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At four o'clock in the morning of 1 June, five artillery regiments from the Romanian 4th Infantry Corps of the 74th Infantry Division, Hitler's Youth Division, and more than 300 1o5-mm and 15o-mm howitzers roared at the same time, firing the first shot of the battle of Buzeu.

Dazzling flames flashed from the artillery positions, and tons of steel flew out of the muzzles, instantly flying over the middle ground between the German and Soviet positions, and fiercely smashing on the rudimentary positions of the Soviet troops.

Soon after the trench was completed, it was filled with floating earth, and the machine-gun bunker was cut off by shells before the ground was exposed.

In the foxholes, the Soviet infantrymen crouched inside and covered their ears to pray to Lenin, to Stalin, to their fathers and mothers, and to all those who could bring them psychological comfort, that the shells would not fall into their foxholes.

Fifteen minutes of fire coverage, from minefields to trenches, left numerous large and small craters on Soviet positions.

When the shells flew through the sky, if they had eyes, they would see that on the ground beneath them, in the middle of the Soviet and German armies, countless soldiers in dark green military uniforms or camouflage uniforms bent over, taking advantage of the undulating terrain and the gap of the Soviet troops suppressed by German artillery fire, quickly advancing towards the Soviet positions.

The soldiers in dark green uniforms were from the 74th Infantry Division, and the soldiers in camouflage uniforms were from the Hitler Youth Division, and they shared a common identity, the sapper.

They rushed to the front of the attacking team without fear of hardship and danger because they had a strong belief in their hearts and used their own efforts and sacrifices to clear the minefield for the follow-up troops.

Their agile figures are so dazzling in the open field. Soviet mortar shells soon rained down from the sky.

A series of explosions rose into the sky, and the charging figures of the sappers disappeared in an instant, and instead crawled forward.

Artillery fire had by this time extended deep into the Soviet positions. Using craters on the ground as cover, the sappers traversed through minefields, skillfully probing the ground with mine detectors and searching for mines that survived the shelling.

One by one, the mines were dug out of the ground by the sappers, the fuses were dismantled and thrown aside, and the sappers were also approaching the Soviet positions meter by meter.

Behind them, the No. 3 assault gun battalion of the 5o1 heavy armored battalion of Hitler's Youth Division slowly followed. Provide them with fire support.

88 mm tank guns, 75 mm tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns pointed at any Soviet infantry who dared to show their heads in the trenches. will be mercilessly baptized by guns and shells.

The earth is burning, and the sky is not willing to be lonely.

The fighters of the Luftwaffe Sixth Air Force flew higher than the shells, the Stuka Ju-88 bombers, and the ME-11O, which had been converted into fighter-bombers, flew into battle. Sowing countless SD-2 "devil's eggs" that are more terrible than shells on the heads of the Soviet troops.

Falling to a height of less than ten meters above the ground, the grenade-like explosion of the butterfly bomb exploded, and 5o large shrapnel and 25o small shrapnel turned the nearby area of 12 meters into a life exclusion zone.

Trenches and foxholes were reduced to nothing in the face of thousands of shrapnel falling from the sky, shrapnel piercing their limbs and torsos without hindrance, and the clanging of metal against the steel helmets overhead.

Countless Soviet infantry spurted blood and lay wailing in trenches and foxholes.

The wreath of the Luftwaffe did not last long, and the Soviet Air Force had long been prepared for the German attack on the city of Buzeu. Almost as soon as the battle began, they received a report from the front, and the roar of aircraft engines immediately sounded on the field airfield.

They flew over the battlefield. Fighting with the Luftwaffe, the Il-2 attack aircraft and the PE-2 bombers threw bombs on the German infantry on the ground and dived and strafed despite the obstruction of the German fighters.

on the ground. German 2o-mm anti-aircraft guns, 37-mm and 4o-mm anti-aircraft guns rang out.

Half an hour into the battle, from the sky to the ground. Everywhere was filled with gunsmoke and war.

The German sappers cleared the remaining minefields and opened the way forward, then relinquished the main role of the battlefield to the following tanks and infantry.

The E-4O tank and the No. 3 assault gun took a very different approach.

The E-4O tank was at the forefront of the battle with its tall and indestructible armored charge, acting as a steel shield to provide cover for the infantry behind.

45 mm anti-tank shells, 76.2 mm anti-tank shells swirled and crashed into the armor of the E-4O tank, taking away large patches of paint.

Large and small craters were scattered on the front and side armor of the turret.

The panic in their hearts grew irrepressibly when the Soviet infantry outside the city of Buzeu saw the E-4O tank for the first time, and when they saw the E-4O, immune to all attacks, slowly but sure, running over their position.

