artillery arc

Chapter 632 The Battle Continues
Lieutenant Ilyich of the 17th Guards Tank Brigade returned to his tank platoon after a meeting at the brigade headquarters and was surprised to find that all the tankers were looking in the same direction.

He turned his head in confusion and saw a hint of red in the distance.

"What's going on?" he muttered.

"Lieutenant Davarish, they said the general is here and has given the last heavy tank the tactical number 422." The deputy platoon leader who came to greet him said excitedly, "The general is going to charge with us!"

Lieutenant Ilyich looked at the deputy platoon leader suspiciously: "I didn't receive any notice at the brigade meeting? Are you really going to come?"

"The red flags are hoisted!" The deputy platoon leader pointed to the distance, "Look, the red flags are as red as the rising sun!"

Lieutenant Ilyich looked at the red flag again and found that the deputy platoon leader was right. The red flag was just like the rising sun.

He waved his hand: "Don't worry about the red flag, the commander is here for a meeting and I'll tell you the mission for today!"

The deputy platoon leader turned around and waved his hand: "Come on, today's mission is here!"

The tank commanders came running over together. One of them joked as he ran: "What other missions are there? Just step on the accelerator and charge forward. If the heavy tank is there, charge with the heavy tank. If the heavy tank breaks down, charge on your own."

Lieutenant Ilyich glanced at the person who was speaking and nodded, "That is indeed true, but it would be better to understand how to resupply if the tank runs out of fuel and how to contact the tank army."

As soon as he finished speaking, another tank commander asked: "Is General Rokossov going to lead our charge personally?"

Lieutenant Ilyich looked up and answered truthfully: "I don't know. The brigade has not received the news. You can't assume that General Rokossov has personally charged just because you see the red flag. In fact, the general will not personally go to the front most of the time."

The deputy platoon leader immediately took over the conversation: "When he goes to the front line in person, it means the situation is very dangerous. I heard that every time the general goes to the front line in person, only one in ten people who participate in the battle can survive, but the general is definitely the one who survives!"

At this time, the platoon priest finally couldn't help it: "Don't demonize the general! This is the enemy's trick! Be realistic! In the battles that the general personally participated in, the sacrifice rate was only one-half!"

"Really? All right." The commander shrugged. "That's pretty impressive!"

Lieutenant Ilyich coughed and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Remember today's supply location and radio call sign."

"Yes!"

All the tank commanders lowered their heads and began to copy the contents of Ilyich's notebook, while he looked at the red flag again.

At this time, the messenger came running over on horseback: "Get ready to go! Get ready to go!"

In response to the messenger's shout, three flares were launched into the air in the distance.

Ilyich shouted: "Okay, start the tanks! Follow the heavy tanks!"

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Podolskov found that he needed a lot of willpower to restrain the urge to look back at the red flag.

He always felt an itch on the back of his neck and had to turn his head to relieve the symptom.

His back also felt prickly, as if he was sunbathing bare-backed on the beach, with the sun directly burning his skin.

But when he looked back, the red flag was just fluttering quietly, without emitting any scorching light.

Seeing his expression, the chaplain who was accompanying the infantry on the tank said, "This is a psychological effect. You have placed your hopes on the Red Flag, so you always feel that the Red Flag is responding to you. This is in line with scientific laws. We have done many experiments to verify this."

"Oh, really?" Podolskov nodded, but immediately asked, "Really? Isn't this really a miracle of the saints? It's like the magic arrows, which are just ordinary rockets, but they can track enemy tanks and planes!"

The military priest was silent for a few seconds before answering, "I can only tell you that psychology has given an explanation. As for whether this is a natural phenomenon that we have not yet been able to explain, I don't know. But all natural phenomena, including the guidance of the magic arrow, will be explained in the future. When technology develops to a certain level, it will be able to explain it!"

Podolskoff nodded, and he found that he had to bite his lip constantly to resist the urge to ask questions.

Then, just like yesterday, the headset came with a radio call from the light reconnaissance battalion that was scouting ahead of the tank attack column: "Enemy tanks! We are in contact with enemy tanks! The number of the enemy... uh, only about 30! So few! And they look like captured T34s!"

(Here the reconnaissance battalion mistook the Panther for the T34)

Another voice came over the radio: "That's not right, how come Proson has so many T34s?"

"No doubt about it. The enemy tanks all have vertical armor, but these are all inclined armor. They must be T34s! And those wide tracks. We have seen many Plosson's Type tanks, but there is no such wide track!"

