Chapter 728: The German Army Marches Quickly
"May God bless us!"
When Captain Bill heard this, he fell silent and prayed.
"Hmmm! God will definitely bless us, and the fact that the Führer has given us so many new tanks and anti-tank weapons is a good proof of this! ”
Captain Yarman also responded with a prayer gesture.
They then continued to follow their tank formation, hiding in the darkening woods, waiting for Manstein's order to attack.
At the same time, more than 100 Yak-28 bombers, 80 B52 bombers, and 50 Il-28 bombers were also ready to go at three secret large airfields in the rear of the German army.
Among them, 100 Sabre fighters are also preparing to take off and escort, and before they are piloted to take off, ground crews and maintenance technicians are also carefully checking the condition of each aircraft and the amount of fuel.
"All planes are in place and ready to take off!"
When all the inspections were completed, the control tower then gave the pre-takeoff order.
"Take off!"
When the first batch of planes was ready, the control tower gave the order to take off.
Immediately, a large number of new bomber planes that surpassed the World War II era flew majestically into the sky like a large group of eagles with wings spread, heading towards the Soviet positions in Kharkiv, preparing for a sneak attack.
And after these planes took off, the 3rd Panzer Army and the 44th Imperial Grenadier Division also received the order to advance at the same time and lurked towards Kharkov.
"Quick! Marshal Manstein's combat order has been issued, everyone hurry up and go around to the positions in Kharkov! Where has our aviation already taken off to prepare for bombing! ”
So soon, a large number of German officers and soldiers hurriedly issued combat orders to the officers and soldiers under their command.
Soon the 3rd Panzer Corps and the 44th Imperial Grenadier Division were in a hurry to get into action.
When these German troops went to Kharkov, they not only passed through woods, sand, swamps and some small positions of the Soviet troops; It also crossed a lot of minefields and trenches of the Soviet army.
But even so, this group of German troops was still aggressive, without the slightest feeling of tiredness or fear
Their will to fight was very strong, and even the Romanian troops who gave them the lead to support them were full of fighting spirit and preemptively fought with the Germans in the front.
Because they also obtained some relatively advanced weapons and equipment given by Chen Yanlong, as well as sufficient ammunition, as well as military supplies and medical medicines.
In addition, Chen Yanlong promised the Romanian and Ukrainian troops that if they killed more Soviet officers and soldiers, they would not only be able to leave the battlefield early and retreat to the front line, but also be able to get relatively generous bonuses.
In this regard, both the Romanian troops and the Ukrainian troops are desperate to be the first.
"All the artillery units will speed up you again, we must rush to the designated combat site after our air force has finished bombing, and prepare for three hours of artillery coverage, no matter what, we must fully occupy Kharkov within two days!"
"Because this is the order of the Führer, no one can change and disobey!"
Just as the German 3rd Panzer Corps and the 44th Reichgrenadier Division began to march rapidly, all the officers of the German artillery units behind them also hurried their artillery regiments and shouted.
At the same time, they also personally supervised their running troops, carrying out mechanized transportation methods for rapid marching.
As for their current rapid march interspersed with movements, Manstein was very concerned.
Because he demanded that these artillery units must evade the reconnaissance of the Soviet air force and the discovery of the Soviet artillery positions, and launch a surprise artillery attack on the Soviet garrison in the Kharkov zone, so as to take the Soviet troops by surprise.