readx;?“ Report to the general, the 3rd and 48th Panzer Corps of our army have been completely surrounded by Soviet troops! The Soviets dispatched a new tank with superior firepower, protection and mobility, and there were quite a few of them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info They have completely annihilated the 15th and 33rd tank regiments of our army, and now they are shrinking the encirclement! ”

On the evening of June 24, the 8th and 22nd Mechanized Corps of the Soviet Army successfully met at Demidivka, 35 kilometers south of Lutsk, completing the encirclement of the 3rd and 48th Panzer Corps of the German Army, completely cutting off the retreat of the German army.

In the morning, in order to increase the success rate of the operation, Manturov dropped the 5th and 9th Mechanized Corps, and before the afternoon operation, rushed to the area of Bereki and Marilian respectively, and exchanged fire with the 11th and 14th Panzer Divisions of the Wehrmacht, and the 1st Infantry Division, also with the support of the Soviet Air Force, launched a surprise attack on the German 25th Motorized Rifle Division.

Even though the Germans were completely cut off from supplies and Ukraine's air supremacy was firmly in the hands of the Soviet Air Force, their communications system was not compromised as a result, and the intelligence reached the ears of the commander of the 1st Tank Group, General Ewald von Kleist, with accuracy and timeliness.

"Tony," General Kleist looked depressed, and there was no positive energy on his face, "Didn't the 1st Division rush to help?" Why is there no news yet? ”

Adjutant Tony looked helpless, obviously he had already reported the situation of the reinforcements just now, and now he asked again? "Sir, our reinforcements are under heavy and heavy enemy bombardment, and progress is slow. When they arrived along the Strye River, they also encountered a counter-assault of the 8th and 22nd Mechanized Corps of the Soviet Army, and suffered heavy casualties. I've just reported this to you. ”

It is not difficult to see that Kleist's mood at this time is quite complicated, and his thoughts are very confused. He did not lead a third-rate army, but an invincible German ace unit, the First Tank Group. Such an ace unit was easily surrounded by the Soviet army and suffered heavy losses!

This armored group consists of 5 armored divisions, 3 infantry divisions, and 3 motorized divisions, with a total strength of 200,000 men and 750 large and small tanks.

The 13th and 14th Armored Divisions and the 25th Motorized Rifle Divisions are part of the 3rd Armored Corps, while the 11th and 16th Armored Divisions and the 25th Infantry Division are part of the 48th Armored Corps.

These two armored corps, which were the main force of the Kleist cluster, with a total of 100,000 soldiers and 585 tanks, were the core of the entire army group, but they both stepped into the trap set by Manturov and were surrounded by Soviet regiments.

In the event that these two armies were eliminated, the 1st Tank Group would lose 80% of its tanks and 50% of its strength, which would be unacceptable to Kleist, as the commander, and Rundstedt, as the commander-in-chief of Army Group South.

However, the reality was in front of him, and he had to be mentally prepared to lose the battle.

"Quickly report the situation to Field Marshal Rundstedt and ask for support from the reserves!" With no other choice, Kleist had no choice but to request reinforcements from Army Group South Command.

"Yes!"

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"Comrade Military Commissar, we captured a tank Type E in the vicinity of the new Ukrainian card, captured the colonel commander of the German mixed armored regiment, what should be done with them?" The commander of the 9th Mechanized Army, General Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, made a phone call to Manturov, political commissar of the Southwestern Front.

"Comrade Rokossovsky," Manturov was a little excited when he spoke to the future Marshal of the Soviet Union for the first time, "the German colonel, I think you should know what to do with it, and give it to the intelligence services for interrogation, and see if you can get any valuable information from his mouth."

As for the tank, I will contact the People's Commissariat of Ordnance and ask about it. I guess they'll take this tank away and use it for research. Before receiving further notice, please do not send this tank to the battlefield, and try to ensure the safety of the tank, otherwise the research work may face some unnecessary problems. ”

"Okay."

"By the way, how is the battle going now? What progress has been made? At this moment, Manturov's main concern is not the disposal of tank No. 4, but the current situation of the war. In order to get the latest news, he has always paid attention to rest, went to bed early and got up early, and he didn't sleep until two o'clock in the morning that day.

Rokossovsky calmly reported to Manturov on the progress of the fighting: "So far, the fighting is going very well. We have successfully surrounded the enemy's two Panzer Corps, and divided the German 3rd Panzer Corps into two parts, the 11th and 16th Panzer Divisions and the 25th Motorized Rifle Division, and we have completely surrounded them.

After completing the division, we concentrated the main forces of the mechanized corps and launched an attack on the 11th and 16th Panzer Divisions of the enemy's 3rd Panzer Corps; The 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 25th Panzer Corps was also completely surrounded by the 40th and 43rd Tank Divisions and the 228th Infantry Division of our army. ”

"Very well, what about the casualties?"

"According to the latest casualty report, our Ninth Mechanized Corps has lost no more than 600 casualties, no more than 2,000 wounded, and lost about 30 tanks, most of which are serial light tanks, as well as three KV tanks, and no casualties have been reported on T-34 tanks yet." Rokossovsky's tone was very calm, as if he had expected such casualties for a long time.

"And how many casualties did you inflict on the enemy?"

"There are no reports yet," Rokossov reported, as he knew, or what he had personally analyzed, "but according to my estimates, the number of casualties inflicted by our Ninth Mechanized Corps on the enemy will not be less than seven thousand, and the number of tanks lost will not be less than a hundred."

The German 11th and 16th Panzer Divisions have basically been routed by us, and their headquarters have also been attacked by our air strikes, and it is estimated that their communications and command systems have been destroyed. However, some German resistance was very stubborn, but it was small-scale, unorganized resistance, and some tried to launch a small-scale counter-assault on our army, but it was quickly successfully defused by our army. ”

"Very good, then I wish you to destroy the enemy army as soon as possible and complete the goal of destroying the 3rd Panzer Corps!" (To be continued.) )

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