Just five days after the uppercut, the offensive on the southern front finally began, and Brauchitsch launched the offensive without even waiting for the air force to complete the continuous bombardment, which was one of the reasons why he was later criticized. However, judging from the situation at that time, the attack effect of the Luftwaffe was not good, the Huaxia Air Force had already recovered its firepower, and air battles at the squadron and even group level occurred repeatedly, and the already small air force on the southern front was simply not enough to suppress the opponent, on the contrary, if you wait for the air force, I am afraid that it will give the opponent more time to prepare, so Brauchitsch did not do anything and immediately launched a ground offensive! The spearheads of the two armored battalions stabbed towards the rear of Huaxia, while the other flanks deployed to cooperate with the main attacking force.

Colonel Hubey, who had inflicted heavy losses on the U.S. military in the early days of the war, once again served as the commander of the vanguard of the campaign, this time with a fully optimized armored unit, two battalions of more than 120 heavy armored vehicles, including 50 No. 4 tanks, more than 30 No. 4 tank destroyers, and more than 20 Vespa tank destroyers, plus a certain number of Wild Bee self-propelled howitzers. At the same time, there are also some half-tracks equipped with rocket artillery, plus a certain number of wheeled combat vehicles, this unit is very synthesized, except for the absence of ultra-long-range artillery, both in terms of the strength of the armored forces and the intensity of the support fire from medium distances, the Hube battle group has the highest combat effectiveness among all the German participating units.

Behind the Hube battle group was a complete mechanized infantry regiment, although Brauchitsch had confidence in the Hube battle group, but considering that the Huaxia army was strong after all, in order to ensure the continuity of the attack and support for the Hube battle group, he still first ensured that the frontal attack was sufficient. "When there are losses in your armored forces. You can draw the weapons you need directly from the mechanized infantry regiments in the back, and you just have to make sure that you keep attacking and breaking through. You don't have to worry about anything else! "Hube still has high hopes that he will be the sharpest spear of the Teutonic knights and pierce the opponent's defenses!

"Find the other side's target. At 7 o'clock, the scale is 10 kilometers! The two sides are expected to meet in 20 minutes! A two-seater flying fox reconnaissance plane flew through the air, at 4,000 meters in the air, he could clear the smoke and dust raised by the Hube armored group in the distance, both sides were in the wilderness, the weather conditions were good, both sides could accurately detect the opponent in the distance, just at the same time that the Chinese Air Force found the Germans. A BF110 reconnaissance plane also discovered Xu Huaide's department that was coming from the direction, and the two armored forces were like two giant dragons, and after a short hesitation, the two sides changed direction and rushed straight towards each other!

"Let's get started!" Xu Huaide personally commanded this battle, because the two sides were fighting against each other, and the speed of contact between the two armies would be very fast when charging in the opposite direction, so the Type 29 tank destroyer and Type 29 assault gun, which were relatively sluggish, were not deployed in the front as before. This time, the opponent was very strong, and there was no qualitative difference between it and the Huaxia Army in all aspects. This is the case for both armored troops and medium-range support firepower, so in order to be on the safe side, Xu Huaide put away his heavy punches and would rather suffer some losses in front. You have to watch it out before you fight!

With Xu Huaide's order, the Huaxia tank unit launched an attack formation, while the tank destroyers and assault guns in the rear were deployed in echelons. And then there are rocket artillery and howitzers. Self-propelled anti-tank guns and various light combat vehicles are deployed on both sides, the purpose of which is to prevent the opponent's high-speed vehicles from outflanking from both sides. Relative to the Chinese conservatism. The Germans were playing a little more unrestrained this time. Hube tried to strengthen the first wave, and Tank 4 and Tank 4 formed a dense attack front. Behind are self-propelled artillery and support artillery, the purpose of Hu Bei's deployment is not to know that he is facing the main force of Huaxia, although the scale of the other party is somewhat beyond his expectations, but according to the wrong intelligence, it is estimated that this should be all the tanks that Huaxia can mobilize, as long as it penetrates this wave, it is not a problem. So Hube was willing to take a gamble. What's more, he also has a mechanized infantry regiment behind him as his reinforcements, even if the offensive is in a stalemate, he is not without other options! Hubei, who thinks he has a lot of money, is naturally willing to fight.

