Imperial Overlord

"The Soviet army is attacking!" Putting down the field phone in his hand, the staff officer looked at Guderian who was standing in front of the map.

The current G cluster is not so much a sharp knife inserted into southern Moscow as a dangerous protrusion.

If this salient was cut off, the German losses would undoubtedly be enormous. At least 1,000 tanks will be destroyed, and a vacuum will be created on the front lines.

"We lost an entire reconnaissance company, and the opponent is charging forward. It seems that they intend to make a quick solution." The staff walked behind Guderian and continued.

It was raining heavily outside the window, reducing the view to a minimum. This not only affects the operations of the air force, but also has a great impact on the ground forces.

For example, German tanks, which had an absolute advantage in range, could no longer use this advantage.

This annoying rainy day made the German tankers very uncomfortable. They preferred to have a clear sky, get the enemy's intelligence, and have the support of the air force, and then start their own destruction.

"Let the troops shrink to stop the Soviet army from breaking through the front position! Order the soldiers to return to the defensive positions arranged and prepare to fight the opponent's strong attack!" Guderian gave the order.

Because the weather conditions were predictable, the Germans were not completely unprepared. Guderian kept his grenadier troops in a relatively backward position and built some fortifications.

With these fortifications, the German troops have a basis. As long as there is no collapse, it is impossible for the Soviet army to quickly break through the German defense line.

Once the battle reaches a stalemate, the Soviet army will be in a dilemma. If they do not retreat, the Luftwaffe can easily find their targets and destroy them after the weather is clear.

But if we retreat before the rain stops, then the effect of the counterattack will be greatly reduced.” The premise of all this is that the Germans are defending their own lines of defense.

The order was quickly conveyed layer by layer - covering each other and retreating to the vicinity of the defense line to strengthen the defense was the German response tactic.

Wittmann heard the command in the headset, and immediately shouted to his crew members: "Cover the soldiers to retreat! We don't need to waste time here."

The precipitation in the sky made the German retreat very embarrassing, but their losses were not huge.

Some reconnaissance troops collided with the Soviet counterattack troops, so they paid a heavy price, but most of the reconnaissance troops were able to retreat immediately despite their heavy losses because of their better maneuverability.

German reconnaissance troops generally have motorcycles and armored reconnaissance vehicles, some of which are wheeled and some are half-tracked, so it is easy to retreat and leave.

They quickly retreated to the main German retreating force and reported on the Soviet attack.

Wittmann was covering the surrounding infantry to retreat, and the scouts who fled in front arrived.

A scout on a motorcycle stopped by Wittmann's tank, pointed to the other side of the village in the distance, and said, "Soviet tanks have arrived there, there are T-34 tanks, many!"

The direction the scout pointed to was the direction of the village where Wittmann had just been stationed. He knew that there were some woods at the entrance of the village, not far from the village.

Now that the enemy has arrived there, the village will be occupied by the Soviet army in a short time, and if the opponent continues westward, it will collide with Wittmann's troops.

"Let the people in the field hospital behind you and the ammunition transport troops retreat quickly {Ghost, why are they so forward?" Wittman frowned and complained in a low voice.

Of course, he knew that the hospital's position was higher because their expected attack area was further forward.

He also knew that if it wasn't for the ammunition transport troops following them desperately, perhaps his tanks would have been out of ammunition and food and lost their combat effectiveness.

It's just that once the enemy counterattacks, and it is a menacing counterattack, these front-mounted support units become in the way.

"If it doesn't work, we can only hit a pet attack here and let the subsequent troops retreat..." Looking at the terrain around him, Wittman said depressedly.

The terrain here is relatively spacious, which is very conducive to the German army to take advantage of the firepower of the Leopard tank.

Moreover, the Soviets had no way to detour around here, so they could only attack the German positions head-on-if the Soviets detoured, the Germans could easily turn the muzzle and kill the Soviet tanks with exposed flank armor.

It's just that the fighting distance may be shortened. On weekdays, the German army can fire at a distance of about 1,000 meters, and can achieve a high hit rate.

Now it is estimated that the engagement distance will be reduced to about 700 meters or even 600 meters. At this distance, the artillery of the T-34 tank can already be considered a threatening attack.

If he could get an ulcer, Wittmann didn't want to fight the Soviet tank troops under such conditions~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Unfortunately, he didn't have a better ulcer, so he could only bite the bullet and make a decision.

"Set up a defensive formation! Let the grenadiers covering the hospital set up machine gun positions on the flanks and cover our left side!" Wittman shouted to the grenadier commander who was following his tank as Duke continued to back up.

The commander of the grenadier, a company commander, immediately made a good gesture to Wittmann, then pointed to the distance and ordered his soldiers to build a position.

"Tanks in 1st row, prepare to attack at the front! 2nd row protects the right flank of the position! Leave a tank behind to support! We may retreat at any time!" He pressed the special microphone and shouted to the friendly tanks.

In the village in the distance, the Soviet tanks were already looming. Through the dense rain curtain, Wittmann could see the Soviet tank tracks hitting the fence through the telescope.

There were some rocks in front of the German tanks, and there was a slightly raised reverse **** on the terrain, so it was impossible for the Soviets to open fire.

They must kill the reverse **** before they can get the correct shooting angle.” Considering the various terrains before, this time the battle area was particularly beneficial to the Soviet army.

Why is it beneficial? Because they can unscrupulously expand their tank troops and make full use of their numerical advantages.

At least, in terms of local numbers, they have a numerical advantage over the German tank troops, which is also an important factor for them to dare to counterattack.

What frustrates Wittmann is that the opponent's tank units are obviously faster than the infantry, so the grenade he pre-loaded may not be of much use.

"Second shell, armor-piercing shells ready!" Wittmann closed the hatch above his head and ordered Wegner: "Aim at the enemy's tank < fire when you are ready!"

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