The tanks led by Bitrich began to fire fiercely at the Soviet troops, and the Soviet troops, under the supervision of political commissars at all levels, also began to desperately counterattack, what anti-tank guns, "Bazooka" 60-mm rocket launchers, machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and German tank assault groups just fired wildly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It's a pity that the German tanks could not resist the Soviet large-caliber anti-tank guns and Bazooka, and the German tanks were destroyed one after another, but the Soviet army's shooting accuracy was not very high, and many shells and Bazooka were missed.

In particular, the "Bazooka rocket launcher" is a weapon that has just been developed in the hands of the Soviet army, and many soldiers have just learned how to launch it, and as for how to hit German tanks and what parts to attack, they don't know at all.

The machine guns on the armored vehicles that followed the tanks and the machine guns and cannons on the tanks were thrown out in bursts of continuous bullets at the Soviet positions, and many Soviet troops who were desperately fighting back were killed.

"Boom...... Click......"

Although the German tanks suffered a lot of losses, they were still rapidly approaching, and the fire on the tanks and armored vehicles was enveloping the Soviet positions at the same time, and the German surprise attack caught the Soviet troops by surprise.

In the blink of an eye, the German tank assault group rushed to 30 meters in front of the Soviet position, and suddenly threw hundreds of anti-tank grenades from the Soviet trenches, and as a result, the members of the first few tanks in the rush were stunned, so many anti-tank grenades only blew up the tracks of a few tanks in the front row.

When the Soviet soldiers stuck their heads out of the trenches to check the situation, they were greeted by another rain of bullets, and the armored vehicles following the tanks suddenly released countless SS infantry, and after these SS infantry jumped off the armored vehicles, they immediately threw grenades at the Soviet trenches, and the Soviet trenches exploded like fried beans.

The Soviet troops in the trenches were desperate at this time, and they collapsed directly, and even the commissar had no way to prevent a complete collapse, and the commissar was of course carried away by the collapsed crowd.

"Click...... Bang bang bang...... Boom...... Ahh!!!hhhhh ”

Bitrich's armored assault group rushed into the Soviet positions and began a killing frenzy, at this time the armored vehicles and sandbag trucks played a better role, of course, there were always a few Soviet troops who were not afraid of death, and fired "Bazooka" at the German sandbag trucks.

The result was a three-thirds blow up the sandbag truck, and of course the Soviet shooter ended up being beaten into a sieve.

In general, Bitrich's assault went well, and the Soviets were not familiar with the performance of advanced weapons in their hands and did not know how to use them rationally.

Bitrich's armored assault group was on a rampage inside the Soviet positions, and the Soviets were beaten by the assaulting German armored assault group. The sudden attack of the German army, the Soviet army had no way to stop it, and the famous general Vasilevsky had no way.

"Click...... Boom ......"

The artillery group of the Soviet army was destroyed by Bitrich, and countless cannons turned into scrap metal.

"Boom...... Click......"

Vasilevsky, after the German attack, also received a telegram very quickly, it was night, and the situation was unknown. As for the German armored forces breaking into their positions, Vasilevsky was not worried at all, the Germans blew up some of their own artillery at most, and destroyed some of their own tanks, and the infantry who died for this was not within Vasilevsky's scope of thinking, Vasilevsky was just thinking about whether these German armored units were going to break through.

Vasilevsky stood alone in front of the huge sand table, thought for a long time, and judged that these German armored units would not break through, because the distance between these and any of the German fronts was more than 500 kilometers.

No matter how advanced the German tanks were, it was absolutely impossible to rush as far as they could without air support and supplies, and the purpose of these German armored units could only be to destroy their own positions and personnel and equipment.

According to his own judgment, Vasilevsky also made some arrangements, that is, to let the troops defend their own defensive lines, that is, they could not escape until they fought to the death.

Vasilevsky, who gave the order, did not send his own tank troops, and even let his artillery run out of the German attack range as much as possible.

Vasilevsky intended to use the sacrifices of his own infantry to consume as much German armored forces as possible, and infantry was only a consumable in the eyes of all Soviet generals, and Vasilevsky was no exception.

The Soviet troops in the Bitrich assault area were confined to death, and the rout became their only option. Gunfire rang out throughout the night in the southeast, and two SS panzer divisions launched a small pincer attack, crushing three Soviet divisions and encircling one.

By five o'clock in the morning, the two SS panzer units had completely swept the Soviet formations in the southeast, and at half past five the two SS panzer divisions began to return to Kovsk.

This is the same situation as Vasilevsky's judgment, the German army only came to destroy the positions and equipment of the Soviet army, and had no intention of breaking through, but the Soviet army's losses this night made Vasilevsky feel distressed.

The next morning, the two sides stopped fighting and ceased fighting, and each counted its losses, and the German army in Steiner was destroyed last night with more than 30 tanks destroyed and more than 20 damaged, and these tanks accounted for one-fifth of Bitrich, who was also seriously injured by the Soviets!

However, the results achieved by the SS still made Steiner quite satisfied, and the German army destroyed more than 100 Soviet tanks and more than 300 artillery pieces in this sortie, and the enemy was conservatively estimated to be more than 20,000.

Although Vasilevsky did not care much about the consumption of the infantry, he killed more than 30,000 people last night, and with the number of casualties during the day, the total number of Soviet casualties reached 50,000.

During the day and at night, more than 300 tanks, more than 100 planes, and more than 500 artillery pieces were lost, and at this rate, Vasilevsky could only hold out for 10 days at most, and then he would have completely exhausted all his heavy weapons.

Vasilevsky was not a stupid pig, and hurriedly stopped the war temporarily, first repairing the defense line in the southeast, and at the same time writing a detailed report on the advantages and disadvantages of the British and American aid weapons, and sending it to Stalin by telegram.

In view of the above situation, Vasilevsky intends to take out the treasure at the bottom of his box, that is, the T34 experimental tank that the Soviet Union has just developed. Vasilevsky was convinced that his T34 tank could definitely compete with the German No. 4 tank.

The T34 tank can be said to be the best medium tank in World War II, and the German No. 4 tank can only have its own advantages and disadvantages, but the T34 uses cast armor, which is cheap, easy to manufacture, and has strong mobility, and the inclined armor also increases the defense of the T34.

Of course, the T34 of the Soviet Army also has shortcomings, first of all, because the Soviet radio industry has not kept up, so most of the T34 is not equipped with radio, and the T34 in the early and middle period still has a lot of problems, and it was not perfected until the later stage of the war. (To be continued.) )