admiral Andreas, who was directing the retreat on a tank No. 3, immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and asked, "What's going on?" Why is there an explosion? ”

"Mines, General!" One of the subordinates replied: "Anti-tank mines!" ”

Major General Andreas couldn't help but be shocked and asked: "Is it a mine or a ......?"

"I don't know, General!"

Major General Andreas gritted his teeth, and then ordered: "Keep going!" ”

There was a "boom", followed by several explosions.

Then Major General Andreas's heart sank to freezing point, and he knew that his way back had been blocked.

Sure enough, I heard the shouts of my subordinates coming from the walkie-talkie: "General, there are mines everywhere, we have no way out!" ”

How Andreas wished he had a demining tank in the hands of the Russians at this time, so that they could escape.

But now...... He could only look at the snow in front of him and sigh helplessly.