Hearing that Xu Rui became the commander of the armored assault force, the tank driver Ivan was very excited. Seeing Ivan's excitement, Maxim asked in confusion: "Brother Ivan, who is this Xu Rui and why is he so excited?"
Are you so excited to hear him become the commander?"
Ivan said: "Brother Maxim, have you heard of the Soviet-Finnish War?"
"I've heard that, didn't we win the battle?" Maxim said.
Ivan said: "In fact, at the beginning of the Soviet-Finnish war, we suffered successive defeats, but later Xu Rui became our chief of staff. Under his strategizing, we turned defeat into victory and achieved the final victory."
"Oh, is he really that capable?" Maxim didn't believe it.
Ivan said: "After the establishment of the Armored Assault Force, Xu Rui was our commander. He destroyed two German divisions in two nights. However, yesterday he was replaced by Bronev. As a result, the Armored Assault Force was defeated in just one night.
Most of them were lost, and all the German positions captured in the past two days were lost. Without Xu Rui, the armored assault force was no match for the Germans."
"Listen to what you said, Xu Rui is really awesome. I heard he is Chinese?"
Ivan said: "Yes, he is Chinese. I heard that in exchange for Xu Rui's participation in the war, the high command provided the Chinese with equipment for five divisions. But now it seems that everything is worth the money."
"Ivan, after hearing what you said, I can't wait to meet Xu Rui." Maxim said.
"Yes, you will definitely see him." Ivan said...
After learning that Xu Rui had returned as the commander of the armored assault force, the morale of the entire armored assault force was greatly boosted, and everyone was gearing up to avenge their past humiliation with Xu Rui.
As for Xu Rui, as always, he asked everyone to eat well and rest well. Only in this way can they have the strength to fight at night.
At this time, the gunfire from the front was very fierce, and the German attack was extremely sharp. However, Zhukov adopted Xu Rui's advice and equipped the frontline infantry with a large number of rocket launchers. This allowed the Soviet infantry to successfully tangle with the German tank troops.
At the same time, the German tank troops had to pay a huge price for every step forward.
The battle ahead was extremely fierce. Zyuganov and Kirilenko asked to fight, but Xu Rui drove them back. The sky gradually darkened. Although the armored assault force composed of 500 German tanks made slow progress,
But it still eroded the Soviet position step by step.
The Soviet 10th Army on the southern front was under pressure from space. The commander of the 10th Army, General Golikov, kept asking Zhukov for help and asked his own tank troops to participate in the battle, but Zhukov pushed back.
General Golikov said on the phone: "Comrade Zhukov, my army has only been established for three weeks. Almost all of my soldiers are reserve soldiers with no formal training. They are actually just a group of workers and farmers who want to
It will be difficult to complete the task by relying on them to resist the German elite tank corps."
Zhukov said: "Golikov, I don't have any soldiers to reinforce you, but I have sent you a hundred rocket launchers. Rocket launchers are the natural enemies of tanks. If you can make good use of these rocket launchers, there will be hope."
Hold the position."
"Comrade Zhukov, my troops have suffered heavy casualties. If we continue to fight like this, it won't take long for them to collapse."
Zhukov said: "Comrade Golikov, no matter what, you must hold your position. After the soldiers have finished fighting, the officers will go up. If all the officers are dead, go and fight. You will sacrifice me to go to the battlefield in person!"
Zhukov's tone was very tough. When Golikov heard this, he knew there was no room for maneuver. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Comrade Zhukov, I will definitely do my best to hold the position!"
Zhukov put down the phone with a very solemn expression. The Germans once again concentrated their tank troops to attack the southern front positions, posing a huge threat to Moscow. He had dispatched all the troops he could, but the German attack was too sharp. Now he only
The only variable in being able to do one's best and obey fate may be Xu Rui's armored assault troops. Other than that, I really can't think of any hope of a comeback.
But Zhukov is also beating the drum in his heart. Can Xu Rui really turn the tide?
At the same time, the German army was also brewing a huge plan. Although Guderian's 2nd Armored Army on the southern front had a fierce offensive, the Soviet resistance was very tenacious, which made Guderian and von Kruger very frustrated.
Scratching their heads, they decided to implement another plan, which in Chinese is called "Founding the East and Attacking the West".
In other words, on the surface, the main armored force of the German army attacked the Soviet army on the southern front, but secretly, the German army on the northern front began to regroup. Although there were not many tanks, the Germans still deployed an armored division to arm them.
The 4th Army on the Northern Front.
