When Comrade Popov was preparing to fulfill his oath to the party flag with his blood and life, outside a small town called Izbica on the north bank of the Vistula River, the commander-in-chief of the "Mantufeld Cavalry Cluster" Hasso Ekad. Feng. Major General Mandolfer was working with his two lieutenants, the new commander of the 8th SS Cavalry Division, Figlein, and the commander of the Hungarian Mechanized Corps, Dermer Fernandes. Lieutenant General Stoyay counted the strength of their armored corps together. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Their strength is still a little bit, because this time and space control the Middle East and North Africa, and barely open up sea communication with Japan and South America, so the industry of the European Community countries led by Germany is no longer troubled by resource bottlenecks and has been fully developed.

As a result, all units of the German Army have a very strong armoured vehicle establishment, and the Wehrmacht 1st Cavalry Division and the SS 8th Cavalry Division are no exception, with a total of 12 companies equipped with No. 3 assault guns, and a total of 72 powerful No. 3 assault guns.

In addition, 2 German cavalry divisions had 12 anti-tank companies with 96 anti-tank guns towed by the SD.KFZ.251 half-track light armored vehicle. Although these anti-tank guns are towed, they also have a certain ability to maneuver on the front line because the half-track vehicles towing them have a certain amount of armor and good cross-country performance.

In addition to this, the Royal Croatian-Hungarian Army was led by Lieutenant General Demai. Stoyay commanded the Hungarian 1st "Maria. Teresa's "tank brigade" is now also temporarily under the command of the "Mandolfir Cavalry Group".

This time and space is because of Otto of Habsburg. Feng. Habsburg became the king of the Croatian-Hungarian United Kingdom, and also brought many Austrian capitalists to invest in Hungary, and Croatia also formed a union with Hungary, and the financial, material and industrial strength of the Croatian-Hungarian United Kingdom naturally greatly exceeded the original Hungary.

So this "Maria. Theresa's tank brigade is also very well established, with the Hungarian 1st and 2nd tank battalions, modeled after the German tank battalions, equipped with 88 Turang-1 medium tanks and 88 Torti light tanks.

Although the strength of these two tanks is somewhat insufficient, and they cannot beat the Soviet T-34 and KV-2 at all, the Turang 1 is not small, with a total combat weight of 18.2 tons, which looks very powerful. Moreover, the livery of these Hungarian tanks is very similar to that of German tanks, and the insignia on the tanks is a black and white cross, which looks like a German iron cross from a distance.

"We now have 70 mobile No. 3 tanks, 78 mobile Turang 1 tanks and 80 Torti tanks. There are a total of 228 tanks/assault guns, which is almost the strength of an armored division, so we should not blindly defend. ”

Mandolfer was on his own half-track armored car with Hitler's future brother-in-law, Colonel Figlein, and the Hungarian de Mai. Stoyay held an impromptu combat meeting.

"Not defensive? Do you want to attack? "Hungarian General Demai. Stoyay was an Austro-Hungarian officer and was fluent in German, so it was not difficult to communicate with the two Germans. After listening to Mandolfer's words, he immediately shook his head and said, "General, our Turang 1 tank and Tolti light tank are not strong enough to be used as No. 4 tanks. ”

"That's no problem," Mandolfil shook his head and said with a smile, "No. 4 has the style of play of No. 4, and Tolti light tank has Tolti light tank play." And we also have 70 No. 3s (2 broke down) and 96 75mm anti-tank guns, which were enough to destroy the entire Soviet tank army! ”

"General, what do you mean...... Lure the enemy with a Torti light tank? The Hungarian lieutenant general already understood what Mandolfer meant, "But the Soviet T-34 tank and KV-1 tank will destroy all our Torti light tanks!" ”

"Oh, and it's unlikely they're likely to wipe out too many Torti light tanks." The commander of the 8th SS Cavalry Division, Figlein, smiled contemptuously, took the question and said, "We captured quite a few T-34s and KV-1s in the last battle of Legiononovo-Vovomin, and we have tested them, and we have mastered the performance of these two tanks. They are not as fast as the Torti light tanks, and although they have a lot of firepower, they don't use accurate guns.

Moreover, the guns of Soviet tanks were difficult to operate, and there were no good sights, so it was difficult to hit the target at a distance of 1000 meters. So your tank only needs to stay at least 1000 meters away from the Soviet tank cluster to be able to lead them into our ambush circle. And our No. 3 assault gun and PAK40 type 75mm gun are low in height, easy to hide, and are good guys for ambushes!

