On March 21, 1942, the Battle of Kharkov broke out!

This is the skeleton baron Ernst. The first battle that Marshal Bram personally commanded after his return.

On the German side, sorties were made by the 6th Army under the command of General Paulus and the Kleist cluster.

On the Soviet side, sorties were made by the 8th and 11th armies under the command of General Kolkorok.

The places of operation of both sides are concentrated in Oreska and Zhurminsk!

The battle – it's on!

At dawn on March 21, 1942, a large number of German warplanes appeared and launched the most frantic bombing of Oreska and Zhurminsk!

Countless bombs fell on the Soviet positions one after another, and the continuous explosions vented the German army's previous anger and determination to win!

Bomb - bomb - bomb!

by Luftwaffe Field Marshal Manfred. Feng. The air raids, commanded by Richthofen himself, were unprecedentedly violent.

Batches of warplanes flew, batches of bombs fell, and batches of Russians died

The Soviet Air Force is also doing everything possible to meet the battle, they are also stubbornly taking off, stubbornly meeting the challenge from the Germans!

It must be said that the performance of these Soviet air forces was quite admirable, and their tenacity was in no way inferior to that of the Germans.

However, the only downside was that their experience and flying skills were completely no match for the Germans.

One plane after another was shot down, and the German fighters in the sky flew and roared arrogantly, raging the sky to their heart's content.

Soviet warplanes were constantly falling from the sky. It let out a sharp wail, rolled up billowing smoke, and then plunged down into the terrible earth.

Then, with a burst of fire. Everything is gone

And on the ground, thousands of German artillery fire also roared at the same moment. Countless shells frantically fell on the enemy position, stirring up countless gunpowder smoke and fire.

In contrast, the Soviet counterattack artillery fire was pitiful.

And those Russians in the positions could only watch as the enemy's shells continued to ravage their positions and slaughter their companions.

They don't know what to do. The rudimentary nature of the positions was outrageous, and it was simply impossible to resist the double bombardment from the enemy's air and ground.

The 8th and 11th armies of the Soviet Army. Having suffered heavy losses in previous battles with the Germans, they were replenished in the interlumen between the temporary halts of the war. But those were new recruits who had just joined the army and stepped onto the battlefield.

They have no combat experience and are not even ready for such a brutal battle!

Many of them, as soon as the bombing began, fled with their heads in their hands. It seemed that this would be possible to dodge the terrible shell bombardment.

No matter how exhausted their commanders were. They can't stop this from happening

So the casualties increased dramatically!

Compared to the battle-hardened German soldiers on the other side, although these Russians had the courage to serve their country, their experience was almost nil.

And those Russian veterans who had survived the previous battles calmly chose their hiding places and watched their companions run around coldly.

You don't have to drink them, it's useless at all. It only takes one such attack to stop being afraid of bombing in future battles.

Die? They deserve it, and who hasn't grown up in such a scene?

It cannot be said that these Russian veterans were cruel and ruthless. War is inherently so cruel and unforgiving.

They faced a strong German army, not the Poles.

The bombardment was going on endlessly. Wave after wave, wave after wave, it simply won't stop.

The Russians are bearing, the Germans are waiting.

In a sense, this is also a contest of willpower, and whoever collapses first in such a contest will lose the victory.

Gradually, the Soviet artillery fire was completely suppressed, and they could no longer organize a counterattack against the German artillery fire.

And those Soviet air forces that stubbornly responded to the battle, after experiencing huge losses, also reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield.

Now the entire battlefield has become the world of the Luftwaffe and artillery!

General Kolkorok was a little helpless, he really couldn't understand how the Supreme Command was thinking, since he was ready to hold Kharkov, why not send him more planes, more artillery, and more tanks?

And those soldiers, why did they send so many recruits with no combat experience to themselves?

Two armies? In such a situation, even with the addition of two army groups, it may not be able to hold on.

What Kolkorok couldn't have imagined was that an even bigger catastrophe was about to happen

At this time, on the opposite side of the battlefield, Field Marshal Ernst, the supreme commander of the German army, was also watching the battlefield.

What is real war? This is the real war!

