At the same time, when the first round of Katyusha rocket artillery was launched, the Soviet Army's Il-2 strike aircraft group suddenly flew over in a dense turn; The German artillery positions were bombarded indiscriminately. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

One bombshell after another, as if they didn't need money, kept falling from the sky.

"Boom! Thundered! Rumble ......"

It was like an overwhelming rain of bombs, bombarding every inch of the German positions in a dense and frenzied manner.

As if they hadn't killed all the Germans on the ground, they wouldn't have stopped bombing and attacking so wildly.

As for the German army, which was caught in a massive air raid, as long as it was still killed; Or the soldiers who were injured in the explosion have already found their anti-aircraft shelters to take refuge.

In the face of such a sudden and large-scale air attack by the Soviet army, the German anti-aircraft artillery was only able to counterattack sporadically.

Because in these three days of fierce fighting, the German artillery and anti-aircraft artillery groups; All of them were destroyed by the Soviet air force and large-scale artillery fire covering the attack.

And the worst thing is that once the weapons and equipment of the Soviet army are consumed, they can be quickly replenished.

However, the German army did not have time to replenish the supply line because of the long stretch of the battle line and the fact that it was fighting far from home.

Moreover, the German army's supply lines and railway network, as well as weapons and equipment depots, were constantly subjected to large-scale raids by Soviet aviation units, and a lot of military supplies were lost.

As a result, the logistics supply of the German army was even worse, and it could not be replenished sufficiently.

And it is also very important that the Soviet army has a large and sufficient reserve force; As soon as the front line was in an emergency, they were able to immediately deploy a large number of reservists to replenish it, and carry out more ferocious attacks on the German army.

In fact, in the past few days, Zhukov was transferred to deal with Manstein's Soviet troops, which were the Voronezh Front and the Steppe Front.

The main attacking forces were the 5th Guards Army, and the 1st Tank Army.

The 32nd Guards Rifle Corps, the 66th and 97th Guards Infantry Divisions, and the famous 13th Guards Infantry Division, as well as the Steppe Front, attacked the German positions from the left and right directions.

However, the battle became more and more fierce, and soon the 52nd Infantry Corps of the German 4th Panzer Army and the 11th Army of the Keff Corps were gradually dispersed.

Although the 52nd, 332nd and 255nd Infantry Divisions of the German 167th Army occupied good defensive positions.

But their defensive line was stretched to 14-16 km, although their commanders were rapidly continuing to shrink their defensive lines; But due to the massive artillery coverage of the Soviet troops, and massive air strikes; So that they had to temporarily abandon the narrowing of their positions, and constantly look for places to hide.

And the situation of the German 11th Army was not much better than that of the 56th Army; Because the 168th, 198th and 166th Infantry Divisions of the German 11th Army, as well as the 19th Panzer Division of the reserve, also had to hold a defensive line of 16 kilometers long.

Although they also had the German 6th Panzer Division, and the 323rd Infantry Division, as well as the 52nd Separate Panzer Battalion for support operations; However, because the strength and strength of their opponent, the Soviet Steppe Front, as well as their weapons and equipment, were not weak, the two sides fell into a fierce battle for a while.

The number of casualties on both sides exceeded several thousand every day, and it can be said that the place where they fought was a veritable battlefield meat grinder.

It's just that for the Germans, the worst thing for them was that their aviation unit accepted the new fighter jets that Chen Yanlong had equipped them with; Proficiency is underway, so the time for the German air force to be deployed for air fire support is really pitiful.

Because of this, the German defensive positions were constantly subjected to large-scale air attacks by the Soviet army, and there was little power to fight back.

In response, Manstein called the 4th and 6th Air Forces dozens of times a day to scold them. and threats.

It's just that no matter how furious and invincing he was, the commanders of the 4th and 6th air forces did not step up their efforts to support the air raids of Manstein's troops arriving at the Soviet troops.

At the same time, these German aviation units have stepped up the training of new fighters, and even the pilots of the German client countries who have just signed a contract with Chen Yanlong with the assistance of Garand to work their lives are also rapidly training Chen Yanlong to give them new fighters.

Manstein didn't know anything about this, so when he saw that his anger and threats, insults, and even complaints to Chen Yanlong, etc., were useless; Manstein suddenly felt weak and physically and mentally exhausted.

"Boom! Thundered! Rumble ......"

It's just that no matter how physically and mentally exhausted he is, how helpless he feels; One tragic battle after another is still in full swing.

The Soviet artillery group was still deafeningly roaring, shaking the land.

Countless shells continued to pour into the German defensive positions, including the German 3rd Infantry Division, which was almost destroyed by Soviet aviation.

At the same time, the Soviet army's engineering units were also stepping up time, quickly and nervously clearing the minefields on the German army's defeated defensive positions, so that the Soviet tank army could rush towards the German rear positions with murderous spirits, and open fire on a killing spree.

As for the other German units, they had already wanted to go over to support the German 3rd Infantry Division, but in the face of the Soviet artillery fire that lasted for almost three hours, they also suffered a large number of casualties, tired, and worried.

But the salvo attack of the Soviet Katyusha rocket artillery group was just beginning.

Moreover, the tank army of the Soviet army, and the army of reserve infantry, are also ready to move, sharpening their knives.

As soon as Zhukov's general attack order was issued, these large Soviet troops, who were already ready to attack, would not hesitate to reveal their terrifying death scythes and begin to harvest the lives of German soldiers.

In addition to these Soviet troops, which were already ready to go, Zhukov was also constantly dispatching batch after batch of infantry divisions and tank corps to assist in the general offensive after the general attack.

Because Zhu Kov wanted to take this opportunity to inflict a heavy blow on Manstein's Army Group South in one fell swoop and bring about a big victory.

In fact, Zhukov didn't intend to talk about the strength of Manstein's Army Group South, which would suddenly weaken so much.

Until his front-line troops, as well as a large number of Soviet agents, collected intelligence one after another, they reported to him all the elite units of the SS; They have all been secretly dispatched by Chen Yanlong, and their whereabouts are unknown; Zhukov began to light up and prepared to attack Manstein's troops in a big way.