"Comrade Major, there is a force of fascists approaching, when will it be fought?"

In a dense forest, 125 kilometers north of Minsk, Belarus, an ambush of a battalion of Soviet Red Army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The battalion was part of the 19th Army of the Western Front of the Soviet Army and was commanded by a major named Mikhail Mihaylov.

Long before the German offensive, the 19th Army, which was stationed between the fortified areas of Polotsk and Minsk, had already built some simple fortifications in the gap between the two fortified areas.

Digging trenches in the forests near some of the German routes was already the most basic practice. In order to strengthen the defensive capability of this temporary defensive line, the commander of the 19th Army, Konev, also ordered the installation of anti-tank fire next to the road, and even some bunkers in some important areas to prevent the Germans from penetrating into the depth of the Soviet army from the area between the two fortified areas.

However, less than halfway through these fortifications, the Germans had already begun to launch a full-front offensive on the Belorussian and Baltic coastal fronts.

The 3rd Panzer Group of the Wehrmacht, under the command of General Hoth, concentrated its superior forces and advanced into the gap between the Polotsk and Minsk fortified areas, in an attempt to open a gap in the Soviet front from this less fortified area.

In previous battles, Holt, who had achieved satisfactory results, seemed to be confident in this offensive. He threw two of his most elite and mechanized armies, the 39th and 57th Panzer Corps, into the battle.

The two Panzer Corps, having gathered all the mechanized and armored units at hand, marched mightily towards the territory between Polotsk and Minsk, led by the latest tank Type F (replaced with the main guns of the KWK40 tank).

This time, they will face the 19th Army, commanded by General Ivan Stepanovich Konev, and the 16th Army, commanded by General Lukin, will also come to the aid if necessary.

The name Konev is believed to be familiar to anyone who is familiar with the history of World War II. In the Great Patriotic War, it was recognized that the best Soviet general was none other than Zhukov, and then it was the turn of Konev and Vasilevsky.

Zhukov's talent was already known in 1939 during the Battle of the Khalkhin River (Battle of Nomenkhan), when, together with the military commissar Manturov, he wiped out the Japanese invading army in the Khalkhin River area, crushing the Japanese plan to invade Mongolia and then the Soviet Union.

And the name Konev, at this moment, is still not too famous. He was only the commander of a newly organized army, and his position and reputation in the army were not prominent.

He was born as a political worker, and he did not have a lot of combat experience, even Manturov, a part-time high-ranking government official, but who participated in the Battle of Nomenhan, can be compared with him in terms of combat experience.

"Wait until you get closer." Major Mihaylov judged the number and distance of German tanks from the faint sound of engines.

With the German army being large in number and not close to each other, it was difficult for this infantry battalion, which had low individual combat quality and inferior strength, to gain the upper hand in this encounter.

Gradually, the sound of "rumbling" from tank No. 4 became more and more noticeable. In the positions of the Soviet troops, the footsteps of German soldiers could even be faintly heard.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and in the dense woods, thousands, tall trees began to swing with the wind. When the leaves rubbed, there was a rustling, "rustling" sound, as if to indicate that a bloody battle was coming.

The Germans, who did not seem to notice the danger in the dense forest, raised their heads and toes high, led by a mixed tank battalion, marched east along the muddy road next to the dense forest.

Some people, even without scruples, sing their familiar military songs, which only increases their chances of being discovered. Looking at the natural scenery in front of them, looking at the swastika flag held high in front of the team, those handsome guys with Germanic blood and gray military uniforms really thought that this land belonged to them.

"Comrades, listen to my orders and be ready to fight at any time!" Major Mihaylov was ready to die for his country, and he held the Tokarev TT pistol tightly in his hand and stared at the approaching German tanks.

When the German tanks got close enough and had almost become a turtle in an urn, Mihaylov decisively gave the order: "Anti-tank company, aim at those tanks, fight!" ”

Mihaylov's infantry battalion, itself with an anti-tank platoon (2 ZIS-3 anti-tank guns).

In order to defend an important area, Konev reinforced him with an anti-tank company (4 ZIS-3 anti-tank guns, 2 ZIS-2 anti-tank guns), so that Mihaylov had 8 anti-tank guns at his disposal.

The Soviet anti-tank gunners, with unmistakable accuracy, aimed at the German tanks that took the lead. Eight gunners, having received the order to open fire, did not hesitate to pull the trigger.

"Boom!" A few sounds, and several fires suddenly appeared on both sides of the dense forest. Before the Germans could react, the first few tanks had been beaten to scrap metal.

"There's an ambush!" A German lieutenant colonel pulled out a pistol and shouted loudly.

The rest of the German tanks turned their turrets one after another, trying to find the anti-tank guns that were secretly "releasing cold arrows".

However, the commanders of the German tanks had not yet found their targets, and the Soviet anti-tank gunners, who had been killed, locked on another batch of prey.

"Boom!" A few more tanks painted with the Iron Cross, as well as the letters H (H stands for Hort) tanks were hit by Soviet armor-piercing shells.

Two rounds of shelling came at once, and a reorganized German tank battalion was half wiped out at once. The No. 4 tanks that took the lead in the front were all destroyed, and only a few No. 2 and No. 3 tanks with weak combat effectiveness were left behind.

However, the nightmare of the Germans only began at this time. When the infantry in the rear stepped forward to reinforce them, the soldiers of the Soviet infantry battalion suddenly greeted the arrival of the German invaders with dense machine gun and rifle fire.

In the face of the Soviet troops that suddenly appeared in the dense forest, the German soldiers with Germanic "noble" blood did not flinch.

Rifles and submachine guns in hand, they rushed forward one after the other, fighting bravely. However, before they could see the enemy, they fell under dense machine-gun fire.

The German commander was much smarter, and the lieutenant colonel officer, who had just shouted "there is an ambush", suddenly hid behind the "steel bunker".

He poked his head out and looked through the dense forest for a while, finally spotting the enemy's sights. I saw a battalion of Soviet troops, who had built a trench in a dense forest, and on a small hill with not very dense trees, "hidden" a few anti-tank guns and a few heavy machine guns, apparently prepared.