While Rommel and Schwebenburg were in a meeting, in the maintenance factory of the 502nd Heavy Armored Battalion east of Priluki, the commander of the first company, Captain Klaus Dears (played by the reader "The Commander of the First Company of the 502nd Heavy Armored Battalion of the Wehrmacht") was being taught by Dr. Paul, the commander of the maintenance company. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How much air is sucked into the engine for every seven kilometers traveled?" Dr. Paul asked.

"170,000 liters." Captain Dears said.

"Do you know how much dust is in the air?" Dr. Paul then asked.

Captain Dears shook his head.

"That's the equivalent of the amount of dust you inhale in 10 days, which can cover 1.6 hectares of land." Dr. Paul said.

"I see, thanks for the reminder." Captain Dears said.

"You should say, I remember." Dr. Paul said.

"Yes, I remember."

"If the air filter can be cleaned on time, an engine can run for 5,000 kilometers. But the air filter on your tank is as dirty as a pig's intestine. Do you know what the consequences will be? ”

"The engine can only run 500 kilometers." Captain Dears said.

"Now that you know, why don't you wash it on time? You're knowingly committing a crime. Dr. Paul was furious and sprayed Captain Dears in the face.

Captain Dears bowed his head, dodging Dr. Paul's saliva.

Seeing Captain Dears bowing his head and "humbly" receiving his education, Dr. Paul turned to Captain Dears, a thin lieutenant.

"And you, Lieutenant Otto Karius, I have taught you a long time ago, our engines are overclocked, don't turn the tank to the highest gear, when the engine is running at full speed, it will overheat and scrap." Dr. Paul said with a cold face.

"Yes, I'll let the driver pay attention to it later." Lieutenant Karius said.

"Remember, changing engines and repairing engines is a fucked job, try not to add unnecessary work to the repair company because of avoidable mistakes, otherwise I will think that you are deliberately breaking the tank to avoid the battle." Dr. Paul said.

"At two o'clock in the morning, come here and retrieve the tank, you can go." Dr. Paul waved them away.

The two captains hurriedly took their farewell to Dr. Paul.

Walking out of Dr. Paul's reach, Captain Dears said, "I hate this guy with glasses, and he always likes to train people." ”

"I don't like him either, but his efficiency is admirable." Karius said.

After a few small talks, the two parted ways and returned to their respective residences.

After a few hours of rest, at two o'clock in the morning,

Captain Dils and Karius, with their fellow crewmates, showed up at the pit shop on time.

After thanking Dr. Paul and the repairman with a black and tired face, the two crews climbed into the tank, and after the engine had warmed up for some time, Diels in front and Karius in the rear, drove out of the repair shop.

The two commanders knew that the whole battalion was going to leave at four o'clock, and prepared to drive the tanks to the tank mooring places of their respective companies.

The two tanks drove one after the other to the end of the road, and were about to turn into the widest road in the village, when they found a procession following the road, from west to east.

Seeing two E-40s crossing by, the SDKFZ251 armored car in the middle of the road turned to the right, giving way to Captain Dears' tank.

Captain Dils' tank No. 101 slowly turned the corner, keeping in the same direction as the convoy.

At this moment, an armored car with a huge white R spray on the wall of the compartment drove by.

Captain Diers habitually glanced condescendingly at the armored car, and in the hazy starlight, the people in the armored car also looked at him.

The light was not good, and Captain Dears did not see the appearance of the people in the car, and the people in the car did not see his appearance clearly.

However, the occupants of the car recognized his tank number.

A voice came from the car.

"Captain, stop your tank."

Hearing the irresistible taste in the voice, Captain Diers asked the driver to stop the tank.

"I'm General Rommel, what's your name? Captain. ”

"Klaus Dears, General."

"What about you? Mr. Commander of Tank No. 213, what is your name? Rommel asked.

"I'm Lieutenant Otto Karius, General." Karius hurriedly straightened up.

"Very well, Captain Dils, Lieutenant Karius, you two are now requisitioned by me, command your tanks, join my team." Rommel said.

"I'll have someone inform your battalion commander, you don't have to worry." Rommel said.

Dils and Karius obeyed orders and joined Rommel's team in tanks.

After the two tanks joined the team, Dilles and Karius secretly said over the radio: "Where are we going?" Could it be that we saw things that we shouldn't have seen before we were called up on an ad hoc basis? ”

"Let's see, I have a hunch that something big will happen." Carissus replied.

Captain Dears drove his tank out of town with the main force, then turned around and headed north along a country dirt road.

After about thirty kilometres, the convoy entered a small town and stopped, where the whole force made a radio frequency adjustment before setting off again, turning northwest of the town.

After about twenty kilometers, through a forest, two or three kilometers ahead, a village loomed.

The convoy stopped moving forward, and Captain Dears got an uplifting message on the radio and prepared for battle.

Rommel's armored car rushed to Captain Dils' tank with a gust of wind.

Rommel jumped out of the armored car, climbed onto Captain Dears' tank with his hands and feet, and stood behind the turret.

"You follow behind the armored convoy and use it as an assault gun to provide them with fire support." Rommel shouted.

The whole team left the road and formed a formation in the field to rush to the distant village.

At this time, although the sky was not all bright, the light was enough to see the whole battlefield.

Captain Dears only then knew that this unit was not large, but it was a truly multi-service composite force.

