Although the entire Northern Army Group is not as numerous as the Central Route Army and the Southern Route Army, it is definitely a huge army, and in the past few days, the 18th Army of the Northern Army Group has secretly advanced.

Compared with other armored divisions, the 18th Army is almost entirely infantry, of course, in this era, Germany has comprehensively promoted the construction of mechanized infantry divisions, Germany's strong industrial production capacity allows it to easily equip its army with a sufficient number of infantry fighting vehicles.

The main force of the 18th Army was infantry fighting vehicles, and there were also a small number of armored battalions.

Now, with the armored battalion as the lead and the infantry fighting vehicles in the back, the huge army group, having crossed the Volga from the east, routed the negligible number of defenders on the bridge, and then, on a long drive, went straight in.

The Soviet army was so lacking that they did not have enough reserves, and the 18th Army was like a red-hot iron inserted into the cheese and penetrated it at once.

"Forward, accelerated." In an armored command vehicle, the commander of the 18th Army, Georg von Quchler, surveyed the city ahead with a telescope and shouted: "Destroy all resistance, and if anyone dares to resist, destroy it immediately!" ”

This is already experience, and a woman's kindness will only put her own in the most dangerous situation.

The Soviets were already all soldiers, and even a child of a few years old could have a grenade in his hand, and fighting on the battlefields of the Soviet Union, unlike other countries in Europe, the stupid idea that war has nothing to do with civilians is not valid here.

Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles rushed into the city of Kalinin, and after entering the city, they met decent resistance, and in the street, inside a sandbag bunker, a Maxim heavy machine gun began to fire at them.

The bullet hit the infantry fighting vehicle and thumped, and then the 40-mm tank gun on the infantry fighting vehicle opened fire violently, and the burst of 40-mm high-explosive shells instantly lifted the entire machine gun position away.

Onward, keep going!

The wheels of the infantry fighting vehicles, rolling forward, and in the street in front, several Soviets, dressed in workers' clothes, raised Molotov cocktails.

"Da-da-da-da." The 6.8mm bullets fired wildly and killed these Soviets, and in the face of these resistances, the German army was very determined, wiped out, crushed!

The forces of resistance were too small, and the charge of the entire 18th Army was too rapid, and they advanced rapidly towards the center of the city, towards the headquarters of the entire Kalinin Front of the USSR.

The north of the city, on the banks of the river.

The bridge, which was blown up, blocked the 522nd artillery battalion in the north of the river, they came out of the grove, looked at the rushing river, looked at the blown up bridge, at this time, their faces were ugly, you look at me, I look at you, in their eyes, with the same message.

Can't get by, the armored forces of the Germans are behind again, what to do at such a time?

Rush up and fight with the Germans!

Throw up your artillery and get ready to bombard the tanks of the Germans!

The gunners of the 522nd Artillery Battalion are fighting to the death.

At this time, the 100th Infantry Battalion behind them also withdrew, and looking at the bridge that was blown up here, Hayasi suddenly laughed: "Haha, hahaha." The Germans actually blew up the bridge, this is to give us the last chance to be heroic! Let's set up positions here and wait for the Germans! ”

Afraid of what? When I signed up for the army, I was determined to die, but I didn't expect that I would be wiped out by the Germans in less than half a month after going to the battlefield so soon.

Before dying, hit a few more tanks of the Germans! However, you have to think about how to fight!

The retreat was only a matter of holding out for a while before dying, and at this time, there was already a sea of blood on the rear position.

"Buzz, buzz." The diesel engine roared, puffs of black smoke came out, and the Tiger tanks, having already broken through the defense line of the Kalinin defenders, immediately changed their formation, became a straight shape, and rushed to both sides.

This is the impact tactics explored by Guderian and others in the Libyan desert, the triangular formation, like a wedge, nailed into the opponent's defense line, until a big hole is torn open, after tearing open, it immediately maneuvers to both sides, them on the enemy's back, expanding the width of the opening, and at the same time, a large number of infantry behind can also rush up.

Soviets, surrender or die!

A Soviet soldier bravely stood up and held a bundle of smoking grenades, but unfortunately before he could throw it, countless bloody holes appeared in his body, and his body trembled and fell backwards.

"Boom!" In the huge explosion, his entire body was reduced to pieces of minced meat.

"Buzz, buzz." Infantry fighting vehicles also rushed up.

It is impossible for any armored division to be all tanks, the tanks are only used to storm the enemy's positions, and behind the tanks, followed by the infantry. Historically, Germany used a half-track chassis, and even the top was open, which was convenient for soldiers to shoot, but only provided limited protection.

The advent of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles allows soldiers to calmly charge inside the tank without worrying about the enemy's machine-gun bullets, but the congenital defects of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and the cross-country ability in complex terrain is still inferior to that of tracked ones.

Therefore, Germany began to develop tracked infantry fighting vehicles again, the cost is higher, and the consumption is also large, this tracked infantry fighting vehicle, priority equipment to elite troops, as a skeleton division, of course, is also the first to replace the combat unit with tracked infantry fighting vehicles.

Tracked vehicles, charging forward, stopped before reaching the trenches.

A soldier of the Skeleton Division, armed with a 6.8mm assault rifle, charged forward, and the guns in their hands were also constantly firing.

"Da-da-da-da."

"Da-da."

As long as you see that there are still Soviet soldiers alive, you can go up to a shuttle, at this time, the competition is whose rate of fire is faster, in the trench battles of World War I, submachine guns became the favorite of soldiers, that is, the rate of fire is high.

A soldier of the Skeleton Division, running forward with his gun, his bullet, which had already swept several Soviets down, was just as he stepped over the corpse of the Soviets with his legs, suddenly, a hand reached out from below and grabbed his boot.

There is actually a living one under the corpses of several Soviet soldiers, and if this guy pretends to be dead here, he will forget it, and now he is still out to fight.

The Skeleton Division soldier immediately waved his hand, turned the muzzle of his gun, and pulled the trigger on the guy.

"Smack!" The firing pin hit the primer, but there was no gunshot, and at this critical moment, a dud appeared.

Then, the soldiers of the Skeleton Division poked their guns down, and the sharp bayonet in front of them plunged into the back of the Soviet soldier.

"Poof!" The moment he pulled out the bayonet, blood splattered half of his leg, and the Soviet soldier's hand still did not let go, and at the same time, green smoke from grenades came out of the place under his chest.