The city of Rossohi is located on the south bank of the Kalitva River, in the southeast corner of the city, in a nondescript house.

Major General Schumacher, commander of the "Reichsmarshal" Panzer Division, had already moved his division headquarters here last night.

At this time, in the division headquarters of the armored division of the "Reich Marshal", from Major General Schumacher down, all the staff officers were busy.

Beginning at nearly 8 o'clock this morning, the "Imperial Marshal" armored division and the positions of friendly and neighboring troops that were cooperating with the operation around them were fiercely attacked by the enemy one after another.

The staff officers marked the locations of the troops attacked on the map one by one for Major General Schumacher to ascertain the situation on the battlefield.

On the front line of the Kalitva River, which stretched to the town of Olikhovatka in the west and the city of Rossohi in the east, the Russians attacked on all fronts.

Immediately afterward, the 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment of the "Reich Marshal", which was concealed in the southern area of the town of Olihotka, served as a reserve, issued a warning.

A Russian armored unit, which successfully bypassed the defense line of the "Imperial Marshal" armored division from the west of the town of Olikhovatka, was attacking in a southeasterly direction, trying to outflank its own defense line in a roundabout way, but was intercepted by the "Imperial Marshal" Second Panzergrenadier Regiment, and fierce fighting broke out between the two sides.

To the east and southeast, the 1st Infantry Division of the Honorable Jews also sent telegrams that a large number of Russian armored units were approaching their lines from the direction of Boguchar to the east.

Not very trustworthy about the combat effectiveness of the troops of the 1st Honorary Jewish Infantry Division, Major General Schumacher forwarded a telegram to the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment of the "Imperial Marshal" to the east, telling them to pay attention to the division's defensive line and to send reinforcements at any time if the Honorary Jewish 1st Infantry Division could not hold out.

The armored regiment of the "Imperial Marshal", which was the main force of the division, assembled in the south of the city of Rossohi.

After carefully analyzing the situation on the battlefield, Major General Schumacher secretly rejoiced.

During the day yesterday, when the troops were resting, he sent air and ground reconnaissance units to carry out focused reconnaissance in the north and east.

The result of the reconnaissance in the north was that a large number of Russian infantry and armored units were heading south, which he already knew, and now only confirmed it again.

He was taken aback by the results of the reconnaissance to the east, and the air force reconnaissance planes discovered that a large force was crossing the Don River in a small riverside town called Upper Mamun in the east and stationing in the Boguchar area, either on military trains, trucks or armored vehicles.

The report sent by the reconnaissance battalion directly overturned Major Schumacher's original battle plan.

On their way to the city of Boguchar, they discovered the fortified area, a startling discovery that caught Major Schumacher by surprise.

A frontal assault on the reinforced concrete fortifications in the fortified area was tricky for the Imperial Marshal's Panzer Division.

What's more, they have no idea the scope of the fortified area, the depth of defense, and the configuration of firepower.

After careful consideration, Major General Schumacher decided to temporarily abandon the intention of launching an attack to the east, and to further understand the situation on the battlefield, especially after obtaining more detailed information about the fortified areas to the east, before taking further action.

In order to prepare for a possible attack by the enemy, Major General Schumacher divided the troops of the Panzer Division of the "Reich Marshal" into three parts.

The 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment of the "Reich Marshal" was located to the east and served as a reserve for the Eastern Line of Defense.

The 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment of the "Imperial Marshal" was located to the west of the battlefield and was on standby south of the town of Olikhovatka, acting as a reserve for the western line of defense.

He himself personally led the armored regiment of the "Reich Marshal" and the self-propelled artillery regiment, as well as the units directly under the division headquarters, to stand by for action south of the city of Rosohi.

Now, after nearly a morning of investigation, Major General Schumacher felt that he had basically figured out the enemy's operational intentions.

One force attacked head-on from the north to contain its forces on the Kalitva River line, one armored force bypassed the line from the west, and a larger armoured force attacked from the east in a pincer offensive to encircle its forces on the line of the city of Rossohi.

The Russians have a big appetite, it's just that you think too much.

The German armored forces are best at encircling the enemy's heavy forces with a pincer offensive, and naturally they know how to crack this combat method.

If the opponent wants to play a pincer offensive, he will break one of his pliers first, and see whose pliers are harder?

After a moment's thought, Major General Schumacher turned his gaze to the west of the battlefield, to the enemy who had bypassed his line from the west.

It's you, don't think about going back since you're here.

With the decision of Major General Schumacher, to the south of the city of Rosohi, the armored regiment of the "Reichshuai" immediately received the order to open up.

Because the 1st Panzer Battalion was divided into two halves, two tank companies were reinforced to the paratroopers who were fighting a defensive battle in the city of Rosohi, and the battalion headquarters and two other companies rushed to the west to support the 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment of the "Reich Marshal", which had only one tank battalion at its disposal.

A tank company was left in reserve, and the armored regiment of the "Reich Marshal" was all sorted.

