As the battalion commander of the armored grenade battalion under the Heavy Armored Brigade of the 104th "Polish Governor Guard", Major Joachim Paip and his subordinates rode in a "wolf" infantry fighting vehicle, lined up in combat formations and followed behind the Heavy Armored Battalion, and entered the battlefield in a mighty manner, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon.

Wherever the e-50 "tiger" heavy tank passed, anyone who saw these giant beasts on the battlefield, whether they were soldiers of the 1st Army of Vlasov or captured Soviet prisoners of war, showed horror.

However, soon, the expressions of the two groups of people showed serious two-level differentiation.

The soldiers of the 1st Army quickly transformed into tanks of their own people, with a look of "a honor and honor".

The prisoners of war showed awe and frustration.

While passing by the group of prisoners moving backwards, Major Pipp enjoyed the terrifying gazes cast by the roadside crowd.

However, the arrival of an uninvited guest made Major Pipp fall into anger.

"The Black Death is here, at three o'clock, at three o'clock."

The sound of an air defense warning came from the radio, immediately attracting Major Pipp's attention.

Turning his head and looking into the sky to the right, Major Pipp soon saw four planes rushing in at a low altitude.

When you look at the direction of the enemy plane, you should fly over your own troops.

The gunman operated for a while, and the turret turned toward three o'clock. The barrel of the 20mm l70 "Elikon" high-level dual-purpose gun was raised high, pointing to the flying Soviet fighter jets.

"The Russian Il-2 is really everywhere." Major Pipp sighed.

A string of high-explosive bombs flew into the sky and flew towards Il-2. The turret was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder. The shell fell onto the floor of the chariot and made a jingle sound. Major Paip's adrenaline instantly increased to the highest level and completely integrated into the combat state.

In the "Wolf" infantry fighting vehicle fleet, from the "Dongfeng" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns provided by the brigade air defense battalion, the 40mm "Bofos" anti-aircraft guns were not willing to fall behind, and black smoke was spewed out of the muzzle.

The 20mm and 40mm anti-aircraft guns were woven into a dense fire net, and they were heading towards the flying group of Il-2 aircraft.

Before the two Il-2 attack aircraft could fly over the heavy armored brigade, they were covered by the fire net.

Anti-aircraft shells hit hard armored armor, and fire was splashed everywhere, and countless bullet holes were chiseled. Two planes plunged to the ground and smashed them.

Two dexterous me-109 fighter jets suddenly rushed down from a high altitude and rushed to the remaining two Il-2 attack aircraft from a high point.

Facing the strafing of two Il-2 rear machine guns, two me-109s sprinkled 20mm cannons and 7.92mm machine gun bullets onto the enemy aircraft. The gun shells fell on the fuselage of an Il-2 attack aircraft, extending from the tail to the cockpit. The blood sprayed from the driver's body dyed the canopy red. The Il-2 lost control and swept over the Pipp battle group and rushed straight into the Donets River in the north.

The only remaining Il-2 attack aircraft flew over the battlefield, first firing four 82mm rockets, and then dropping a 500kg aviation bomb.

Rockets caused a bloody storm among the infantry group on the ground, and aviation bombs followed one after another, and black and red flames and smoke swallowed all the objects around them.

The earth shook, the sand and stones flew, the flesh and blood were torn apart, and then it was carried out by shock waves and sprinkled on the battlefield.

The body of an e-50 "Tiger" tank was affected by the explosion of an aviation bomb and was paralyzed in place.

After the bomb drop, Il-2 raised the height and wanted to leave the battlefield, but was rear-ended by anti-aircraft shells. The erected tail wing first had a few more bullet holes, which were then broken.

The fighter jet that lost its tail lost its level flight, swinged from rising to falling, and rushed straight to the ground...

A brief but hot air defense battle ended. The heavy armored brigade of the 104th "Polish Governor Guard" was not slowed down. It entered the battlefield along the breakthrough opening opened by the 1st Frasov Army on the position of the 4th Infantry Division of the Soviet Army, and continued to advance deep into the Soviet defense line. Along the way were infantry advancing eastward.

