This time it was the turn of the German flanks to be overwhelmed, as they were under heavy fire from Soviet troops.

Although the Soviets lost one-half of their tanks, they still had an advantage in the number of tanks in the local area.

The T-26 tanks launched a local counterattack, which was indeed very difficult for the German troops to deal with.

After all, it was the German units on the flanks, after all, these units were inferior to fist-like armored units and had so many tanks and armored vehicles.

So, in the first place, the Soviet counterattack gained an advantage, they broke through the first layer of the German infantry line, and began to develop in depth.

A Soviet tank commander stood next to the hull of his KV-1 tank, and a dozen tank commanders standing around him analyzed the situation in the area.

"The Germans were severely underarmed, and they were probably only one-tenth of their strength compared to the Germans in front." A commander pointed to a map and said to his companion.

They took advantage of the attack just now, and about a battalion of German troops was repulsed by their own tanks, and even the Germans with two flanks were retreating.

"Yes! But we don't know how many German troops there are in the villages in the distance, and we don't know what weapons they have! "One of the commanders at the head has some combat experience, but he is also a newcomer and has never officially fought at all.

The Soviets were originally a very experienced force, but the grassroots turmoil brought about by the Great Purge had deprived them of their basic organizational skills.

The sluggishness and sluggishness of the Soviet forces as a whole was a world of difference from the agile German army.

Under these circumstances, the fact that an attack on the flank was unexpectedly successful showed that Germany was seriously short in terms of flank troops.

All the German units were rushing forward, believing that the Soviets had been defeated and that all that remained was to capture prisoners.

And it's really not to blame the German top brass for being paralyzed and underestimating the enemy: any commander, after capturing 1 million prisoners, destroying 7,000 tanks, and killing almost 8,000 planes, will consider himself a winner.

Who would have thought that the Soviets would still be able to launch a local counterattack after almost 2 million troops were routed and 1 million troops were retreating?

As a result, in this case, the Soviet Union really launched a counterattack, which of course took all the German top brass by surprise.

"It's too late to continue standing here and analyzing, the soldiers are very fast...... Surprise as much as possible to expand the results! Eventually, the commander decided to do the same.

The armored forces of the Germans, having broken through the frontal line of defense, would attack forward with a fierce attack, almost without stopping to rest.

Such a fierce attack on the flanks without life and flanks, disrupted the normal defense system of the USSR, destroyed the command and nodes in the rear, destroyed the artillery positions......

Because of this, the Soviet armored forces decided to learn from the advanced experience of the Germans and make a forward assault deep into the interior of the German-occupied zone.

Everyone scattered and began to climb into their respective tanks, the T-26 tanks on the periphery began to start, and the KV-1 tank in the core also started slowly.

More than 50 Soviet tanks kicked up a cloud of black smoke and quickly rushed towards the town in the distance.

Most of the Soviet tanks did not have radio communication. This was dictated by the era of the creation of the T-26 tank, as well as by the tactical thinking of Soviet tanks.

The Soviets have always emphasized the number of tank-armored vehicles, and not the quality of these tank-armored vehicles.

After all, the caliber of the artillery and the thickness of the armor are hard data that the leaders can see, but the communication capability and the speed of gun reloading will not be easily asked by lay leaders.

Like the commanders of the German armored forces, the Soviet tanks were on the road with their heads poked out of the vehicle most of the time.

Because the air inside the car is really not very good, and the view is very limited. In addition, in the absence of radio contact, you need to observe the situation around the car body.

Just as the Soviet tanks approached the small village not far away, what they didn't know was that in the bushes in the distance, a pair of eyes were staring at them.

In front of those eyes, there was a precision sight, the scale on which was now pressed exactly on the hull of a KV-1 tank.

Then, just after an order, the German gunner, who was aiming at the Soviet tank, pressed the device for firing.

"Boom!" With a loud sound of fire, the KV-1 tank in the distance was paralyzed at once. Its tracks were shattered, and the body of the car stood still.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The commanders of the Soviet tanks poking their heads out shouted loudly, trying to find their location.

But they couldn't find the killer hiding deep in the shadows, and they didn't even see what the other party looked like.

