The German army on the northern front began to attack at dawn on May 14, twelve hours later than the south. The German army first bombed the artillery positions of the 13th Soviet Army, causing heavy losses to the artillery of the Central Front of the Soviet Army. Just after 5 o'clock in the morning, tanks and armored infantry launched an attack on the flanks of the Soviet Army's 13th Army, Pukhov's adjacent Romanenko's 48th Army and the 50th Army of Galanin.

The attack was also supported by the tank minesweeping team and the small remote-controlled tanks carried by Golia. Three hours later, with the support of the Leopard tank and the Pedinan tank destroyer, the attack resumed on the narrower front. At first, the Soviet resistance was weak and the air force seemed to be undecided. Model's progress was satisfactory because he opened a gap of about six miles deep on the twenty-mile wide front and broke through the first line of defense. Then the Soviet army quickly strengthened its resistance. The German infantry cleared the villages, shrubs and woods, suffered heavy casualties, and more than 3,000 people were killed and injured in the morning.

The German army, which was attacking from the north, expanded the front of the breakthrough to nearly 50 kilometers and advanced 60 kilometers in depth, threatening the supply line of the entire Orol Soviet outcrop. The German army, which attacked from the east, was also pressing towards Orol. The Soviet army could no longer guard several Orol's outcrop that were broken at the same time. The fierceness of the German attack reached its peak. When the strength of its armies was about to reach its peak in battle, it had increased to 82 infantry divisions, 24 tank divisions, 12 artillery divisions and a large number of tank troops.

The Soviet army's protruding eastward area seemed to be almost unable to defend, and its front was on the verge of being broken through more than once. Although the Soviet army also received some supplementary troops, it still could not stop the German tide of offensive. Then the Soviet army in the north could only retreat step by step.

General Moder attacked with his strong superior forces and forced the Soviet army to retreat to the Dnieper River. Although the Soviet army built a new line of defense in the Dnieper River as early as early October last year, the situation was irreversible. Finally, under the pursuit of the German army with a huge gap in strength, the Soviet army was forced to withdraw from the Dnieper River area.

Because of the sudden change in the situation, Model received Li Mo's latest order. It was to invest all its strength and encircle the Kursk area before the 16th of this month. Model took out all the reserves according to Li Mo's order, and more than a dozen armored divisions crushed the Soviet army's true meaning. There were more than two hundred planes hovering on their heads at any time, such as Ju87, Do17, BF109, etc., and the two most happy and favorite weapons that made them buy. Nothing is the helicopter called RPG and Fa223.

RPG is so cool to fight the Soviet tanks. It has a range of 400 meters and a armor-breaking ability of 250 mm. The Soviet tanks can't even withstand the front. A rocket is a burning steel bonfire.

The current no-load of the Fa223 helicopter has reached three tons, one ton higher than before. These load capacity can completely install protective armor on key troops of the Fa223.

These two weapons were used on the first large scale on Li Mo. The Soviet army was miserable now. The rockets and anti-aircraft machine guns carried by helicopters. Below are countless tanks and infantry. There are still Ju87 dive bombers at high altitude. Even if the Soviets' defense line is solid, it cannot stop the German attack. It is just that the Soviet mines blow up some German tanks. This is impossible, but most of these tanks can be repaired and used.

Model's assault began to go smoothly, and the southern attack group was also smooth. Li Mo used the weapons and troops at the bottom of the box at one time, and success or failure was here. The distance between the closing port of the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. By 1:00 noon, the distance between the two German attack groups was less than 30 kilometers, and the Soviet resistance became more and more intense.

The reason why the German army was able to be so smooth in the Kursk battle was because Li Mo knew how to use all heavy weapons well, and the tank tactics were used properly and the coordinated organization of the ground and air forces. In this battle, the German tank troops acted in a "weed" formation. This formation fact proved to be very effective. The top of the "weed" was heavy tanks. The Panther tank was very effective in dealing with the Soviet army's deep configuration of ground to defend against tanks.

Tank assault was even more invincible when it was cooperated with helicopters. This tactic was not used on a large scale until the 1991 Gulf War, but Li Mo moved to 1941. This was 50 years ahead of schedule. How could the Soviet Union be defeated?

The Soviet army could only use fortifications to carry out final resistance, which made the German army's final closing battle a little slow, but the German army was still closing step by step. After that, the German offensive became a hard forward action, relying entirely on the weight of superiority to suppress the Soviet army's retreat. It was a costly effort, but with the help of the fa223 helicopter, it was of great help, and the fate of the Soviet army was irreversible.

As the Soviet army continued to put the remaining tank troops into counter-charge, the German army always had to pay a high price to occupy a stronghold. At 4:00 pm, the distance between the Kunlunkou was only ten kilometers away.

Stalin ordered the additional reserve team to be transferred up day and night, even if there were German planes like crows in the sky. The Soviet army continued to advance to the front line, and then tenaciously defended the ten-kilometer line of defense.

Southern Front: At this time, the German offensive in the south was even more powerful. The southern attack group first broke through the Soviet defense line north of Orel, thus shaking the entire Soviet defense system.

Tolbuhin's Southern Front and Malinovsky's Southwest Front respectively carried out a tentative attack on the Mius River and the middle Donets River near Ijum with a certain force, respectively.

The attacks pointed directly at the 1st Armored Army of Markensen and the newly built Holidt's 6th Army of the 2nd Armored Army. The German army would be equivalent to the powerful armored forces of two armored armies, which gave the Soviet army, who were trying to attack, a lesson in the first place.

After that, as the Soviet army gathered the most elite troops on the southern line, the counterattack frenzy was almost higher and higher. In September last year, the Soviet army arrived in Kiev and Dahebang areas and captured several strongholds leading to the Dnieper River. Due to the serious losses, the Soviet army could no longer hold on to Kharkov and Bergorod, so they had to choose to retreat continuously.

During the battle during the Kursk campaign, the Germans showed that they were no inferior to the Soviets in any way. They showed indisputable superiority in tactics, and the offensive and retreating operations were carried out very quickly and in an orderly manner.

The morale and heavy weapons of the Southern Army Group are more unstoppable, and the Soviet army cannot stop them. The special FS223 helicopters, combined with tanks, RPGs, and armored tracked vehicles, basically crush the Soviet defense line. Although the Soviet army's desperate counterattack could not stop the German attack, the German army suffered a considerable loss and the Soviet army's ending was still unchangeable.

…(To be continued)

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