Soviet tanks frantically fired blindly at the third line of defense, and occasionally the German "Iron Fist" anti-tank fighters would be killed by this kind of blind shooting, but there were definitely not many of them, and the comrades next to the anti-tank fighters killed by the Soviet troops would immediately step forward and pick up the "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets on the ground and continue to attack the Soviet tanks. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Snort...... Sneer...... Boom...... Boom ......"

Hundreds of "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets dragged a long flame towards the Soviet tanks, a Soviet tank will be divided into at least two "Iron Fists", these "Iron Fists" armor-piercing ability is about 140-200 mm, these Soviet light tanks were directly torn off the front armor, and some of the Soviet tanks were martyred, and more than 30 Soviet tanks were wiped out in a blink of an eye.

The situation was similar for the Soviet troops in the other offensive sections, the Soviet troops easily broke through the fourth line of defense of the German army, and then crushed the third line of defense of the German army, and these more than 200,000 elite Soviet troops were full of confidence, and the easy success made them think that the German army was nothing more than such a conclusion.

But these assault Soviet troops encountered the terrifying "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets on the third line of defense, and the Soviet tanks were in front of the Iron Fist anti-tank rockets, which were tofu scum, and even the American Sherman medium tanks.

Several Soviet troops involved in the assault encountered a similar situation, and the Soviet tanks were wiped out by the German "iron fist" after fighting out the German anti-tank guns.

This situation was also reported to Timoshenko, who was the commander-in-chief of the campaign, and it was no secret to the German army's "Iron Fist", which Timoshenko had known for a long time, and even the performance of the "Iron Fist" Temoshenko also knew, but Germany had not used the Iron Fist on a large scale, and now the German army suddenly showed so many Iron Fists, which made Timoshenko shudder a little.

Not to massively use the Iron Fist 150 in the early days of the war, this was Rommel's order, and there were two reasons for this, first, Rommel did not want the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket to be copied by the British, American and Soviet Unions, and as long as any weapon was on the battlefield, it was impossible to keep it secret.

As long as Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union copied the Iron Fist 200 with an armor-piercing thickness of 150 mm, then it is self-evident how heavy the German tank losses were, which was the main reason why Rommel did not use the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket in advance.

Second, the Soviet tanks in the early stage were no match for the German army at all, and the German army did not need such a sharp weapon as an iron fist to completely abuse the Soviet army.

Third, two months after the start of the war, the Soviet army did not completely collapse, but became stronger and stronger, and a large number of weapons and equipment aided by Britain and the United States began to appear, the equipment advantage of the German army was lost in formation, and the advance speed of the German army had dropped sharply.

Taking Moscow before winter was the ultimate strategic goal designated by Rommel, and Rommel had to order the Iron Fist anti-tank rockets, which had been reluctant to use, to be delivered by helicopter to the hands of the front-line troops.

As soon as the iron fist was delivered to the Germans at the front, it immediately gave Timoshenko a head start, annihilating all Timoshenko's armored assault forward troops.

After thinking for a while, Temoshengo decided to continue the attack, and the counterattack was in full swing, and it was impossible for Temoshengo to give up, but Temoshengo still made some adjustments.

Timoshenko did not let his tanks attack the third line of defense of the German army, but like attacking the fourth line of defense, he first used a large number of rocket artillery and artillery to plow the positions of the German army, even if the German army had an "iron fist", "Katyusha" and a thousand artillery pieces could directly turn the third line of defense of the German army into a fire purgatory, and everything would be wiped out with the fierce shelling.

Timoshenko's idea was not wrong, first use artillery to talk to the "Katyusha", and wait for a large number of German troops in the defensive positions to be wiped out before launching an attack, any threat is removed, and the Soviet tank units can just run over directly after the shelling.

The artilleryism of the Soviet army was still very popular, and even the later Celestial Empire was deeply affected, and Rommel was also an artilleryman.

The Soviet armored forces temporarily stopped the offensive and stopped a few kilometers in front of the third line of defense, the commander of the Panzer 15th Army, Griffin, was now the commander of Assault Group A, and the abnormal situation of the Soviet troops did not escape his eyes,

Griffin, who had been in battle for a long time, deeply understood that the brief calm on the battlefield was the prelude to a more violent attack. Of course, this abnormal situation is a great test of the front-line commander's ability to respond.

Griffin moved, but instead of calling the Germans of the third line of defense to attack, Griffin let the German infantry in this section immediately withdraw from the third line of defense and defend five kilometers away.

Under normal circumstances, it takes 25 minutes for soldiers to run five kilometers, and the area covered by the Soviet army's artillery fire in the early stage is generally the area of the position, which is about two kilometers wide at the widest, and the two kilometers outside are basically a safe area, and it takes less than ten minutes to run two kilometers.

It is impossible for the Soviet army to move the artillery forward in such a short period of time, you must know that the Soviet artillery is still outside the fourth line of defense 20 kilometers away, even if it is towed by trucks and some other work, the Soviet army has to deploy these artillery in front of the third line of defense, the minimum time is 30 minutes.

Thirty minutes later, the Germans were already five kilometers away. There were no good means of investigation on either side, and there were no means of investigation available in such a dark night. This kind of battle is even more a test of the commander's ability.

The German infantry of the German army ran wildly on the dark Soviet plain, fortunately this is the plain, and immediately after falling down got up and continued to run, and the Soviet army was also rushing to transport artillery and "Katyusha" in the fastest time.

Thirty-five minutes later, the Soviet "Katyusha" began to roar, the "Katyusha" has very little time to fire a salvo, it only takes 10 seconds to shoot the ammunition, the launched "Katyusha" can be teleported, the maneuverability is very strong, and the German six-barreled rocket launchers and artillery have no chance to counterattack at all.

"Katyusha" can run, no Soviet artillery can run, "Katyusha" after a salvo quickly shifted positions, and then the Soviet artillery continued to fiercely bombard the third line of defense of the German army.

Hundreds of large-caliber cannons bombarded at the same time, and the momentum was not bad with the effect of the "Katyusha" bombardment, and in just ten minutes, the entire third line of defense actually ceased to exist.

More than 90 percent of all the fortifications built by the Soviets themselves and by the Germans were blown up, and if there were German tanks, artillery and infantry on the third line of defense, all this would have disappeared under this shelling.

It's a pity that there is no one on the third line of defense, and there is no equipment, the Soviet army wasted a lot of ammunition twice in a row, and the adaptability of the commander of the 15th Panzer Army, Griffin, once again saved a large number of his subordinates and weapons and equipment. (To be continued.) )