"Colonel Long Yunshan of the General Reserve called that the General Reserve Division was in place and asked when the attack would be launched." Just before the two sides were about to collide, Xu Huaide received a report from his subordinates, and now the situation is very good, the forces in his hands are finally equal to the other party, and he can launch an attack at any time, and there is one more division, Xu Huaide can immediately start a detour from the flank, and then completely eat the opponent's forward, but he thinks that it is still a little early, his vision is longer-term, and his plan is greater, "Let Colonel Long wait first, we must let the Germans put in all the troops before we start." Xu Huaide said. In addition, I would like to talk to the Air Force that a ground attack can be omitted, but try to drive the German reconnaissance planes farther away. ”

Soon, the tanks of both sides appeared in each other's scopes, first a few looming black dots jumping on the horizon, and then slowly becoming clear, and the distance of the target was far greater than the effective range. In the absence of a preset position, the layout of the other side on the front can be described as clear at a glance, the two sides can be described as old enemies, and they are quite familiar with each other's tactics, the Huaxia Panzer Corps slowed down first, as if waiting for something, while the Germans used this time to further expand their attack front.

Hube took full advantage of the numerical advantage of the first wave of encounters by distributing his forces on the widest possible front, with tank units on the flanks and tank destroyer No. 4 in the middle. Further back were those self-propelled anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns. The strength of the Huaxia armored forces on the opposite side seems to be relatively limited, only about 60 units, and they are all tanks, lacking tank destroyers. Faced with this situation, Hube is very confident in his offensive, and the No. 4 tank destroyer, which has excellent hard indicators, can definitely crush his opponent in a head-to-head duel. After a brief hesitation, Huaxia also began to disperse their forces, they wanted to hold off all the Germans in front, and because of the lack of first-line armored troops, the gap between the companies became larger. This further weakened the defensive strength of the front, and looking at the lots that could be interspersed, the Hube people grew old. He didn't step into it, but decided to wait for the troops behind to arrive.

"1200 meters! Fire! "The Germans, who had been given the new toy, were very confident in the battle. This can be seen in the distance from which they fired, often around 800 meters from the Germans' first shot. This wave of attacks is usually to correct the trajectory, the probability of a direct hit is not large, and the hit cannot penetrate the thick armor of the Type 29 tank, but this time, the German No. 4 tank destroyer fired at a distance of 1200 meters, and they thought very well, at a distance of 1200 meters to 900 meters, the Germans could make 3 corrections, and when the Huaxia tank hit a distance of 900 meters, a shot penetrated them! IS IN TRUST WITH THE 75MML60 GUN. The Germans abandoned the original style of pig swoop melee fighting, and instead tended to be more steady. In the words of a German tank destroyer commander: "Cover our flanks and we will bring you victory!" ”

This is the first time that the No. 4 tank destroyer has participated in a melee on the scale of an armored regiment, and the new long-barreled artillery with a 6x magnified scope has brought tremendous pressure to the Huaxia armored forces in a head-on engagement, Xu Huaide is not as lucky as Tao Zhenyu, and almost went around to the back of the opponent and kicked the opponent's ass fiercely. ONE OF 75MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS FLEW OUT OF THE SLENDER BARREL AND FLEW TOWARDS THE HUAXIA TANK IN THE DISTANCE, AND AT A DISTANCE OF 900 METERS, THE CONTINUOUS FIRING OF THE TYPE 29 TANK WAS DEFLECTED BY THE HEAVY INCLINED ARMOR OF THE TANK DESTROYER. And the opponent's armor-piercing projectiles, with a bit of luck, can already knock open the front of the Type 29 tank. At a distance of less than 300 meters from 1,200 to 900 meters, at least nine Type 29 tanks were destroyed, and fireballs rose from the wreckage of the destroyed tanks, and the frontal assault was hindered. The remaining Huaxia tanks had to dodge to the side and dodge the narrow firing range of the tank destroyers, and the distance between the Huaxia tank unit and the Germans' No. 4 tank was only about 700 meters. It's the best distance for combat!

"The Chinese tank forces are concentrated on both flanks, and they seem to be very afraid of our tank destroyers. This change has increased the pressure on our flanks, and the tank destroyers are unable to provide effective support due to their small range. BUT LUCKILY, WE STILL HAVE A HAND, AND THE HALF-TRACK EQUIPPED WITH THE 88MML45 GUN FILLS THE GAP, AND THE POWERFUL 88MM GUN ON THE VEHICLE HAS ENOUGH POWER AND RANGE! Hube once wrote proudly in his combat record.