Passing by two villages in battle, the Heavy Armored Brigade finally passed through the 1st Army Infantry Group and caught up with the reconnaissance battalion that rushed at the forefront of the entire army.

The attack is about to begin. Through the contact between the air force ground-based guidance units assigned to the heavy armored brigade, bombers and ground-attack aircraft that are suppressing the Soviet Second Defense Zone have successively left the battlefield.

Replaced the bomber were the self-propelled artillery battalions of the Heavy Armored Brigade, 12 "Wild Bee" self-propelled howitzers, 4 "Donkey" self-propelled rocket launchers and 6 "Scorpio" self-propelled cannons fired one after another, pouring shells into the position of the 176th Infantry Division of the Soviet Army in the south of the highway.

The position of the 176th Infantry Division is not so much a defensive position, but rather a starting position.

In the original idea of ​​the 12th Army, once the 4th Infantry Division in front could not support it, the 176th Infantry Division would set out from this position and go to support the 4th Infantry Division. The strength of the position was far less than the main defensive position where the 4th Infantry Division was located.

There are no minefields and barbed wire, only some continuous trenches and machine gun bunkers scattered in the wilderness north of the highway, or in front of the village south of the highway.

The 14 big bobcat light tanks from the reconnaissance battalion drove to the side of the highway to monitor the movements of the Soviet infantry on the north side of the highway. All the artillery fire in the artillery battalion fell to the unknown village about three or four kilometers away from the highway.

Black smoke rose from the village, covering and floating above the village. Infantry in yellow-brown and green camouflage uniforms, with the support of heavy tanks, stepped across the grass and waded through a stream outside the village. They rushed into the village with just one charge, and then started fierce street fighting.

After the infantry covering the 1st Army of Vlasov rushed into the village, the heavy armored battalion then turned the target to the south side of the highway outside the village, exposing the Soviet positions in the wild.

The artillery battalion changed its attack direction. After 15 minutes of artillery preparation, the heavy armored battalion rushed to the front, and Major Paip's armored grenade battalion followed closely behind.

One by one, 105mm high-explosion bombs flew out and accurately hit the fire point where the Soviet army dared to fire and resist.

On the wolf-style infantry fighting vehicle, the 20mm "Olikon" anti-aircraft gun was launched on the flat barrel, and the fierce shells swept across the Soviet trenches, causing dirt to fly on the ground, and the Soviet infantry could only hide in the trenches and dared not show their heads.

81mm shells fell from the sky and fell to the depth of the Soviet position.

The combination of direct aiming firepower and curved firepower made the Soviet infantry unable to move.

Taking advantage of the great opportunity that the Soviet positions were suppressed by fire, armored grenadiers were in front, and infantry from the 1st Army of Vlasov rushed into the Soviet trench, and then started a battle for the trench.

Major Pipp's chariot did not join the battle for the trench, but soon fell into another battle that was imposed on his head.

"Damn Black Death, they're coming again." Major Pipp shouted as he stared at the southeast sky.

The 20mm anti-aircraft gun turned to the sky again, and weaved a fire net with the 40mm anti-aircraft gun to protect the troops.

For two hours, with the pursuit of German fighter jets, Soviet bombers and fighter jets rushed to the ground one after another, one three or four, or one or two, rushing towards the ground frantically, regardless of the blockage of air defense fire, and launched an attack with a moth-to-fire-like spirit.

From the sky to the ground, the sound of anti-aircraft guns firing, the noise of aircraft engines, the sound of aviation bombs and rocket explosions intertwined, wrapping around everyone.

"My troops have actually become air defense battalions. Let's change our careers to become anti-aircraft gunners in the future."

Major Pipp frowned and stared at the sky, searching vigilantly for more dangers to fall from the sky.

