How long is 7 months? It was so long that Li Le, a traverser, began to think about whether to try it and go south to encircle Kyiv first.

It is no exaggeration to say that as soon as Army Group Center, or just Guderian's armored group, moved south, the Soviet Front near Kiev was completely finished.

These forces would be surrounded by the Germans and then annihilated near Kiev. The Germans would, as in history, achieve the expected victory in Kiev.

Unlike history, although it takes 3 months, the Germans still have 4 months to attack Moscow, which is much more abundant than in history.

Therefore, before the senior generals of the German army did not consider the plan of going south, Li Le had already considered the feasibility of this plan.

You must know that the 2 million Soviet troops in southern Ukraine are like fat on a board, tempting Li Le all the time.

However, Li Le eventually abandoned this plan to go south, and he was wary of the choice to follow the same path as Hitler, which would make him insecure.

Human beings are such strange creatures, once they know that a certain choice may fail, they will subconsciously resist this choice.

When making a trade-off in his heart, Li Le also told himself again and again that the current situation is different, and going south does not mean that he will definitely miss the opportunity.

But he still couldn't convince himself, and he still resisted the choice of going south.

He prefers to capture Moscow directly, capture Moscow as quickly as possible, and defeat this core command node of the Soviet Union, and then think about other things.

Because not only himself, but also many German generals, believed that the capture of Moscow was the most effective option to end the war as soon as possible.

Both Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Supreme High Command under the Führer, and Field Marshal Brauchitsch, Commander of the Army General Command, were supporters of this view.

Both of them believed that once Moscow was captured, the Soviet Union would collapse and collapse and would no longer pose a threat to Germany.

The majority of the top brass of the army supported this view, because it was put forward by the Führer and had been repeatedly argued by the top brass of the army.

Li Le was also a supporter of this view before, and he was also the proposer of this argument.

So, in any case, on April 17, 1941, almost a month after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Germans crossed Minsk, crossed Borisov, and continued their advance in the direction of Moscow.

Karjus's 111 tanks were still bumpy on one of the few roads in the Soviet Union, and because they were the fastest advancing troops, the road was still smooth under their feet.

By the time the trucks pass by, and then follow by enough wagons, the road will crumble and become potholes, causing headaches for the follow-up troops.

That was all later, and the German armored forces that charged at the forefront of the charge had a smooth path most of the time.

"Did you hear that? Japan went to war against the United States. Over the radio, Captain Kent on tank 112 in the distance gossiped about the news he had just gotten.

The Führer's propaganda minister, Dr. Goebbels, broadcast on the radio about the war between Japan and the United States. He described the war as a distant and barbaric battle.

In the mouth of the Minister of Propaganda, the Soviet-German war that was in full swing was a knightly duel; And the war between the United States and Japan is akin to dog-eat-dog.

Everyone regards this matter as an after-dinner conversation, and the topic of conversation today recently revolves around the distant war in the Pacific.

"Yes, I heard it on the radio...... Japan and the United States are fighting, which may be a good thing for us. The other commander smiled before Karjus could speak.

"You think that's a good thing? Why? Karyus asked, curious.

The other party's answer was obviously somewhat unexpected, causing everyone to laugh: "So that I don't have to fire at the broken tanks of the Americans and kill those idiots." ”

To be honest, for American tanks, the vast majority of the German armored forces on the Eastern Front have no idea.

Most of the tanks that the United States aided Britain were sent to Africa and Britain proper, and did not appear on the battlefields of the German Eastern Front.

However, this did not prevent those M2 and M3lee tanks from making a name for themselves in the German armored forces.

The backward performance and poor performance of the American tanks made the soldiers of the German armored forces somewhat despised.

After all, compared to the Leopard tank, the Americans do not have any advantages in tanks, and even the merits are rare.

"I think that if the Americans dare to go to war against us, a tank from Kent will be enough to fight Washington." Although Karjus was young, he was known as the number one tank ace of the German army, and he did not seem very reserved when he joked with his comrades.

