The 81_ Guards Tank Regiment of 81266130 tanks was attacked by German tanks, covered by rocket artillery, coupled with the bombing of the Luftwaffe, only 41 tanks escaped, and when they frantically retreated to the starting area, they found that the German tank unit was not chasing at all, but had long been gone.

The Soviet tank army was about the same size as the German Panzer Army, and the whole world was actually very chaotic in World War II (and of course it is very chaotic now). According to the regular establishment, a full division in Germany has about 16,000 soldiers, but now Germany has 470 divisional units and only 5.5 million soldiers.

The establishment of a division in the United States is more than 30,000 people, which is almost the same as the number of a German infantry corps, so we should not be serious about why a German division cannot defeat an American division. A division in Japan is actually an army formation, similar to that of the United States, except that most of the time Japan's division and regiment establishment is more chaotic.

Sometimes there are 30,000 men in a Japanese division, and sometimes there are only 10,000 in a Japanese division, so it is difficult to say how strong the combat effectiveness of a Japanese division is, because the slogan of some Japanese divisions and regiments is extremely belligerent "long martial luck", while the slogan of some divisions and regiments is a bit embarrassing "come back alive".

Wren led his troops, which were now blocking the front of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Union. The 502nd Battalion has 45 Tiger tanks, and if you count the command vehicles of the battalion headquarters and the four self-propelled guns equipped with artillery directly under the battalion, it has about 60 combat vehicles, and at this moment there are 6 tanks that cannot participate in the operation due to malfunctions, while the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army has 2 tank divisions, each of which has two tank regiments, and each regiment has more than 150 tanks.

In fact, in the earlier offensive, the Soviets had lost almost a third of their tanks and vehicles, and now the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army has only about 450 tanks, and if you take into account the attendance rate of the 502nd Battalion of the German Army, which is about 7 times more than the combat vehicles of the 502nd Battalion of the German Army.

It stands to reason that it would be unwise to use a battalion of troops to stop a Soviet tank army, but the back of the 502nd Battalion was the 3rd SS Panzer Division, which was the key to countering the Soviet breakout.

On the other hand, because of the lack of fuel and ammunition, the Soviet troops could not use all their strength to attack the German ** team, according to the calculations of the German generals, the nearly 800 tanks in the Soviet encircled forces (including the entire strength of the 3rd Tank Army) are now less than half. So the disparity in power between the two sides is not as great as it seems, to say the least, it can be said that it is evenly matched.

Now, as the main force of the breakout, the Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Division, which barely maintained the number of tanks, has lost almost one-third of its troops in one breath, and this outcome is unacceptable to the division commander and the army commander behind him in any case, and his colonel is estimated to be the best candidate for the black pot, as long as he returns to the command headquarters, he will be shot.

"Where's my tank, gather your troops!Attack again!Attack again!" Popov struggled to redeem his defeat, but was pinned down by his own gunner.

The artillery commander sighed, pointed to Highway 9 not far away, and said helplessly: "Sir, the 1st Regiment is even worse, they were ambushed by the 3rd Panzer Division of the German SS, and none of the 110 tanks came back. I heard that the commander of the 1st regiment was captured, and the last 50 tanks surrendered without a fight, so let's retreat quickly, and it is estimated that the other side will fight after cleaning up the battlefield. ”

"1 regiment...... It's over?" Popov was stunned, not knowing how many strange things had happened in the short hour he had been unconscious.

"Yes, it's over. Several captives were released to our side, and they had come to tell us to surrender. Here are leaflets from the Germans, who declared that as long as they surrendered, they would treat the prisoners in accordance with international conventions...... "The artillery commander was obviously tempted, after all, if he continued to fight like this, he would probably lose his life here."

"Bastard, how can we surrender? We're going to fight to the death!" Popov reprimanded loudly, his tone full of righteousness and awe-inspiring.

"Colonel Popov! Just after retreating, Mr. Commissar of our regiment was killed by the Germans. A tank commander whispered.

"Killed, go see how much fuel we have left, and let a few of the officers in charge of logistics come to me!" Popov was stunned for a moment, and then began to give his orders.

Soon, the officers of the remaining logistics departments of this regiment came to this temporary regimental headquarters, and some tanks were parked nearby, which was a simple fence.

