A leopard tank parked on the side of the road is burning. The base of its turret has been separated from the car body because of the explosion. The whole turret, like a broken head, is connected to the car body askew and twisted to one side. The slender barrel pointed to the ground powerlessly, as if in silence for the dead.
On the other side of the tank, a Tiger tank was parked. The soldiers on it were eating. It was obvious that the blackened bodies on the side of the tank did not affect their appetite.
While eating cooked food, Ryan looked at the map in his hand. Not far in front of his tank, on a Tiger tank in charge of guard, the commander was looking into the distance with his telescope. The map shows that they have penetrated into the interior of the Soviet defense line, penetrating deep into the skin like a steel knife.
The grenadiers have followed. They are used to laying German flags on the top of houses in occupied areas. This is one of the means to prevent the air force from mistakenly bombing. Although the weather is bad and there is no aircraft support, these German soldiers still mechanically abide by some of the codes of conduct they need to abide by.
"Move your mouth, sir. The soldier broke his leg." Bruce ate warm food and complained about the crazy attack. Their company walked on the road for a day, defeated dozens of Soviet Red Army troops in the village on the defensive Road, fought several large-scale battles and destroyed more than 30 Soviet tanks.
However, there were not many happy faces, because the tanks they destroyed were basically pitiful T-26 tanks. These old equipment had been out of date at the beginning of the Soviet German war. Now these tanks are just targets and pose little threat to German tanks.
The German tank soldiers are very worried about the safety of the friendly forces. They think that the tanks of the Red Army of the Soviet Union are much stronger than those of the rubbish. Since those powerful tanks are not here, they must be in other places. This time, the heavy tanks of the Soviet Union are concentrated, Obviously, the number is huge. The information that the Soviet Red Army's tank troops, so large that they are near Kharkov, have been transferred, is really disturbing.
And, on the other hand, the German army lost too much on the way to attack. It's said that more than 3000 people were killed, more than 5000 people were injured, and a total of 70 tanks were lost before they reached their present position. This is related to the speed of propulsion. Goodrian didn't care too much about the casualties of the troops in order to achieve the effect of penetration.
As a result, Ryan's armored company was pushed directly in front of the whole offensive force. This morning, a new tank headed by the front crushed an anti tank mine. The huge shock wave broke the track of the tank and injured two soldiers inside. Ryan, they were forced to slow down and wait for the engineers to come up and deal with the minefield.
Later, it turned out that there was no large-scale Soviet minefield nearby, and they were able to move on, but then they were met with the desperate resistance of the Soviet Red Army. When they occupied the town, a friendly leopard tank was destroyed by the road, which showed how fierce the fighting was at that time.
"The people of the investigation company came back and said that there was a defensive position set up by the Soviets in front. They heard that there were anti tank guns. They were inexperienced and opened fire on the people of the investigation company. As a result, the position of one gun was exposed." Ryan did not look up, while eating his warm can, he said to Andre who had already eaten.
Andre nodded and looked away: "to tell you the truth, I have a hunch that these Soviet soldiers are not preventing us from going to Kharkov. I think they're luring us there. "
"You're right. It's not an elaborate defense system, and the soldiers we captured or defeated are not well-trained soldiers." Ryan nodded, wiped the spoon clean, put it in his personal belongings box, and then threw the empty can into the recycling bag. Germany is short of metal, so they will try their best to recycle some of the things that can be recycled. Cans are one of the important recycling items.
These woven bags for recycling will be left at the assembly point, then taken away by the recycling department and sent to other departments for recycling. While wiping his mouth with his sleeve, Ryan said to Andre: "I asked about the smell of traps from the beginning of turning to attack the north. This is not a battle. I can feel that the defense line organized by the Soviet Union here can only be regarded as bait, and it is not qualified bait."
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"There is only one flaw in this plan!" Zhukov narrowed his eyes and said, "we can't train all the soldiers to be good at fighting, so most of the soldiers deployed in the southern front are recruits. There is no way to count on the combat effectiveness of these troops."
