A small town of Aleksandrovsk, naturally, could not accommodate the strength of two regiments of Count Stakhwitz.

After an urgent redeployment, Count Stakhwitz divided his troops into two parts.

The 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment of Greater Germany reinforced a Panzergrenadier battalion to the Panzer Regiment, while the Grizzly Assault Artillery Company of the Panzer Regiment was reinforced to the 1st Grenadier Regiment.

At the same time, in the town of Aleksandrovsk, about one and a half battalions of the infantry of the 2nd Infantry Division, which arrived on the battlefield with tanks first, was also placed under the command of the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment, whose task was to attack the city of Voroshilovgrad from the west and attract the opposing armored forces back to the rescue.

Count Stakhwitz personally led the Großdeutsche Panzer Regiment south to the Luján River and ambushed the Soviet Panzer Corps that had returned to the rescue.

The army then began to make an emergency move.

From west to east, the battle group successfully crossed the Luján River on a battlefield about five kilometers wide, from two crossings and a bridge used by the local population.

At the westernmost crossing, Count Stakhwitz rode in an E-40 "Panther" command tank and rushed into the Luján River, cleaving the waves and rushing to the south bank of the river with a trail of water.

In front of him, more tanks were following a country dirt road through a village called Sabiivka, above which a FI-382 "Black Hawk" helicopter from an artillery unit hovered in the air at an altitude of about 50 meters, vigilantly monitoring the surrounding movements.

Higher altitudes, fierce air battles never stopped, and the bombers and attack planes of the Soviet Air Force, from time to time, drilled through the blockade of German fighters, dived to the ground, and launched attacks.

The Greater German Panzer Regiment and the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment each had an anti-aircraft company, each equipped with 12 Tornado self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, each equipped with a 20-mm six-barreled "Gatling" anti-aircraft gun.

The barrel of the "Gatling" anti-aircraft gun rotated at high speed, shooting armor-piercing shells into the air like water, forming a dense network of firepower, covering the heads of the German troops on the ground and providing cover for the actions of the battle group.

The infantry also joined the anti-aircraft battle, and the machine gun shooters held the MG-42 machine gun's bipod and raised it above their heads, so that the muzzle of the machine gun was pointed at the sky.

"Sneer·····" The sound of tearing oilcloth resounded through the battlefield.

Anti-aircraft fire from the ground, and fighter jets from the sky, chasing all the way to low altitudes, jointly defended the head of the Stakhwitz battle group.

Without the harassment of the Soviet Air Force, the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment of Großdeutschland captured the town of Juverejne on the south bank of the Luhan River, about 1,500 meters away, in a single charge.

The town of Yuveleyne, like the town of Aleksandrovsk, is the western gateway to the city of Voroshilovgrad.

In both towns, there are east-west roads connecting the town and the city.

Between the two towns, there is a southeast-north-west railway, which runs through the city of Voroshilovgrad and extends to the Donets River.

After capturing the two towns, the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment of Grodeutschland mobilized three battalions to attack Voroshilovgrad along two road and railway lines from west to east.

To the southwest of the town of Juveleyne, Count Stakhwitz sat in his command tank, half of his body exposed outside the turret, and looking at the battlefield to the east, it could be clearly seen that the SD KFZ 251 armored vehicles were rushing towards the city of Voroshilovgrad, and the "Grizzly" assault gun followed behind with its fat body shaking.

Soon, armored vehicles, Grizzly assault guns, and infantry following the chariots quickly disappeared into the dense complex like water seeping into the sand.

What's going on? Count Stachwitz was amazed.

When attacking the town of Juvereine, the count hoped to be able to lure some Soviet troops out of the city, but he did not expect that the Soviet army was too honest, and no one came to the rescue of the weak defenders in the town of Yuvilleine.

Now, the attack on the city began, obviously it was a feint, but the attacking troops quickly fell into the city, which was very troublesome, and once they fell into a stalemate with the defenders in the city, they needed to retreat to join the battle.

Without much time to worry about the battle in the city, Count Stachwitz turned his gaze to the west and southwest.

Two panzergrenadier battalions of the Großdeutsches Panzer Regiment defended to the southwest and west along a tributary of the Luján River, a small river called Bila, relying on the towns of Sabiivka, Gajovi and Rasivka.

The tank battalion and artillery unit under the command of Count Stakhwitz himself stood by in the town of Juverene, a little further back, ready to fight as a reserve.

The various units were in place one after another, and Count Stakhwitz relieved himself and turned his head to look at the town of Rasivka to the southwest.

If the enemy came back to the aid of Voroshilovgrad, the shortest road would be through the town of Rasivka.

After waiting patiently for about half an hour, the count finally waited for a report from an artillery observation post in the air.

On the road to the southwest, a marching brigade of Russians was spotted, and less than five minutes later a warning from the west was also sent to the Count.

The Earl stroked the bushy mustache above his lips, and the enemy came back to rescue from the country dirt road to the west and the road to the south, in two directions, which basically conformed to his own judgment.

The sound of gunfire in the town of Rasivka soon reached the earl's ears, but it soon stopped.

About ten minutes later, the sound of more intensive gunfire came from the town of Rasivka, and the count got out of the turret and stepped on it with both feet.

Through the telescope, he clearly saw a dense black dot in the open space outside the town of Rasivka.

A sudden roar rushed into the earl's ears, and the count shuddered violently and almost fell off the tank.

The artillery hidden near the town of Yuvelene suddenly opened fire, and 12 Wasp self-propelled cannons and 18 Scorpion self-propelled cannons opened heavy fire, smashing shells on the heads of Soviet troops outside the town of Rashivka.

The black dots in the telescope, which were originally dense, were soon enveloped in gray-black smoke, and flying dust and smoke filled the clearing outside the town of Rasivka.

