Fierce close-quarters hand-to-hand combat continued, and the German army, which suffered heavy casualties, still refused to give up hope and surrendered even now.
This made Lavrinenko, who stayed at his post holding the commander's periscope in his hand and witnessed the scene with his own eyes, secretly marveling that the German army could still fight so hard. At the same time, he became more determined to eliminate this group of enemies here.
The determination to let the Grossdeutschland Division slip away must not be allowed.
"We can't let these bastards run away. Who knows how much trouble there will be when we replenish our troops and come back! We must kill these bastards here!"
An enemy that could make even Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division find it difficult, Lavrinenko did not dare to imagine what it would be like if it were replaced by an ordinary Red Army unit, even if another weaker Guards Tank Division came.
Condition.
To put it bluntly, it may be hard to say whether we can defeat this large German division.
Lavrinenko knew very well the combat power of Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division, which was extremely large and far exceeded the average troops of the same level.
In terms of the quantity of technical equipment and overall equipment level, apart from the lack of other technical arms, such as divisional artillery regiments and self-propelled artillery units, the regiment he leads is basically the main configuration of a conventional elite Guards tank division.
And in terms of combat experience and overall quality, it is much better than the conventional elite Guards tank divisions.
With such a huge advantage, the battle is still difficult to deal with. This shows how difficult it is to deal with this group of Grossdeutschland divisions, which are known as the elite of the Wehrmacht. Letting such a group of powerful enemies go is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain and killing them at all costs.
Eliminating this is the best option. Today, Lavrinenko is going to win this battle as soon as possible despite suffering huge battle losses. It's that simple.
"Second Battalion, move closer to the Third Battalion immediately! Help them attack to open a gap and then catch up. Your enemies in front of you only need to hold them back. Don't let them move! Use the front of the Third Battalion as the main breakthrough point.
Fight, quickly!"
The offensive formation, which was already as sharp as a sharp knife, became even sharper and sharper after Lavrinenko issued this additional order, stabbing directly into the heart of the German.
There is a reason why Lavrinenko issued this order now, instead of allowing the troops to concentrate on one point as early as possible for a fierce attack.
The frontal breakthrough battle of the heavy tank cluster is very particular about the formation. This does not mean that the crowds of swarms rush up and it is done. The left and right distance between the vehicles, the distance between the front and rear, the first echelon at the front is placed.
How many vehicles will there be, and how will the follow-up impact force be deployed?
There are many twists and turns and tactical details, which are all valuable tactical experiences summed up through various previous fierce battles. However, only an overly concentrated assault formation will increase the number of precious heavy tank troops.
The point of unnecessary casualties remains unchanged and will not change much.
This is the reason why Lavrinenko did not order the troops to gather a sharper offensive edge again as soon as possible.
Focusing the offensive edge more sharply and intensively can bring considerable combat power, but this is not proportional to the straight-line battle losses caused by it. In other words, there is a high probability that the gain outweighs the loss.
If a battle can be won with relatively small losses, no one would think of spending more lives and technical equipment to fill this deep hole.
But now there is no other way. Lavrinenko has no time to waste. He must make sacrifices in order to complete his mission goal.
Just like Colonel Klose, taking the overall situation into consideration, and in order to ensure the survival of the large army, the strong man abandoned such a group of elite armored grenadier and tank troops and stayed behind to fight to the death.
Showdowns between masters are often like this. When one party shows enough courage to influence the outcome and makes a major sacrifice, if the other party does not want to lose the showdown, it must come up with something that is equally proportional to it.
Something that will do.
The 2nd Tank Battalion, which received the order from the deputy division commander, quickly adjusted its offensive strategy and retained a small number of troops that could continue to put pressure on the German troops in front of them. However, they charged forward in no hurry for success.
Just maintain a uniform and ferocious fire suppression on the enemy, forcing these Germans to give up any idea of following up and making corresponding tactical adjustments. They can only be nailed to this position and continue to fight the enemy in front of them.
knock.
On the other side, the main force of the second battalion joined the assault formation of the third battalion next door as quickly as possible. The two torrents of steel instantly merged together and became more majestic and unstoppable. Among the German soldiers who were beaten half to death
In the eyes of the remnant soldiers, it was as terrifying as a flood caused by a collapsed dam.
"Too many! There are at least sixty Russian tanks. We can't deal with so many!"
"So what if you can't deal with it!? No matter if it's thirty tanks or sixty tanks, you'll all die anyway. It's just a matter of how fast you die. It's a fight with these Ivans! You have to kill another Russian tank!"
"Left, right, ahead! God, they're everywhere!"
"Then fire everywhere! We have enough iron fists!"
Your poor infantry are dying every second, while my mighty torrent of steel is endless.
Two entire tank battalions were gathered together, and a desperate and frantic assault was launched towards a German defense zone with a frontal width of less than one kilometer, which soon had an immediate effect.
Although the losses of the Red Army's heavy tanks have been considerable, and is6 heavy tanks that have been destroyed or paralyzed can be seen everywhere on the battlefield, the situation on the German side is obviously much more serious than this.
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Corpses everywhere are no longer enough to describe the heavy casualties of the German army. It would be more appropriate to say that there were broken pieces of meat everywhere and blood flowing everywhere.
After the red-eyed Red Army tank soldiers eliminated the last remaining German tanks and annihilated them all, they directly stuffed high-explosive shells into the main gun barrels and looked at any moving Germans on the position, even if they were
Even an ordinary rifleman could just blast him to death first.
Only a dead German is a good German. This is the most realistic portrayal of this battle at this moment for the Red Army.
Without the last remaining armored units to assist in the battle and attract direct artillery fire, they were like the remaining German infantrymen swimming upstream in the storm. This time, they were directly hit by a huge wave and were completely knocked to their knees.
This battle, which had no suspense anymore, did not last long. The remaining German infantrymen who wanted to die soon came to their final end.