It's the fifth watch, what about the monthly pass?

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In the end, the fierce battle ended with the unwilling order of Rotmistrov.

Rotmistrov did not dare to continue to send tank troops, because he was afraid that if he continued to put in the troops, he would fall into such chaos.

He's right, it's kind of like an infiltration war...... Being on the side that always loses when it comes to superiority in strength.

This outcome was unexpected by all.

Because the Soviets seem to have achieved what they wanted...... There was a melee battle with the German tanks, but they failed to win.

But at the same time, it is to be expected.

Because this melee battle is not a melee battle that can cause chaos in the German defense line as imagined by the Soviet army, but a melee battle that can cause chaos in the Soviet army.

After the Soviet retreat, the German tanks also withdrew to their positions, knowing that once the two sides disengaged, the Soviet artillery fire would work again.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for shells to rain up from the direction of the Soviet troops, the shells blew all the tank wreckage to pieces, and the Soviet troops who had not had time to withdraw from the battlefield followed the infantry.

Taking advantage of this gap in the battle, General Stryk summoned several officers for an emergency meeting.

"Gentlemen!" General Stryk said with a serious expression: "Although we won this battle, there is nothing to celebrate, because despite this, the gap between us and the enemy in terms of strength is even greater!" ”

General Stryk was right, the Germans destroyed 300 Soviet tanks in this battle...... The reason why I say "big sigh" is because the battle is too chaotic to be accurately counted.

And the Germans themselves lost more than a hundred tanks.

Among them, the 3rd Panzer Division suffered heavy losses...... Perhaps because the 3rd Panzer Division did not have ME63 cover, they lost 65 tanks in the battle just now. Together with the 36 vehicles lost by the 21st Panzer Division and the 15 vehicles destroyed by the Infantry Division, located on the south bank of the Pshore River, a total of 116 vehicles were lost.

As a result, the 48th Panzer Army, including the infantry division, had just over a hundred light tanks.

Originally, the comparison with the tanks of the Soviet army could barely reach 1 to 3, but now it has reached 1 to 4.

No one expressed an opinion because it was an unavoidable outcome.

After being silent for a while, General Stryk asked Qin Chuan, "What happened to ME63?" ”

Qin Chuan replied a little helplessly: "They found its weakness, that is, they knew that ME63 needed to be controlled for a period of time. As a result, our controllers suffered heavy casualties from their machine gun fire! ”

"Can you continue to fight?" General Stryk asked.

Qin Chuan nodded and replied, "Yes, but there is a vacancy in the control hand, which will further reduce the hit rate of ME63!" ”

General Stryk nodded heavily, although he didn't want to hear this, but it was reality, an inescapable reality.

"ME63 is already doing well!" "It's a miracle that we've been able to get to where we are and where we are," Albridge said. ”

"Colonel!" General Stryk said, "Why do you say this as if you were leaving a last word?" ”

"Shouldn't we do that?" Colonel Albridge spread his hands.

Everyone didn't speak, because they all thought that Colonel Albridge was right, and if the battle continued like this...... The fall of the 48th Panzer Division was inevitable.

"How's the situation with the 2nd SS Panzer Corps?" Colonel Slane asked.

"It's still the same!" General Stryk shook his head: "They're approaching us, but slowly!" ”

"Do we have reinforcements?" Colonel Slain asked again.

General Stryk shook his head again: "General Kirchner originally planned to arrange a helicopter formation to provide us with reinforcements...... But you know the situation! ”

The officers, of course, knew what was going on.

Helicopters must be used in air supremacy or in the dark.

It's daytime, and the sky is full of planes of the Soviets, helicopters are used in this case...... That's pretty much what sent them to their deaths.

"It seems that we are on our own!" Colonel Slain reluctantly came to a conclusion.

"Can we retreat south of the Pshore River?" Colonel Albridge asked, "Just like we discussed earlier!" ”

"Absolutely!" General Stryk said: "The question is how much can we withdraw? ”

"Yes!" Colonel Slane added: "The enemy would use air power and artillery to bombard the pontoon bridges. Unless we leave all our tanks and cars on the north bank of the Pshore River, it will be difficult for us to withdraw anything! ”

"Fuck it!" Albridge said, "I'd rather stay here with those Russians!" ”

At this time, there was a roar of fighter planes in the sky, and then a bomb exploded nearby, and a layer of broken soil leaked from the command headquarters, and the kerosene lamps hanging on the top kept shaking, and the officers unconsciously bent down to dodge.

General Stryk swept the dust off the map and said, "What we need is more planes to get rid of all these annoying planes of the Soviet soldiers, so that we can win this battle!" ”

Qin Chuan looked at the top of the fortifications that were still leaking and said, "No, General, maybe we don't need more planes to win this battle!" ”

"You mean...... With what we have now? ”

"Yes!"

"What can we do, Lieutenant Colonel?" General Stryker said: "Maybe we're going to make the Soviets lose so much, and in the end they may not even have a hundred tanks left, but we're going to be wiped out, you know?" Annihilated! ”

Qin Chuan didn't answer, he just looked at the top of the fortifications and asked rhetorically, "General, what do you think...... If the tank had been driven from above, would it have been unharmed? ”

"What do you mean?" General Stryk looked at Qin Chuan with a puzzled face.

"I bet the Soviets didn't know that there was such an anti-tank trench in our positions!" Qin Chuan said: "Or ...... They knew there was an anti-tank trench, but they didn't take it to heart, let alone know where it was. Even if their top brass knew the exact location, they wouldn't have communicated it to every tank driver and told them to be careful! ”

"You're right, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Albridge said: "This anti-tank trench was dug by the Soviet sappers and transporters themselves, and the Soviets, most likely, would not have taken it to heart. But what does this have to do with whether we can win this battle?! ”

Qin Chuan did not answer.

General Stryk seemed to understand something, and suddenly raised his head and cast an admiring look at Qin Chuan.