The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

After receiving the telegram from the vanguard, Guderian thought for a while and decisively issued the combat order.

"Order: The 1st Armored Division is to press forward immediately, and the rocket artillery regiment is to prepare to fire, and defeat the enemy as quickly as possible."

"Don't save my ammunition, interrupt the enemy's attack"

"Yes!"

Soon the combat staff picked up the phone and answered loudly:"Rocket regiment, target 5600 meters, direction 098, altitude 48 degrees, no calibration, maximum firepower rapid fire, fire."

For these Katyusha rocket launchers, Guderian even abandoned some tank ammunition and carried them all, because this thing was so easy to use that he even got a batch of trucks specifically for transporting Katyusha rockets.

""General, do you want to send a telegram to Admiral Hoth to ask them to withdraw their troops first, otherwise they may cause accidental injuries." The chief of staff on the side hurriedly stopped him. Although the Katyusha rocket launcher is easy to use, its accuracy is not that high and it is easy to cause accidental injuries.

In order to rush to the rescue this time, August spent all his funds and gave almost all the self-propelled artillery that could be equipped to the First Armored Division, and even exchanged for a batch of Katyusha rocket launchers for this purpose.

In fact, he wanted to exchange for rocket launchers with stronger firepower and longer range, but after seeing the price of a rocket launcher battalion's salvo, he decisively gave up. He really couldn't afford it. Hearing this, Guderian thought for a while and felt that it made sense. After the rocket was fired, he naturally couldn't estimate where the bullet would hit. The best way was to withdraw from the battlefield first.

"You are right. Send a telegram to Admiral Hoth. We are about to arrive. Tell them to withdraw immediately. We are preparing long-range artillery support."

""Yes!"

On the other side, Admiral Hoth was extremely anxious. His Third Armored Group suffered heavy losses. Of the 500 tanks that had just rushed out, there were less than 400 left.

The defenses on the positions were constantly breached, and he had no choice but to shrink the front and try to save manpower.

The troops were not enough, and now a batch of tanks had been lost. The front became even more sparse and full of loopholes. As long as the Soviet army calmed down, they would definitely find these loopholes.

But in the current situation, he had no choice, because no matter how he saved his manpower, it was still not enough to face the advantages of the Russian bear in manpower and equipment.

"The troops and weapons and equipment are still insufficient." Admiral Hoth sighed helplessly.

"Yes, although our soldiers' individual quality and combat capability are absolutely the best in the world, after several years of fighting, the other side has also grown up, so our individual quality advantage has actually been slowly reduced."The chief of staff next to him also sighed.

"Now we just have to wait for Guderian's First Armored Division to arrive. It is said that it is equipped with a lot of new weapons and may be able to achieve different results."General Hoth said with emotion

""Commander, our armored forces can no longer hold on. Let's withdraw first." At this time, the combat staff hurried over and said.

Hearing this, Admiral Hoth frowned even more, sighed and said,"Has it come to this? Are we really going to withdraw?"

To be honest, he was still a little unwilling. You know, at the beginning of the war, his Third Armored Group had thousands of tanks, and it was full of vigor and vitality.

As a result, after two years of fighting, there were only these few tanks left, and the supply was never full, and it was always intermittent.

"After this fight, I must take a good rest.……"Before Admiral Hoth could finish his words, the communications officer came in with a telegram and said excitedly,"Commander, good news, good news!""

"General Guderian sent a telegram saying that they have arrived and hope that our troops will immediately withdraw five kilometers and they will provide fire coverage."

"What? Really arrived?" Admiral Hoth showed a hint of excitement on his face. He immediately read the telegram and confirmed that it had Guderian's signature. He couldn't hide his joy.

"Yes, their rocket artillery regiment is preparing to cover the fire. They are worried about accidental injuries and hope that we will retreat five kilometers immediately."The communications staff repeated again.

"Great, I've finally waited for it. Order the entire army to retreat to the third line of defense, rest there, prepare for a counterattack, and distribute all the ammunition." At the end, Admiral Hoth's tone was very unfriendly. Since the reinforcements had arrived, he naturally wanted revenge.

""Yes!"

Soon, the German soldiers who were defending the front line received the order to retreat. Except for the rear troops, the rest of the troops began to retreat towards the third line of defense.

Hearing that they could retreat, many people were relieved. After all, the huge force of the Russian bear still made them breathless.

The commanders of the 12th and 19th armored divisions who were fighting received the order and began to retreat.

However, due to the melee between the tanks of both sides, it was not so easy to retreat.

But overall, it was an orderly retreat.

In fact, they wanted to continue fighting to the end, but intelligence showed that the Soviet army mobilized another 1,000 tanks from the rear, which was not good news.

The 1,500 Russian tanks in front of them were enough to give them a headache.

Now there were another 1,000 tanks, and their more than 300 tanks would definitely be wiped out.

"Hahahaha, finally chased them away"

"Quick, keep chasing."

"Kill!"

""Charge!"

Seeing the German tanks retreating, the morale of the Mao Xiong tanks was high, and they clamored to chase and kill the German tanks, but Lieutenant General Relbach said very calmly:"Don't chase, break through the German positions immediately and attack Hoth's headquarters directly."

Although it is a great achievement to annihilate the German armored forces in one fell swoop, it is difficult to annihilate them completely if the opponent sincerely wants to retreat. Lieutenant General Relbach thinks there is some conspiracy here, so he simply takes the position first.

Soon Mao���The infantry, led by a group of tanks, advanced towards the German positions.

Along the way, many destroyed trenches, barbed wire, and concrete bunkers can be seen.

"We broke through two lines of defense. Our armored forces are really powerful."

"Don't be careless, be careful what's waiting for us ahead"

"Don't be so timid, how is it possible?"

"Maybe there will be"

"You are such a coward! Can't you see that our tank army is clearing the way? If we really encounter an ambush, our tank army should be able to easily defeat the enemy."

"Yes, but I still feel something is wrong."

Some of the advancing bear infantrymen were whispering, because the German retreat this time was a little strange.

At this time, the bear troops had not yet realized that the danger was getting closer, and they were still whispering and discussing.

Perhaps this way of chatting can ease their nervous mood and they don't have to worry about being suddenly attacked.

Lieutenant General Rebalko looked at the silent German position, and a throbbing flashed through his heart. At the same time, he felt very uneasy, and always felt that something was going to happen.

"Did the reconnaissance troops find anything?"

Since the German armored forces retreated, he has been sending out reconnaissance troops to see if there are any ambushes around.

"There was no ambush. The Germans retreated decisively and had already retreated to the third line of defense."The chief of staff said hurriedly

""It's strange, what is the reason?" Lieutenant General Rebalko said in some confusion.

At this moment, countless"whoosh" sounds crossed the sky and attacked his tank group.

Hearing the sharp whistling sound, Lieutenant General Rebalko's face changed drastically. He was very familiar with this voice and immediately shouted:"Retreat quickly, retreat quickly, it's a rocket launcher, it's a rocket launcher."

Unfortunately, everything was too late!