The Germans' large-scale attack did not make people wait too long, and they did not even wait for the Russian anti-aircraft machine guns to arrive. The long front of more than a thousand kilometers from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea included five German armies and eight Austro-Hungarian armies.
Nearly four million Allied soldiers, including the two Romanian armies, launched a tsunami-like attack on the Russian army opposite them almost simultaneously.
The first to appear was still the huge air fleet. Under the cover of hundreds of new fighter jets, nearly a hundred airships poured 500 tons of coagulation qi decoys towards the Russian defense line in Kobrin. Those who had already been attacked by the hell demons
The frightened gray animals collapsed without hesitation when they saw the sky-blocking airship appearing overhead. No matter how their officers blocked them with whips, sabers or even machine guns, they could not stop their escape.
, and then when the flames soared into the sky on the defense line, even the officers and the supervisory team got up and ran away.
The main attacking German Ninth Army opened a fatal gap in the Russian defense line with only less than 5,000 casualties. Then it split into two groups with the Seventh Army that followed. The Seventh Army followed the railway.
Heading northeast towards Minsk, the Ninth Army headed east along the Pripyat Valley to target Kiev.
However, they suffered a serious setback in Pinsk.
"Chariot!" A German army that was occupying the outskirts of Pinsk suddenly heard countless screams. They saw more than fifty Russian tanks equipped with rotating turrets and 37-guns in a dense forest not far from them.
The latest tanks were roaring out, but there was no infantry cover around them.
This was a lone Russian tank regiment, and it was also a troop without a commander. When he found that his troop had somehow fallen behind the battle line, the regiment leader drove his car and abandoned it as quickly as possible.
Among his soldiers, the deputy regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Denikin, now takes command.
"Hurry, faster!" Denikin, lying on the turret of a Chinese-made tank, looked at the German soldiers who were quickly spreading out and setting up machine guns to fire. Ignoring the bullets whizzing past him, he slapped
Holding the turret, he shouted at the surrounding tanks that he must now lead his men to clear a bloody path.
Fifty-five chariots with a maximum cross-country speed of only 20 kilometers, spraying black smoke from incomplete combustion of diesel, lined up in a horizontal line, like a group of charging ancient knights, on a green field full of flowers, heading towards
A German division opposite them launched an attack.
"Prepare zha powder packs, cluster grenades, and combat anti-aircraft guns, prepare to fire!" Following a series of orders from the German commander, the German army, which was originally in a marching state, also instantly switched to defense. In a very short period of time, the twelve troops of this division
The Chinese-made 25mm anti-tank gun was unloaded from the towing truck. Then it aimed the muzzle at the approaching Russian tank. With the flames ejected from the muzzle, twelve tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles were fired.
It flew towards the target with a sharp roar. Although the distance was relatively far, two rounds still hit directly. Unfortunately, they were all bounced away by the strong front armor in an instant.
Lieutenant Colonel Denikin stared in astonishment at the traces scratched out by armor-piercing projectiles on the front of a tank at the side and rear, and then immediately issued an order: "Fire, target enemy combat artillery."
The fifty-five charging tanks stopped one after another. Then the 37mm main gun moved slowly. At this time, the anti-tank gun on the opposite side continued to fire. Although it hit the target one after another, none of them penetrated the armor. However, one shell accidentally penetrated the armor.
He hit the commander of a tank in the head who was giving command.
As Denikin's tank muzzle was the first to spurt out flames, fifty-five tanks immediately began to counterattack, and the roaring shells went straight to the German combat artillery positions. In the explosion of fire, one combat anti-artillery gun was connected with another.
The gun crew was blown away at the same time.
"Keep firing and knock out all the anti-tank guns!" Denikin roared. Obviously he was a smarter commander. Since the German anti-tank guns couldn't damage his tanks at this distance, he would kill them first.
Say it again.
It's a pity that he is smart, and the Germans are not stupid either. The small cannon weighing only a few hundred kilograms is too easy to move, so he quickly set up a mortar gun and fired intensive firepower at the German tanks, even firing smoke bombs to provide them with
While covering, the soldiers of the artillery crew directly pulled up their combat defense artillery and began to quickly move their positions.
"Damn it, move forward!" Denikin, who was wrapped in a smoke screen, cursed depressedly. In the light of the explosion of mortar bombs, his tank immediately restarted and began to charge forward, because it was more troublesome to transmit information, and other battles
The vehicle dragged and dragged until he had rushed out of the smoke area, and then it started up one after another and followed him. At this time, the German blocking fire became more intensive, and the dense bullets hit the front of the tank like hail, and soon the originally painted green
The surface was pockmarked, and the small pits with a metallic background looked dizzying. However, such an attack had no effect on the tank. However, another tank commander was killed by machine gun bullets, and soon his body was
After being pushed out and still behind, another occupant took his place.
