Fafnir saw a huge chariot, a completely different ricochet shape from the Tiger, a taller body, longer tubes - in front of him was the King Tiger tank.

After the finalization of the first production model of the King Tiger, 20 of them were assigned to the first and second companies of the 503-th separate heavy tank battalion.

Fafnir and his companions immediately plunged into intense familiarization and training, leaving them with only a month at best. The King Tiger is indeed a good tank - at least in defensive battles, and when used for assault, it is not very mobile. During the training, they also heard the grapevine -- it seems that the King Tiger tank and the Tiger tank have been discontinued, and the cutting-edge King Tiger tank has been discontinued just after it is finalized, and it seems that less than 100 units have been produced. But these things could not be verified, and Fafnir soon received orders: the first company was still going to the Italian front, and the Italians were as unreliable as ever, and the second company returned to the eastern front, and the Russians launched a new round of strikes, and the eastern front was crumbling. This time, the place where Fafnir is going is - Odessa.

In January 44, the Soviet Red Army launched a strong offensive in Ukraine, preparing to drive or annihilate the Germans directly from the right bank of Ukraine. In April, the Soviet Red Army had just annihilated the remnants of the German army in the Kolsun-Shevchenkovsky area, and in the battle, the second company of the 503rd battalion to which Fafnir belonged fought hard to tear open the encirclement of the Soviet Red Army, and held out the encirclement bag for a week, so that a large number of surrounded German troops escaped the fate of annihilation, but there is no doubt that almost all the technical equipment was abandoned or blown up, and it can be said that the Germans escaped empty-handed。 During the battle, Fafnir's King Tiger showed what it had in mind, perfectly implementing the designer's idea of accurately destroying all types of Soviet tanks at a distance of 2 km. Fafnier's King Tiger No. 223 with a tiger's skull painted on it plunged the Soviet tank crews into a nightmare, and one tank after another was destroyed by the demon from afar, and their counterattack was helpless against the devil. As a result, the slogan circulated among the Soviet tank crews: "Stay away from the skeleton tiger!" When Fafnir and his companions returned to the vicinity of Odessa, countless wreckage of Soviet tanks were abandoned on the battlefield.

The reliability of the Tiger was a tragedy after all, and none of the 10 King Tigers of the entire second company were destroyed by the Soviet Red Army, but three of them had to be abandoned due to the failure of the walking gear, and were blown up by the sappers themselves. The rumors have also been confirmed, and the battalion commander said that the loss of the Tiger King will be lost, and there will be no later supplements, but the Tiger still has excess to repair and open for the three groups of unlucky eggs.

In April, the 1st Company also arrived at the Odessa front, and Fafnir saw a Karl with a head wrapped like a mummy. This guy was hit by shrapnel from the Yankees' naval artillery shells while the probe was directing, and although he did not die, he was certainly disfigured......

The Ukrainian Third Front Army on the opposite side is ready to move, and the movement of troops and weapons is very frequent, and it seems that a huge offensive is about to be launched. The second company of the 503rd Battalion was transferred to form a battle group with other units in an attempt to launch an offensive to disrupt the Soviet army's offensive preparations and buy time for the Germans. On the night of April 12, under the cover of the superior Luftwaffe, this battle group launched an offensive in the Kishinev direction against the vanguard departure positions of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

The Soviet Red Army was caught off guard at first, and before sunrise on the 13th, the Germans wedged into the positions of the Soviet Red Army for more than 20 kilometers, a large number of weapons were destroyed, and it is estimated that one division was routed. But immediately after sunrise, the Soviet Red Army stabilized the front, and a large number of troops were thrown into the German breach to close the gap, and at the same time the Soviet Red Army launched an attack in advance, and the two flanks began to assault the German positions, intending to encircle the assault German battle group far.

Fafnir fought fiercely at the arrow, and a large number of Soviet Red Army T34 and Stalin 2 tanks appeared in front of him, and behind him were only 5 Tiger Kings and more than 20 Panthers plus about the same number of No. 4Hs, and the only fire support was a squad of Rhino Horns and a few No. 4 assault guns and a large number of pursuers. The Soviet Red Army tanks on the opposite side had roughly exceeded a hundred in the periscope, scattered and surrounded. The King Tiger tank took advantage of the range advantage to shoot from a distance, and at the same time used its body as a weak assault gun to resist the Soviet fire.

"Damn!4 o'clock!2300 m Stalin 2!" Fafnier yelled. Armor-piercing shells were fired at his command, and he and the wingman took cover against the huge number of Soviet tanks. There were also very capable guys in the Soviet tanks - and their experience points were also up...... Shooting becomes more accurate, and the premonition becomes stronger. The Stalin 2 Improved Heavy Tank was a difficult opponent, with great firepower and maneuverability above the King Tiger, but thanks to the King Tiger's 88 gun had the advantage in aiming and range, destroying it one by one from afar, and the King Tiger ignored the T34's 85 gun, which was fought by the Panther and the 4H.

The battle lasted all day, and the Germans were once again exhausted, and their inferiority in strength and weapons made it impossible for them to attack anymore - only to drag the Soviet Red Army for a day. Fafnir was almost depleted of armor-piercing shells and had little fuel left, and after a replenishment the Germans began to retreat, leaving some snipers behind to fight the pursuing Soviet troops.

Marty Hansen. A German infantry sniper whom Fafnier knew only after the attack and his observer Marcos Sean entered the Black Forest under Fafnier's watchful eye, preparing to set up an ambush on the road through the forest to hunt down targets for the Soviet Red Army. On more than one occasion in the previous battles, Fafnir had seen Marty Hansen's marksmanship - accurately shooting half-exposed Soviet tankers at a distance of nearly a kilometer, and quickly killing Soviet snipers and soldiers flashing through the ruins of buildings at a distance of hundreds of meters...... This has happened more than once. Fafnier also once asked Marty Hansen and Max Shawn about their records, "255" Matty Hansen did not say, and Max Shawn opened his mouth and said, "The record of our sniper group!" Marty Hansen proudly stroked the first iron cross on his neckline.

The situation was unknown to Favnier, but for a whole day no Soviet Red Army appeared from the road in the forest to pursue them, and later Fafnir also saw that the forest was covered with Soviet heavy artillery, and the flames were soaring. He never saw those two snipers again......

Marty Hansen and Max Sean did their duty in the woods, and the Soviet war history admits that there may have been 90~120 people shot in the woods and on the road, a whole tank regiment was blocked in the woods by snipers, and more than 15 commanders and tank regiment commanders could have been shot by German snipers in the woods. In the end, he had to call in the heavy artillery of the division and military family to raze the entire forest before passing.