chapter 1. june 22 1941 hauptmann hans engel ordered his section sergeant erwin deitrich over to him erwin today we go to russia to fight stalin and his armies do you know how long we have been waiting for this day to come around erwin since 1939 herr hauptmann thats right and today you will earn the iron cross if you have not got one already and hopefully you will rise to hauptmann just like me hans started to prepare his panzer 4 for the journey to russia when his commanding officer came and spoke to him hans today you will hopefully earn the knights cross i sure hope i do herr major chapter 2 russia june 23 1941 hans and his panzer unit stopped outside a smal russian village to rest when from the distance russian troops started firing at them hans got on the radio and asked for artillery to fire on the russians 15 minutes later the unit took 55 prisoners and a officer who spoke russian interrogated the prisoners for many hours after the interrogation the prisoners were sent on the next train to germany what a long day hans said to erwin his section sergeant tomorrow we engage the russian tanks in battle near belgorod
