Because Croft's armored assault group broke into the Soviet army's anti-tank mine array, and more than 50 of the more than 100 tanks were blown off their tracks, Croft did not dare to let his tank charge, so he quickly stopped, let the tank that was not broken alert, and then came to repair the tank tracks, which was an hour or two. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Croft, who had repaired all the damaged tank tracks, also did not dare to lead the armored assault group to charge directly, so Croft chose to immediately retreat some distance, and then call the artillery unit to cover all the artillery fire in his own path.

Rommel delegated a lot of authority to the front-line commanders, and although Croft was only a commander at the rank of colonel, he could call in a large amount of artillery and aviation support until Croft felt that this support was sufficient.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

A few minutes later, the German army used hundreds of artillery pieces to support Croft, and the dense shells fell on the path of Croft's advance, although the anti-tank mine required a force of 180 kilograms to detonate, this large-caliber shell could completely detonate the anti-tank mines planted by the Soviet Union.

The path of Croft's advance was full of violent explosions, shells detonated anti-tank mines buried by the Soviet army, and the smoke covered Croft's path in an instant.

German artillery bombarded the area indiscriminately for five minutes before extending forward, and when the smoke cleared, Croft found himself in a path full of large and small craters.

Of course, these craters will affect the speed of the tank's assault, but they will not stop the German tanks from advancing, and Croft does not need speed to break through the Soviet positions, and it is nothing to reach the first line of defense of the Soviet army slower.

Croft himself is a gentle character, and he is unhurried in everything, and as for whether this kind of character is suitable for war, it is really hard to say.

By the time the German artillery fire had cleared the way for Croft, it was almost an hour, and it was four o'clock in the afternoon after Croft drove the entire armored assault group to the first line of defense of the Soviet army.

Croft's character, of course, will not choose a quick assault and do not want infantry to follow the approach. Croft sent his tanks attacking at a speed of ten kilometers per hour, and the armored vehicles and the infantry that followed them slowly crushed the first line of Soviet defense.

Croft's head is a hovering JU87 dive bomber, as soon as it finds Soviet artillery, JU87 will dive down and send Soviet artillery or anti-tank guns to hell.

When the Soviet blocking force faced Croft's armored assault group, there were only American aid Kazoo 60 rockets left, which were still very good against the German No. 4 tank frontal at a distance of 500 meters.

The leading tanks of the Kroft were twenty-four Leopard tanks, and the Soviet Army's Kazhula 60 rocket launchers could not penetrate the front of the Leopard tanks at all.

If the Soviet infantry wanted to flank the Leopard tank, they didn't have a chance! Behind the German tanks were armored vehicles and infantry, and as soon as the Soviet anti-tank troops emerged from the trenches, they would be sieved.

Although the political commissar on the first line of defense of the Soviet army desperately commanded the Soviet army to resist, but in the face of the superior armored assault group of the German army, it was still annihilated, and Croft took the first line of defense of the entire Soviet army for a full two hours, that is to say, the time at this time was six o'clock in the evening.

The Soviet Union was geographically northerly, and at six o'clock, the sky was almost starting to darken, and the sun was about to set below the horizon.

The headquarters ordered Croft to immediately organize all the infantry who followed him to repair the first line of defense left by the Soviet army, and then when it was completely dark, all the tanks and most of the infantry were withdrawn to the first line of defense, leaving only a small number of alert troops on the first line of defense.

What Croft couldn't understand was that since the first line of defense had to be repaired, it must have been to prevent the Soviets from taking advantage of the night to retake it, and how could all the armored units and most of the infantry be retreated to the rear in this case!

Croft couldn't figure it out, but Croft wouldn't disobey the orders of the headquarters, which was inconsistent with his belief that a soldier's vocation was to obey orders. Croft, who couldn't figure it out, still carried out the orders of the former enemy's general command to the letter.

By 8 o'clock in the evening, Croft had already repaired the first line of defense of the occupied Soviet army, at this time it was completely dark, Croft began to organize people to retreat, more than ten kilometers wide defense line Croft left about a battalion of troops, each squad was equipped with a walkie-talkie, if there was a situation, the German army in the first line of defense could be notified in time.

The Germans withdrew in the darkness of the night, not only in Croft, but also in the Panzer Division, which also retreated from the first line of defense, leaving a small number of troops on the first line of defense.

The dark and dreary night seemed to be smeared with boundless ink on the horizon, and there was not even the glimmer of the stars, and everywhere there was the mournful cry of crickets, and the fragrance of the night filled the air, weaving a soft net that covered all the scenes.

None of the grass or trees were as realistic as they were in the daytime, they all had vague colors, and a large group of Soviet army carriers of various weapons and equipment walked silently in the darkness.

The lights were still bright in the general headquarters of the former enemy of the German army, Rommel and Manstein did not sleep, and from the various information transmitted from the front, it was clear that their side had taken all precautions and waited for Zhukov to play his cards.

Zhukov and Chuikov were also highly excited, from 8 o'clock in the evening, Zhukov ordered all his artillery to be deployed in front of the first line of defense occupied by the German army, after Zhukov's careful consideration, he judged that the German army should have a large number of armored forces and infantry left on the first line of defense to prevent the Soviet counterattack at night.

This is easy to do, his own 2,000 cannons and "Katyusha" rocket artillery can completely destroy the German troops on this defensive line, but in order to prevent the counterattack of the German artillery, Zhukov divided the artillery group into three parts, the artillery is divided into two parts, and the "Katyusha" is a separate part.

According to the specific situation of both the enemy and us, Zhukov drew up the following battle plan: First, 500 "Katyusha" rocket artillery pieces were concentrated to suddenly bombard the first line of defense occupied by the German army.

Although the "Katyusha" rocket launcher is very powerful, it also has a large fire when it is launched, and the firing range is only a pitiful 8.5 kilometers, which is easy to be counterattacked by German artillery, so it can only run away after the fight.

…… (To be continued.) )