On the north bank of the Luhan River, in the northeast corner of the village of Khoroshe, Captain Eric Fromm stood next to a Type 1939 52-K 85-mm anti-aircraft gun, observing the movements of Soviet troops in the east with a telescope.

Captain Eric Fromm was originally a member of the "DreamWorks" special forces, and later joined Vlasov's First Army with his boss Richard Marks, serving as a regimental representative of the "Hitler Youth" in the 3rd Company of the Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division under the First Army.

As the spiritual leader of the 3rd Company of the Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, Captain Fromm naturally had to take the lead and set an example for the whole company.

The Soviets on the south bank of the Luhan River were stopped by artillery and the Luhan River, unable to pose a mortal threat to the village of Khoroshe, and Captain Fromm turned all his energies to the enemy from the north bank of the Luhan River to the east.

To the east of the village of Khorosher, there is a large area of cultivated land, and the view is extremely wide, and the Soviet infantry cluster was discovered by the defenders almost as soon as it appeared, and the battle was about to break out.

Without the obstruction of the Luhan River, the Soviet infantry group charged violently, and there was a tendency to crush the village of Khorosher to the ground.

Captain Fromm ran under a bush and observed the enemy through his binoculars, silently counting the number of enemy tanks.

There were at least twenty tanks, and one or two hundred infantrymen, and at a glance, it was densely packed.

From time to time, mortar shells fell on the opposite team, which frightened the Soviet infantry on the opposite side and huddled behind the tanks with their weapons, and followed step by step.

Tank shells flew into the village one after another, hitting buildings and exploding, suppressing the exposed firepower of the defenders in the village.

In the rear right of Captain Fromm, 85-mm anti-aircraft guns fired continuously, firing armor-piercing projectiles at the opposite tank.

"Be accurate, be accurate." Captain Fromm muttered quietly.

Next to the 85-mm anti-aircraft gun, an M1937 45-mm anti-tank gun hid around the corner of a house and opened heavy fire on Soviet tanks in the distance.

Four ······ Six ······ More and more tank wreckage remained in the fields east of the village of Khorosher, but the Soviets continued to stubbornly approach the village.

Seeing more and more enemy tanks strewn across the battlefield, Captain Fromm concluded that the enemy would not storm the village in the current situation.

No sooner had the idea come to Captain Fromm than he felt a gust of wind descend from the sky.

"Shelling, lying down."

The captain's frightened shouts did not attract the attention of the anti-aircraft gunners behind him, who devoted all their energy to operating the anti-aircraft guns around them, and the noise of the anti-aircraft guns firing drowned out all other sounds.

When a barrage of 152-mm howitzer shells fell into the village of Horosher, Captain Fromm felt the ground shake and hurriedly arched his stomach to lift his abdomen off the ground, so as not to injure his internal organs by the shock wave coming from the ground.

Because of the countermeasures of the German artillery, the Soviet artillery, which had been dormant for a while, became active again, changed its tactics, and returned to the battle in a short, rapid and rapid fire manner.

Three rounds of rapid fire landed on the northeast corner of the village of Horoshe, causing a break in the firepower of the defenders in the village.

A 152-mm caliber high-explosive shell landed just behind the right rear of the 85-mm anti-aircraft gun, and smoke and gunpowder instantly engulfed the members of the artillery crew, and the stump and broken arm flew out, and the 85-mm anti-aircraft gun, which was the core of the anti-tank, was instantly dumbfounded.

The wails of the wounded reached Captain Flåm, but the captain did not have time to pay attention.

It was at this moment that the fire was cut off, and the enemy from the east had already rushed up, rushing to the front with the fastest T-60 light tank, followed by the infantry running rapidly.

Seeing that the tanks were about to rush in front of him, Captain Fromm hurriedly turned around and ran behind, with only a Bobosha Type 41 submachine gun in his hand, there was no way to stop them, and rushing forward could only be killed in vain.

At the moment of crisis, to the north of the village of Khorosher, a group of tall and mighty figures suddenly rushed out, which was a company of E-40 "Panther" tanks, aimed at the Soviet infantry cluster exposed to the 88 mm L56 tank guns on the right side, 7.92 mm machine gun bullets and 88 mm armor-piercing bullets were fired mercilessly, stopping the charging Soviet troops at the last moment.

