When Count Stakhwitz led his troops to attack the town of Bire, the northernmost point of the defense line on the Bira River, the village of Sabivka.

The railway line running from Voroshilovgrad runs through the village from east to west, dividing the village of Sabiivka into two parts, north and south.

Four "Ural" M-72 sidecar motorcycles lined up in a column and drove from west to east towards the village of Sabivka.

About three kilometers from the village of Sabivka, the motorbike team stopped on the left side of the dirt road.

On the M-72 motorcycle, the officer sitting in the sidecar stood up and peeked through the village of Sabiivka to the east with binoculars.

After a few minutes of peeping, the officer sat back in the shoulder bucket of the motorcycle, turned his head and shouted at his men, and the four M-72 motorcycles turned around and drove towards the road at a faster speed.

About half an hour later, the "buzz ······" The noise created by swarms of mosquitoes flying in swarms emanates from the city of Rodakove, about eight kilometres west of the village of Sabiivka.

With a screeching noise, a fleet of T-34 tanks rushed out of the city of Rodakove.

Following the route once taken by motorcycle scouts, the T-34 tank group formed a column and drove mightily towards the village of Sabiivka.

Next to the tank column were motorized infantry, also lined up in a column.

When the long convoy was about five kilometers away from the village of Sabivka, it was very tacitly parked on the side of the road.

The T-34 tanks left the road and dispersed into open fields on both sides of the road.

Groups of infantry jumped out of the gas truck, and the infantry, armed with various weapons, scattered behind the T-34 tank, skillfully changed from marching to battle formation.

However, the Butan group was not yet fully prepared for the attack, and in the village of Sabivka to the east, behind a heavy anti-aircraft battery attached to the defenders, 12 FLAK 36 88mm anti-aircraft guns, the gunners shook the handlebars so that the barrels were pointed diagonally at the western sky.

Behind them, a FI-382 helicopter hovered about 30 meters above the ground, and by the rear hatch of the plane, an artillery observation post was holding a telescope and staring at the Soviet troops to the west.

While monitoring the movements of Soviet troops to the west, the observation post turned back from time to time to say something to the cabin.

One by one, information was transmitted by radio to the village of Sabivka, and the anti-aircraft gunners immediately switched to the work of howitzer artillery.

In the eyes of the Germans, the FLAK 36 type 88-mm anti-aircraft gun was a well-known multifunctional artillery.

Depending on the angle at which the muzzle of the anti-aircraft gun is pointed at the sky, the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun can switch identities between anti-aircraft guns, howitzers and cannons at any time.

When the anti-aircraft gunners were tired of seeing the blue sky and flattened the muzzle, sorry, the FLAK 36 type 88 mm "anti-tank gun" made its debut.

With the order of the commander of the antiaircraft artillery company, 12 88-mm anti-aircraft guns opened fire one after another, and a round of test firing was carried out.

12 shells fell into the Soviet infantry cluster, instantly bringing down a group of infantry, and even more infantry fell on the spot in fright.

After the test firing, there was no calibration of the fire, and the anti-aircraft gunners in the village used a relay method, each anti-aircraft gun at a speed of up to 10-15 rounds per minute, to rain shells on the Soviet infantry tanks.

The Soviet infantryman, who had been so frightened that he fell to the ground during the previous test firing, had just stood up and was helping his wounded comrades, when the shell suddenly fell on his head and instantly fell to the ground again.

Some of the unresponsive infantry fell victim to the shelling, and sharp shrapnel flew by, piercing their fragile flesh or taking parts of their body organs.

More blood is spilling onto the ground, and it is foreseeable that the land here will be more fertile than last year.

88mm high-explosive shells fell one after another, like the scythe of death harvesting life wave after wave.

Unable to bear it any longer, the T-34 tank group opened up at full speed and rushed to the village of Sabiivka to the east.

Part of the infantry, led by the officer, stumbled behind the T-34 tank and charged the village of Sabivka.

When the T-34 tank group rushed to about two kilometers from the village of Sabiivka, the German anti-aircraft gunners in the village quickly shook the handles, flattened the barrels of the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, and turned into anti-tank fighters.

When this simple maneuver was completed, the T-34 tanks rushing to the front were about 1200-1500 meters from the village of Sabivka.

After a brief lull, the crisp firing of 88-mm anti-aircraft guns again resounded through the village of Sabiivka.

The first 88-mm armor-piercing projectile flew over a distance of almost 1,000 meters, penetrated the front armor of a T-34 tank, and burrowed into the tank.

The T-34 tank dragged the black smoke, rushed out of the distance by inertia, and then stopped on the battlefield, killing in the wilderness about 800 meters from the village of Sabiivka.

In the first salvo, 6 T-34 tanks were destroyed, and in the second salvo, 9 more were destroyed.

The black smoke emitted from the diesel engine of the T-34 tank and the black smoke emitted from the burning of the destroyed tank were intertwined over the battlefield, adding a solemn atmosphere to the battlefield.

After the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns fired two rounds of shells, the tankmen with narrow vision in the T-34 tank successively found the hiding places of some 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, and then fired the first round of counterattack shells.

Almost at the same time, 12 German 88-mm anti-aircraft guns fired a third round of fire.

Closer distances meant higher hits, and 10 more tanks were destroyed in the open space west of the village of Sabiivka.

The T-34 tank at high speed was badly bumped, and the shells fired did not know where to go, causing only a series of explosions on buildings in the village of Sabiivka.

A T-34 tank stopped moving, turned its turret, and aimed at an 88mm anti-aircraft gun hidden behind the bushes, and as soon as the turret stopped turning, an 88mm armor-piercing shell flew from the right side, piercing the armor on the right side of the turret and burrowing into the tank.

