For the 17th Panzer Division, this opportunity was too rare.

After crossing the Dnieper, they ceded the crossing to the follow-up troops, and started a frantic march mode themselves, relying on the help of reconnaissance planes, avoiding the Soviets' heavy interception lines, and inserting directly into Smolensk from the south.

Along the way, they did not encounter resistance from the Soviets, although there were villages along the way that discovered the attack of the German army, and the speed at which they reported the news to their superiors was not as fast as the attack of the German army.

In this way, they fought all the way to the south of Smolensk and rushed into the city!

In the city, they met with slight resistance, and these resistances were simply insignificant.

One machine gunner on the armored vehicle was killed, only one casualty, and the others, although they met resistance, were not proportional to their own weak firepower.

Rush, rush, rush all the way!

Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are storming the city of Smolensk, and only the most daring soldiers dare to do this, and the average more stable general will wonder if there will be a problem with this, whether the other side is setting a trap.

But they were not afraid.

"Da-da-da-da." On the infantry fighting vehicle, several soldiers opened fire, killing the soldiers who tried to rush up and throw Molotov cocktails, and the movements of those soldiers were so amateurish that they looked like they had just enlisted yesterday.

"Regardless of the resistance along the way, we rushed all the way over, rushed to the north of the city, and directly took their headquarters!" On the radio, an order from Division Commander Webb came.

He was already very excited, if he directly took the other party's command, he would be able to capture a Soviet marshal, and besides, the entire battlefield would be leaderless, and it would immediately be messed up and eaten by his own side!

How fast are they? It only took half an hour to walk through the southern part of the city!

In front, there is a bridge.

To the south is the old town, and to the north is the new town, and between the old town and the new town, it is mainly dependent on this bridge.

"The Germans, the Germans are coming up, what to do?" Due to the importance of the bridge, Colonel Shore took some people to guard here, and now, seeing that the German tanks had appeared on the other side of the bridge, he was quite anxious.

"Have you contacted General Lukin?" He kept urging and asked, but his subordinates shook their heads.

At this time, the back is also chaotic, and the people sent there can't find Lukin at all, and even if they do, they can't come over so quickly.

"No, the Germans are coming up, there is no time, blow up the bridge!" Colonel Shore shouted.

"Colonel, without the order of our superiors, we have to take responsibility for blowing up the bridge without authorization." The person next to him said.

Colonel Shore, Lukin's old subordinate, came from Shepetovka together, and now, he remembered that when he was in Shepetovka, General Lukin was also so immediate, even if he took a risk, he still disobeyed the military order, stayed in the local area, and even opened the arsenal, which was enough to die several times.

Now, he didn't have time to think about it, the punishment would be talked about later, at least for now, think about what was in front of him first!

"Blow up the bridge!" Colonel Shore shouted.

In fact, Colonel Shore stayed here for the task of protecting the bridge, and if the bridge could not be protected well, he would blow it up, and the explosives below would have been planted a long time ago.

Now, with his command, his men pressed the trigger.

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded, the entire bridge was filled with wolf smoke, bricks flew sideways, and a huge vibration resounded throughout the city.

"What bastard has the audacity to blow up a bridge without an order?" Almost at the same time, a man jumped out of Gorky's sedan and ran quickly towards this side.

Lukin arrived.

Lukin was in a hurry, and when he came out of the headquarters, he jumped into his car and came this way, he knew that if his militia group encountered a large number of German troops, it would not be able to stop it at all, so he had to rush to the scene as soon as possible to command.

Who knows, as soon as his car reached the side of the bridge, the bridge was blown up!

How can this not make Lukin angry in his heart, yes, Lukin, a general, is quite special, and dares to take risks to disobey military orders at critical times, but this does not mean that he can tolerate his subordinates doing the same.

No one likes disobedient subordinates, and competent subordinates are no exception.

Especially now, he was just about to cross the bridge, and the bridge was blown up, how could this not make him angry?

Just as Lukin finished shouting, he sensed that something was wrong.

The shell crossed the Dnieper and flew over.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

88 mm grenades, flew over, the most recent one, just a few meters away from Lukin's car, which was lifted up by the air flow of the explosion, and then, blazing.

Lukin was lying on the side of the road, just rolled out of the car quickly, his arms and face were bruised, and now, ignoring the burning pain, he quickly crawled a few times, behind a bunker, and raised his binoculars.

The bridge was blown up in time, and if it was too late, the German tanks would rush over, and if the Germans took control of the bridge, the cities in the north of their country would also be in danger of falling.

At the same time, the bombing of this bridge also means that all the southern urban areas have fallen into the hands of the Germans, and their own militia groups are gone.

Lukin didn't know what mood he was feeling at this time, whether he was happy or sad, in short, he knew that the situation in Smolensk suddenly became complicated.

"General, I blew up the bridge." By this time, Colonel Shore had already run over and was very happy to see him.

"It's a good thing the bridge was blown up, otherwise we would be in trouble." "If anyone is held accountable, they will say that I ordered the bridge to be blown up," Lukin said. ”

Now, Lukin does not have the power to blow up the bridge, and the only person who can give the order to blow up the bridge is Timoshenko himself, and Lukin said this, of course, to protect his subordinates.

Sure enough, within five minutes, Timoshenge's investigation came down.

"Which daring guy blew up the bridge without receiving an order? Arrest him immediately and send him to a military court! ”

Timoshenko received the order that the bridge was bombed and was quite angry.

Now, the perimeter is full of their own troops, and the small forces of the Germans can come over, and they just surround and annihilate the army that rushed into the city, but as a result, the bridge was blown up, how can they surround people?

Timoshenko was quite dissatisfied, but soon he received a call back.

"I ordered the bridge to be blown up, and if anyone is responsible, it's me!" Lukin took all the responsibility on his shoulders, and at the same time, he also knew that Timoshenko would not do anything to him.

"Lukin, the south is your defense area, I now order you to take back the southern city to me immediately!" Timoshenko is also not ambiguous, don't think that with Stalin's favor you can do whatever you want, you take back the city for me first, and then talk about anything else.

At this time, Timoshenko did not know how bad the situation was.