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Knowing that the 2nd Battalion had stormed the town of Tissafield, the troops in Zhennan stopped feinting, and the infantry of the 1st Battalion pressed all on it, taking advantage of the opportunity of artillery to suppress the defenders in Zhennan to approach the Soviet defensive line.

After the shelling stopped, the infantry and armored vehicles of the first battalion immediately launched a final charge, taking advantage of the fact that the Soviet troops had not yet recovered their senses.

The cacophony of gunfire rang out south of the town, and the charging German soldiers obscured the ground.

In the ruins, the Soviet soldiers were dazed and disgraced by the fierce artillery bombardment, and when they came to their senses, they found that the Germans had entered the town and rushed to their side.

The dense rain of bullets made it impossible for the Soviet troops to raise their heads, and the M24 grenade then flew into the corner where the Soviet troops were hiding in white smoke, completely breaking the courage of the Soviet troops to resist.

In the intact houses of the town, some Soviet troops resisted stubbornly, and the streets were blocked by bullets from light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, and the streets were riddled with bullet holes.

Snipers were either hiding behind attic windows in houses or on church bells to fire cold guns at German soldiers in the streets, only to be targeted by Grizzly assault guns that were long overdue.

The Grizzly assault gun lived up to its title of "violent demolition worker", and the 150mm short-barreled howitzer swung slightly, aimed at the houses where the Soviet troops were hidden, and then let out a roar to smash the Soviet troops and the houses to pieces.

Relying on the powerful demolition ability of the Grizzly assault gun, the Germans attacked the Soviet troops in the town from the north and south. Houses turned into graves.

The few tanks that hid in the corner to attack the Germans were blown to pieces by the E-40 tanks that then rushed into the town.

After about two hours of street fighting, the Germans occupied the town of Tissafield.

The Soviets in the town of Tissafield were wiped out, and the fighting in the town of Poroslo on the right bank of the Tissa River was nearing its end.

Nearly one-fifth of the town's houses were razed to the ground. One in two houses was damaged to varying degrees. The Reichsmarshal Panzer Division took the town by purely violent means that were not weaker than the Great German Division.

Half an hour later. Four SDKFZ251 armoured vehicles cleared the way ahead, followed by twenty-one E-40 tanks rumbling across the railway bridge across the river into the town of Poroslo.

With the exception of seven tanks that had been damaged in battle or had suffered mechanical failures, the Großdeutsche Division handed over all the E-40s in its possession to the Reichsmarshal Panzer Division.

Reinforced by twenty-one E-40 tanks, Mandolfer was overjoyed when he heard the news.

The Imperial Marshal Panzer Division served as the main attack in this counteroffensive, and with the help of these big guys, the attack below would be much smoother.

After complimenting each other over the radio, Major General Mandol and Holren commanded their respective troops. The offensive to the north continued.

While the Reichsmarshal Panzer Division and the Großdeutsche Division were rampage on both sides of the Tisza River, a crisis befell the Italian Motorized Division and the Litorio Panzer Division in the city of Solnok on the lower reaches of the Tiza River.

After a night of marching, the main forces of the Soviet 45th Tank Division and the 216th Motorized Division were successfully transferred outside the city of Solnok.

Kryakov's plan was simple, the capture of Solnok, the hub of water transport, would open a road to the rear and also threaten the supply lines of the rear of the Italian Eighth Army.

For the safety of the supply lines of the Eighth Army, the Germans would definitely not let Solnok be occupied, and through the attack on Solnok, the German army could be mobilized. Let the Germans turn around and return to Solnok and abandon the plan to march north.

Totally speaking. Kryakov pinned all his hopes on the battle for the assault on Solnok.

The sooner Solnok was captured, the sooner the Germans could be put under pressure to turn around and come back to buy enough time for the 12th Army to redeploy.

Carrying all the hopes of Kryakov, the 45th Tank Division had just arrived north of Solnok and launched an attack almost without rest.

With the two roads due north and northwest as the offensive axis, the 45th Tank Division and the 216th Motorized Division divided into two routes and launched an attack on the city of Solnok.

To the northwest, the troops of the 216 Motorized Division sent a motorized infantry regiment and a tank regiment to launch an attack on the positions of the Litorio Panzer Division.

Led by twenty KV-1 tanks, more than a hundred BT-5 fast tanks rushed to the Italian positions covered with artillery fire.

Unable to defeat the KV-1 and T-34 tanks, the M13-40 tanks equipped with the Litorio Panzer Division were unrelenting in the face of the "light cavalry" BT-5 fast tanks, bravely firing at the BT-5 tank group with 47mm tank guns.

