A young German tank commander leaned against his tank hatch and stared coldly at the pile of scrap metal in the wheat field in the distance, still billowing with smoke.

As you can guess, a large-caliber artillery was originally parked there, but now it has been completely destroyed.

Lying around were the corpses of Soviet soldiers, who were supposed to be operating the cannon.

When the Luftwaffe joined the war, the situation at the front became one-sided. A large number of Soviet ground forces were destroyed, and without even retreating, they were annihilated in the path of advancement.

The Soviets had amassed at least 10,000 artillery pieces of various types on the front line, most of which were now captured or destroyed by the Germans either on the way back.

Right next to the destroyed cannon, German soldiers were inspecting trenches covered with camouflage nets piled with ammunition, as well as other discarded artillery.

These were the most advanced M30 122 mm howitzers in the Soviet Union, arguably one of the best artillery pieces of World War II.

In 1941, the gun had just been produced. It can be said that now it represents the highest craftsmanship of Soviet artillery, and the output is not as amazing as that of later generations.

The number of such artillery on the front line was not too large, and only some of the main artillery units of the USSR were equipped with this new type of artillery.

And this artillery is indeed worthy of the reputation of Stalin's god of war, and it performed very well throughout the war.

It's just a pity that now these guns have nothing to do with the Soviet Union, they are trophies of the German armored forces and will become a supplementary equipment for German artillery.

As early as the beginning of the war, the Führer put forward a bold plan - to capture and massively use Soviet equipment and increase the level of its own weaponry.

One of the most useful is the plan to arm one's own artillery with captured Soviet artillery.

Because the captured tanks of the German armored corps may not be used, it is also difficult to replenish supplies and repair.

However, artillery is different, this kind of support weapon used in the rear does not have to worry about the problem of battlefield identification, and can be used directly and boldly with confidence.

Moreover, the defeat of the USSR provided a large amount of weapons and ammunition that could not be destroyed in time, which was also enough to support the consumption of German artillery using captured Soviet artillery.

Leaning on the hatch of the tank, the young tank commander looked at the smoke in the distance, where a village was burning, presumably the Soviets had set fire to another Polish village in order to block the pursuit of the Germans.

This kind of thing has been happening a lot since yesterday, and now the only thing that can stop the German offensive is the prisoners who are stuck in the road and the burning villages, except for some of the main Soviet forces that are sworn to resist to the death.

"Maybe we should hurry up, or the bastards of the 1st Panzer Division will wipe out all the enemies." The mechanical, who poked his head out of the tank, smiled and said to the commander with a walkaround.

Although the commander is young, his special eyebrows can make a deep impression. The young commander laughed and teased his subordinates, not at all anxious about the lack of a fight: "It's not all, there are too many enemies here." ”

They were still in the rear when they started the battle yesterday, and as they continued to advance, they could now hear the explosions.

For several hours, the armored battalion, as it advanced, saw numerous Soviet soldiers crouching on both sides of the road, guarded by infantry, moving to the rear.

Hundreds of prisoners, then dozens of captured cannons, and some burning tank wreckage, as well as corpses pushed to the side of the road.

The Soviet Union was really defeated, and the Germans were desperately pursuing. When the battle is at night, it becomes less bloody, and it becomes a desperate situation of moving forward and desperately fleeing.

An infantry company sometimes had to watch a battalion of surrendering Soviet infantry and wait for its troops to pass by.

These Soviet soldiers did not surrender because of cowardice or anything like that, the only reason they surrendered was because of chaos.

The direct result of the confrontation between the two sides is the bizarre chaos on the battlefield. And the chaos has caused pressure and trouble for both commanders.

As a result, in this chaos, the two sides showed two diametrically opposed states.

The German troops, because they had a well-trained base, were able to carry out their plans of attack in the midst of the chaos, even if they were fighting on their own.

This was achieved entirely by relying on the Wehrmacht of the Weimar Republic, which had been trained by 100,000 sickerts. They are now company commanders and battalion commanders within the unit, which is enough to support the entire unit.

The Soviets fared very badly, they had almost zero experience in dealing with the chaos, and they could only wait in place for the German troops to surround and cut them up, and finally annihilate them.

The negative impact of Stalin's purges on this army was directly exposed, and the dull grassroots commanders simply could not keep up with the changing rhythm of the German troops, which directly led to the collapse of the troops.

