To the east of the town of Red Coot, Major Webb had already come out of the basement and was now directing the troops on a new mission.

All of the battalion's 88mm anti-aircraft guns raised their muzzles and pointed eastward, turning into cannons to join the ranks of fire covering enemy positions in Weasleytown.

The gunners stood behind the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and relayed high-explosive shells to the anti-aircraft guns, firing them at a rate of 10 to 15 rounds per minute.

Their rear artillery fire was incessant, and the divisional artillery and corps artillery of the Romanian 6th Infantry Division all joined in the shelling of Soviet positions.

In the sky, the JU-87 "Stuka" dive bomber formation entered the battlefield, and then blew the "Jericho horn" and launched a dive with a piercing scream, smashing bombshells on Soviet positions west of Weasley.

Under heavy artillery fire, the trenches collapsed one by one, the wooden stakes used to bind the barbed wire were lifted off, broken weapon parts and stumps and severed arms flew up from time to time, and the entire position was enveloped in thick black smoke.

Shelling, behind the town of Red Coot, the 1st Romanian Panzer Division and the 103rd SS Heavy Armored Brigade were rushing to the front.

After learning that the enemy had launched an attack in the area of Hongkut Town and was repulsed, Chen Dao immediately decided to launch an attack in advance in Hongkut Town, so as not to leave time for the enemy on the opposite side to replenish the losses.

The two attacking forces had already been prepared, and with Chen Dao's order, they immediately moved out of the concealed place to assemble, and then drove to the front line.

The SS 103rd Heavy Armored Brigade was the first to arrive on the battlefield, and by this time the shelling of Soviet positions had been more than an hour.

The E-50 "Tiger" heavy tank passed through the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun position under shelling, ran over the trenches of the Romanian 6th Infantry Division, and guided the "Wolf" infantry fighting vehicle to rush to the opposite Soviet position.

When the tanks and armored vehicles drove by, the infantry of the Romanian 6th Infantry Division jumped out of the trenches, followed the tanks and armored vehicles, and rushed straight to the Soviet positions opposite.

In the middle of the battlefield, the E-50 "Tiger" tank passed through the open space between the wreckage of the Soviet tank and the corpses of the infantry, and took a firm step, approaching the Soviet position under the frightened eyes of the Soviet wounded who were abandoned on the battlefield next to it, leaving only tall backs.

In front of the Soviet positions, in order not to block the attack of the tank troops, before launching the attack, the Soviet sappers themselves destroyed the minefield in advance and made way for the tank troops.

The continuous barbed wire fence was also torn apart and fragmented by the Soviet tank units that attacked before.

In the trenches behind, squatting was a group of remnants of the defeated generals who had just failed to attack and retreated, and this group of remnants of the defeated generals suffered more than an hour of fire coverage.

The appearance of German armored forces was fought at the most vulnerable time of the Soviet army.

Looking at the fantastic E-50 tank group crushing over, the position was full of panicked eyes of Soviet infantrymen.

The Romanians on the opposite side actually hid these war monsters behind them, and it was a joke that they had thought about occupying the opposite position before.

The officers were different, and in the anti-artillery holes, the roaring voices of the officers were heard one after another.

"The tanks of the Germans rushed up, and right in front of our eyes were the mysterious tanks, uncountable. We need artillery, we need bombers······"

Summoned by the front, the Soviet artillery stubbornly continued to fight, not scaring about the German helicopters cruising in the sky, and fired shells into the middle of the battlefield until they were countered by German artillery fire.

Luftwaffe fighters suppressed Soviet bombers, helicopter guidance, ground artillery fire suppressed enemy artillery positions, and the SS 103rd Heavy Panzer Brigade rushed through the middle of the battlefield and drove about 500 meters from the front of the position, at the cost of only three tanks damaged by artillery fire.

The strong armor provided sufficient protection for the tank, and 45 mm armor-piercing shells, 76.2 mm armor-piercing rounds, and 85 mm armor-piercing shells flew off one after another, and the tankmen then fired machine gun bullets and 105mm high-explosive shells at Soviet positions.

