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>1st huszár division was encircled at Kletsk
>recieved order to break through encirclement and withdrawal behind small river
>Captain Reök was the commander of the Heavy tank company and was approaching a hilltop where enemy tanks were positioned about a couple hundred meters away
>the tanks began to open fire on all the troops that lay in the valley and even beyond the hill facing across them
>some anti tank guns fire on the soviet tanks stationed on the hill as the retreat down below the hill
>simultaneously, Captain Reök and his tank company along with a bunch of sappers with panzerfaust led by Captain Szaller charged up and over the hill to engage the fleeing enemies
>the soviet units beyond the hill consisted of a bunch of soviet tanks accompanied by some infantry that were not suspecting a charge over the hill and were inflicted with heavy casualties as Captain Reök's tank company charged them down
>in other words, most of the Soviet tanks were destroyed and the infantry was mowed down by machine gun fire
>during this engagement, 2 Hungarian tanks were destroyed within the company and the mad lad Captain Reök got his arm shot off standing outside the cupola
>due to Captain Reök and his heroic charge over the hill, the rest of the division was able to escape from encirclement