The advancing momentum of the Soviets was stopped by the two rounds of artillery fire from the German army!
The Russian tanks at the front obviously hesitated, because there were only a few tanks left in front of them!
If they went up, they would definitely end up like the tanks from before!
Especially after the distance was quickly shortened, the German army's hit rate was obviously increasing!
In the previous round of artillery fire, the German army had destroyed more than 80 tanks, and a large portion of the formation in front of the Soviets had been destroyed!
Therefore, the tank soldiers behind were inevitably affected!
And it was this hesitation that allowed the German army to seize the high ground first!
However, the Soviets 'attention was no longer focused on seizing the high ground!
Because as the distance between them closed, both sides focused their attention on bombarding each other!
The battlefield was instantly filled with smoke and the sound of cannons rumbling!
The soldiers on both sides were doing their best to fire as many shells as possible at the fastest speed, wanting to send the other party to hell!
At this time, because the distance was already within 1000 meters, as the distance closed, the main cannon of the T34 tank could finally pose a threat to the German tanks!
However, the front armor of the German army was as high as 100 mm, and it was also designed with an inclined design, which made the armor thickness reach 1.42 times the theoretical value, which was 142 mm!
The thickness of the armor had completely exceeded the maximum penetration depth of the T34!
This meant that even if the Tiger King tank was sent to the muzzle of the T34, they would not be able to penetrate the armor of the Tiger King!
Therefore, what the German army had to do was to make full use of their advantages and always keep their front armor facing the enemy, not letting the enemy have the opportunity to attack their side armor.
Even though the side armor was 60- 80mm thick, it was still much thicker than the front armor.
Therefore, the Soviets had to do everything they could to aim their cannons at the enemy's sides!
This was because only on these two sides could their shots threaten the other party!
Thus, the battle between the two sides entered a battle of wits and courage from the beginning!
The Soviets tried to maneuver around the perimeter and make a detour to the rear of the German army!
In that case, they could not only attack the side armor of the German army, but they could even attack the weakest part of the German army, the tail armor!
The thickness of the rear armor of the Tiger King tank was only 50mm. This was the weakest part of the entire body!
If the T34 could really go around the back of the German army, with the power of their main cannon, they could easily penetrate the German armor!
And the German army's response was very simple!
"Everyone, maintain your formation and face the enemy head-on. Attack whoever appears. Don't let them get close!”
The frontline commanders of the German army kept their armor facing the enemy while firing non-stop to destroy the enemies who tried to approach them. At the same time, they divided the reserve forces and formed a nearly circular formation.
In this way, even if the Soviets went around to the back of the German army, they would still face the German tanks with the front armor!
"Hmph, how stupid. Who is the commander of the enemy? How could he have such a stupid move?”
The commander-in-chief of the armored forces of the Soviets was Lieutenant General Romanenko, the commander of the Second Guards Tank Army!
This wasn't the first time he had fought Guderian. Half a month ago, when the Soviets launched an attack, they had a confrontation.
However, Lieutenant General Romanenko suffered a huge loss that time. He was completely fooled by Guderian. Guderian destroyed his logistics supply convoy and then slipped away when he led his army back to help!
That encounter had a great impact on Lieutenant General Romanenko and his Second Tank Army.
He himself was criticized by the Supreme Command of the Soviets because his troops did not arrive at the scheduled location on time and complete the scheduled goal!
Moreover, because the logistics convoy was destroyed, his troops lost fuel and ammunition. They could not continue fighting and could only station in Kursk to repair themselves. This made the Second Guard Tank Army play the role of a spectator during the entire battle!
Their mission was snatched away by the 1st Guards Tank Army.
This matter was a huge humiliation for Lieutenant General Romanenko. He had been planning how to take revenge on Guderian!
Of course, the Soviets still did not know who the commander of the army that attacked them was!
Although they had intercepted several telegrams, they were encrypted by the German army, and they used the latest password!
This caught the Soviets off guard. They did not expect the other party to attach so much importance to this army!
Therefore, until now, they did not know who the person who was elusive on the battlefield, who broke through their five lines of defense in one breath, and who burned all their firearms and supplies at the Pena River was!
If they knew that the commander of this army was Gordian, they would probably be shocked!
Of course, not being able to make it in time for the first phase of the Battle of Kursk was not entirely a bad thing.
At least it wasn't a bad thing for Lieutenant General Romanenko and his Second Guards Tank Army, because the First Guards Tank Army that replaced them had become martyrs (most of them were wiped out, and a few were captured. The Soviets would not admit to being captives, so they all became martyrs).
After all, if they had not been attacked by Gordian, the fate of the 1st Guards Tank Army would have been their fate!
But even so, Lieutenant General Romanenko would not be grateful to Guderian!
On the contrary, he desperately hoped that he could defeat this enemy who had brought great trouble to the entire Soviet Army on the battlefield!
He hoped that this battle could become a battle to make his name known!
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