The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The Soviet army's first charge was defeated by the German army. In addition to corpses on the ground, there were more than 30 tanks in front of the defense line. Some of them even broke into the German defense line with Soviet infantry... The German army The defense line is mainly divided into five parts, two of which are defended by the First Infantry Regiment. The positions defended by the First Mountain Division are not as easy as those defended by the First Infantry Regiment.

But in the end they pushed the Soviet army back.

The reason is somewhat fortunate. The communication equipment of the Soviet tanks is very weak, so they are completely unable to coordinate with the Soviet infantry when the battle situation is urgent. The infantry of the German Mountain Division allowed the tanks to break through the trenches and then block the Soviet infantry. Go back and kill the tanks...these tanks didn't even know what was going on until they were blown up.

"Why don't we release the oil and ignite them?" Werner looked at the situation and asked: "The people of the Mountain Division are paying their lives. We only need to ignite the oil to stop this!"

"It's not time yet!" Qin Chuan replied.

"I don't understand, Major!" Werner asked. "What are we waiting for?"

Qin Chuan did not answer, but asked: "How many tanks does a tank brigade have?"

"I don't know!" Werner replied: "There should be about eighty cars!"

"There are a hundred, Sergeant!" Eberhard continued: "This is the information we got from the Brandenburg detachment. Most of them are T34, and the tank crews are also well-trained!"

"But that's not important, is it?" Werner said: "As long as we light the oil, they can't come over! Just like our 22nd Armored Division can't get through the wall of fire lit by the Soviets!"

"These are two different things, Werner!" the baker replied while pressing the magazine: "The 22nd Armored Division was unable to pass through the wall of fire because the Soviets had powerful artillery and sufficient artillery shells. They even had countless more If we force the Qing’s aircraft to break through the wall of fire, the tanks will be destroyed one by one as targets!”

Hearing this, Werner couldn't help but said "Oh": "And we don't have many cannons or enough cannonballs, right?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "To be precise, these cannons..."

As he spoke, Qin Chuan raised his head towards the artillery position in the darkness behind and said: "Those cannons cannot effectively penetrate the enemy's T34 tanks. In other words, if we ignite the oil too early, the Soviet tanks can ignore our Artillery fire, paving the way to put out fires and looking for gaps at the other end, and our fortifications are very crude, so there will inevitably be some unexpected gaps!"

"So!" the baker loaded the magazine of his MP43 and said: "We must seize the opportunity to ignite the fire. Once the fire is fired... we must burn out as many Bolshevik tanks as possible, so that in the foreseeable future, Our danger will be minimized. Am I right, Major?"

"That's right!" Qin Chuan replied: "Maybe you can take charge of this battle!"

"No, Major!" the baker hurriedly replied: "I just guessed this from your arrangement. If I were to take command... I don't think the Soviets would be needed, these guys around me would kill me!"

The German soldiers couldn't help laughing.

Maybe Qin Chuan rose up step by step from this army, or maybe they are all Qin Chuan's comrades who share life and death, so there is basically no barrier between Qin Chuan and them.

But this was not the case with the Soviet army.

The commander of the 417th Division, Chernov, truthfully reported the battle situation to Tyulenev and suggested: "Comrade Tyulenev, I suggest waiting until dawn before attacking, so that the advantages of our tanks can be used..."

"Do you know what it means to wait until dawn? Comrade Chernov!" Tyulenev interrupted Chernov unceremoniously: "Don't you know that the Germans occupied our oil fields and refineries? Wait until dawn? No, the Germans have already packed the refinery and are ready to explode. They will blow everything in our refinery into rubble!

"With all due respect, Comrade Tyulenev!" Chernov replied: "If the Germans wanted to do this, they would have already installed explosives in the refinery. This will not change the result in any way!"

Chernov was certainly right, as it would not take much time to install the explosives.

But this was not allowed for General Tyulenev, because he did not know how to report to Stalin. Any time of waiting would be dangerous and torture for Tyulenev.

"That's why I want you to use the fastest speed!" Tyulenev yelled: "The fastest speed, understand? Before they detonate explosives, or before they hesitate to blow up the refinery!"

"Yes, Comrade Tyulenev!" Chernov replied helplessly.

"Send all your tanks up, do you understand?" General Tyulenev ordered: "They came here over the Caucasus. They don't have much anti-tank equipment. Your tanks can crush them like a cockroach." . Then call me and tell me!”

"Yes, Comrade Tyulenev!"

Chernov put down the phone, thought about it, and felt that what Tyulenev said made sense.

Because judging from the first attack, the Soviet army had broken through part of their defense line under the cover of thirty-five tanks.

If more tanks are invested this time... then it shouldn't be a big problem to break through the enemy's defenses and recapture the refinery.

At the same time, Chernov felt a little regretful. The 52nd Tank Brigade was the only tank unit of the Transcaucasian Front. It might have suffered heavy losses in this night battle.

However, Chernov thought that even if he could recapture the refinery and oil fields, it would still be worth it, so he issued the order after being silent for a while.

Chernov even organized a commando team. This commando team was composed of soldiers who were familiar with the terrain of the oil refinery or had worked in it. They were responsible for attacking the oil refinery as quickly as possible after the Soviet army broke through the German defense lines. factory and occupy key positions to prevent the Germans from blowing up.

Obviously, the Soviet army has always had hope of reoccupying the refinery, including Chernov... The reason why he suggested attacking again at dawn was not because he thought it was impossible to defeat the German army, but because he hoped to occupy it at a smaller cost. To defeat the German army, the German army had no reinforcements anyway, so the Soviet army was in no hurry.

However, what Chernov did not expect was that the question he had to consider was not whether he could recapture the refinery or whether he could defeat the German army, but whether he could survive the battle.