Because Vatujing was very confident in the 5th Guard Tank Army and the Soviet army was also very confident in the 5th Guard Tank Army, so there was basically no defense preparations in the direction of the Butowo Highway... To be precise, defense preparations were made very early, and what was lacking was defensive psychology.

On the other hand, the emergence of this new German equipment made the Soviet army panic... Even the commander of the Tank Brigade, Yegovic, thought it was magic, and the word of mouth among the soldiers was even more messy. They quickly associated this or extended it to bullets and shells.

This association is indeed very reasonable.

If rockets can adjust their trajectory and hit the target, why can't shells and bullets?!

Then a more terrifying question arises. If the German shells and bullets can adjust their trajectory and hit the target accurately, then is there still a need to continue this battle?

As a result, a larger panic spread quickly among the Soviet army, which made the Soviet soldiers not have the courage to resist the German army at all.

On the other hand, there are actually difficulties in the decision-making of the Soviet army.

After hearing about this report, Vatujing didn't believe it at first... It was incredible that the shells that could automatically track the target.

Vatujing took it for granted that this was an excuse for officers on the battlefield for their failure, or that the soldiers were frightened.

So the first order of Vatujing was: "Control all these people!"

"Yes, Comrade Vatutin!" Lieutenant General Kazakov understood what this order meant, that is, he could not allow the "rumor" to continue to spread and affect the morale of the army and morale.

The second thing Vatujing did was to interrogate these controlled soldiers and officers separately... He hoped to find some different places in this to break this "rumor".

But the result disappointed him. The confessions and reports of the soldiers and officers were perfect. The situation they described had no loopholes, and it didn't seem to be made up.

At this time, Vatujing believed it a little.

Then, similar rumors came from the front line... The enemy had bombs that could turn and could hit tanks accurately.

It was then that Vatuting realized that the Germans might really have some new equipment.

This idea was quickly confirmed because a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft recorded the entire process of adjusting the trajectory of the German new equipment by taking photos quickly... The Army did not have such equipment, and it was difficult to have the opportunity to take such photos at a critical moment of life and death.

Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kazakov sent a stack of photos to Vatujing. After observing the stack of photos continuously, it was clear that the rocket launched was not moving towards its due trajectory, but was constantly fine-tuning itself, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, and then accurately hit the target.

Lieutenant General Kazakov even asked his assistant to draw the trajectory of his running based on these photos, and even calculated other data such as the running distance based on the speed of the camera exposure.

"The target distance is about 830 meters!" Lieutenant General Kazakov said: "The running speed is about 66 meters per second, and the target will be hit after 12 seconds, and the trajectory adjustment will be made in between!"

Vatuting stared at the photos and track pictures for a while, and then said to Lieutenant General Kazakov: "Give these to Comrade Stalin!"

"Yes, Comrade Vatujing!"

After Lieutenant General Kazakov left, Vatutin fell into deep thought.

Although sending photos and information to Stalin can explain the reasons for the failure of the Soviet army, the war is cruel and it will not evade responsibility just because it finds a good reason.

Therefore, Vatujing needs to find a way to solve the current crisis...

But what can I do now?

Vatujing faces an extremely embarrassing choice:

If you send tank troops on, you will face the fate of being destroyed by the enemy's new weapons.

But if the tanks are not sent up...the frontline troops will be massacred by enemy tanks.

The army is like a complete system, with air force, army, tanks, etc. combined together to form a whole. If one of the links is completely suppressed by the enemy, it may lead to the collapse of the entire system.

The Soviet army before lost air supremacy, while the current Soviet army...is because tanks will be suppressed by the enemy.

"Comrade Vatutin!" At this time, Lieutenant General Kazakov replied to the report: "The information has been sent to Comrade Stalin!"

Vatujing said "yes" and didn't ask anything more.

He knew that Stalin also needed time to digest, or Stalin would think what he did at the beginning, not believing it was true, thinking that it was an excuse for failure by some generals on the front line who were frightened by the Germans.

Vatujing guessed correctly, Stalin did think so when he received the telegram.

Because Stalin considered that if the Germans had this new weapon in the direction of Bhutov, why didn't they have it in the direction of Tomarovka?

But then I thought about it, there were "elephant" tanks in Tomarovka that were invincible to the Germans, but there was no "elephant" in the direction of Butowo.

So, the Germans used a new type of equipment in the two routes?

Thinking of this, Stalin asked the intelligence department to contact the British Intelligence Agency with a try.

After contacting him, he got the result but surprised Stalin.

Because the United Kingdom or the United States are also suspected that the Germans have some kind of weapon to track targets automatically... The reason is that several B17 bombers in the United States were destroyed by strangely shaped "aircraft". The reason why they did not breathe with the Soviet Union is that they were uncertain whether these "aircraft" were manned or unmanned.

Looking at the telegram, Stalin looked at the map and smoked his pipe "Bao Da".

Worries about this battle were once again poured in my mind from the beginning... If this battle failed, then the Soviet Union would be afraid that it would never have the ability to counterattack again.

However, Stalin also knew that there seemed to be no turning back until now, and he seemed to have to take Zhukov's offensive plan to the end.

After a moment of silence, Stalin ordered: "Comrade Vatutin, the Voronezh Front should defend the third line of defense at all costs. In any case, the two German armored armies could not be allowed to meet on the Yakovrevo Highway!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" The counselor turned around and conveyed the order.

Stalin's judgment was correct. If two German armored armies were allowed to meet on the Yakovrevo Highway, it would mean that at least one of the Soviet troops of the army was surrounded by the German army.
Chapter completed!