On the right flank of the 5o1 heavy armored battalion, the infantry of Hitler's Youth Division crossed the No. 3 assault gun and rushed to the opposite Soviet army in a very loose formation.

The Maxim heavy machine gun Deggalev light machine gun fired wildly, raining bullets on the Waffen-SS soldiers, but exposing himself to the No. 3 assault gun.

With the help of the excellent scopes provided by Zeiss, the assault gunners smashed high-explosive shells accurately into every exposed Soviet machine gun position, so that the machine gunners and the machine guns in their hands were shut up forever.

Without the cover of heavy machine guns and light machine guns, the Soviet infantry could only lie in the trenches, using a combination of Mosin Nagant rifles and ** sand submachine guns to resist the charge of the German soldiers, but they were overwhelmed by the three brothers MG-42 machine guns, G-42 semi-automatic rifles and STG-42 assault rifles.

Seeing that the German infantry was about to rush into the Soviet positions with a charge, at the last moment, a series of muffled thunder sounded on the north bank of the Buzeu River, and countless 122 and 152 mm shells roared across the Buzeu River, over the city of Buzeu, and smashed into the German troops on the ground.

Gray-white smoke covered the battlefield, drowning the charging Germans along with the splashes of earth.

The veterans, who were very experienced, immediately fell to the ground when they heard the wind blowing overhead, and then rolled into the crater from the shell to avoid the shelling.

The recruits paid for their money with their blood and lives. A combat lesson that will never be forgotten, and the ground is littered with shredded corpses cut by shrapnel and wounded soldiers rolling and howling. There were many more soldiers who were pinned down in place.

The Soviet artillery suddenly entered the battle and suppressed the German charging cluster with heavy artillery fire, and the originally one-sided battle situation instantly entered a stalemate.

Upon learning of the danger of the infantry brothers, the Sixth Air Force immediately sent fighter and reconnaissance aircraft into the north bank of the Buzeu River to search for Soviet artillery positions, but was immediately blocked by the combined fire of the Soviet Air Force and ground anti-aircraft artillery.

After a long time of seeing the Soviet artillery fire weaken, the field observers set up in the front immediately reported the progress of the battle situation to the commander-in-chief Guderian. Guderian immediately sent the reserve XXIII Panzer Division.

The Type 4G tank of the 2O1 Panzer Regiment drove out of the staging area in a majestic manner, and two battalions of infantry in SDKZ251 armored vehicles followed. The wind rushed like lightning in the direction of the predetermined breakthrough, southwest of the city of Buzeu.

Walk through the wilderness, run over minefields that have already been bombarded by artillery, and let weak anti-infantry mines explode around you. Group 4G rushed to Soviet positions with impunity.

Breaking through the barbed wire fence blocking the road, it rushed straight to a place about 200 meters away from the Soviet position, and the Hummingbird helicopter behind the tank cluster was only then the artillery observation post ordered a ceasefire, and the German artillery stopped pouring shells at the breach.

The Soviet infantry didn't have time to pat off the dust and dirt on their bodies, and when they raised their heads, they saw that more than a hundred square steel monsters had already rushed in front of them.

In the blink of an eye, the German tank cluster rushed through the last 200 meters, and the tracks turned to press the Soviet trenches. Flashed over the heads of the Soviet infantrymen.

Without waiting for the Soviet infantry to react, the side of the trenches, behind the German tanks. Countless German infantry pointed their guns at them, and shouts of "lay down your arms" came and went.

The recalcitrant Soviet troops were beaten into a honeycomb by bullets and fell in the trenches with convulsions, and the other Soviet troops could only choose to raise their hands and surrender when they saw that the situation was not good.

There were also some clever Soviet soldiers who sneaked along the trenches and fled to the rear long before the German tanks ran over them.

Thanks to the superb command skills of the artillery observation post on the hummingbird helicopter. The powerful artillery fire of the German artillery always continued to extend to the rear of the Soviet positions when the infantry group approached 200 meters, or even 150 meters.

Whenever the Soviet infantry raised their heads in horror or ran out of their hideouts. But now the infantry tank cluster of the 23rd Panzer Division has rushed to the front.

Any attempt to injure the Type 4G tank was stopped, and the MP-4O submachine gun, G-42 semi-automatic rifle acted as a trench sweeper, killing all Soviet soldiers who wanted to resist in the trenches.

While the 23rd Panzer Division was rampage on Soviet positions, the 74th Infantry Division and Hitler's Youth Division also shifted from stalemate to the German side.

Relying on its tenacious style and high combat skills, the reconnaissance aircraft unit of the Sixth Air Force continued to search for Soviet artillery positions while maneuvering with the Soviet air defense units.

