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    Those bombers seemed to be rushing to the ground, sniffing for something. They circled around the battlefield, and then suddenly swooped towards the village of Saprekino, where the artillery positions of the Chinese army, tanks and motorized infantry of the Chinese army were.  A place to assemble and prepare for counterattack.

    The heavy bombing sound was mixed with the explosion of mortars and artillery shells, the firing of artillery and mortars, as well as the impact of Chinese army machine guns, long shots of machine guns, and short shots of submachine guns.  The tank group, including Chinese and Soviet tanks, exploded, filling the air with black smoke, dust and stench.  It was as if the trembling ground was burning, and the broken walls were also burning.  It was like something was scorched in a huge oil pan, burned up, and turned into a ball of fire that shot up into the sky and fell heavily again.

    Chinese military pilots were bombing Soviet troops indiscriminately.  However, a "Javelin" aircraft suddenly swooped down on the "White Tiger" tank where Major Mo Yongsheng was located.  After Luo Yaning saw it, he quickly closed the car hood.  No bombs exploded.  Maybe the "Javelin" aircraft discovered that it was our own tank and flew away When the Chinese aircraft flew towards Smolensk in a row, Lieutenant Luo Yanin opened the hood and breathed a sigh of relief.

    At this time, the Chinese army broke through the German defense line southeast of Moscow and relied on the 4th Tank Army to effectively expand the bridgehead.  In order to help the Soviet army regain lost ground, the German army immediately transferred five divisions from Army Group South Ukraine, including an armored division, five infantry divisions from Germany, three infantry divisions from Hungary, and six assault artillery brigades.  , arriving in areas near Moscow.  In order to deal with the German counterattack, the Chinese Army High Command reorganized its troops.

    On May 11, the Sixth Guards Tank Corps of the Third Guards Tank Army of the Chinese Army entered the defensive positions on the outskirts of the villages of Hildow and Ogradow that were captured earlier that day.  At this time, the beachhead was shaped like an irregular semicircle, with the Moran River hugging the middle.  The 52nd Guards Tank Brigade defended the left flank.  The dune soil made it difficult to dig fortifications capable of concealing the full height of the tanks, as the trench walls were constantly falling down.  The Germans were similarly troubled.  Many times, the Chinese army observed that the German "Panther" tank suddenly turned in the sand. When the crew struggled to control the tank, its weak side armor was exposed to the muzzle of the Chinese army.  In the skirmishes at Hild車w and Ogred車w, the German "Panthers" suffered heavy losses.  May 11th only.  The 53rd Guards Tank Brigade destroyed 8 German tanks." On May 12, Colonel Xu Xiangqian, commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade, and his chief of staff Xiao Hua concluded that the German army would not continue to attack directly across the sand dunes.  would try to outflank the brigade, so they reinforced their flanks.

    Major Shan Kefeng＊s 2nd Tank Battalion faced an open field.  On the right wing, the "Gray Wolf" tanks of Captain Ma Buqing's 3rd Tank Battalion formed a defensive line.  There is a deep and wide valley with a dirt road leading from the village of Ogradov to the city of Staszow and the rear of the Chinese army.  Behind the river valley.  It is a wetland defended by the 294th Infantry Regiment of the 97th Infantry Division.

    The dirt road provided a good passage to the Chinese army's position, attracting the attention of the German army.  In order to prevent the enemy from using this road, the Chinese brigade commander decided to use two "Gray Wolves" of the 3rd Tank Battalion led by the deputy battalion commander, Guards Captain Elante, to lurk in an unknown highland.  The other tanks of the battalion are in the main defensive position 1 kilometer away from Ogreduf.

