artillery arc

Chapter 626: Steel Collision
Podolskov could only ignore the infantry and chose a target closest to the muzzle: "Turn the turret right ten degrees, Ivan, prepare for an emergency stop!"

As he said this, two more shells hit the tank.

Podolskov shrank his neck, but did not hide in the tank. Instead, he grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Urgent stop! Kill them!"

The tank stopped. Perhaps because the time interval between this and the last emergency stop was not long and the tank's speed did not increase, this emergency stop was much smoother.

The gunner immediately seized the opportunity to fire, but his view was once again completely blocked by the dust.

Podolskov: "Forward, forward! Get out of the smoke and dust——"

Before he could finish his words, a new shell hit the hull of the Revenge, but this time the shell did not bounce away but exploded directly.

The explosion knocked Podolskov unconscious as he leaned out his upper body.

The infantry squatting behind the turret were not in any danger because of the turret's protection.

Podolskiv slid straight into the turret, and the infantry sergeant immediately leaned over the edge of the hatch to look inside: "Tarik Davalich!"

"I'm fine!" Podolskov rubbed his butt and sat up straight. "They started to hit us with high-explosive bombs! Are you okay, guys?"

Driver Ivan: "It's okay! The shell exploded above my head, and my head is buzzing! But it doesn't affect driving... Sukabile!"

Podolskov: What's the matter?

"It's okay, just a little nosebleed! Just stuff it with paper and it will be fine!"

As he spoke, the tank started and rushed forward two steps.

Another shell hit the tank's armor with a duang bang.

Podolskov looked outside and was blinded by the billowing white smoke.

The gunner shouted: "The gun mirror is all white, it looks like we were hit by a smoke bomb!"

"I know! Get out of the smoke range! Quick!"

"It's on! It's moving at full speed!"

"Armor-piercing bullet, okay!"

The loader didn't care about what was happening outside and was only focused on loading.

Podolskov stuck his head out and stared nervously ahead, but the smoke seemed to be endless. The Revenge had been moving forward for dozens of seconds but had not yet gotten out of the smoke.

The regiment commander shouted on the radio: "The enemy has released a lot of smoke and is trying to get close to us! I order all tank commanders to stick their heads out. We can't let the enemy take advantage of their detection advantage!"

"I'm looking around!" Podolskov muttered, frowning as he looked at the thick smoke around him. "I can't see anything even if I look around!"

Suddenly, Podolskov heard the sound of a tank engine and gearbox coming from the front!

The Revenge should be the tank rushing forward. If there is an engine sound in front, it is most likely the enemy!
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Lieutenant Gurman subconsciously touched the Iron Cross on his body.

"There's an engine sound ahead. According to the Doppler principle, it should be approaching us!" Gurman held the microphone, "Prepare to engage the enemy! Load the first round of smoke bombs to make sure the enemy's vision is blocked! We don't have time to stop suddenly, we must hit the enemy while moving!"

"Yes!" the gunner answered confidently.

The Panzer IV was advancing at full speed.

Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed out from the smoke!
"Fire!" Lieutenant Gourman shouted.

The smoke bomb exploded directly in front of the black shadow, and the white smoke immediately obscured the outline of the black shadow.

Gourman: "Quick! Flanking maneuver! Prepare to hit its side and rear!"

"It's full speed ahead!" the driver replied.

The roar of the enemy's engine and gearbox shook Gurman's eardrums. It was obvious that smoke bombs could not stop the enemy's indestructible new tanks.

Gulman calculated the distance between the two vehicles in his mind. He knew that the two vehicles would soon cross each other.

The enemy has appeared!
As expected, the enemy's turret was still pointing forward and could not keep up with the maneuverability of the Gurman vehicle!

But there was an infantryman sitting behind the enemy's turret, holding a strangely shaped weapon that looked a lot like the mace used by ancient knights!

When the infantryman's eyes met Lieutenant Gurman's, he raised the mace in his hand.

The next moment, white light spurted out from the tail of the mace, trailing smoke as it rushed towards Lieutenant Gourman's car.

There was no particularly violent explosion, and Lieutenant Gurman even thought that the thing had misfired at first.

But then a scream came out of Lieutenant Gourman's headphones.

"What's going on?" The lieutenant had just asked when a heat wave hit him from behind. He turned around and saw that the radiator grille of his car had turned into a torch, spewing out tall tongues of flame.

The engine is on fire!

Lieutenant Gulman: "Abandon the vehicle! Everyone abandon the vehicle!"

While giving the order, he swiftly climbed out of the turret and was about to jump to the side.

At this time, Lieutenant Gulman thought of one thing: there were infantrymen behind Ant's tank.

He looked up and saw the Ant infantryman holding up the PPSh submachine gun.

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Podolskiev's eardrum was almost pierced by the sound of PPSh gun firing right next to his ear.

"Don't shoot in my ear!" he shouted.

"The enemy is trying to escape! If we let them drive the new tanks, these experienced tankers will cause us heavy casualties!" The infantry sergeant replied while shooting, "You are not afraid of them now that you are driving the new heavy tanks, and we also have comrades driving the T34W!"

After hearing this, Podolskov picked up his anti-aircraft machine gun and fired at the enemy. The only escaped Prosen tanker went into the smoke, but Podolskov was still firing.

