Just as the first wave of German reinforcements had finally arrived, the Ming infantry had successfully crossed the river and stormed the town of Roztoki, where a fierce battle broke out with the defenders. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ming officers and soldiers who were able to join the first attack wave to cross the river were basically the elite units of the 33rd Infantry Army. They bravely rushed into the town with weapons and fought desperately against the Germans, and took the town from the Germans little by little.

The German defenders also continued to put in reserves to counterattack, and the two sides met frequently in the town and then fired at each other, then fell to the ground with corpses and wounded. When such melee combat is carried out at night, the losses of both sides are about the same. When the German reinforcements arrived, a second wave of Ming officers and soldiers came over the river, where the resistance had been greatly reduced.

When the distant horizon gradually turned white, the Ming army had already captured most of the town of Rodztoki in the hands of the Germans.

Although the Germans were still desperately resisting, they were unable to blockade the Vltava River because their positions were constantly occupied, and the Ming army sappers, who had already exerted their abilities to the extreme, finally erected the steel pontoon bridge to the opposite bank before dawn.

Impatient Ming armored troops roared across the shaking pontoon bridge, engines roaring and spewing black smoke across the river bank into the town of Roztoki.

The addition of armored forces crushed the struggling resistance of the German army. They were armed with only a small number of 37 and 50 mm caliber anti-tank guns, and even two 75-mm anti-tank guns. This kind of anti-armor firepower could not withstand the offensive of the Ming armored forces.

The armored battalion under the Ming infantry division was smaller, but it also had about 30 tanks. Although the armored battalion under the infantry division was an ordinary No. 4 tank, this was no longer a force that the German troops defending Rodstoki could resist.

By the time the Ming armoured troops crossed the river and rushed into the town of Roztoki, the defeat of the Germans was inevitable.

Numerous armored vehicles under the cover of the infantry rampaged and tore the German resistance to shreds. After the sky was completely bright, the powerful Sunren Combat Cluster managed to capture the town of Roztoki. The Ming army successfully opened a hole in the German Prague Line.

After dawn, the rain did not stop, but became heavier and heavier. Under the baptism of rain, the powerful Sunren battle group of the Ming army quickly crossed the pontoon bridge erected by the engineer units and headed towards the town of Hostevice behind the city of Prague. The idea of the Ming army was simple, that is, to cut off the rear road of the German army.

By this time, the main forces of the German Ninth Infantry Army had already fallen into various battlefields, and the reserves had already been put into battle. Although they had begun to gradually seize the bridgehead positions in the city of Prague into their own hands, the Ming army had already broken through the flanks and was quickly outflanking the rear. Even if the bridgehead is recaptured, it doesn't make much sense.

General Bock was shocked by the decisive attack of the Ming army, and was also annoyed by his own negligence. If he had not drawn the garrison in the Roztoki area, if he had not thrown all his reserves into the bridgehead positions. It's definitely not going to be that bad.

It's terrible indeed. The German 9th Infantry Army was a true infantry army, with only a small number of armored vehicles and anti-tank assault guns under its command. Although there were two regiments of cavalry troops, they were real mounted infantry, not honorary cavalry divisions in the Ming army that had the name of a cavalry division but were actually equipped with armored vehicles. How could Bock confront the armored forces of the Ming army with such strength in his hands?

Moreover, there were no reserves in Bock's hands at this time, and the army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 was scattered all over the positions. Not to mention mobilizing and fighting in a short period of time, it is now very difficult to even pass on orders.

Bock, who was cold in his heart, reported the battle situation to the General Staff, and quickly gave the order to shrink his troops. Without receiving an order from the General Staff, Bock could not do anything about abandoning his positions on his own initiative in any case. And this decision also greatly delayed the time of the German army, giving the Ming army the opportunity to completely encircle the German Ninth Infantry Army in the Prague area.

Moreover, the continuous heavy rain also turned the field into a muddy swamp. The Ming army, which was heavily equipped with tracked and semi-tracked vehicles, was able to say that most of the Germans who relied on their legs were dumbfounded.

After the successful breakthrough of the Vltava River, the morale of the officers and men of the 33rd Infantry Army of the Ming Army was greatly boosted. Although during the daytime battle on June 9, the Ming army lost its bridgehead position in the city of Prague. However, their Sunren Operational Group succeeded in capturing the town of Hostinevice and the nearby Prague airport.

Subsequently, Sun Ren's battle group quickly moved south, capturing the town of Davlai on the Vltava River before dark. Completely blocked the retreat of the German Ninth Infantry Army.