    Original speculation about the German plan was confirmed by reconnaissance reports.  Three reconnaissance units equipped with tanks and motorcycles were sent along the routes where enemy movement was expected.  Reconnaissance report No. 53 issued by the staff of the 6th Guards Tank Corps on May 13, 1945 stated: On the night of May 12th and 13th, a 506th independent heavyweight reserve unit of the German headquarters reserve was captured in the area west of Hildow.  A sergeant from the 1st Company of the Tank Battalion.  A soldier from the 10th Company of the 79th Motorized Regiment of the 16th Armored Division was also captured in the Poniki area.  The captured sergeant said that at the Koniecpol train station, after the 506th Battalion left, an armored division with an unknown number began to unload its vehicles.  The 506th Independent Heavy Tank Battalion consists of 3 tank companies and 1 supply company.  The battalion arrived with 40 tanks, 20 Panthers and 20 T-34s.  About 30 tanks arrived at Khmelnik, others were faulty and needed repair.

    The arrival of Major von Legatt's 506th Battalion is of great significance.  March and April 1945.  The battalion was reorganized at the Ordruf training center and equipped with the King Tiger, Germany's first heavy tank known as the "Supertank".  Although the reliability of the "King Tiger" was very low even by the standards of a new tank, and development work began in 1943, but was not yet complete, the battalion was fully deployed to the Eastern Front on April 5.  Ten King Tigers broke down during the short 3-kilometer trip from the unloading point to the 16th Armored Division's headquarters near Khmelnik.  On 11 May, after two days of losses to repairs and supplies, the battalion marched another two kilometers to Hild車w.  The glitches continue.  When it got dark, only 11 of the 20 "King Tigers" were available and ready to start the attack on Stashov.

    It should be pointed out that the 6th Guards Tank Corps of the Chinese Army does not??Have an effective numerical advantage.  Preparing to attack the Germans were 9 "White Tigers" of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade and 20 "Gray Wolves" of the 52nd Guards Tank Brigade.  The 51st Guards Tank Brigade, located in the north, has 11 "Gray Wolves" and 4 "White Tigers".  In Stashov there are 11 "White Tiger" heavy tanks and 1 "Xuanwu" heavy tank of the 71st Independent Guards Heavy Tank Regiment.

    May 13th at midnight.  The increasing sound of tank engines was heard in the German positions.  Before dawn, the commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade returned to his tank from the headquarters. His vehicle served as an observation post among the "Gray Wolves" of the 1st Battalion hidden behind low sand dunes.  There is a river valley in front and to the right of the Chinese army's position, and there is a road leading to Stashov.  left.  It was a field with many haystacks, where the Elantra tanks were hidden.  At the mouth of the river valley.  It＊s Lieutenant Kim Wynn＊s ※Gray Wolf§.  His crew included: driver Tai Yiwu, gunner Mei Wenluo, radio operator Rusin and loader Hamil.

    Colonel Xu Xiangqian and Yilante hid the tank in a haystack and ordered Jin Yongli to get special orders before he could fire.

    The next morning, there was heavy fog and poor visibility.  From the observation post of the commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade, neither the village of Ogradov nor the river valley or the tanks hidden in the haystacks could be seen.  The tranquility of the morning was broken by the gradually increasing roar of the tank engine, and then the rolling sound of the tank tracks was heard getting closer and closer.  In the sky, you can hear the "Junkers" aircraft approaching Staszow.  The German artillery began firing, shells flying high over the tank brigade's lines.  The German reconnaissance could neither mark the frontline position of the Chinese tank brigade nor discover the Chinese ambush.

    May 14th.  At 7 o'clock in the morning, shrouded in morning fog, the German army began to advance towards the unknown highlands, with 11 "King Tiger" tanks and a small number of armored personnel carriers carrying infantry.

    Elante's voice came from the radio: "The tanks are coming, I can't see them. But I can hear them. They are crossing the river valley." The commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade described the battle like this: "A huge tank  Slowly drove out of the river valley, climbed up bumpily, and turned in the sand. On the left wing, Major Shan Kefeng shouted on the radio: - They are coming! I replied: - Be patient! Fire at 400 meters.  !§

    "After the first tank. A second behemoth climbed up from the valley, and soon a third one appeared. The first one had passed the Elantra's ambush position. - Fire? He asked. -  Fire!"