At this time, there was another engine sound approaching.

Podolski: "Here comes another one. Let's stop and don't move. The engine noise will get quieter and the gearbox noise will disappear!"

The driver Ivan stopped immediately, and the sound of the Revenge suddenly became smaller.

Podolskov held his breath, as if that would reduce the chances of being noticed.

The infantrymen behind the turret also became nervous and dared not even breathe.

Suddenly, the enemy appeared.

Captain Prossen on the turret opened his eyes wide, obviously not expecting that there was an ANT tank lying here.

The enemy's turret was also facing other directions, obviously on guard against other sources of sound.

Captain Prossen roared, and the turret immediately began to turn, while the body of the vehicle also turned along with it. It was obvious that he was planning to use the coordination of the body steering and the turret steering to aim the cannon at the Revenge as quickly as possible.

Podolskov: "The enemy is right in front of us, fire!"

At the same moment as he gave the order, the gunner opened fire.

This time the enemy was too close, and the dust caused by the shooting was immediately blown away by the explosion of the enemy tank, and the turret of the Type 4 tank was stuck in the soil in front of the Revenge.

The explosion also blew away the surrounding smoke, making the vision clear, and Podolskov saw another Proson tank.

Before he could give the order, the target rammed head-on into a Rokossov-1 aircraft piloted by friendly forces.

Driver Proson climbed out of the tank, holding a magnetic anti-tank grenade in his hand, and was about to stick it on the Rokosov Type 1.

Podolskov turned the anti-aircraft machine gun and fired, but because he didn't aim, the bullets flew over like water and didn't even hit the Prosen man!
He placed the grenade on the wedge-shaped armor in front of the Rokosov Type 1 vehicle, pulled the string, and flew to the side.

The magnetic grenade exploded.

The hatch of the Rokosov-1 tank opened and the tank crew climbed out cursing - it seemed that all the members except the driver were alive.

Just then the Proson people also abandoned their car and climbed out of No. 4.

Captain Prossen raised his MP40 to fire, but Captain Ant pounced on him and rolled him off the tank.

The two sides immediately started fighting.

The Rokosov Type 1 tank had only four crew members (without the mechanic), and the driver was presumed dead before he could climb out of the tank, while the Prosens' Type 4 tank had five crew members.

In a three-on-five situation, Ant Tankman actually gained the advantage.

Tank Captain Ant knocked Prossen unconscious with two punches. After getting up, he threw an uppercut and sent the gunner flying, breaking several of his teeth.

At this time, the Revenge finally arrived at the scene of the fight. Podolskov recognized the crew and shouted, "What happened to your driver?"

The tank commander spat at the unconscious enemy tanker Proson and looked up at Podolskov: "He died. We abandoned the vehicle only after we saw him start to catch fire. He was on fire, but there was no sound from the inside. He must have died at the beginning."

As soon as he finished speaking, flames appeared in the tank's cockpit.

Podolskov: "It looks like the fire can still be put out! Quick! Put out the fire before the tank is burned, repair it and change the driver to use it! Ant needs every tank!"

"Podoliskov is right, put out the fire guys!"

The three tankmen who had just finished the hand-to-hand fight ran towards the tank that had just started to catch fire.

Podolskov was about to command the tanks to continue moving forward when the voice of the regiment commander came over the radio: "The enemy has retreated! We defeated the enemy in the tank battle! We won!"

A triumphant cry came over the radio: "Hurrah!"

Podolskov: "We should pursue the enemy! We can't let the enemy escape easily! We have the advantage over the enemy, but the T34W of ordinary troops has no advantage against humans! We can't let the enemy harvest our Davarishi!"

The regiment commander was silent for a second, then replied, "Podoliskov is right. Forward! Although our heavy tanks are not as mobile as the enemy's Type 4 tanks, we must still do our best to pursue them! Try to eat them up! All troops, forward!"

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At the same time, not far from the 24st Guards Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment to which Podolskov belonged, the rd Battalion of the th Guards Tank Brigade of the rd Guards Tank Army.

Battalion Commander Xie Miao confirmed that the shell he fired hit the front of the enemy's Type 4 tank.

However, the shells only produced sparks and were unable to penetrate the frontal armor of the Panzer IV, which had been reinforced to 80 mm.

He picked up the microphone and said, "Our 76mm cannon can't penetrate the enemy's front. Let's rush up and fight in close quarters! Hit the enemy's side! If that doesn't work, we'll just ram it!"

At this time, many Type 34 tanks on the entire battlefield had stopped moving, but more TWs were burning.

Comparing only the burning tanks, the two sides had an exchange ratio of about three to one.

Over the radio, the Proshen tankmen could be heard shouting, "We're getting the cross!"

Battalion Commander Xie Miao could not understand Proson's language, and he could only watch his soldiers die with a broken heart.

His knuckles had turned white as he held the microphone.

Finally, he could only say word by word: "Davarich! See you at the Martyrs' Cemetery! Forward!"

His tank roared and rushed towards No. 4 in front of him.

There was a Proshen flag on the top of the Type 4 tank, which was obviously the enemy's command tank.

Semyon's car had gone less than 50 meters when the Prosens opened fire.

The T34W was hit and exploded into an orange-red flower.

(End of this chapter)