Chapter 716

On the morning of January 3, the German army held fast to the main line of defense. Among the ruins of ovruchi, the grenadiers frantically fired at the Soviet soldiers who rushed up. The two sides repeatedly fought for each foxhole and the crater left by each shell. Every inch of land seemed to be filled with the lives of countless soldiers on both sides.

The Soviet Red Army's attack seemed to be no longer sharp, because it was the German soldiers who were determined to defend their positions. Rokosovsky finally knew how tough the German soldiers in front of him were. He also knew what terrible opponents his predecessors faced.

"Comrade General! Let me do it again! This time, I promise that I will be able to take the opposite highland! " Commander bearded of the second front army of the close guard, who is the most capable general of fighting hard under rokosovsky, is wearing bandages on his head at this moment, and blood can be seen on it. He was hit by shrapnel in the charge just now and his helmet flew off, leaving a deep wound on his head.

However, he simply bandaged up and asked to return to the front line and continue to lead his troops to attack. Unfortunately, after listening to his request, rokosovsky reluctantly waved his hand and rejected his suggestion: "I have changed an offensive force and 100 brand-new KV-1 tanks have been pushed up. I don't believe their defense line is made of iron, We can't take down such a strong force! "

When he said this, his voice was a little embarrassed. Because of the failure of successive attacks, it can be imagined how he felt now. Now he has been engaged with the commander of the other side. He wants to attack the highland in front of the ground in the cleanest way, and then kill ovrucci, who has been turned into ruins by artillery fire.

"Attention A political officer stood in front of the Soviet soldiers in line and raised his arm holding a pistol: "comrades! We can't live up to Comrade Stalin's trust in us! We will fight for the future of our motherland to the last moment! The great motherland is with us! Comrade Stalin, the great leader, is with us

"For the motherland!" Everyone clenched their rifles and replied loudly.

"Attack! Let the damned Krauts see the power of our Soviets! " The commander gave the order to attack. He took the lead in the direction of gunfire. Behind him, a total of 1000 soldiers, armed with their own weapons, started a new round of attack in the deep snow.

Every time they attacked the German positions, the Soviets were soldiers of a whole regiment filling in the gap. 1000 people were pulled up to attack, and even 200 people might not be left. However, a new 1000 people were pushed into the battlefield. It seemed that this kind of battle would never end.

This time, the Germans were not passively attacked. More than 20 leopard tanks rushed out of the hidden bunkers. These tanks caused great trouble to the attacking Soviet Red Army. At least a large number of KV-1 tanks that took part in the attack became wrecks and burned in the battlefield with tracer missiles flying by.

There is a German minefield in front of the position. Last night, the German soldiers seized the time to lay a total of 20000 mines. Now there are few mines left in this minefield. The Soviet Red Army carried out rough demining work with artillery, and then relied on the soldiers to step down the remaining mines bit by bit, turning a minefield into a clean and passable area.

In this area, no white snow can be seen, and the ground is either frozen blood or black muddy land that has been trampled countless times. What's left is the bodies that you can't see at a glance, the German bodies, and the Soviet bodies.

German mortars became the most reliable attack weapon that infantry could rely on. At least after the Soviet Red Army's heavy artillery coverage, these small mobile firepower could provide firepower support and cause considerable casualties to the other side. With the light machine guns of the German grenadiers, the Soviets paid a heavy price in front of the German positions.

In the roar of rokosovsky, the Soviet soldiers finally attacked the German main defensive position around 4 p.m. that day. Although they did not find the German front-line commander there, they found a half burnt regiment flag and a two-thirds burnt division flag. This marked the annihilation of the second German organized division by the Soviet Union, and the removal of all German obstacles outside ofrucci by the Soviet Union.

The Soviets began to attack the urban area overnight, only to find that it was a killing paradise carefully constructed by the Germans, a ruined street, and an excellent hiding place for the German army. The bullets from all directions mercilessly reaped the lives of the Soviet soldiers.