    "I saw part of the hay on the tank moved away and the gun barrel was exposed. Shooting, one shot after another: shot fired! Through the binoculars, I could see the black holes in the sides of these German tanks. At first I  All I saw was smoke, then flames. The third German tank turned towards Kim, but was immobilized after taking a hit on its tracks, and another hit finished it off. I called over the radio. At this point, the Germans  The howitzers started firing, and immediately the air was filled with smoke and dust in the valley as far as Ogreduf. Junkers bombers and Messerschmitt fighters appeared in the sky, and Chinese fighter jets also came at the same time. The air battle began"

    During the day on May 14, Major Shan Kefeng＊s 2nd Tank Battalion fought with German tanks west of the high ground.  By the time it gets dark.  The 53rd Guards Tank Brigade took up a defensive position to the south 300 meters east of Ogred車w and prepared to move towards Hild車w.  At 10 o'clock in the evening, two tanks of the 3rd Battalion, supported by a mechanized infantry company, attacked the village until 8 o'clock the next morning.  After successfully clearing the village of German troops, the 3rd Battalion then occupied a defensive position near the village.  German tanks that had retreated from an earlier attack were captured in the village, and it was only then discovered that the tank that was burning that morning was not a Panther.  There was not enough time to identify the tanks, however, and the first reports stated that three Panthers had been captured.  2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Tank Company of the 71st Independent Guards Heavy Tank Regiment.  The 289th Infantry Regiment moved toward Zaras at 9 a.m.  The "King Tiger" tanks deployed west of Ogreduf used artillery fire to block the attacking Chinese infantry.  A "White Tiger" tank platoon led by Lieutenant Li Min joined the battle.  Immediately, a German tank burst into flames.  Another was destroyed.  The Chinese infantry entered Ogreduf without resistance. In the village, the tanks of the 3rd Tank Battalion had already eliminated the remaining enemies.

    At the same time, seven "Tiger King" vehicles attacked the Chinese army positions on the high ground.  Lieutenant Wu Tat of the Imperial Guard, who was waiting near Mokre, was in his "White Tiger" tank. When the German tanks approached 700 to 800 meters, he started shooting.  After being hit several times, the first German tank burst into flames and the second was destroyed.  The other German tanks reversed and retreated.  Wu Da rushed towards the enemy and opened fire at the edge of the forest.  After another tank caught fire, the Germans retreated.

    Soon, the "Tiger King" launched another attack, this time the target was Poniki, and the "White Tiger" of the Guards Lieutenant Bei Yuming was ambushing the position.  At a distance of 1,000 meters, he opened fire.  After the third shell was fired, a German tank burst into flames.  The Germans realized the danger and retreated.

    On Wednesday, May 14th, 15th and 16thIn days of continuous fighting, in the Stashov and Hildow areas, the 6th Guards Tank Corps destroyed and captured 24 German tanks, 13 of which were the latest "King Tigers" put into battle by the German army.

    On May 17, a prisoner of the 506th Heavy Tank Battalion was captured in the Zalas area.  He said that the 506th Independent Heavy Tank Battalion formed in Germany has 40 new tanks: 20 "King Tigers" and 20 "Panthers".  The battalion arrived in the Khmelnik region two weeks ago.  Currently, the 506th Battalion has no more than 26 tanks, and the others have been burned or destroyed.

    The Germans analyzed the reasons for their failure, and von Legat lost his official position.  The newspaper "Call to Arms" of the 6th Guards Tank Corps described the battle for the Sandomierz Bridgehead: "After the first encounter with our supertanks, the Germans created their own hulking behemoths: 'Tiger', 'Panther'  ' and 'Ferdinand'. These tanks were inferior to ours, as was proven in recent battles, when the German retreat roads were strewn with the remains of 'Tiger's and other weapons. The newly launched 'King Tiger' tanks were not intimidating  Our soldiers. In the first encounter, our tanks and artillery proved the absolute superiority of our weapons against Germany's so-called secret weapons. Our brave tank crews, under the command of Jin Yongli and Wu Da, each destroyed some  'King Tiger' tank. The battle results on the Soviet front show the clear advantages of Chinese tanks over German tanks. Our 'tanks' have better artillery, better terrain passing capabilities and better maneuverability."

