Guderian realized that his previous analysis was wrong. Xu Rui's real target might be the oil depot. The previous march towards his own headquarters was just a false shot. If Xu Rui attacked the oil depot on the front line, then the five people on the front line would be in danger.
More than a hundred tanks will become piles of scrap metal.
Guderian's mind was running rapidly, thinking of ways to deal with it.
The 2nd Armored Group commanded by Guderian consisted of five armored divisions: 3rd, 4th, 10th, 17th, 18th, 10th, 29th, SS, 3 mechanized infantry divisions and the "Grand Deutschland" motorized infantry regiment.
Including the two armored divisions transferred from the 4th Armored Group Army on the Northern Front, Guderian had a total of seven armored divisions. At this time, these armored units were engaged in street fighting with the Soviet army.
Guderian immediately decided to call back the most powerful 3rd Armored Division and 4th Armored Division to rescue the oil depot, while the remaining five armored divisions continued the attack.
Guderian calculated that after yesterday's disastrous defeat, the Soviet armored assault force only had about a hundred tanks left at most. However, after long-term combat, the German armored divisions, although seriously short of manpower, had more than 200 tanks in the two armored divisions.
There are still tanks.
Moreover, the tanks of the German armored divisions were superior in quality, so they were fully capable of annihilating the Soviet armored assault troops in one fell swoop.
Now it all depends on the time. The reinforcements must be in place before the Soviet army attacks the oil depot. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.
In addition to calling back two armored divisions for reinforcements, Guderian also ordered a German infantry battalion guarding the oil depot to enter combat mode and make every effort to prevent the Soviet armored forces from attacking.
Guderian knew that the competition now was about speed, and whoever was faster would have the absolute initiative...
"Hurry! Order more quickly!"
In the armored command vehicle, Xu Rui kept shouting orders to each vehicle to speed up through the tank's radio equipment.
In the previous operation, Xu Rui feinted a shot and shot towards the German command headquarters, which caused Guderian to misjudge. However, Xu Rui turned around halfway and shot straight towards the German oil depot on the front line.
Come.
Xu Rui knew that with Guderian's wisdom, he could not hide it from him for long, so he had to race against time to capture and destroy the oil depot before Guderian's reinforcements returned. If he was slow, not only would he not be able to blow it up,
The oil depot may instead be surrounded by German armored units.
Time has become the key to the success or failure of this operation.
Xu Rui asked the driver to increase the speed of the tank to the limit, and it went on a rampage. Fortunately, there were not many German troops on the route he chose, so the progress was quite rapid. However, two kilometers away from the oil depot, Xu Rui encountered a German motorcycle group.
The infantry company stopped the attack.
Xu Rui immediately ordered the artillery fire to disperse the German company. Then the tanks ignored the broken troops and attacked in the direction of the oil depot.
The oil depot behind the German forward position stored a large amount of oil, and a large open space was full. After receiving Guderian's order, Kurt, the German battalion commander guarding the oil depot, was so anxious that he immediately ordered the entire battalion to meet Xu.
They made targeted arrangements in the direction in which the sharp armored assault troops were coming, placing the only two anti-tank guns in the east.
Time passed little by little and Xu Rui's troops had not arrived yet. Kurt breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself that maybe the Soviet armored troops would not come.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a humming sound from a motor in the distance.
Hearing this voice, Kurt's heart tightened, what was supposed to come was coming, and he immediately gave orders to prepare for battle.
However, Kurt always had a strange feeling in his heart. At first, he didn't feel anything strange, but after a while, he got over it. The sound of the tank's motor actually came from
Coming from the west side.
"God, didn't the Soviets attack from the east? When did they go around to the west again?"
At this time, Kurt had put all his troops into the east to block the attack, and the west was almost a vacuum zone. He was so frightened that he immediately shouted and ordered his troops to return to the west to reinforce the attack.
However, it was already too late. Kurt saw that the Soviet armored assault troops had easily broken through the German frontline obstacles and entered the oil depot.
Seeing this, Kurt's heart became cold. He knew that the oil depot was finished, his troops could not stop the Soviet attack, and the defeat was certain.
Kurt knew that he was defeated, and if he returned like this, he would only be shot. Therefore, Kurt decided to die to maintain his dignity as a soldier.
Kurt straightened his hat, then took out two grenades and rushed towards a Soviet tank in the distance, thinking of dying together with the Soviet tank.
However, just as Kurt was approaching the tank, the tank's on-board machine gun fired, directly beating Kurt into a sieve.
"Viva Heads……"
At the last moment of his life, Kurt uttered four words...
Devastated, Xu Rui's armored assault troops easily defeated the German soldiers guarding the oil depot. The German soldiers fled in all directions. However, Xu Rui did not order a pursuit, but ordered time bombs to be installed everywhere in the oil depot. Subsequently, the German soldiers
Ordered the troops to retreat.
