Four hundred and thirty-six. Kharkov counterattack
On March 21, 1942, the Battle of Kharkov broke out!
This was the first battle personally directed by Marshal Ernst Bryme, Skeleton Baron, after the return of the Skeleton.
On the German side, the 6th Army and the Kleist cluster were dispatched under General Paulus.
In the Soviet army, the 8th and 11th armies commanded by General Korkorok were dispatched.
The combat locations of both sides were concentrated in Oleska and Chiulminsk!
The battle - it's beginning!
At dawn on March 21, 1942, a large number of German fighter jets appeared and launched the craziest bombing of Oleska and Chiulminsk!
Countless bombs fell to the Soviet positions, and the continuous explosions vented the German army's previous anger and determination to win!
Bombing - Bombing - Bombing!
The air strikes, commanded by German Air Marshal Manfred von Richthofen, were unprecedentedly fierce.
Bunches of fighter planes flew over, batches of bombs fell, batches of Russians died
The Soviet Air Force was also doing its best to fight. They took off tenaciously and met the challenges from the Germans!
It has to be said that the performance of these Soviet air forces is quite amazing, and their tenacious spirit is not inferior to that of the German army.
But the only shortcoming is that their experience and flight skills are no match for the Germans at all.
Planes were shot down, and the German fighter planes in the sky were flying arrogantly and roaring, raging the sky to the fullest.
Soviet fighter planes kept falling from the air, wailing sharply, rolling up thick smoke, and then piercing down towards the terrible earth.
Then, with a fire, everything disappeared
On the ground, thousands of German artillery fire roared at the same time. Countless shells fell wildly towards the enemy's positions, stirring up countless smoke and fire.
In contrast, the Soviet army had pitifully little counterattack artillery fire.
And those Russians in the positions could only watch the enemy's shells raged continuously on their positions and slaughtered their companions.
They didn't know what to do. The simplicity of the position was outrageous and could not resist the double bombing from the enemy's air and ground.
The 8th and 11th Army of the Soviet Army had suffered huge losses in previous battles with the Germans. Although they were supplemented during the temporary suspension period when the war was temporarily stopped, those were recruits who had just joined the army and set foot on the battlefield.
They have no combat experience and are not even prepared to face such a cruel battle!
Many of them, at the beginning of the bombing, fled everywhere with their heads in their arms, as if this could avoid the terrible bombardment of shells.
No matter how exhausted their commanders were, they could not stop such a thing from happening.
As a result, casualties increased dramatically!
Compared with the battle-produced German soldiers on the opposite side, although these Russians have the courage to serve the country, their experience is almost zero.
The Russian veterans who survived the previous battle calmly chose the place to hide and watched their companions run around coldly.
There is no need to drink them, it is of no use. Only after experiencing such an attack can you no longer be afraid of bombing in future battles.
Death? They deserve it. Who didn’t grow up from such a scene?
We cannot say that these Russian veterans are cruel and ruthless, as war is so cruel and ruthless.
They faced the powerful German army, not the Poles.
The bombing was going on endlessly, one wave of *, one wave of waves would not stop at all.
The Russians are bearing it, while the Germans are waiting.
In a sense, this is also a contest of willpower whoever collapses in such a contest first will lose victory.
Gradually, the Soviet artillery fire was completely suppressed, and they could no longer organize a counterattack against the German artillery fire.
The Soviet Air Force, which had tenaciously responded, reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield after experiencing huge losses.
Now, the entire battlefield has become the world of the Luftwaffe and artillery!
General Korkorok was a little helpless. He really couldn't understand how the Supreme Command was considering it. Since he was preparing to stick to Kharkov, why didn't he send him more planes, more cannons, and more tanks?
And those soldiers, why did they send so many new recruits with no combat experience to themselves?
Two armies? Even if two armies are added to this situation, they may not be able to hold on.
What Kolkorok couldn't imagine is that a bigger disaster is about to happen
At this time, opposite the battlefield, the German Supreme Commander Marshal Ernst was also watching the battlefield.
What is a real war? This is the real war!
