On the east bank of the Dnieper, in the endless wheat fields, the 19 tanks of the 503rd Heavy Armored Battalion attacked in the most commonly used wedge-shaped offensive formation and rushed to the town of Stennis south of Dubrovno.

A battalion of infantry in a Type SDKFZ251 armored personnel carrier followed them, leaving ruts in the wheat fields where the massive armoured assault cluster passed, and under the ruts were crumbling wheat stalks, which also foreshadowed the fate of the Soviet troops in the town of Stennis.

The armored cluster is still more than a kilometer away from the town of Stennis, and the real battle has not yet begun, but the Soviet troops in the town of Stennis are already suffering from the fire.

The artillery regiment of the 9th Panzer Division, having assisted the friendly forces in Dubrovno to repel the Soviets, immediately turned its guns to support the troops crossing the river to attack, and the town of Stannis bore the brunt of the attack.

Countless shells crossed the Dnieper, crossed the clusters of armor galloping through the wheat fields, and rained down on the town of Stannis like a meteor shower, and the whole town was reduced to a sea of fire.

It was the first time that the Soviets in the town of Stennis had been attacked by artillery, and in the previous battles, neither German artillery nor air force aerial bombs had visited this inconspicuous town, and they were hit by sudden artillery fire, and the Soviet troops in the town suffered heavy casualties without defense.

The flames of the shell explosion surrounded the town of Stannis, and the stumps and severed arms of Soviet soldiers covered the streets, blood flowed on the streets, and the walls of the houses along the streets were stained with blood.

On the position near the place where the shells landed, the guns and artillery were also not spared, and they were torn apart by the shells. Gun parts were thrown all over the streets.

The German artillery shells never seemed to be finished. Under the cover of artillery fire. The surviving Soviet soldiers feared that the shells would fall on their heads.

It seems that a century has passed, and the Savior has descended from the sky to save the Soviet troops in the town of Stannis from purgatory.

After destroying countless wheat, the E-40 tanks of the 503rd Armored Battalion had rushed to the edge of Stennis Town, and the E-40 tanks that rushed to the forefront of the army were less than 300 meters away from the town.

After two rounds of free fire, the surviving fire point on the edge of the town of Stannis, which survived German fire, was baptized with 88-mm grenades. In an instant, even people and weapons were reduced to rubble.

Unscathed, the 503rd Heavy Armored Battalion cleared the last obstacle for the infantry behind to attack the town of Stennis Town.

The artillery observation post accompanying the operation in the back armored personnel carrier stopped the artillery fire in time, and almost the time for the driver to step on the accelerator, the SDKFZ251 armored car behind crossed the E-40 tank in front and rushed straight to the edge of the town, and the infantry jumped out of the armored car and rushed to the town.

The battle in the town was completely one-sided, and the Soviets in the town had little time to react, and the German infantry had already followed the armored vehicles into the town, and the infantry in dark green uniforms swept the town in an instant. The few remaining Soviet troops in the town were instantly drowned in the dark green wave.

More Soviet soldiers in grass-green uniforms fled when they saw the situation, but they could not escape the speed of the armored vehicles.

Four armored vehicles chased out of the town of Stennis. Steadily parked at the intersection of the town, the MG42 machine gun on the cockpit roof swayed left and right, spewing out tongues of fire, and the machine gun bullets spun to catch up with the fleeing Soviet troops, passing through the flesh and blood that stood in their flight path, taking the lives of the Soviet soldiers along the way.

The battle for the town of Stennis was only the beginning of the offensive, and after leaving one company to defend the town of Stennis, the armored group set out in full gear and continued to the south along the road to expand the area of the bridgehead.

Behind them, the No. 4 tank of the 33rd Panzer Regiment, accompanied by a battalion of infantry, fired a beautiful right hook, along the outskirts of Dubrovno, blocking the road leading to the rear of Dubrovno, encircling the Soviet troops in the city, and fighting a beautiful annihilation battle.

In order to strengthen the Dnieper, the 9th Panzer Division suffered a heavy loss from Katyusha rockets, but could not catch the culprit, and Lieutenant General Chen Dao and Lieutenant General Hui Biqi had to vent their anger on the Soviet troops in the city of Dubrovno.

In their imagination, if they directly launched an attack on the city, the best result would only be to expel the Soviet troops in the city from the city, which was far from being able to vent the anger in their hearts, and only by fighting a beautiful war of annihilation could they get rid of the evil anger in their hearts.

The Type 4G tank group of the 33rd Panzer Regiment galloped through the wilderness, and the tracks made of steel left countless ruts crisscrossing the Belarusian land with impunity.

Carefully maintaining a distance from the city of Dubrovno, the 33rd Panzer Regiment galloped almost unimpeded, drawing a graceful arc outside the city of Dubrovno.

However, in the eyes of the Soviet troops in the city, this arc was extremely terrifying.

On the outskirts of the city, the Soviet observation posts hiding on the top floors of the buildings clearly saw every move of the German troops, and the movements of the German troops were quickly sent to the Soviet headquarters in the city, which immediately caused a panic in the headquarters.

The Soviet troops stationed in the city of Dubrovno were mainly infantry, and the tank regiments reinforced to them had long been lost in the previous battles, and the Soviet troops in the city were completely unable to compare themselves with the German troops outside the city, both in terms of firepower and mobility.

Seeing that the Germans outside the city were trying to surround themselves, they could not do anything.

The battle in the city was in a stalemate, and the troops in front could not withdraw at all, and even if they were to withdraw from the battle, the infantry would leave the city and go to the field to fight the German armored forces, which was tantamount to suicide.

There is only one thing they can do now, and that is to call for help, to the higher forces.

Whether the city of Dubrovno can be held no longer depends on the Soviet troops in the city, but on when reinforcements arrive.

A telegram for help was quickly sent to Yeremenko's headquarters in the rear, and the Soviet troops in the city stopped the offensive and switched to a defensive position, with the idea of using the defense to buy time for the arrival of reinforcements in the rear.

Outside the city, the troops of the 33rd Panzer Regiment worked non-stop, and it took less than an hour to block the three roads leading to the rear, H01, H02 and H03.

Although the field between the highway and the Dnieper River to the west was not garrisoned, it was within the range of machine-gun fire and tank guns, and there was no German permission to pass, and there was no possibility of "smuggling" the Soviet troops in the city.

On the west bank of the Dnieper, in the headquarters of the 9th Panzer Division, Lieutenant General Chen Dao and Hui Biqi immediately gave the order for a general attack when they learned that the encirclement had been formed.

"The Waffen-SS troops are attacking on the perimeter, and our men are launching a counterattack inside the city, flanking from both sides, and it is expected that the battle will be over in two hours, and the city will be fully capable of taking it before dark." Lieutenant General Hui Biqi said.

Chen Dao pointed to an area east of the city of Dubrovno on the map and said: "According to aerial reconnaissance, an enemy armored unit is moving here, but it has been temporarily interrupted by our air strikes, and behind this armored force, a larger armored force is following up." I wonder if we can use the city of Dubrovno to set a trap for the enemy and destroy the Russian armored force, without which the enemy may no longer have the extra mobile forces to prevent us from occupying Orsha and rushing towards Smolensk. ”

"What's your plan?" Lieutenant General Hui Biqi asked. (To be continued.) )