"General, do we want to retreat?" the tank driver asked Major General von Funke.
It's normal for a tank driver to ask this.
First of all, if Colonel Jonas's report is true and the enemy has a personal weapon that can destroy German tanks, then they should not engage in close combat with the Russian army, because no matter how many tanks rush forward, there will be no return.
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Secondly, Feng Funke is a major general and the commander of the 7th Armored Division. At this time, of course, he must take the overall situation into consideration and retreat first.
Feng Funke thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No, we should rush forward!"
"General..."
"Obey the order!" Feng Funke interrupted his subordinates with an unquestionable tone: "Use the fastest speed!"
"Yes, General!" The driver could only step on the accelerator helplessly.
"Leohard!" Major General von Funk said to the electromechanical officer: "Receive the army headquarters, immediately!"
"yes!"
The command line was quickly connected, and the person who answered the phone was Lieutenant General Kubil.
"Did the battle go well, Major General?" Kubile asked in a relaxed tone.
"General!" Von Funk replied: "We are going to be completely wiped out. The Russians have a new kind of equipment, new equipment that we have never seen before!"
"What? The whole army was wiped out?" Kubil couldn't help being surprised when he heard this: "What's going on? Where are you? I will send fighter planes to support you immediately!"
"It's too late, General!" Feng Funke replied: "Time is pressing. What's important is not rescuing us, but the enemy's new equipment..."
"What new equipment!"
"I don't know!" Fon Funk replied: "Information is a kind of rocket. It is an individual soldier's equipment carried on the shoulder. It can easily destroy our tanks!"
"Are you sure? A piece of personal equipment that can destroy our tanks?"
"I'm on my way now, General!"
Kubile was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what von Funk was going to do.
"No, Major General!" Kubile said: "You don't need to do this, we can use other methods..."
"No, General!" Von Funk said: "I think this is the best way, you know what this means. I mean, if the enemy has such a piece of equipment, then the rest of our armored forces will have to
Be careful!"
"Yes, I know! But..."
"I saw it!" At this time, Von Funk's voice came from the other side of the microphone: "Colonel Jonas is right, it is indeed a piece of individual equipment, about two meters long, like a gun barrel
, they put it on their shoulders and loaded it from the rear... It was fired at me. It was a rocket. It produced a lot of smoke and contrails when it was launched. It didn't hit a target at a distance of 50 meters, which means its accuracy was not good.
not tall!
I saw another one, they have a lot of them! Yes, it takes two..."
Then there was a "boom" and the walkie-talkie stopped making noise.
Lieutenant General Kubile held the microphone and was stunned for a while, and then said to the adjutant: "Report to the head of state immediately. We have discovered the enemy's new equipment. It has caused us heavy losses!"
The Germans did suffer heavy losses in this battle. An under-strength armored division had a total of 73 tanks. In the end, only 8 were able to drive back. Most of them were "Plank IV" tanks with wider tracks and faster speeds. The rest were all on the battlefield.
was destroyed in the chaos.
Hitler, who was commanding the battle at the "Wolf's Lair", couldn't help but raise his head in surprise when he heard the news.
He knew what this meant. If there was such a piece of equipment, a piece of equipment that could easily destroy tanks when used by infantry, then... the advantage of tanks over infantry would be gone.
To put it more seriously, the "Blitzkrieg" that the German army relied on to support the victory of the entire war may not be able to function, because "Blitzkrieg" mainly uses the speed, defense and firepower of tanks to quickly break through.
After thinking about it, Hitler said: "No, this is a lie they made to hope that I would agree to retreat. There is no such equipment at all!"
"Your Majesty the Head of State!" the staff officer added: "However, Lieutenant General Kubiler reported that Major General von Funke died trying to determine whether this equipment existed!"
Hitler walked back and forth in front of his desk several times, then shook his head and said with a smile: "General von Funk's sacrifice may be true, but it was just a normal sacrifice in battle. They used the sacrifice of a general to make this lie sound."
More real!"
The staff officer suddenly realized.
"So..." the staff officer said, "How should we answer Lieutenant General Kubil?"
Hitler hesitated.
Punish Lieutenant General Kubile? Remove him like everyone else?
No! Hitler cannot do this while the war is raging.
After thinking about it, Hitler said: "Tell General Kubiler that we have received his intelligence and ask him not to spread this matter so as not to affect the morale of the army!"
"Yes, Your Excellency the Head of State!"
Lieutenant General Kubile had no doubts at all when he received this answer, because the current situation seemed to be exactly what Hitler said... At this time, the Russian army was counterattacking with all its strength, and the German soldiers were panicked. If they were told that the Russian army had a
Anti-tank individual equipment that has never been seen before, I am afraid that the entire German defense line will collapse.
However, concealing it is not an option. Are other units allowed to suffer another loss similar to that of the 7th Armored Division?!
The helpless Lieutenant General Kubil could only order his armored troops to try not to engage in close combat with the enemy.
On the other hand, the battle between the 7th Armored Division and the 1st Guards Tank Brigade had just ended.
There was a burst of cheers on the battlefield. There were wreckage of German tanks everywhere, and some were even burning and exploding. However, this still could not stop the excitement of the soldiers. They waved their fists and congratulated each other with their comrades, especially those who
The soldiers who destroyed the tanks... At this time, it was a great achievement for the Soviet army to have a record of destroying enemy tanks, especially the infantry.
The tank crew was a little lost at this time.
Fedosiev complained right next to Shulka: "Captain, I couldn't kill a single tank this time. This kind of tank is just for taking a beating or making a show of it!"
"It doesn't matter, Comrade Fedosiev!" Cossack interrupted excitedly: "We are here! As long as we have it..."
As he spoke, the Cossack patted the rocket launcher on his shoulder, and then said: "We no longer have to hide everywhere when we see tanks!"
Fedosiev muffled and said nothing.
The Cossacks did not mention anything. Fedosiev said these words just because the infantry had done all the work of the tank soldiers and even took the credit of the tank soldiers.
"Comrade Captain!" Fedosiev said to Shulka: "If we can change to a different tank, I think we will have a greater advantage!"
"This is not something I can decide!" Shulka replied: "But I believe they will!"