Rommel shook his fist, slammed the roof of the cockpit and shouted, "They're coming down, turn around." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The front wheels of the SDKFZ251 armored car jerked to the right, rushed off the road with a gust of wind, and stumbled on the grass on the side of the road.

In the armored car, Rommel's body swayed with the bumps of the body, his legs stood in stride, his hands clenched on the P38 pistol, and he fired wildly at the Il-2 attack aircraft that swept above the road, until he ran out of bullets and made a firing pin crash sound in the chamber.

Seeing the Il-2 flying into the distance and pulling up into the air, Rommel ran to the front of the armored car and told the driver to stop.

"Helmut, get out of the car, raise your gun, get ready." Rommel shouted.

His adjutant, Lieutenant Helmut, pushed open the hatch and jumped out of the car, and Rommel reached out and removed the MG-42 machine gun above the aft hatch.

"They're back, quick." Rommel pointed his machine gun in both hands and pointed it into the sky.

Helmut reached out and grabbed the bipod under the barrel of the machine gun and raised it above his head, and a human stand MG42 anti-aircraft machine gun was freshly baked.

The two Il-2 attack planes, one behind the other, opened a distance of about 200 meters, dived again, and flew from east to west along the road.

The machine gun bullets flew down like hailstones, hitting the road and bursting out of craters.

A Mercedes-Benz heavy truck with the rear of the car on the road, but the front of the car was diagonally inserted on the grass on the left side of the highway, and the rear compartment was swept by the machine gun again, and suddenly sawdust flew.

The two wounded people lying in the open space next to the car were unfortunately swept by the bullets, and after two muffled snorts, they lost the ability to scream forever.

The two Il-2s strafed all the way, causing a bloody storm on the road, but they did not pay attention to Rommel in the grass on the side of the road.

Rommel pressed the MG-42 to his shoulder, pulled the trigger, and the MG-42 machine gun let out a characteristic "snort" sound, firing a string of bullets at the Il-2.

As the Il-2 swept over the road in front of him, the muzzle of Rommel's machine gun turned with him, shouting "Turn right, hurry up." ”

Poor Helmut could only act as a humanoid turntable, adjusting the muzzle orientation of Rommel at his command.

As the two Il-2s swept over the road again, Helmut felt a gust of wind blowing in his face, carrying blades of grass and dust at him, and he turned into a humanoid dust collector for Rommel behind him, allowing the wind to slap him on his head and face with blades of grass and dust.

When squinting his eyes to prevent the dust from squinting, Helmut did not forget to see that the right fuselage of the Il-2 behind him burst out with a spark, but there was neither smoke nor crash, it still flew straight ahead, and then raised its head to raise the altitude.

His body shifted with his gaze, his hands adjusting the muzzle pointing while feeling the violent vibration of the machine gun's fire.

"Hit, he smoked." Helmut was suddenly shaken.

Rommel stopped shooting, tilted his chin and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw a cloud of black smoke coming out of the tail of the Il-2 attack plane, which was about to pull up the altitude, and rushed to the ground in the distance with a leaning body.

Actually killed? A flash of surprise flashed through Rommel's mind.

"Buzz ・・・・・・" A powerful noise with a strong wind came from behind, and in Rommel's sight, a yellow-nosed plane appeared, and under the wings of the plane, it was sprayed with a black body and white iron cross pattern.

Flying above Rommel's head was one of the representative aircraft of the Luftwaffe, the ME-109 fighter.

Looking at the dashing ME-109, Rommel was in a daze.

"I thought a miracle would happen, knocking out a Black Death?"

Holding the machine gun tripod in his left hand and slapping the dust on his face and military uniform with his right hand, Helmut turned to Rommel and said.

Rommel pulled the trigger, threw a string of bullets into the sky, and then shoved the machine gun into Helmut's arms.

"Go, reload the machine gun, and we'll go on."

The timely appearance of the fighter unit, together with the ground air defense forces, put an end to the ravages of the Il-2.

Rommel's convoy set off again, and along the way, Rommel looked at the soldiers on and on the side of the road who were cleaning up the wreckage of vehicles and collecting the bodies of their comrades.

"Don't fall into my hands with those damned pheasants, or I'll break their necks."

As the convoy continued westward, the scene on the side of the road suddenly changed.

