BXBX NOVEL Chapter 235: Order
If the Fourth Tank Brigade proceeded step by step to attack Kozwo first and then advance in depth, I am afraid that the German army is already ready and the difficulty will increase exponentially.
Shuerka was right, the German army in Mabeno Village was completely unprepared.
For a three-kilometer journey, the T34 travels at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour, and it only takes 4 minutes if it moves forward at full speed.
In fact, the fourth tank brigade took 15 minutes because they encountered a group of tanks rushing to the front line for reinforcements on the road... There were 9 German tanks in total, and they marched along the road, and then the two armies were on the road. After going around a hill, they suddenly met on a narrow road.
The T34 tank stopped immediately, and then fired at the target, and the Germans did the same.
The distance between the enemy and us is less than 100 meters, and we can even see the commander of the vehicle with his head sticking out to direct the battle.
So both sides made the first hit.
It's a pity that the Germans drove the "Panzer Four" tanks in front..."Panzer Four" tanks usually go ahead when they march fast.
The problem is that its short-barreled gun can hardly penetrate the T34 armor even within 100 meters.
This is the case now, the T34 was unscathed, while the German "No. 4" tank was penetrated and paralyzed in place... When it was penetrated by armor-piercing shells, it was more often just an extra hole in the armor. The tank was paralyzed and could not continue to fight, unless it was hit The engine was pierced or the shell was detonated, otherwise there was no big movement.
Then the T34 seized a favorable geographical position, and the three T34s deployed to aim their muzzles at the turning point of the road. The German tank destroyed it with a "boom" as soon as it appeared.
The battle soon turned into a chase... The German tanks fled, and the T34 chased after them all the way. When they reached the village of Marbeno, there were only two German tanks left.
The village of Mabeno was soon occupied by the Soviet army again.
The German army set up a heavy artillery battalion in the village of Marbeno, that is, the heavy artillery battalion that bombed the 44th Cavalry Division to the point where most of the casualties were lost.
The range of the German 210MM heavy artillery is 11 kilometers. It should not have been deployed only about five kilometers away from the front line. However, if the German army wanted to bombard the Soviet defense line in depth and provide artillery assistance to the German armored forces that penetrated and advanced forward, Six kilometers of redundancy is still necessary.
From this we can also see the eagerness of the German army to attack Moscow, and they even considered moving forward.
What they didn't expect was that these guns were reimbursed before that moment.
The tanks rushed into the artillery positions and were bumped and bumped. Like wild boars digging cabbages on the ground, cannons were staggered everywhere, and the cars carrying ammunition were also blown up one by one on the way to escape.
When the news reached the headquarters of the Central Army Group, von Bock couldn't help being taken aback.
Although he knew that the 10th Panzer Division could not stop the Soviet attack, especially if the enemy had the 4th Tank Brigade among them. But he also didn't expect that the 10th Armored Division would collapse so quickly. The whole process took less than five hours, and the 10th Armored Division lost three occupied villages and even one was surrounded.
"We lost a total of 54 tanks, 25 anti-tank guns, 8 tractors, 26 mortars, 16 heavy artillery, 13 permanent launch points, and 21 machine gun launch points!" The adjutant reported in detail: "The loss of personnel was also very heavy. There were more than 1,000 casualties in the direction of Skilmanovo alone, and the division headquarters was destroyed..."
Von Bock couldn't help but frown upon hearing these numbers. Although he did it on purpose, that is, to find out the location of the 4th Tank Brigade and there was also an element of luring the enemy into it, but the price was so high that it developed so much. The speed was completely beyond his expectation.
Looking at the map, von Bock ordered: "Order the 2nd, 5th, and 11th Armored Divisions to assemble in the direction of Volokolamsk, as well as the 35th Infantry Division and the 106th Infantry Division... In addition, order the Air Force Get ready to provide air cover for our troops!"
"Yes, Your Excellency the Marshal!"
Three armored divisions, with a total of more than 400 tanks, sent out an encirclement to Volokolamsk from three directions. Among them, the 2nd armored division also threatened the rear of the Soviet army in an attempt to cut off its retreat. In addition, it had air superiority, Von Bock believed that the fourth tank brigade of the Russians could be included in the net.
The Soviet army on the other side didn't know all this. The soldiers were all cheering for their victory. Only Shulka sat on the tank armor with a gun and smoked alone.
"This is what you said, the first victory?" The instructor jumped on the tank and sat next to Shulka.
"Yes!" Shulka replied, and then handed the cigarette to the instructor.
The instructor took the cigarette, put the cigarette in his mouth, and handed it back to Shulka.
"So, you mean, we're going to fail next?"
"Maybe!" Shulka looked at the cheering soldiers and said, "I think it depends on when the Germans think they will decide to counterattack!"
"I wonder if you haven't considered 'Katyusha'!" The instructor said: "With it and the Fourth Tank Brigade, we may indeed have the strength to counterattack!"
"This has nothing to do with 'Katyusha', Comrade Instructor!" Shulka said: "If the Supreme Command just quits and is content to seize and control Volokolamsk, then perhaps the situation will not get any worse .But obviously, that's not what they're after, is it?"
The instructor nodded silently.
But the instructor didn't say much, because he only needs to know some things, and then implement them, and other things are beyond his consideration.
Sure enough, in the subsequent meeting, Katukov said worriedly: "The superior ordered us to attack north along the road, regain Tver and restore the smooth flow of the Leningrad-Moscow railway line!"
To be honest, this does have certain strategic significance.
The German offensive on Leningrad has slowed down, and even the troops originally used to attack Leningrad have turned to Moscow.
The German army turned to Moscow, but the Soviet army was cut off because of the occupation of Tver, so that Leningrad's troops and equipment could not be transferred to Moscow, especially in Leningrad, which was composed of a Kirov factory and a Red October factory. Production base, they can produce T34 tanks.
"Our counterattack in the direction of Serpukhov..." Major Gavrilov asked.
Katukov shook his head and replied: "They have already failed!"
"That is to say, we are only counterattacking in one direction?" Major Gavrilov asked again.
"Yes!"
"It's easy to be surrounded by the enemy!" Major Gavrilov said: "In fact, we are alone going deep!"
"I know!" Colonel Katukov replied helplessly: "But this is an order from the superior!"
(end of this chapter)