Sorochinsk, the seat of the command of the Lower Ural Front of Soviet troops. General Timoshenko, who www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion, didn't sleep all night. He was still very satisfied with the Soviet offensive last night. The Soviets had already torn through the lines of the Chinese* army from many places, and the farthest troops had already reached a distance of twenty kilometers east of the Ural River.

However, to Timoshenko's surprise, even at this time, there were still many armies of the Chinese army that were sticking to the front-line positions that had not collapsed, and the positions were still in their hands, forming many salients. If you look at the map, you can clearly see that the current control area of the two sides is completely intertwined.

This battlefield situation made Timoshenko instinctively feel a crisis, as if he had stepped into a trap carefully prepared by the Chinese army.

"Damn, is this a trap or just a coincidence? Did our troops really tear open the defense line of the Chinese, or was that simply deliberate by the Chinese * army? Timoshenko asked himself in his heart.

However, he already had a faint bad feeling in his heart. His instincts told him that it was all a trap. But he had no other way to do it. Even if it is a trap, now the Soviet army has fallen into the trap. It's useless to say anything more.

"Hopefully, it's all just a coincidence." Temoshenko said to himself secretly.

"Send a telegram to the front-line departments and tell them that it is very likely that the Chinese will launch a counterattack today. In any case, we must resist the attack of the Chinese. As long as they hold out until the evening, the Chinese will lose air superiority and firepower superiority. That's when our chance comes. Timoshenko ordered. Although he knew that perhaps he and his army had fallen into a trap. However, he had no way to break free. Now one can only hope that the Soviet army will be able to withstand the counterattack of the Chinese* army. In this case, they may still have a chance to turn defeat into victory, and no matter how bad they are, they will be able to withdraw the main forces that are in crisis.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The staff officers of the command of the Lower Ural Front of the Soviet Army also realized that something seemed to be wrong. As a result, the atmosphere in the entire command became somewhat depressing.

At the field airfield of the Imperial Air Force, one plane after another was taking off. F9 fighters, FC4 dive bombers, and A5 ground attack planes, one after the other, glided on the runway and then flew into the sky at a rapid pace. They were already full of bombs and were ready to bomb the Soviet troops who had broken into the lines of the Imperial Army, helping the Army to surround these Soviet troops and eventually encircle them.

On the ground, the Imperial Army's 5th Army and Sixth Army each sent two infantry divisions along the 3rd Army's control zone into front-line positions. After the start of the battle, they will assist the 3rd Army in retaking its front-line positions on the east bank of the Ural River. And stick to this place, resist the Soviet counterattack or even flanking attack, and block the retreat of the Soviet army that broke into the positions of the Imperial Army.

On the frontal battlefield, the 1st Panzer Army of the Imperial Army will be the main force in this counterattack against the Soviet army. The main forces of the 5th and 6th armies, which were to assist the 1st Panzer Army.

The Panzer Army of the Imperial Army consisted of five divisions, a self-propelled howitzer brigade, a heavy armored brigade, and other brigade units. The entire group army totaled more than 165,000 men. Of these, five divisions were two armored divisions and three mechanized infantry divisions. The American armored division has two armored regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment. Each mechanized infantry division has one armored regiment and two mechanized infantry regiments. Each armored regiment is subordinate to two tank battalions, one mechanized infantry battalion. Each tank battalion is armed with 72 tanks. In addition, each division has a heavy tank company with 18 Tiger heavy tanks. Together with the heavy armored brigades to which the army group belongs, one armored army of the Imperial Army has 1,000 Leopard 2 medium tanks and 342 Tiger heavy tanks.

Officially, because each Panzer Army was equipped with such a large number of tanks that it cost a lot. So the reason why the Imperial Army also formed only three armored armies in total. As for whether the 4th Panzer Army will be formed, it will depend on the development of the war situation. If the war is unfavorable and the Empire needs to invest more armored forces to help the Empire win, perhaps a 4th Panzer Army will be formed, or even a 5th Panzer Army will be formed. If the war goes well, then it will not be used at all.

After the Imperial Army organized the Panzer Army, this was the first large-scale application on the battlefield. The torrent of steel composed of more than 1,000 tanks is undoubtedly difficult to stop. What's more, the tanks equipped by the Imperial Army, in terms of performance, are not at all comparable to the kind of junk tanks of the Soviet Army. Once the two sides fight each other on the battlefield, it is possible to imagine what the result will be.