With the shock of the car body, a cannon continued to spit out a deadly metal bullet rain at a distance of several hundred meters, and in the hedging state, the two sides quickly entered the distance of tearing faces! The Chinese armored forces fought a fierce battle this time, they rushed into the opponent's line like a group of angry lions, 700 meters, 500 meters and even 300 meters away from the Germans to launch a crazy confrontation, this distance on the armor became meaningless, almost all of them saw the rhythm of light death, the battlefield sounded dense explosions, from time to time there were tanks pierced by powerful armor-piercing bullets, and even at the same time several shells hit a lot of cases.

"The situation on the battlefield is too chaotic, we have never experienced such a bloody battle, we are like ancient knights with their tomahawks and heavy swords in their hands to slash and slash the enemies around us, the destruction of friendly vehicles after the explosion rained down on our chariots, and the sound of metal clashing and tearing almost overwhelmed a qiē. We mechanically search for targets and then reload and shoot. The tanks on both sides are moving fast, and whoever stops at this time will die! Both sides fire almost always on the move, and their accuracy can be imagined, but relying on the high rate of fire, there will still be many unlucky eggs destroyed. A German soldier described the situation this way.

The almost brutal style of play of the Chinese tank troops made the two sides entangled, at this time there was no formation at all, and there was no discipline, the tankers fought completely by instinct, the two sides were huddled together, almost shooting at each other's heads with artillery, and even the tankmen still jumped out to fight with submachine guns, grenades and even daggers after losing their cars, and a German tanker had just crawled out of the burning tank, Before he could breathe a breath of air, which was full of gunsmoke and blood, he was beaten into a sieve by the submachine gun in the hand of a Chinese soldier opposite. And before the Huaxia soldier even had time to turn around, a grenade rolled down at his feet, and a cloud of black smoke rose up, leaving only a pile of minced flesh and blood. The German soldier who secretly threw the grenade had just taken out a second grenade, and a single shell hit the wreckage of the tank where he was hiding, and then the already shattered steel monster turned directly into a pile of fragments, and the high-speed debris flying in the sky killed the German soldier and his comrades. Life is so fragile in this kind of battle, there is no place to be safe!

The desperate charge of the Chinese armored forces made the Germans a little puzzled, what were they for? Break through the position? What do you think, Hube has invested more than 40% more troops on the front line than the other side, and this is not counting the half-track self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns that can go up at any time. Under the dual advantages of quantity and quality, no matter how brave the result is, nothing will change. However, as the wheeled armored vehicles that appeared behind the Chinese tank units came into the field of vision of the Germans, the Germans seemed to understand something! THESE VEHICLES ARE ARMED WITH 6-POUNDER GUNS AND 75MM CANNONS, WHICH ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO THOSE 30MM GUNS, AND THE HIGH-SPEED ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS FIRED BY THE 57MM GUNS AT A DISTANCE OF 500 METERS CAN PIERCE THE CHEEK OF TANK NO. 4, AND EVEN IF THEY ARE AT 800 METERS APART, THEY CAN STILL PENETRATE THE SIDE! THESE FAST AND FAST 57MM GUNS ARE DEFINITELY MASTERS OF CHAOS IN THE WILDERNESS! The Huaxia tank troops used their sacrifices to get these vehicles a chance to fire, which seems to be a relatively good deal!

Although he was unwilling, Hube had to admit that the other party seemed to take the initiative, and a large number of high-mobility wheeled vehicles rushed over the tank group in the melee, and even rushed towards Hubei's rear, and the half-track combat vehicles that had just come up to support were directly startled! The thin-skinned half-track starts in front of the slender 6-pounder gun and the 50 machine gun! This is simply the best target, the huge figure of the half-track brought not terror but results, the 6-pound shell solved the problem of insufficient after-effect of the 30MM shell, and an 8-ton half-track worth tens of thousands of marks and the equally expensive anti-aircraft gun on it were solved by a 6-pound shell. THE TWO SIDES ENTERED THE TIME OF THE COMPETITION FOR THE RATE OF FIRE, AND IN THE CASE THAT A SINGLE SHOT CAN DESTROY THE OPPONENT, THE HIGH RATE OF FIRE OF THE 6-POUNDER GUN IS MORE PRACTICAL THAN THE POWER OF THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN!

Half-track self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and their crews were destroyed by a flurry of 6-pounder shells and armor-piercing incendiary shells from 50 machine guns. Wheeled vehicles equipped with electric turrets are exceptionally agile. Often after they have completed the first set of attacks, and just after the second shell has been taken out of the ammunition compartment, the turret has already been turned into place, and the gun is already pointing at the target. ALTHOUGH THESE CRISPY SKINS COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE ATTACKS OF THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, THE GERMANS CLEARLY SUFFERED GREATER LOSSES.

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