What exactly is the task of launching a simultaneous offensive on the long border line, the strongest Army Group Center? Hitler's High Command gave Field Marshal Fedor von Bock the task of encircling and destroying the Red Army in Belarus, for which the Germans were to advance into the Soviet depth in two directions: one in the north from the Suvauki area of East Prussia; The southern route starts from the Brest-Rytovsk region and advances along the northern edge of the Pripyat marshland. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Army Group Center North was the 9th Army (consisting of twelve infantry divisions) under the command of General Strauss and the 3rd Panzer Group of Hutt (consisting of four panzer divisions and three motorized rifle divisions). The southern route forces were Field Marshal von Kruger's 4th Army (consisting of twenty-one infantry divisions) and Guderian's 2nd Panzer Group (consisting of five panzer divisions, three motorized infantry divisions and one cavalry division). Hut's armored group had two panzer corps, Guderian's armored group had three panzer corps, both of which were commanded by infantry army groups.

The order stated that the task of these two armoured clusters was to reach into the deep rear of the Soviet Union like the arms of iron pincers, and to close their jaws at a depth of 400 kilometers in the territory of the Soviet Union, that is, in Minsk, Belarus. Part of the advancing infantry division was to follow the panzer group to Minsk to prevent the encircled enemy from escaping, and part of it was to advance in two directions to the north and south of the Bialystok salient to carry out a relatively close encirclement, with the aim of a point on the Bialystok-Minsk road, about 160 kilometers from the Soviet-German border. The besieged enemy will be put in two pockets, one over the other.

The Germans planned to continue their advance to the Orsha land bridge and take Smolensk after destroying the enemy in two pockets. Army Group Center was supported by the largest air force (the 2nd Air Force), the commander of which was Field Marshal Kesselring, with almost a thousand aircraft.

Fedor von Bock was convinced that his first target should be Smolensk and not Minsk, and he had hoped that Wiltz . Feng. Brauchitsch changed his plans, but he never received a clear answer. Even after the start of the war, the problem remained unresolved - he and Guderian still did not know where the goal was.

Marshal Blog: He gave full consideration to any problems that might arise, but he and his subordinate Guderian had a disagreement - tank warfare experts believed that the armored forces of the Red Army were not only huge, but also not as tactically backward and outdated as they had been thought a few years ago, and that they were as capable of rapid assault as they were! However, the marshal did not agree, and expressed his incomprehension of Guderian's lack of confidence: Guderian, who swept through France, was worried and timid?!

Now the plans of the German army were no longer important, because Guderian, who was preparing to cross the river, received an urgent report from Paul Hausser, which was also the situation he feared the most: the 2nd SS Panzer Division encountered a group of enemy elite armored aircraft near Pruzane, a fierce battle broke out, and the "Reich" division fell into an unprecedented bitter battle!

Bitter! Such words came out of the mouth of Lieutenant General Paul Hausser, and Guderian understood that the "Reich" division must have encountered an extremely powerful counter-assault to appear, and even the stubborn resistance could not have allowed Hausser to use such words! The troops crossing the river were urgently ordered to speed up and make contact with the air force to directly support the fierce fighting of the "Imperial" division.

The Luftwaffe would not be of much help, in this direction they would be entangled with a group of Soviet fighter units in "variety" livery and although it was not known how the air battle would go, Hausser had already called for air support, but the Stukas were nowhere to be seen.

When Guderian was "busy" on the banks of the Bug River, the Luftwaffe did not come, but a group of Soviet attack planes appeared in the sky, unceremoniously bombing the ferry area. After ten minutes of rage, more than twenty tanks of Guderian were reimbursed, and a pontoon bridge was blown up, so that the river crossing operation was stalled for almost half an hour!

It was a fatal half an hour for Hausser and his SS, and the "Reich" division would alone respond to the frontal assault of the 3rd Mechanized Corps of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which outnumbered the "Reich" division in both strength and tanks!

At the forefront of the "Reich" division was the 3rd Panzer Battalion of the German "Führer" regiment, whose commander, SS Captain Linnell, shouted into the intercom to the divisional command vehicle: "Russian tanks!" In the air! ”

No wonder the experienced SS captain was so flustered, because he was facing a tank regiment with 46 T34s under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Pol Matisovich Telteny, and on the left flank of Pruzane, a tank battle broke out!