The two sides fought from more than 8 p.m. to the early morning of the next day. The German army still controlled more than half of the block, while the Soviet Union had no way to break through the ruins. The German army has already killed 20000 people here, and the price paid by the Soviet Red Army can be imagined. The two infantry units in charge of the general attack were basically exhausted, but rokosovsky still failed to capture the city of ovruchi on time.

In sharp contrast to the northern attack of the Soviet Red Army, the German G group army was responsible for the main attack. Goodrian's troops also arrived at the designated position on January 3. Compared with rokosovsky's difficulties, his troops lost not so much, but not so much. In addition, the G group army captured 150000 Soviet soldiers and cleaned up the periphery of sheberinka in front of them.

At goodrian's command, the German army also started the city battle on the same day. However, the Soviet Red Army guard forces near sheberinka obviously did not have the combat ability of the German E group army. Although they also resisted tenaciously and fought bravely, they were finally driven out of sheberinka in the afternoon of that day, Lost the South Gate of Kharkov. As for how tenacious this army was, goodrian praised the Soviet army in a private letter to brauchich. The Red Army of a division stayed in the center of the city of sheberinka until they ran out of ammunition and food. Finally, they set fire to the building in the center of the city and died with their own weapons. The other army also resisted tenaciously. In the afternoon of that day, this army held its position without anti tank weapons. At the last moment, the Soviet infantry regiment fought until the last soldier when the head of the regiment was killed, but still refused to surrender. Compared with those who were scattered and captured in the city, they can be said to be the concentrated embodiment of the fighting bravery of the Soviet Red Army. Goodrian finally stood at the door of Kharkov's house, and at the edge of the trap Zhukov had dug for him. At this time, he was in the newly occupied city of sheberenka, in a house occupied and cleaned by the national defense forces, and he spread out his battle map. He looked at Kharkov, then looked up at his chief of staff, the division chief of the 1st Armored Division who came to the group army headquarters as a guest, and the division chief of the 3rd Armored Division of the SS, Frick and others, and burst into laughter. He put his hand on the map, above the city of Kharkov, and looked at his men“ General goodrian, my division needs to rest. After all, they are tired from continuous fighting. " Frick was the first to complain. It's true that his armored division started all the way, but he really lied when he needed to rest. He followed goodrian all the way. At least when he was fighting in France, he needed to rest more than now. At that time, he didn't ask for such rest. On the other hand, the commander of the 1st Armored Division also began to pour dirty water on himself: "my troops have lost a lot of money and consumed a lot of ammunition. Moreover... They also lack rest and can't attack immediately." Since goodrian was promoted to commander-in-chief of the G group army, the commander of the first armored force has become the first general to follow akkado. This division commander who followed akkado in the national defense forces in the early days has finally reached the level of qualification and become the commander of the most elite armored forces in the Empire. He looked at the complaints of the two armored division commanders under his command and did not speak. As a typical Prussian soldier, he obeyed orders but did not like to speak, even if the orders were wrong. In fact, the main reason why armored commanders shirk is that they are worried that their troops will suffer heavy losses in street battles, so they find various excuses. They don't need to rest, but they don't want to enter the evil city of Kharkov. Many grassroots commanders see that the city is full of danger, so they would rather complain than be the first to attack. Goodrian once said, "don't believe that your soldiers tell you they don't have any fuel, because once they need to rest, they will have no fuel!" Now of course he knew what his men were talking about, so he laughed“ Ha ha ha He laughed a few times and then looked at his men. Then he spoke slowly, as if on purpose, and said with some teasing: "so many troops need to rest, but I still have a lot of combat tasks to assign. There must be troops to continue to attack first, right?" His words made everyone fall into deep fear. It seems that Kharkov, a city full of nails, will not be able to enter the G group army this time. When everyone was in a dilemma, goodrian said, "I thought the new attack would be done by everyone. It seems that everyone really needs a rest."