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The most important thing in this way is to go back quickly, run when you're done, and get out of danger before the owners of the flock and the hounds catch up.

Rommel was well aware of the supreme meaning of hit-and-run, and after bloodbathing the "chicken coop" with tanks and artillery, he led his troops to withdraw from the battlefield and return by the same route.

Passing through the town where the battle group had briefly stopped, Captain Dils saw the name of the town written on the name plate at the entrance of the town, Ichnia.

After a short stop in the German-controlled town of Ichnia, Rommel led the battle group, and instead of returning south to Priluki, he turned to the east and, after driving more than twenty kilometers, entered a small village called Yuzhny.

The battle group dispersed outside the village, and Rommel's armored vehicle was parked next to a wooden house in the west of the village.

Seeing Major General Langelmann, commander of the 4th Panzer Division, Rommel asked, "Why hasn't the battle started yet?" Why did you stop? ”

"The enemy we met was not quite like the other Russians, and I even suspect that he was an officer who had studied at our armoured academy and had even defected to Russia from Germany at all," Langelman said. ”

"What did that unknown guy do?" Rommel asked.

Langelmann 1510 recounted what had happened after his departure.

At four o'clock sharp, on Rommel's orders, the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions set off on time.

The 3rd Panzer Division followed the road, and the 4th Panzer Division took the dirt road to the north, following the road it had traveled the day before, and rushed towards Romne.

Almost as soon as it was dawn, a telegram was sent from the reconnaissance battalion, which was at the forefront of the troops. On the opposite side, a large number of armored units of the Russians rushed in.

The route is the same but the direction is opposite, and collisions are inevitable.

This situation was expected by Langelmann and Moder, and the two armored divisions immediately assumed a defensive position in accordance with the principle of "strategic offensive and tactical defense."

The infantry was placed in the front line, behind which were tank destroyers No. 4 and E-40 tanks, 88-mm anti-aircraft guns were also pulled to the front to act as anti-tank guns, and some behind, there were groups of G tanks, ready to strike at any time, acting as swords to counter-attack, and at the rear of the line, 105-mm and 150-mm self-propelled howitzers also entered their respective positions, ready to rain shells on the charging enemy.

A standard sword and shield formation was placed, and Lenglemann and Moder waited left and right, but the Russians did not appear.

The commanders of the two divisions and the officers and men of the two divisions could only sit and watch the air forces of the two sides chase after each other in the sky, and the fighting is in full swing.

Anti-aircraft gunners also joined the battle group and drove Soviet fighters such as the Il-2 and PE-2 to strafe the ground.

The hard-working scout soon sent two messages.

The first news from the scouts was that the Russian armored forces on the opposite side had stopped advancing.

It's good, the Russians have discovered our presence and are ready to spread out formation, and the offensive will soon begin, Langelmann and Moder thought so.

The scouts soon sent a second message, and the Russians' tank units were scattered across villages and on both sides of the road and were organizing defenses.

Uh, huh?

When Langelmann and Moder received the news, they were almost shocked.

It has been more than two months since the war with the Soviet Union, and they have long been familiar with the steamroller tactics of the Russian armored forces.

The Russians' tank swarms all over the mountains and rushed like bloodthirsty wolves, then smashed their heads in front of the German steel shields, and then fled like dogs in pursuit of the German tank group No. 4.

When did the Russians turn sex? Langelmann and Moder were appalled by the erratic behavior of the Russian army.

Just as the armoured forces of both sides were facing each other, Rommel arrived at Lengelmann's headquarters.

Hearing Lengelmann's explanation, Rommel blurted out.

"It's not scientific."

As Langelmann said, the actions of the Soviet troops on the other side were clearly not in the style of the Russians.

Could it really be that there were Germans who defected and taught the Russians German panzer tactics?

Rommel also had great doubts in his mind.

After the shock, Rommel said: "Maybe we really have a difficult guy, but our time is too precious to spend too much time with them, we have to take the initiative to attack." ”

With Rommel's order, Langelmann and Modell's troops became active again, ending their dreary life in the pit.

After explaining the task, Rommel rushed out of the village of Yuzhny with the battle group.

