"Karjus! I hit him! Gun Commander Tyre shouted over the radio, "Next tank!" Where is the next tank? William, armor-piercing bullets, reload! Load! ”

"At 11 o'clock! Turn the turret around! Fast! Karjus was also very maneuvering, and gave his instructions loudly: "Erich! Steady! They are at a distance! Steady! ”

"Boom!" A shell shot out and flew towards the Soviets' T-26 tank in the distance.

Very easily, the front armor of this tank was penetrated, and the Soviet tank, which was getting closer to the German positions, was destroyed.

Although the KV-2 tank put unprecedented pressure on the German tank crew, there were so few KV-2s that the poor creatures could barely be seen on the battlefield.

With the rapid advance of the German army, this KV-2 tank was seen on some roadsides. They were abandoned by the Soviets, who were in a hurry to retreat, and were blown up on the side of the road waiting for the Germans to reclaim them.

Recycling these heavy weapons and equipment was definitely a challenge for the German army. Germany didn't have trailers for 50-ton tanks, so it was a struggle to recover the big guys.

One after another, Soviet tanks rushed over, trying their best to get past the wreckage of friendly tanks and rush to the positions of German tanks.

The Soviet tanks were accompanied by an unknown number of Soviet soldiers. There were countless of them, and they leaned in dense enough to the place where the German tanks were stationed.

Joseph was reloading the heading machine gun in front of him, and it was obvious that he was busy.

The enemy rushed like a tidal wave, which caused a lot of pressure on him: "I ran out of bullets!" There are too many of their infantry! ”

"Oh God! Are they really not afraid of death? Or are they all crazy? Covering his machine gun with the bolt, Joseph complained loudly as he pulled the bolt.

Then his machine gun roared again, and tracer bullets rushed into the crowd, splashing a mist of blood.

The closer they got to Minsk, the more frantic the resistance of the Soviets became. They seem to have broken free from the initial chaos and have begun to launch an organized counterattack.

Unfortunately, because of the Great Purge, their grassroots commanders lacked the ability to respond and deal with emergencies, and counterattacks were often directly routed by the Germans.

Moreover, it is difficult to deny that there was a huge technological gap between the vast majority of Soviet tanks and those used by the German army.

The T-26 tank, the most heavily armed tank in the Soviet Union, was significantly more vulnerable than the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, which were the most heavily armed in the German army.

Moreover, the vast majority of German tanks were equipped with radio equipment, while Soviet tanks were rarely equipped with such a slightly expensive thing.

So in terms of tactical coordination, the German armored forces were clearly superior to the Soviet ones—and even after two years, the gap was still obvious.

"Boom!" With a bang, the Soviet tank on the opposite side finally approached a distance of 500 meters, and a T-26 tank led by it fired a shot.

The shell hit the low wall to the left of the Leopard tank of Karjus, knocking the bricks into pieces in an instant.

Some of the splashed sand hit the Leopard tank's armor steel plates, and the crackling sound was like sitting in a car listening to the rain outside.

"Hell! The Soviets fought back! Shoot back! Tyr! Fire! Karyus commanded loudly.

"Boom!" Following Karyus's order, Tyre fired another cannonball. As the body fluttered, a shell rushed towards the target at one point.

Impartially, the Caryus shell pierced the front armor plate of another T-26 tank, leaving a hole in it.

Then the Soviet tank exploded, and was blown into countless pieces of scrap metal by its own ammunition and gasoline loaded.

"The smoke from its explosion obscured our view! Conductor! I can't find the target! Tyre complained loudly in the headphones as he reminded loudly, "Armor-piercing bullets! Load! ”

"I must have owed you in my last life!" Karjus pushed open the captain's hatch of his tank, then stuck his head out, and then Karjus's voice came from Tyre's headphones: "Tyre! A little further to the left! There is a T-26 tank! It's parked! ”

Tyr suddenly smiled, laughing so happily, he finally found a suitable commander for him this time, a commander who could be followed by him and entrusted with his life.

He laughed as he adjusted the turret of the tank, and finally found the target he was aiming at in the scope.

Because the turret was twisted, the parameters of the shot had to be recalibrated, so he pulled the trigger of the coaxial machine gun, and a volley of tracer bullets hit the target.

The bullet splashed sparks on the front armor plate of the hapless T-26's tank, proving that there was indeed no problem with Tiel's aiming.

