Volume 3 "Broken Red Flag"

After that, it seemed that the current battle did not last long, and the German army had already penetrated deep into the heart of the Soviet army. Among them was Leningrad, one of the most important cities of the Soviet Union and the birthplace of Bolshevism.

Although the German troops hoarding on the northern shore of Chud Lake already had several divisions, they were unable to move on. Because the Soviets had placed several divisions in this area of less than fifty kilometers in this rampant area, but even so, because the Southern Army was too deep into the Balkans, the Germans took the opportunity to immediately send two army groups through Czechoslovakia to attack Ukraine.

Due to the sluggishness of the main army and the low combat capability of the local defenders in Ukraine, the German army in this area was almost indomitable, and the success of the war was even more exaggerated than in the early days of the operation in North Africa. It didn't take long for the German army to be on the verge of Kip, and the Soviet Southern Army, which had been returning late, barely caught up with the battle to defend Kip, so that the two sides could really compete on a similar level, and the pace of German advance began to slow down.

Talking about the war situation in Northern Europe, because the frontal battlefield on the north shore of Chud Lake was really difficult to break through, the Germans unknowingly transferred two divisions from the front line and rushed to the south bank of Lake Pskov, intending to take Pskov in one fell swoop, and then cooperate with the German army on the frontal battlefield to break through Leningrad.

Such an idea is certainly good, but as a strategic point, it is impossible for the Soviets to be defenseless. Moving too many troops will be noticeable to the Soviets, while too few troops will be able to accomplish the desired goal. Therefore, when selecting the key places for these two divisions, it was natural to call in the two units with the strongest combat effectiveness here, including Anselm's 47th Division.

Although even now. There are still many people who are obviously prejudiced against Anselm, and entrusting him with such an important task has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. But commanders aside, the 47th Division was definitely the best-equipped and most combat-ready of the several units here, and even those who were visibly disgusted with Anselm had to admit it. If you want to talk about elite soldiers, then it has to be his 47th Panzer Division in Anselm.

In addition, it has to be said that the commander of another mixed division that cooperated with the 47th Division was also a fairly capable veteran, but unlike Anselm, his tactical thinking was generally relatively steady, and he was hardly as worthy of a fight as Anselm. Of course, put him in this position. Naturally, it is not all about affirming his ability, and the main aspect is that he is to check and balance Anselm.

In this operation, the troops of the two divisions had to work together sincerely, and it was impossible for Anselm not to consider the ideas of the other division commander. It was for this reason that such a safety hazard was placed beside the rear to prevent him from advancing, although this would certainly have more or less degraded Anselm's novel tactical thinking, when the current state of affairs was only for them to have two divisions to attack the enemy's rear. In this way, the troops on the front have an opportunity. So, the real workhorse is not them. Naturally, there is no need for them to take risks in order to exert their abilities.

How could Anselm, who was good at calculation, not know that they were making this calculation, but whether it was for the collective benefit of the German army or for himself, he had to be patient, not to mention that the situation was much better than before. Because of this operation. Except for the mixed division that had to cooperate with him, there were no other troops. In this way, he will not be able to move around because of the disadvantage of friendly forces.

Although he didn't know what the specific situation of the enemy was, Anselm was still confident that he would be able to sweep away the enemies around him. Judging from the analysis of the battle reports from the front, the strength of the armored forces of the Northern Corps of the Soviet Army. It should be on par with or slightly higher than the second-rate armored divisions of the German army, and a large part of the advantage comes from quantity, and as for quality, it is still not much different from the level of the German army in the early stage of the African theater.

In the face of such a powerful enemy, the 47th Division, which has a percentage of advanced equipment as high as 80% of the division, will naturally not be afraid of them, and with the tactics and experience of tank warfare, the German army that has experienced the French battlefield and the North African battlefield is naturally much richer than the Northern Army Corps, which has been guarding its homeland before, and what is slightly lacking is that the Soviets may have a slight upper hand in dealing with the jungle and muddy ground.

However, this does not affect the overall situation, because even if Anselm wants to move quickly, he will have to take into account the feelings of the mixed editor who is working with him. So this time, he simply decided to simply slow down and advance, and use the advantage of weapons to break through the enemy's line.

The big plan has been decided, and the troops are about to start operating. First of all, in front of the roundabout German army was Pskov, a city in the Soviet Union. It was certainly not as strong as an important city like Leningrad, but its defenses were not even comparable to that of Veliky Novgorod in the rear, and a small number of Soviet troops were stationed here scattered. The arrival of the German army surprised them and hurriedly retracted their front, preparing to fight the Germans around the city.

In fact, with the difference in strength between the two sides, this battle should not have existed at all, but because these two German divisions were at the beginning of the mission in order to implement roundabout tactics, facing the enemy's troops on the north bank of Chud Lake, and only carrying fewer siege weapons. This made them have to do what they can when facing the city of Pskov.

However, Pskov was in the middle of their circuitous route, and it would take an extra amount of time to get around it, so even if it was difficult, the Germans had to rise to the occasion and fight the battle.

At this point, the perspective cuts back to Trode. A few days of travel gave him the leisure to think about some problems, but this was not a good situation, because he was puzzled about some things, and there was no fight to let him vent, and he became more depressed these days, although he tried his best not to show that feeling in front of others, but those who knew him, as long as they looked a few more times, they knew, but Trode himself refused to speak, and they had no way to do it.

And on this day, Trode finally received the task of fighting. As soon as he started, he felt like he was back in North Africa, because the time limit of this battle was really rushed, and the task was quite tedious and complicated...... (To be continued.) )