As the first unit to be invested in every battle of the Empire, the Air Force used thousands of fighters and bombers to attack the Soviet Army after launching a counterattack. Those sections of the defense line on the east bank of the Ural River, which were now defended by the Soviet army, naturally became the focus of the Imperial Air Force.

"Da Da Da!" An F9 fighter was strafing a section of trench, and two 12.7 aviation machine guns in the wing made two white lines on the ground. This is caused by a bullet hitting the snow, causing the snowflakes to fly. The two white lines continued to stretch, and then extended into the trenches. Suddenly, the Soviet soldiers hiding in the trenches were beaten to the ground. The power of aviation machine gun bullets is very great, and if it is hit, it will usually cut off a hand or a foot at the least, or die directly.

"Da Da Da!" Inside the trench, a Soviet anti-aircraft machine gun fired frantically, trying to knock down the plane. However, the fighters of the Imperial Air Force were very agile and easily evaded the Soviet anti-aircraft machine guns. And, then a retaliation was launched.

"Knock knock!" The 30-mm cannon in the nose opened fire, and several shells hit the anti-aircraft machine gun, directly blowing the anti-aircraft machine gun into a part, and the machine gunner was killed on the spot.

"Woo! Woo! "A dive bomber is diving to drop bombs. Diving from a high altitude helps to ensure that the bomb hits the target accurately. Rumor has it that the Empire's most elite dive bomber pilots were able to hit something the size of a matchbox on the ground after launching an attack. Of course, this is an exaggeration. But it also shows how accurate the dive bombers of the Imperial Air Force were when they dive-dropped.

"Boom!" A 200-kilogram bomb was dropped into a trench with precision. The flames and smoke caused by the violent explosion spread through the trenches, engulfing the Soviet soldiers in the trenches. By the time the smoke cleared, the trench had been blown up. The dozens of Soviet soldiers who were originally hiding inside have disappeared without a trace.

One after another, the ground attack planes circled in the sky, and after discovering the target, they launched attacks with cannons or bombs, and eliminated all the Soviet soldiers entrenched in the position. After dealing with these Soviet troops, it will be much easier for the Imperial Army to counterattack.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "While the Imperial Air Force was ravaging the Soviet troops on the eastern bank of the Ural line, the artillery of the Imperial Army also launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the Soviet troops located in the salient. The Imperial Army's 1st Panzer Army, 5th Army and Sixth Army used a total of 432 210-mm self-propelled howitzers, 540 155-mm heavy howitzers and 1,080 105-mm light howitzers. More than 2,000 artillery pieces launched a fierce shelling of the Soviet positions, and shells rained down like raindrops. The flames that rose after the explosion of the shells even enveloped the positions of the Soviet troops.

"Boom!" A 210-mm shell fell on the positions of the Soviet troops, and the positions built in haste could not withstand the bombardment of such heavy artillery. The powerful cannonball directly kills all living creatures within the kill radius. Those Soviet soldiers were even blown into scum.

"Damn, don't the Chinese want money for shells? How can their shelling be more intense than ours? A soldier thought secretly. When the Soviet artillery launched a large-scale artillery bombardment yesterday, he thought that it undoubtedly had the power to destroy the world. However, now it is found that compared with the artillery of the Chinese army, it is simply insignificant.

"Hey! Feed! Divisional headquarters? Our regiment was subjected to heavy shelling by the Chinese and suffered heavy losses. A group leader yelled into the phone. However, before he could finish the call, a blind tone came from the receiver. The telephone line had been blown off in the heavy shelling.

"Damn, the signal corps immediately went to the division headquarters and reported to the division commander that our regiment had suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of reinforcements." The regimental commander ordered.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The signal soldier saluted and left, and he needed to rush to the division headquarters on foot. However, it is undoubtedly a question mark whether he can safely reach the division headquarters in the position where the artillery is under fire.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters that we have been subjected to heavy shelling by Chinese artillery, and the damage is very serious, and we request the headquarters to send us reinforcements or artillery support." The commander of one of the Soviet army groups was also ordering the signal corps to send a telegram to the command. In the face of heavy artillery shelling by the Imperial Army, the Soviets had already begun to suffer a large number of casualties.

At the command of the Soviet Lower Ural Front in Sorochinsk, Timoshenko's face was pale, and there were telegrams for help everywhere, which made his head big. He knew that the Chinese were using heavy air strikes and artillery bombardment to announce that they were about to launch a counterattack. (To be continued.) )