The first day of the German invasion of the Soviet Union passed.

The German regiments that came out of the Brest Fortress crippled and surrounded the 14th Mechanized Corps of the Soviets at the front.

During the day, the tank units of the 14th Mechanized Corps fought fierce battles with the German tank units, and several German tanks were killed in the battle, but to no avail.

At noon, under the attack of German attack aircraft overhead, and surrounded by German tanks around them, the 14th Mechanized Corps ushered in the moment of their demise.

Tanks are on fire and burning, and the Soviet soldiers are fighting bravely, but unfortunately, they have no chance of winning, compared to quantity, not to Germany, and even more so than quality.

By evening, they were left with only a dozen tanks, and at the same time, their infantry was surrounded by German troops.

At this time, the Soviet troops had realized that something was wrong, and the commander, Major General Oberlin, said to his deputy: "Quick, call for our reinforcements!" ”

When the order was received, his troops were close to the front and caught up, and at the same time, he knew that in his rear there must be other troops advancing in the direction of the Brest Fortress. Now, if he wants to get out of the danger of being surrounded now, he must notify the military district and notify the troops in the rear to relieve the siege.

"General, our radios are under strong interference and we are unable to effectively communicate with the rear." The deputy said.

The radio of this era, which only used on-off to indicate signals, and even in this way, Germany did not let go, implementing strong radio interference, so that their radio communications were completely out of order.

"It seems that we can only send people out, find a few cavalry, take advantage of the night, break out of the encirclement, and report to the rear." Major General Oberlin was preoccupied.

Communicating with signal corps is still the main method in this era, and if you can't get reinforcements now, I'm afraid that your own troops will be wiped out.

At this moment, a bright light appeared again in the distance, it was the flame of the opponent's muzzle, and a new round of shelling began. It seems that the Germans are going to besiege it overnight!

The 14th Mechanized Army, with a full strength of more than 30,000 men, actually 18,000 men, disappeared in the second half of the night on the first day of the war.

At this time, the 9th Mechanized Corps on another front was advancing hard.

"Quick, quick, speed up, we're going to stop the German attack!" At this time, the 9th Mechanized Corps was in a frantic hurry.

As a mechanized army of the Soviets, the 9th Army had the 20th and 35th Tank Divisions, the 131st Mechanized Division, and the 32nd Mechanized Regiment, with a full strength of more than 30,000 people.

And during the day, in order to speed up, the army commander, General Rokossovsky, let the tank division advance first, leaving the mechanized division behind.

The day of the mechanized division was simply spent on the run, trotting all the way with their weapons, not to mention those who carried heavy machine guns, even those soldiers with ordinary rifles on their backs, and the grenades on their buttocks also smashed their buttocks.

However, there was no intention of stopping, and they made a full 100-kilometer advance on this day.

Such a speed may not seem like a big deal in later generations, if there were a car, it would have been an hour, but now, a complete march on foot, these 100 kilometers, is definitely a fatal distance.

On a normal foot march, 30 kilometers a day is already the absolute limit.

At night, the 131st Mechanized Division was completely unable to move, and even if a military order was issued, the soldiers were lying in the mud, panting for breath.

In the tank division, there are also a large number of infantry, they are not bad, they can sit on the tanks and advance, but unfortunately, when they have advanced more than 200 kilometers, they have to stop, and their fuel is about to run out.

The 20th Tank Division, the division commander, Colonel Katukov, fell ill and did not lead the troops, was led by the deputy division commander Chernyaev.

At this time, he was sitting next to a T-34 tank, and was consulting with his commanders.

"We now have to find out where the main forces of the Germans are." Alexander, the commander of the subordinate tank regiment, said: "Right now, the situation on the front line is too chaotic. ”

Everything was incomparably chaotic, and although they were advancing, they did not know where the main forces of the Germans were, and it was easy to run into the main forces of the Germans in such a blind way.

Although they were ordered to block the main German forces, at such times, they had to know the situation on the other side.

The tank forces of the Germans, the combat effectiveness was quite strong.

"Anyway, we can't move now, so we just send our scouts to reconnoiter twenty kilometers in front of us." Chernyaev said.

Their fuel truck is still far behind, and they have little chance of continuing to move until the fuel truck arrives, so it's time for them to scout.

Two years ago, Chernyaev was just a company commander and an infantry company commander, and he was similarly inexperienced.

When the tank unit was advancing, it was necessary to place a large number of scouts in front, and it was only at this time that they remembered to use scouts to reconnoiter the opposite side.

At this time, just outside their temporary station, German scouts were looking around.

In the first few wars, the scouts of the German armored forces used motorcycles, which were small and lightweight, and had good off-road performance.

Later, with the continuous update of equipment, the Scout finally changed to a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, which has the advantage of running more steadily and carrying more weapons at the same time, such as recoilless guns, and can also counterattack after encountering the opponent's tank.

After several wars, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles also showed fatigue, and new universal infantry fighting vehicles with tracked chassis began to equip troops in large numbers.

However, after all, the original wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are still in service in large numbers and cannot be eliminated like this, so this chassis is still the mainstay.

The current scouts are driving this 8*8 all-wheel drive Sd Kfz 232 heavy armored vehicle, all the way to the outside of the Soviet armored forces, using night vision devices to look at their queue.

"A large number of Soviet tank units have been found, they are resting, report to our troops!" The Scout shouted excitedly.