Imperial Overlord

On the Kursk Plain, the t-34 tanks of the 6th Tank Division of the Soviet Guards were firing desperately, attacking the German Panther tanks that were attacking their defensive positions.

The difference in tank performance between the two sides is not huge. Although German tanks are superior in all aspects of performance indicators, Soviet tanks are fighting defensive battles, so they can make up for a certain degree of disadvantage.

"Fire!" In the small tank space, the German commander frantically urged his men to destroy the target as soon as possible.

Even the most elite German tank crews will become tense in this combat environment. This is a graveyard of tanks, and this is the **** of tank soldiers.

"Boom!" At the same time as the German tanks fired, there was also a burst of flames from the Soviet tank muzzle in the distance. The shells flew across the open space between the two sides, and then hit the armored steel plates on both sides' tanks.

Here, the heavy armor of the German tank was finally penetrated, and a Panther tank burned and exploded on the spot.

On the other side, the Soviet tank was also hit by another Panther tank, and the turret was blown into the sky ten meters high.

Next to the exploding Soviet tank, another German tank was already on fire, and in front of the German tank that was on fire, there were more scrapped Soviet tanks.

Some of the wreckage of the tanks was charred black, the burning flames had been extinguished, and only a heavy icy feeling remained; some tanks were still burning, and charred corpses could even be seen lying on the hatches.

The Panther tank is not so much a copy of the t55 tank, it is more appropriate to say that it is a weakened version of the Tiger tank.

In fact, in addition to using sloping armor to reinforce the frontal armor defense, the Leopard tank has weakened the armor on its side and the back very much.

These parts of the Leopard tank have always relied on reducing the area of ​​the bullet and using glove boxes and accessories to make up for the embarrassment of insufficient defense.

If it is a defensive operation, where the troops face the enemy with frontal armor most of the time, the defense of the Panther tank is actually stronger than that of the Tiger tank.

But now that the Germans are attacking, the 80mm thick armor on the side of the Tiger tank brings an offensive and defensive advantage that is not comparable to the fragile armor on the side of the Panther tank.

After all, the Tiger tank is a "positional breakthrough vehicle", a heavy tank of course! The Leopard tank is just a "main battle tank", which is a compromise solution for the heavy tank to compromise the reliability of mobility.

Therefore, in Kursk, a battlefield that the Soviet Union has been preparing for 2 months, the attacking German army faces the same situation as in the battle of Kursk in another time and space:

Their attack had to face the defensive positions dug by the enemy's infantry, as well as the counterattack of the enemy's tanks, and losses were unavoidable.

This battle can be regarded as the first official confrontation after the gap between the weapons and equipment of the two sides has narrowed, and it is also a large-scale collision between the Soviet and German troops when the local battlefield is evenly matched.

The fighting became so brutal from the start that the Soviet Air Force dispatched all the fighters it could find to prevent the Luftwaffe from interfering with ground operations.

Originally, most of the Soviet fighter jets had been destroyed, but this time, the desperate Soviet Air Force collected about 200 fighter jets of various types, took off desperately and interfered with the German bomber force.

This is really a deadly air battle. The Soviet Union even took off the i-16 fighter jet, which was already extremely backward in performance, showing its firm determination.

Although the carnage in the sky was one-sided, the Luftwaffe temporarily lost the ability to support the ground. So on the ground, the tragic fight made Guderian's heart dripping blood.

The 1st Regiment of the 3rd Panzer Division, which was in charge of the attack, lost 22 Panther tanks on the first day of the attack. The 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 255th Infantry Division, which covered the attack of this regiment, lost as many as 70 soldiers.

The next day's advance was still full of hardships. In the morning, the 1st regiment lost another 19 Leopard tanks. The entire 1st regiment, 1st battalion and 2nd battalion lost their combat capability and had to hand over the main attack task to the 2nd regiment.

The largest battle took place in the afternoon, when the Germans replaced new troops and put the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division into position.

The 2nd regiment, which had been recharged all the time, used 70 tanks to launch a fierce attack. The 6th tank division of the Soviet Guards, which had been struggling to cope, was caught off guard, and the line of defense was broken down an hour later.

The entire battlefield was full of burning and exploding tanks. In just this hour, 100 tanks on both sides were damaged on the battlefield less than 2 kilometers away.

The 2 regiment was destroyed by 30 tanks, and the Soviet Union lost about 70 tanks of various types. More than 1,500 infantrymen of the two armies died on the 2-kilometer position!

Before the Soviet 6th Guards Tank Division was defeated, the two sides put at least 500 tanks in the battle, and the total number of destroyed tanks exceeded 200.

But the position was indeed penetrated by the Germans, so the Soviet line of defense had to move back. The Soviet commander Zhukov, who had achieved the goal of delaying, was even more able to put it down, and retreated to the state city of Kursk in one breath.

Relying on Kursk, he plans to stay here until September. This time is to ensure that the Soviet army can seize the time to scavenge all the food produced by the huge granary of the Ukrainian Plain!

Even if he retreated, Zhukov only intended to abandon an empty Ukraine to the German army, so that the **** Führer would get nothing.

His plan is very clear: to delay the attack of the German troops going south in Kursk, retreat to the south after reaching the goal of the campaign, and extend the German supply line as much as possible before winter comes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The only thing that makes Zhukov feel The pressure is huge, and it is his retreat area, including Odessa, which is now destined to become a supply node for the German army.

The intelligence obtained by the Soviet Union from the United States shows that the German army has the ability to quickly repair the port's talking ability.

Once Odessa fell, the German army would soon be able to obtain supplies from the Mediterranean Sea. In that case, the actual benefits of extending the German supply line would be pitifully low.

Unable to create pressure on the German logistics, which means that giving up the Ukrainian plain in vain is not worth the loss.

"Comrade General!" Just as Zhukov was staring at the map in a daze, an officer walked in, glanced at Vatutin, who was standing by the side, and reported regretfully: "The news I just received, Marshal Konev. Martyrdom...Moscow...completely fell!"—

Long Ling has already written two chapters today, but it was suddenly notified of a power outage, and he was thinking of making up for it later, but he could only see when the call came. You don't have to wait, just wake up tomorrow morning and see if there is an update. As for the owed more, it must be made up in the near future, and it will never be in arrears!