At the front of the line were fourteen or fifteen No. 4 tanks, followed by SDKFZ251 armored vehicles, looking at the number, the number of infantry was about two companies, followed by two E-40 tanks of himself and Karius.

Standing at the back of the line were 105-mm self-propelled guns, as well as two small units of troops standing by in hiding, looking like scouts and sappers.

With the size of the village in front, the size of the garrison must not exceed a company, as a veteran of the battlefield, Captain Dears made a prediction.

After three rapid shots from the 105-mm self-propelled howitzer, the battle group rushed directly to the village, which was already in chaos.

Following at the rear of the charging troops, Captain Dils did not want to open fire, because the battle was going so fast that the leading troops rushed to the edge of the village with one charge, and the infantry had already begun to jump out of the armored vehicles and enter the battle on foot.

Thinking that General Rommel was standing behind him, Captain Dils felt that it would be very embarrassing not to fire a single shot.

With a sharp line of sight sweeping across the battlefield, Captain Dears finally found a target, a machine-gun crew that was hiding in the windows of his house and firing outward.

The 88-mm tank gun roared loudly, and high-explosive shells flew into the window with precision, blowing up the wooden house.

From the beginning to the end, the battle is almost a blink of an eye.

A platoon of infantry was left in the village, and all vehicles passed through the village and rushed along the road to the northwest.

"The real battle is about to begin, all pay attention, grab those pheasants, break their necks, and do not have any merciful thoughts."

Rommel shouted over the radio.

Captain Dears was confused.

Pheasants from the battlefield?

Could it be the nickname of an enemy army?

Following the battle group all the way, Captain Dears saw a special military camp on the horizon in the distance.

Empty runways and tarmacs, staggered buildings, and neatly parked planes side by side are all revealed in the binoculars.

It turned out to be a field airfield, really a flock of pheasants, Captain Dears shouted excitedly.

There was a roar of thunder behind the "rumbling ・・・・・・", and the self-propelled guns were already attacking first.

In the distance, the airport erupted in flames, buildings were torn apart, and broken wings flew into the sky.

The battle group once again spread out in the field, with the No. 4G tank leading the way, the infantry in armoured vehicles following behind, and the last two E-40s at the end.

In the chaos of the airfield, the defenders began to fight back.

Mortar shells and machine-gun bullets flew towards the vehicles of the battle group, but they could not stop the speed of the troops' assault.

Soon, a high-frequency artillery sound sounded in the airfield, and the airfield air defense unit operated anti-aircraft guns to shoot flat fire to block the charge of the battle group.

Almost at the same time, Captain Diers heard an eerie whistling sound behind him.

Among the suspected sapper units in the battle group, four land Stukas lined up, and the wings of the bodies sprayed intense fire.

Trailing gray-black smoke, 20 280-mm rockets and four 320-mm incendiary bombs flew into the sky, then rushed to the ground at a high angle.

Thick smoke and flames shrouded the airfield, and a storm of flames from large-caliber rockets swept through almost everything.

In the armored car, Rommel made a pinching motion with his right hand, as if he was really pinching a pheasant in his hand.

Opening his mouth wide and sticking out his tongue, Rommel let out a strange "uh" cry, as if there really was a pheasant in its dying throes.

Yesterday evening, Rommel stumbled upon a vision in the northern sky.

Some of the black dots were flying diagonally, and Rommel initially thought that there were planes diving, but looking through the telescope, there was no black smoke rising from the explosion.

Well, there is only one possibility, there is an airfield in the north, and those planes are doing take-off and landing maneuvers.

After contacting the Air Force, Rommel confirmed that there was an airfield for Soviet troops in the southeast corner of the city of Prin, about 60 kilometers north of the city of Priluki.

Rommel immediately made a decision, organized a battle group, and personally led the team to set off to raid the Soviet airfield.

Not daring to take the main road connecting the two cities, Rommel led the battle group to rush into the Soviet airfield in a circuitous route, making a brave feat of entering the chicken coop.

"When you get to the ground, do you dare to be arrogant? Tell you to throw bombs over my head again. Rommel said with a smile.

Captain Dils did not understand Rommel's mental journey, only knew how to reap the fruits of battle as much as possible.

After smashing a 37-mm anti-aircraft gun and clearing the last obstacle to the airfield, Captain Dears saw that Tank No. 4, which was rushing to the front line, had already rushed into the airfield.

The four Bobcat light tanks arrived first, rushing into the airfield faster than the armored vehicles, and all the humanoids flew in the flesh and blood of the 20-millimeter guns.

"Michelle, turn right and go to the side of the plane." Diers shouted.

The E-40 tank turned right and drove to the side of the aircraft on the tarmac.

The planes were no longer in their original formation, or they were torn apart by the shelling, or they were lying crookedly on the ground.

In total, four or five planes are still barely parked in a row.

Captain Dears' tank stopped, and the thick muzzle of the 88 gun was pointed at the nearest aircraft.

"Armor-piercing shells, come and see how many planes can be penetrated?" Captain Dears.

"After this shot, after I go back, I can blow in the camp for a year." Gunner Wolf shouted.

"Tank guns can also fight planes, let them be jealous." Bill the Loader shouted.

"Less nonsense, fire quickly, don't be preempted by the people of the second company." Captain Diers shouted.

"Boom ・・・・・・"

The muzzle of the 88 gun spewed smoke. (To be continued.) )