At the head of the regiment was the 1st Panzergrenadier Battalion under Major Hans von Prince (played by the reader "Hans von Prince").

The Wolf infantry fighting vehicles rolled westward along the road on the south bank of the Kalitva River towards the town of Olikhovatka, where they crossed the Kalitva River in the village of Shaposhnikovka, about eight kilometres to the south-east.

When the "Wolf" infantry fighting vehicle drove over the bridge, Major Prince was filled with emotion.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, before dawn, he also led his troops to cross the Kalitwa River from here and raided the city of Rossohi at night.

It's a pity that his luck was not very good, and he didn't know that the headquarters of Marshal Timoshenko was hidden in the city of Rosohi, and he managed to escape, and his troops only killed the chief of staff of the lieutenant general and captured more than 20 staff officers.

Today, I revisit the old place by myself, and I don't know what unexpected gains I can have.

The Panthers and Wolf infantry fighting vehicles of the Panther Regiment of the "Reichsmarshal" revisited the site and again passed the bridge and ferry crossing in the village of Shaposhnikovka and entered the north bank of the Kalitva River.

The part of the village of Shaposhnikovka on the north bank of the Kalitva River is being diverted by small Soviet forces.

The E-40 "Panther" tank and the "Wolf" infantry fighting vehicle suddenly rushed out of the village, instantly crushing the weak Soviet troops outside the village, and the German paratroopers in the village took the opportunity to rush out of the village and launch a counter-assault after the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

After pursuing the enemy in a northeasterly direction, chasing about two kilometers away, completely crushing the remnants of about a battalion of enemy troops, leaving behind corpses and prisoners along the way, the armored regiment of the "Imperial Marshal" suddenly turned around and turned to the west.

Eight kilometres to the north-west, north of the town of Olikhovatka, fighting is in full swing.

Clever T-34 tanks rushed to the front, heavy KV-85 heavy tanks followed, and infantry followed behind, and from northwest to northeast, they laid a fan-on siege to the part of the town on the north side of the Kalitwa River.

The paratroopers in the town were reinforced by 12 FLAK 36 88-mm anti-aircraft guns from the anti-aircraft battalion of the "Imperial Marshal" Panzer Division, supported by a tank company No. 4.

The PAK 38 50mm anti-tank gun, Iron Fist and Tank Killer anti-tank rocket launcher for paratroopers, together with the tall 88mm anti-tank gun, and the No. 4H tank roaming the edge of the town, formed an anti-tank fire network to stubbornly keep the enemy tanks out of the town.

The 88-mm anti-aircraft guns were the first to fire, killing the enemy tanks at a distance of 500 to 1000 meters.

The No. 4H tank had a weak armor-piercing ability, and most of the guns were aimed at enemy tanks that rushed to within 500 meters.

The PAK 38 50mm anti-tank guns mostly fired from the side of enemy tanks on the exposed flanks or running gears.

A few T-34 tanks that passed through the anti-tank fire net were besieged at close range by paratroopers.

Outside the town, T-34 tanks and KV-85 heavy tanks littered the field.

On the edge of the town, the destroyed No. 4H tank was burning, and the gunners were killed and wounded on the destroyed 88-mm anti-aircraft gun positions.

From time to time, Il-2 attack planes rushed to the ground, dropping aerial bombs and rockets into the town.

The Luftwaffe's Stuka dive bombers also let out a terrible scream, smashing bombs on the heads of Soviet troops outside the town.

The timely appearance of the "Imperial Marshal" armored regiment broke the stalemate on the battlefield outside the town.

With a beautiful right hook, the Panzer Regiment of the "Imperial Marshal" struck heavily into the exposed left (eastern) flank of the Soviet troops outside the town.

The E-40 "Panther" tank roared and fired armor-piercing projectiles into the exposed left side of the enemy tank, cutting round bullet holes in the enemy's body.

Major Prince waved his hand around, directing the gunners around him.

20-millimeter anti-aircraft shells swept across the battlefield, leaving behind mutilated corpses, colorful entrails and red blood spilled on the ground.

By radio, the town's defenders had already been informed of the arrival of reinforcements.

Tank No. 4H took the opportunity to rush out of the town, the paratrooper officer whistled at the officer's door, and the paratroopers rushed out of the foxholes and hiding buildings in pursuit of the fleeing enemy.

After chasing about three or four kilometers away, the armored regiment of the "Imperial Marshal" suddenly turned around and marched westward.

The defeat of the enemy forces outside the town of Olihovateka was only to open the passage, and the west was the real goal of the troops.

Through aerial reconnaissance, the armored regiment of the "Imperial Marshal" has learned that the enemy's armored forces have crossed the Kalitva River from two villages about ten kilometers west of the town of Olikhovatka.

The ultimate goal of Major General Schumacher was to not choose to engage the enemy head-on on the south bank of the river, but to smash the enemy's crossing from the north bank of the river and to outflank the enemy.

Now that you have crossed the river, do not think of going back, and stay forever on the south bank of the Kalitva River, where your bones are buried.

。 Sogou