Zhukov and Pavlov's determination soon turned into a roar of more than 3,000 cannons and more than 800 Katyusha rockets. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although the total amount of Soviet artillery on the Soviet-German battlefield was far less than that of the European coalition, the Soviet artillery was several times stronger than the German army around the triangle between Volokolamsk-Mara River-Solnechnogorsk. When all the gun emplacements start firing at the highest speed. The sound of the cannon was simply completely integrated, and only the loud roar echoed in the ears of the people on the battlefield. The ground also shook violently, and the people near the place where the shells landed could barely stand on their feet.

And the German artillery fire was not to be outdone, just as the Soviet artillery group on the southern front counterattacked, the Fw-189 artillery school firing aircraft in the sky reported their precise position to the concealed German towed howitzer group. Although the 270 sFH18 150mm howitzers belonging to 5 regiments were not very powerful firepower on the Soviet-German battlefield, under the command of the artillery school-firing aircraft, these guns still played with due power, and in just a few minutes, they dumbed down a Soviet artillery regiment.

At the same time, more than 200 Do217 medium bombers hovering in the air waiting for the Soviet artillery group to be exposed were also like giant eagles in the air that had discovered their prey, roaring and dropping tons of bombs and incendiary bombs. Suddenly turned several Soviet artillery positions that were firing violently into a sea of intense fire!

However, it was impossible for the German air raids and artillery counterattacks to completely suppress the Soviet artillery fire, and now it was night after all, and the accuracy of the air raids and bombs and the role of the artillery school firing aircraft had been severely reduced.

At 8:35 p.m. on May 6, the artillery group belonging to the Soviet Army's Northern Front Assault Group suddenly changed its firing method, from the original comprehensive suppression to the Xujin barrage-style shooting concentrated on a few key breakthroughs. At the rate of infantry advance, it extends forward by 200 meters per minute. The artillery fire was first blown up in the middle of the battle line between the two armies, about 20 kilometers west of the Rama River between Rod Snow and Osheikchino on the banks of the Rama River, and the landing points were so dense that they formed a high wall of flames of explosions, shrapnel, smoke and dust, which moved slowly, completely shattering all obstacles and opening up a passage for the advance of the tank assault group.

The attack of the Soviet army on the northern front cluster began!

The first to break out of the trenches were the junior officers and political cadres of the Soviet infantry units, who stood outside the trenches in the face of sporadic German counter-artillery fire. Behind them, flares fired from mortars rose into the sky in a dense manner before slowly falling, illuminating a large area of war-torn land.

"To defend the cause of GCISM!"

"For the defense of the Soviet Fatherland!"

"Comrades, ...... me"

The officers of the Bolsheviks, waving their pistols, gave a cry: GC fighters, forward!

On the Rod Snowo-Oschejkino front, less than 20 kilometers from the front, 20,000 elite infantry drawn from seven Red Army infantry divisions poured out of the trenches. Each of these GCIST soldiers carried a few heavy RPG-43 anti-tank grenades, and some carried American-aided bazooka bazookas or Soviet replicas of the "Red Iron Fist." Before the attack, everyone drank a large glass of vodka, so their faces were rosy and slightly excited.

The German artillery counterattack was not fierce, and their artillery seemed to be completely suppressed by the Soviet artillery. The Red Army fighters formed a straggler line of attacking waves, "Ula! Ulla! The shouts began to resound on the battlefield!

The Soviets then appeared with tanks, not to guide the infantry, but to "cover" it, and at each of the two main breaches, Admiral Katukov threw hundreds of huge JS-2 tanks and T-34/85 tanks into each of the two main breaches. They followed behind the brave Red Army infantry, holding their 122mm and 85mm guns high and advancing slowly.

Behind these tanks, there are many American jeeps carrying mortars, and their mission is to fire flares after an encounter between Soviet infantry and German troops, in order to neutralize the power of "on-board radar" or some other secret weapon of night warfare.

They were greeted only by the heavy German artillery fire and the machine-gun fire of blind fire - because the smoke of the Soviet artillery bombardment had not yet dissipated, and the visibility on the battlefield was extremely poor, and even with night vision equipment (in fact, the German infantry on the front line did not) could not see the target clearly. However, the German soldiers, who had escaped the Soviet shelling, still used their MG42, Mkb42 and FG42 to get closer and closer to the "Ula! Ulla! The place where the shouts came from opened fire. The Red Army soldiers suffered some casualties, but they did not slow down their advance, still charging with their heads covered by the bullets fired by the Germans.

