Kuznetsov said: "If there are reinforcements from the 16th Army, I have enough confidence to hold the newly captured position!"
Xu Rui said: "The 16th Army will definitely participate in the war."
Kuznetsov rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "If this is the case, then there is nothing to fear. We will definitely be able to hold our position and cut off the connections between the German troops on the southern front."
Kuznetsov then asked: "When will the action be taken?"
Xu Rui said: "Comrade Zhukov said that all the tanks in the army should be handed over to my command. Now the tanks are gradually gathering. When the tanks are almost gathered, we can take action."
"Okay." Kuznetsov nodded.
Later, Xu Rui told Kuznetsov his attack route. Xu Rui planned to push forward from Pushkin Street, first penetrate the German army's formation, and then continuously attack with interspersed attacks, and finally defeat the German army and completely defeat it.
After being driven out of Moscow, Xu Rui knew that after several days of consumption, his armored assault force only had more than 70 tanks left, which was not enough to drive away the large number of German troops.
Therefore, Xu Rui must first strengthen his own strength and have as many tanks as possible. Fortunately, Zhukov promised Xu Rui to hand over all the Soviet tanks in Moscow to him. Now the Moscow garrison has become an organized Soviet army.
Although the army's tank troops are not large, together they are quite large.
After fighting all night, Xu Rui found a place at Kuznetsov's headquarters and prepared to take a rest. Although there were people coming and going outside, Xu Rui fell asleep and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
This is Xu Rui. When he needs to fight, he can immediately concentrate all his energy on fighting, but between battles, he can always find time and opportunities to rest at the right time, never wasting every second.
Xu Rui slept for three full hours, and then he was awakened by a knock on the door. Xu Rui immediately stood up and opened the door, and saw Diana standing at the door.
Xu Rui asked: "Comrade Diana, what's the matter?"
Diana said: "Comrade Xu Rui, there are many armored troops coming outside now, and they all want to see you."
Xu Rui said: "Okay, I'll go take a look."
Just as Xu Rui was about to go out, he remembered that he hadn't washed his face for several days, so he washed his face in a hurry before coming to the door of the headquarters.
As soon as they arrived outside the door, they saw several officers wearing tank hats chatting there. When they saw a man with an oriental face coming out, they knew it must be Xu Rui, and they immediately stood up and saluted Xu Rui.
Xu Rui couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing the numbers of these people. There were five tank battalions and four tank companies among these people. Under normal circumstances, the total number of tanks in these tank units would be at least 200 tanks. However,
After listening to the introductions of these chief officers, Xu Rui learned that their troops had been depleted after a long period of fighting. The total number of these tanks was only 130 or 40, but if you add
Xu Rui's armored assault force has a total of 200 tanks.
More importantly, among these 200 tanks, there are nearly a hundred of the latest Soviet T34 tanks, which are Xu Rui's most important capital. According to the latest situation, the main attacker on the Western Front is the German 3rd Armored Group Army.
As well as the 298th Infantry Division of the 17th Army under the 6th Army, Xu Rui believed that as long as the 3rd Armored Group and the 298th Infantry Division were defeated, the German troops on the Western Front could be driven out of Moscow.
Xu Rui immediately reorganized these tank troops with his own armored assault troops to form two columns, with Zyuganov and Serov as chief officers respectively.
Two hundred tanks, before the Soviet backup tanks arrived, this was the total number of tanks on the front line of the Soviet army. The German side was not much better than the Soviet Union. After this period of battle consumption, the Germans on the Moscow front line
There are only a few hundred tanks left. However, the German tanks are all on the southern and northern fronts. On the western front, there are very few tanks. Because of this, Xu Rui chose the western front as his attack target.
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Xu Rui took the map and kept calculating. Starting from the current Odintsovo, he followed the railway line to Stepankovo. The distance in between is not very long. As long as his offensive is strong enough, he will definitely win.
opportunity, the problem is that the follow-up troops must consolidate the positions they have obtained as soon as possible to prevent the German forces from counterattacking on both wings. Xu Rui believes that with Kuznetsov's ability, this can be done.
At this time, intelligence showed that in front of Odintsovo was the 298th Infantry Division of the German 6th Army. Next to the 298th Infantry Division was the 205th Infantry Division of the German 3rd Armored Army, which had the most combat effectiveness. Behind it was the 330th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Division.
The remaining troops of the group army were deployed in the rear.
From this aspect, the entire German defense line presents a situation of being overweight and light-footed, with the strongest troops at the front, and the combat effectiveness of the troops toward the rear becomes weaker.
