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I don't know the identity of the enemy, I don't know the enemy's strength, I don't know the enemy's weapons and equipment, I only know that the troops of the 216th Motorized Division are in a critical situation and urgently need rescue.

Knowing nothing about the enemy, the tank units of the forty-fifth tank division hurriedly turned around and marched westward.

Time was of the essence, and the KV-1 tank was too slow and had to be left behind by large forces.

By the time more than fifty T-34 tanks and more than twenty Bt-5 fast tanks rushed to the battlefield, the positions of the 216th Division had reached the point of collapse.

The 216th Division was engrossed in attacking the positions of the Litorio Panzer Division, fighting fiercely for more than two hours, with heavy losses and little progress, and the BT-5 fast tank once again proved to be incompetent for the task of storming the enemy's positions, especially when there was a large number of tanks and anti-tank fire behind the enemy's positions.

After contacting the 45th Tank Division, and learning that the 45th Tank Division had made a breakthrough in the battle, the 216th Motorized Division immediately changed its strategy and switched to a feint to contain the opposite Litorio Panzer Division, while preserving the few remaining tanks to cope with the later battle.

While the tanks and soldiers on both sides were fighting in the front-line positions, the 216th Motorized Division suddenly received bad news, and the troops in charge of the guard in the west sent a telegram that an enemy armored unit was approaching and was about to make contact with the 216th Division.

After the two motorized infantry battalions were urgently dispatched as reserves, the headquarters of the 216th Division received a second telegram that the battle had begun.

The German counteroffensive was clearly premeditated, and when the 216th Division was attacked behind it, the Litorio Panzer Division, which was engaged in frontal combat, also launched a counteroffensive simultaneously.

More than 40 M13-40 tanks crossed the trench in front, and the infantrymen stuck their bayonets into their guns, jumped out of the trench and followed the tanks, rushing towards the panicked Soviet troops.

Killed by a shell. Killed by machine-gun bullets, smashed to death by the butt, pierced by bayonets, and even crushed by tanks.

Any Soviet troops who dared to resist were killed by all kinds of bloody means, and with only one charge, the soldiers of the Litorio division crushed the Soviet troops in the front. This was followed by an offensive on the depths of the Soviet troops.

To the west of the battlefield, the battle group sent by the German 67th Infantry Corps was doing the same thing.

This battle group was formed with the 1st Hungarian Separate Tank Battalion as the core.

After receiving Chen Dao's order, in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the German army's teaching regiment urgently summoned all the Hungarian cadets in training, selected the students who were barely qualified and could participate in the battle, and more than 50 instructors also put on battle robes and temporarily formed an independent battalion composed of 54 No. 4 tanks.

After acquiring this tank battalion, the 67th Army sent the only 689 assault gun battalion. and the reconnaissance battalion, the only armored unit of the three infantry divisions.

In order to make up for the shortage of infantry, the 67th Army also requisitioned a number of trucks from the logistics department and armed two infantry battalions into motorized infantry to join the battle group.

They also got in touch with the "flying artillery regiment" of the Panzer Division of the Reichsmarshal and were ready to call for air support.

The war was urgent, and the various units of this battle group from two countries did not even have time to run in with each other, and directly stepped on the battlefield and entered the battle.

Luckily, they attacked behind the 216 Motorizer. and the Litorio Panzer Division in frontal cooperation.

After defeating the alert units of the 216th Division and the two motorized infantry battalions that rushed to the rescue, the battle group finally found the troops of the 45th Tank Division rushing to the rescue.

Thanks to the assistance of reconnaissance aircraft of the flying artillery regiment. The battle group detected the existence of the enemy's tank cluster in advance, and by the time the troops of the 45th Tank Division arrived at the battlefield, the battle group had already assumed a posture of meeting the enemy.

Because there was no turret, which was not conducive to a frontal tank battle, the 689 assault gun battalion decisively chose the most advantageous combat method and set up an ambush in a pit.

Forty-five No. 3 assault guns crouched in the wilderness on both sides of the road. 75-mm guns and 105-mm howitzers were pointed in the direction of the Soviet rush, and two battalions of infantry had already jumped out of trucks and hid behind assault gun No. 3.

It was about to break through the position of the Italian army, but because of the appearance of this mysterious force, it had to give up the low-hanging victory. The tankmen of the Soviet army were full of resentment.

Under the guidance of the 216th Division, they successfully found the location of the German battle group, and then rushed to the Germans with resentment, but crashed head-on into the ambush circle set by the 689th Battalion.

