"The 3rd Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 101st Tank Regiment and part of the 202nd Armored Regiment successfully raided the Russian artillery position 6 kilometers northwest of the Lev River Bridge, seized 15 76.2mm field artillery, 14 122mm howitzers and some ammunition, and captured 55 Russian artillery!"

"The 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 101st Tank Regiment and part of the 202nd Armored Regiment successfully raided the Russian artillery position 6 kilometers southwest of the Lev River Bridge, seized 21 122mm howitzers and some ammunition, and captured 36 Russian artillery!"

"The 1st Battalion of the 101st Tank Regiment and the 201st Armored Regiment successfully attacked the Russian artillery position 8 kilometers west of the Leif River Bridge, seized 17 76.2mm field artillery, 17 107mm field artillery, 19 122mm howitzers, 15 152mm howitzers and some ammunition, and captured 304 Russian artillery!"

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"The right-wing attack force with the 102nd Tank Regiment as the vanguard successfully defeated the Russian position 5 kilometers north of the Lev River Bridge and captured tens of thousands of Russian troops!"

"The left-wing attack force with the 103rd tank regiment as the vanguard successfully occupied the Russian position 5 kilometers south of the Lev River Bridge, and captured one Russian lieutenant general, three major generals and thousands of soldiers!"

Looking at the battle reports, Orger finally breathed a sigh of relief. With more than 10 Russian artillery positions and more than 300 various cannons falling into his hands, the Russian artillery fire was much weaker at this time.

"Col. Org, your armored troops seized the Russian artillery positions by raids, which undoubtedly solved a big problem for the offensive forces, but I think they should be allowed to blow up the Russian artillery there for caution! After all, the Russians still have a large number of cavalry units, and I think they will launch a counterattack soon. If those artillery falls back into their hands, it will cause a lot of trouble to our attack!"

The person who spoke was General Markensen, who had crossed the Ref River not long ago and transferred the command of the Second Army to the temporary command of the Armored Army in Org, which was closer to the battlefield and more convenient for coordinated command.

With the help of artillery preparations and armored forces, Makenson's near infantry attacked the Russian positions did not face strong resistance, but suffered great losses from the sudden and violent artillery attacks of the Russians.

"General, you don't have to worry about this. I believe my armored troops can repel the counterattack launched by the Russian cavalry!" Org smiled confidently, and then asked in a consultative tone: "I am going to order the 104,105 tank regiments and the 205,302 armored regiments to set off from the Lev River Bridge to reinforce the tanks and troops occupying the Russian artillery positions as soon as possible. General, are your infantry moving forward together?"

Markenson thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Then he also issued an order to his troops: "The First Infantry Division continues to clear the Russian positions on the west bank of the Lev River. The Second and Third Infantry Divisions immediately cooperate with the armored troops to advance into the Russian army in depth! The artillery troops began to cross the Lev River Bridge and establish artillery positions on the west bank of the Lev River as soon as possible!"

Under the night, the Russian defeated soldiers hiding in the fields and woods on the west bank of the Lev River found the sound of engines roaring and the sound of crawlers rolling around. They did not know that at this time, hundreds of German tanks and armored vehicles were advancing on large fields and roads like beetles, with even larger numbers of trucks and infantry following them slowly advancing.

"Second Lieutenant, the regiment headquarters sent a telegram, and the support troops will arrive in a quarter of an hour!" Lao poked a head out of the turret and reported excitedly to Lontiris, who was sitting outside the turret smoking.

Lontiris made no sound, his eyes were fixed on the ground of the artillery position, where everything was hidden in the darkness, including the No. 2 tank that was out for alert.

In this dark environment, hearing seems more important than vision, so the No. 2 tank has stopped and turned off the fire. The captain stretched out half of his body out of the turret, the driver also opened the hatch in front, and even the loading hands and machine gunners in the car were listening to everything around him.

A few minutes later, the young loader asked curiously: "Chief, even if we find the Russians, we don't seem to be able to report to the company commander immediately!"