The sky, is the mighty Luftwaffe; On the ground, there is a powerful German artillery, once the war breaks out, they can get all the support they want in the first time!

He suddenly thought that as long as China really has these strengths, it can be called powerful

"Xiao Ling, battlefield retrieval."

When Wang Weiyi gave this order, the Germans did not know about the secret weapon owned by Lu Dao, the Ziguang Military Base, and began to search for the battlefield.

This is a terrifying existence - the Purple Light Military Base!

Those equipment and positions of the Soviet army that are well hidden, there will be no secrets at all in front of Xiao Ling. What kind of terrifying scene will it be when your every move is in the hands of the enemy?

The Soviets did not know the way, and the Germans did not know the way.

There was a huge, sophisticated, terrifying war machine that was helping the Germans

"Battlefield retrieval begins to take ten minutes Rambler, there is good news you will want to hear, in the A2 area, hidden from the Russians an armored division confirmed, in the A2 area, there are a large number of T34 in the Soviet armored division"

Wang Weiyi smiled, and he immediately issued a new order: "Order, air force, artillery, concentrate artillery fire to bomb the A2 area!" ”

It was a strange order, but it was given by Field Marshal Ernst!

No one questioned this strange order, a large number of warplanes appeared in the sky, and a large number of artillery fire was aimed at the A2 area!

Here, hidden, is the 28th Panzer Division of the Soviet Army.

Once the Germans launched an attack, it would be a top-secret weapon for the Russians, capable of inflicting great damage on the enemy at a critical time.

But in front of Wang Weiyi, there is no secret at all!

But for the commander of the 28th Panzer Division, Romok, and all the Soviet troops, their nightmare officially began

When the shells fell without warning, when the bombs arrived violently, the 21st Panzer Division, which was not prepared at all, was plunged into great confusion from the very first minute.

The Russians simply could not figure out how the Germans found out about this secret tank assembly point?

But the Germans won't give them time to think.

More than a dozen tanks became a pile of scrap metal under the first round of artillery fire, and countless tank crews did not have time to enter their tanks, and they were turned into corpses under artillery fire.

Then the second and third rounds of artillery fire returned

Again and again, round after round, the bombardment will never stop!

Lieutenant General Romok shouted to his soldiers to remain calm and drive the tank away from this terrible place, but these orders did not do anything in the slightest.

Artillery fire covered the area, and the bombed tanks blocked the passage of life.

What seemed to the Russians to be an extremely hidden assembly point has now become a grave for them.

At this point, there was nothing Romok could do.

He could only watch his tanks destroy and watch his soldiers die.

He shouted for reinforcements from the headquarters, but Kolkorok couldn't do anything about it.

What can he do? What kind of support can he provide to the 28th Panzer Division? Now his position here is also under endless enemy bombardment.

Even Kolkorok had the idea that the Germans would be able to get what they wanted just by bombing

General Romok was desperate.

He tried everything he could, but he couldn't stop the enemy shells from falling.

The only thing he could do now was to mentally encourage his soldiers to fight to the end.

He jumped into a tank and shouted the slogan "For the Soviets, fight", but his slogan was drowned out by a loud burst of explosions.

Then, he himself was drowned in the explosion

On March 21, 1942, the German army was in Ernst. Under the personal command of Marshal Bream, a major counteroffensive was launched in Kharkov!

At 7 a.m., the Soviet 28th Panzer Division was bombed by the Germans, and the losses were unimaginable. The densely packed T34s simply became a target for the Germans, and about three-fifths of the tanks were destroyed.

The 28th Panzer Division could be crossed out from the battle sequence of the Soviet troops.

What made the Soviets sigh even more was that in this terrible disaster, their Lieutenant General Romok also died in the artillery attack.

This was the first high-ranking general lost by the Russians after the Battle of Kharkov.

This is the beginning, but it will never be the end! Russia will also lose more soldiers and more generals.

They are facing an invincible German god of war:

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Brahm!

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Wang Weiyi looked at the time, he was very satisfied with the results of the bombing, judging from Xiaoling's report, the results of the bombing had exceeded his previous expectations. He waved his hand, and then said slowly:

"Go ahead, Germany!" (To be continued.) )