Chapter 853

How big is the Caucasus? Maybe many people don't have an intuitive impression. However, when the German soldiers set foot on this territory, it is now so big that it is unimaginable. They have captured a city, and there are more cities ahead. They have occupied a highland, but now it is only one of thousands of highlands.

Just as the Soviet soldiers looked up at their heads and watched the German planes dive down one by one, throwing bombs at unknown places in the distance, a German Tiger Tank knocked down a big tree with thick wrists and roared out of the woods.

The soldiers of the Soviet Union leaned in their trenches. They looked at the back of the Tiger tank, and a German tank came out of the woods further away. No one was surprised or yelled. They just silently opened their bolt and pushed the bullet into their gun.

There is no need to ring the horn, remind or command. Everyone knows that the battle has begun, and their own destiny no longer belongs to them. On the battlefield, they can only live as much as possible and pray for God to let them continue to live.

A shell landed on the position of the Soviet army, causing a panic. Then more shells fell around the trench, splashing pieces of soil, and everyone's panic was suppressed. Everyone huddled in the corner of the trench with their weapons, praying that these terrible shelling would pass quickly.

"Damn it, the German's infantry artillery coordination is more and more skilled, their troops begin to attack before shelling, the cover is really in place." A Soviet commander crouched in a trench with his helmet in his arms and yelled. His voice was soon drowned in the roar of the shell explosion, and could not be heard at a distance.

It was not easy to survive this round of intensive shelling. The Soviet troops judged by the power of the explosion and the trajectory. There were German howitzers of 15O mm caliber, Soviet goods of 122 mm caliber, and guys of 1o5 and 75 mm caliber, which could be regarded as a large collection of existing German artillery.

By the time the Soviet soldiers had shaken off their bodies and poked their heads out of the trenches to observe the German army on the other side, they were now less than 200 meters away from dozens of tanks under the cover of dense German grenadiers.

"Suddenly! Suddenly The German machine gunner lay down on the ground, and the assistant shooter held the chain in his hand. The two men set up a simple shooting position, and then sprinkled the barrage on the opposite position. Several German machine gun positions opened fire at the same time, and the Soviet Army on the Soviet position could not lift its head.

"Bang!" After a long preparation, the first shot came from the Soviet position. A Soviet soldier with his rifle fired the first shot of the Soviet counterattack at the enemy. With the sound of the gun, the Soviets finally opened fire, but the thin sound of rifles was a little out of proportion to the fierce fire of the German army.

A German commander standing at the edge of the woods put down his telescope, pointed to the troops in front of him, and said to several officers around him: "the air force investigation said that the first line of defense of the Soviet army was only used to delay our attack. Now it seems that it is true."

It seems to confirm the commander's words that the German grenadiers had advanced to the position of the Soviet trench with the tanks. A large number of grenadiers entered the Soviet trench behind the tanks, and the gunfire became more intensive. The Soviet Army collapsed quickly, as if it had no intention to defend this position at all.

One position changed hands, and the German army had gained a firm foothold on the way forward. With the continuous advance of tanks, more German grenadiers invaded the Soviet positions, and there were cries of Soviet soldiers' rout everywhere. The combat effectiveness of both sides was not at the same level.

"It's not too difficult to cut into this kind of position, because the air support is there, and the Soviet artillery support can't swing..." a German officer looked at the battlefield in the distance where there was no suspense, and some couldn't lift their spirits and said: "it's certain that the elite of the Soviet Union in the Caucasus is not here."

"Even without decent artillery support, it seems that the Soviet Union really gave up surovigino." Another German officer shook his head and said, "the Soviets are becoming more and more cautious. It's not a good sign. They don't leave their troops in the wild, but fight with our cities one by one."

With the German attack, the position here has been completely captured. A few German troops are escorting the Soviet prisoners back to retreat. It seems that thousands of Soviet prisoners are listless one after another. They are depressed and look at the German armored command vehicle, some motorcycles and bicycles parked at the roadside.

