But Major Paul only hesitated, and then ordered: "Attention companies, attack!" Burn the wind! ”

The company commanders couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this order, and then quickly passed the order down:

"Full speed ahead!"

"Full speed ahead!"

……

The German tanks rushed towards the Soviet tanks like crazy, and they didn't even open fire, only coaxial machine guns and course machine guns were pouring bullets at the Soviet troops.

The German tank crews actually understood why their superiors would give such an order...... This is one of the reasons why German troops were able to maintain their morale in battle, and they often understood in their hearts why they gave an order and what its purpose was.

And the Soviet army, more often than not, simply executes orders and does not know the core and goal of the order.

Just like now, if the Soviet army was given the order to attack at full speed, I was afraid that it would rush forward with excitement, and fire artillery while rushing back.

But the German tank crews, who were more military and more experienced, knew that the attack at this time was to be able to rush into a distance of 100 meters...... Because only in this way would it be possible for German tanks to penetrate the armor of the T34; Only by maneuvering, it was possible to find a little bit of the enemy's side armor; Only then will the armor-piercing bullets you shoot make sense!

Therefore, although they all had shells in their chambers, they chose not to open their guns.

However, this did not mean that they could turn defeat into victory, and the German tanks were paralyzed in place one by one by one with their tracks blown off in the sound of mine explosions.

Soviet tanks, on the other hand, pointed their gun barrels at targets that were fast enough to pass through minefields, and then destroyed them with a "boom".

However, there were still a few tanks that slipped through the cracks, especially one of the "Fours", which went straight at full speed without any evasive maneuvers...... This may be one of the reasons why it was able to storm into the T34 tank group smoothly, and going straight means the shortest distance traveled, and the shortest distance also means the least number of mines.

Coupled with the fact that most of the "No. 4" tanks at this time used new 40 cm wide tracks (38 cm before the D model in '39), the wider tracks meant a larger contact surface and faster progress in slippery snow.

So the "No. 4" tank rushed into the Soviet camp before the other T34 tanks had time to react.

"Boom", its short-barreled cannon at this time played an unexpected miracle, it can be quickly aimed at close range and has a good pass rate, on the spot there is a T34 pierced by it emitted black smoke, another T34 is aiming the barrel at it, but it turned the barrel and knocked the barrel crooked.

Then it was loaded again, and along the several passages that the demining tank had rolled out, it flexibly turned left and right between the T34s, and opened fire indiscriminately as it drove along, and the T34 tank could not do anything about it for a while, until the No. 239 tank hit it hard from the side and stopped it.

On the one hand, the quality of the German tank crews was good, and on the other hand, the opponents who blended into the enemy tanks in night battles had a natural advantage...... It's a bit like infiltration warfare, where a handful of people sneak into enemy lines at night in enemy uniforms and cause chaos.

The infiltration of tanks is somewhat similar, with the T34 mixed in with a scurrying German tank, and as a result, the T34 does not dare to fire easily, because if it misses the target, it is likely to accidentally injure its own tank.

The German tank "No. 4" had no scruples about this, and its short-barreled guns fired at the fastest speed, hitting at the slightest shadow of the tank, and at the same time the machine guns also "rattled".

This directly led to the loss of three T34s by the Soviet troops, and a dozen more soldiers fell in pools of blood.

If it weren't for the fact that the Soviets had tanks and infantry to follow, the loss of the T34 would have been more than that.

Of course, this "No. 4" did not end well soon......

Shulka believed that the "four" tank was going to surrender, because it had opened the hatch and stretched out two hands from it, while shouting something.

Although I couldn't hear his shouts in the tank motor, even if you guessed, you could guess that he was surrendering.

But the angry Soviet tank crew did not give it a chance to surrender at all, and a tank drove up, aimed its gun at the tail of the "No. 4" tank at close range, and then exploded it into a fireball with a "boom".

A few German tank crews jumped out of the tanks covered in flames, rolling in the snow screaming, but even this could not save them...... Soon the shouting gradually weakened, and the person slowly stopped moving.

War has its own unspoken rules, although at this time the Soviet army, especially the 4th Tank Brigade, has been ordered not to kill prisoners, but this is also conditional.

For example, if you provoke the enemy before surrendering, neither the German army nor the Soviet army will accept the surrender of the other party.

It is said that Fedosyev was so angry that he cursed...... He crashed into the "No. 4" tank with his tank, and the flames could even burn into his tank if they were not careful.

"Tell that fool!" Fedosyev shouted through the tank phone: "He should at least wait for me to leave a little before firing!" ”

If, at this time, Fedosyev's tank malfunctions due to a collision and cannot be driven, then I am afraid that it will become a burial object for the "No. 4" tank.

Luckily, however, it was unharmed, and it retreated a little distance before leaving the danger zone.

Other German tanks were paralyzed in the charge, including Major Paul's command vehicle.

It was paralyzed on the road by a mine that broke the track, and Major Paul ordered the tank crew to stop firing and turn off the engine.

This order puzzled his subordinates, but it soon became clear that the Major's order was correct, as the T34s destroyed the moving or firing tanks one by one, but ignored the command vehicle.

"They'll think we've been wrecked!" Major Paul said, "Now, keep it this way!" ”

"Major!" The subordinate asked: "It's impossible for us to hide, they will come up soon to clean up the battlefield......"

"No, they won't!" Major Paul replied, "They will go after the retreating three battalions!" ”

Sure enough, after the battle, the T34 tank continued to advance in depth.

At this time, Major Paul and the others who were hiding in the tank were all scared into a cold sweat, sometimes the distance between life and death was so close, as long as there was a shell, they were likely to be blown up into the sky like everyone else.

But in the end, Major Paul and his party could not escape from this battlefield, they were too far into the Soviet line, about 70 kilometers from Tula, which made it very difficult for them to escape back.

A few days later, their frozen bodies were found in the grass in the field, only a dozen kilometers from Tula, and the documents recovered from them made the Soviets know that Major Paul was the commander of the battle.