One by one, the tanks drove into the pocket formation set up by the Russian army.

Of course, this is not what the Germans saw, what they saw was that their tanks had successfully broken through the enemy's defense line under the cover of the T34, and in front of them was a wilderness where the tanks were allowed to gallop.

As Rear Admiral Funk had ordered, the German infantry followed closely from behind, using their weapons to wipe out the remnants of the enemy's infantry in the trenches and craters.

To the surprise of the German soldiers, this time they seemed to encounter much weaker resistance than before, for example, they didn't see many Molotov cocktails, and even if they did, they just threw them in the direction of the tank and fled...... Of course, the Molotov cocktails thrown in this way will not do much damage to the tank, but the German infantry should pay attention to avoid them.

However, this does not seem surprising, because this is the main force of the 7th Panzer Division, not to mention that there are still a few T34s in front of the road, and those Ivan obviously did not expect to face their own tanks.

Therefore, the commander of the 25th Panzer Regiment, Colonel Aiden, shouted an order over the walkie-talkie: "Stay in formation and keep up with the T34 in front!" ”

At this time, Colonel Aiden seemed to have some understanding of what was going on with the Russians' tank troops, and the tanks without communication equipment could almost be said to be units other than the attacking forces...... They completely ignored the fact that the "No. 3" and "No. 4" tanks behind them had been left behind by them a long distance.

(Note: The track of T34 is nearly 50 cm wide, 38 cm wider than "No. 3", and 40 cm track of "No. 4", so although T34 is heavier than "No. 3" and "No. 4", it has better cross-country performance and passability)

But it didn't seem to matter much, Colonel Aiden thought to himself, because the battle was now over, and all that remained was the question of where the Russians could hold off the 7th Panzer Division.

However, at this moment, only a loud "boom" was heard, and a "T34" stopped and smoked.

"Anti-tank guns!" Colonel Aiden shouted: "Two hundred meters, one o'clock!" ”

Colonel Aiden saw a cloud of green smoke rising from that position.

Immediately, three tanks stopped, adjusted their muzzles to aim at the position, and then "boomed" a few grenades out.

Then they realized how stupid they were, and the camouflage was blown open after a flash of grenade...... It was not an anti-tank gun at all, but the turret of a tank, and the turret of a T34 tank.

They actually fired grenades at the enemy T34 tanks!

"Tank, that's a tank!" Colonel Eden shouted: "Enemy T34, change armor-piercing shells, shoot at close range!" Command Captain Daniel ......"

Captain Daniel was the company commander who commanded the capture of T34, and Colonel Ayden hoped that they would be able to go up and destroy the target.

However, as soon as Colonel Aiden shouted, he realized that he could not command, because Captain Daniel, who was in T34, did not hear his orders at all.

However, to Colonel Ayden's relief, Captain Daniel spontaneously led T34 towards the target.

This is one of the reasons why Colonel Eden put a captain company commander in command of these five tanks...... Daniel knows what to do when it's dangerous.

Then, it turned out to be Colonel Aiden's dumbfounded.

Listening to the "boom" of a burst of cannons, the T34s led by Captain Daniel were destroyed one after another.

Colonel Aiden thought the enemy was on the front, but when he spotted an armor-piercing projectile shooting into the T34's armor from the side and punching it into a large hole, he realized that his troops had fallen into an elaborate ambush.

"General!" Colonel Eyden immediately reported to Major General Funk: "This is a trap, we are surrounded by the enemy......"

"How many tanks do they have?" Major General Funk asked.

"I don't know!" Major Aiden replied, nervously observing the outside with his periscope, "They are camouflaged like the same color as snow, and we can barely spot them!" ”

"Rush forward!" Major General Funk ordered: "I will let the Air Force support you!" ”

Major General Funk did so, allowing the Air Force to support the tank regiment.

But the Air Force's answer disappointed Major General Funk.

"We didn't find any enemy tanks!" The Air Force replied: "We only saw our tanks destroyed one after another!" ”

"Find enemy tanks and destroy them!" Major General Funk couldn't help but order: "You can look in the direction of our tanks!" ”

This seems like a good idea, as it is easier for a tank on the ground to find a target, but it is very difficult to operate in practice, because the ground is littered with tank wreckage, flames, black smoke, and even snowflakes falling in the sky can be a factor that can block the pilot's view.

The Soviet tanks, on the other hand, were painted white, and even the tanks were covered with snow and showed only one turret inside the tank bunkers...... This made the German bombers spin around in the sky but had no way to start, and occasionally dropped a few bombs without a target.

And the 25th Panzer Regiment on the ground is suffering a catastrophe.

Colonel Aiden, who was among them, had the most profound experience, he didn't even find a few targets, or even if he did, they were out of attack range...... German tanks did not enter the effective attack range until they reached 100 meters, which was one of the reasons why the 25th Panzer Regiment fell into total passivity.

Afterwards, the surviving Colonel Aiden said with trepidation: "This is a battle that I don't know how to command in history, forward, outflanked, and backward...... It seems that none of the other can be done, all we can do seems to be to stay where we are and watch our tanks be destroyed one after another! ”

"Retreat!" Then Colonel Aiden finally couldn't hold on, and he gave a loud order: "Retreat!" Repeat the order and get out of the battlefield right away! ”

Then all the tanks began to turn around and turn back as fast as they could.

Of course, tanks were constantly destroyed along the way, even when crossing the defensive line...... Some of the tanks were arranged at the mouth of the bag, and the German tanks were already within their range when they came in, but they did not open fire.

In the end, only 13 of the more than 50 tanks managed to escape, and several of them returned wounded.

This was mainly due to the fact that the T34 tank could not pursue...... To pursue, it is necessary to get out of the tank bunker, which exposes itself to enemy bombers.

On the other hand, it is because the quality of Soviet tank gunners is not very good...... The tank losses of the 4th Tank Brigade were too great, and almost all the tanks were replaced after a few battles, only a few tanks were veterans left over from the original training, and most of the rest were new recruits who came in with a patchwork of reinforcements.

However, even so, the lessons of this battle for the Germans were deep enough.