USSR 1941

The German army built a total of three pontoon bridges, crossing the river almost non-stop all night, and finally transported the 1st Armored Group across the river before dawn the next day.

When standing on the east bank of the Dnieper River, Admiral Kleist breathed a sigh of relief... only five tanks and three cars were lost in crossing the river last night.

Under such circumstances, it is acceptable to lose only five tanks when crossing the river. If the Russians find out and block it with artillery fire... Admiral Kleist can't even imagine that scene.

But if there is no such thing as a war, Admiral Kleist looked at the map triumphantly, and then ordered: "Attack, target Romney!"

"Yes, General!"

The communicator conveyed the order, and then the sound of the tank's motor roared. Hundreds of tanks driving ahead slowly advanced under the cover of the rain, piercing the position of the Southern Jiangsu Front Army like a sharp knife...

The Soviet army was stunned by the overwhelming tank group that suddenly appeared in front of them. They didn't understand when the German tanks crossed the river until they were crushed in the trench by the tank tracks.

Then, there was the collapse of the Southern Jiangsu Front Army. They didn't know how to face these steel monsters at all.

Also shocked was Moscow.

Originally they thought that under the obstruction of Yelimenko and Budyonny, the German army could not complete the encirclement so quickly, which meant that the Southwest Front Army could withdraw at any time.

But now... everything is over, and the Southwest Front Army has only one dead end.

Only then did Moscow hastily order Admiral Kirponos to break out.

At this time in history, Admiral Kirponos was rejected because of repeated requests to break out of the siege. When he received the breakout order, he couldn't believe it was true. ten hours.

Of course, at this time, Admiral Kirponos no longer needed to do this.

In fact, Timoshenko, commander of the Western theater, knew about it, so he immediately contacted General Kirponos.

"The Germans have already crossed the Dnieper River!" Timoshenko said anxiously, "I think you must know!"

"Yes, Comrade Marshal!" Admiral Kirponos replied: "I know!"

"If you knew it in advance, why didn't you report it to me?" Timoshenko asked angrily, "Do you know how much damage this caused to the Southern Army?"

"If I report to you, Comrade Field Marshal!" Admiral Kirponos replied: "Will that change anything? Will Moscow agree to abandon the breakout of Kyiv, or will it be possible to surround the Germans and defeat them?"

Hearing this, Timoshenko has nothing to say, because the facts seem to be as Kirponos said, nothing can be changed, and Moscow will stick to their so-called "hold" plan, at most it is to strengthen the Dnieper River The bank's defenses were wary of German crossings elsewhere.

After thinking about it, Timoshenko said, "Then, I hope you are ready for this!"

"Yes, Comrade Marshal!" Admiral Kirponos replied: "We are ready!"

No sooner had Timoshenko lost contact than a telegram from Moscow arrived.

"Order: The Southwest Front Army abandons Kyiv to organize a breakout!"

Admiral Kirponos smiled while holding the telegram, and said to the signal soldier: "Call back: I can't carry out this order, because I think... the time for the Southwest Front to attack!"

As he spoke, Admiral Kirponos ordered: "Order the 9th Mechanized Army to attack!"

"Yes, attack!"

"attack!"

...

Order after order was passed on, and the 9th Mechanized Army, which had been prepared for a long time, came out of the warehouse. Tanks, cars, soldiers...all of them were in high spirits after a few days of rest.

The first to attack was the 5th Mechanized Army on the Kyiv defense line.

It is said that the 5th Army is mechanized, but since the light and medium tanks are transferred to the 9th Army, they only have some heavy tanks that are inconvenient to maneuver and have a high failure rate.

This is when they come into play.

One by one, KV1 and KV2 slowly climbed out of the bunker, like clumsy elephants, and then staggered towards the German defense line...Because the front of the position was muddy, a few of them just started Not far away, it got stuck and couldn't move.

But this does not affect the other tanks to continue to advance. Although the speed is slow, it is at every step. The Germans blasted these tanks with anti-tank guns, but the shells hit them as if they were tickling, and they did not move at all.

Immediately behind these tanks were the soldiers of the 5th Airborne Brigade of the Soviet Army... During this period of time, they had already forced the German army back three kilometers by virtue of their own strength and held their ground.

The German defenses were quickly breached as no one could withstand the onslaught of Soviet heavy tanks.

But these heavy tanks have almost completed their mission here... More than 30 tanks have only advanced a certain distance, and only five can continue to drive forward, and there is no way to face the enemy's trenches , that small ditch is an insurmountable obstacle for them.

The Germans who fled to the second trench thought the Soviet offensive was over, but they soon discovered that they were wrong.

The Soviet offensive has just begun...

Amidst the shouts and the sound of motors, the Soviet tank group suddenly appeared in front of them.

The advance speed of the Soviet tank group was so fast that the Germans did not have time to set up their anti-tank guns. Their first reaction was to raise their rifles and try to stop the tanks that were heading towards them.

But this was obviously in vain. The tank rushed forward like a crazy monster with mud and water, and then ruthlessly trampled the German army under its "feet".

Shulka's 131st motorized division followed the tank division, so they didn't feel much fighting. They only saw the corpses on both sides and abandoned artillery, machine guns, etc. from the rear compartment, and piles of them Meat squashed by crawlers.

Of course, this meat paste is not completely flattened, it is often a deep tank track mark from the middle, and the organs that have not been crushed on both sides, such as hands and feet, are still intact, and the meat in the middle is connected by some bloody things. on the mud.

In that way, it is like pressing a deep mark in the middle of the dough with a rolling pin.

Then……

There were a few sounds of vomiting in the car.

There are many recruits in the platoon, recruits who have not experienced war.

However, this is not easy even for a "veteran" like Shulka.

Shulka turned his eyes to the rifle in his hand, not daring to look at the flesh and blood and broken limbs outside.