With the arrival of September, there is finally a refreshing coolness on the Ukrainian plains, but the temperature is still hot during the day, and the lush scenery reflects the explosion clouds rising on the horizon, making every qiē here smell of gunpowder. The Ukrainian plain is far from the peace it longs for, at least near the front line of the Soviet-German armies, and the war has not left.

Two Leopards drove unhurriedly on the road 17 kilometers east of Brovare, one with three white bars painted on the barrel and the other with a thick white line and a thin white bar. According to the German battle livery standard, one of these two tanks has destroyed three enemy tanks, and the other is an ace who has destroyed 11 enemy tanks.

As the war progressed, most of the German ace tank crews were transferred to the heavy tank destroyer battalion, because in these tank destroyer battalions, they could be equipped with Tiger tanks with thicker armor and stronger guns at the first time, becoming the main force of sharper armored forces and achieving more results.

However, due to the huge base of Soviet tanks and the limited production capacity of Tiger tanks, not all German tank ace crews could be replaced with more advanced Tiger tanks at the first time. More German tank crews were still using Leopards, and at least with these skilled tank crews, the Leopards were powerful enough to intimidate any opponent.

"Be careful, the guys in the reconnaissance battalion said that the Soviets took control of the nearby positions half an hour ago, and it is very dangerous for us to march like this, chief!" In the headset, the commander of the tank in the back cautiously said to the ace commander in front, after all, they are really in the enemy-occupied area now, and this is not the time to take it lightly.

This time, the intelligence said that the enemy situation was relatively vague, and many things were not clearly described, and the German troops who held their positions had a squad of about 15 people, but because the Soviets' attack was too fierce, the soldiers of this squad did not send much useful information, and they were completely annihilated by the other side.

There are many vague phrases in the short adjectives, such as the soldier in this squad mentioning "a large number of enemy troops" and mentioning the use of "new tanks", but no one knows what the exact situation is.

The Germans then sent reconnaissance units to reconnaiter in the direction of the Soviet Red Army's attack, but the results were not satisfactory, they were blocked by the Soviet infantry, and it was impossible to know exactly how many tanks were behind the Soviet troops, nor what model of tanks they were.

This kind of unclear information could not indicate the basic combat of the front-line soldiers, and could not even be used as a reference when formulating tactics, and the Soviet troops were obviously experts in combat, so they used worthless infantry to prevent the German army from infiltrating and detecting nearby areas at the expense of exposing their firepower.

What's even more annoying is that the new Soviet tank in the mouth of the German infantry, what is it, no one can say clearly, in fact, there are many German infantry who have seen Soviet tanks, but most of them are just common T-26 tanks and KV-1 tanks, so before the infantry squad was completely annihilated, the new Soviet tank mentioned may be a relatively rare KV-2 tank, or it may be the latest Soviet T-34 new tank, or it may be a Soviet tank that has never been seen before.

If it was a KV-2 tank, then the Germans would need to use the Tiger tank to take out these behemoths, and if it was a new T-34 tank, the Leopard tank would obviously be enough, and there was no need for a more bulky Tiger tank to rush over.

In the end, the German armored forces in the vicinity, that is, a Leopard tank destroyer battalion directly under the division headquarters, decided to send two Leopard tanks to check on the situation first, and if they were in trouble, they would request support from the nearby heavy tank destroyer battalion. After all, I don't know the true size of the other party, so it is very irrational to rush to call for support.

"The Soviets have long been frightened by us, and now their counterattack can only be maintained locally, and there is nothing to be afraid of at all!" The German ace tank commander who was walking in front of the car answered the words of the tank commander behind him with his other hand while holding a telescope in his other hand to look at the other side of the road.

He was talking about contempt for the enemy, but destroying so many tanks was definitely not something that could be done by tank performance alone. He is also a warrior who has been tempered on the battlefield, and he is naturally not a straw bag. Therefore, he still carefully observed the enemy situation in the danger area, hoping to find the target he wanted to see in the first time.

This is not an ordinary Soviet armored detachment, at least the other side is not a bunch of idiots at the rookie level. These Soviet tankmen did not rush to cross the road to expand their counterattack once they had succeeded, nor did they set up second-rate ambush positions on the edge of the woods next to the road, where they knew where the target was at a glance.