In addition, Soviet tanks also have a fatal weakness, only the command tank has a radio, and most tanks do not have a radio, so they cannot get orders from their superiors in time, and this weakness is quite fatal when encountering an ambush. ”

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"Bang dang, bang dang ......"

Two loud noises reached the 502nd Heavy Armored Battalion, 2nd Company, 1st Platoon Commander Michelle. Ensign Wittman's ears, even though he had headphones, still buzzed his ears. At the same time, the entire body of the tank shook violently twice. The experienced ensign Weitmann quickly realized that his tank had been hit by anti-tank guns!

"Ambush! There is an ambush! Car No. 2 of the 11th Company was attacked! He used the intercom to tell other vehicles that were chasing the Soviet T-34 tank with him the news of the attack on his tank, and he used the commander's mirror to search around.

He saw a large wheat field around him, and the crops were growing well, but they still couldn't hide the tall bodies of the T-34 and KV-1. About 2,000 meters away there was a small Polish village, where Soviet troops might have been stationed, but it was impossible to get shells from the Tiger tanks. The anti-tank guns of the Soviets are probably not so accurate, and their anti-tank guns are not powerful enough, and they may not even be able to wear the armor of tank No. 3 at a distance of 2,000 meters.

"Bang dang!"

There was another loud bang, and Wittmann felt his tank shake again, apparently with another shell. This time, Wittmann saw the muzzle flame, which came from a wheat field more than 600 meters ahead.

Wittmann understood right away what was happening. It is clear that this is an anti-tank gun in an ambush in a wheat field! The Soviets had set a trap for their armored cluster, and the T-34 tanks that had retreated at the slightest contact 45 minutes earlier were actually decoys to lure the Tiger into an ambush by anti-tank guns.

However, the Soviets' strategy obviously did not succeed, and their anti-tank guns could not penetrate the frontal armor of the Tiger tank within 300 meters, but Weitmann still did not dare to take it lightly.

"Parking! Cal! Stop the car! Wittman shouted, he quickly felt his tank stop, and gave another order to the gunner, "Adolf, 11 o'clock, 280 meters, anti-tank gun!" ”

"Boom!" As soon as Weitmann's order was given, he felt a slight shake of his tank, but his car did not fire, and he quickly looked through the commander's mirror and found a flame rising in the wheat field at 2 o'clock in front of him.

And this flame turned out to be rising from the top of a Tiger tank!

It is clear that there was a powerful Tiger tank that was destroyed by the Soviets with anti-tank guns!

Wittman suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, the Tiger tank could actually be destroyed, and his car had just been hit by two shells, and for some reason it was not penetrated - after the battle, he learned that it was a 76.2mm cannon that was fired at his vehicle, and the Tiger tank was destroyed by a 57mm anti-tank gun with an extra-long barrel.

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and Wittman felt his tank shake violently, and he knew it was a tank firing. He hurriedly looked through the goggles and found a large pit in the wheat field in front of him, and some metal fragments and human corpses were scattered around it.

Finally take out an anti-tank gun! Second Lieutenant Weitmann let out a sigh and was about to push open the top hatch of the tank to see if there were any other anti-tank guns in the surrounding wheat fields. The voice of Major Charlie Demark, commander of the 502nd Battalion, was heard through the headphones.

"All attention, the assault guns are about to fire, and the 502nd Battalion is all reversing 500 meters, and immediately reversing!"

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Boom Boom Boom ......

Looking forward from the village where the commander of the 10th Soviet Army, Major General Popov, was located, there was a column of fire and smoke in front of him. His face, which had been showing some joy, also became extremely solemn with these exploding 105mm shells.

The tactics of decoy and anti-tank ambush of the T-34 designed by him were obviously successful, and after paying the price of more than two dozen T-34s being destroyed, the German tank cluster was finally lured under the muzzle of the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun, and at least 6 German heavy tanks were destroyed by the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun at close range within 300 meters!

But there were too few anti-tank guns of the ZIS-2 type, and there were only 16 in one army group. As a last resort, Popov could only use some ZIS-3 cannons to try his luck. I didn't expect this 76.2mm cannon to be able to help German heavy tanks at such a close distance.

The reaction speed of the German tank cluster was also beyond Popov's expectations, just a few heavy tanks were destroyed, and the rest of the tanks immediately reversed en masse, widening the distance of the Soviet anti-tank guns, and almost at the same time their self-propelled guns and assault guns also fired, and the indiscriminate bombardment covered all the hidden positions of the Soviet anti-tank guns.

This means that all German tanks and assault guns are equipped with radios, and the commanders of tank clusters can directly communicate orders to each tank, and the tanks in the front line can also request fire support from assault guns and self-propelled guns through the radio at any time...... (To be continued.) )