Some tanks of the Heavy Armored Battalion drove onto the highway under the cover of anti-aircraft artillery fire, and discharged an oblique queue to support the infantry on the north side of the highway to launch an attack.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Major Pipp received an order from the brigade department.

The enemy's position on the south side of the highway has been broken through. The Armored Grenadier Battalion sent a company of soldiers to pass through the enemy's position for fire reconnaissance along with the reconnaissance company and a company's e-50 "tiger" tank.

After sending a company to perform the mission of the brigade department, Major Paip looked at the darker and darker sky, and then assigned positions to his subordinate companies to prepare for the night.

At around eight o'clock, night was shining in the sky and stars shone on the earth.

The fight on the ground gradually subsided, only sporadic sounds of gunfire sounded, and the fires pierced the night from time to time.

In the city of Artjomovsk, General Chen Dao and General Kleist stared at the map on the wall.

"In a day's battle, the 1st Army under the 1st Army of Vrasov and the 5th Infantry Army of the Hungarian wing made progress. The troops responsible for the main attack had even penetrated the enemy's second defense zone in some areas with the support of the heavy armored brigade. Tomorrow, they could completely cross the enemy's defense line and attack Voroshilovgrad. If the progress goes well, they should be able to seize at least one ferry tomorrow. Can we send follow-up troops to strengthen the assault force of the rapid cluster to speed up this process?"

Faced with Chen Dao's problem, General Klester's eyes turned on the map, nodded and said, "I think it's OK, order the Great German Armored Grenadier Division to attack, and gather to set out tonight to enter the battlefield from the breakthrough opening opened by the Heavy Armored Brigade of the "Polish Governor Guard".

After dawn tomorrow, the two troops will act together to break through the enemy's second defense zone as soon as possible, and strive to capture the two bridges on the Donets River north of Voroshilovgrad tomorrow."

Also, let General Vrasov send his reserve team to the battlefield at night, and then tomorrow, after the Great German Division tear apart the width of the breakthrough, expand the results in an all-round way and strive to assist the Hungarian troops on the right wing to achieve a breakthrough."

When Chen Dao and General Kleist were dispatching troops, Major General Grechko was destined to spend a sleepless night in the suburbs of Voroshilovgrad, in the 12th Soviet Army Command. Major General Grechko was destined to spend a sleepless night. At the phone, Major General Grechko shouted:

"Yes, yes, Comrade Commander, the enemy launched an attack in advance, our troops suffered heavy losses, and the positions of the 4th Infantry Division and the 176th Infantry Division were broken through. What... You are right, of course, the combat effectiveness of the traitors' troops is not good. They alone cannot break through our positions, but there are Germans behind them. You didn't see that during the whole day, there were German planes everywhere in the sky, ah? We also had a lot of planes, but not as many as Germans, our troops could not move at all, let alone reinforce the front line.

The 4th Infantry Division called and said that the enemy on the other side was at least five times the number of infantry, and the number of tanks was more than ten times that of him. He had no tanks at all. That's why I asked the Front Command to send as many air forces as possible to assist. Without air supremacy, we even marched. Well, since you have decided to send more air forces to seize air supremacy tomorrow, I will let the 21st Tank Army gather overnight to join part of the 23rd Tank Army's forces to march at night and attack at dawn. Tomorrow, I will regain the lost positions and drive the Germans back. Tonight, I will ask the Front Command to arrange the dispatch time of the air force."

After reaching a consensus with the Southern Front Command, Major General Greciko put down the phone and breathed a long sigh.

On June 15, the great traitor Vrasov actually launched an attack, three days earlier than the scheduled attack time. He caught himself off guard and both defense areas were broken through.

Fortunately, Comrade General Secretary decided to teach Vlasov a lesson and sent two tank troops. Otherwise, the five infantry divisions in his hands could only squat in the trenches and be beaten passively in the trenches, and he had no strength to fight back.

Tonight, as long as I have to gather my troops, the good days of the traitor of Vlasov will come to an end.
Chapter completed!