"Attack! Attack!"
The commanders of the German armored divisions and Mechanized Infantry Divisions issued orders to attack one after another.
For a time, along the German B Army Corps' front spanning hundreds of kilometers, six armored divisions and twelve Mechanized Infantry Divisions took the lead, charging toward the Russian positions. Every German armored division had more than three hundred tanks, while the Mechanized Infantry Divisions also had over a hundred tanks each. Altogether, the armored divisions and Mechanized Infantry Divisions fielded a full three thousand tanks.
Moreover, these tanks were all advanced Tiger-Panther tanks. Behind the Tiger-Panther tanks followed vast numbers of armored vehicles, including tracked infantry fighting vehicles, half-track Armored Personnel Carriers, and more.
Countless tanks and armored vehicles formed a Steel Torrent and surged toward the Russian defensive line.
As one of the German military's only two armored army corps, the 8th Armored Army Corps possessed formidable armored assault strength. It commanded the 8th Armored Division, 88th Armored Division, 81st Mechanized Infantry Division, 82nd Mechanized Infantry Division, 83rd Mechanized Infantry Division, and 84th Mechanized Infantry Division. Its armored strength alone was equivalent to that of two other infantry army corps.
"Attack! Crush the Russians!" Countless German tanks and armored vehicles formed a Steel Torrent and charged at the Russian lines.
"Anti-tank Guns, prepare to fire!"
On the Russian positions, the frontline commanders all wore grave expressions. Faced with an assault by so many German tanks and armored vehicles, it was nearly impossible for their defenses to hold. Yet under their harsh orders, they could not retreat. They could only fight to the bitter end.
"Comrade Regimental Commander, our Anti-tank Guns were all destroyed in the Germans' previous bombardment!" an officer reported.
"What? Damn it!" The Regimental Commander's face turned even paler at those words. Without Anti-tank Guns, were