Early in the morning of August 24, the officers and soldiers of the German army were still asleep, but they were all awakened by the emergency military situation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAfter dawn, the observation post found that a large number of Russian troops appeared two kilometers in front of the position. Densely packed, I don't know how many. The observation post immediately issued a warning.

Even though the officers and soldiers were tired, many did not wake up at all. But military intelligence is an order, so that they take up arms and prepare for battle as soon as possible. Whether it was the infantry, or the artillery, as well as the armored troops of the 8th Panzer Division, they all entered a state of combat readiness at the first time.

"What's going on?" Lieutenant General François also rushed to the front.

"General, last night the Russians launched a tentative attack on our line. Originally, I thought they had given up. But they didn't expect that they began to prepare for an attack early this morning. A major general division commander reported.

"Are these Russians caught in the door? Don't they know that when the Russian 2nd Army was at Fort Tannan, it also tried in vain to break through our positions. As a result, in front of our position, there were piles of corpses. Lieutenant General François said with some incredulity. After all, there is already the 2nd Army of the Russian Army as a lesson from the past, and the Russian army should have been prepared for this.

"Who knows! Maybe that's what the Russians are. The division commander of the major general said.

"Well, whatever the Russians are going to do. Since they are going to take the initiative to attack, that is our advantage. Order the divisions, ready for battle. If the Russians dare to attack, let me destroy them all. Lieutenant General François ordered.

"Yes, General." The division commander of the Major General nodded.

"Let the artillery also be ready. As soon as the Russians opened fire, they were immediately suppressed. We can't let the Russian artillery fire inflict too much damage on us. Lieutenant General François admonished.

Although, from the 17th Army, it was learned that the Russian army had discarded a lot of artillery in the process of escaping. However, the Russian 1st Army has 20 infantry divisions, and if it is full, it is equipped with at least 960 76.2mm field guns. So many cannons, although they were small-caliber field guns, were enough for the Germans to pose a serious threat.

"Yes, General." The division commander of the major general had a serious face.

Lieutenant General François inspected the positions one by one and was very satisfied to see that the soldiers were confidently preparing to meet the attack of the Russian army. It sounded only when he was about to return to his headquarters, and the soldiers were woken up early in the morning, and they didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

"Let the cooks make breakfast and send it to the front, even if it's all bread. The soldiers could not be left hungry to fight. Who knows how long this battle will last? Lieutenant General François commanded.

Once the Russian army launches a full-scale offensive, a large-scale battle will inevitably break out. I'm afraid the battle will last for a long time, even more than a day. And in battle, it may be difficult for the fighters to find an opportunity to fill their stomachs. Therefore, Lieutenant General François had to prepare early.

The division commander of the major general was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay, general, I will order it immediately." ”

On the Russian army position opposite, officers at all levels of the Russian army were giving lectures to the troops. There is only one general content, that is, they are now in a very dangerous situation, there are pursuers after the front and rear interceptions, if in today's battle, if they can't defeat the German troops blocking the front, then they will only have a dead end.

The speeches of the Russian military officers made those Russian soldiers understand how dangerous their situation was. Although, they don't have much culture. However, this does not prevent them from having a strong desire to survive. The eyes of almost every Russian soldier shine with a strong desire to survive. They don't want to die, they want to live. And the only way to survive is to defeat the Russians who are blocking their retreat.

These Russian soldiers once again plucked up their courage and forgot their timidity.

This is also the reason why the ancient Chinese art of war said 'return to the master is not stopped'. A force, if it is cut off from retreating, will burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness. Especially in the era of cold weapons, it often determines the outcome of a battle.

Of course, this is the age of hot weapons, especially since the German army is also equipped with a large number of automatic weapons. So, they didn't have any worries about cutting off the Russians' retreat. They have enough firepower to make even the Russian army, which is full of fighting spirit, sink into the sand.

"Order the artillerymen, give me a hard blow. Shoot all the shells. If it was not possible to break through the German lines, those artillery and shells would have been left and would have been useless. Admiral Leninkamp ordered.

"Yes, General."

A few minutes later, the artillery of the Russian army began shelling. Their remaining cannons, more than three hundred, were concentrated. Although, these cannons were all 76.2 mm field guns. However, the power of so many field guns to carry out shelling is still amazing.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

One shell after another, whizzing and smashing into the German positions. The Russian gunners were firing their guns hard, desperately firing more shells. Because they knew that once the Germans began to counterattack, they would never have a chance.

Just two minutes after the start of the Russian shelling, the German artillery began to counterattack. The artillery of an infantry division of Sir counterattacked, and then other artillery joined in. In terms of quantity, it is not as good as the Russian artillery, and in terms of caliber, range and power, it can suppress the artillery fire of the Russian army.

But even the suppression of German artillery fire inflicted great losses on the artillery of the Russian army. But their shelling never stopped, but became more powerful.

The Russian artillery bombardment forced the German front-line troops to withdraw to the fortifications. Many of the fortifications they built were also destroyed. After all, this was nothing more than a hastily built fortification by the Germans overnight, not very strong to withstand the onslaught of shells.

But the German officers and men believed that under their artillery counterattack, the Russian artillery would soon be knocked out. When the time comes, they will no longer be a threat.

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that before the Russian artillery stopped shelling, the Russian infantry attacked. More than 20,000 Russian soldiers, armed with rifles and shouting loudly, launched an attack on the German positions. It's as if they're not afraid of being hurt by their own shells.