The bottom charge was then detonated, and a dull explosion could be heard from inside the turret.

The T-34 tank group was rushing towards the village of Sabiivka, but did not mention the enemy from the flank.

In the middle of the battlefield, the Germans stationed in the village of Gayovi reacted quickly and quickly crossed the Bila River from the ferry used by the villagers of the village of Gaiovi and entered the part of the village on the west bank of the Billa River, where they were accompanied by a company of "Scorpio" self-propelled cannons.

At the beginning of the design, the "Scorpio" self-propelled cannon was used as a self-propelled cannon and a self-propelled anti-tank gun, and one vehicle was used for positioning.

Taking advantage of the fact that all the attention of the Soviet troops was concentrated on the village of Sabivka to the east and did not pay attention to the tactical mistakes in the south-east direction, six self-propelled cannons of the "Scorpion" type, under the cover of a company of panzergrenadiers, quietly left the village of Gajovi and rushed towards the exposed right flank of the Soviet troops.

The 88-mm gun flattened the barrel and instantly switched from a cannon to an anti-tank gun, firing shells at the right and rear of the T-34 tank.

On the front of the SD KFZ 251 half-track in which the Panzergrenadiers were riding, the MG42 machine gun fired wildly, and the bullets flew towards the rear of the T-34 tank, and the Soviet infantry fell to the ground one by one without defense, spasming and spurting blood.

To the west of the village of Sabiivka, when the Soviet infantry was strewn with corpses from two sides, farther west, south of the city of Rodakov, the transit point of the Soviet army.

After capturing the town of Bire, Count Stakhwitz personally led three tank companies and two panzergrenadier companies to cross the Bira River from the north of Bije to Rodakove.

In the town of Rodakove, only a few Soviet logistics units were waiting for the results of the battle in the village of Sabiivka, and they did not mention the arrival of Count Stakhwitz at all, and in a hurry, they could only use the houses in the town for defense.

Under the cover of three companies of the E-40 "Panther" tank battalion, Panzergrenadiers stormed into the town of Rodakove with a single charge, and street fighting ensued.

To the west of the town of Rodakove, about five kilometers away, the small town of Zmohria on the Luján River was simultaneously attacked by the main forces of the Panzergrenadier Division of the "Großdeutschland" from the north, led by Lieutenant General Hohllein himself.

Lieutenant General Hall Lein and Count Stakhwitz both had a strong fire in their hearts at this time.

By this time, they had already learned a ridiculous fact, the powerful enemy with about 2,000 tanks in their minds with two tank armies did not exist at all, and the enemy's two tank armies combined were less than 500 tanks.

Upon learning of this ridiculous fact, the Panzergrenadier Division of the "Großdeutsch" immediately went on the offensive, sweeping away its previous conservatism.

On both sides of the Luján and Bila rivers, from Sabivka in the north, to Zmohria in the west, and then to the town of Bije in the south, the officers and men of the Greater German Division were fought.

Towards eight o'clock in the evening, the sound of gunfire gradually became drowned, and a good news turned into radio waves and flew into Artyomovsk.

Chen Dao and General Kleist stood next to the map and compiled a good news.

Chen Dao's finger slid across the map and said solemnly:

"After two days of fierce fighting, our dear General Vlasov, with his formidable First Army, completely routed the 12th Army under the Russian Southern Front, and at the same time the 21st and 23rd Tank Corps.

And, our dear General Vlasov, leading his troops on the march, nay, after fierce street battles to capture Voroshilovgrad, the city named after Marshal Voroshilov, and with lightning speed, to seize the bridge over the Donets River in the north of the city.

After two days of fighting, General Vlasov and his powerful forces opened a gap in the enemy's line of defense that was fifty kilometers wide from north to south and 60 to 70 kilometers long from east to west. ”

Beside Chen Dao, General Kleist kept looking at him with amazement.

"General Rosen, are you really sure that it was General Vlasov and his troops who independently carried out the above tasks? Do you think General Ivlasov and his troops are capable of accomplishing the above tasks on their own? ”

Chen Dao waved his hand, stopping General Kleist's series of questions.

"General Kleist, whatever the real situation on the battlefield may be, the above achievements must be credited to General Vlasov and his First Army, and they must be hyped up so that the Russians, and especially Stalin, know that I ······ What time is it? It's past eight o'clock, no, I have to hurry, someone, I want to send a telegram, urgent, urgent. ”

Just after nine o'clock that night, the announcer suddenly changed his voice on the "Deutsche Welle" radio station, which was broadcasting.

"Now, we urgently insert the battle report that has just come from the front line. In the distant Donets River battlefield, our old friend, Lieutenant General Vlasov, and the First Army under his command defeated the Twelfth, 21st and 23rd Tank Corps under the Russian Southern Front after two days of fierce fighting, and successfully killed the commander of the 23rd Tank Army, Major General Kuzmin.

After brutal street fighting, the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division under the 1st Army successfully captured Voroshilovgrad on the Donets River, named after Marshal Voroshilov, who had committed suicide.

On behalf of the German propaganda department and on behalf of the Deutsche Welle radio station, I would like to extend my sincerest greetings to the officers and men of the First Army, especially Lieutenant General Vlasov, who are fighting bloodily on the front lines. We will soon send a journalist to conduct an exclusive interview with Lieutenant General Vlasov and his men······"

About ten minutes later, in Moscow, in the Kremlin, Stalin raised his hand and threw his pipe on the carpet.

"Immediately send a telegram to Comrade Rokossovsky for the Voronezh Front to go south and defend the rear of the Southwestern Front. Also, inform the commanders of the Southern Front, the Southwestern Front, and the Voronezh Front that if Vlasov and his men are caught, they will be shot immediately, leaving no one alive. ”