After crossing a middle strip of about three or four kilometers, Rommel found a group of scouts, led by the scouts, and the battle group went straight to a small village called Obukhov.

The defensive positions of the Germans on the opposite side were not coherent, but based on various villages and towns, with large meadows and farmland in between.

After inspecting the terrain, Rommel immediately sent four tank companies and one company of infantry to outflank the left flank, while the infantry of the other company entered the battle on foot and attacked head-on.

Behind them were E-101 and 213 E-40 tanks, two of which served as fire support.

The 105-mm self-propelled howitzer roared and shelled the village of Obukhov, and after a three-shot rapid fire, the battle began in full swing.

Rommel's armored car was parked in a wood, and Rommel crouched on the border of the woods, watching the battle progress.

The infantry attacking the village head-on were extremely scattered in formation, and the offensive was not violent, but it still caused a fierce counterattack by the Soviet troops in the opposite village.

Broken leaves flew from the fields hit by machine-gun bullets, and mortar shells fell one after another into the fields, blowing up patches of dirt.

Rommel heard a more deterrent shelling sound coming from inside the village.

In the opposite village, there were medium-caliber anti-tank guns, or cannons.

As soon as the Soviets in the village started, all the frontal attacking infantry instantly lay down, then jumped up and launched a short charge, and then fell down again.

Machine gunners and mortars each looked for positions and suppressed the Soviet troops in the village.

An offensive and defensive battle was fought vigorously, but Captain Diers felt extremely dull.

In his opinion, it was a purely one-sided massacre.

The infantry who charged ahead were only used to attract the Soviet troops in the village to expose their firepower, and the real killing power was in the hands of him and Karius.

Two E-40 tanks, walking around the fields, looking for the right angle, fired high-explosive shells into Soviet firing points, and occasionally anti-tank guns that exposed their targets.

After firing six shots, taking out four machine-gun emplacements and two anti-tank guns, Captain Dears came to the end of the battle and charged into the village from the flank.

"It's not a fight, it's a range exercise." Karius' voice came over the radio.

"yes, it's so easy, I thought General Rommel would let us lead the infantry to attack, I like such a commander." Captain Dears said.

This kind of mid-to-long-range combat is indeed the favorite battle of E-40 tankers, with accurate 88 guns and strong armor, they can kill the enemy one by one from a dangerous distance, but they do not have to suffer a fatal blow themselves, except for the small probability of being attacked by howitzers or mortars.

Rommel's armoured vehicles rushed into the village earlier than the two E-40s, and after inspecting the damaged village, stopped in front of two 76.2mm anti-tank guns at the entrance to the west of the village.

"Infantrymen, show your spirits, and don't forget, you are the queen of the battlefield. Rush to the front line, the E-40 and the No. 4 tank are your strongest backing. ”

Glancing at the scouts passing by, Rommel added.

"And the bobcat."

After Rommel had finished pumping the infantry, the infantrymen jumped into armored vehicles and marched along the road to the next village.

"Is that really good? Let the infantry rush to the front, is he not afraid of black guns? Captain Dears whispered over the radio.

"The realm of the general, we don't understand, listen to the command."

At this time, the attack of the 4th Panzer Division had been fully launched, and the sound of artillery bombardment in the wilderness was resounding all over the land.

When attacking the second village, the battle group continued to use the tactics of infantry in front and tanks in the rear.

The infantrymen, in loose formation, rushed to the village, luring the Soviets inside the village into exposing their firepower, and were then killed by tank No. 4 and E-40 tank by bit.

"Knock ・・・・・・" a violent metal impact sounded, and Captain Dils' heart twitched twice, and experience told him that his tank had been hit by armor-piercing shells again, and it was a turret.

"It's an 85-mm anti-aircraft gun, in the direction of one o'clock." Diers quickly found the enemy's position.

After a high-explosive shell, Diers saw that the 85-mm anti-aircraft gun was surrounded by gray soot.

Looking around the battlefield, Diers also saw that among the troops surrounding the village on the right flank, a No. 4 G tank was parked in the field, billowing black smoke from its body, and flames were coming out of its body.