"Boom!" The other side is now not going to let go of these hapless Soviet tanks, and another loud bang is heard, and another T-26 tank turns into fireworks.

The hit T-26 tank exploded, and the smoke obscured the view of the Soviet tank behind.

Thick smoke billowed and the smell of burning fuel spread everywhere, and the Soviet tanks behind had no vision at all to continue observing.

"Hey! What can you see? Squinting his eyes, the most experienced Soviet tank commander, shouted to a friendly vehicle commander in the distance.

"I can......'t see anything," the T-26 tank commander had barely shouted halfway through when his T-26 tank was hit by a flying shell.

The huge penetrating force knocked the turret of the tank into the air at once, and the Soviet commander saw with his own eyes the upper half of the corpses of his men fly out with the turret.

"Hell!" Frightened by the scene in front of him, he quickly retracted back into his turret, and the problem that most of the Soviet tanks did not have communication equipment was suddenly expanded, and he could only contact a few KV-1 tanks.

"This is the new tank of the Germans! Otherwise, they wouldn't have such a strong firepower! A Soviet commander complained loudly inside the tank.

They had already seen the Leopard tanks of the Germans and were very impressed with that 88-mm cannon.

But they still guessed wrong, because it was impossible for the German troops to waste their precious Leopard tanks on the flanks for defensive use.

Attacking them was another new anti-tank weapon of the German infantry, the Stalker tank destroyer!

Moreover, in front of them, it was the troops of two anti-tank companies that came to put out the fire. They are armed with a whole 20 tank destroyers!

After all, they are not the main force responsible for the frontal attack, so they are not equipped with full armament.

The anti-tank company, which was supposed to be armed with 15 tank destroyers, was actually equipped with only 10 vehicles.

This was Germany's usual tactic of expansion, weakening each panzer company, and eventually freeing up a third of the troops to supply where it was needed.

Although this force was not yet fully formed, a company was only two-thirds strong. However, having already chosen an interception position, they formed a dense network of anti-tank fire.

Artillery shells came from all directions, destroying Soviet tanks one after another. It was a place like an ambush circle, and the Soviets suffered a big loss.

You must know that the rapid advance of the German armored forces actually has various prerequisites, which seem to be very fast and very cumbersome to coordinate.

At the forefront were not German armored units, but reconnaissance detachments. These units are nimble and very combat-ready, in fact, the fists and eyes of the armored forces.

They test the enemy's defenses, find the weakest gaps, and then guide their armoured units to crash through to the most vulnerable nodes.

In addition, covering the German armored forces, there is also a powerful air force! The aircraft will clear the path of friendly forces in advance, at least most of the traps.

With all this, there was a frantic advance of the German armored forces! And this, in real history, the Soviets studied until 1945, and it seems that they did not learn the essence.

It was precisely these essences that made Germany invincible in 1941 and invaded the heart of the Soviet Union in one day.

"Retreat! Fall back! The Soviet commander watched in despair as his tanks were destroyed by the Germans one after another, and gave the order to retreat in frustration.

Just as he was loudly ordering his troops to retreat on the radio, the scale on the sight of a gun pressed against the hull of his tank.

Then, one of the heavy shells was knocked out of the barrel and hit the front of the hull of this KV-1 tank.

Because of the distance, this shell penetrated the front armor of the KV-1 tank, destroying the tank at once.

The officer who commanded the Soviet tanks was killed, and the tank units under his command completely lost their judgment. By the time they realized that the situation was not good and they had retreated, they had already lost most of their troops.

By the time they retreated, the area was littered with the wreckage of burning and exploding Soviet tanks. The Germans took the opportunity to close the gap in their own line of defense and stabilize their line.

The Soviet attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the victory was completely frustrated, and the Germans successfully stopped the Soviet attack in this nameless hamlet.

And, relying on a successful attack, more than 40 Soviet tanks were destroyed in one go!

The power of the Stalker tank destroyer was vividly reflected in the positional defense battle, and the 75 mm caliber tank gun equipped by the German army also proved its value in actual combat!

At least in 1941, German artillery units used their own 75 mm guns, earning themselves the respect of the rest of the armed forces.

They became the backbone of the infantry line, saving valuable German tank units, and relying on their low profile and powerful artillery, they took out several times the number of enemies they were.

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