In the course of the offensive, Karjus had destroyed 70 Soviet tanks, much more than Wittmann had destroyed.

Such a record brought him a very beautiful Iron Cross, and it was a knight's Iron Cross.

To be able to achieve such results, to put it bluntly, it is not without luck: Wittmann is still behind, and it is impossible to improve his results casually.

Hearing Karjus's compliment, Kent was obviously very proud, and shouted to his company commander with a smile and radio: "See, in the next battle, my record is estimated to reach 20 vehicles!" ”

The Germans had a tradition of cultivating aces, and in many units, the results were actually concentrated in a few people.

However, this phenomenon does not exist in the 505th Separate Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, where almost everyone is elite.

Up to now, this armored battalion has defeated at least 500 Soviet tanks and armored vehicles of various types, which is the first in the whole army.

"There's a suspicious village ahead, maybe you should stop and rest and wait for the infantry to come up and make plans." A German scout on a motorcycle, wearing a goggles, passed by the tanks of the 1st Company and loudly reported the situation ahead.

"Suspicious village?" Karjus looked at the scout and asked loudly.

The scout stopped the motorcycle, turned back to Karyus and shouted, "I saw quite a few Soviet infantry, probably enemy tanks. ”

"Hell! The resistance of the Soviet troops became more and more intensive. Hearing the scout's shout, Kent's grumbling came through the headphones.

Karjus frowned, wondering whether he should be glad that he had encountered another Soviet tank, or if he should complain about his bad luck.

"It seems that our attack has made the Soviets a little restless." The company commander's voice reached Calyus's ears through the headphones.

Now the location of the 505th separate heavy tank destroyer battalion is the most sensitive area of the Soviet army that wants to create a new line of defense at Krupki.

Zhukov could not have allowed this German unit to continue to cut into the deep hinterland of the Soviet Union like a spearhead.

Therefore, he could only choose the most effective way to stop the German advance: the solution was simple, that is, to stop the German army and damage the German armored force as much as possible.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhukov gathered the most elite armored forces he could find and prepared to fight the Germans to the death.

God knows how much he wanted to stop the Germans from continuing the offensive and let these German armored forces stop where they were, so that he could build a relatively stable defensive line.

Since the Soviets had made up their minds to stop the German army, Zhukov did not mind throwing in heavy troops and giving the Germans a hard blow.

About 300 tanks were deployed in front of the German army, waiting for the 505th Panzer Battalion to come to the door.

And so, in the vicinity of this unknown small village, another thrilling tank encounter began.

On the attacking side were the German Panzer Battalion, which had just over 30 Leopard tanks left, and on the defensive side were two Soviet Panzer Divisions with a total of 300 tanks.

"Perhaps, we should go to the village and see for ourselves to determine how many troops the Soviets have deployed here." Leaning on the hatch of the tank turret, the commander of the 1st company raised his binoculars and looked at the village in the distance and spoke.

"Erich! Keep the tank moving! William...... Check the ammo, what a mess elsewhere! Ordering his men, Calyus approached the enemy's position.

Across the bushes and hedges, and at the other end of a small field, Soviet soldiers were desperately digging trenches, desperately digging trenches.

Behind them, the thick barrel of a KV-2 tank, carefully camouflaged, leaned against a pile of weeds, and the shape was not visible at all.

The troops who came here were also the most elite armored units of the Soviet Union, and they also had some combat experience, not to mention that they also had all kinds of advanced tanks.

Not only did they have a company of more than 10 KV-2 tanks, they also had an even more powerful tank, and there were as many as 20 of them.

As the Leopard's tracks pushed away the bushes in front of them, the Soviet tanks opened fire, and a skirmish between the tanks began.

"Boom!" A shell landed right in front of the tank, and the huge explosion immediately awakened Karjus's memory.

While retracting into the tank, he ignored the buzzing in his ears and shouted loudly on the intercom in his throat: "The other side has a KV-2 tank, be careful!" ”

Just after his shouting, the second KV-2 tank opened fire, and a huge explosion appeared around the German tank, as if to remind everyone of the hardships of the battle.