81_81266 If the air battle in the sky was beaten by the Luftwaffe in a one-sided state, then the Soviet Army on the ground played an excellent table that made the world jaw-dropping. The German armored forces did not appear at the various counterattack sites as expected, but the Soviet tank units covered their infantry and broke through several German defensive positions.

As the head of the German front, Khrushchev was discussing the offensive strategy of the Soviet Red Army with several generals. Several Soviet Red Army generals were wooden men left over from the Great Purge, and the entire front command was almost a hall of Khrushchev alone.

And Khrushchev, the political commissar of the front command, also summed up his own experience from the failure of the attack on Poland that year, and this lesson was to make up for his military knowledge in the first few months before he came to the front.

From Zhukov's letters and analyses to the Soviet High Command, he memorized the analysis of the combat capabilities of the German troops. He knew that the weakness of Germany was the inferiority of artillery in a defensive state, and he knew the basic principles of German blitzkrieg. To put it bluntly, blitzkrieg doesn't seem to be a big deal, it's nothing more than investing armor to tear through the opponent's defenses, and then investing more troops to attack the enemy's hinterland from this tear.

So Khrushchev felt that he could also fight a blitzkrieg and break through the Germans' own shield with the spears of the Germans. So he divided several clusters of the main forces in his hands into 5 main offensive areas, attacking the German line of defense in several directions at once.

Today, just after the start of the war, he received the news that he was jubilant, that all five offensive groups had broken through the German defenses, and even a dozen feints had made astonishing progress. The German line, as Zhukov had predicted, seemed to be really vulnerable.

However, if Zhukov had been here, he would have slapped Khrushchev in the mouth, and he said that the German defense was weaker than the attack, and when did he say that the German defense was weak? This method of giving up a few defensive positions on the defensive site could not be more obvious, and the Germans were going to fight a war of encirclement and annihilation! You still threw your troops into the pockets laid out by these people, do you say that your head is full of mush?

At the northernmost point of the Soviet offensive, Timoshenko, the famous Soviet general in charge of the northern theater of operations, disobeyed Khrushchev's order and ordered his troops to stop transferring troops to the defensive areas ceded by the Germans, but the troops he could mobilize were not the main force of the Soviet front-line troops, and only about 200,000 troops were willing to obey his command.

At the same time, Marshal Voroshilov, who was in charge of the South, had always been a notoriously good man, and he maintained an alliance with Khrushchev and was almost obedient to Khrushchev's decisions. Therefore, the central theater and the southern theater under Khrushchev's direct control, as well as most of the main forces of the Soviet army in the northern theater, poured into the encirclement that the German army had already prepared.

It's like someone brought a pillow when you were sleepy, as if you had dug a pit and the prey jumped into it by itself, and the generals such as Liszt Moder and Bock, who commanded the front-line operations in Germany, were a little puzzled by the cooperation of the Soviet army, and they didn't quite believe that their combat goals would be achieved lightly, and even suspected that this was the Soviet army's intention to seduce the German army.

"The 17th Infantry Corps is laying out a new defensive line in the eastern town of Kaliu, where and here the 99th Infantry Division is engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with Soviet troops. A combat staff officer pointed to some areas on the map and said: "General Guderian's Army Group G is on standby here, and the 3rd SS Panzer Division's 502nd Tank Battalion is conducting a limited counterattack against Soviet tank units here." ”

"The 74th Panzergrenadier Division is making a detour, and there are about 190,000 soldiers of the Soviet Red Army in the first encirclement, whose tanks are running out of fuel and lacking artillery support and ammunition supplies. Another staff officer, pointing to another map in the southern region, was briefing Bock on the progress of the battle: "The 6th Division has lost 500 men, but their defensive positions are still there, and the 6th Infantry Corps' defensive line is still within acceptable limits. ”

"The 3rd Panzer Corps began a counterattack on the Soviet central offensive group on the left flank of Encirclement No. 14, and they met with stubborn resistance from the Soviet Red Army, although the pace of advance was satisfactory. Liszt briefed Brauchitsch on the latest situation in the Central Theater of Operations: "The Soviet Union has destroyed our positions with large-caliber artillery here, here, here and in these areas, and the bombardment of the air force has destroyed some of the Soviet weapons, but the other side still insists on firing every half hour. ”

"How many Soviet troops have entered the encirclement that our troops have laid out?" asked Brauchitsch, pointing to the huge ring-shaped defensive positions that looked like entrances to hell.

