Steel Soviet Union

Before Malashenko's telegram could be sent out, the roar of German engines in the sky was already heard.

The shrill air defense siren echoed on the position. Malashenko, who was shocked by all this suddenness, immediately ran out of the brigade headquarters. What he saw when he looked up was a sky full of German fighter planes. Coming roaring towards oneself.

"Son of a bitch! You were really fucking trapped!"

The German plane arrived sooner or later, and it chose to arrive at this time. The trick played on Malashenko can be said to be obvious, but it was only at this moment that he realized that he had fallen into the trap. It's too late.

"Take cover, find an air defense bunker! Take cover, hide, quickly!"

The positions outside the State Farm had just been captured in October, and Malashenko had just finished cleaning the battlefield, let alone pulling in the towed anti-aircraft guns and placing them in place.

Except for those machine guns that are better than nothing and can be used for anti-air shooting, there are no other defensive weapons on the entire position that can organize effective anti-air firepower.

However, using an anti-aircraft machine gun to fight back in the face of such a level of air raid is obviously an extreme act of seeking death. Malashenko would not think that he was so stubborn. Since he was inevitably bombed, it would be better to find a place to hide first!

Although Malashenko's loud reminders and orders were shouted out in a roaring manner, it was still relatively late. Just after a fierce battle, the tanks parked on the position could not escape in time no matter what.

The twin 37-cannon Stuka rushing at the front pushed the throttle and dived straight down first. The two 37mm anti-tank guns under the wings aimed at the nearest tank target in the field of view and opened fire instantly.

Dong dong dong——

Once the 37 stepping stones that do nothing on the ground go up to the sky, the scene they encounter can be said to be like a hen turning into a phoenix, completely defying the heavens.

The 37-gun sub-caliber tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets loaded into the chamber in order to pursue higher armor-piercing depth roared out. The dive angle of more than 60 degrees made these armor-piercing bullets, which were originally very ineffective on the ground, difficult to deal with when faced with rough skin and thick flesh. When targeting Soviet tanks that were accustomed to using sloped armor for defense, they were able to have a better incident angle and show a completely different effect.

The first IS1 heavy tank that was caught and beaten was shot several times in the blink of an eye. The solid steel body was covered with shocking wounds left by 37 cannons.

After firing several consecutive bursts, the German pilots stopped their attack actions in advance, intending to save some of the limited ammunition carried in the pod, destroy several Soviet tank targets, and achieve the greatest results possible.

After the clumsy body like a pregnant seagull flattened its posture above the head and whizzed past, the battered IS1 heavy tank stopped moving and opened the turret roof.

The captain, who had blood on his mouth and was seriously injured, was the first to crawl out with difficulty. He was covering the wounds on his body and couldn't even stand up. He rolled straight out of the car and fell to the ground on his back. Life and death unknown.

37's stepping stone, the armor-piercing projectile did not cause the ammunition to explode, but it actually penetrated the armor and caused internal injuries to the IS1.

The dome armor of the car body and turret is not as strong as the main armor belt on the front, and its protective effect in front of the 37 stepping stone can be said to be basically the same as a blank sheet of paper.

Although the tungsten-core armor-piercing bullet that penetrated the armor had no charge and would not cause an explosion in the vehicle, it caused a large number of shattered armor fragments, which bounced around in the vehicle together with the armor-piercing bullet core, causing huge damage. .

He was lucky to be able to escape from the tank with serious injuries and remaining breath.

Inside the IS1 tank, which was motionless at this moment, there were the driver whose head had been smashed in half, the gunner whose intestines had been blown out and flowed all over the floor, and the stomach who was most likely hit directly on the torso by the core of an armor-piercing projectile. The loader, who had a big hole and was almost cut into two parts, had died at his post and was bleeding all over the ground.

The only one who survived was the seriously injured commander. The damage caused by two 37-gun cannons simultaneously attacking from the top was far greater than what was shown in the game.

The first Stuka falling straight down was just the beginning, and the German bomber formations that followed also began to join this air raid feast.

A bomber formation composed of Dornier 217 and Junkers 88 flew over the position. The black bombs carried in the bomb bay and under the wings immediately fell straight down and hit the target accurately.

The vast majority of the Red Army soldiers who were scattered around had already found bunkers and were hiding nearby, but those majestic steel behemoths had nowhere to hide and could not escape such a large-scale air raid.

Asking tank soldiers to abandon their steel partners who live with them day and night and only focus on escaping for their own lives is like abandoning their loved ones in times of crisis. There will always be some tank soldiers with rare equipment who are unwilling to abandon their equipment and still plan to fight in this rainy day. Try to save your car during the bombing.

Malashenko has repeatedly emphasized that in the face of an unstoppable German air attack, all tank crews under the brigade organization are allowed to immediately abandon their vehicles and seek cover.

The war has reached 1943, and the strategic output value of the Soviet army has already soared, fully able to meet the battle losses and needs of the front line.

Compared with a tank coming off the assembly line, Malashenko values ​​​​more a veteran crew with rich combat experience.

After all, if the tank is gone, it can be rebuilt, but if the people are gone, it is really gone. The losses of some elite ace crews are irreversible and irreversible. The question of whether to protect the people or the vehicle under the air raid has already been solved. The obvious answer.

But it turns out that Malashenko's orders do not work every time. At least those crews who are stubborn and unwilling to abandon their vehicles have already disobeyed the brigade commander's orders and are still trying to escape from the Germans' fierce air strikes. Save your tank.

Malashenko, who was hiding in the trench nearby and had a panoramic view of all this, was quite anxious, but he was worried that there was no suitable communication device at the moment, so he could only stare anxiously but there was nothing he could do.

You can't suddenly jump out and shout loudly at this time, right? Then it's really no different from seeking death.

Heavy aerial bombs weighing 250 kilograms, 500 kilograms, or even 1 ton carried by Dornier 217 continued to fall and roar on the position like thunder falling to the ground.

The huge fire and flames were almost connected into one piece in the intensive bombing like explosive wind.

The mushroom clouds generated by the explosion of heavy aerial bombs were even more smoky, rising straight into the sky. One mushroom cloud after another rose from the ground, which was a terrifying scene like the end of the world. The earth shook and the mountains shook, as if in this earth-shattering catastrophe. It's like no life can survive in it.