On the southern flank of the city of Debrecen, there are still endless woods and shrubs, patches of cultivated land scattered among them, and as far as the eye can see, green is all over the earth, and any clearing, the distance from which the line of sight flies out is not more than a kilometer, it will be blocked by the woods and shrubs, and submerged into the boundless sea of green.

In the bushes, which seemed to have no end in sight, the tanks of the 40th Tank Division of the 19th Mechanized Corps stumbled forward, and the commanders had to expose half of their bodies outside the turret to increase the open view.

The infantrymen walked in front of each tank, with their guns in hand, bent over, and in small steps.

Hot sweat rushed down from the gaps between the steel helmets and cheeks, rushing out of the ditches in the black ash of their faces, and the infantry walking on both sides and behind the tank calmly wiped the sweat from their faces, but the infantry walking in front of the tank tensed their nerves and did not dare to relax in the slightest, and their sharp eyes swept towards the bushes and woods, not letting go of every corner.

Twenty meters in front of a T-34 tank numbered 7-2, a corporal with four infantry slowly walked to the edge of a bush, the corporal waved his hand to stop, and the five men squatted in the bushes, looking beyond the potato field outside the bushes, and fell into the woods about 500 meters away.

After a few moments, the corporal did not see anything suspicious in the woods, or in the bushes beneath them.

Glancing back at the T-34 tank, and listening to the gunfire on the left and right flanks, the corporal gritted his teeth, waved his right hand and led four of his subordinates out of the bushes, stepping on the potato field and continuing forward.

Five infantrymen walked out about a hundred meters. Still unharmed, the T-34 confidently and boldly followed out of the bushes, two tracks running over the floppy potato fields. Driving awkwardly forward, before he could drive two hundred meters, there was a muffled sound from the corner of the bushes in front of him, and a gray-white smoke of gunpowder rose.

A 75-mm anti-tank shell spun and flew out of the bushes, instantly flew over a distance of less than three hundred meters, and landed on the right side of the T-34 tank.

Without waiting for the T-34 tank to react, a second shell flew. Hit on the right side of the turret.

In the blink of an eye, there were two more bullet holes on the right side of the T-34 tank's hull. conAd1();

The sound of artillery sounded the horn of battle. Gunfire erupted in the bushes.

There was a crisp machine-gun sound, a string of bullets flew out of the bushes, and three infantrymen fell into the potato field with a howl.

The sound of ping-pong rang out as the 98k rifle fired. The Soviet infantry on either side of the T-34 crackled and fell.

The infantry behind the T-34 tank flew up and threw themselves into the potato fields in a standard mubbling position, while others bent down behind the T-34 tank and raised their weapons to return fire into the unfathomable bushes.

Hail of bullets pierced through the bushes, sending countless pieces of stump and leaves, some over the heads of the Spanish Blue Division's infantry on the ground, and some on the body of Tank No. 4 lurking behind the bushes.

Ignoring the bullets fired by the Soviet infantry on the opposite side, Tank No. 4 swung its gun. Two high-explosive shells were fired in a row.

Fountains of mud rose into the sky from where the Soviet infantry were hiding, carrying deadly shampnel and shooting at the Soviet infantry.

Seven or eight more corpses and wounded were left behind, and the surviving Soviet soldiers fled back into the bushes.

Soon. A T-34 tank drove up to the hiding place of the Soviet soldiers and fired revenge shells under the guidance of the infantry.

High-explosive and armor-piercing shells flew into the bushes one after another, but the figure of the No. 4 tank had long since been lost in the bushes.

Only the soldiers of the Spanish Blue Division crouched on the ground, allowing the loud but meaningless shells to fly overhead.

A few minutes later, the bushes on the opposite side again lost movement, and they were driven away by the officers. A platoon of Soviet soldiers jumped out of the bushes and fearfully attacked the bushes opposite.

behind them. Two T-34 tanks, two 76.2mm anti-tank guns and four mortars crouched in the bushes, quietly waiting for the battle to begin. conAd2();

The Soviet infantry hid in Tibet, taking advantage of the undulating terrain as a cover, and approached the bushes on the opposite side step by step, until they suddenly heard the sound of gunfire like beans at a position of 200 meters.

The bullets smacked at their feet and the dirt around them, and the seven or eight infantry who rushed to the front fell to the ground instantly, and the rest of the soldiers were also crushed and unable to raise their heads.

Finding the direction where the smoke was rising on the opposite side, Soviet mortars, tank guns, and anti-tank guns opened fire one after another, and high-explosive shells fell one after another in the bushes, destroying countless vegetation.