It was a chaotic night. Some units of the German Ninth Infantry Army chose to break out on their own because they did not receive orders. However, the Ming army's river-crossing troops were not many and the battle line was too long, so the blockade line was not tight. Several battalion and regimental German units managed to break through the encirclement and flee in the direction of Kranod before the Ming lines became stronger.

On June 10, the rainy weather, which had lasted for several days, finally dissipated, and the sun shone over the land of Prague after a long time. In the blue sky, white clouds move with the wind. The blue sky and white clouds, the scenery of green mountains and green waters is extremely beautiful.

However, all this beautiful scenery of nature was soon completely destroyed by the smoke and artillery fire of human beings.

The Ming Army, which had been holding back for several days, immediately dispatched a huge fleet of planes as soon as the sky cleared, enveloping the sky over the entire Prague area. These Ming fighters flew in the sky wantonly, with a piercing and sharp sound, pouring bullets down on the German positions on the ground.

And the Ming army on the ground was not idle at all. Although the strength of the 33rd Infantry Army of the Ming Army was not much stronger than that of the Germans. But by this time they had the initiative on the battlefield and had completely surrounded the Germans in a narrow area near the city of Prague.

The Ming army used all the artillery at its disposal and tried their best to shell the German positions in the encirclement. The dense rain of bullets continued to fall, bringing huge casualties to the German army and also hitting the morale of the German army hard. No matter how elite the army in the encirclement is, its morale will inevitably be greatly hit by being encircled.

After daybreak, an anxious Bock finally waited for an order from the High Command. The German High Command finally agreed to the German Ninth Infantry Army to break through from the Prague area and abandon the Prague position.

Bock, who got the **** order, breathed a long sigh of relief and hurriedly gave the order to break through.

It's just that by the time the Germans began to gather their troops, prepare for a breakout and begin to break through in the direction of Kladno, the time was already twelve hours after the Ming army broke through the Volgva River.

Over the course of twelve hours, the Ming army sent a large number of troops to the opposite bank via a pontoon bridge outside the town of Rodstoki, including powerful armored units. The blockade of the Ming army has been greatly strengthened. The hastily launched breakthrough by the Germans failed.

By about three o'clock in the afternoon, Bock had managed to assemble a strong force and made contact with the German 311th Infantry Division stationed in the Kladno area, which was supported by it. The German Ninth Army, which had mustered the last courage and strength, began a heroic breakthrough operation.

The German infantry stretched out a long line and launched fierce attacks on the improvised defensive positions of the Ming army in waves. They even threw several of their own mounted infantry regiments into battle. The German officers and soldiers trudged through the muddy wilderness, and were put to the ground by the rain of bullets from the Ming army.

The Germans' desperate breakthrough was once promising, and they were only a few kilometers away from the 311th Infantry Division, which was receiving from the Kladno area. However, when the Ming armored forces arrived, the German breakthrough was quickly repulsed.

The small number of armored vehicles and anti-tank assault guns that the Germans were armed with were not at all a match for the Ming army. Although the Weasel anti-tank assault guns that the Germans were heavily equipped with in their infantry units were not insignificant, they were enough to penetrate the armor of the Ming Army's No. 4 tank at close range.

However, the Weasel anti-tank assault gun had poor defenses and poor maneuverability in off-road situations. Basically, when the Weasel anti-tank assault guns equipped by the German army were still struggling in the muddy ground that had just rained heavily, the No. 4 tank of the Ming Army had already destroyed them one after another with accurate artillery fire.

After all the armored vehicles of the Germans were destroyed, they no longer had the strength to escape. After all, it is impossible to break through a line of defense consisting of a large amount of automatic fire in a short period of time with a large number of infantry alone. Not to mention the fact that the army still has hundreds of tanks in their hands.

When the sun set and night began to fall, the German breakout operation was crushed.

During this day's fighting, the Germans suffered a staggering nearly 50,000 losses. Most of the losses were inflicted by the armored forces of the Ming army and a dense range of machine-gun mortars at the time of the breakout. Especially the machine guns that the Ming army was massively equipped, and with sufficient ammunition, a large enough number of machine guns were enough to destroy countless infantry.

The desperate German 9th Infantry Army completely collapsed after nightfall. Massive casualties and a lack of supplies and a breakdown in morale caused the entire force to quickly spiral out of control. When the Ming army launched a siege and annihilation battle at night in order to quickly resolve the battle, the German Ninth Army, which had lost its formation, was demoralized and surrendered on a large scale.

By daybreak on June 11, the German Ninth Army had been largely wiped out. Prague also fell into the hands of the Ming army.

In this battle, the 33rd Infantry Group Army of the Ming Army surrounded and annihilated opponents of similar strength in a short period of time, thus gaining a great reputation! (To be continued.) )