But Stalin's order was given like this, and whether it could be held is another matter.

The pain point in this is that only Vatutin knows that the Voronezh Front did have much more tanks than the Germans, with a total of more than 1,700 tanks.

However, the Voronezh Front defended a defensive line of more than 200 kilometers south of the Kursk salient, and the more than 1,000 tanks were divided into this line, and there were not many in each place, and only the 5th Guards Tank Army could be used as a mobile force.

Originally, there would be no problem with such an arrangement, because the 5th Guards Tank Army was an elite unit, and it also had more than 400 tanks, and these tanks were no less in number than either of the two German armies that broke through the defensive line, and their performance and strength were even surpassed.

But who would have thought that this was not the case...... The elite tank corps in Vatutin's hands suffered a heavy loss of more than 300 tanks in just one battle, and only the 22nd Guards Tank Brigade survived because it did not rush to the rear.

"Shou? How to keep! Vatutin's desk paced anxiously, he also knew the importance of the third line of defense, it was the last support of the Soviet army, if the Germans were allowed to break through, the German armored forces would break through to the rear of the Soviet army, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Comrade Vatutin!" Lieutenant General Kazakov suggested: "Can we ...... Retarding the actions of the Germans for the construction of tank fortifications, as in the Tomarovka direction? ”

Vatutin stopped his steps, then nodded and said, "Immediately order the troops and build fortifications on the spot!" ”

The German 21st Panzer Division advanced along the road, perhaps because of the new weapons of the German army, the Soviet troops along the high ground or support points along the road were unable to block the German attack for ten minutes......

The Germans only needed to drive their tanks up and fire a few shots at the Soviets, killing a few people, and then charging up and knocking the Soviets to their stomachs.

To be precise, before the Germans could rush to the heights, the Soviets fled from the other side.

The position was littered with bullet boxes, artillery boxes, supplies and helmets scattered all over the ground, as well as Makmi, Golyunov, anti-tank guns, and so on.

This made the Germans a little unbelievable, because the firepower and ammunition were enough to block the Germans high underground for several hours, unable to move.

"It reminds me of when we first attacked the Soviet Union!" Dominic said: "That's how the Soviet army was at that time!" ”

Dominica participated in the Barbarossa Plan, when the Soviet army was a rabble that could be easily routed.

"So you're lucky, sergeant!" The baker tossed a helmet aside, then picked up a pack of cigarettes underneath, looked at it, and stuffed it into his pocket.

"We're lucky now, aren't we?" As he said this, Dominic glanced at the pile of guns and ammunition that the Soviets had dropped.

In the old days, German soldiers would have seen these like treasures, because they would have picked out Bobosha submachine guns or turntable machine guns and their ammunition and carried them with them.

But now...... The armament of the STG44 made them completely lose their appetite for these weapons.

"It's only temporary, Dominic!" The baker replied, "Of course it would be nice if it went on like this, but they were just terrified by ME63!" ”

"Yes, ME63!" "You must not have noticed the look on their faces when they saw the rockets bending...... It's like seeing a ghost! ”

"I saw it!" "I took a couple of captives, and they were always asking one thing: 'God, how did you do that?'" Jakop said. ’！ ”

"How did you answer them?"

"I'll tell them!" Jakop replied, "We beat them out with a baseball bat!" ”

The soldiers couldn't help but laugh.

"Assemble!" Not far away, Eberhard's shouts and whistles were heard: "Go ahead, we're going to get to the third line of defense of the Soviets before dark!" ”

The soldiers immediately gathered their equipment and some useful things they had just picked out, and walked briskly in the direction of Eberhard.

In fact, it didn't take any time to get dark, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the 21st Panzer Division rushed to the third line of defense of the Soviet army.

General Stryker immediately ordered an attack on the third line of defense of the Soviet army, because he believed that it would take the Soviet army by surprise.

But this time it doesn't seem to be so easy to deal with......

The Soviets laid out on the line of the line what General Walter had previously called the stuff of the firepower pocket.

Both charges were returned.

"We lost three 'No. 4' and five 'No. 3'!" General Stryker said: "They have used the same way they did against the SS!" ”

Colonel Albridge explained: "Their tactic was to bury the tanks in the earth and expose only the turrets, so that we could not or could hardly aim and penetrate them!" ”

"But we can get close to them!" Colonel Slein said, "If we get close enough, we can still destroy them!" ”

"That's right!" Colonel Albridge said: "But they have anti-tank guns on both flanks, which are so carefully camouflaged that it is difficult for us to detect their presence. And they will stay dodged until our tanks advance here......"

With that, Colonel Albridge pushed the two tank models forward, and then continued: "At this time, our side armor is facing the anti-tank guns, and they do it...... Until our tanks are destroyed, we don't even know where their anti-tank guns are! ”

"They call it the 'Firepower Pocket'!" General Stryker said: "The 2nd SS Panzer Corps suffered heavy casualties under this 'fire pocket', because even the side armor of the 'Tiger' tank could not withstand the fire of the anti-tank guns at close range!" They lost five 'Tigers' for this, and they were blocked in front of the third line of defense and did not dare to attack easily! ”

"Then ......," Colonel Slane asked again, "why don't we avoid their frontal attacks on the anti-tank guns they have placed on the flanks!" ”

"Because they still flank, Colonel!" Colonel Albridge then placed several models of anti-tank guns on the table and said, "Their entire line of defense is arranged in such a way that at any point we attack, the flanks of the tanks will be exposed to their anti-tank guns!" ”

This was a difficult tactic to deal with, and the point was that the anti-tank gunners who were placed in front of the positions had a good psychological quality, because they were always facing the Germans from the side.

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