In the deafening sound of gunfire, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns were destroyed one by one on the Soviet positions, the gunners were lying next to the artillery, and the wounded let out heart-rending shouts and groans.

The tank units had a precious opportunity to suppress the enemy's fire, and the "Wolf" infantry fighting vehicles took the opportunity to rush forward, the rear hatches opened, and the panzergrenadiers jumped out, followed by the infantry fighting vehicles, and a charge rushed into the Soviet positions.

The sharp fire of the assault rifle swept through the trenches, leaving countless corpses behind.

Not long after, the infantry of the Romanian 6th Infantry Division followed and rushed into the Soviet line, and the crowd spread like a tidal wave into the depths of the line.

The artillery fire of the rear of the German and Romanian troops extended to the rear of the Soviet positions in a timely manner, suppressing the Soviet positions in the rear, so that the enemy on the rear positions did not dare to move.

Chasing the retreating Soviet infantry, the German Panzergrenadiers and Romanian infantry rushed straight to the town of Weasley in the rear, getting closer and closer, and the buildings in the town became clearer and clearer.

The Soviet infantry withdrew from the trench area and fled frantically into the town.

The howling sound of a strong wind swept over the battlefield, and 150mm rockets rained down on Weasleytown, where buildings were crushed like biscuits.

The Romanian infantry rushed into Weasley Town, and street fighting ensued.

The Panzergrenadiers rushed to the field south of the town, followed by the tank groups that the infantry had rushed through the trenches and stopped outside the town, pointed their guns at Weasley, and fired with tank guns, destroying the buildings on the outskirts of the town that were occupied by the Soviets and used for stubborn resistance.

The fighting quickly spread to the interior of the town, and this small town by the Manech River became the focus of contention between the two sides.

German panzergrenadiers and Romanian infantry rushed into the town from both west and south of the town, driving the defenders of the town east and north of the town towards the Manech River, giving way to the road that crossed south of the town.

After about three hours of the German counterattack, the reconnaissance company and the No. 4 Tank Battalion of the SS 103rd Heavy Armored Brigade passed through the road inside Weasley Town and then turned south to make a detour to outflank the enemy's rear route in the south.

The Romanian 1st Panzer Division followed behind, and after passing through the town, marched southeast along another road for a more far-reaching assault.

In the evening, as the gunfire in Weasleytown subsided, the cavalry unit with no end in sight entered Weasley, and then made its way through and galloped towards the wider south.

The defensive line in the Weasley area had been breached, and news of the influx of German and Romanian troops had already reached the headquarters of the Southern Front.

Lieutenant General Malinovsky was shocked and frightened at this time, according to the report provided by the 18th Army, a large number of German armored units appeared in the enemy's battle sequence, where did these troops come from? How come they weren't found in previous reconnaissance operations.

Moreover, the enemy's attack was not a punitive attack, but a planned and premeditated far-reaching assault.

Could it be that your previous judgment was wrong? The enemy wants to go south in a big way?

If the enemy really moved south, then he was deceived by the Germans so badly, and he was also seriously misled by the instructions of the general secretary.

Fortunately for now, the enemy had only made a breakthrough in the Weasleytown area, and the rest of the front was still calm, and he still had a chance to make amends.

The general secretary will not make mistakes, and if he cannot block this breakthrough, he will only be the one who will be sent to a military court for trial.

"Where did the 15th and 140th tank brigades go? Tell them that, no matter what, by tomorrow morning at the latest, they must rush to Weasley and cooperate with the Eighteenth Army to launch a counteroffensive to retake Weasley. ”

Lieutenant General Malinovsky shouted as he crossed his arms and stared at the location of Weasley Town on the map.

While Lieutenant General Malinovsky was distressed by the battle situation in the Weasley-Town area, Chen Dao was also staring at the location of Weasley's Town on the map in the city of Bataisk, on the south bank of the Don River.

"The troops in the east are the first to make a breakthrough, which is enough to make the Russians overwhelmed and overwhelmed, and what we need to do next is to launch a full-scale attack tomorrow morning according to the original plan, and create even greater panic for them."

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