Under Rommel's power, he not only played an exemplary role, but also cultivated the subjective initiative of the front-line commanders, which was already a very remarkable achievement for the rigorous Germans. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Griffin was waiting for his chance, and he kept telling himself in his heart to hold back, to lurk in the water like a crocodile, and then wait for the prey to get closer, and then suddenly give the prey a fatal blow.

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

Soviet shells rained down on the third line of defense like hail, and the violent explosion lifted everything on the position, even the dirt flew all over the sky, and the fire from the explosion reflected half of the sky.

Everything on the positions is burning, the air is burning, and the clouds in the sky are burning. With such a fierce shelling, all trenches and fortifications are tofu scum, and under the fierce shelling, there can only be no scum left.

Soon Griffin's opportunity came, and after twenty minutes of heavy shelling by the Soviet troops, the Soviet troops stopped shelling, and the remaining tanks of the Soviet Panzer Army, more than 400 of them, swarmed towards the three lines of defense that had just experienced heavy shelling.

At this time, there were no complete fortifications left in the third to the defensive line, and all that remained were still burning, fragmented positions. The Soviet tanks did not care about this, they had to take advantage of the aftermath of their own artillery bombardment to directly occupy the third line of defense of the German army.

Griffin was waiting for the tanks of the Soviet army, and the Soviet "Katyusha" ran so fast that they could not hit it themselves, and the Soviet artillery was also outside their own range, because the range was not enough, and they could not hit.

Now the Soviet tanks began to charge, and as soon as the Soviet tanks rushed to the third line of defense, the artillery observers left by the Germans on the edge of the third line of defense would accurately report the Soviet tank group to Griffin.

And the artillery group that Griffin placed behind the third line of defense could wreak havoc on the Soviet tank units that rushed to the third line of defense. That's more than 1,500 large-caliber artillery pieces, and about 300 six-barreled rocket launchers.

The range of Germany's six-barreled rocket artillery is 1 km shorter than that of the Soviet army, but the German army's rocket artillery is 150 mm caliber, while the Soviet army's is only 132 mm, so the German army's rocket artillery is more powerful than the "Katyusha".

As soon as the Soviet tanks reached the third line of defense, it was the time when these "six-barrel rocket launchers" exerted their power, in fact, the German "six-barreled rocket launchers" were the same as the 107 rocket launchers of later generations, which were light and fast, easy to carry, and were excellent weapons for supporting infantry.

Griffin was standing next to the walkie-talkie, holding the walkie-talkie's microphone in his hand, in fact, Griffin's mood was also very nervous, and it could be seen from his hand tightly holding the microphone that the knuckles were a little white because of excessive force, which was obviously caused by slight tension.

Artillery observers at the front quickly reported on the situation with the tanks of the Soviet troops:

"Report to Commander Griffin, the Soviet tank assault group is three hundred meters away from the third line of defense."

"A hundred meters away."

"Soviet troops began to enter the third line of defense."

"Soviet tanks broke through a hundred meters of the third line of defense."

Griffin listened very carefully, for fear of missing a word, and when the barrel observer reported that the Soviets had broken through a hundred meters of the third line of defense, Griffin shouted into the walkie-talkie in his hand:

"All the artillery fired at the third line of defense, and it was fired rapidly for ten minutes."

"Order the group of night bombers cruising in the rear, immediately rush to support and bomb the area between the third and fourth lines of defense."

Griffin commanded 1,500 cannons, each cannon fired only three shells a minute, ten minutes is 30 shells, in just ten minutes, the third line of defense within a radius of several square kilometers will withstand the bombardment of 45,000 large-caliber shells, in addition to 300 six-barreled rocket launchers, firing three rounds is not a problem, this rocket is even more terrifying, those light and medium tanks of the Soviet army, I don't know what else can be left in such a violent explosion.

"Bumper ...... Whoosh...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

In an instant, the German artillery group hidden behind the third line of defense shelled the third line of defense fiercely, and there were violent explosions within a radius of several kilometers, and the degree of shelling was even more fierce than the Soviet army's shelling just now.

When the Soviet army shelled the position, there was no one on the position, but now there are more than 400 tanks of the Soviet army, these tanks are like dead leaves in the wind, torn into pieces by the fierce and powerful artillery fire, as for the Soviet troops in the tanks, of course, they are also accompanied by their tanks, torn into pieces of flesh and flying, and their final destination is to merge with the soil of the third position.

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

The earth-shaking explosion, wantonly tearing everything on the third line of defense, destroying everything, the tank was covered by such fierce artillery fire, there was no difference between tofu dregs, it could only be a living coffin, and the Soviet tank assault group was finished, completely disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, the Soviet infantry was disconnected from the Soviet tanks, and the Soviet infantry at this time had just arrived between the third and fourth lines of defense, and had not yet entered the range of German artillery fire.

Griffin was listening to the reports of the front-line artillery observers at any time, and when Griffin saw the success of his tactics, his spirit suddenly became excited, the Germans had no counteroffensive plan, and the Germans, who had the advantage, did not want to launch a counterattack against the Soviet troops at night.

Now that the Soviets have lost all their tanks, the opportunity for the Germans to counterattack is ripe, and if they do not counterattack at this time, they will definitely let these attacking Soviet troops retreat calmly under the cover of night.

Isn't this what Griffin wants to see, and the Soviets themselves don't eat the "fat" they send to their mouths? Isn't that stupid, this is not the character of the German army.

Griffin followed Guderian to fight in the north and south, he had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run, and he still understood the fleeting truth of the fighter. Griffin did not hesitate at all, and hurriedly sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief, Guderian, requesting an immediate attack.

For the request of the front-line commander, Guderian would not refuse under normal circumstances, not to mention the commander Griffin, who had followed him for many years, Guderian would not refuse Griffin's request, Guderian pondered for a while, and agreed to Griffin's request.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

At this time, night bombers, which had long been cruising in the air, flew between the third and fourth lines of defense, and this area was now occupied by several corps of Soviet infantry, all elite infantry, and about 2,000 artillery pieces, of course, among them there were three Soviet air defense divisions.

As soon as Nikolai, the commander of the Soviet front, saw that his armored corps had been wiped out by German artillery in a short time, he was immediately discouraged and hurriedly reported the situation here to Timoshenko.

…… (To be continued.) )