The fourth line of defense is only twenty kilometers away from the third line of defense, and for light tanks, it will be there in ten minutes, and as for the little alert force that Boulter left on the fourth line of defense, there is no shadow for a long time, and the rocket artillery and artillery bombardment directly make them all disappear, as if they had never come to lead the world.

The assault speed of the Soviet armored corps is very fast, and it is completely out of touch with the infantry behind, after all, the current Soviet army's large-depth offensive theory is mature, but it has not been practiced, Zhukov hastily organized a large-depth offensive, a little bit like anything, Zhukov also knows the lack of experience of his troops, so he only chooses to attack the two lines of defense of the SS, which is only forty kilometers, if the SS positions have not been taken by daytime, Zhukov can also choose to retreat or be twisted with the SS, In this way, the threat of SS aircraft will be greatly reduced, and if that is the case, Zhukov will most likely choose to retreat, and these elite Zhukovs will not be able to afford to lose.

Once these elites are finished, Zhukov's hole cards will be finished, if Zhukov wants to hold Baku, it is also an impossible task, millions of cannon fodder soldiers, must be in the case of the elite as a pillar, in order to play a role, the backbone has collapsed, what is the use of the details! Delivery only.

The Soviet armored assault group attacked very smoothly, the fourth line of defense ran over, and then rushed towards the third line of defense, because the Soviet army was light tanks, and the speed was too fast, so the Soviet infantry was left behind for a long distance, and the Soviet armored army was transferred from the Far East, and they beat the little Japanese ghosts and howled wolves, so the morale of the Soviet armored army was high, and they did not care about the infantry behind, and they crushed the third line of defense.

"Attention all tanks, charge at full speed, we are going to take advantage of the fact that the German devils have not yet reacted, we are going to send this group of damned devils to hell, all for Stalin, comrades rush ah!!"

Well, the SS was all for Germany, for the great Führer Hitler, and for Stalin, and began the largest tank battle since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war. If Cabaye's Panzer Corps were fully staffed, it would be more than 1,000 tanks, but Cabaye's Panzer Corps would be less than full.

In January 1940, the Soviet Army decided to reorganize large-scale tank forces - mechanized corps, independent tank divisions, and independent motorized divisions. The mechanized corps consists of two tank divisions, one motorized division, one motorcycle regiment, one independent communications battalion, one independent engineering battalion, and one aviation brigade. The tank division consists of two tank regiments, one motorized infantry regiment, one artillery regiment and a number of logistics support units. The strength of the division is 11,343 people, about 60 artillery pieces and mortars of various kinds, and 375 tanks (including 63 KV heavy tanks, 210 T-34 medium tanks, and 102 T-26 and **T tanks). The motorized division consists of two motorized regiments, one tank regiment, one artillery regiment and a logistics support detachment. The strength of the division is 11,650 people, about 100 artillery pieces and mortars, and 275 light tanks. 1 mechanized corps with troops directly under the army totaled more than 36,000 people, 1,031 tanks, 258 artillery pieces and mortars, more than 5,000 vehicles, 350 tractors and about 1,700 motorcycles.

By the time the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviet army had formed a total of 29 mechanized corps. The scale was there, but under the conditions of the time, it was difficult to effectively command such a large force. Compared with the German Panzer Division of the same period, the Soviet tank division had 1.5 times more tanks than the German Panzer Division (equipped with 152 tanks) with 2 battalion tank regiments, and nearly half more than the German Panzer Division with 3 battalion tank regiments (equipped with 207 tanks). Even the number of tanks in the motorized division of the Soviet army was more than 1/4 more than that of the armored division of the German army with a 3-battalion tank regiment. However, the gap in the quality of personnel (especially for middle- and lower-ranking officers) and communications equipment between the two sides makes the gap in command effectiveness obvious. Moreover, most of the mechanized corps formed by the Soviet Army in the spring of 1940 had intermediate commanders accounting for only 20%~40% of the establishment when the war broke out, which aggravated the difficulty of command. In addition, at the beginning of the war, the mechanized armies of several border military districts were equipped with an average of only 53 percent of the total number of tanks, and the proportion of new tanks was very small. It was under this circumstance that the Soviet mechanized army was thrown into the unprecedented battle of the Soviet-German war.

The same is true of Cabaye's Panzer Corps, the tank hunting rate of the entire army is more than 50%, so Cabaye's armor only has more than 500 tanks, most of which are light tanks, and only a small number of T26 medium tanks, which are not at the same level as German tanks at all.

The speed of the assault of the Soviet armored forces is very fast, the distance of 20 kilometers is just a cigarette, if the huge tank group surprises, without any reconnaissance, the SS knows that there are a large number of Soviet tanks charging towards their positions, the SS can judge the distance of the Soviet tank assault group according to the shaking of the ground, and the Soviet army can only judge the distance of the third line of defense according to the terrain and landform.