"Although our tanks are not equipped with transmitters, we fire the Russians once we find them, so that the company commander and others will know!" The captain lowered his head and explained to the loader below.

"Will the Russians find us then?" The loader looked a little worried.

"Don't worry, we can retreat while shooting at the Russians! The Russian infantry can't catch up with us!" The captain felt a little ridiculous, but the loader seemed to be a natural melancholy, and he continued to ask:

"What if the Russian cannon hit us?"

"Then let's go to the Kingdom of Heaven to report together!" As soon as the leader finished speaking, some sounds came from a distance.

"The sound of horse hoofs!" the commander and the driver shouted in a low voice.

"Don't be nervous, let's observe for a while and be ready to start the tank at any time!" The captain opened his eyes wide and wanted to see clearly what was hidden under the night sky, but he could only hear the increasingly dense sound of horse hooves.

"The headlights are ready to turn on, turn them off after two seconds!" The captain whispered. When he felt the sound of horse hooves was not far ahead, he ordered the headlights to turn on.

Hundreds of meters ahead of the No. 2 tank were a large group of Cossack cavalry. Before they could react, the other party's shells had already exploded near them. Then, the No. 2 tank started to move, then twisted its clumsy body and turned backwards. The turret quickly turned to the rear of the vehicle. The only machine gun on the front of the turret began to shoot at the Russian cavalry.

Oh woo...

The Russian cavalry roared like a wolf howling, the war horses began to run, and the ground shaking slightly.

Lontiris in the distance clearly saw two flames appearing one after another in the darkness, and then a banging explosion told him that it was the sound of the No. 2 tank shooting.

"They must have discovered the Russians!" Lontiris pressed the cigarette butt hard, then quickly sat into the turret. The tank started after spraying a light smoke from the tail, and several other tanks and armored vehicles also started.

"Line in a line!" After Longtilis made a gesture, the tanks and armored vehicles behind quickly followed. Longtilis stared tightly in the distance, where the sound of tank engines and tracks came. Judging from the machine gun bullets ejected from the tank, Tank No. 2 was retreating and firing at the other party.

"Russian Cavalry!" When retreating about 1 kilometer from the artillery position, Tank No. 2 suddenly turned on the front headlight again, and a large group of Russian cavalry appeared not far ahead of it, waving their sabers.

"Helichi, load the shells! Lao, send a report to the regiment headquarters!" Lontiris sat back on the captain's chair, staring at the aiming area, and countless Russian cavalry figures were shaking under the headlights of the No. 2 tank.

"Open fire!"

Tank No. 1 shook violently, and the shells fell into the middle of the Russian cavalry in a few seconds. The flames and scattered shrapnel knocked down several nearby Russian cavalry and their war horses. However, Tank No. 2 was soon caught up by the Russian cavalry.

In this way, the No. 2 tank stayed alone among the Russian cavalry. On the Russian artillery position, other German tanks kept firing shells. They tried their best to shoot the shells between the Russian cavalry far away from the No. 2 tank, causing small bloody storms among the Russians. The machine gun attack order of the No. 2 tank was also dismissed by many Russian cavalry one after another. A deep depression suddenly appeared in the cavalry formation, which was not neat, but they quickly surrounded the No. 2 tank from both wings.

Poof...

Soon, a string of machine gun bullets fired from German tanks and armored vehicles also began to fly towards the Russian cavalry. In the dark night, the Russians had no time to pay attention to whether any bullets penetrated their companions' bodies. Several Russian cavalry waved their swords high and slashed at the turret and body of the No. 2 tank with all their strength...

Dangdangdang!

This time, the flying in the air was not only Mars emitted by the collision of steel, but also a piece of the blade of a Russian saber.

The Russian cavalry looked at the German tank with incredible eyes, and the bullets flying from behind quickly ended their seemingly great conjecture.

"waste!"