In the meadows on the side of the road, German soldiers were armed with guns and staring at their trophies.

Looking at the crowds of Soviet prisoners of war sitting in the fields, unkempt and depressed, Rommel was in high spirits.

At the moment, his judgment is right, and the march to Priluki is also right.

Since the start of the war with the Soviet Union, Rommel has a general understanding of the combat effectiveness and establishment of the Soviet army.

The fact that a central front was able to withstand the attack of the 1st Panzer Army of Kleist head-on was already a manifestation of its strong combat effectiveness.

Later, he threw the 47th Panzer Army into battle to flank the Central Front, but the Central Front had not yet collapsed, which for the Soviet Army, it can only be described as an explosion of combat effectiveness.

As Army Group Northern Ukraine joined the battle, the Sixth Army attacked Kyiv head-on, joining the siege of the Central Front, which turned out to be able to withstand again.

What is the Central Front trying to do, do you want to challenge God? Is this still the Russian I know?

After some analysis, Rommel firmly did not believe that the Central Front had the ability to challenge God.

Although the Central Front did not collapse, it must have been struggling to support itself, and there were no extra forces to stop itself.

The reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Panzer Division and the reconnaissance planes of the Air Force successively sent telegrams that the Soviet troops coming from the direction of Priluki were infantry divisions.

Rommel immediately made a decision, and in accordance with the operational concept of "only hitting with fists, not slapping with slaps", he dispatched the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions and the 502nd Heavy Armored Battalion to meet the Soviet infantry division head-on.

Now it seems that the results are gratifying.

As the convoy traveled westward, Rommel saw dead military horses, tattered horse-drawn carts, sparse howitzers with bombarded shields, and dead corpses of soldiers everywhere in the wilderness on the side of the road, and the smell of slaughter and blood in the air.

The radio communication vehicle sent good news, and the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions, in a head-on engagement, strongly crushed the Soviet infantry divisions on the opposite side, and were currently in pursuit.

From time to time, Rommel looked up at the sky and saw that on the western horizon, the base of the sun had sunk into the horizon.

With his right arm resting on the wall of the carriage, Rommel said to Helmut: "Send a telegram to General Schwebenburg and ask him what is going on with Romner?" ”

While waiting for Schwebenburg to reply, Rommel's armored car drove past two conjoined cars.

In front of it was an 18-ton half-track trailer with an E-40 tank attached to the tow cable.

Rommel saw an armored captain, half of his body exposed outside the turret.

Sensing that Rommel's armored car was overtaking, the captain looked down at the armored vehicle, and happened to meet Rommel's eyes.

The captain hurriedly saluted with his raised hand, and Rommel returned the salute.

When he was on the wrong side, Rommel saw white Arabic numerals painted on the side of the turret, 101.

The No. 1 car of the 1st company of the 502nd heavy armored battalion was also the commander of the 1st company, and Rommel recognized the identity of the other party.

In a small village east of Priluki, Rommel found the commander of the 3rd Panzer Division, Major General Modell.

"Our luck is so good, if the Russian infantry is not on the march, but fortified near Priluki, we are afraid that we will have to suffer somewhat." Moder said.

"Luck is also part of strength." Rommel said.

From time to time, there were gunshots of different tones outside, and Rommel suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the roof and said: "That loud noise just now should be the sound of Grizzly Assault Gun firing." ”

Modell nodded, then said, "The street fighting in Priluki is fierce. ”

"In any case, it must be over before dark." Rommel said.

After exchanging a few more words with Modell, Rommel turned and left the headquarters of the 3rd Panzer Division.

Standing at the entrance of the divisional department, Rommel with his hands behind his back, happened to see two conjoined cars driving into the village and passing in front of him.

Rommel and the captain of car 101 looked at each other again, and the captain raised his right hand again to salute Rommel, but his hand was halfway raised, and then suddenly lowered again.

Rommel was surprised by the captain's actions, only that the tank had already passed in front of him and did not pursue it further.

The process of waiting for the street fighting to end was boring, and Rommel took Helmut around the village.

Turning to the west of the village, Rommel looked at Priluki, where there was a burst of artillery fire.

A few wisps of smoke from the city of Priluki are already very close to the city center, and presumably the battle will end soon.

Rommel withdrew his gaze, looked around, and as he skimmed north, his eyes narrowed.

