In the ruins of Moscow, the German offensive began again. Inside the ruins, German soldiers with their weapons engaged in a fierce battle with Soviet soldiers.

Manstein did not spare a not-so-huge salient from the Soviets, and he ordered his elite troops to begin a counterattack, outflanking them from both flanks and encircling about 1,000 Soviet soldiers.

The battle was fought for a day and a night, and it was not until the next morning that the sound of gunfire ceased.

More than 1,000 Soviet soldiers were surrounded and annihilated, and the Soviets gave up their intention to continue attacking the area.

In the eyes of the Germans, at the cost of more than 200 soldiers, recapturing part of the position and annihilating 1,000 Soviet troops was not a loss.

But in the eyes of the Soviets, they had already routed the Belarusian forces before, so they were not considered a defeat.

Both sides felt that the loss of this battle was within their tolerance, so they had no desire to continue dwelling.

And now, the Germans are launching a new offensive in order to capture all the Moscow districts west of the Moskva River before autumn.

The attacking German soldiers were attacking along a river, and they were covered by No. 3 assault guns on the beach, so they advanced quite quickly.

The Shetong River, a tributary of the Moskva River, is a large residential area that has become an important battleground and is fiercely contested between the two sides.

The Kuntsevo Church, which has been reduced to rubble by the two sides, is the focus of the contention.

However, the ruins are ruins, but this is a commanding height nearby, and the foundations of the ruins are still there, and the soldiers can still set up defensive lines in the ruins.

So the battle is still going on, and both sides are throwing a lot of troops into fighting for the area near this church.

To the south of the Kentsevo Church, there is the Kontsevo Cemetery. This cemetery is quite huge, and many Russian celebrities are buried, as well as many ordinary people in Moscow.

Now, it has become the main battlefield of the two sides, with mottled bullet holes in every tombstone and new dead pressed on every graveyard.

The Soviets lost almost 3,000 dead here, and in order to prevent the Germans from occupying the cemetery, they used it to attack the First Hospital in Moscow.

To the north of the Mozhaisko Highway is the famous Spark Stadium, which was also the site of fierce battles between the two sides.

The stadium has long been lost to its original appearance, and now all that remains is the ruins and the German tanks parked next to the ruins.

Although the German armoured forces were reluctant to penetrate deep into the city of Moscow, the task of supporting the infantry had to be done.

In order to provide the necessary fire support for the street infantry, the Germans also equipped Manstein's troops with a number of tanks and assault guns.

With these weapons and equipment, in slightly open terrain, the German attacking troops can use tanks to effectively reduce their own casualties.

"Let the tank corps with the soldiers of the 1 battalion and advance along the Mozhaisko road! I need to split the two ends of the enemy! Cut off the enemy's route to reinforce Spark Stadium! A German commander in a steel helmet leaned behind a sandbag and shouted with a radio talkie.

Beside him, his lieutenant was using his artillery mirror to watch the attacking German soldiers in the distance, who had crossed the line of fire and were running fast through the rubble.

"What are the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion doing? They should have captured that building and threatened the enemy from the flank! What are they waiting for? Damn it! Glancing at the soldiers who were struggling under enemy fire, the officer complained loudly.

Even the most elite troops, in the face of a hail of bullets, will not do everything in an orderly manner.

People will still be chaotic, but the degree of confusion is relatively small. Just as the German officer questioned his men, a loud bang was heard in the direction of the attack of the 2nd Battalion.

It was as if a building had been blasted, and the entire façade had collapsed. Dust kicked up and filled the streets, like smoke bombs, making it impossible to see what was ahead.

"The blasting of the 2 battalion was successful! They're still moving forward! Just 7 minutes later than expected! Removing his eyes from the eyepieces of the artillery mirror, the adjutant shouted to his commander.

"Being 7 minutes late is already a big problem! Give new orders to the 2 battalion and let them speed up the attack! The commander squinted his eyes and shouted equally loudly as he fanned the dust off his lips.

The explosion just now made everyone's ears ring in unison, and now if you don't shout loudly, maybe the other party won't be able to hear what you're shouting.

"Where is the location of the 3 battalion? Haven't they arrived at the designated location yet? Finally getting a little less dust in front of him, the officer questioned as he pressed the microphone over the radio.

"I don't know! Sir! Radio communication is interrupted! I can't contact the 3rd battalion! Judging by the time, they should have arrived at their designated location! The lieutenant squinted his eyes and continued to shout in reply.

"Send someone to find it! Find the 3 battalion and report their location! Our regiment's mission is to enclose the Spark Stadium! This quest must be completed! After the officer finished shouting, he stopped paying attention to the adjutant beside him.

Then he let go of the wireless phone he had been holding, and said loudly, "Hey, hey! I am the commander of the 1 regiment, and our troops are on the offensive! Right! On the offive! Overall 7 minutes late! 7 minutes! Did you hear me clearly? Right! It's 7 minutes! ”

Next to the sandbag that the officer leaned on, on the flat road, a No. 4H long-barreled artillery tank with steel plates on the outer armor welded to the bracket slowly moved forward.

Behind this tank, there was also a single-barreled Bofors self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of 40 mm caliber modified from the chassis of tank No. 3.

The body of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun sat soldiers with weapons, followed by hundreds of German soldiers carrying various weapons.

They were the 1st Battalion that launched the attack, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion supported by armored units. Tank No. 4 took the lead, and the procession marched past the positions of the German commanders.

"The division headquarters said that the 2nd Regiment had taken two buildings north of the railway, and they were trying to cross the railway line to reinforce us." Putting down the radio, the commander of the 1 regiment said to the adjutant.

"We don't need their support! It's a big shame! The adjutant grumbled in frustration.

"Yes! If we don't want to be embarrassed, we have to be quick...... Take down Spark Stadium! The head of the regiment nodded and said a little depressedly.