The SS did not react, at this time the SS infantry were all squatting in the trenches, and there were a large number of "iron fist" hands in the outer edge of the trenches, these SS soldiers 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 discipline and rigority.

Each SS company or platoon had an observer, who could be used to observe the situation outside the trenches using a small mirror that was also the target of machine gun fire from Soviet tanks.

The range of the German "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets had reached one hundred and fifty meters, but the commanders on this line of defense were afraid that the Soviet tanks behind did not enter the firing range, and if the tanks in front were destroyed by the infantry, they would scare them away. So the commander of this trench was waiting for all the remaining thirty-odd tanks of the Soviet army to come into range.

"100 meters."

"80 meters."

"Bang ......"

Three red signal flares rose into the air, this is the order, the "iron fist" anti-tank man in the first trench on the third line of defense, suddenly got up, and quickly aimed the iron fist in his hand at the tank close to the Soviet army, of course, the Soviet tank is still frantically shooting blindly at the first trench, and some SS "iron fist" anti-tank men will also be killed by this blind shooting, of course, this situation exists, but there will definitely not be many, and the comrades next to the anti-tank men killed by the Soviet army will immediately step forward and pick up the "iron fist" on the ground Anti-tank rockets, which continued to aim at the tanks of the Soviet troops.

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

Hundreds of "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets dragged a long flame towards the Soviet tanks, the least one Soviet tank will be divided into two "Iron Fists", these "Iron Fists" have an armor-piercing ability of about 80 mm, these Soviet light tanks were directly torn off the front armor, and some of the tanks were martyred, and more than 30 Soviet tanks were wiped out in a blink of an eye.

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

Their strikers all ended the same way, and after fighting the SS anti-tank guns, they were eliminated by the SS "Iron Fist", and this situation was also reported to Zhukov, who was the commander-in-chief of the campaign, and it was no secret that the SS "Iron Fist" was not a secret, Zhukov had known it for a long time, and even Zhukov knew the performance of the "Iron Fist", thanks to the Soviet spy Baumman, as the Secretary General of the Führer, this bit of intelligence was not a problem at all.

After thinking for a while, Zhukov decided to continue the attack, but Zhukov still made some adjustments, Zhukov did not let his tanks attack the third line of defense of the SS now, but like attacking the fourth line of defense, first use a large number of rocket artillery and artillery to plow the positions of the SS, even if the SS had an "iron fist", "Katyusha" and thousands of artillery directly turned the third line of defense of the German army into a purgatory, and everything would be wiped out with the fierce shelling.

Zhukov's idea was that there was no mistake, first use artillery to speak to the "Katyusha", and wait for a large number of SS troops in the defensive positions to be eliminated before launching an attack, and all threats were lifted, and the Soviet tank units could just be directly crushed after the shelling, and the Soviet army's artilleryism was still very prevalent, and even Zhang Jun of later generations was deeply affected, and Zhukov was also an artilleryist.

The Soviet armored forces temporarily stopped the offensive and stopped a few kilometers in front of the third line of defense, and the commander of the skeleton army, Ike, is now the commander of the A assault group, and also discovered the abnormal situation of the Soviet army, and now the short calm on the battlefield is the prelude to a more fierce attack, this abnormal situation, very much testing the adaptability of the first line commander.

Ike moved, but instead of calling the SS of the third line of defense to attack, Ike let his SS infantry immediately withdraw from the third line of defense and defend five kilometers, these retreating SS infantry did not retreat slowly, but ran forward, and the soldiers ran five kilometers, usually twenty-five minutes.

It is impossible for the Soviet army to transport the artillery to the front line in such a short period of time, you must know that the Soviet artillery is still 20 kilometers away from the fourth line of defense, 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 SS was already five kilometers away. There are no good means of investigation on either side, and there are no means of investigation at such a dark night. This kind of battle is even more a test of the commander's ability.

The German SS infantry ran wildly on the dark Soviet plain, but fortunately this is the plain, and immediately got up after falling and continued to run, while the Soviet troops were also rushing to transport artillery and "Katyusha" in the fastest time.

Thirty-five minutes later, the Soviet army's "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 mobility is very powerful, the German six-barreled rocket artillery and artillery have no chance of counterattack.

"Katyusha" can run, no Soviet artillery can run, "Katyusha" after the salvo quickly shifted the position, and then the Soviet artillery continued to violently bombard the third line of defense of the SS, hundreds of large-caliber artillery shelled at the same time, the momentum and the effect of the "Katyusha" bombardment was not bad, just ten minutes. The entire third line of defense actually ceased to exist, and more than 90 percent of all the fortifications built by the Soviets themselves and by the SS were blown up, and if there were SS 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 Skeleton Army, Ike, once again saved himself from a large number of deployments, and under Zhang Jun's power, he really cultivated several talents who could command the scale of the campaign, which was a very remarkable achievement for the rigorous Germans.

Ike was waiting, waiting for an opportunity, and Ike kept telling himself in his heart to hold back, to lurk in the water like a crocodile, and then wait for the prey to approach, and then suddenly give the prey a fatal blow.

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

The shells of the Soviet army fell on the third line of defense like hail, and the violent explosion lifted everything on the position, even the soil was flying all over the sky, and the fire produced by the explosion reflected half of the sky.

Soon Ike's opportunity came, and after another twenty minutes of heavy shelling, the Soviet army stopped shelling, and the remaining tanks of the Soviet Panzer Corps, more than 400 of them, swarmed towards the three lines of defense that had just undergone heavy shelling, and at this time there were no complete fortifications left in the third defense line, and there were only some still burning, fragmented positions, the Soviet tanks did not care about these, they had to take advantage of the aftermath of their own artillery bombardment, and directly occupy the third line of defense of the SS.

Ike was waiting for the tanks of the Soviet army, and the Soviet "Katyusha" ran so fast that it could not hit itself, and the artillery of the Soviet army was also outside its own range, because the range was not enough, and it could not be hit. Now that the Soviet tanks are charging, as long as the Soviet tanks rush through the three lines of defense, the SS artillery observers left on the edge of the third line of defense will accurately report the Soviet tank group to Ike. The artillery group that Ike placed behind the third line of defense was nearly 2,000 large-caliber guns, and about 300 six-barreled rocket launchers.

The range of Germany's six-barrel rocket artillery is 1 kilometer shorter than that of the Soviet army, and the German army's is 150 mm caliber, while the Soviet army's is only 132 mm, so the German SS's rocket artillery is more powerful than the "Katyusha", and when the Soviet tanks reach the third line of defense, it is when these "six rocket launchers" exert their power, in fact, Germany's "six-barrel rocket launcher" is the same as the 107 rocket launcher of later generations, light and fast, easy to carry, and is an excellent weapon to support infantry.

Ike was standing next to the walkie-talkie, holding the walkie-talkie's microphone in his hand, in fact, Ike's mood was still very nervous, and it could be seen from his hand tightly holding the microphone that the knuckles were a little white because of too much 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 Ick, 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."

Ike listened very carefully, for fear of missing a word, when the barrel observer reported that the Soviets had broken through a hundred meters of the third line of defense, Ike 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."

Ike commanded 2,000 cannons, and even if each cannon only fired three shells a minute, it would take 30 shells in 10 minutes, and in just 10 minutes, an area within a radius of several square kilometers of the third line of defense would be bombarded by 6-100,000 large-caliber shells, and another 300 six-barreled rocket launchers, firing three rounds was not a problem, this rocket was even more terrifying, and the light and medium tanks of the Soviet army did not know what else would be left in such a violent explosion.

…… (To be continued.) )