The armor of the BT-5 rapid tank was only 13 mm thick at its thickest point, and the armor-piercing shells fired by the 47 mm tank gun tore through their armor as easily as chopsticks poking tofu.

Seeing that the tanks of the Italian army were so brave, the KV-1 tank had to stop and go, the huge and sturdy body bouncing off one shell after another, and the 76.2 mm gun on the turret kept spewing flames and firing at the Italian tanks.

The arrogant performance of the KV-1 tank on the battlefield quickly attracted the attention of a special unit.

Chen Dao was not at ease with the combat effectiveness of the two divisions of the Italian army, and for the sake of safety, he ordered the Panzer Division of the Imperial Marshal to secondment the heavy antiaircraft artillery companies of the division's air defense battalions to the two divisions of the Italian army to make up for the lack of anti-tank firepower of the two divisions.

Of the 12 FLAK36 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, eight were assigned to the Litorio Panzer Division.

Ambushed behind the Italian infantry positions, the German gunners quickly found their targets, the large, slow KV-1 tanks.

The predecessor of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the Imperial Marshal Division was the 7th antiaircraft artillery battalion that Chen Dao relied on, and this battalion followed him throughout Poland, France and North Africa, and had rich combat experience.

In the face of these outrageously slow KV-1s, which were similar to those of the Matilda 2 "Snail" tank, the German gunners ignored the speed of the enemy tank, and almost every shell fired missed as accurately as hitting a fixed target.

With the sound of tooth-aching metal crashing, bullet holes were cut into the tall body of the KV-1 tank, and one after another was paralyzed on the battlefield.

The tanks of the Litorio Panzer Division were also very experienced. Turn the tracks and load-bearing wheels of the muzzle-side-firing KV-1 tank. Shells clanged to the left and right of the KV-1. Either the load-bearing wheels were shattered, or the tracks were broken, and six or seven KV-1s were paralyzed on the way to the attack, and then destroyed by flying 88-mm armor-piercing shells.

The real crisis took place north of Solnok, in the positions of the 52nd Turin Motorized Division.

Knowing the importance of capturing Solnok and the urgency of the situation, the 45th Tank Division dispatched all the tanks it could use almost at once.

On the two-kilometer-wide front, more than 200 tanks charged with the momentum of crushing the city of Solnok.

Overlooking the land. The square-headed, slow-paced KV-1, the fast T-34 crawled all over the grass, and the rear and sides of the car were followed by infantry running like ants, and the black smoke from the jet pipe at the rear of the car gathered into a black cloud in the sky.

In the face of the overwhelming numerical superiority of Soviet tanks, two anti-tank companies of the Turin Motorized Division, a heavy anti-aircraft gun company, a total of twenty-four 75-mm anti-tank guns and four 90-mm anti-aircraft guns, and four seconded 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, although far inferior in numbers, still frantically fired at the Soviet tank cluster.

Armor-piercing shells fired from Italian positions. High-explosive shells fired by Soviet tank clusters whizzed through the middle of the battlefield.

The tank was hit by an armor-piercing shell, bursting into bursts of fire. The detonated ammunition tossed the tank's turret into the air, and flames burned in the tank's power compartment, billowing black smoke into the sky.

The vengeful shells of the Soviet tanks fell on the Italian positions, and the Italian gunners were blown to pieces by shrapnel, and some artillery positions were hit by ammunition boxes, triggering the detonation of ammunition and setting off deadly fireworks.

The battle between the two sides began with fires and flames, which were extremely tragic.

For every hundred meters of advance, the Soviets had to pay the price of seven or eight tanks destroyed.

With each round of shelling, one or two artillery positions in the rear of the Italian positions exposed their positions, destroyed by oncoming high-explosive shells.

Seeing that the tanks rushing to the front were less than a hundred meters away from the Italian trenches, the Italian troops in the positions were already holding Molotov cocktails and picking up anti-tank mines and cluster grenades.

At the last moment, an overwhelming screech rang out in the sky.

At some point, a German aircraft group flew over the battlefield, ME-110 and ME-109 fighters flew across the battlefield, machine guns and cannons swept through the Soviet infantry group, and countless demon egg bombs were also smashed on the head, shooting tens of thousands of shrapnel over the Soviet troops.

Stuka also blew the horn of Jericho and smashed aerial bombs into the ground, causing numerous earthquake-like explosions.

It only took one round of attacks, and the group of planes that rushed to the ground successfully suppressed the Soviet infantry on the ground, and carried six or seven tanks relatively close to the explosion point to the state of parts.

