Chapter 1112

"Oh my God! The German tanks are so powerful, it's not like we're fighting a war, but going to die!" A Russian tank soldier said in horror.

"The German tank defense is too strong. We hit them just now. However, the opponent still has nothing to do."

Indeed, the Tiger and Leopard tanks equipped by the German Army have amazing defense capabilities. After referring to Qin Tian's constructive opinions, the tiger and leopard tank of this time and space has more amazing defense than the tiger and leopard tank of another time and space, and its overall performance is also stronger. Not to mention the T-28 tanks, T-26 tanks and BT-7 fast tanks currently equipped by the Russian army, even if the T-34 tanks are really in service, they are absolutely vulnerable. The gap between the tanks of the two sides is really too big, which naturally makes this tank battle completely one-sided.

"Retreat, no further advance. Otherwise, the Germans will destroy us all!"

Some Russian tank soldiers had been frightened, and began to retreat without authorization when they did not receive an order to retreat. This made the Russian tank charge formation immediately chaotic.

Some tanks trying to turn around and escape even collided with the charging tanks, and the scene was very chaotic.

The 88th Armored Division of the German Army will naturally not let go of this rare opportunity. Major General Heinrich immediately gave the order to attack.

The German tanks began to press on the Russian tanks. While marching, they fired at the same time, destroying the Russian tanks at a long distance as much as possible. In this way, not only can the Russian tanks be eliminated, but also their own safety can be guaranteed as much as possible.

Under such blows from the German armored forces, the Russian army lost more and more tanks. This also caused the morale of the Russian army to continue to decline. The collapse of the army seemed to be imminent.

"It's over, it's over!" Major General Chekov closed his eyes in pain when he saw this scene. He knew that this time they had lost a complete defeat. In the battle with the German armored forces, they had no chance of winning at all. It's not that their soldiers don't fight hard, but that the gap between the two sides is really too big.

"Comrade General, what should we do now?" Colonel Karnovsky, commander of the 1st Division of the Russian Guards Motorized Rifle, asked in horror.

"Order the troops to retreat!" Major General Chekov said helplessly.

"How should we explain to Comrade Commander?" Karnovsky hesitated.

Disobeying the orders of superiors and retreating without authorization is also a serious crime in the Russian army! Even without waiting for the order from above, those political commissars were able to order their arrest.

"Comrade Commander, I will explain. If we don't retreat, our tanks will be completely destroyed by the Germans. Anyway, we need to leave some seeds for our troops." Chekov said.

Chekov then gave the order to retreat. On the battlefield, the remaining tanks and armored vehicles of the 12th Russian Tank Army and the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division began to turn around and retreat.

However, after the previous fierce battle, they didn't have many tanks left at all. Moreover, it is impossible to withdraw these tanks. How could the German 88th Armored Division let them go so easily? This is the result of the battle!

Major General Heinrich gave the order to pursue. The tanks of the 88th Armored Division started their pursuit at full throttle. Moreover, the tanks of the Russian army are facing the German army with their buttocks at this moment, which makes them more likely to be destroyed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The 88th Armored Division of the German Army slaughtered the tanks and armored vehicles of the 12th Russian Tank Corps and the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division in less than an hour of fighting, and only some infantry fled in the chaos.

When the 88th Armored Division showed its power, the 8th Armored Division also wiped out the 15th Tank Army and the 179th Tank Brigade under the Russian 3rd Tank Army on another battlefield. Although, the 3rd Russian Tank Army still has the 154th Infantry Division and the 264th Infantry Division left. But the most important armored combat power has lost its price, making this tank army almost exist in name only.

After the German 8th Armored Division solved the main armored combat power of the Russian Western Front, it continued to advance. Start to use powerful armored combat power to assault the Russian defense line.

With armored troops as the vanguard, the Russian defense line was easily torn apart as if it were made of paper.

Not only the German 8th Armored Division is progressing smoothly, but the other four armies of the German B Army are also progressing smoothly. After all, the other infantry armies of the German army all had an armored division under their jurisdiction. Most of the other ten infantry divisions also have one or two mechanized infantry divisions. The rest of the troops are all motorized infantry divisions, and there are no pure infantry divisions anymore. Of course, this is the credit of Germany's 20 years of preparation. The infantry divisions formed later will be slightly inferior in terms of equipment. After all, a motorized infantry division needs thousands of trucks, and if other vehicles are added, the number will be even more astonishing. Needless to say, the military expenditure is spent, and it takes a long time to produce these equipments alone.

Under the 3rd Russian Army, the 4th Infantry Army, the 11th Mechanized Army, the 68th Fortification Area, Artillery and other units under the Russian Army. This army group, as the main force of the Western Front, was visited to the front. Therefore, they were also attacked by the 8th Panzer Army, the most powerful of the German B Army.

Originally, General Timoshenko also hoped to use the 3rd Tank Army to stop the two armored divisions of the German 8th Panzer Army and buy more time for the 3rd Army to hold on to the line of defense. However, the rapid defeat of the 3rd Tank Army made his plans come to naught. After the German 8th Armored Division and 88th Armored Division eliminated the 3rd Russian Tank Army, they did not attack the frontal defense line of the Russian 3rd Army, but detoured from the two wings.

Frontally attacking the defense line of the Russian 3rd Army is the 81st Mechanized Infantry Division, the 82nd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 84th Motorized Infantry Division, the 85th Motorized Infantry Division and the 86th Motorized Infantry Division under the jurisdiction of the 8th Army. .

In the previous violent shelling and bombing by the German army, the defense line of the Russian 3rd Army was already riddled with holes. The mechanized infantry divisions and motorized infantry divisions of the German army all have armored units. Under their attack, the defense line of the Russian 3rd Army was torn apart in less than two hours.