The sky is a powerful German Air Force; the ground is a powerful German artillery. Once the war breaks out, you can get all the support you want as soon as possible!
He suddenly thought again that only when China truly possesses these powers can it be called powerful
"Xiao Ling, battlefield search."
When Wang Weiyi issued this order, the German army did not know the secret weapon that the Tseng Guang military base had, and began to search the battlefield.
This is a terrible existence - the Unigroup Military Base!
The equipment and positions hidden by the Soviet army will have no secrets in front of Xiaoling. When every move of his own is in the control of the enemy, what kind of terrible scene will this be?
The Soviet army did not know, nor did the German army also know.
There is a huge, sophisticated, terrifying war machine that is helping the Germans
"The battlefield search took ten minutes to walk, there is a good news you will want to hear. In the A2 area, a Russian armored division hidden by the Russians confirmed that in the A2 area, there are a large number of T34 in the Soviet armored division."
Wang Weiyi smiled, and he immediately issued a new order: "Order, the Air Force, artillery, and concentrate artillery fire to bomb the A2 area!"
This was Dodge's strange order, but this was issued by Marshal Ernst!
No one raised any doubts about this strange order. A large number of fighter planes appeared in the sky, and a large number of artillery fire was aimed at the A2 area!
Here, what is hidden is the 28th Armored Division of the Soviet Army.
Once the German army launches an attack, it will be the top secret weapon of the Russians, which can cause great damage to the enemy at critical moments.
But in front of Wang Weiyi, there is no secret!
But for the commander of the 28th Armored Division, Romok and the entire Soviet army, their nightmare officially began.
When the shells fell without warning, and when the bomb arrived fiercely, the 21st armored division, who had no preparation, fell into great chaos from the first minute.
The Russians could not figure out how the Germans discovered this secret tank assembly point?
But the Germans won't give them time to think.
More than a dozen tanks became a pile of scrap iron under the first round of artillery fire. Countless tank soldiers had no time to enter their tanks, and then turned into corpses under the artillery fire.
Then, the second and third rounds of artillery attacks came again
The bombing will never stop again and again!
Lieutenant General Romok called out his soldiers to keep calm and drive the tank away from this terrible place, but the orders did nothing.
Artillery fire covered the place, and the bombed tanks blocked the passage of life.
The gathering point that originally seemed extremely hidden to the Russians has now become the tomb for their burial.
At this point, Romok had no choice.
He could only watch his tanks destruction and his soldiers die.
He shouted for reinforcements from the headquarters, but Korkorok was powerless.
What can he do? What kind of support can he provide to the 28th Armored Division? His position here is also subject to endless bombing from the enemy.
Even Korkorok had the idea that the Germans could get what they wanted by relying on bombing alone.
General Romok was desperate.
He had tried every possible way, but he could not stop the enemy's shells from falling.
The only thing he can do now is perhaps to encourage his soldiers to fight to the end spiritually.
He jumped onto a tank and called out loudly the slogan "Fight for the Soviets", but his slogan was overwhelmed by a burst of explosions higher than a wave.
Then, he himself was submerged into the explosion
On March 21, 1942, under the personal command of Marshal Ernst Breme, the German army launched a large counterattack in Kharkov!
At 7 a.m., the 28th Armored Division of the Soviet Army was bombed by the German army, and the heavy losses were unimaginable. The densely packed T34 became a target for the Germans, and about three-fifths of the tanks were destroyed.
The 28th Armored Division can be removed from the Soviet combat sequence.
What made the Soviet army even more sigh was that in this terrible disaster, their Lieutenant General Romok also died in artillery attacks.
This was the first senior general lost by the Russians after the outbreak of the Kharkov Battle.
This is the beginning, but it will definitely not be the end! Russia will lose more soldiers and more generals.
They faced an invincible German god of war:
Ernst Alexand von Breme!
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Wang Weiyi looked at the time. He was very satisfied with the results achieved by this bombing. Judging from Xiaoling's report, the results achieved by the bombing exceeded previous expectations. He waved his hand and said slowly:
Chapter completed!