The Soviet infantry was pinned down and could not cover the tanks in time.

When the Italian soldiers saw the arrival of air support, their morale was greatly boosted.

Without the interference of the Soviet infantry, their actions became bold.

The tracks of a T-34 tank had just run over the Italian trench when the fire flashed in the trench, and a Molotov cocktail fell into its power compartment with black smoke and smashed it, staining the steel plate with viscous fuel, and then igniting a raging flame.

Less than 50 meters away, the T-34 tank braked sharply and stopped, and the tankman pushed open the hatch and abandoned the car and fled.

A KV-1 first bombarded a light machine-gun emplacement with a tank gun, and then swept down the gunners of an anti-tank gun emplacement.

After brazenly pressing down on the Italian trench, an Italian soldier rushed up from the right side and glued a magnetic cluster bomb to the steel plate on the rear of the vehicle just after the tank had just opened, and then pulled the fuse.

With a bang, less than ten meters away, the rear of the KV-1 tank was surrounded by dazzling flames

The soldiers of the Turin Division, with their tenacious will and skillful combat skills, showed their German comrades and enemies to be strong, worthy of the title of the elite Italian troops.

However, when the Soviet aircraft group arrived, and the German fighters had to turn their heads against the Soviet fighters and could not provide support on the ground, the Soviet offensive strength was resumed.

The infantry got up and followed the tanks to the trenches, and any figure moving in the trenches was strafed by the **sand submachine guns, and the Italian soldiers could no longer attack the tanks from the flanks and rear as easily as before.

Some infantry jumped directly into the trenches and fought with the Italian soldiers to seize control of the trenches.

After paying a heavy price, sacrificing nearly 100 tanks and 1,000 infantry, the Soviets finally broke through the first line of defense of the Turin division and rushed towards the city of Solnok.

In the battle on the outskirts of the city, the Turin division lost most of its anti-tank guns and the first line of positions, and the subsequent positions were also in jeopardy.

The Soviet infantry pressed in groups to the second line of positions of the Turin division, easily breaking through the resistance of the Italian infantry.

At the critical moment, in the position on the left flank of the Turin Division, more than fifty tanks suddenly rushed to the right flank of the Soviet tank cluster, which was the reinforcement sent by the tank regiment of the Litorio Panzer Division.

Knowing of the danger faced by the Turin division on the right flank, the Litorio Panzer Division did not care about the pressure he was under, and sent the only reserve in his hand to the Turin division, which prevented the collapse of the Turin division's position in time.

The Soviet tank group had to turn around and engage in a tank battle with the enemy from the right flank.

While Soviet tanks and friendly units were engaged in tank battles, the infantry of the Turin Division took the opportunity to launch a small counteroffensive.

Machine gun bullets, mortars, and howitzer shells flew in various trajectories towards the Soviet infantry, and the suppressed Soviet infantry could not move, but could only hide behind tanks, or simply flee to the Italian trenches they occupied.

The Soviet infantry dilemma did not last long, and the M13-40 tank's 47mm tank gun was extremely easy against the BT-5 tank, but it was extremely weak against the T-34 and KV-1 tanks.

The maximum cross-country speed of 12 km was also at an absolute disadvantage in the face of the T-34, and it was simply impossible to attack the flank of the T-34 tank with a roundabout tactic.

In more than 20 minutes of tank battle, more than 50 M13-40 tanks were destroyed by the Soviet troops, and the rest of the tanks were evacuated from the battlefield in a hurry.

A battalion of T-34 tanks pursued the defeated Italian troops in order to extend the results of the battle, and the main Soviet tank force turned around again and continued to attack deep into the Turin division's position.

Seeing that the tank troops had overwhelmed the second line of defense of the Italian army, the division headquarters of the 45th Tank Division suddenly issued a strange order.

All the troops turned around and retreated, returning to their starting positions.

After the order was issued, the Soviet tank units lacked radios, and the drawbacks of inconvenient command were once again revealed.

The battalion commanders and company commanders of the tank regiments received orders and waved flags to signal the troops to retreat.

However, on a battlefield under heavy fire, this behavior is extremely dangerous and extremely ineffective.

Soon, the Soviet tanks on the battlefield were divided into two groups, one group continued to attack the Italian position, and the other group retreated from the battlefield, and the infantry also fell into confusion.

At the urging of the division headquarters, the Soviet tank units withdrew from the battlefield in waves, and then were ordered to regroup and set off in the direction of the 216th Motorized Division on the right flank to meet an armored force from behind the division. (To be continued......)