The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

After half a month of silence on the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union finally couldn't hold back and launched an attack. Zhukov, who was in charge of the command, couldn't just sit there and watch the German army rest, restore morale, replenish troops, and transport weapons and ammunition. That would be a disaster for the Soviet Union.

Don't forget that the two sides haven't really decided the winner yet. At least for now, the German army is still strong, especially the Southern Army Group led by Manstein, which is still very powerful.

Therefore, Zhukov decided to make a concerted effort to kill the Southern Army Group. This was both a test and a general offensive. If the German army showed weakness, Zhukov would definitely put all the troops at his disposal.

Originally, Manstein was prepared to hold his position and consume the morale of the Soviet Union, but after obtaining new weapons and replenishing troops, he decided to launch a local counterattack to push the front line forward, at least to take Kursk.

In this way, the AB Army Group that was divided by the Soviet Union will be connected into a line.

Especially during this period, he has added 100,000 troops under his command. These 100,000 reserve troops are...���, 50,000 were drawn from the Western Front, which could be said to be a fresh force, and another 50,000 were from the Air Force Field Division selected by Guderian.

In addition, there was the German Division, which was thrown directly under Manstein after August came to power.

Together with the original troops, at this time, Manstein's Southern Army Group had nearly 800,000 people, and the most elite Sixth Army was already armed to the teeth.

Manstein equipped the Sixth Army with 2,000 T-34 tanks and 1,000 Tiger tanks. The purpose was to take this opportunity to justify the newly formed Sixth Army.

Although Sergeant Himmel was not a rookie on the battlefield, he was still nervous hiding in the trenches.

From a distance, the black bears rushed towards their own positions, and they could feel the murderous aura emanating from the enemies in front of them from a long distance.

At this time, the bears had already played out their confidence, and an ordinary soldier was full of indomitable momentum.

The enemy's swift and powerful movements showed that this team was definitely elite and not easy to deal with.

"We are the first line of defense. We must not give in. We must not give in!"Sergeant Himmel muttered silently, secretly wiping the sweat off his forehead with his right hand.

"Sergeant Himmel, you are a veteran, how can you still be nervous?"The sergeant squad leader next to him glanced at him and said

"What's wrong? You haven't recovered yet?"The comrade next to him whispered

"There is a shadow!"Sergeant Himmel said nothing more, but nodded slightly.

"Don't think too much. Now that we have so many powerful weapons, it's time to avenge our dead comrades."The comrade next to him said murderously.

"Three hundred meters!"The squad leader reported the distance he had just measured.

Hearing that it was only three hundred meters, Himmel breathed a sigh of relief and began to adjust his mentality.

"Two hundred meters, everyone get ready, snipers, look for targets."The battlefield was very quiet at this time, except for the occasional sound of wind and the enemy's footsteps.

The enemy advanced step by step, and when the enemy entered the barbed wire, everyone knew that the enemy had entered the range of one hundred meters without the squad leader shouting.

Originally, their barbed wire was arranged two hundred meters in front of the trench, so that it was just within the range of the K98 rifle, but now it has been replaced with an AK-47 assault rifle, so the combat distance is naturally closer.

""It's 100 meters, everyone, shoot hard."

At the command, fierce gunfire rang out from the German position, and the German soldiers, each holding an AK-47 assault rifle, fired frantically.

The entire Sixth Army was equipped with AK-47 assault rifles, and the firepower could be said to be very strong.

This was also Manstein's tactic. He wanted to build a fist force to tear apart the enemy's defenses.

The excess AK-47 assault rifles were distributed to other troops, and of course they were also used in a concentrated manner. Because the bullets were different, only concentrated use would not cause logistics to collapse.

The hidden snipers also began to look for targets. The first wave of attacks on the enemy was still dense, and the German soldiers The ammunition was also sufficient.

They all poured out their bullets frantically, and the 60mm mortars deployed in various companies and platoons also bared their fangs and fiercely attacked the targets that had been marked long ago, firing shells one after another.

Although the Third Division of the Russian Guards had experienced several fierce battles, they had never seen such a dense firepower. Yes, none of them had ever seen such a fierce firepower.

There were at least hundreds of automatic firearms on the opposite side firing at them, and the bullets flew suddenly like a rainstorm, leaving no place for people to hide.

In just one minute, there was no complete person in the first echelon who was still standing.