638 Iron Cross

Where was the 505th Armored Battalion at this time? They are to the left of the small village of Krupki, which is not very well-named, that is, to the north.

The tanks of the 1 Company broke through the Soviet defenses, and behind them the 501st Panzer Battalion expanded their breakthrough.

At this moment, the Panther tank god of war, Karyus, did not know that his biggest rival, Wittman, had withdrawn from the battle because of bad luck.

Under the cover of the infantry, the 2nd Company had set up a simple defensive line close to Krupki to prevent the Soviets from coming out of the town and harassing the flanks of the 1st Company, which continued to attack.

At this time, Karjus literally became the spearhead of the entire German army. He was like an ancient general who captured the flag, commanding his No. 111 tank, moving forward quickly.

Because at this moment, directly in front of him, there are no more combat units of the Soviet army.

Through the periscope, Karjus saw that his tank had run over a Soviet headquarters, where the Soviet soldiers had flipped on their backs and had long been cleaned by the bullets of the electromechanical officer Joseph.

Some of the Soviet soldiers inside were lying on the ground, some were pressed against the radio equipment, blood running from the table and sticking to the edge of the table.

Then, before Karjuus could sigh, the No. 112 tank under the command of Captain Kent ran over the head of this command.

Far away, on a white roof and a Red Cross flag.

On both sides of the road there were parked cars, and there were horse-drawn carriages without pack horses. There were scattered things everywhere, and apparently the Soviet troops were retreating in a hurry.

It can definitely be regarded as an embarrassing escape, because from the time the Germans broke through the defensive line to the appearance of Karjus's tanks here, the Germans only left the Soviets with less than ten minutes of reaction time.

The machine guns on the German tanks fired incessantly, knocking the Soviet troops on the road who were desperately fleeing into a sieve.

The soldiers were hit by tracer bullets and rolled down to the sides of the roadbed screaming. Countless Soviet troops were in a rout, and a huge KV-1 tank was abandoned on the side of the road, and the engine compartment cover did not have time to be closed.

Apparently it was a faulty tank waiting to be repaired, and Karyus had seen too many Soviet tanks that had been discarded because of the breakdown along the way.

Many T-26 tanks were placed in a phalanx behind the Germans, leaving only a few dozen soldiers to guard and wait for the receiving group to come from the rear.

Most of those receiving teams were officers of the Axis allies, and some of the equipment that the Germans did not look up to would be divided among these client states.

For example, in a deal that has just been sold, Germany used 20 captured KV-1 tanks and 150 T-26 tanks to pay off part of the oil debt borrowed by Romania last year.

For example, more than 200 captured I-16 fighters were sold to Finland by the Germans.

Of course, it is more "profitable" to keep more weapons and equipment for personal use. Germany saved a lot of money by training novices with Soviet tanks and using Soviet aircraft as transport and trainers.

Anyway, these weapons and equipment are not afraid of losses, and if they are used, they will be scrapped, and no one cares about distress.

The somewhat stubborn modification in Germany before was stopped by Li Le in this time and space. The German models of armament were already chaotic enough, and there was no need to fight with captured models of weapons at all.

With the current German weapons production capacity and the advanced level of weapons, there is no need to use the enemy's weapons and equipment.

In today's Germany, even Leopard tanks can't be produced, so how can there be leisure to modify Soviet tanks with backward performance?

When Karyus's tank drove near the Soviet field hospital, several armored vehicles loaded with German troops caught up.

A dozen German infantrymen jumped out of the armored vehicle and took over the place, which was full of wounded soldiers and prisoners.

There was about a company of Soviet soldiers, who cared for more than 300 sick and wounded. Now they have given up resistance and have chosen to surrender to the enemy in front of them.

So, after a brief discussion, the commanders such as Karyus and Kent drove their respective tanks and continued to search forward.

They didn't have much time to waste, and using their speed to get past the enemy and then never give the enemy time to build a new line of defense was the core tactic of the German armored forces.

"Onward! Erich! The men of the 501st battalion are coming to catch up! Returning to his tank, Karjus shouted orders to his men.

Fearing that Wittman would surpass his record, Karjuus decided to keep attacking and find more targets to extend his advantage.

For him, it was not easy to overtake from the side to the front of the 501st armored battalion, and there was no reason to stop.

After all, he didn't know that Weitmann was still waiting for maintenance personnel because the tank was injured too much and the radio communication system was damaged.

In a hurry, the Leopard tank started again, spewed a puff of black smoke, and moved farther ahead.

The tracks slowly rolled in the dirt, and the dense battle on the barrel of the Leopard's slender 88 mm cannon shone brightly in the sun.

"Hey! Head! Look to your left! Less than 10 minutes into the tank's movement, William, the loader who poked his head out to breathe, said to Karyus, who was also poking his head out next to him.

Karjus looked in the direction William was pointing, and saw a Soviet 122 mm cannon next to each other, parked under a camouflage net.

It was only in 1940 that the Soviets began mass production of the M30 122 mm howitzer, which was more advanced than most German guns.

The most famous plant for the production of such artillery was the 92 plant in the city of Gorky. Now there are not many units of the Soviet army equipped with this new howitzer, and each of them is the elite of the elite.

The new artillery has only been mass-produced for more than a year, and the scarcity of them can be seen. And in front of Karyus, this artillery was under the camouflage net, one by one, and there were at least twenty of them.

"Goo-toot!" Karjus swallowed, as if he had seen what it was like when he captured the guns and was rewarded by the battalion commander.

Even within the German army, which is above the top, the Soviet army's 122 artillery is definitely a rare good thing. The Germans were generally concentrated with this kind of artillery and equipped for use by some second-line troops who lacked artillery support.

At this time, on the Soviet artillery position in the distance, those busy Soviet artillerymen also saw the Leopard tank driving in the field.

"Iron Cross! That's a tank for the Germans! A Soviet soldier pointed to the Leopard tank in the distance and shouted loudly.

Then, over the entire Soviet position, there was chaos.