The result was self-evident, and the sluggish Soviet forces were soon left to fight on their own, confused in the confusion, and finally had to surrender to the Germans, who were not superior.

Basically, the situation on the battlefield was strikingly similar: the German armored units broke through the non-existent lines of defense of the Soviet offensive forces and completed the first step of cutting.

The German mechanized infantry, which followed shortly afterwards, surrounded these Soviet units, which were already in disarray, and further exerted pressure to compress their space.

Eventually, the German infantry, who had come up, would meet the Soviet soldiers, who had been crumbling and accept their surrender......

Few Soviet units were able to resist after being attacked by armored units, then by armored vehicles and assault guns, and then by Luftwaffe Stuka.

So the battlefield was full of Soviet surrendered soldiers, as well as German transport units and logistics support units crowded with these prisoners.

As little as initially expected, it was not only the Soviet Union's non-universal railway system that put pressure on German transport, but also the fundamentally substandard roads.

The main reason why the logistics troops could not keep up with the advancing armored forces was the narrowness of the roads and the crowding of Soviet prisoners on the roads.

"A separate heavy tank destroyer battalion?" At a fork in the road, a sergeant of the German traffic control force, who was in charge of directing traffic, waved a sign signaling the tank unit to stop.

"Yes, we are the 505 tank destroyer battalion, and there is still a battle ahead?" Leaning on the tank, one of the captains asked in a loud voice.

"You guessed it, in the village directly ahead, the tanks of the 1st Panzer Division met the counterattack of the Soviet Panzer Forces, the enemy has at least 100 tanks, you better wait here before moving on." The traffic command sergeant said, pointing to the smoke in the distance.

"That's right, we're going to support them." Having finally heard the news of the enemy, this commander did not intend to let go of this opportunity.

On the second tank, the eyebrows drooped at the ends, and the young tank commander, who looked very happy, laughed, it seemed that the first battle of the 505th separate heavy tank destroyer battalion was about to break out here.

"Get off the road! Keep your distance! Get close to the past from the flank, contact the 1st Panzer Division, and don't miss a shot! "The battalion commander's order was given quickly, after all, this armored battalion needs to fight to prove its position.

A Leopard tank led by a heavy crawler rumbled down the road under the envious eyes of the German mechanized infantry.

The first Leopard opened the way, and the second Leopard rushed down the roadbed, ran over a barren farmland, knocked down the fence and rushed in the direction of the smoke.

This armored battalion is equipped with a full 40 of the latest Leopard tanks, which have also been modified to cope with this war.

The Leopard tanks on the Eastern Front were equipped with frontal armor and a temporary frontal steel plate as a means of strengthening their protection.

In fact, such reinforcement was unnecessary, since the Leopard tank had inclined 100 mm thick armor protection, which in 1941 was almost impossible to penetrate in existence.

However, the armored forces of the Eastern Front generally had the practice of adding a layer of steel plates, and tanks No. 3 and No. 4 were equipped with such protective steel plates.

So, the new Leopard tank also installed such steel plates. Interestingly, these steel plates were painted in gray, which covered the camouflage on the original Leopard tank.

This is also an important feature that distinguishes the age of the Leopard tank in later generations, and on the Eastern Front in 1941, most of the Leopard tanks had an unsightly gray steel plate hanging on the front.

Sometimes wars are so unreasonable, and some stupid things can happen in a detail that no one pays attention to.

Only by finding order in the chaos can the bloody war take on a little bit of ridicule. Let the oppressive and heavy atmosphere be rubbed into a touch of brightness and fun.

"Front-on to 1 Company! The tanks of the 2 company covered the left flank of the troops! The battalion commander's order spread over the radio: "3 Company Right Wing!" Keep your distance from the car! ”

"Pay attention to your tank and stay in formation! The troops of the 1st Panzer Division are retreating, and we are on! Let's go! Inside the headset, there are the voices of various commands, repeatedly emphasizing various battlefield situations.

"1 Lian understands!" The commander of the 1st Company replied loudly. Then these Leopard tanks, which had already been deployed, rushed majestically towards the area of engagement.

"Watching your performance, I heard that you are also the ace of the Führer appointed to serve in the armored forces! Weitman's record, I guess it's waiting for you to break it. The commander of the 1st Company said to his young men by pressing the throat intercom.

In the position of the commander of the Leopard tank No. 111, the young man with his eyebrows bent down pressed the intercom and replied to his company commander: "Karjus understands! I'll do my best. ”