"Comrade Major, Comrade Major, are you okay?" A soldier shouted as he stared at Major Malenkov, who was in a trance.

It was the soldier who pulled Malenkov out of the mound of dirt, and after stretching out his finger to test Malenkov's nose, he found that Malenkov was still breathing, so he grabbed Major Malenkov and shook it.

In the haze, Malenkov's ears echoed without ups and downs, without fluctuating echoes.

"Bell ······"

A young face in front of him opened his mouth to say something, but Major Malenkov couldn't hear it at all.

It wasn't until the soldier took out the kettle and raised it above his head and poured it on the Major's head that the cool feeling dispelled the echo in the Major's mind.

Shaking his head, Major Malenkov looked to the right, the right side of the bunker was almost a third of the collapse, logs and dirt were scattered in the bunker, and through the place of the collapse, the blue sky could be seen.

There are soldiers buried alive in the collapsed dirt, and the surviving soldiers are trying to rescue them.

"What's going on now?" Major Malenkov shouted.

"I don't know, the shelling of the Germans has started again." The soldier said.

Only then did Major Malenkov notice that the sound of continuous explosions had reappeared.

"Bitch raised Germans, how long are their cannons going to hit?" Major Malenkov cursed.

The major did not know that the preparation of fire in the main defensive zone of the 12th Army was carried out in three steps, first an hour and a half of artillery bombardment, followed by half an hour of air strikes, which were mainly aimed at solving those positions and firing points that were on the anti-slope, for example, mortar positions. After the air raid, another half hour of artillery fire preparation.

Major Malenkov was cursing the capricious fire preparation of the Germans when he suddenly heard a shout: "The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming······" Malenkov pushed the soldier away, stood up and rushed to the machine-gun firing.

Looking through the shooting hole, Malenkov could see the middle of the battlefield clearly, frowning and clenching his teeth.

A lot of tanks, at least thirty or more······ And it looks familiar, it's all our tanks.

T-70, BT-7 fast tanks, and in the back, oh my God, Malenkov hurriedly picked up the telescope on his chest and looked into the distance.

It was KV-1, and KV-2, those traitors, who did such an excessive thing.

Where did they get so many tanks?

Tiny figures followed behind the tanks, approaching the position of the 4th Infantry Division as the tank's tracks turned.

Major Malenkov was in a position in the center of the German army's chosen breakthrough position, and a light tank battalion and a heavy tank battalion were used at one time, for a total of 62 tanks, including 8 KV-1 and 2 KV-2 heavy tanks.

All 62 tanks were thrown into the 1,500-meter-wide central breakthrough section.

The 31 tanks of the heavy tank battalion were divided into three columns, with 10 T-34 tanks rushing to the front and 10 heavy tanks following behind.

Of the 10 heavy tanks, there are two light tanks each, and the remaining 7 light tanks are in the third column.

The three columns of tanks charged with reconnaissance and engineer battalions, and more infantry followed the third column of tanks.

As far as the eye can see, the center of the battlefield is full of charging infantry and tanks.

"Da ······" The Maxim heavy machine gun in the bunker spewed fire, and the dark yellow shells crackled and fell to the ground, quickly covering the ground.

However, in the previous shelling, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and mortar positions placed in the open air suffered heavy losses, and without the support of heavy weapons, the light weapons in the hands of the infantry alone could not stop the advance of the tank group.

A few shells flew from nowhere and landed in the German attacking queue, causing a little panic among the attacking infantry, but to no avail.

The T-34 tank knocked down the stakes, tore the fragile barbed wire, and pressed forward to the Soviet positions, intermittently stopping to open fire, and the sappers and scouts left the tanks and rushed into the minefield.

The scouts jumped and ran towards the trenches under the cover of the craters, while the sappers crawled forward to clear the remaining mines.

Tank guns and machine guns fired wildly, providing strong cover for the scouts.

A string of bullets flew in and hit the vicinity of the machine-gun port of the bunker, and several bullets penetrated into the firing port and hit the barrel of the Maxim heavy machine gun, making a thrilling crashing sound.

Major Malenkov acted as an observer, constantly pointing the machine gun to the target, but in the excitement of the battle, he did not forget to pay attention to the actions of the KV series tanks on the battlefield.

As a staff officer of the tank corps, Major Malenkov knew too well the power of KV tanks, especially the KV-2 heavy tank.

One after another, shells fell on the bunker, but they failed to hit the machine-gun firing hole, only causing a shock to the bunker, but Major Malenkov suddenly let out a loud scream.

"KV-2, it's aimed at us, retreat, retreat, get out of here."

With that, Major Malenkov turned around and ran towards the entrance of the bunker, leaving the machine gunner who did not know the truth in a daze.

A KV-2 turned an oversized turret in the shape of a public toilet and aimed it at the bunker where Major Malenkov was located.

The 152 mm M-10 tank gun swayed slightly and then stopped moving, then suddenly puffed out a puff of black smoke, and the huge body was pushed by the powerful recoil.