"The armored battalion strikes and breaks them."

The Count slipped into the turret and shouted into the radio headset.

Three companies of the 1st Panzer Battalion, with E-40 "Panther" tanks activated, one company marching along the road, and the other two companies marching in battle formation, marching in unison in the fields on the east side of the road, and rushing towards the town of Rasivka.

With a distance of less than five kilometers, the 1st Panzer Company, which was advancing along the road, was the first to charge into the town of Rasivka, where it joined up with the 2nd Company, which was fighting in the town of Rasivka, and pointed its guns at the enemy in the open space west of the town.

The defenders' sudden increase in anti-tank fire inflicted heavy damage on the T-34 tanks west of the town.

88mm armor-piercing shells flew everywhere, ruthlessly tearing through the T-34's armor, burrowing into the tank's interior, killing and injuring its members, and instantly creating a pile of tank wreckage outside the town.

In the open space southwest of the town, the attacking Soviet infantry group was suppressed by heavy artillery fire, and the Soviet infantry fell down or jumped into the crater to avoid the shelling, leaving only the tanks to charge.

The E-40 tanks of the two companies in the north suddenly rushed into the battlefield, and the tall and powerful bodies and the momentum brought by the cluster charge of the tanks instantly broke the morale of the Soviet army.

Caught off guard, it was continuously subjected to a salvo of German tanks, and in the open space southwest of the town, there were more than a dozen wreckage of the T-34 type.

The surviving T-34 tanks rushed into battle, but were flanked by tanks from both inside and north of the town, and one after another was paralyzed in place.

The T-34 tank, which turned around and fled, went on a rampage and rushed into the infantry, which was hiding from the shelling, and the crevices in the tracks were soon stained with red marks.

The E-40 Panthers swept through the battlefield southwest of the town of Rasivka, and the town's tanks and Panzergrenadiers took advantage of the situation to rush out of the town and launch a countercharge.

Under the guidance of the artillery observation post, the artillery extended its fire in time and pursued the defeated Soviet troops and bombarded them.

Behind Xu Jin's barrage of artillery fire, Count Stakhwitz commanded the tank group and pursued it all the way to the southwest.

About five kilometers southwest of the town of Lasivka, at a three-way junction, lies a small town called Bire.

The commander of the 21st Tank Army, Major General Kuzmin, at first stood outside the town and watched the battle with a telescope, completely watching the rout of his troops.

Seeing that the Germans were chasing the defeated troops all the way and quickly approaching the town of Bije, Major General Kuzmin hurriedly turned around and ran into the town.

"The Germans came up and prepared the self-propelled artillery regiment."

On both sides of the road connecting the towns of Rasivka and Bire, a self-propelled artillery regiment with 16 SU-122 self-propelled guns lay in ambush in the open space between the buildings, the muzzles of the black hole holes pointed to the northeast.

The first thing that caught their eyes was the infantry fleeing back in twos and threes, and the Soviet tanks fleeing frantically, followed by the German tank group that was chasing all the way.

It is not known which SU-122 was the first to open fire, and there was an instant burst of artillery fire in the town of Bilie, and two of the E-40 "Panther" tanks in the charging group instantly caught fire, and four were paralyzed by bullets.

Before the Panther tank group could fire back, anti-tank shells followed and fired at the Panther.

The battle-hardened Count Stachwitz reacted immediately, and the self-propelled artillery units continued to extend their artillery fire, suppressing the defenders of the town with firepower.

The tankmen of the E-40 "Black Panther" tank group carefully searched for the location of the Soviet anti-tank fire in the town, and a tank battle broke out between the two sides.

88-mm armor-piercing shells flew out, killing the SU-122 self-propelled guns hidden in the town of Bije one by one.

122 mm shells also fell on the armor of the German tanks, and most of them were bounced off, but they also frightened the German tankers hiding inside.

There were more and more 88-mm shells in flight, fewer and fewer 122-mm shells, and the emergence of a new unit completely upset the balance of the battle in the town of Bire.

At the call of the Air Force ground guidance team, a squadron of JU-87 Stuka dive bombers appeared over the town of Bilie, and was quickly attracted by the green smoke grenades fired by the ground guidance team into the town of Bilie.

In a series of dives, Stuka blew the horn of "Jericho", and a scalp-tinging scream resounded across the battlefield, striking the hearts of every combatant on both sides.

"Rumble ······" The power of heavy aerial bombs is not comparable to the army's howitzers.

The ground trembled throughout the battlefield, and the entire town of Birek was sunk into the breath of death brought by the Stuka dive bombers.

Almost as soon as the first Stuka dive bomber launched its dive, a jeep rushed out of the town of Bille, just to avoid the aerial bombs.

In the jeep, it was Major General Kuzmin and two of his men who were seated.

The major general stroked his chest, secretly glad that he had escaped quickly and had not been razed to the ground by aerial bombs along with the town of Bire.

Suddenly, the adjutant's exclamation was heard.

"Stuka, it's rushing down."

Rear Admiral Kuzmin hurriedly turned his head and saw a Stuka dive bomber pull down and chase his jeep from behind.

Cannon and machine-gun bullets flew in, kicking up dust all the way on the ground and chasing the jeep.

In a panic, the driver slammed the steering wheel to dodge, and the jeep rushed off the road, lost its balance, and rolled on its side in a field on the side of the road.

About half an hour later, an SD KFZ 251 armored vehicle pulled up to the side of the road, and seven or eight heavily armed panzergrenadiers jumped from the vehicle.

The grenadiers carefully surrounded the overturned jeep and saw four people lying next to the jeep.

A soldier leaned down to test the snort of a corpse.

"It's a general, but unfortunately he's dead, and his neck seems to have broken."