The Germans crossed the river almost all night on three pontoon bridges, and finally transported the 1st Panzer Group across the river before dawn the next day.

When standing on the east bank of the Dnieper, Admiral Kleist breathed a sigh of relief...... Last night's crossing of the river lost only five tanks and three cars.

In this case, it is still acceptable to cross the river with only five tanks, if it is discovered by the Russians and then blockade it with artillery fire...... Admiral Kleist couldn't have imagined that scene.

But there was no if in the war, Admiral Kleist looked at the map with some triumph, and then ordered: "Attack, target Romne!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The signal corps conveyed the order, and then the sound of the tank's motor roared, and the hundreds of tanks driving in front covered the infantry in the rain, slowly advancing, like a sharp knife, straight into the position of the Southern Sudan Front......

The Soviets were stunned by the sudden appearance of a sea of tanks in front of them, and they did not understand when the German tanks had crossed the river until they were caught in the trenches by tank tracks.

Then, there was the collapse of the Southern Sudan Front, and they didn't know how to face these steel monsters at all.

Equally alarmed was Moscow.

Originally, they thought that under the resistance of Yelomenko and Budyonny, the Germans would not be able to complete the encirclement so quickly, which meant that the Southwestern Front could withdraw at any time.

But now...... Everything is over, and the Southwestern Front has only a dead end.

Only then did Moscow hastily order Admiral Kirponos to break through.

At this time in history, Admiral Kirponos was rejected because of his repeated requests for a breakout, and when he received the breakout order, he could not believe that it was true, and actually asked to receive a written order from Moscow before carrying it out, so he delayed for more than ten precious hours.

Of course, Admiral Kirponos no longer needs to do this.

In fact, the commander of the Western Theater of Operations, Timoshenko, was in the know, so he got in touch with Admiral Kirponos as soon as possible.

"The Germans have already crossed the Dnieper!" Timoshengo said a little anxiously: "I think you must know! ”

"Yes, Comrade Marshal!" Admiral Kirponos replied: "I know! ”

"If you knew beforehand, why didn't you report it to me?" Timoshenko asked with some anger: "Do you know how much damage this caused to the Southern Front?" ”

"If I report to you, Comrade Marshal!" Admiral Kirponos replied: "Does that change anything?" Let Moscow agree to abandon the Kyiv breakout, or will it be able to encircle the Germans and defeat them? ”

Hearing this, Timoshenko had nothing to say, because it seemed that nothing would change anything, as Kirponos had said, and Moscow would stick to their so-called "hold" plan, which at best would be to strengthen the defenses on the east bank of the Dnieper and guard against German crossings elsewhere.

After thinking about it, Timoshenko said, "Well, I hope you are ready for this!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Marshal!" Admiral Kirponos replied: "We are ready!" ”

As soon as the communication from Timoshenko's side was cut off, a telegram from Moscow came.

"Order: the Southwestern Front abandons Kyiv to organize a breakout!"

Admiral Kirponos smiled with the telegram and said to the communications corps: "Call back: I can't carry out this order because I think ...... The time has come for the Southwestern Front to attack! ”

As he spoke, Admiral Kirponos ordered: "Order the mechanized 9th Army and attack!" ”

"Yes, attack!"

"Attack!"

……

One order after another was passed down, and the mechanized 9th Army, which had been prepared for a long time, drove out of the warehouse, tanks, cars, soldiers...... After a few days of rest, everyone was in good spirits.

The first to attack was the mechanized 5th Army on the Kyiv defensive line.

It is said that the 5th Army is mechanized, but since the light and medium tanks were transferred to the 9th Army, they were left with only some heavy tanks that were inconvenient to maneuver and had a high failure rate.

That's where they come into play.

KV1 and KV2 slowly crawled out of their bunkers, like clumsy elephants, and then hobbled towards the German lines...... Due to the mud in front of the position, a few of them had just driven a short distance before they got stuck and couldn't move.

But this did not prevent the other tanks from continuing to advance, slowly but step by step, and the Germans bombarded the tanks with anti-tank guns, but the shells hit them like tickles and did not move at all.

These tanks were followed by soldiers of the 5th Airborne Brigade of the Soviet Army...... During this time, they had already relied on their own strength to force the German army back three kilometers and hold their positions.

The German line of defense was quickly broken through, because no one could withstand the onslaught of Soviet heavy tanks.

However, these heavy tanks have almost completed their mission here...... More than thirty vehicles drove out and only advanced a certain distance, and only five cars remained able to continue their way, and there was no way to face the enemy's trenches, and the small ditch was an insurmountable obstacle for them.

The Germans, who fled to the second line of trenches, thought that this was the end of the Soviet offensive, but they soon discovered that this judgment was wrong.

The Soviet offensive has only just begun......

In the midst of shouts and motors, the tank group of the Soviet army suddenly appeared in front of them.

The Soviet tank groups were advancing so fast that the Germans simply did not have time to set up their anti-tank guns, and their first instinct was to pick up their rifles and try to stop the tanks coming at them.

But this was clearly in vain, the tanks rushed forward with muddy water like monsters with crazy hair, and then ruthlessly trampled the Germans under their "feet".

Shulka's motorized 131st Division followed behind the tank division, so they didn't feel much fighting, and only saw corpses on both sides of the rear compartment, as well as abandoned guns, machine guns, etc., and piles of squished meat that had been flattened by tracks.

Of course, this flesh paste is not completely flattened, it is often a deep tank track mark from the middle, and the organs on both sides that have not been crushed, such as hands and feet, are still intact, and are connected to the flesh in the middle by some flesh and blood blurred things.

It's like using a rolling pin to make a deep mark in the middle of the dough.

And then......

There were a few vomiting sounds in the carriage.

There were many recruits in the platoon, recruits who had not experienced the war.

However, this is no less difficult even for a "veteran" like Shulka.

Shulka looked at the rifle in his hand, not daring to look at the flesh and stumps outside.