Dust and gunpowder smoke poured into the bunker along with splinters of wood and sharp shrapnel, and the machine gunners and heavy machine guns were ruthlessly torn apart, and the entire bunker was instantly surrounded by smoke and dust, turning into the ruins of the battlefield.

Sporadicly, a few tank shells hit the KV tank, but they were ejected, and only a little paint was wiped off, which did not stop the advance of the KV series of heavy tanks at all.

"Ulla, Ulla······"

A group of infantrymen dressed in German camouflage uniforms, armed with Bobosha Type 41 submachine guns and Mosin Nagant rifles, shouted over the tank queues, over the broken minefields, and poured into the Soviet positions.

In the trenches, Major Malenkov picked up a Bobosha Type 41 submachine gun out of nowhere, and retreated while fighting.

The situation did not allow him to remain in the position, and in his sight, the T-34 tank had already run over the first trench and was charging forward with countless infantry.

This power of steel was simply not something that flesh and blood could stop, and Major Malenkov wisely chose to retreat.

Following the other fleeing soldiers, Major Malenkov retreated along the communication trench into the second line of positions, but sent panic to the defenders on the second line.

While the first line was under attack by infantry and tank clusters, the second line was under artillery fire, which continued to extend in depth as the German infantry clusters approached.

The defenders of the second line of positions had almost just raised their heads from the artillery fire, and were greeted by the remnants of the defeated troops from the first line of position, and the clusters of tanks that had caught up.

Almost all of the anti-tank gun and anti-aircraft gun positions were destroyed by artillery fire, and the few remaining anti-tank guns were useless in front of the KV series tanks.

Major Malenkov fled into the second line of position, where he was quickly stopped by an officer and then pushed to the edge of the trench to rejoin the resistance.

The Major didn't dare to express any displeasure, because he was captured by NKVD fighters in blue shirts, the same guys who were overseers on the battlefield and had the power to shoot deserters without interrogation.

The Major could only continue the battle head-on, and as he fired with his submachine gun, he saw two T-34 tanks hit and burst into flames.

However, more T-34s were approaching, and the light tanks crossed the KV queue and joined the first column, keeping the tank cluster in number and impact at all times.

After running out of a drum, Major Malenkov retracted into the trench, and had just reloaded the submachine gun when a creaking sound came to his ears.

Majors who served in tank corps were all too familiar with this sound, which was made when the tank tracks and the load wheels rubbed against each other, and at a very close distance.

Soon, a T-34 tank appeared in his sight, and the tank stepped over the trench without any intention of stopping.

The NKVD fighters next to him raised their hands and threw a Molotov cocktail cocktail, which landed just on the engine compartment of the T-34 tank, the Molotov cocktail burst, and the liquid fuel stained the body, burning brightly.

As soon as the NKVD fighters turned around, a figure in camouflage uniform appeared on the edge of the trench, and the Mosin Nagant rifle in his hand was aimed at him, and the NKVD fighters fell to the ground.

Major Malenkov raised his submachine gun and fired a string of bullets, and the enemy on the edge of the trench twitched and fell into the trench with his guns.

At this moment, a black shadow dragged a wisp of white smoke and drew a graceful arc down the trench.

Hand grenade!

Major Malenkov immediately recognized what weapon had fallen on his side, but it was too late.

"Boom ······"

Major Malenkov was covered in blood and fell to the ground, and the submachine gun in his hand did not know where it had flown to.

In the trench, the major lay on his back on the ground, a mouthful of blood spat out of his mouth, running down the corner of his mouth to his right cheek and chin.

There was a clear and hazy blur in front of him, and in a trance, a figure appeared in his sight, the man was wearing a German steel helmet, but in his hand was a Mosin Nagant rifle, the slender spear on the muzzle of which Malenkov had seen too many times.

The man in the M35 steel helmet looked down at Major Malenkov, who was still alive, and without hesitation, picked up his rifle with both hands and stabbed it.

Poof, the spear pierced Major Malenkov's right chest, and the Major's body shuddered a few times before he stopped breathing, leaving only a pair of blank eyes looking up at the blue sky······

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Artyomovsk.

Chen Dao interlocked his fingers, pinched it hard, and said excitedly to General Kleist: "It's only three o'clock when the first wave of attacking troops broke through the enemy's main defensive zone in the center, this doctrine of a great in-depth battle is still somewhat useful, what should we do next?" ”

General Kleist still has no expression on his face, but his eyes are extremely sharp.

"Let General Vlasov's 1st Tank Brigade turn to the right flank, go in a detour to outflank the back of the enemy on the right flank, and give way to the road.

Tactical aviation continued to carry out air strikes on the enemy's second defensive sector, allowing the 1st Army to quickly attack in clusters, and now set out to attack the enemy's second defensive zone, and the 1st Panzer Army entered the battlefield the morning after tomorrow, and that's it. General Kleist said.

Following an order from General Kleist, the heavy armored brigade of the 1st "Polish Governor's Guard" of the SS, temporarily seconded to Vlasov's 1st Army, left the assembly area, marched along the road into the battlefield and rushed in the direction of Voroshilovgrad.