At the same time, the heavy machine gun in the tank also began to aim at the German soldiers lying on the ground and fired wildly, beating the Germans so hard that they did not dare to raise their heads. Fortunately, the terrain in this area was relatively rugged and easy to find cover, so the casualties of the German infantry were not very large.
Just less than 500 meters away from the German army, there was a sudden flash of fire behind a bush, and then an armor-piercing shell grazed the turret of a tank.
"Anti-defense artillery over there!" The sharp-eyed Denikin immediately found the target. Then the tank stopped briefly, the muzzle moved slightly, and a 37-gun shell hit it. At the same time, the other two tanks also opened fire.
, in the flames of the explosion, it was obvious that a human body with only half left in it was seen flying into the sky.
But before the Russian tank could restart, four sharp roars were heard in succession. The front of a Russian tank suddenly burst into flames, and a fiery red hole appeared in an instant. Then, an explosion suddenly occurred inside.
Even the turret was blown away.
"Fire, fire!" Denikin roared anxiously. The remaining fifty-four tanks simultaneously aimed at the discovered anti-tank guns and opened fire. Their opponents also fired deadly armor-piercing shells from hiding one after another, even lying on the ground.
Among the German infantry who were firing machine guns at the tanks, there were also people holding ZHA powder packs and cluster grenades who began to move forward under the cover of terrain and vegetation.
The duel between tanks and anti-tank artillery did not last long. The number of German anti-tank artillery was too small, and it was impossible to build bunkers in a hurry. They could only use the cover of trees for a sneak attack. Once the target was opened, the target was identified.
Immediately, a dozen or even dozens of tank bombs would fly over. Although the bravery of the German anti-tank artillery also allowed them to score four German tanks, they were still destroyed one by one by the Russian tanks.
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After losing the resistance of anti-tank artillery, Denikin covered his shoulder that was injured by a mortar bomb and ordered a full-speed charge. The remaining fifty-one tanks immediately accelerated to the limit, and the fifty-one steel beasts fiercely charged
Pounced on the German infantry. At this time, the German infantry had begun to retreat towards the nearby woods. The heavy machine guns on the tank fired wildly, and a large number of German soldiers were beaten to pieces. However, the German infantry ambushing on the ground bravely
They jumped out and rushed towards the Russian tanks with explosive bags and cluster grenades. However, their bravery did not bring much results. The Russian tank soldiers standing on the turret kept firing at the machine guns mounted there.
Ground strafing, most of the German infantry who tried to blow up the tanks were killed by dense bullets.
Likewise, these guys with their heads exposed were also the main targets of the German attacks. The machine guns and riflemen lying in the depressions and woods kept shooting at them, but these Germans became targets of the tank cannons.
The main target, although the tank cannon can hardly hit any target accurately during a high-speed charge, but fortunately they do not need to aim too accurately at this time. The experienced ones have learned to fire at the target while marching, and the dense shells cannot
It stopped and exploded among the German troops, and the German mortar guns were also constantly moving their muzzles to block the advancement of the Russian tanks with dense falling bombs.
"Speed ​​up, speed up! Don't get entangled with the Germans, just rush over!" Denikin shouted while patting the turret. A bullet flew past his head, scaring the guy to shrink his neck quickly. His target was very dangerous.
Simple, rush across a bridge on the Pina River behind the German army, then turn around and blow up the bridge, and his lone army will escape.
The German commander on the opposite side seemed to be angered by this sudden and tragic defeat, and insisted on leaving this group of tanks behind. The German troops retreating into the woods blocked both sides of the road through the woods, blocking Denny with intensive firepower.
Chariot of gold.
However, Denikin finally used his steel tracks to crush the German blockade. Of course, the price was that he lost one-third of his tanks. The rumbling convoy, covered with bullet marks and even burning flames, came from Germany.
He rushed through the forest guarded by people, and then drove directly onto the bridge. After passing over, he aimed all the muzzles at a bridge pier on the other side, blasted it with armor-piercing bullets and smashed it into pieces, and then smashed it on the bridge deck.
He flew away with the sound of collapse.
Of course, this was just an inconspicuous episode in this massive battle. Although Lieutenant Colonel Denikin killed and injured nearly 2,000 German troops with the loss of 17 tanks, it was not the same as the entire front.
, compared with the Russian troops who lost tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, his record can be said to be insignificant.
At the same time that the Ninth Army captured Pinsk, Baron Goltz, who had just been awarded the rank of marshal on the southern front, also led the German 10th and 11th armies and the Romanian 1st and 2nd armies to break through the Russian army on the Dniester River.
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