Soon, the shells from the opposite side also fell into the bushes where the Soviet troops were hiding, and the battle between the two sides instantly rose from infantry fire to artillery fire.

After five or six minutes of bombardment, the drivers of the two T-34 tanks could not contain the restlessness in their hearts, stepped on the accelerator and rushed out of the bushes and drove into the potato fields, but they were destroyed on the way to the charge without even driving 200 meters.

Seeing that the second charge was ineffective, the Soviet commander had to recall the soldiers in front and think about other countermeasures.

The troops brought by Chen Dao were the 1st Tank Battalion of the Greater German Motorized Rifle Division, the Spanish Blue Division and the Reichmarshal Panzer Division, and in order to defend the southern front of Debrecen, the tank battalions of the Spanish Blue Division and the Reichmarshal Panzer Division were sent there to assist the Italian Mountain Army in the battle, and to be on the safe side, Admiral Messer also sent the only heavy tank regiment of the Eighth Army.

This heavy tank regiment was armed with P26-40 tanks, with a total combat weight of 26 tons, and was equipped with tank guns converted from 75L46 anti-aircraft guns.

The dense jungle terrain south of Debrecen limited the use of Soviet tank clusters, and Spanish and Italian troops lurked in the jungle in battle groups, blocking their way in front of the Soviet 40th Tank Division.

In the eyes of Soviet tankmen and infantrymen, under every big tree, behind every bush, there were countless killers, and every step forward was attacked by countless shells and bullets from all directions. conAd3();

Seeing that the losses were getting bigger and bigger, in one morning they advanced less than five hundred meters on the enemy's front. The commander of the 40th Tank Division, angrily reprimanded by his superiors, decided to gather his forces and launch a major attack near the village of Perch.

Because there is no radio. The flags of the Soviet tank commanders were again blocked by the jungle, and the 40th Tank Division had to waste a lot of effort to gather 50 tanks, and two battalions of infantry were seconded from friendly infantry divisions, and were preparing to attack, unaware that their movements were all detected by the eyes from the treetops.

Eight Hummingbird helicopters hid over the jungle of the battle line, crouching thirty or fifty meters above the ground, even in the treetops of the woods. The every move of the Soviet troops on the opposite side was fully visible, and the build-up of the Soviet troops did not escape their surveillance.

Dozens of tanks and nearly 2,000 soldiers were seen burrowing into the groves and bushes north of the village of Perch. The artillery observers in the tail immediately reported the assembly of Soviet troops to the rear.

Forty-eight 105 and 150 howitzers then shelled the north of the village of Perch for fifteen minutes.

During the shelling, the Soviet tank cluster was almost unscathed, and only six tanks were temporarily de-motivated by the shock wave of the shells, which damaged their running gear.

However, the infantry was covered in blood under heavy shelling. Corpses were strewn all over the place.

A well-planned offensive was shattered by artillery before it even began.

Without the protection of the infantry, the tanks fought like blind men in this jungle, and the attack plan fell through.

To the south of Debrecen, the Soviets were struggling, and the battle was at a stalemate, and the 43rd Tank Division north of the city was not progressing well.

Unlike the hide-and-seek battles in the jungle south of the city, the battles in the north of the city are extremely rough and simple.

The terrain to the north of the castle is a large area of grassland and cultivated land, and the view is wide. The terrain is flat, which is the best terrain for tank clusters.

The tank clusters of the 43rd Tank Division concentrated their forces and stormed the positions of the 5th Infantry Division of the 2nd Italian Army.

At the end of a meteor shower of Soviet artillery shelling. The soldiers of the 5th Infantry Division of the Italian Army looked outside the trenches, but were surprised to see that more than 200 Soviet tanks had guided the infantry to a distance of more than 200 meters in front of the position.

Having lost a large number of anti-tank weapons in the previous battles, the positions were hastily constructed, and the lack of effective anti-tank capabilities allowed the 5th Infantry Division to break through the first line of defense in less than three hours.

Preparations were being made to cut off the road leading from the city of Debrecen to the heart of Hungary along the wilderness. The reconnaissance units of the 43rd Tank Division immediately discovered that a large number of tanks were rushing towards them.

Two tank regiments of the 43rd Tank Division quickly formed formation and launched an attack in the direction in which the enemy tank cluster appeared.

Half an hour later. The 43rd Tank Division collided head-on with the reinforced Großdeutschland Motorized Rifle Division.