After picking up the telescope hanging on his chest and looking around for a while, Rommel put down the telescope again and shouted, "Helmut, come here, give me the big one." ”

Helmut opened the box of the telescope he was carrying on his chest and took out a large 15x50 telescope.

Taking the binoculars, Rommel said, "Squat down and carry me." ”

Moments later, Helmut acted as a humanoid booster insole, making Rommel, who was half a head shorter than him, half a head taller than him.

Stretching his neck, Rommel held the telescope in one hand and stared straight to the north.

"General, what are you looking at?"

"I'm going to see if there's an enemy in the north, and then decide which side we're going to attack?" Rommel said.

"Didn't we go to Kyiv?" Helmut said.

"Yes, but the earth turns."

"Ah・・・・・・?" Helmut looked confused.

"The earth will change, and so will people. If there are fewer enemies in the north than in the west, of course we have to change directions. Rommel said.

"Can you really tell how many enemies there are in the north?" Helmut asked.

"I can probably see it, it's okay, let me down." Rommel said.

Helmut put down Rommel and asked curiously, "How many enemies are there in the north?" ”

"I don't know, I'll find out tomorrow when I go over to investigate in person." Rommel shoved the telescope back into Helmut's hand and left with a bewildered look on his face.

At about 7:40, east of the city of Priluki, under the full control of the German army, Rommel's temporary headquarters.

Rommel looked at the Soviet lieutenant colonel standing in front of him.

"Lieutenant Colonel Shubin, please bring a message from me to the commander of your front, as well as the commissar, that I and my troops are only one hundred and twenty kilometers from Kyiv. That's all, you're good to go. ”

Turning his head, Rommel said to Modell: "Arrange a car for Mr. Lieutenant Colonel to escort him out of our guard area." ”

Not long after sending away the Soviet lieutenant colonel, Rommel waited for someone, Schwebenburg and members of the 24th Panzer Army.

"Fortunately, there is air force cover, and there are people from the 4th Panzer Division to take over, otherwise we would have stayed in Roma forever." Schwebenburg said with trepidation.

Rommel looked at the commander of the 4th Panzer Division, Major General Langelmann, who had arrived with him.

"A Soviet armored unit outflanked them from the north in an attempt to cut off their road to Priluki, and my troops happened to be encountered." Langelmann said.

Rommel suddenly realized.

Looking around at everyone, Rommel said: "Since everyone is here, I will arrange tomorrow's combat mission." Whether we can escape or not depends on tomorrow's battle. ”

The expressions of Schwebenburg and the others were even more serious.

"The military headquarters of the 24th Panzer Corps took your original troops, with Priluki as the center, to form defensive positions in the city and the surrounding villages, remember to get in touch with the 2nd Air Force and ask them to airdrop supplies to us, with a focus on fuel.

The 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions, your departure time is 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, and you can see the assembly time by yourself. ”

Moder hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, you just sent a prisoner to deliver a message to the Russians. ”

Langelmann and Schwebenburg looked at Rommel in surprise.

Moder continued: "The enemy must be prepared in Kyiv, should we go in a different direction?" ”

"Where are you going?" Rommel asked.

"We can attack north, fight to Chernihiv, and rendezvous with General Kleist. If you look at the map, the straight-line distance is only 120 kilometers, and the total distance is more than 200 kilometers if you add the distance of the road. Modell said.

"You have a point, if we don't have the Russian tank forces chasing us behind us, we will be safe whether we go north or west. According to the intelligence provided by the Air Force, the enemy from the south is also infantry and poses little threat to us. In general, the greatest threat to us is the armored forces in the east, and as long as we can take out them, we have a great chance of success no matter which direction we break through. Therefore, your task tomorrow is to turn back to the east, return the way you came, face it head-on, and kill this vicious dog that is following us. ”

After Rommel finished speaking, he frowned and waved his hand to stop the others from speaking.

"We don't have time to argue, we go and deliver orders right away, time is of the essence."

Seeing that Rommel made a decision, Schwebenburg and the others stopped arguing and left Rommel.

"General Modell, wait a minute."

Modell turned to look at Rommel.

"There's something for you."

"What's the matter?"

"Lend me some." Rommel said.

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PS: There is another chapter, which was updated relatively late. (To be continued.) )