Chapter 199: The German army hidden in the dark
The Soviet artillery coverage continued for more than two hours until it was destroyed by bombing General Hot's front-line defense position.
The Soviet air force lost all their bombs before evacuating them in a swagger.
Then the Soviet tank cluster turned into a large group of black and steel torrents; amid the rumble of the earth, they rushed towards General Hot's German position.
Behind these tank groups, there was a large number of infantry troops advancing in depth formations.
Along the way, the Soviet troops could see many destroyed trenches, iron blood nets, concrete bunkers, and minefields.
There were also many German corpses lying down in a row.
"It seems that our artillery fire cover and air strikes are very powerful! It actually destroyed the first two lines of defense of the German army into ruins and corpses everywhere!"
"Speak quietly! Although we found a lot of German corpses, we did not see German tanks or other armored vehicles! And there were not many weapons such as artillery and mortars! I was worried that the German army would be ambushed!"
"But now we all see this place clearly at a glance! There is nothing except the battlefield with corpses and ruins!"
"Or they are ambushing the army in front, waiting for us to attack!"
"Or! But I don't think you have to worry so much! Didn't you see our tank army opening the way forward? If the German army really ambushed, the target of attacking first should be our tank group! We infantrymen are relatively safe!"
"This... seems to be true! But I don't know why I always feel uneasy! I hope something unexpected happens!"
"Hey! What are you afraid of! We are now four fronts to deal with a German army group, which is as simple as cats and mice! We are already several times stronger than the German army in terms of strength and weapons!"
"Well! That's too! We have a lot of people and a lot of equipment! It seems that my worries are really psychological factors!"
As the Soviet infantry army was advancing cautiously, many soldiers were whispering in a low voice.
And at this moment, in the silent position filled with smoke, several flashes suddenly flashed and exploded.
In an instant, the limbs of the eight Soviet infantry bombed were split, and the howlings resounded throughout the world.
"It's a minefield! Be careful! The German army has also set up other minefields here!"
Seeing such a sudden tragedy, the senior Soviet officers warned loudly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As their shouts just started, the sound of explosions of the German bomber attacks against the rocket launcher was heard one after another on the vanguard positions of the Soviet tank group.
At the same time, other anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns of the German army also began to sing the song of death, constantly destroying the Soviet T-34 tanks.
"There are German firepower points in front of me, counterattack quickly! Counterattack!"
When the Soviet army was attacked by the German army unexpectedly and destroyed more than 10 tanks, the high-level commander of the Soviet army immediately issued a battle order in anger.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The German gunners did not pay attention to the counterattack orders of the Soviet commanders; instead, they continued to stare at the gun's sight with their eyes and prepared to fire the targets they aimed at.
Not long after, the Soviet tanks that were marching in the front were successively destroyed by the German anti-tank rocket launchers, as well as other anti-tank guns and artillery one by one.
However, the Soviet tank group and the Soviet infantry and mortar teams who rushed to support them quickly also reacted as quickly as possible and counterattacked.
So soon a brief and fierce battle began.
However, this battle was really short, because the German artillery team retreated very quickly.
They basically retreated immediately as soon as the sneak attack was completed, and even left behind more than a dozen artillery and anti-aircraft guns that they had not had time to move away.
However, before they retreated, they used explosives to explode these weapons and equipment, and did not seize them for use by the Soviet army.
After less than half an hour of fierce battle, more than 30 tanks were blown up and thick black smoke was emitting on the spot; or when it was burning, the senior Soviet officers were all gloomy and gritted their teeth.
The result of this battle was soon reached Rebarco's ears.
After hearing such unusable news, Rebarco did not raze and curse, nor did he complain or insult.
His emotions were very calm, and his eyes were full of fierce light, shining, making people shudder.
Then he ordered his subordinates to count the tanks of their troops and the casualties reports of their personnel.
Because he attacked his 3rd Guard Tank Army Group and other tank army groups, he had to know that those tanks were the losses of his troops.
Only by doing this can he make a correct judgment for the next step of his battle.
After a moment, he realized the loss of his tank group, about 9 tanks.
After knowing this number, Rebarco breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he quickly continued to issue various counterattack orders to all the high-level officers of his troops.
With his order issued, the 3rd Guard Tank Army operated efficiently and continued to move towards the German army's large rear defensive position with great momentum.
But soon they were blocked by a large number of minefields of the German army.
At the same time, a large number of engineers must be dispatched to clear the mines.
After finally clearing out the German minefields, they continued to move forward cautiously.
However, when these Soviet troops passed through a large area of silent and unmanned German-occupied areas, their vigilance gradually relaxed, and they all thought that the German remnants had escaped.
At this moment, they had not yet discovered that as their vanguard troops penetrated deeper into the enemy's formation, their contact with the subsequent army was suddenly interrupted.
In addition to them, the other scattered and relatively open Soviet troops also suddenly experienced this situation; they were still ignorant and were still secretly and happily guessing the German army's escape.
With the Soviet army's increasingly contemptuous attitude, the ambush positions carefully prepared by General Hot and Chief of Staff Hahert are also waiting for the arrival of these careless Soviet troops.
Chapter completed!