"Sir, we've stockpiled the rest of the oil here, about 40 barrels, and that's all we can find...... We're better here, and most of the fuel in the rear troops is going to bottom out. A logistics officer reported.

"Let everyone go and get it! We will take this oil with the Germans!" Popov gritted his teeth and said: "We will say to the outside world that we are fighting with the Germans! We must always leave a way for our wives and children in our hometown!"

He stood up, then looked at the small number of tanks around him, and finally added with a sigh: "Then let's surrender...... Now in this way, there is only one way to think of it. ”

Soon, the logisticians who had been sent out to loot for fuel all returned, bringing back some of the fuel for the troops behind, as well as their supplies. Popov looked closely, about 50 barrels of gasoline and some ammunition were delivered by truck, and a political commissar followed.

It seemed that the political commissar didn't seem to have any great skills, but after looking at it, he couldn't wait to go back. He looked at a bullet-riddled tank with his hands behind his back and pouted: "You will continue to attack!" I will report to my superiors about your bravery and loyalty to the Soviet Union. ”

As a result, he didn't have a chance to report his loyalty, because Popov's followers had smashed a hole in the back of his fragile head with a wrench to repair the tank.

In this situation, these Soviet soldiers had no way to retreat if they didn't want to surrender, so everyone waved the white flag and walked out of the temporary position, raising their hands high, shouting surrendered German, and walked to the German defensive position.

And opposite them, two German grenadiers were aiming at them with machine guns. The co-shooter, who was dragging a bullet chain in his hand, squinted at the white flags waving in the hands of the Soviet soldiers, and asked, "Hey, I said, they are here to surrender?"

"It should be, these people are all Soviet tank crews in their costumes, and they should be the people who retreated to the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Guards Tank Division behind the bushes. The heavy's eyes still did not take off the sight, he still pressed the crosshair on the body of a Soviet soldier, and only waited for an order to pull the trigger.

The imaginary exchange of fire did not take place, as a German tank crossed the temporary line of German defense and came in front of the Soviets who were carrying white flags. The Soviets were horrified by what they saw, as they saw the tank's turret painted with the number 113 they feared most.

Lifting the canopy, Wren leaned his upper body out of the turret, habitually, still holding the MP-44 assault rifle in his hand. The Russian that he had learned so hard these days finally came in handy, and a non-fluent, but fairly standard Russian, came out of his mouth: "You are here to surrender?"

"Yes, sir!" Popov, who took the lead, said helplessly, holding his hands: "Our tanks are parked behind the bushes, and there are 40 of them that can still be driven, most of them are KV-1 improved tanks. ”

Wren wore a leaf-like knight's Iron Cross around his neck, which seemed to make his oil-stained commander feel a lot more energetic. And on his chest, there are more medals hanging on his chest, and his legendary experience can also be seen from one side: the graduation medal of the German Armored Forces Command College, the Polish Campaign Commemorative Medal, and the French Campaign Commemorative Medal - in addition to the ongoing war of England and the current Soviet-German War on the Eastern Front, he is almost a living history of German war.

"Bowman, start the tanks, let's go see the tanks!Marcus, you're covering on the flank, tank 114, give it to you on the right flank. He grabbed the throat intercom and gave the order. With his command, the huge Tiger tank shook and slowly moved forward. And on the German position behind this Tiger tank, two more Tiger tanks ran over the bushes and broke out of their hideouts.

Soon, the 502 Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion in Wren sent mechanics and maintenance personnel, and they classified and took over these Soviet tanks, which was the first large-scale capture of Soviet tanks by the German ** team, and these tanks had to be handed over to the technical department to analyze the design characteristics and technical parameters of Soviet tanks.

Rennes's line was soon taken over by troops of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, and he was ordered to follow his battalion headquarters to the original Soviet-German border, and by the afternoon the battalion headquarters of the 502nd Battalion had already crossed the Soviet-German border and became the first German armored unit to enter the territory of the Soviet Union to counterattack.

In the early morning of April 8, the Germans began to counterattack the Soviet border troops, and after the start of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet offensive on the German defense was reversed, and the Germans began to counterattack on the long border.

No one expected that the German army began a frantic counterattack before it completely digested the Soviet troops in the encirclement, and from the moment the German ** team crossed the border, Khrushchev hurriedly issued the supreme order of "no retreat, immediately start counterattacking".