"New recruits are bound to suffer heavy losses, and they are prone to collapse or surrender on a large scale. What's wrong with that?" The staff member asked suspiciously: "if the Germans have captured too many prisoners, will they still think about it?"
"Don't underestimate the professional soldiers in Germany. Their noses are very smart. Sometimes the intuition of soldiers will make them feel dangerous. This is the quality that a senior commander should have." Zhukov said with a smile: "it's too easy to attack. We don't have extra troops to build a defense line around Kharkov to show the Germans, so they will approach Kharkov very quickly!"
He flicked his fingers across the map and finally settled on Kharkov, who had become the entrance to hell. He continued: "too fast! Too fast, so easy to suspect! I'm afraid they will hesitate and not be fooled! If they don't attack Kharkov, we won't be able to trap the German armored forces with the mire of war, and the trouble will still exist. "“ Fortunately, they went north! " The staff officer breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the map with pride, and seemed quite satisfied with what the Germans had been deceived. His eyes fell on Rebecca and he said triumphantly. Just when he said this, goodrian gave the order to continue to march northward. 200000 elite troops of G group army were making a fierce attack northward. The straight-line distance from sheberinka was only tens of kilometers. Ryan sat on the shaking tank and said helplessly to Andre beside him: "there is no way to do this. Even if we feel that the enemy is not right, Guderian, a group commander, would not think so. In a few days, we captured 100000 Soviet Red Army soldiers and broke through eight enemy lines, which is enough to cover up some clues. "“ So we just hit the trap? " Andre looked at Ryan and asked“ If the prey is strong enough, even the trap can be torn open! " Ryan narrowed his eyes, pressed his throat phone and said, "all the tanks in company 1! be careful! Get ready to fight! Danger ahead! The enemy has at least one anti tank gun. Be careful not to be killed! " Andre got into his combat position, and then buckled the canopy on his head. Bruce stuffed a high explosive bomb into the gun. For so many days, the German army seldom met the Soviet tank troops, so they generally preferred high explosive bomb to fight. Further away, Marcus buttoned up his hatch, and the thick barrel of the Tiger Tank pointed forward to the Soviet Red Army's position over there, speeding up“ Machine gun cover! Let the grenadiers attack! Marcus! The right wing is yours! The second platoon tanks are on the left! Eliminate anti tank fire! Be careful Raine yelled. The bullets were coming at him, whistling over his hat“ Boom Because an anti tank gun's hidden position had been detected in advance, Andre did not hesitate to fire a shell to the dangerous area. As expected, there was a big gun hidden there. The shield of the gun and several artillery around it were blasted off by shrapnel, which turned into a mess. More than a dozen Soviet soldiers escaped from the foxhole, turned around and tried to run back, but they were knocked down by machine gun bullets coming from all directions without running for a few steps. The course machine guns of German tanks opened fire fiercely, and some Soviet soldiers were hit in the head by bullets just after they were exposed. The Grenadier behind the tank has spread out the attack formation. These soldiers follow the tank carefully, and then help the tank to clean up some missing Soviet anti tank men. These soldiers who attack the tank with explosive bags rarely carry weapons, so the infantry is very easy to deal with“ Suddenly! Suddenly, suddenly A German Grenadier, armed with an assault rifle, fired his own bullet at a leaky fish. The bullet made several holes in the opponent's body, and blood gushed out in an instant. The Soviet Red Army man was still holding the fuse of the explosive bag in his hand, which seemed to be about to ring. Before the German tanks and grenadiers took over, more Soviet soldiers rushed out of the woods in the distance, trying to get back the positions they had just lost. Of course, the German army would not give in to each other. The two sides fought together again. However, the German self-propelled artillery in the distance fired a row of shells. When these shells exploded one hole after another in the crowd of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union retreated. They left more than 1000 bodies, but they did not achieve any results. As the gunfire went away, Ryan lifted the canopy of his tank, showed his head, looked around, and then jumped out of his tank with his hands. There were several craters around him, where his feet fell to the ground, and the body of a Soviet soldier was lying quietly. A few minutes ago, they were still enemies. Now, they belong to a different world.