The low body and good camouflage color gave the No. 3 assault gun excellent concealment performance, and it was not until the T-34 tank that rushed to the front rushed to a distance of only 300 meters that the roar of artillery sounded on the position.

Eleven T-34 tanks were destroyed in the first salvo, and the Soviet tank cluster had not yet recovered from the sudden blow, and the second round of shells followed.

After suffering two rounds of shelling and losing more than 20 tanks, the Soviets reacted, slowed down their vehicles, and rotated their turrets to find the enemy's position.

The deafening sound of artillery bombardment, the whizzing sound of armor-piercing shells flying over the battlefield at high speed resounded throughout the battlefield.

From time to time, the T-34, BT-5 and the No. 3 assault gun were hit, the body fell backwards and withdrew from the battle, and more were paralyzed in place, emitting flames and black smoke, turning into steel graves.

The battle was short and fierce, and ended after ten minutes.

The 1st Hungarian Separate Tank Battalion took advantage of the terrain as a cover, made a circle, and rushed out from the right flank of the Soviet tank cluster, and the dense shells instantly drowned the few remaining Soviet tanks.

Finding that they had been ambushed and outflanked, the Soviet tankers could no longer bother to vent their grievances, and turned around and left, but it was too late.

Except for the four tanks at the back of the team, which escaped by chance, the Soviet tank cluster that was originally coming with great momentum was all annihilated.

The 1st Separate Tank Battalion did not hesitate to launch a pursuit, continuing the offensive in depth with the 216th Division, with the assault gun battalion and infantry following behind.

After pursuing the position of the 216th Motorized Division for two kilometers, as a radio wave came, the battle group urgently turned to the southeast to play the role of savior.

Because they were far behind the T-34 tanks, the KV-1 tanks of the 45th Tank Division were left behind, but they happened to encounter the Litorio Panzer Division, which launched a counteroffensive.

Under the strong call of the 216th Division, more than 20 KV-1 tanks turned their heads and turned into "Terminators" to end the counteroffensive of the Litorio Panzer Division.

Leaving the position, detached from the support of 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, the M13-40 tank was defenseless against the KV-1 and could not help but flee.

As soon as they first met, the Italian tankers realized that they were no match for each other, hurriedly turned around and retreated, and called for help from the Germans.

When the 67th Army battle group arrived on the battlefield, the KV-1 tanks were pursuing the Italian tanks at snail-like speed, exposing their fragile backs to the German tanks.

Without mercy and without hesitation, the shells fired by tank group No. 4 flew towards the rear and flanks of the KV-1 tank, instantly destroying half of the KV-1 tanks on the battlefield.

Sensing the presence of enemy tanks, and in the back, the Soviet tankers panicked and turned their bodies on the spot, turned the turrets, and wanted to engage the Germans, but paid the price of blood because of the bulkiness of the KV-1.

Without waiting for the KV-1 to complete the steering maneuver, the armor-piercing shells of Tank No. 4 flew round after round towards the enemy.

More than 20 KV-1 tanks were besieged by twice as many No. 4 tanks, almost unable to fight back, and were all destroyed in less than 15 minutes.

Informed by the Germans that the enemy had been destroyed, the tanks of the Litorio Panzer Division stopped their fugitive life, turned around and went into battle again, launching a major counteroffensive against the Soviets side by side with the battle group of the 67th Army.

More than 140 tanks and assault guns galloped outside the city of Solnok, sweeping the Soviet line from west to east.

The troops of the 45th Tank Division and the 216th Division attacked as soon as they arrived in Solnok, without forming a defensive line at all, losing almost all their tanks and having no strength to fight back.

Seeing the beginning of the great counteroffensive, the Turin division also sent reserves to join the counteroffensive in time.

After seven hours of fighting, from attacker to defender and from defender to rout, the 45th Tank Division and the 216th Motorized Rifle Division experienced a huge life-and-death test.

More and more Soviet soldiers raised their hands, more soldiers hurriedly jumped into various vehicles and fled in a hurry, and the divisional headquarters of the two divisions ran in the front.

It was not until darkness fell that the pursuit of Soviet troops came to an end.

Receiving the news of the victory in the defensive battle of Solnok, Chen Dao breathed a long sigh of relief.

"My worst fears have been resolved, and now is the finishing touches, ordering the Turin Division and the Litorio Panzer Division to launch a full-scale attack according to the original plan, starting with the annihilation of the remnants of those two Soviet divisions." (To be continued......)