The troops that attacked the Soviet positions were repelled in a very short time, one of the tank companies was wiped out, and one infantry battalion suffered heavy casualties. Such a defeat made General Hornerdolph, the commander of the Sixth Armored Division, particularly embarrassing.
He called the two commanders of the 11th Armored Regiment and the 114th Grenadier Regiment to his command center and scolded them: "What are you doing? Not only can you not break through the Russians' defense, but on the contrary, the troops paid such a heavy price."
"Sir, the commander of the Division," said Hornadorf tremblingly after he finished speaking: "Maybe the Russians received reinforcements, thus strengthening their combat effectiveness."
"Even if the Russians receive reinforcements, they won't beat you so badly?" Hornerdolph said angrily: "The Russians' replenishing troops are basically recruits, and their tactics are dull and outdated. One of our battalions can beat them and a division. The colonel immediately draws another tank company and follow me to the front. I want to see what is the difference between these Russians and the Russians they have met before?"
"Secretary, no." Hearing Hornerdolph said he wanted to go to the front line in person, the Chief of Staff hugged him quickly and persuaded him hard: "The front is too dangerous, you can't go."
"My subordinates have just lost the battle and their morale must be very low." Hornerdolph said confidently: "As long as they see me appearing on the front line, they will re-energize morale and continue to fight against the Russians."
Seeing that Hornerdolph said everything to this, the Chief of Staff knew that nothing he said was useless, so he could only watch Hornerdolph pick up a tank hat hanging on the wall and leave the command center with the commander of the 11th Armored Regiment.
Hornerdolf was going to take a tank to the front, and the tank commander would definitely not arrange an ordinary tank for him, but personally arranged a leopard tank for him. The armored regiment commander said to Hornerdolf: "Secretary Commander, the Russians may have strong anti-tank firepower, and our No. 3 and No. 4 tanks are easily destroyed by them. I think you should take this Leopard tank, which is the nemesis of the Russian T-34."
Although Hornerdolph showed fearlessness when he was in the command center, he thought that the Soviet army could easily destroy one of his tank companies in a short period of time. Since all the officers and soldiers of the tank company were killed, he could not accurately figure out what kind of anti-tank weapons the Soviet army used.
If the tank leader really arranged an ordinary tank for him, he might be happy. When he saw the tank arranged for him, it was the nemesis of the T-34 - the Leopard Tank, a smug smile appeared on his face. He nodded and, with the assistance of two tank soldiers, he got into the Leopard Tank.
After closing the hatch, he ordered other tanks via radio: "In a wedge-shaped formation, advancing towards the Russian positions."
Although the attack failed less than an hour ago, it seemed particularly hasty to launch an attack again. But at this time, the division commanders were all riding in tanks and rushed towards the Russian positions. So can other German officers and soldiers stay in the fortifications and rest with peace of mind? So, groups of infantry followed far behind the tanks and advanced towards the Soviet positions.
Sokov, who was staying in the observation center, saw a group of German tanks appearing again, and said to Koida with a smile: "Comrade Colonel, it seems that you have not hurt the enemy just now. Otherwise, they would not have launched an attack again so quickly."
"Then let's teach them a lesson this time and beat them up and cry." As soon as Koida said this, she suddenly exclaimed, then raised the telescope in front of her eyes, staring at the German tanks that were sailing over.
"Comrade Colonel." Sokov felt that Koida's reaction was a little strange, so he asked curiously: "What have you seen?"
"Comrade Commander," Koida pointed at the German tank in the distance and said to Sokov: "The tank at the front of the German wedge formation is a Panther tank specially used by the German army to deal with our T-34."
"I can see it." Sokov just nodded slightly and said disapprovingly: "Not to mention the leopard tank, even if the tiger tank appears, our bazooka can still turn them into a pile of scrap iron."
"No, Comrade Commander, you misunderstood what I mean." Koida said with a little breathing rapid: "I know how powerful the bazooka used by the anti-tank hand is. I just want to tell you that the Leopard tank has two antennas, and it must be a command tank, and the person sitting inside is probably a higher-level officer. Maybe the commander of the 11th Armored Regiment is in this tank."
Sokov felt that if the leopard tank was really the commander of the 11th Armored Regiment, if he was killed, he would definitely be able to severely hit the enemy's morale and morale. He ordered Koida: "Comrade Colonel, immediately notify the 562nd Regiment and ask them to send a few more anti-tank players to hide in the position where the German tank was about to pass and resolutely destroy the tank in front."
Seeing that Sokov was the same as his own, he also thought that there was a big man sitting in the leopard tank. Koida did not dare to neglect and called the commander of the 562nd Regiment: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, have you seen the German tank?... Very good. I didn't expect that you also found that the first tank was not simple, so I immediately sent a few more anti-tank players to find a suitable location to ambush. You must kill the enemy tank in the shortest time."
Hornadolph, sitting in the tank, did not know that he had become the target of the Soviet army. He also kept observing the situation outside through the lookout in front of the tank. While looking, he muttered: "The Russian positions look very ordinary, why did our first attack fail?"
The other tank soldiers sitting in the tank heard what Hornerdolph talked to himself, but because his level was too low, no one dared to accept his words and could only choose to remain silent.
The German tanks arrived more than 100 meters away from the position. The trenches were still silent. There was no sign of people or gunshots. Hornerdolph even muttered in his heart: Did the Russians frightened to escape when they saw us launching a new attack?
At this moment, he saw a Soviet soldier poking out half of his body in the crater not far away, carrying an object like a chimney on his shoulder, aiming at his position. Before Hornerdolph ordered a machine gun shooting, a long, white smoke tail flew out of the chimney and flew towards his tank.
Chapter completed!