After a salvo, only six T-60 light tanks were left in the charge, and the infantry was either killed or lying on the ground, dodging machine-gun bullets.

The surviving T-60 light tank hurriedly turned around, ready to deal with the sudden appearance of the enemy, only to realize that it was facing an opponent who had made it desperate.

Outside the village of Horoshe, the E-40 "Panther" tank was beating the T-60 light tank, but Captain Fromm was unaware of this, because three T-60 light tanks had already rushed into the village before the Panther tank opened fire, one of which happened to run over in the bushes where he had previously hidden.

The T-60 light tanks that stormed the village, like a wild boar rushing into the village, rampaged through the village.

Captain Fromm avoided the T-60 light tank, turned around and went around in circles, returning to the 85-mm anti-aircraft gun.

Without anti-tank weapons, there is no way to deal with the tanks that rush into the village, let the infantry in the village deal with them, and without the cover of the infantry, these T-60 light tanks will not last long.

What I have to do is to master this anti-aircraft gun and reconstruct the anti-tank artillery position.

Returning to the anti-aircraft guns, Captain Fromm saw the E-40 "Panther" tank.

After gathering the two surviving gunners and inspecting the artillery, Captain Fromm was surprised to find that the anti-aircraft guns were still usable.

"Quick, get on the high-explosive bomb." Captain Fromm shouted.

The three of them worked together, and the 85mm anti-aircraft gun roared again, quickly shooting high-explosive shells at the Soviet infantry outside the village, losing the support of the T-60 tank, facing the flanking attack from the Black Panther tank and the fire in the village, the Soviet infantry outside the village was so pressed that they couldn't raise their heads, most of them could only lie on the ground to dodge, and a few infantry in the back of the position had already begun to turn around and flee.

"Pick up the gun and follow me." Captain Fromm seized the opportunity, grabbed the Bobosha Type 41 submachine gun behind his back, and was the first to rush out of the gun position and charge towards the Soviet infantry in the distance.

Along the way, using the wreckage of the destroyed T-60 light tank as cover, the captain easily approached the Soviet infantry.

Standing behind a T-60 tank, with the submachine gun in the back of the car, only the head and arms exposed, Captain Fromm kept firing at the Soviet infantry in front of him, and a submachine gun was like a light machine gun.

Three or four Soviet infantrymen were spurted blood, convulsed and knocked to the ground.

Raising his right foot, Captain Fromm kicked the arm of a Soviet tankman lying on the ground at his feet, who escaped from the destroyed tank, but was hit by a machine gun bullet and fell to the side of the tank.

Seeing the two gunners coming with him, Captain Fromm shouted: "Catch him, he is an officer." ”

At this time, more infantry rushed out of the village of Khorosher and joined the battle to encircle and annihilate the Soviet infantry.

Less than fifteen minutes later, the fighting in the northeastern corner of the village of Horosher was over.

Crowds of captives were escorted to the rear with their heads hung down, officers were selected for interrogation, and soon a piece of news came to his ears that shocked Lieutenant General Halllein.

Fighting with the 3rd Infantry Division and the Panzergrenadier Division "Großdeutschland" were units of the 21st Tank Army of the Soviet Union.

"On the opposite side of us, there is not only a 23rd Tank Army, but also a 21st Tank Army, and we are in big trouble." Lieutenant General Hall Rhein said with a frown.

At this time, the new establishment table of the Soviet Tank Army had not yet been delivered to Chen Dao and Senior General Kleist, and Lieutenant General Hall Rhein naturally did not know, and still regarded the opposite tank army as a behemoth with thousands of tanks according to his previous experience.

"It seems that our defensive battle will continue for a while, try to let the enemy's tanks be consumed on the Luján River, and reduce our losses."

"It's good to let the Panzergrenadiers do this kind of defensive task, our armored regiment still has to attack, and only by attacking can we solve the enemy as quickly as possible."

The request for the attack was made by the commander of the armored regiment "Großdeutschland", Colonel Count Hazint Stakhwitz.

Lieutenant General Hall Rhine asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"With the Luján River as cover, it will be difficult for the enemy's tanks to get through, and it will be equally difficult for us to get there. To the east of us, there is no river blocking the side of the SS 104th Heavy Armored Brigade, which is especially suitable for armored forces to fight, and we can open a breakthrough from there and look for some fighters. ”