Chapter 146
< World War II - The Time of Upheaval (5) >
October 17, 1940
Central-Northern Poland, Białystok – Soviet-occupied territory
"R-Ricochet!"
"What the hell is that thing!"
The shell from the short-barreled Panzer IV failed to penetrate the T-34's sloped armor.
The German Army, which had been confidently advancing while indiscriminately destroying hundreds of Soviet light tanks, was now in a complete panic from the offensive that had begun on both of their flanks.
The T-34 Shock, which had panicked the German Army even during the original history's Operation Barbarossa under conditions of overwhelming superiority, was now being perfectly reenacted thanks to a high command that had underestimated the reports written in Polish blood and tears.
Worse, they were now being attacked on both flanks by 1,000 T-34s, and the German forces, stretched out in a long line from rapidly advancing to compete for military merit, were being mercilessly violated.