In other words, if they could break through the German frontline positions and then attack all the way, it would be difficult for the Germans to stop the Soviet attack. Those waiting for them would either be wiped out or flee.
Seeing the force allocation chart, Xu Rui became more confident. However, he was not in a hurry to attack. Xu Rui was still waiting for the last step of the attack, which would come soon.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the three artillery divisions that Zhukov promised to Xu Rui were all in place, and hundreds of cannons were ready.
At the same time, two hundred tanks have also been organized and everything is ready.
Seeing that it was almost done, Xu Rui immediately ordered the artillery troops to fire. The next moment, hundreds of cannons roared like mountains and seas, and countless artillery shells pierced the sky and rushed towards the German positions.
Xu Rui raised his telescope and saw that the German position was bombed into a mess. He felt very satisfied. With such fierce artillery support, what else could he have to fear?
The artillery fire continued for more than 20 minutes before extending forward. Then, Xu Rui entered the armored command vehicle and rushed towards the German position with 200 tanks.
The direction and route of Xu Rui's attack had already been calculated, and it happened to be the junction of the German 298th Division and the 205th Division. This area was also the weakest place for German defense.
These days, the German army has been attacking, and they did not expect that the Soviet army would launch a sudden attack. For a moment, they were completely stunned by artillery fire.
Captain Schiller is a veteran of the 205th Infantry Division. He participated in the wars against Poland and France. Because of his bravery and proficiency in fighting, he was promoted from a soldier to an officer. He is also one of the lucky few who did not go through military school to become an officer.
, at this time, Schiller was gathering his troops at the forward position, preparing to launch a new round of attack against the Soviet army.
As soon as the troops were assembled, they heard bursts of whistling in the sky. Schiller raised his head and looked up at the sky. The next moment, Schiller's face turned pale. Experience told him that it was the enemy's artillery shells that were incoming.
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"Lie down quickly!"
Schiller immediately knelt down on his knees, supported his upper body with his hands, opened his mouth wide, and made a standard anti-cannon posture.
"boom!"
A shell exploded next to him, and several soldiers were blown away. Schiller immediately stood up and jumped into the crater. Schiller knew that the chance of two shells exploding at the same location was too small, so he lay down.
Being in a bomb crater is the most effective way to protect yourself.
Schiller saw a soldier lying on the ground not far away. He was so angry that he rushed over and cursed: "How many times have I told you not to lie on the ground, otherwise you will be shocked to death, but you just don't listen!"
Schiller went to rescue the soldier, but found that the soldier was bleeding to death.
Schiller pulled another soldier into the crater. At this moment, a cannonball exploded next to Schiller. Schiller was blown up and fell heavily to the ground, his mouth full of the smell of gunpowder smoke and earth.
Fortunately, Schiller was not seriously injured. He was only scratched a little by stones when he fell. Schiller got up again and looked into the distance with his telescope.
The shells gradually stopped, but the ground began to tremble, and the tremors became stronger and louder.
"Captain Schiller, the tank is a Soviet tank!" A somewhat panicked voice came from beside him.
Schiller curled his lips and said, "Why are you panicking?"
Schiller picked up the telescope and looked into the distance again. At this moment, he saw a black line appearing at the end of the intersection of snow and sky in the distance. This black line kept advancing and turned into black dots. The black dots became more and more
It got bigger and bigger, and kept moving forward. Finally, I could see clearly that they were steel monsters, rolling forward continuously.
Whether in France or Poland, Schiller had seen the indomitable momentum of German tanks. However, this was the first time he saw such a large-scale opponent's tank. At this moment, Schiller's heart fell to the bottom. He thought that the Soviets
Since when have there been so many tanks?
In this dark area, there are at least a few hundred tanks. Oh my god, hundreds of tanks. This is at least the size of an armored division, or even an armored corps!
Schiller had black lines all over his forehead and said in a trembling voice: "Soviet tanks, prepare to fight! Prepare to fight!"
"yes!"
The next moment, the two anti-tank guns in the company were pushed to the front line, and two anti-tank infantry units were also set up.
The Soviet tanks in the distance were getting closer and closer, making a huge roar that made the heaven and earth tremble.
"boom!"
The two gunners operating the anti-tank guns became nervous and immediately fired a shell.
"Who fired the cannon? A bunch of idiots!" Schiller knew that facing so many Soviet tanks, firing now would be tantamount to setting yourself on fire. What's more, the two anti-tank guns had not found a good position.
, may be killed by tank guns at any time.
"boom!"
"Boom boom!"
Sure enough, shortly after the German anti-tank guns opened fire, the Soviet tanks in the distance quickly discovered the two German anti-tank guns, so countless shells hit the German anti-tank guns...