    Konstantin Konstantinovich is now worried about the safety of Solovievo and Racha crossings on the Dnieper River.  After he learned at the command post that Colonel Malinen asked him to return to the headquarters quickly, he couldn't wait to know the reason for urgently looking for him. He immediately called Malinin and learned from his intermittent, half-clear and half-cryptic answers.  learned.  The Chinese army did occupy two ferries.  The Soviet troops were driven back to the west bank of the Dnieper River.  Now, the two armies of General Kurochkin and General Lukin were alone and completely isolated because there were no ferries to transport ammunition and food.  They are about to face the fate of annihilation of the entire army and cannot hold on for a long time.

    Rokossovsky sat in the open car and felt the coolness of the morning while driving.  There are forests on both sides of the road. From time to time, you can see the yellow wheat waves of oats and wheat turning on small patches of land without trees. In some places, you can even see potato fields with white flowers in full bloom.  It makes people feel like the car is passing through the intoxicating fragrance of flowers Yes.  The flames of war have not yet reached this corner

    He thought of Alexander Ilyich Lidyukov, who led a small team to resist the Chinese attack and guard the Solovievo ferry.

    "All hope falls on him." It was like seeing Lidyukov, who was already fifty years old, again.  He had a high forehead and was prematurely bald.  His eyes were always narrowed, and his kind face had a fat nose.  Lidyukov was born into a family of rural teachers. He completed sixth grade in a middle school in Gomel Region and joined the Red Army at the age of 19.  Learn, fight, and learn again.  Graduated from the Military Academy and stayed at the school to teach tactics courses.  Later he served as battalion commander, regiment commander, tank brigade commander, and commander of the 1st Moscow Infantry Division.  He is already quite famous in the battles to evacuate Sverdlovsk and defend Kuibyshev.  He is experienced, smart and courageous in fighting.  If Lidyukov cannot hold the ferry, that＊s it.  The situation has reached a point where it is beyond control and irreversible.

    From the command post to the army group headquarters, it is only 8 kilometers.  The headquarters is located on one side of the road from Minsk to Moscow, in a deep valley with crisscrossed ravines and few trees.  Some strong and reliable shelters were dug on the slopes of the valley.  There are bomb shelters, cellars and bunkers to hide cars and horses.  Canvas tents were set up on some flat areas.

    He returned to headquarters.  After taking a look at the map of Colonel Malinen, the chief of staff, I became even more frightened.  For soldiers, the map is a magic mirror. This mirror not only reflects the settlements, roads, hills, and rivers of this area, but also once the experienced staff officers mark the situation with red and blue pencils, all kinds of things in this area will be revealed.  The situation will be clear.  Rokossovsky became even more aware that the Chinese army's seizure of these two crossings on the Dnieper River not only meant that the two Soviet armies in the Smolensk area could not escape the fate of destruction, but also meant that the Chinese army's Yal  The two groups, Tsevo and Yelnya, will surely merge into one assault force.  This is what Chinese military strategists have been dreaming about, which is to create the necessary conditions for sending troops deep into the Soviet Union to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army.

    "Mikhail Sergeyevich," Rokossovsky said to Colonel Malinin, "it will be a shame if we cannot drive the Chinese troops out of the Solovievo ferry."

    Rokossovsky picked up the map on the table and hung it on the wall of the bomb shelter made of logs.  There are rings at the four corners of the map and four wooden pegs nailed to the wall.  This alone shows that everything is in good order in the staff led by Colonel Malinen.

    ※Have you reported what happened to Marshal Timoshenko?§ Rokossovsky said.?Malinen.

    Mikhail Sergeyevich lowered his head, sighed deeply, and answered without raising his eyes: "He was the first to tell me about this situation. Lidyukov managed to get in touch with him. We have contacted Lidyu  Cove lost touch.§

    "Did you get scolded by the marshal?"

    "Nohe reprimanded him. He also asked about you. I said that you will definitely be able to drive the enemy troops out of Yartsevo. He said that Solovievo is currently the most important point on the western front. He said that if we  If the enemy army cannot be defeated, he will personally take action and lead the soldiers to attack."

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