The German commander for the purpose went to the front of his armored command vehicle, spread a map on the engine compartment cover, looked at it carefully for a while, then pointed to the area around surovigino, and said to a second lieutenant who was following him: "let your reconnaissance troops fan forward, search and move forward, and return immediately in case of resistance. I want to have a look, The Soviets gave up their positions to the west of the Don river. "

"Yes! Sir. 2 km? Or 30 kilometers? " The second lieutenant looked at his officer, trying to confirm his distance.

"Forward, push as many kilometers as you can!" The German commander climbed up his armored car, looked at the Soviet prisoners in front of him, and said, "set up accurate road signs. I want to have lunch in the city of surovigino. My armored forces will make sure that they keep heading west. If you have any trouble with your reconnaissance forces, you can contact my tank captains nearby."“ Yes! Sir! Long live yuan The second lieutenant stood at attention and saluted. Then, under the gaze of the Soviet prisoners behind him, he went to his six wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle. Along with the movement of this reconnaissance vehicle, there are several armored vehicles of the same model around, as well as some motorcycles and off-road vehicles. At this time, a bucket car came from the road from afar and stopped next to the armored car of the German front-line commander. A division staff officer jumped out of the bucket car and stood at attention to salute the regimental commander: "I came here on the order of the division commander to check the progress of your troops. The situation has changed, It seems that the Soviets are giving up their defensive positions west of the Don River in a planned way. "“ Yes, chief of staff. My troops have just confirmed the intelligence of the Air Force reconnaissance plane through a short advance. Their resistance is very slight. It can be said that these places are given to us by the Soviet army. " The commander jumped out of the armored vehicle, went to the chief of staff of the division headquarters, stood at attention, gave a military salute at random, and then said, "I am commanding the troops to search forward and attack all areas on the West Bank of the Don river." The chief of staff of the division nodded and said, "what you said happened to another armored division next door. When they attacked, the Soviet army was on the verge of collapse, so they gave a report to the military headquarters. According to the report, they will occupy the West Bank of the Don river with the fastest speed and encircle tens of thousands of Soviet troops here. " It's not just that the attack here feels like a little bit of a punch on the cotton. Farther away, the German army attacking pererazovsky rushed directly into the city, then caught up with the retreating Soviet infantry on the road behind pererazovsky and directly captured 25oo Soviet prisoners. Along all the lines of defense between pererazovsky and surovigino, the German army successfully broke through, and accumulated 15ooo Soviet prisoners of war. However, these prisoners were newly armed civilians, and many of them did not even have bullets. These Soviet soldiers had been completely abandoned by rokosovsky. They had cut off supplies from a day ago and were hungry waiting for news from the rear. However, while waiting, they were subjected to large-scale German air strikes and fierce ground attacks. They did not know what to do. They did not know why the main force east of the Don river did not support them. They also did not know why artillery, anti-aircraft guns and other weapons and equipment were rushed back to the east of the Don river. By the time they knew they had been abandoned, they had been escorted by the German army to concentration camps in Ukraine and Poland. There was only one purpose for them to stay in the same place and defend their positions, that is, to pile up in the middle of the road like rubbish, slow down the German attack, and gain so little time for the main force of the Soviet Army east of the Don river. The Soviet army, which did not want to hold the front line position at all, collapsed for thousands of miles, and Manstein's offensive degree even exceeded goodrian's G group army. An Armored Regiment that he used as a forward played until October town in the process of going south. In order to wait for fuel, he stopped attacking. In contrast, goodrian's troops were much more conservative. After his troops advanced for dozens of kilometers, they stopped attacking because they couldn't figure out what the Soviet army was doing. Then the German army arrived along the Don river. The two sides had contact in the Don River defense line. The Soviet army and the German army had a brief artillery attack. After the German bombers came again, the Soviet army took the initiative to stop this provocative behavior. Instead of rushing across the don, goodrian waited for his infantry to arrive and set up a pontoon to cross. Within 48 hours of the start of the Caucasus war and the full-scale German offensive, all the German offensive plans were completed, and most of them were completed. But everyone was not happy because they knew that the Soviet army was deliberately shrinking its forces