The battle was heated from the start.

The German soldiers fired their weapons at the first time and spat tongues of fire at the Soviet troops, knocking the attacking Soviet troops to the ground, but the Soviet troops still rushed forward in piles, shooting while rushing forward.

Three tanks also drove down the river bank "rumbling" towards the opposite bank.

However, such a charge almost rendered the Soviet tank ineffective, because there were Soviet infantry everywhere in front, and the tank's machine guns and tank guns were instantly ineffective, so that it could only be a moving shield at best.

Then, when the tanks drove into the river, it was even more embarrassing, and two of the three tanks were trapped in the river and could not move...... Under the snow of the river is ice, and the tank tracks are easily slippery on the ice.

The exact reason is not exactly this, but the fact that there are many corpses of Soviet soldiers in the river, and these corpses are crushed by tanks and ooze a large amount of blood, and these blood will quickly freeze in the low temperature, so the two T34s are trapped in place on the spot and cannot move.

Another vehicle crossed the river and was about to cross the embankment to break through the German defenses, but was hit by an oncoming rocket...... and then stopped moving.

The T34 is a very good tank, it can easily penetrate the German "three" and "four" tanks at a distance of 500 meters, but the German tanks have to be at a distance of 100 meters to threaten the inclined armor of the T34, which makes the German armored forces very shocked when they see this tank, because they have almost no equipment to deal with the Soviet tank, including anti-tank guns.

This is the so-called "T34 crisis".

Of course, Qin Chuan's early development of bazookas and equipping them on the Eastern Front alleviated this crisis to some extent, but this kind of close-range anti-tank equipment was obviously not enough to turn the tide of the war.

Thankfully, the Soviets' rough-and-dry personality meant that although they had a high-performance tank, negligence in some details and tactical mistakes caused the tank to not perform as well as it should.

For example, the Soviets at this time did not pay attention to the command of tanks.

In this regard, it is simply outrageous: the initial T34 was not equipped with radios, flags were needed to communicate with each other and between tanks and infantry, and then only command vehicles were equipped with radios, and the rest of the tanks were equipped with only one receiving device.

Another sign of the lack of attention to command is that they often use tank crews as commanders...... In the eyes of the Soviets, they thought that as long as each crew member could do his own thing, then the commander was dispensable.

As a result, the initial T34 was generally concurrently the commander of the gunner, and there were also loaders and drivers.

This directly leads to the fact that the T34 tank is difficult to coordinate with other units, and it often appears on the battlefield to kill the enemy camp single-handedly.

For example, now, if the Soviet infantry and tanks can effectively coordinate with each other, the infantry relies on the protection and fire propulsion of the tanks, and at the same time helps the tanks solve the difficulties of slipping on the ice...... It's actually very easy to solve, just put a layer of soil on the ice and so on.

On the other hand, if the three tanks can coordinate with each other and cover with mortars, then I am afraid that only one photo can tear through the defense line of the German First Army.

However, because of the separate battles between the Soviet infantry, tank, and artillery, the Germans once again blocked the Soviet offensive.

Colonel Slain urgently appealed to command for help amid the gunfire.

"We are attacked by a large force of the enemy, and it is estimated that there is a division of troops!" Colonel Slane reported: "We don't have much ammunition left, ask for help!" ”

At this time, the first corps had been placed under the command of Army Group Center, and the commander was Field Marshal Kruger (Note: the command of Army Group Center was originally von Kruger. Marshal Bock, but was dismissed because of the defeat in the Battle of Moscow).

Field Marshal Kruger was appointed commander at the brink of danger, and at this time he was as restless as an ant on a hot pot, because the situation on the battlefield required him to order his troops to retreat immediately, but Hitler ordered not to retreat at all.

Kruger realized that this could very well lead to a catastrophe for Army Group Center and even Army Group North to the north.

At this time, the chief of staff, Treskov, handed Krug a phone and said: "Marshal, Colonel Slain of the 1st Regiment!" ”

"The First Steps?" Hearing this, Kruger couldn't help but wonder for a while, he was not familiar with this number, and at the same time, he didn't understand why the chief of staff gave him this number...... An infantry regiment is almost a drop in the bucket for the entire Army Group Center.

"Marshal!" General Treskov reminded: "It's the unit that has just been transferred from North Africa to parachute into cover!" ”

Kruger let out an "oh".

If it is a collapse and the fleeing infantry regiment may be ignored, but the troops that are fighting the enemy on the defensive line, especially the airborne troops that are still performing part of the covering mission and are temporarily under the command of the army group, should be taken care of.

"Colonel, what's the matter?" Kruger asked after taking the microphone.

After listening to Colonel Slain's report, Kruger replied: "No, there cannot be a division in your direction, the main forces of the enemy are sparing no effort to launch a frontal attack on our army group!" ”

"But the truth is that we see so many enemies!" Slain was a little anxious: "Marshal, do you want to say that everything I see is fake?" ”

"Okay!" Kruger said, "I'll send planes to reconnoitre!" ”

With that, Kruger hung up the phone.

Colonel Slain on the other end couldn't help but curse fiercely: "Fuck! ”

"What's wrong, Colonel?" Adjutant Lucas asked.

"They didn't believe me at all!" Colonel Slane said.

"It's normal!" Lucas replied: "They are all dirt buns of the Qundong Front!" ”

What they didn't know was that Kruger, on the other side, was almost the same as Colonel Slain.

"You know!" Kruger said to Treskov: "The troops from North Africa are always nervous! ”

"Yes!" Treskov agreed: "The Afrika Korps only has a few divisions, so when they encounter a little enemy, they take it for granted that it is the main force of the enemy!" ”

This was the pain of the senior generals of the German army, who always looked down on each other: from different branches of the military, from different battlefields, and from different backgrounds......

For example, when Kruger was the commander of the 4th Army, he often quarreled with Guderian, the commander of the 2nd Panzer Army, and this would inevitably affect the cooperation between them.