Minute by minute in the chaos of tank battles, the staff officers of the Voronezh Front and the Southwestern Front, as well as the intelligence officers of the General Staff, were constantly operating with efficiency; Trying to find out all the strategic intentions of the German surprise attack in a comprehensive way.

However, because one-third of the tank units used by the Soviet army in combat were composed of light tanks, the Soviet tanks were destroyed one to two times more than the German heavy and medium tanks.

Moreover, the Soviet artillery and mortars still have a lot of strength, only 76 and 82 mm, so the damage to the German infantry can be said to be not too serious.

However, with the increasing number of T-34 tanks, KV-IS Joseph Stalin tanks and the new KV-85 tanks, as well as more and more SU-76, SU-122; and the assistance of self-propelled guns such as SU152, so that the tank battles between the Soviet and German armies became inseparable, and also allowed the Soviet army to support firepower in mobile medium and heavy artillery fire, which was greatly improved.

And the entire German-Soviet tank battle went to the most white-hot battle**, and fell into the most tragic war of attrition of the steel monster.

With the outbreak of tank warfare, the Soviet Army's La-5FN, La-7 and La-9 fighter groups, and Il-2 strike aircraft groups are also engaged in fierce large-scale air battles with German fighter groups and bomber groups.

At the same time, the five elite tank groups of the Soviet Army were also assembled together to engage in the largest tank battle in the history of the Eastern Front with the German army.

The 5 major tank armies of the Soviet army were: Katukov's 1st Tank Army, Rogin's 2nd Tank Army, Rybalko's 3rd Guards Tank Army, and Badanov's 4th Tank Army, and Rotmistrov's 5th Guards Tank Army!

Together, these fronts have more than 9,000 tanks under their jurisdiction, another 600 tanks are left in reserve at the Supreme Command, and finally 5,600 tanks are left in the non-combat zone in case the tanks on the front line are defeated and there is a shortage.

Moreover, the KV-85 tank, which has been equipped with an 85 mm main gun, and the self-propelled gun of the SU-152 with a 152 mm howitzer, as well as the new heavy main battle tank IS-1 of the Soviet army, also dispatched more than 1,800 vehicles to participate in the battle of the Dnieper.

It's just a pity that when the 5 major tank armies of the Soviet army were gathered, Rotmistrov's 5th Guards Tank Army, which was besieged by Moder and the SS tank army, had already been half annihilated by half of the tanks.

Especially after the rapid progress of Moder's net-closing operation, the entire 5th Guards Tank Army was annihilated by the German tank group, leaving less than 180 tanks.

In response to such heavy losses, the commander of the 5th Guards Tank Group, Rotmistrov, almost vomited blood and died.

However, he also knew that his official position would definitely be removed from Stalin and the Supreme High Command at the moment of his defeat, and it was unknown whether his life was in danger.

Maybe he will be shot by Stalin or imprisoned.

"Damn the Germans! I'm fighting with you! Anyway, after this battle, my future, and even my life, will be reimbursed! So today I'm going to pull one of you to bury me! ”

As soon as he thought of the terrible consequences of his defeat, Commander Rotmistrov suddenly had blood-red eyes, and led his remnants of the defeated army regardless of all the consequences, driving the Soviet army's new heavy main battle tank IS-1 and a small number of KV-85 tanks equipped with 85 mm guns, under the cover of a small number of T-34 tank groups, murderously rushed to the German 508th Heavy Armored Division, and the German tank group frantically tore apart.

Soon, the tanks on both sides were destroyed one after another, emitting black smoke, or blazing, or even exploding into fireballs.

"The Germans will send me hell!"

At this time, Commander Rotmistrov also hurriedly snatched a KV-85 tank from his own men; Personally as a tank commander, he commanded the tankers inside to drive the tanks and fight on the battlefield.

After destroying three Leopard tanks in a row, he was on the battlefield in the thick smoke, his eyes red with blood, and he fired at full speed towards the auxiliary fuel tank of a German Tiger tank, and ran into it with all his might.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion sounded instantly.

The KV-85 tank piloted by Commander Rotmistrov successfully crashed into a German Tiger tank.

He then hurriedly turned his KV-85 tank and continued to ram other German tanks.

It's just that before he could get excited, his KV-85 tank was destroyed by the fire of the Tiger tank, unable to move, and burned.

As the commander of the 5 major tank groups of the Soviet Army, Rotmistrov was killed on the battlefield by the German tank group in this way.