The speed of the Soviet armored troops' assault is very fast, a distance of 20 kilometers, it is just a cigarette, if a huge tank group assaults, without any reconnaissance, the German army knows that there are a large number of Soviet tanks charging towards their positions, according to the ground vibration, you can judge the distance of the Soviet tank assault group, and the Soviet army is fighting on the mainland, they can also find the third line of defense they have built according to the terrain and landform. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon Nikolai got an accurate report.

"Report to Comrade Commander Nikolai, the forward assault group has advanced to four thousand meters of the third line of defense, please instruct."

"Keep the assault and report the situation at any time."

"Three thousand meters."

"Two thousand meters."

"One Thousand Meters"

"Fire incendiary bombs and flares."

Nikolai ordered the forward tank group to fire incendiary bombs at the third line of defense occupied by the Germans, this was to illuminate the third line of defense, and the incineration of the Germans was only a side effect.

"Bumper ...... Bumper ......"

Nikolai's forward tank was fired with a burst of incendiary bombs, and the Germans defending the third line of defense also fired some flares at this time, and in an instant a large area of the third line of defense was illuminated as if it were daylight.

The entire tank army of the Soviet army ran a little messy, after all, at night, the armored organization ability of the Soviet army was still not comparable with the German army, not to mention that there was no radio connection between the Soviet tanks, and the tank assault group of the Soviet army was very messy.

With the help of incendiary bombs and flares, the Soviets understood some general conditions on the third line of defense, which was only equipped with some anti-tank guns, and the number was not particularly large, about fifty guns, but the barrels of these German anti-tank guns were particularly long.

There were only two kinds of anti-tank guns in the German army, namely 50 and 75 mm 70 times guns, which were outstanding in World War II, and it had the power to penetrate 80 and 117mm homogeneous steel plates at a distance of 1000m and at an angle of 30 degrees, and completely explode any Soviet tank, which was considered a very satisfactory anti-tank gun at that time.

"Shoot, quickly destroy the anti-tank guns of the German devils first."

"Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"

"Report to Comrade Commander Nikolai that the German devils have deployed about fifty anti-tank guns on the three lines of defense, and the forward troops have launched a decisive charge, requesting immediate reinforcements from the large forces."

The German artillery and the Soviet tank guns fired almost at the same time, although the German 75-mm anti-tank guns were powerful, but the defense was only a thin steel plate, and they could not block the 37 and 50-mm tank guns, and the Soviet army's forward tanks were more than twice as large as the German anti-tank guns, and the Soviet army had an absolute advantage in numbers.

"Boom...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"

The Soviet tanks were still charging rapidly, and the hit rate of the moving tanks was very poor, and in just a few tens of seconds, more than fifty Soviet light tanks were destroyed, and half of the German anti-tank guns were destroyed.

The two-to-one loss ratio was acceptable to the Germans, as was the Soviet army, and the commander of the German assault group A was the commander of the 15th Panzer Corps, Griffin, and the situation at the front quickly reached Griffin's command.

But Griffin did not let the tanks and artillery groups behind the third line of defense open fire at this time, Griffin waited, waited for the bulk of the Soviet armored forces to reach the third line of defense, and then gave them a big meal.

"Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"

The Soviet tanks rushed to a distance of about five hundred meters, and all fifty German anti-tank guns were finally muted, and all of these anti-tank guns were destroyed by the Soviet forward tanks.

More than 150 of the Soviet army's forward tanks were also destroyed, and about 30 remained, and these tanks continued to charge at the German third line of defense, and the dozens of German anti-tank guns were also reimbursed.

The German 75-mm anti-tank gun is still very powerful, but after all, it needs to meet the needs of the infantry, that is, it must be light, and the weight of the 75-mm anti-tank itself has reached 1,4 tons.

In this case, an artillery squad can basically only move this gun for a short distance, and if a thick steel plate is added, there is no way to move it at all.

This is the end of sacrificing defense for the sake of power, which can be regarded as a reminder to Guderian how to achieve a balance between power and defense, and have enough power.

To solve this problem, we can only put this gun on the territory of the No. 4 tank, which weighs more than 10 tons, which can completely offset the recoil of this gun.

If this section of the line was defended by 50 No. 4 self-propelled anti-tank vehicles, the more than 100 light tanks of the Soviet army could only deliver food, and now the result is that all 50 anti-tank guns have been destroyed, and the Soviet army has lost more than 100 tanks.

The remaining tanks of the Soviet army charged at a very fast speed, and they thought that the German infantry at this time would be lambs to the slaughter, and more than 30 tanks on their side could easily break through the position defended by the German infantry that had lost their anti-tank guns, and the fact would soon make these arrogant Soviet troops pay the price.

"200 hundred meters."

Soviet tanks kept strafing the German positions with coaxial machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and shells frequently fell on the positions, but in the German positions, except for those still burning saps, not a single German infantry stuck their heads out of the trenches.

"150 meters."

The Germans did not react, at this time the German infantry were all squatting in the trenches, and there were a large number of "iron fist" hands in the trenches on the outer edge, these Germans did not tremble or tremble at all, but held the iron fist in their hands tightly and looked at their nearest commander.

They were waiting for the commander's order, as long as the commander did not give the order, even if the Soviet tanks ran over their leader, they would not flee in a hurry, this is the discipline and rigor of the German army.

Each German company or platoon sent an observer, who could use a small mirror to observe the situation outside the trenches, and of course the small mirror was also the target of machine gun fire from Soviet tanks.

The firing range of the German "Iron Fist" anti-tank rocket has reached 150 meters, but the commander of this line of defense is afraid that the Soviet tanks behind will not enter the firing range.

If the tanks in front were destroyed by the infantry, they would have been scared away, so the commander of this trench was waiting for the remaining twenty-odd tanks of the Soviet army to all come into range.

"100 meters."

"80 meters."

"Bang ......"

Three red flares rose into the air, and this was the order, and the "Iron Fist" anti-tank fighters, who were lying in ambush on the third line of defense, slammed up and quickly aimed the iron fist in their hands at the tanks of the Soviet army.

…… (To be continued.) )