The German plan was to use the tank groups on the southern front to continuously attract large amounts of Soviet reinforcements, thereby weakening the strength of the Soviet troops in other directions. When the strength of the Soviet troops was weakened to a critical point, the Hoppner 4th on the northern front
The group army immediately attacked, attacking the Soviet 20th Army in Vlasov on the northern front with lightning speed, trying to eat up the Soviet 20th Army in one bite, and then occupy the entire Moscow.
This plan was drawn up by Guderian and approved by von Groot. Now, the German army is opening a wide net, waiting for the Soviets to enter the urn. However, the Soviets are not aware of the German conspiracy and continue to move their troops from
The Western and Northern Fronts were transferred to the Southern Front to prevent the offensive of Gudri's armored forces.
The sky finally darkened, and when the last ray of sun set below the horizon, Xu Rui knew that his own battle was about to begin.
Throughout the day, Xu Rui has been planning tonight's action, including route selection, weapon equipment, and vehicle repair and maintenance. After all preparations were in place, Xu Rui looked at the time. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, which is winter.
Moscow, it was already dark at five o'clock in the afternoon, and Xu Rui immediately asked everyone to prepare for an attack.
There are one hundred and twenty tanks, one hundred cars, and more than a thousand soldiers. The size of the armored assault force is now much smaller than before. However, Xu Rui feels that the soldiers are more elite than too numerous. Although the number is small, they are more powerful.
They are mobile and flexible, and they are going to attack the German oil depots instead of fighting the Germans head-on. These forces are completely sufficient.
According to intelligence, the German oil depot is located a few kilometers away from the German forward position. The German army built the oil depot at this place to facilitate refueling of tanks during offensive operations. If it is destroyed, the German tanks will be gone in a short time.
The oil can be used and turned into piles of scrap metal.
The German army did not expect that the Soviet army would take the initiative to attack them under such circumstances, so they were not prepared. Xu Rui led the armored assault force to break through the German army's defense at the front and penetrate deep into the German position.
The German army was devastated all the way. In the darkness, the German army had no idea that the Soviet army would suddenly attack. Moreover, the main force of the German army was used in the attack, so the defense was very lax. The armored assault force successfully advanced towards the oil depot.
"General Guderian, a Soviet armored force has broken through our defense line and is moving in depth." An officer reported to Guderian.
Guderian raised his eyebrows and immediately came to the battle map to look at it.
"They must be the remnants of the Soviet armored assault force. Unexpectedly, they were dispatched again. Have you forgotten yesterday's fiasco?" Guderian said.
"General, it should be that army, but I don't know what their goal is?"
Guderian said: "Judging from their offensive route, the first target is naturally our headquarters, which they want to behead, and the second is to cut off the retreat of our tank troops."
"General, what should we do? Pull down the frontline armored troops to meet the Soviet armored assault troops?"
Guderian shook his head and said: "Our armored forces have now attracted a large number of Soviet troops. If we withdraw them now, it will be difficult to succeed in the subsequent attacks from the east to the west. Therefore, they cannot withdraw. In this way, we will immediately attack from the rear."
An infantry division was mobilized from the infantry to strengthen the defense of the headquarters."
"Yes!" the officer responded and turned around.
Guderian was still frightened by the fact that his headquarters was attacked by Wolf Fang twice. He knew that the special forces in the Soviet army had the habit of beheading, and this time the tank troops may also be heading towards his headquarters, so he must do a good job.
In order to prepare, he even deployed an infantry division to strengthen the security of the headquarters.
However, after waiting for a full hour, the Soviet army did not attack his headquarters. Guderian was very puzzled as to what happened to the Soviet army. With the speed of their armored forces, they should have reached their headquarters.
"wrong!"
A flash of lightning flashed in Guderian's mind, and for a moment, he thought of a possibility, which overturned his previous plan for the Soviet army to attack his headquarters.
Guderian came to the map again. After a moment, his eyes stopped at the oil depot behind the tank.
"Where are the Soviet armored forces?" Guderian asked.
"Just received a call, they are here!"
An officer pointed to a spot on the map and said.
Guderian looked at the map, and the next moment, a thin layer of cold sweat oozed from his back.
Guderian connected the advancing route of the Soviet armored forces into a line with a red pen. Then, he added an arrow in front of the line. This time, everyone was stunned. The direction pointed by this arrow.
It was the oil depot behind the German tank troops!
"The real target of the Soviet attack is not the headquarters, but the oil depot!"
If the Soviets succeed, the more than 500 tanks on the southern front will become piles of scrap metal, unable to fight anymore!
When thinking of this result, Guderian broke into a cold sweat...