"The Soviet Red Army in the north has Timoshenko in charge, and probably 300,000 troops have not attacked our army's pocket defensive positions, so General Moder has already rushed to the north to take charge himself. Almost half of the Soviet Red Army units in the center and south entered the encirclement of our army, and our army's counterattack could begin at any time. Liszt said with his hands behind his back.

"After 24 hours, the troops are ordered to carry out the "Requiem Plan", and the counterattack begins!" Brauchitsch looked at the huge sand table in the center of the entire command and said firmly: "Inform Catherine, the operation begins!"

"Boom!" Wren leaned against the Tiger Tank's captain's hatch, watched his seat spew hot flames from the muzzle, destroyed a poor T-26 tank 900 meters away with an armor-piercing projectile, and then pressed the intercom to order Bruce to continue reloading. He knew that in distant England, Wittmann had already painted his 104th record on the barrel of his tank, and that he was now only 68th.

I don't know how that Karyus, who was on the southern front, behaved today, and whether he was so lucky that he was able to destroy the opponent's tank on the first day. He raised his binoculars and looked at the ridge in the distance, where there were already the wreckage of 30 burning Soviet tanks, all destroyed by their company, which was no different from shooting training.

"Marcus! Retreat! Everyone get out of here!" Looking at his watch, this defensive battle had been going on for almost 20 minutes, and Wren felt that since he was already the commander of the five Tiger tanks, it was better to be more steady, so he ordered his men to start retreating: "Tank No. 111 covers! Marcus No. 112! Pay attention to the side slopes." Let's reverse too!"

The teaching company began to retreat in an orderly manner, leaving behind the bewildered Soviet armored units in the distance, and their radio stations were in disarray, and no effective offensive tactics had yet been arranged, and no one had thought of contacting the artillery for support or suppression.

"They're in the woods! I see the light smoke from their muzzles!" shouted a Soviet commander hysterically behind the ridge, among the tanks of the Soviet armored forces.

"We didn't have a chance to go up and open fire, the armor of the KV-1 tank couldn't deal with the German tank, its front armor was penetrated! it was penetrated!" said another tank commander who showed his head and looked at the wreckage of a German Tiger tank that had just emerged and was paralyzed there by the German Tiger tank, and said through the intercom.

Just a few minutes after Wren's tanks had exited the woods, the Soviet artillery was late, and one after another large-caliber shells landed in the woods, which had long been empty, sending broken branches and dirt flying to the height of several floors, looking extremely powerful.

"The Soviets looked angry. Marcus's voice came from Wren's headphones, causing Alice to laugh as they crossed a road at the end of the woods, and then set up another sniper point on the other side of the road. They carefully camouflaged their tanks, camouflaging branches and other things to the turrets of the tanks.

The motorcycle of the reconnaissance company drove from not far away, and a dusty scout with an MP-44 assault rifle on his chest, he stopped next to the tank of the teaching company, and then pointed to the forest not far away and said: "The Soviet tank has just entered the woodland, there are some infantry behind, I can't see the number clearly, it is estimated that there is a battalion." ”

"Are the infantry positions in the back ready?" Wren asked.

"I don't know about this, but you can still hold on for a while, I'll go to the back and ask, if their position is ready, I'll let the company commander call you by radio. ”

"Okay! We'll be here for 20 minutes without a problem, go ahead." Wren nodded, then got out of his hatch, stood on the turret of the tank, raised the binoculars to look at the Soviet troops not far away, and didn't know what he saw, only a few seconds before squatting down again: "Andrey, aim at the 11 o'clock position on the left flank, the other party has learned smart this time, and may have to outflank both wings." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the turret spun around, making a mechanical grinding sound. Holding the hatch with one hand, he jumped into his hatch, adjusting his sitting position while commanding loudly: "Teaching the company to prepare for battle, car No. 111, No. 112 Marcus, tank No. 114, you are responsible for the front, the flanks are handed over to me, car No. 115 is staring at the right flank, if there is a place for the tank to fire." ”

"Yes, sir!" "Understood!" replied several of the commanders in the headset. At the same time, Marcus's voice also came: "Enough friends! Only a dozen seconds passed after these answers, and the cannon of tank No. 114 erupted in flames, and the second battle began so quickly.

For the German soldiers of the 502nd Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, who have experienced a hundred battles, such a battle seems to be described as "easy" -

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