Arc of Gunfire

Podolkov could only ignore the infantry and chose the target closest to the muzzle: "Turn the turret ten degrees to the right, Ivan is ready to make an emergency stop!"

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

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

The tank stopped, probably because the time interval between this time and the last emergency stop was not long, and the tank did not increase its speed, so this emergency stop was much smoother.

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

Podolkov: "Onward, onward! Out of the smoke—"

Before he finished speaking, a new shell hit the hull of the "Vengeance", but this time the shell did not bounce away, but exploded directly.

The explosion knocked Podolkov unconscious as he stretched out his upper body.

The infantry squatting behind the turret had nothing to do because of the turret's obstruction.

Podolkov slipped directly into the turret, and the infantry sergeant immediately leaned on the edge of the hatch and looked inside: "Captain Davarich!"

"I'm fine!" Podolkov rubbed his butt and sat upright, "He's starting 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 was buzzing! But it doesn't affect driving... Sukabule!"

Podolkov: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's a bit of a nosebleed! Just stuff it with paper and it'll be over!"

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

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

Podolkov looked out and was blinded by the billowing white smoke.

The gunner shouted: "The gun scope is full of white, we seem to have been hit by smoke bombs!"

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

"It's driving! It's already moving forward at full speed!"

"Armor-piercing bullet, okay!"

The loader didn't care about what was going on outside, just loading.

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

The regiment commander shouted on the radio: "The enemy has released a lot of smoke and wants to engage us in close combat! I order all vehicle commanders to probe and not let the enemy take advantage of the enemy!"

"Probing, probing!" Podolkov muttered, frowning as he looked at the surrounding smoke, "Even if you probe, you can't see anything!"

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

The Revenge should be the tank that rushes forward. If there is an engine sound in front, it is probably the enemy!

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Lieutenant Gurman subconsciously touched the Iron Cross on his body.

"There is the sound of an engine ahead. According to the Doppler principle, it should be approaching us!" Gurman held the microphone, "Get ready to engage the enemy! Load the first smoke grenade and make sure to block the enemy's vision! We don't have time to make an emergency stop. We must Hit the enemy while moving!"

"Yes!" the gunner replied confidently.

Panzer IV moved forward at full speed.

Suddenly, a black shadow burst out of the smoke!

"Fire!" Lieutenant Gurman yelled.

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

Gurman: "Quick! Flanking maneuver! Prepare to hit its sides and rear!"

"Already going at full speed!" 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 tank.

Gurman mentally calculated the distance between the two. He knew that the two cars were about to cross -

The enemy has appeared!

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

But there were infantry sitting behind the enemy turret. The infantry was holding a strange-looking weapon that looked like a mace used by ancient knights!

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

The next moment, white light shot out from the tail of the mace, dragging smoke towards Lieutenant Gurman's car.

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

But then screams burst out from Lieutenant Gurman's earphones.

"What's going on?" As soon as the second lieutenant asked, a heat wave hit him from behind. When he turned around, he saw that the radiator grille of his car turned into a torch, spraying out high tongues of flame.

The engine is on fire!

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

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

At this time, Second Lieutenant Gurman thought of something: Ant's tank had infantry behind it.

He raised his head and saw the Ant infantry holding a Bobosha submachine gun.

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Podolkov almost pierced his eardrum with the sound of Bobosha's shooting ringing right next to his ears.

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

"The enemy is about to run away! If we let the enemy drive new tanks, these experienced tank crews will cause huge damage to us!" the infantry sergeant replied while shooting, "You are not afraid of them anymore after you drive new heavy tanks. There are comrades who drive T34W!”

After hearing this, Podolkov fired up his anti-aircraft machine gun and pointed it at the enemy.

The only Plosen tanker who escaped was lost in the smoke, while Podolskov continued to fire.

At this time, the sound of an engine approached again.

Podoliskov: "Another one is coming. Let's stop first. The engine noise will get smaller and the gearbox noise will disappear!"

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

Podoliskov held his breath, as if this would reduce the chance of people noticing.

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

Suddenly, the enemy appeared.

Captain Proson on the turret widened his eyes, obviously not expecting that there was an Ante tank lying here.

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

Captain Proson roared, and the turret immediately began to turn, and the body of the vehicle also turned with it. Obviously, this was intended to use the body steering and turret steering to coordinate and aim the cannon at the Revenge at the fastest speed.

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

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

This time the enemy was too close, and the dust from the shooting was immediately blown away by the explosion of the enemy tank, and the turret of the No. 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 an order, the target ran into the Rokosov I driven by friendly forces.

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

Podolskov turned the anti-aircraft machine gun and swept over, but because he didn't aim, the bullets were like water splashing, and he didn't hit the Proson man!

He only saw him stick the grenade on the wedge armor in front of the Rokosov I body, pulled the string, and flew to the side.

The magnetic grenade exploded.

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

It just so happened that the Prosons also abandoned their tanks and climbed out of the No. 4.

When the Proson commander picked up his MP40 to fire, he was grabbed by the Ant commander and rolled off the tank.

The two sides immediately wrestled with each other.

The Rokosov I tank had only four members (no mechanic), and the driver had not climbed out of the tank yet, so he was probably killed, while the Prosons had five members in the No. 4 tank.

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

The Ant commander knocked Proson out with two punches, and after getting up, he hit the gunner with an uppercut and sent him flying, breaking several teeth in his mouth.

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

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

As soon as the voice fell, flames came out of the tank cockpit.

Podolkov: "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, and it can still be used! Ante needs every tank!"

"Podolkov is right, put out the fire quickly, guys!"

The three tankers who had just finished fighting ran towards the tank that had just started to catch fire.

Just as Podolkov was about to command the tanks to continue moving forward, the voice of the regiment commander came from the radio: "The enemy has retreated! We defeated the enemy in the tank battle! We won!"

The radio was filled with cheers of victory: "Ura!"

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

The regiment commander was silent for a second, and replied: "Podolkov is right, move forward! Although our heavy tanks are not as mobile as the enemy's Type 4 tanks, we must try our best to pursue them! Try to eat them up! The whole army moves forward!"

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At the same time, not far from the First Guards Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment to which Podolkov belonged, the Third Guards Tank Army, the 24th Guards Tank Brigade, the Third Battalion.

Battalion Commander Semyon confirmed that the shells he fired hit the front of the enemy's Type 4 tank.

However, the shells only produced sparks and did not penetrate the front armor of the Type 4 tank, which had been strengthened to 80 mm.

He picked up the microphone: "Our 76 guns can't penetrate the enemy's front, rush up and fight! Hit the enemy's side! If it doesn't work, ram it!"

At this time, many Type 4 tanks on the battlefield stopped moving, but more T34Ws were burning.

Comparing the burning tanks alone, the exchange ratio between the two sides was about three to one.

The radio could hear the Proson tankmen shouting: "The cross is coming!"

Captain Semyon couldn't understand the Proson language, and he could only watch his soldiers die with a broken heart.

The hand holding the microphone was white.

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

His tank roared and rushed towards the Type 4 in front.

The top of the Type 4 tank was covered with a Proson flag, which was obviously the enemy's command tank.

Semyo's car had only rushed out less than 50 meters when the Proson people opened fire.

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