Fourteen E-40 tanks were in the vanguard, with the No. 4 Tank Battalion and the No. 4 Tank Destroyer Battalion following behind, and a torrent of steel consisting of about 400 tanks on both sides collided on the Hungarian Great Plain.

The 14 E-40 tanks resembled the Bismarck battleship on land, firing at a distance of 1,200 meters with its unstoppable 88 guns and unrivaled armor.

With each salvo, four or five T-34s or KV-1s were destroyed in the charging road, and although they stopped from time to time to return fire, their weak firepower could only scratch the skin of the E-40 tank, and could not cause fatal damage at all.

Some T-34 tanks, with their superior cross-country ability, detoured to the side of the E-40 tank and fired at the side armor of the E-40 at an angle of 50 or even 60 degrees, only to find that they still could not penetrate the armor of the E-40 tank, and were immediately destroyed by other German tanks in shock and panic.

The infantry artillery of both sides immediately got involved in the battle, but they could only play a supporting role in the battle, watching the duel between the torrents of steel up close.

The battle lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon, passing through the wreckage of T-34 and KV-1 tanks and running over the corpses of Soviet infantry and tankmen on the ground, and the Großdeutsch Division, as the victor of the battle, pursued the direction in which the defeated fled.

Throwing down the wreckage of nearly 200 tanks, the remnants of Soviet tanks fled frantically the way they came.

Two hours later, with the assistance of the Greater German Motorized Rifle Division, the first line of the Italian 5th Infantry Division was restored.

Leaving the 2nd Motorized Infantry Regiment to assist the Italian 5th Division in its defensive positions, the troops of the Greater German Division withdrew to the rear of the line and again assumed the role of reserve.

After nightfall, the Soviet army did not have the courage to fight at night the night before, and the sound of guns on the front became sparse.

Soldiers at the front were busy repairing fortifications overnight, preparing for tomorrow's Soviet attack.

In the rear headquarters, Admiral Chen Dao and Admiral Messer planned the next battle plan.

Chen Dao said: "We only need to hold on for two days, and today is the first day. Hold out for another day tomorrow to buy time for the movement and build-up of the Reichmarshal Panzer Division, and early the day after tomorrow we can launch a counteroffensive. So, tomorrow we have to hold our positions anyway and not allow the Soviets to move forward. ”

"In today's battle, the offensive capability of the Soviet army has weakened significantly, and there is no momentum in the first day of fighting, and I am very confident in the victory of tomorrow's battle," said Admiral Messer. ”

"In the battle the day after tomorrow, I need to secondment the Litorio Panzer Division and the Turin Motorized Division, the troops of these two divisions will be mobilized overnight tonight, and the assembly will be completed tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will follow me to launch an attack, hoping that the general can give the order to open as soon as possible."

That night, the engines of the assembly areas of the Italian Litorio Panzer Division and the Turin Motorized Rifle Division sounded all night, and after dawn the next day, the stations of the various units under the two divisions were empty

Coincidentally, when Chen Dao and Messer were planning a counteroffensive the day after tomorrow, on their opposite side, in the headquarters of the Soviet Southwestern Front, Marshal Budyonny and General Kirponos were doing the same.

"Today is the first time we have encountered the Germans, the Germans are even stronger than we thought, and with the help of the Germans, the Italians seem to have increased a lot of combat effectiveness, and the performance is very different from yesterday's battle." Marshal Budyonny said.

Admiral Kirponos said: "It is indeed different, our front in the south of Debrecen has only advanced about five hundred meters, and the street fighting in the city has progressed more slowly, only about three hundred meters forward, north of the city"

Admiral Kirponos did not say, and Marshal Budyonny knew that the 43rd Tank Division had broken through the Italian defenses north of the city, and was then driven back by the Germans.

Not only that, but the 43rd Tank Division suffered heavy losses and basically lost its offensive capability.

"Change the deployment, change the deployment immediately, I believe you have a way to solve the current problem." Marshal Budyonny said.

"My suggestion is that there will be another attack tomorrow, and that a major attack be launched, that the Italians must be pinned down at Debrecen and that we have time to move our troops. The day after tomorrow, we launched a general attack and killed all the enemies outside Debrecen in one fell swoop. ”

That night, south of the city of Debrexen, the troops of the 40th Tank Division secretly withdrew from the battlefield and moved to the north of the city overnight.

The remnants of the 43rd Tank Division north of the city were ordered to join the sequence of the 40th Tank Division in preparation for the next day's battle. (To be continued)

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