Podolskov frowned and relayed the reconnaissance battalion's radio communication to the entire vehicle: "The reconnaissance battalion reports that there is a T34 captured by the enemy ahead! Pay attention to identification! Don't confuse your own people with the enemy!"

Gunner: "Don't worry, the enemy is charging towards us, and the vehicle is facing backwards, how could we be wrong?"

Podolskov: “That’s right.”

At this time, another cry came from the headset: "Ivan's group is getting close and is going to fire a rocket launcher! The rocket launcher hits the front! Wait a minute, it seems that the angle of incidence is not good, the enemy did not stop!" Podolskov frowned.

Although it is sometimes mysterious whether the infantry's newly equipped rocket launcher can penetrate the enemy, the T34 should be able to be penetrated by a frontal shot.

Did Proson strengthen the frontal defense?
There was already a burst of gunfire on the radio. Amid the crackling sound, the person who had just reported shouted, "The enemy's firepower is fierce. We may not be able to go back. Armored forces, come up quickly! Come up quickly!"

Podolskov: "Ivan, can you go faster?"

"No, listen to the noise of the gearbox, this old guy is about to break down! It's not easy for him to survive until now without changing the gearbox! Don't be too demanding of it!"

As they were talking, dust was rising from the enemy tank corps that appeared ahead.

Indeed, the scale of the dust was much smaller than that of the large enemy forces of more than 80 vehicles in the previous two days. The reconnaissance team did not lie.

Podolskov held up a telescope, trying to see whether the enemy had captured the T34.

Soon, the outlines of enemy tanks appeared.

This sloped armor does look a bit like the T34 from a distance, but Podolskov soon discovered that these tanks were taller than the T34, much taller, and had thicker "necks".

He picked up the radio receiver and shouted: "The enemy's tank is not a T34! Repeat, not a T34! This may be a new type of tank of the Prosen people! We are about to encounter the enemy's new tank!"

The next moment, the Plossen tank stopped suddenly and opened fire.

The Revenge was hit immediately, and the shell was unsurprisingly bounced off the angled outer armor.

But Podolskov felt that the sparks from the shells were a bit exaggerated, so he shouted to the driver: "Ivan, look back at the armor on the side of the car and see how deep the scratches are!"

"I saw that the enemy's tank gun has much stronger penetration ability than the long-barreled Type 4!"

Podolskov cursed: "Sukabile, the T34 Battalion will suffer if they follow us! Guards Heavy Tanks call the th Guards Tank Brigade! The enemy has a new type of tank, and the artillery has a higher penetration depth! Be careful!"

However, the Plossons had already passed the Revenge and opened fire on the T34 brigade behind.

When Podolskov looked back, he saw two T34s on fire. The crew members, covered in flames, climbed out of the tanks and rolled on the ground.

Further away, two T34s stopped and their crews were jumping out of the tanks and crawling on the ground.

The enemy continued to fire, and shells kept flying past the Revenge on both sides.

Podolskov: "Aim at the enemy tank in front, Ivan, seven seconds emergency stop, start!"

The tank braked, and the gunner, who was already familiar with the performance of the tank gun, took advantage of the swinging of the gun barrel and fired directly.

The Plossen tank in front was immediately hit and caught fire.

The penetrating power of the 100mm gun was apparently sufficient to overcome the armor of the enemy's new tanks.

But the enemy ignored the Revenge and continued firing at the T34 group behind.

Podolskov was extremely anxious, and suddenly he remembered that he still had the red flag.

So he picked up the radio and shouted: "This is General Rokossov! Fire at me, you bastards! Don't you see the red flag?"

After shouting, he realized that the enemy was the Prosen, who generally did not understand the Ante language.

But Podsriskov did not understand Prosin.

He was scratching his head when two shells hit the Revenge at the same time!

Ivan shouted in surprise: "Enemy, aim at us!"

The infantry chaplain standing behind the turret also shouted: "The enemy seems to be outflanking us! They are trying to surround us!"

Podolskov: "Get out of the car. The enemy will definitely get closer to us in order to penetrate us. You can use the rocket launcher to deal with them! Remember not to shoot at the front, or you may not be able to penetrate!"

Infantry chaplain: "Okay! Good luck to you! Davarish, get off the car!"

The infantry responded in unison and jumped out of the car in high spirits.

(End of this chapter)