"Comrade Xu Rui, why don't you leave?" Zyuganov asked over the radio.
Xu Rui said: "You guys retreat first, I'll wait for the Germans first. With so many time bombs, wouldn't it be too wasteful if they can't blow up the German tanks?"
"Comrade Xu Rui, what you do is too dangerous," Zyuganov said.
Xu Rui said: "Comrade Zyuganov, if you don't leave tanks to attract the attention of the Germans, how can the German tanks enter the oil depot?"
Zyuganov said: "Then I will stay too."
Xu Rui said: "No, you have more important tasks."
"A more important mission?"
"Yes, have you forgotten our agreement?"
Zyuganov couldn't help but think of Xu Rui's instructions to him when he arrived, and then said helplessly: "Comrade Xu Rui, you must return safely."
"Don't worry, I won't die!"
Zyuganov left first with the tank troops, and then Xu Rui sat in the armored command vehicle and asked the driver to drive the vehicle to the center of the oil depot.
About ten minutes later, the sound of a tank motor came from the west gate. When Xu Rui heard it, he knew that the German armored troops had arrived.
Xu Rui immediately ordered the machine gunners to shoot towards the west, attracting the German armored troops into the oil depot.
Heinz was the commander of the German 3rd Armored Division. At this time, he was sitting in a No. 4 tank and came to the oil depot. When he saw that the oil depot had not been blown up, Heinz let out a sigh of relief.
, Xin said that his troops arrived not too late and finally got in front of the Soviets.
However, at this moment, a burst of machine gun fire came from the oil depot in the distance. Heinz was startled. Then he received a report and discovered a Soviet armored vehicle in the oil depot.
"Go up and kill it!" Heinz ordered.
The next moment, hundreds of tanks swarmed into the oil depot, and in the distance a Soviet tank was seen escaping to the east.
Heinz immediately ordered a pursuit, but the Soviet tank was extremely fast and disappeared into the dark night after a while.
"They run very fast." Heinz snorted coldly, thinking that the Soviet tanks were nothing more than that. They were scared away when his own tank troops arrived, which was really vulnerable.
After a day of fighting, Heinz's tank was almost out of fuel. Seeing that it had completed its task of protecting the oil depot, he immediately ordered the tank to stop moving forward, refuel and set off again.
Hundreds of tanks from the 3rd Armored Division entered the oil depot one after another to prepare for refueling.
boom!
There was a huge explosion, and Heinz saw a huge mushroom cloud rising into the sky. The next moment, a series of explosions resounded through the sky, and the entire oil depot turned into a sea of fire. The flames soaring into the sky were like a group of demons dancing wildly, which looked particularly special in the night.
Dazzling.
"Oh, God!"
Heinz yelled, and then, an explosion sounded from beside him, and Heinz and his tank were instantly involved in a blazing flame.
In the distance, Xu Rui opened the lid of the warehouse and looked at the burning oil depot. He felt very proud. This fire probably killed at least a hundred German tanks and finally avenged the German ambush yesterday.
Qiu. My hard work this night finally paid off.
"Comrade Xu Rui, where are we going now?" Diana asked.
"Go back and wait for news from Zyuganov and the others."
"Zyuganov? Didn't they withdraw to the defense zone?" Diana asked.
Xu Rui said: "You will understand in a moment."
The next moment, Xu Rui ordered the driver of the armored command vehicle to drive the tank back to the road it came from...
"boom!"
Fire shot into the sky.
After seeing that the oil depot was blown up, the Germans stopped their offensive on the southern front. The German tank troops began to turn around and retreat. These tanks had been fighting for a day without refueling. At this time, the fuel was almost exhausted. There was no fuel.
The tanks were nothing more than piles of scrap metal. Therefore, these tanks immediately retreated, preparing to refuel at a further gas station while there was still some fuel. Even if it didn't work, they had to drive the tanks to their own positions. In short, they couldn't
Stay in the forward position, otherwise you will become a living target for the Soviet army.
The German tanks began to retreat, but the Soviet army was already prepared and clung to the German tanks, refusing to let them leave, while consuming the tanks' fuel and ammunition.
As a result, except for a small number of tanks, most of the German tanks were unable to evacuate directly from the alley station and could only watch the fuel run out.
Two hours later, more than a hundred tanks that had run out of fuel were parked on the streets of Moscow unable to move. At this moment, Zyuganov arrived with an armored assault force in time!
As soon as Zyuganov arrived, he directly blocked the retreat of the German tanks. After a fierce battle, the Soviet tanks continued to consume the last of the German tanks' fuel.
"fire!"
Zyuganov roared and shot down, directly turning the German tank in front into a ball of burning flames.
"Why don't you hide from the German tanks?"
"They're out of gas!" Zyuganov shouted excitedly...