This is a matter for the Soviet army to fight on its own soil, and it is not very difficult to find the third line of defense built by itself according to the terrain. It didn't take long for Cabaye to get an accurate report.

"Report to Comrade Commander Cabaye, the forward assault group is already four thousand meters away, please instruct."

"Keep the assault and report the situation at any time."

"Three thousand meters."

"Two thousand meters."

"One Thousand Meters"

"Fire incendiary bombs and flares."

Cabaye ordered the forward tank group to fire incendiary bombs at the third line of defense occupied by the German SS, which of course served as a light.

"Bumper ...... Bumper ......"

Cabaye's tank strikers fired a flurry of incendiary grenades, but the SS also chose to fire some incendiary bombs and flares at this time, and in an instant a large area of the third line of defense was illuminated as if it were daylight.

The entire tank army of the Soviet army ran a little messily, after all, at night, the armored organization ability of the Soviet army was still not comparable to that of the German army, and the quality of the Soviet army, which had undergone a great purge, was also a mess.

The strikers had already seen some general situation on the third line of defense with the help of incendiary bombs and flares, which were only arranged with a few anti-tank guns, and the number was not particularly large, about fifty or so, but the barrels of these SS anti-tank guns were particularly long.

The SS anti-tank had a minimum caliber of 75 mm 46 times, and this gun was so successful in World War II that it had the armor-piercing power to penetrate 94 mm (3.7 in) of armor at a distance of 1000 m at an angle of 30 degrees, which was considered very satisfactory at the time. If you shoot at vertical armor, the penetration is about 150 and it will blow up any Soviet tank.

"Shoot, quickly destroy the anti-tank guns of the German devils first."

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"

"Report to Comrade Commander Cabaye, the German devils have deployed about fifty anti-tank guns on the three lines of defense, and the forward troops have launched a decisive charge, asking for immediate reinforcements from the large army."

The SS artillery and the Soviet tank guns fired almost at the same time, and although the German 75-mm anti-tank guns were powerful, the defense was only a thin steel plate, and they could not stop the 37-mm or 50-mm anti-tank guns, and the Soviet army's forward tank Soviet Union was twice as large as the German anti-tank guns.

"Boom...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"

In just a few tens of seconds, more than 50 Soviet light tanks were destroyed, and half of the German anti-tank guns were destroyed.

The two-to-one loss rate was acceptable to the SS, the Soviets were equally acceptable, the commander of SS assault group A was the commander of the Skeleton Army, Ike, and the situation on the front line quickly reached Ike's command, but Ike did not let the tanks and artillery groups behind the third line of defense open fire at this time, Ike was waiting, waiting for most of the Soviet armored forces to reach the third line of defense, and then sending them a big meal.

"Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"

The Soviet tanks rushed to a distance of about five hundred meters, and all fifty German anti-tank guns were finally muted, and all of these anti-tank guns were destroyed by the Soviet forward tanks. More than 120 of the more than 100 Soviet tanks were destroyed, and about 30 remained, and these tanks continued to charge at the third line of German defense.

The German 75-mm anti-tank gun is still very powerful, but after all, he needs to meet the needs of the infantry, that is, it must be light, and the weight of the 75-mm anti-tank itself has reached 1,4 tons, in this case, an artillery squad can basically move this gun over a short distance, if you add thick steel plates, there is no way to move at all. This is the end of sacrificing defense for the sake of power, which can be regarded as a reminder to Zhang Jun how to achieve a balance between power and defense, and to have enough power. To solve this problem, we can only put this gun on the territory of the No. 4 tank, which weighs more than 10 tons, which can completely offset the recoil of this gun.

If this section of the line was defended by 50 No. 4 self-propelled anti-tank vehicles, the more than 100 light tanks of the Soviet army could only deliver food, and now the result is that all 50 anti-tank guns have been destroyed, and the Soviet army has lost more than 100 taels of tanks.

The remaining Soviet tanks charged at a fast pace, thinking that the German infantry would be lambs to the slaughter, and that more than 30 tanks on their side could easily break through the position defended by the SS infantry, which had lost the support of anti-tank guns, and the truth would soon make these arrogant Soviet troops pay the price.

"200 hundred meters."

"Bang bang bang...... Click...... Boom ......"

Soviet tanks kept firing at the SS positions with coaxial machine guns, and shells frequently fell on the positions, but apart from the burning incendiary bombs and the shattered anti-tank guns, none of the SS infantry stuck their heads out of the trenches.

"150 meters."

…… (To be continued.) )