Steel Soviet Union

The Panther tank with a rickety turret was the first to drive out of the village entrance. It took a lot of time to drive the vehicle from the end of the village where the tank was parked.

As soon as the Panther tank drove out of the village, it immediately stopped on the spot and began to turn the turret, driving the long and thin high-caliber main gun to start looking for the most threatening target.

But Lavrinenko, who has advantages in both attack vision and initiative, will not give his opponent a chance.

The heavy IS6 heavy tank came to a sudden stop with a sudden brake. Lavrinenko, who picked up the phone receiver next to him, shouted at the top of his voice.

"Infantrymen, get out of the car, immediately!"

Listening to the roar of the IS6 heavy tank's 122-meter main gun at such a close distance is not something to be envied. Strictly speaking, this may cause unprotected human ears to go into shock. Moreover, the firing of the main gun also heralded the official outbreak of the steel collision between the two sides. Lavrinenko could not rule out the possibility that his car would need to maneuver at any time.

To be on the safe side, it is better for the infantry to get off the vehicle immediately. The IS6 heavy tank's wide body chassis can also give the infantry excellent cover.

The method of communication by telephone was inherited from the Battle of Stalingrad. The wired telephone communication played an important role in the coordination of infantry and tanks in street fighting. Even after the Battle of Stalingrad, it was still preserved and used. continue.

The relative shortage of objective conditions makes it impossible for all tanks to be equipped with wired telephone devices, but it is completely possible to equip every command vehicle above the platoon level with such a simple wired telephone communication device.

"Comrades, get out of the car immediately! Quick, quick!"

The company commander at the rear of the vehicle who received Lavrinenko's order from the phone called the soldiers around him to jump down quickly. The infantry soldiers on the other surrounding tanks also followed suit and quickly got out of the vehicle, firing an astonishing volley of 122 mm main guns. Opening fire was imminent.

Lavrinenko put down the phone at hand and took one last look at the commander's periscope in front of him. The hand-cranked turret steering gear of the stopped Panther tank opposite was obviously not working very well, and it was still slowing down until now. Turning that little head, he continued to turn the main gun.

"Aim on target, enemy Panther tank!"

"Fire!"

boom--

A huge muzzle storm stirred up the lawn directly below the muzzle, and accompanied by thunderous fire and flames, the huge full-caliber armor-piercing projectile was ejected from the barrel.

The armor-piercing projectiles, which were propelled by rifling and spiraled forward at extremely high speeds, roared towards the target. The Panther tank, which was still aiming, seemed to be unaware of the approaching death until the armor plate on the front of the vehicle was hit. Seconds still stood still.

The final result of sitting there like a bastard is instantaneous death and destruction. The ammunition rack in the vehicle body was exploded in an instant, and the Panther tank once again transformed into a space killer. However, when the ammunition reserve was already insufficient after all the fighting, it was not enough to support launching the Panther tank's turret into the very high air.

The turret that was thrown away by the shock wave of the detonation of the ammunition on the car body only jumped three or four meters into the air, and then lost all upward kinetic energy and fell straight down. Lavrinenko could even see the turret in mid-air. It was still spraying flames.

"Load armor-piercing ammunition, next! Aim! The German tanks are still coming out!"

The destruction of a Panther tank was not a big deal to the SS. The No. 3 and No. 4 tanks following the Panther were pouring out from the same intersection.

Lavrinenko originally wanted to blow up the first tank in the platoon and create obstacles and debris to prevent the subsequent tanks from continuing to move out. However, the reloading time of the 122mm sub-load ammunition was too long, and the remaining Stalin heavy tanks around him were dealing with it. Other targets in different directions were unable to escape, and the high-speed SS tank with the accelerator depressed quickly rushed straight out of the village.

Seeing that it was difficult to stop the enemy tanks driving out of the village immediately, Lavrinenko, who made a quick decision, simply gave up the idea of ​​destroying the remaining German tanks. The heavy firepower of No. 3 and No. 4 on the left and right could not hurt the thick-skinned heavy tanks on our side at all, so it was not a bad option to just charge at them at high speed.

The top priority now is to quickly send the infantry into position and open a gap to achieve a substantial breakthrough.

"Let's go! Keep going, hurry!"

Following Lavrinenko's order again, the huge IS6 heavy tank once again surged up, spitting out a burst of black smoke and rushed forward, like a giant beast breaking free from its chains, heading straight towards the position occupied by the Germans. Come to kill.

The German medium tanks, which quickly entered the combat position, immediately began to fire counterattacks, but the result that followed was as little effect as Lavrinenko expected.

The frontal armor clanked and sparks flew out. Although the firepower seemed to be extremely fierce, in fact the firepower was so weak that it could only barely deal with the T34 No. 3 and No. 4, but it could not penetrate the Tiger Panther or even the T34. The Soviet monster that even Brother Nan can’t chew.

A large group of Stalin heavy tanks led by Lavrinenko was still swooping over and approaching at high speed. The grass and dust raised in the off-road state directly blew the infantry following behind them into dirt like unearthed terracotta warriors and horses. people.

But none of the soldiers with their own weapons in their hands was left behind. Even if their nostrils and mouths were filled with dust, they were still running like crazy and trying their best to keep up with the tanks, which were much faster off-road than on two legs.

Lavrinenko emphasized a fast offensive with high speed and high mobility, and soon gained the dawn of victory.

The group of SS who reacted hastily were obviously a little unprepared. Several hastily set up anti-tank guns were not covered by any bunkers at all. After just one encounter, they were swept away by various machine gun barrages of concentrated fire. .

This happened not because the SS were so stupid that they didn't even bother to dig out anti-tank gun emplacements, but because they arrived in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to sit down on their butts when the Russians' shouts rang outside the village. The roar of tanks is imminent.

The SS, who were not prepared in any way, could only rush to fight. Even if the anti-tank gun positions were not dug, they had to be forcibly pulled out and used, because this was better than leaving the anti-tank guns lying in the village and doing nothing. It would be too much trouble to sleep there.

Many of the anti-tank guns whose shields were riddled with holes could still fire, but the men were gone. The remaining Panzer III and IV tanks, tired of doing useless work, could hardly play a practical role. They had already rushed to the enemy. The close combat in the last hundred meters on the face was unavoidable.