The commander of the Russian cavalry cursed softly, and rushed to the No. 2 tank with a sword, which was spraying fire tongue. When he was on the front line of Galicia, he once slashed the arm of an Austrian soldier on the iron truck with one knife, and made a deep hole in the iron sheet of the car. He believed that the German tank turret was also wrapped in that kind of iron sheet, so he was very confident that he would split the armor and the Germans inside. The cavalry beside him kept falling off the horse, but he rushed to the tank without hesitation, and then slashed fiercely...

when!

The Russian watched in horror as the front half of the sword bounced back from the steel plate, and a deep blood mark was drawn on his face, but the pain soon disappeared because a few seconds later the German machine gun bullet penetrated his body.

This is the result of flesh and blood and cold weapons fighting against tanks. The Russian didn't understand even if he died.

Gradually, machine gun bullets shot at the Russians were shot onto the No. 2 tank from time to time, which made the German soldiers behind and the tankers in the No. 2 tank feel ashamed. Fortunately, the No. 2 tank was not damaged, and the Russian cavalry around it were all dismissed.

Finally, five tanks and four armored vehicles blocked the attacks launched by more than a thousand Russian cavalry, and countless Cossacks who usually don't have to pay taxes fell on this artillery position.

Before the German support reached the Russian artillery positions occupied by armored troops, tens of thousands of Russian cavalry launched a fierce counterattack. However, they were completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the German armored forces occupying other artillery positions. Countless cavalry were slaughtered by tank guns and machine guns, and the remaining people retreated in panic.

Soon after, the support troops that Lontilis and others were looking forward to finally arrived.

"Oh God! You are finally here! I have only three shells and one machine gun bullet on my tank!" Lontiris sat on the turret and watched the infantry busy taking ammunition and fuel from the truck to replenish the tanks and armored vehicles.

Soon, Lontilis led his tank to run over the Russian cavalry in front of him and continued to advance westward.

When the east gradually turned white, Orger's armored army and Markensen's Second Army had advanced to a distance of 20 kilometers from the Rev River. Armored troops tore the Russian defense line to pieces, and many Russian soldiers even found themselves far behind the German vanguard troops.

In the Russian command, General Lezsky, who found himself unable to turn the world, issued an order to retreat on the entire line to build a temporary defense line 40 kilometers away from the Rev River. Markenson and Orger naturally would not miss this opportunity. The German army was pursuing the Russian 9th Army in an orderly and quickly.

To the east of Biavestok, the flag of the Russian Guards appeared in front of the German positions. Nearly a thousand Russian artillery shells fired by Russian artillery descended on the German positions there together with the first sunshine. The defense system that Chen Tian spent nearly half a month to build would face the test of more than 200,000 Russian elite troops.

In Agreni's telescope, this defense line with a width of 8 kilometers and a depth of 3 kilometers is not outstanding in appearance. From front to back, there are barbed wire zones, trench areas, second barbed wire zones, small bunkers, interlaced trenches, and large bunkers. The artillery positions should be further back, only those bunkers and some trenches seem to be composed of gray stone objects.

"Cement and steel, this is what makes my defense unique!" Chen Tian explained to François in a large bunker below the ground behind the defense, "The thing we use to cast bunkers is called concrete, and the earliest user was a French flower merchant. As early as the 19th century, he used cement to make basins and flower pots. Later, he applied this method to make beams, floors, pipes and bridges, and obtained the patent for laying vertical and horizontal iron bars in the concrete. In this concrete, the iron bars bear tension, while the concrete bears pressure, so it is a very good defense tool. Those bunkers, machine guns and mortars built with concrete will be stronger than those of ordinary earth and stone structures. I think the heavy artillery of the Russians can destroy some of the fortifications, but the tactics of the Agrenian field guns as the infantry advances are not so effective in front of them!"

François nodded with a sense of enlightenment, "Your Highness, why are you always able to come up with something that ordinary people can't imagine? Also, I found that the line of defense you designed has many unique features!"

"Well! You'll know what they do in a while!"
Chapter completed!