In the afternoon, the battle groups of the 820th Soviet Infantry Regiment began with the battle of the 38th Army; They quickly pushed the American-style landing craft and all kinds of boats, small fishing boats, and even rafts they could find into the Dnieper River and began to launch a landing operation across the river.

However, when they attacked, the German light rifle guns and MG42 general-purpose machine guns quickly shelled and strafed.

In a few moments, Soviet rafts, boats, and even landing craft were sunk in the panting water.

And the Soviet soldiers who were carried on them were either shot and killed, blown up, or drowned.

And in such a fighting situation, not only the 820th Regiment was attacked so fiercely, but even the other groups of the 38th Army were attacked so fiercely.

But even so, with the help of American-style landing craft, many Soviet troops still successfully crossed the river and landed successfully.

However, there were also many Soviet troops who even had a company or a battalion of troops, and were buried by the Germans at the bottom of the Dnieper River, and the whole army was wiped out.

"The Soviets have attacked, everyone! Don't let them log in again! ”

When seeing more and more Soviet troops successfully landing with the help of American-style landing craft, all the German officers commanding the operation on the banks of the Dnieper River roared hoarsely at the soldiers under their command.

"Ulla! Ulla! Come on! We must get the lost Dnieper back! ”

On the contrary, the Soviet army's charging shouts were becoming more and more deafening.

But just when the Soviet army's blood was boiling, Junkers Ju 290 bombers appeared in the sky above the Soviet artillery positions in Zaporizhzhia, Dnieper, and over the Soviet troops in the ongoing river-crossing landing operation, under the cover of a large number of MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre fighters.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

Subsequently, these Junker Ju 290 bombers dropped powerful aerial bombs and incendiary bombs; At the Soviet troops, who were using anti-aircraft guns to carry out anti-aircraft counterattacks.

"Boom! Thundered! Rumble ......"

However, the Soviet air defense forces were still unable to stop the large-scale bombing of the German army, and a large number of people were killed and wounded.

Even the artillery and Hatyusha rocket groups, as well as the launch vehicles carrying them, were blown up in large numbers, scattered in fragments, mixed with the bloody corpses of the Soviet troops.

"At all costs, the 38th Army on the opposite side must be completely annihilated today! As well as the heavy blow to the Soviet 4th Guards Army of Ryzhov! ”

At this time, Ferdinand Schellner had already led his Scherner Army, and according to Chen Yanlong's latest combat order, secretly dispatched to Zaporizhzhia on the Dnieper River, watching the battlefield that had been fighting for some time.

"Yes! Commander! ”

Thurrams, the combat staff officer, immediately agreed.

Immediately, he hurriedly conveyed Schellner's battle order to the commanders of the various units to receive it.

"Now launch a general attack!"

When all the officers and men had received the order to fight, and when Schellner saw that his air force had succeeded in destroying many Soviet artillery positions, he decisively gave the order for a general attack.

With his order, all the German soldiers of the Schellner Army launched a ferocious general attack on their targets, the Soviet 38th Army and the 4th Guards Army.

So a fierce and tragic battle was about to break out, but to the surprise of the Soviet 38th Army and the 4th Guards Army, the Fa-223 Dragon helicopters carried the 1st SS Panzer Division, and the SS Skeletal Panzer Division was airborne behind them, as a surprise attack.

And then in addition, the 503rd Armored Division, which had already been replenished, was also suddenly killed on the flank.

So under these completely unexpected surprise soldiers, and surprise attacks; The Soviet 38th Army and the 4th Guards Army were quickly killed by surprise and were quickly defeated.

And after just over two hours of fighting, the Soviets suffered more than 60,000 casualties.

Moreover, a large number of artillery pieces and Hatyusha rocket launchers were also destroyed and blown up.

For such heavy losses, in half an hour after the war, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army, as well as the entire Southwestern Soviet Front, and the Southern Soviet Front were instantly shocked.

Because these two army groups were sent by the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army to fight for the forced crossing of the Dnieper River near Petrovsk and Zaporozhye.

The 38th Army and the 4th Guards Army were units sent by Zhukov to assist them in the battle, so when the commanders of these army groups heard such powerful bad news, they were also very shocked and painful.

But the bad thing for them to know is that the 9th Army and the 2nd Panzer Army, which have been reorganized and replenished by Mauder, have also cooperated with the SS 5th "Viking" Panzer Division, the 6th SS "Northern" Mountain Division and other elite SS units, as well as Manstein's troops personally led him, and the newly formed 508th Heavy Panzer Division, which has also reached the area of Dnieper Petrovsk, preparing to launch a full-scale surprise attack on the Southwestern Soviet Front after the German aviation forces launched a surprise air attack.