After successfully guiding the German artillery to take out two Soviet artillery positions, the other Soviet artillery wisely chose to temporarily cease fire and call in more air force to repel German reconnaissance planes and fighters.

Without the suppression of Soviet artillery, the offensive of the 74th Infantry Division and Hitler's Youth Division was launched again, and seeing the sacrifice of their comrades, the soldiers of the two divisions were not intimidated by death, but were full of fighting spirit, with the anger of revenge for their comrades, they rushed into the first line of Soviet trenches with the support of E-4O tanks and No. 3 assault guns, and then swept the surviving Soviet troops along the crooked trenches with bullets, sapper shovels and bayonets with rifle butts.

The 23rd Panzer Division, or the 23rd Panzer Division, took advantage of their superiority in armor protection and firepower to cut through the Soviet defense line of about 4 kilometers while the other two divisions were still struggling with the Soviet troops in the first trench.

Seeing that the vanguard had successfully achieved a breakthrough, the 23rd Armored Division quickly joined the battle as a reconnaissance battalion and a motorized infantry regiment as a reserve to expand the breakthrough.

Behind them, the Romanian 7th Infantry Division also rushed out and reinforced in the direction of the breakthrough.

The 2o1 Panzer Regiment and the two armored infantry battalions behind them, without pursuing the Soviet soldiers who had fled to the city of Buzeu, did not hesitate, they turned to the right and attacked the back of the Soviet troops on the right flank.

Outside the city of Buzeu, the depth of the Soviet line of defense ranged from three to five kilometers, and behind the line, there was still a distance of two to three kilometers from the city of Buzeu.

Using aerial reconnaissance, Guderian noticed that the Soviet positions could not help but be extremely rudimentary, and that they had such a big hole, and did not hesitate to formulate a tearing plan.

The 74th Infantry Division and Hitler's Youth Division took the lead in attacking directly south and southeast of the city to attract the attention of the Soviet army, and then sent the 23rd Panzer Division to storm the southwest of the city, breaking through the Soviet position, tearing the Soviet position from west to east from behind, driving the Soviet troops on the periphery of the city away from the city, and prohibiting them from escaping into the city to participate in street fighting.

The 23rd Panzer Division's tearing action had a miraculous effect, and in the face of shells and bullets from behind, the Soviet infantry, which was flanked by the front and rear, lost their morale in fear, and panic quickly spread among the soldiers on the position, and then spread to the officers.

When panic seized the hearts of every Soviet officer and soldier, the loss of positions became inevitable.

As the 23rd Panzer Division tore from west to east, the breakthrough in the Soviet position changed from two kilometers to four kilometers, and then to six kilometers.

Along this gap, the Romanian 7th Infantry Division rushed through the Soviet lines and rushed towards the city of Buzeu.

The German 74th Infantry Division cooperated with the 23rd Panzer Division to occupy the Soviet positions on the opposite side, and then followed the 23rd Panzer Division to attack in the direction of Hitler's Youth Division to the east, attacking the Soviet right flank.

Behind the 74th Infantry Division, the Romanian 14th Infantry Division crossed the Soviet positions and attacked the city of Buzeu together with the 7th Infantry Division on the left.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the outlying positions of the city of Buzeu were broken through, and the Soviet 184th and 181st Infantry Divisions outside the city were squeezed into the southeast corner of the city, and most of them were cut off from the rear road to the city.

Behind the front of Hitler's Youth Division, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Blackwater Special Reconnaissance Regiment hid in the rear, far from the front line, doing nothing until the first prisoners passed by in front of their eyes.

Gustav and his men stood on the side of the road, watching the captives walk by dejectedly.

Gustav shook his head, and Fleischer rushed into the ranks of captives and pulled out three captives wearing large-brimmed hats.

The three captives were all officers, for a major.

He and the other two officers were taken out of the group alone, surrounded by a group of fierce enemies, and the fear in the Major's eyes grew even deeper.

Fleischer grunted and talked to the Soviet major in Russian, who nodded first and then shook his head.

But after being rushed behind by Fleischer and rubbing his bayonet against his throat a few times, he instantly got rid of his previous taciturn image and shouted loudly.

Fleischer listened to his shouting and pushed him aside, and then used the same style to communicate with the two Soviet officers.

In less than twenty minutes, not only the squad led by Gustav, but also other squads and platoons in the battalion and the captured officers of the Soviet Army also ended.

After compiling the information obtained during the interrogation, the commander of the first battalion, Major Bolt, gave the order for the entire battalion to leave and enter the city from the southeast of the city.

Target, the northernmost part of the city of Buzeu, the headquarters of the 8th Mechanized Corps. (To be continued)