So he quickly pressed the firing device of the main gun, and the next second, as the gun backseated, the entire body of tank No. 111 trembled, and an armor-piercing bullet hit the Soviet tank.

It was as if a giant hammer had been turned directly on a person's face at once, and the huge force of the armor-piercing shell had deshaped the turret of the T-26 tank.

Ignoring a Soviet soldier's bullet hitting the canopy of the tank not far from him, Karjus laughed as the turret of the T-26 tank on the other side flew to the side, and a dazzling flame rolled out of the hull that remained in place.

"Surrender! Surrender! "I don't know when, among the Soviet soldiers, someone shouted this word in German, and even drowned out the gunshots.

At this time, Kent's tank No. 112 was still firing, and the bullets hit the Soviet soldiers with a popping sound.

After a few more seconds, when the German tanks stopped firing, the scene suddenly fell silent.

All the Soviets seemed to be looking at Karjus, a young German tank commander, who poked his head out of the turret.

"Whoa." A Soviet soldier dropped his weapon on the ground and raised his hands in the air.

A simple German word came out of his mouth, and although it was a little non-standard, it was an unusual surrender: "Surrender!" Surrender! ”

The Soviet soldier's movements were also evident, and after dropping his weapon, he raised his hands in the air.

Then, in the next second, one after another Soviet soldiers dropped their weapons on the ground in front of them, and soon they all surrendered their weapons and crouched on both sides of the road like a flock of lambs to the slaughter with their heads in their hands.

A moment ago, they were attacking fiercely, and in this second they were as docile creatures as rabbits.

The last T-26 tank to fight back burned in the field, and the occasional explosion of detonated ammunition could be heard.

But the battlefield is still quiet, quiet for everyone to know: the battle here is over, everything is over!

In the middle of the field, in addition to the burning tanks, there were at least 100 corpses of Soviet soldiers lying densely.

Including the first attack repelled by the Germans, the Soviet counterattack here appeared to be a battalion of troops.

Even after entering the village, Karyus found a Soviet 76.2 mm caliber gun in the clearing, which was definitely well-equipped.

The Soviets' counterattack here was expected by the Germans, and if they couldn't prepare a counterattack here, they would have no chance to counterattack.

"Company commander! Please tell the battalion commander that we repelled the counterattack of the Soviets! Occupy the village behind them! Karyus pressed the radio intercom and reported to his commander on the battalion channel.

"The battalion headquarters is approaching us, we are too far from the 1st Regiment of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, let's take a rest here!" The company commander said over the radio.

"Alright! I heard that General Guderian was actively planning a new offensive, and he wanted to advance to Borisov the day after tomorrow! Caljuus smiled and pressed the throat intercom to his company commander.

"Probably! No matter where he's going, we have to have enough gas! "Even through the intercom, you can hear the company commander's dissatisfaction.

What the whole army needs is rest, not to continue the offensive - the 1st Company has lost 3 tanks, and now there are no 11 tanks left to fight.

The overall situation of the 505th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion was a bit more serious: on March 20 they still had 40 tanks, and on April 3, only 30 tanks were left to use.

The 1st company was in the best condition, with 11 tanks; Only 10 tanks of the 2nd Company were still able to participate in the battle; The 3rd company was the most pitiful, with only 9 left.

A large number of tanks broke down in the middle of the road due to breakdowns, and the high-intensity combat and the confusion of logistics supply and maintenance units all caused the attrition of the Leopard tanks.

In addition, landmines also caused casualties to German armored forces from time to time, and anti-tank mines were now the most effective means of destroying Leopard tanks in the Soviet Union.

The pace of the offensive for two consecutive days was simply too fast, and Karyus's unit had already bypassed Minsk and almost surrounded the nearby Soviet troops.

In this huge pocket, the Soviet army had almost 400,000 troops, about the same number as near Brest, and there was also light infantry that had no chance of breaking through.

After all, Khrushchev still did not have the courage of Timoshenko, and at the most critical moment, he abandoned his troops and fled to Smolensk.

Zhukov, who took over the command of the Central Theater of Operations, had not yet sorted out his head after taking office, and he was about to face the fact that the troops were defeated.

He could only relocate his command to Smolensk, where he continued to direct the retreat of the troops.

Now, the dozens of divisions in Minsk's pocket are leaderless, let alone breaking through, even if they deploy defense, they are very reluctant.