Army Group South, although not the main direction of attack, was still equipped with a large number of armored forces in order to advance on the vast Ukrainian plains, with the 1st Panzer Army Group as the lead.

This army group includes the 13th, 14th, 25th, 11th, and 16th armored divisions of the Wehrmacht, and the Viking Division, totaling nearly 3,900 battle tanks.

It can be seen that this armored group is mainly the armored division of the Wehrmacht, only the Viking division belongs to the Waffen-SS, and this Viking division is still the last unit to be formed.

Unlike several other Waffen-SS troops, the Viking divisions were not purely Germanic, they belonged to the Foreign Legion.

This division was originally called the "Germanian Division", and its backbone was a "German" regiment composed mainly of volunteers from the occupied countries. It was only last year that it was renamed the "Viking Division", and then it was incorporated into two regiments, the "Nordland" regiment with 294 Norwegian volunteers, the "Westland" regiment with 216 Danish volunteers, and the "Nordest" battalion composed of Dutch and Finnish volunteers.

Although they belong to foreign soldiers, however, their loyalty to Germany is quite high, historically, the Viking Division, a ragtag unit, has won the respect of the enemy through brutal battles, and they have faithfully fulfilled their promise when they joined the army, fighting to the last man!

And now, Germany has come up with the title of Honorary Aryan, which motivates them even more, and everyone wants to show their worth in the war.

When the battle began, they were the most aggressive, and by the time a group of Wehrmacht armoured divisions was still grinding behind, they had already rushed hundreds of kilometers.

At the same time, at the forefront of this division was the Volenne Assault Brigade, which consisted entirely of Volennese. In later generations, they faithfully carried out Hitler's order to "fight to the last man", and only 35 of the brigade survived.

They are not an armored brigade, but belong to the Panzergrenadier brigade, and the main armament is wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and there are only two Panther 3 tanks at the brigade headquarters.

However, this could not stop their fighting spirit, and the brigade commander De Gale was immediately extremely excited after receiving the report from the reconnaissance vehicle in front.

"Our main force, three kilometers behind us, now, let's fire the first shot against the Soviets!" De Gale said excitedly: "Volennes, attack!" ”

The Panther 3 tank, with puffs of black smoke, rushed towards the camp where the Soviets were stationed, and behind the tanks of the two brigade headquarters, there were wheeled infantry fighting vehicles.

On the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, there are only 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns converted from the combat vehicle gun, and such firepower is not enough to tear the armor of the opponent's main battle tank, even if it hits the side of the T-34. That is, to hit the back and top.

But they have nothing to fear at all.

One by one, the chariots were at full speed, and in the dark night sky, they were racing wildly with night vision devices, getting closer and closer to the Soviets' station.

On the ground, there was a sudden tremor, and when he felt this anomaly, Chernyaev stood up.

Has your supply convoy arrived? It doesn't seem that fast, does it? Moreover, the direction from which this tremor came from was the West?

Suddenly, his face changed drastically: "Attention, enemy attack!" ”

In the dark field ahead, there were suddenly bursts of bright light, and it was the enemy firing!

The Panther 3 tank began to shoot at the opponent, at this distance, it is not guaranteed to hit, but at least it can bring confusion to the opponent.

A tank division, it is not all tank troops, there are still a large number of infantry, as long as the other side is in chaos, it can bring opportunities to its own side!

De Gayle's tank, with a huge roar, fired shells at the other side, this one, a grenade.

"Boom!" The grenade exploded when it touched the ground, making an earth-shattering sound, and hit the camping place of the Soviets, several Soviet soldiers were blown up, and the rest were stunned.

It's horrible, what's going on?

"Tom, tom!" On the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle in the back, the 40mm Bofors tank gun was firing fiercely at this side using a burst of fire, and everywhere it went, there was chaos!

If the Soviet soldiers were in full swing, the small German troops rushing up now would not be enough for them.

However, the Soviets were exhausted.

Although it is not as tired as the infantry behind, inside the tank, there is no comfort at all, and at the end of the day, the whole body seems to fall apart.

And the infantry carried on the tank is definitely not much better, at the end of this day, they are extremely tired, and now they take advantage of the time to rest while waiting for fuel, and sleep in a daze, it is the time when people are most vulnerable.

As a result, the Germans came to him.

The tanks of the Germans were firing, there was a bright light everywhere, there were explosions everywhere.

If they were awake at this time, they could find that there were not many German tanks coming, and although they lacked fuel, even if they used the last bit of fuel and started the tank, they could fire back, and even kill all the Germans who rushed in.

However, they are very confused, when the people around them scream and fall, their hearts are also flustered, at this time, what else to fight? Run!

The infantry on board the tank has already begun to run backwards, and the tankers, after a little thought, have also begun to run backwards, as long as someone takes the lead, what are they afraid of.

"Quick, get back to your combat post!" The division commander, Colonel Chernyaev, was still awake, and in such a dark night, once the retreat began, it would turn into a terrible rout.

You can only go up on top!

However, no one listened to him, and when the distant tanks rumbled, everyone couldn't help but want to run back.

This was the most humiliating day for the proud Soviet tank soldiers, one of their tank divisions was actually broken up by a German brigade, and moreover, it was not a pure German, but a group of volunteers.

It was as if a red-hot iron had been inserted into cheese, and such a small German army, a single striker, actually rammed into the entire Soviet tank division.

Everywhere they went, the Soviets were turning around and running away, and the infantry fighting vehicles behind them, using 40mm guns and machine guns, fired fiercely at the retreating Soviets, and the fight was really enjoyable!

They rushed all the way to the middle of the other side, where the headquarters of the opposing division was located.