"Car No. 2! Did the battlefield reconnaissance report given by the reconnaissance company just now confirm that the opponent's infantry defense offensive was eliminated and a Soviet machine gun was destroyed?" He looked at the most likely spot in the distance where the opponent's tank was most likely to appear, and asked his own question with a frown.

"Yes, Sergeant Major, the information coming out of the reconnaissance company is clear, they killed about 24 Soviet soldiers, and one of our soldiers was killed. In the tank in the back, the commander was also looking for a target with a telescope. He couldn't compare to the ace commander in front of him, and he didn't dare to say anything big.

During World War II, all tank observation systems were relatively simple, unable to quickly provide the commander with a 360-degree all-round field of vision, nor could the commander comfortably observe the situation around the tank, and there were many blind spots - so during World War II, most German tank commanders liked to put their heads out of the tank hatch to command the battle. This will allow the commander to better understand the situation around the tank and make it easier for his tank to react correctly.

"It seems that the Soviets did not take advantage of anything, so they retreated with their men, just as they had done the other day north of Brovare. The ace tank commander in front put down the telescope in his hand, because he really didn't find any suspicious targets with threats at a distance of 500 meters, so in his opinion, the Soviets should have withdrawn.

After all, in the experience of the German armored forces, there were not many enemy tanks capable of threatening the frontal armor of the German Leopard tanks at a distance of 500, so they were used to looking for threatening targets and suspicious locations at this distance - no one would lay in ambush outside the effective penetration distance of their own artillery, right?

"Boom!", a shell accurately hit a section of the road not far away, kicking up a cloud of dirt and gravel, because the distance was so close, even some small stones flew to the top of the German tank, hitting the armor steel plate with a loud sound. There was even some dust that kicked up, obscuring the vision of the German ace commander in a matter of seconds.

"Enemy attack! The enemy is firing! They are aiming at us and firing!" shouted the German tank commander behind him pressed the throat intercom, and while shouting loudly to remind his companions, he commanded his tank to avoid the enemy's fire: "Slow down, reverse! We may be targeted by the other side!"

The Leopard tank in front of it did not stop in place, and only when it had a good angle of attack and had a sight to aim did the tank stop and adjust the angle of the gun to prepare for firing, and at other times, especially when it was dangerous, it should try to keep its own movement.

"I didn't find where the other side fired! I didn't find where the other side fired! Did you see the No. 2 car? Answer me!" On the radio of the Leopard tank in front, the voice of the ace commander was anxiously repeating over and over again, but the commander of the tank behind looked at the telescope for a long time, but he did not find the exact location of the opponent's fire.

"I'm looking for the smoke that came out of the other party's fire, but there is no obvious smoke and dust rising nearby, I can't see it, maybe it's in the woods on the side, I'm not sure!" The commander of the tank behind also panicked, this kind of battle where you can't find an opponent is too terrible, and the battlefield where you can only be beaten and can't fight back is definitely more desperate than Shura Hell.

"Whew!" another shell whizzed by, causing the air around it to tremble, and the shell didn't hit anything, grazing the top of the Imperial tank's hull and flying past.

"Hurry up and find them! Find them before we can fire back! Look at the power should be the main gun of the KV-2 tank, judging by the rate of fire there are more than one!" The ace commander came to his own conclusion, and quickly ordered the tank behind him to look for the opponent with him, after all, being able to find the enemy is the first step in counterattack.

In the telescope, the sight of the commander of the Leopard tank behind him was wandering back and forth, he swept the distance with the telescope, and then lowered the telescope to take a closer look in the direction where the shells were flying. Soon he saw the green smoke that was about to drift away, but the distance seemed a little strange.

In the end, he decided to tell the ace commander in front of him about his discovery, after all, this was the only truly suspicious target area he had found in such a long time: "At a distance of about 1,100 meters on our side, there was smoke and dust rising, and I think the other party's tank should be there!"

"This can't be! How could the other side fire at a distance of 1,100 meters?" the ace commander was stunned when he heard this conclusion: "Even the KV-2 tank can't be! These damn Soviet bastards! Are they crazy?"