It was supposed to be the engine or the fuel tank on fire, and Captain Dears guessed the correct way for the Type 4G to die.

At the end of the second battle, Rommel counted the results of the battle, and his troops lost eight infantrymen, and the No. 4G tank was destroyed and one was damaged.

The two E-40 tanks were intact, except that Captain Dils saw a crater about five centimeters in diameter in the upper left corner of the turret.

Shortly after the capture of the village, real fighting broke out, caused by a report from the scouts.

A convoy of Soviet tanks was spotted in the east, rushing along the road.

Rommel received the report and snorted coldly.

"This is really our tactic, the infantry and anti-tank guns are used as shields in front, and the tanks are used as swords for counterattacks, but they are not very well learned."

"Attention tankmen, the time has come for you to show your strength, rush to the front and block the Russian shells for the infantry."

Tank No. 4G and two E-40s, rushed out of the village and in the east of the village, each looking for positions.

In the southeast corner of the village, the tanks of Lieutenant Karius, Captain Dears, were parked on either side of a private house, with their guns pointed east.

Groups of BT series light tanks left the road far away, and the gas trucks also stopped on the side of the road, releasing groups of infantry.

However, what awaits them is a head-on blow.

After two volleys, half of the oncoming tanks were killed, and the wreckage of the tanks emitting black smoke was all over the wilderness.

As fast as hundreds of kilometers per hour on the road, the armor of the BT series tanks is as thin and perverted, and it is as fragile as a piece of paper in front of the 75mm tank gun of the No. 40 tank and the 88 gun of the E-40.

"Rush out and kick them in the ass." Captain Dears said.

Seeing the battered Soviet troops fleeing in disarray, Rommel immediately sent tank No. 4 and a company of infantry in armored vehicles to pursue them, but the two E-40 tanks were stopped.

Rommel called in Captain Dears and Karius.

"You remember today's battle, we are now behind enemy lines, we can't get timely replenishment, every tank is a valuable combat force, every tank has the potential to decide the outcome of a battle, don't let the tank lose under the muzzle of anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns, if you want to die or die under the muzzle of another tank." Rommel said.

"But the infantry will have an opinion on this." Captain Dears said.

"In both cases, either let the tanks rush to the front, be damaged or destroyed by anti-tank guns, and then let the infantry use their flesh and blood to fight the counterattack of the enemy tanks. Either as I just did, protect the tanks, and then let the tanks go to a showdown with the enemy's tank troops. You two are our most powerful forces at the moment, learn to defend yourselves and exert your might in decisive moments. Rommel said.

After a pause, Rommel said: "Of course, this tactic is not always used, and the occasion must be distinguished, otherwise it may be shot by the infantry." ”

The teachings of a general are not heard at all times, and Captain Diers and Captain Karius seem to understand it and accept Rommel's teachings with humility.

With a slap on the head, Rommel said, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but the habit I used to be a teacher at the Dresden Infantry Academy has flared up again. ”

After some teaching by Rommel, the two commanders felt that they had learned something new.

Following Rommel, the battle group again launched a new offensive.

After interrogating the prisoners, Rommel learned that it was the 15th Motorized Division of the 2nd Mechanized Corps that was facing the 4th Panzer Division.

In the establishment of the Soviet army, there was only one tank regiment in the motorized division, and all the tanks equipped with the tank regiment were BT series light tanks.

"The enemy is a motorized division, and our opportunity has come to defeat this division as soon as possible, and then go to outflank the right flank of the Soviet army in the south and assist Moder in breaking the stalemate. It was necessary to hit Romny before dark. ”

Rommel sent a telegram to Langelmann.

According to a telegram from Langelman, the 3rd Panzer Division in the south encountered some trouble when attacking the Soviets, and the offensive was blocked, and the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion lost nearly a third of its tanks.

After Rommel's anger, a strong curiosity swelled in his heart, who was the commander of this group of Russians? What new tactics were used? It was able to hinder the offensive of Moder's troops, causing heavy losses to the 502nd Battalion.

Who exactly did we meet? I must know his name. (To be continued.) )