In front of them there was only a very thin trench and many scattered anti-artillery bunkers, as well as foxholes. The Germans occupied the area for a short time and did not have time to build strong fortifications. However, they did not put many troops on the front line to suffer shells, so there were not many casualties, and they were also unable to deal with the attack of a sea of men and tanks.

The German front line at the Rodsnowo-Osheikino front was quickly broken through, and if this breakthrough was reflected on the situation map of the Soviet-German armies, it was a thick arrow 20 km wide, which broke through the German defenses and was assaulting Volokolamsk.

However, everyone knows that this breakthrough is only temporary, and the deadly counterattack of the German tanks will begin soon!

And the fate of the Soviet Fatherland and the cause of GCISM depends on what this Armageddon between Soviet and German tanks can become?

Captain Ribbentrop's heavy tank company was a very lethal presence for the Soviets.

The 20 E-50A tanks were now like 20 monstrous beasts, crouching outside the city of Osheikino, on the edge of a wooded field near the west bank of the Mara River, with their mouths wide open, facing the approaching prey. And these 20 steel monsters also have a skill that is almost against the sky in this era - night vision!

The infrared searchlights of the four "Owl" night combat vehicles attached to the 2nd Company of the 516th Heavy Tank Battalion, to which Captain Ribbentrop belonged, had turned on, and the infrared rays, which were invisible to the naked eye, were sweeping over the flat land 1,500 meters away.

However, the four "Owl" night combat illumination vehicles are not specifically illuminating the 20 E-50A tanks. Because there are now 2 paratrooper companies with a lot of "Doll" bazooka and "Tank Killer" bazookas, which are working with Ribbentrop's tank company.

The paratroopers dug anti-tank fire bunkers and foxholes about 1,000 meters in front of Ribbentrop's tank, and in the nearby woods there were mortar crews of this paratrooper company, which fired flares or other ammunition as soon as the front was fired.

In addition to these two paratrooper companies that fought with Ribbentrop's heavy armoured company, on the west side of Ribbentrop's company, there were a number of battle groups consisting of heavy armoured and paratrooper companies, which were just outside the city of Osheiquino, on the plain west of the Mara River.

"Captain, the Soviets are coming!"

Ribbentrop's ears rang with the voice of gunner Mahaus, the E-50A tank with two FG-1250 night vision binoculars, one of which was used by the gunner and one by the commander (Ribbentrop). Hearing the words of gunner Mahaus, Ribbentrop hurriedly put his eyeballs on the eyepiece of the FG-1250 night vision telescope.

"Not the Soviets, it's ours." Ribbentrop vaguely saw a few scattered figures running desperately, obviously not the attacking Soviet troops. He paused and said, "But the Soviets are coming soon!" ”

As if to prove his judgment, "Ula! Ulla! Soon the cry came from the darkness.

"Brothers, get ready to fight!" Ribbentrop pressed the throat communicator and conveyed the order to his subordinates, "Remember, our target is the tank of the Soviets, fire within 1500 meters, good luck to you!" ”

Of course, the E-50A tank will not reveal its position for the sake of mere infantry - these tanks are carefully camouflaged, with camouflage nets hung on their hulls, which are not easy to spot in the dark.

As for the infantry of the Soviets, the paratroopers FG-42 and an assault artillery group in the rear, which had just shifted positions, would have dealt with them.

Not long after Ribbentrop's words were finished, a sudden burst of thunderous artillery fire suddenly swept about three thousand meters ahead. Captain Ribbentrop knew that it was Grizzly assault guns in the rear and maybe Rhino anti-tank destroyers firing. It must have been an artillery observer acting with the paratroopers in front who spotted the Soviet infantry and tanks approaching on the rumble.

The Soviet troops, who were suddenly attacked by artillery, quickly reacted, and the infantry rushing in front let out an even more violent "Ula! Ulla! The shouts of the same speed accelerated the attack. The mortar crews in charge of firing flares in the rear also jumped down from the American jeeps, swung out 82mm or 120mm mortars, and began to fire flares into the air with a bang.

However, these flares did not fall on the heads of the heavily armored company commanded by Ribbentrop, they only illuminated a large open and barren land. In a maximum of 20 minutes, a fierce tank night battle will take place on this land - Rudolph. Feng. Thinking of this, Ribbentrop put his eyes on the eyepieces of the night vision telescope and carefully searched for traces of Soviet tanks.

At 9:27 p.m., as the paratroopers in front of him were retreating, the first huge T-34/85 tank appeared in Ribbentrop's night vision binoculars!