Chapter 392: The Germans Attack! Brutally Defeated?
[The Soviet Union repeatedly issued warnings that the Germans were about to attack, but was never able to confirm it.]

【Finally, in a night battle, the Soviet Union captured a German engineer. 】

【Learned about the German army's plan.】

[The attack on Kursk began at 7 a.m. on July 5.]

[At the same time, the German army in Belgorod will also attack Kursk. ]

【According to this important intelligence, the Soviet army launched a surprise artillery attack against the German army to take the initiative.】

[Instead of waiting for the Germans to open fire, they bombarded their potential gathering points in advance.]

In line with the narration of Tianmu,
There were also horrific scenes on screen.

Really real shots!
Thousands of guns fired!

Dense artillery fire was roaring.

The huge sound, accompanied by artillery shells, fell on the German positions like raindrops.

Many German troops had not yet had time to set out.

They were hit by intensive artillery fire from the Soviet army.

【Artillery fire lit up the night.】

[The Soviet artillery surprise attack hit many targets. ]

[According to the German combat records:]

[“The Soviets bombed all the canyons that could be used as avenues for advancement. At the same time, it was impossible to repair the key bridges for the Tiger tanks.”]

[And the Soviet pilot recalled:]

[“Shocking scenes occurred on the front line, with fierce exchanges of fire between the two sides and flames everywhere.”]

[As soon as the Soviet artillery fire subsided.]

[In the air was the whistling sound of German artillery shells.]

[The German army tried to use their well-prepared and powerful artillery to directly and forcibly break through the Soviet defense line.]

【After more than an hour of heavy shelling. 】

[The German army begins to attack under the cover of thick smoke. ]

[Tank troops, air force, infantry troops, all the forces that have been assembled in the Kursk region for several months.]

【start to act.】

[A large-scale battle involving more than 200 million people has begun. 】

[German generals called this battle the largest tank battle in the history of war.]

[All the most advanced weapons at the time were used in this battle. ]

[The Russian army uses wireless remote-controlled small tanks to clear mines and open up roads.]

[In the past, metal rollers were used to clear mines.]

[Or use explosives to instantly blast and clear a large area of ​​mines. ]

[These new mine-sweeping methods have played a certain role in mine clearance. ]

[But the battlefield became riddled with holes after the mines were detonated.]

[Many Ferdinand self-propelled guns were lost and destroyed by Soviet artillery fire.]

[After the first day of the attack, half of the German Ferdinand self-propelled artillery lost its combat capability due to damage to the tracks and chassis.]

[On the southern front of Kursk, the German army's elite armored forces also encountered fierce sniping. ]

[Since the German armored forces were constantly under attack, mine clearance work could not be carried out well.]

[Once a Tiger tank hits a mine, it can no longer fight.]

[This effectively slowed down the German advance. ]

[Faced with the Soviet anti-tank trenches that were more than 500 kilometers long, the German attack was very difficult. ]

[Dive bombers must be used to carry out precision bombing.]

【Only in this way can the tanks pass through the trench.】

[Even if you pass it, you will almost be trapped in the maze of Soviet defense lines. ]

[After much difficulty, we suppressed a Soviet anti-tank artillery point. ]

[Due to the Soviet Army's tactical deployment, the German tanks were hit by anti-tank artillery from other directions.]

[This excellent defense arrangement and camouflage technology was even recognized by the German army. ]

[The German general commented: "The Soviet army's superb camouflage technology is admirable. We did not detect the existence of minefields and artillery points until a tank was hit."]

While Tianmu was telling the story,

Continue to provide a large number of real images from World War II. These are not very clear black and white pictures.

Because it is a real shot on the battlefield, it is extremely realistic.

On the contrary, it is more shocking than any war movie.

The comments were full of emotion:

"It looks like the German army is being beaten? Is it that bad?"

"In fact, the German army was still very powerful. The Soviets doubted their lives on the first day of the attack."

"German tank advantage is too great."

"On July 7, German tanks destroyed more than 8 Soviet tanks, while the Germans lost only 300 tanks."

"The main reason is that the German army did not have enough tanks in March. Otherwise, if they had attacked on time in April, it would have been hard to say what would happen to the Soviet Union!"

Not only Tianmu was discussing it.

The ancients were the same.

The ancients watched the confrontation between the Soviet and German giants on the sky.

It was really heart-stirring.

Qin Dynasty.

When Ying Zheng saw the wireless remote-controlled tanks, rollers, etc. used by the German army, he was dazzled!
Before, Ying Zheng had never seen those novel war machines.

And this time after seeing it.

Ying Zheng could only admire Germany's military and technological capabilities once again.

“I wonder if Germany still has some fresh, top-notch war weapons?”

Han Dynasty.

Huo Qubing watched the Battle of Kursk and was deeply moved.

Because in Huo Qubing's view,

Tanks are the equivalent of today's cavalry combat.

Like the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history.

In Huo Qubing's view.

It is equivalent to a grassland showdown involving 50 cavalrymen!
It was obvious that Huo Qubing could also realize that he was facing the well-prepared Soviet defense line.

The German army was indeed struggling.

Although before, it could be felt that the German army was gradually losing the upper hand in the entire war.

But it was not until this time that Huo Qubing had to admit and said:

"It is indeed too difficult to forcibly attack the Soviet army's long-defended positions."

"The Germans...cannot lose the blitzkrieg."

……

The sky continues.

[Although the Soviet army was well prepared, the German army's richer combat experience and skills as well as new weapons also played a role. ]

【They gathered toward the narrow part of the battle line.】

[German armored vehicles attack in a V-formation.]

[The most powerful Tiger tanks took the lead and forcibly broke through the Soviet anti-tank defense line. ]

[Once a breakthrough is formed, the medium tanks and light tanks following closely behind will do their utmost to expand the gap to both sides.]

[At the same time, the German Air Force also exerted its strength crazily. ]

[On the first day of the battle, 400 German planes supported the front line and 300 Soviet planes were destroyed.]

[Crazy bombings fell like raindrops.]

[Many anti-tank positions were paralyzed one after another. ]

[The aviation forces also opened up safe corridors in the minefields to ensure that German tanks could pass through the minefields smoothly.]

[Using the air force to counter mines requires a large amount of ammunition. ]

【But the German army was not stingy. 】

[It took the SS Panzer Regiment 17 hours to break through the Soviet Army's first line of defense.]

This clip is obviously the German army's turn.

(End of this chapter)