Chapter 1052 The Battle of Kursk

Even if Wang Liang is no longer in command, many combat orders and deployments are also from him, and an invisible trust has been established.

"General Wang Liang." Vatujing came to Wang Liang's desk, who was very busy.

"General Vatutin, is there anything going on? I have already read the deployment of your front, your arrangement is impeccable, and there is no need to modify it. Wang Liang said.

"No, no, no, I'm not here for this. Can I treat you to a drink after this battle and apologize to you for some of my previous actions. Vatutin said.

"General, you can drink wine, but there is no need to apologize, we are all working hard for common ideals and beliefs, even if there is a dispute, it is painful and happy. There is no smooth sailing in the world, as long as the goal is the same. Wang Liang said with a smile, he really didn't expect that Lao Wa would lower his posture and invite him to drink.

You must know that Wang Liang is not popular among all the generals, and there are supporters and opponents.

After listening to Wang Liang's words, Vatujing nodded vigorously, looked like you understand me, patted Wang Liang's shoulder and left.

With the beginning of artillery counter-preparations at 2:20, the prelude to the world-famous Battle of Kursk began.

However, the battle did not go so smoothly, even though the Soviets had made a very careful defensive line.

The shelling of the Soviet Red Army was completely unexpected by the Germans, causing heavy losses, although 3 hours later than originally planned.

The 4th Panzer Army of the German Southern Army Group launched an offensive according to the predetermined plan, and after losing 36 tanks, the Germans crossed the anti-tank minefield of the Soviet Red Army with difficulty and stormed the defense line of the Soviet 67th Guards Infantry Division.

Unfortunately, the Germans still opened a gap in the second line of defense of the Soviet Red Army and forced their way across the Pena River.

Because the German attack was much more fierce than expected, Vatutin had no choice but to place some tanks of the 1st Tank Army behind the defense line to support the infantry for defense, and some tanks on the flanks to attack the Germans.

On this day, the Luftwaffe made more than 1,000 sorties, completely suppressing the Soviet Air Force.

After a day of fierce fighting, both sides suffered heavy losses.

Both the Soviet and German armies had already made sufficient preparations, and they were all ready to fight a big battle, so the beginning of the battle was also the most intense time.

Obviously, at this time, the incomparably correct nature of Wang Liang's suggestion has been proven.

Even if there is such an impregnable line of defense that has been broken, what if there is none? It's even more chilling.

In view of the tight situation of Vatutin's Voronezh Front, Wang Liang suggested that Zhukov immediately transfer 353 tanks of the 2nd and 10th Tank Corps of the 5th Guards Army of the Steppe Front to support, Vatutin's defense of the southern part of the Kursk salient was too important, and once the Germans broke through, the whole situation of the battle would be turned around immediately.

The Germans also took a fancy to this, concentrating their superior forces to attack frantically, sending fighter planes to bomb frantically in an attempt to open the gap.

During the battle, the Germans advanced only a few kilometers and failed to achieve the task of breaking through the lines of the Soviet Red Army. The next day, the Germans still stubbornly continued their offensive, and through air battles, the Soviet Air Force gradually reversed its inferiority, and it was only a matter of time before it completely seized air supremacy.

The two sides entered a stalemate.

Soon, the largest tank battle in the history of human warfare broke out, the Soviet Union and Germany had a total of more than 1,500 tanks and self-propelled guns in Prokhorovka, the battle began, the Soviet Union and Germany launched an attack almost at the same time, in the battle the German "Tiger" tank 88 mm guns and No. 4 tank 75 mm tank guns have obvious advantages, and the Soviet Red Army T-34 tank 76 mm guns can not pose a threat to the German army at the same distance, a large number of Soviet Red Army tanks were destroyed by the Germans outside the combat distance.

Finally, the battle report of the 5th Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Red Army reported that its tank corps had lost the ability to continue the offensive and had incorporated the remaining tanks into infantry units.

Although the Soviets had paid great sacrifices and costs, their strategic intent had been achieved, and although the Germans had destroyed more Soviet Red Army tanks with relatively small losses, they had not been able to capture Prokhorovka, and the subsequent arrival of Soviet Red Army reinforcements would have strengthened their defensive lines.

In fact, it didn't take long for the Germans to realize that the battle was going to be lost.

After a busy month, Wang Liang is also rarely at leisure, although the war is not over, but his work has been completed, the next thing is to invest more young soldiers into this meat grinder, fighting for manpower, material and financial resources, and in the end, which side can't consume it first should declare defeat.

The results of the battle were also very clear, with as many as 1.2 million killed and captured, more than 3,000 planes destroyed, and more than 8,000 tanks and self-propelled guns destroyed.

It can only be described and described as miserable, especially for the Soviet army, because it was the Soviet side that suffered the greatest losses.

However, the strategic intention of the Soviet army was achieved, and the German army launched a strategic offensive against the Soviet Union, hoping to attack from the north and south from the center, encircle and annihilate the Soviet Red Army in the central salient, and regain the strategic initiative, but because the Soviet Red Army had prepared a tight defense and garrisoned an extremely large number of troops, the German offensive was slow and suffered heavy losses, because Italy on the southern front was landed in Sicily by the Allies, and Hitler was forced to retreat by transferring troops to defend Italy.

After this battle, the Soviet Red Army launched a series of huge offensives to annihilate a large number of German forces and drive them out of Soviet territory, and the German army could no longer pose a mortal threat to the Soviet Red Army, and the Soviet army completely grasped the initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield.

Obviously, it is no longer a matter of time to drive all the Germans out of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union, which was originally in danger, turned the crisis into safety, of course, this is all a later story.

Later, Wang Liang learned that Liu Rui, Harrier, Wei Dayong, and Cao Jiawei had also gone to the battlefield, which could be regarded as a kind of actual combat drill, and several people were fine, except that Wei Dayong suffered some serious skin injuries.

Hearing the process of Wei Dayong's injury, Wang Liang couldn't cry or laugh, you actually went to charge the artillery positions of the German army with a big blade, there is really no one.

However, Wei Dayong's bravery won unanimous praise from the Soviet officers and soldiers, and he also received a medal for this, which can be regarded as raising the prestige of our army.