"The whole group is on the front! The Germans are not as heavily armored as ours! Protect your ass! Lieutenant Colonel Terteny gave the order to the whole regiment over the throat intercom, and his tank No. 301 rushed to the forefront of the queue!

As a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, Pol Matisovic Arman's name (his pseudonym in Spain. It has long been known that as early as 36 he was a tank specialist trained in real combat, and in Spain he was awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union", which is very rare in the armored forces. At present, the Germans' tanks and cannons are not small in caliber and mobile, but they have thick front armor and high accuracy in the enemy's artillery fire -- shortening the distance between the two sides as soon as possible is the first priority! It is not wise to think of an artillery battle from a distance!

The driver, Ivan, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and rushed straight towards the German tank group 2,000 meters away, and the five people in the tank felt that the hairs were burning all over their bodies in the roar of the engine!

"1500 meters stop! Peter, target the opposing side to lead the command tank, armor-piercing shells! Through the periscope on the latest armored conning tower, Terteney could see the battlefield clearly.

Wet dirt splashed under the high-speed crushing of the tracks, black smoke from the diesel engines, and the T34 roared forward at high speed, crushing deep marks on the Belarusian soil.

With a "clang", the loader shouted: "Reloaded, armor-piercing bullet!" ”

There were smoke balls from the explosion of high-explosive bombs all around, and Terteney didn't even care! At 1,500 meters, the tank of more than 30 tons braked violently under the action of strong braking force, and the heavy body slid out of several meters!

"Distance 1500, armor-piercing bullets, put!" Gun Commander Peter shouted, and at the moment when the cannon sounded, Ivan put up gear again - what he wanted for a short stop to shoot was "short", and if he stopped still, he would become a live target for the Germans! The two long antennas on the roof of your tank are the most conspicuous targets! Any German commander would make himself a priority!

The violent start made the special case Terney stagger, and the tank accelerated again, "Hit!" ”

"Well done!" In the periscope, Terteny clearly saw that the leading German tank had exploded violently, and the new shaped armor-piercing bullet easily tore through the armor of the Germans! With the tacit cooperation of the 301 crew, Peter brought out the best level of the exercise training - 1500 meters, which is the maximum distance allowed to fire in direct fire in the 76mm tank gun training textbook!

"Blunt-headed armor-piercing bullets!"

Gun Commander Peter pulled the running bolt, and the shell fell to the bilge with a "clang", making a crisp sound, and there was immediately a strong smell of gunsmoke in the fighting compartment, and the loader Liulika quickly loaded an armor-piercing bullet.

"Reloaded!" The shouting of the loader was customary, and now it was almost inaudible, and the roar of the tanks and the shelling of the nearby tanks masked everything.

Terteney is all about efficiency, and his troops have always followed this rule - it is better to shoot blindly than to rush over and ram!

Suddenly, the tank shook!

"I'm in front, I didn't break through, I'm fine!" From the tank cap came the shouts of the operator Grigley, the frontal armor of the tank hull received a German armor-piercing shell, which was blocked by the products of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant!

But it was only a block, and Grigley was still wounded, but he did not want to interfere with the battle—the heavy impact of the armor-piercing shells caused several steel shavings the size of grains of rice to crumble on the back plate of the armor, and two of them pierced the operator's left leg like shrapnel. Grigley gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, and took a tourniquet and tied it up!

Another emergency stop, "Distance 1200 meters, armor-piercing shells, put!" A dull sound sounded, and Ivan, who was in gear again, noticed the abnormality of Grigory next to him through the dashboard: "What's the injury?" ”

"It's okay, I took a bite on my leg, I didn't hurt my artery, I can hold on!"

"Hold on!" Terteney can only do this now, "Rush forward and let the Germans taste the tanks and bayonets!" ”

"I knew that I could withstand the Germans' shells, so I should have bombarded them first!" It flashed through my mind -- war is like this, and no matter how good a commander is, he needs to constantly learn and cope with new changes in war.

The Germans on the opposite side also seemed to find that their armor-piercing shells had little effect on Soviet tanks at long distances and rushed at high speed! Two minutes later, the tanks of both sides were intertwined!

Wounded in the leg, Grigory was not idle, maneuvering the front machine gun to shoot at the German half-track transport vehicle - if the hit point of the armor-piercing bullet just now had been 20 centimeters higher, he would probably be glorious, and the machine gun shield was the deadliest defensive weakness of the T34's front! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )