One after another orders were sent out from the temporary headquarters, and the officers and men of the 1st Chinese Division and the Brandenburg Regiment were making final adjustments, they were waiting, waiting for a decisive battle of fate. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Similarly, the Soviet forces were making their final moves, and more and more troops were gathering around Baranovichi and were also waiting for the start of the general offensive, but orders from Moscow were to be engaged in offensive operations as soon as troops arrived.

The air is filled with pent-up emotions, and this is the calm before the storm.

Finally, at four o'clock in the morning, with countless flares rising into the air, the decisive moment of the two sides was staged with bated breath, in a small Baranovichi, in the center of which was Li Ling's 1st Huaxia Division and Sippel's Brandenburg Regiment, surrounded by 15 Soviet infantry divisions, 1 tank division, and an artillery group consisting of four artillery regiments and an anti-tank artillery brigade, and further west, the Germans sent an assault group consisting of 2 armored divisions and 8 infantry divisions to prepare to move in the direction of Baranovichi with all their might.

The Soviet offensive was almost layered, except for the artillery group, which was deployed on the east side of Baranovichi, the rest of the troops were evenly distributed around Baranovichi, and at the same time squeezed into the center with a tidal wave of offensives, in an attempt to wipe out the 1st Huaxia Division in one fell swoop in the already dilapidated city of Baranovichi.

In the case of absolute superiority in troops, they thought that they could destroy the German defense line in a very short time, but the reality gave them a small 'surprise', and instead of forming a devastating trend in a short period of time, they were put on a plate by the 1st Huaxia Division.

It turned out that when the offensive began, the 1st Huaxia Division was fighting and retreating, and in just half an hour, Baranovic's outer defense line had a faint tendency to collapse, but at this juncture, just when the Soviet army was preparing to take over the first line of defense of the German army that had just been occupied, it did not expect to be wiped out on the German position.

The heavy firepower that exceeded the cognition, the mines all over the position, and the sudden appearance of the bunker wiped out the Soviet troops who rushed to the defense line almost instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the Huaxia 1st Division launched a counterattack, not only recovering the first line of defense on the periphery that had been lost, but also advancing several hundred meters in four directions at the same time.

At this point in the battle, more and more generals of the 1st Huaxia Division proposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue, shrink the troops, and then make an all-out assault to the west to open up contact with the main German army as soon as possible. It sounded like it was definitely the right choice, however, Li Ling chose to give up this opportunity without hesitation, and instead gave an order that surprised everyone.

Instead of sending his troops to the west, he ordered the 6th Heavy Tank Brigade, which had been in reserve, to attack east.

Li Ling wants to take out his most core troops to attack the Soviet army's biggest reliance - artillery group!

A big gamble, taking tanks to attack the anti-tank artillery brigade, everyone thought Li Ling was crazy, but was Li Ling really crazy at this time?

He has absolute confidence in the armor protection of the Tiger tank, and the Brandenburg regiment has also brought extremely accurate information, this anti-tank artillery brigade does not have large anti-tank guns at all, and it is the four artillery regiments that really pose a threat to the 6th Heavy Tank Brigade or the entire 1st Chinese Division, as long as those four artillery regiments are still there, it is a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the Baranovich defenders!

Obviously, the Soviet commanders also knew that this artillery group was their greatest reliance, so they preferred to put the anti-tank artillery brigade here for defense rather than take it out for the offensive. But it was precisely because they placed an anti-tank artillery brigade in front of four artillery regiments that the Soviet commanders did not make any more superfluous arrangements, thinking that in this way they could sit back and relax.

Li Ling's decision was beyond the expectations of the First Division of Huaxia, and it was also unexpected by the Soviet Army, Li Ling was going to have a spear and spear contest, and cut the enemy's spear with my sword!

At five o'clock in the morning, the sky was getting darker, the last shadow before dawn broke.

Under the gloomy sky, the 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Tank Brigade almost simultaneously fought out from the west side of Baranovichi to make a breakthrough posture, and after a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, the 6th Heavy Tank Brigade immediately set off from the east side under the cover of night to kill the Soviet artillery position.

The situation of the war was almost the same as Li Ling envisioned, the 2nd Tank Brigade and the 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade were strongly intercepted by the Soviet army, and a large number of Soviet troops began to rush to the rescue, trying to start a decisive battle there with the 'main German army trying to break through', and the artillery position was instantly opened.

Wang Zhandong commanded his troops to quickly kill the Soviet artillery position, the Soviet artillery commander made a fatal mistake, there was an anti-tank artillery brigade in front of them, they thought they were at ease, the artillery was still full fire, striking at the 'main German army trying to break through', completely allowing this 'small German force responsible for attracting firepower' to storm the position.

In the face of these small-caliber anti-tank guns, the Tiger tank was like a no-man's land, and every cannon sound was accompanied by dust and destroyed Soviet anti-tank guns, and an anti-tank artillery brigade had almost no effect in front of the Tiger tank.

Wang Zhandong was very clear about the purpose of his trip, so he didn't waste too much time on this position at all, and the Tiger tank didn't make any pauses, almost crushing this position at full speed while firing artillery, and went straight to the location of the artillery group.

When the tanks rushed to the artillery positions, the Soviet commander woke up like a dream and hurriedly organized his troops to return fire.

However, Wang Zhandong will not give them this opportunity, although these artillery pieces can pose a threat to the Tiger tank, and even some large-caliber artillery will pose a fatal threat to the Tiger tank, but there is a premise, they have time to aim and be able to hit.

It seems that Wang Zhandong did not give the Soviet army this time at all, the vehicle-mounted machine guns fired wildly, the 88mm tank guns kept roaring, and the Tiger tanks roared back and forth to storm this position, impacting this artillery position without any melee ability!

Until dawn hits, the sky is slightly bright.

The morning sun struggled to pierce the smoke of the aftermath of the battle and spill into Baranovic.

The news of the destruction of Baranovichi, which Moscow had been waiting for, did not come, nor did the news of the return of Li Ling, which Berlin had been waiting for.

But the news of the destruction of the Soviet artillery positions that Li Ling was waiting for came, and the Luftwaffe planes in the sky that Li Ling was waiting for also came!

Want, all come, and next, Baranovich will be written into history!

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