Shulka and his troops were stationed at the choke point of the street, a few buildings a little further down the corner.

The building in this position will naturally "discount" the enemy, that is, the vanguard will always rush up, and the follow-up troops will always be on the other side of the corner and can't even see the situation ahead.

On the other hand, if the tank comes out of the corner, it will be within the range of the bazooka for the first time.

In order to get a better view and prevent other buildings from blocking the rocket launcher's range, Shulka also ordered the demolition of two buildings, and then piled a few sandbags on the rooftop and in front of the windows, and a good bunker was built.

Then hide two more tanks a few hundred meters from the other side of the street and pull up the telephone line, and a defense is deployed.

These two tanks are mostly "Matilda".

Shulka had to admit that the Matilda, despite its many shortcomings, was sometimes very useful.

So, there is a saying that there is no useless equipment, and if it is useless, it is only because it is not used in the right place.

For example, the "Matilda", with its heavy armor, is useful at this time.

German artillery fire could not penetrate it...... Of course, the tank guns of "Matilda" could not penetrate each other.

But that's not a problem.

Because the task of "Matilda" was to deal with the enemy infantry and attract attention, and as for the German tanks, it was handed over to the bazookas.

Everything was ready and waiting for the German attack.

The first to come up were the German infantry.

They were the vanguard of the German army...... Since there were so many buildings in the streets, one after the other, no one could tell which one contained the enemy, nor did they know the location of the enemy's defensive line, so it was necessary to test it with some infantry.

The German infantrymen were very careful and professional, and they used everything they could in their way with their rifles, such as open doors, collapsed walls, statues, and everything else that could be used, and they stepped forward to cover each other.

Behind him was the sound of the tank's motor, and Shulka knew it was the "No. 3" tank.

"Let the infantry pass!" Shulka ordered: "Let the tanks deal with them!" ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier whispered in response, and the order was conveyed by telephone.

After receiving the news, the two "Matilda" tanks slowly drove out of the hiding building...... It may not seem wise to reveal the position of the tank as soon as the fight starts, but this is exactly what Shulka wants.

At this time, whether it was the Soviet army or the German army, its attention was always on the tank.

Because it is the most dangerous and threatening piece of equipment.

Sure enough, the attention of the German infantry was immediately attracted to the tanks, so they urgently called the tanks in the rear while hiding themselves.

It was indeed a "No. 3" tank, which clung to the corner of the building, and even smashed the protruding corner of the building.

This maneuver proved the strength of the German tank crew...... It was in order not to expose its own side armor to the enemy's gun.

THE SIDE ARMOR OF THE "NO. 3" TANK WAS ONLY 32MM, AND THERE WAS BASICALLY NO INCLINATION, SO EVEN IF THE OPPONENT WAS ONLY A 40MM CALIBER SMALL GUN, THE GERMAN TANKERS DID NOT DARE TO BE CARELESS.

Then only a "boom" was heard, and the "No. 3" tank was the first to fire.

At this time, Shulka was a little strange, the Germans were prepared, they should have known that the "No. 3" tank could not penetrate the frontal armor of the "Matilda", and now it was not in vain to fire in such a hurry?

Then Shulka quickly understood, because in the field of view of the Shulka telescope, the Germans seemed to be busy with something after seeing the tank.

"It's an anti-tank gun!" Shulka said: "The Germans hid anti-tank guns behind tanks!" ”

This is a clever approach, using tanks in the front to attract the attention of the Soviets, and arranging anti-tank guns in the rear, and then waiting for the tanks to get out of the way...... Anti-tank guns were able to fire at Soviet tanks.

"But their anti-tank guns can't penetrate our tanks either!" Said the instructor.

"No!" Shulka said: "If they will make such an arrangement, it means that this anti-tank gun can penetrate the 'Matilda'!" ”

After a pause, Shulka ordered again: "Pass the order, the Germans are likely to be armed with anti-tank guns that can penetrate the 'Matilda'!" Let the tank be careful! ”

Shulka guessed correctly, this anti-tank gun of the German army is PAK40.

This anti-tank gun was developed by 39 under a contract, but because the German army's active PAK38 anti-tank gun was still sufficient, the PAK40 project has been unhurried.

It was not until the outbreak of the Soviet-German war that the German army suddenly found that tanks like T34 and KV1 were in front of them, so they urgently raised the priority of PAK40.

The first prototype gun was sent to the battlefield for testing in November, but until then it had only been equipped in small quantities due to logistical transportation problems.

THE PAK40 ANTI-TANK GUN CALIBER 75MM CAN PENETRATE VERTICAL ARMOR OF 1000MM AT A DISTANCE OF 116 METERS.

THE MATILDA TANK, EVEN WITH ADDITIONAL ARMOR, WAS ONLY 90 MM THICK.

As a result, there is no doubt that the PAK40 anti-tank gun will be able to penetrate the Matilda head-on.

Of course, if you can penetrate the "Matilda", it means that you can penetrate heavy tanks such as T34 and KV1.

This is also one of the reasons why the commander of the 6th Panzer Division, Lucas, dared to fight against the 1st Guards Tank Brigade...... He had learned about the battle between the 7th Panzer Division and the Soviets, and knew that "Three" and "Matilda" could not penetrate each other even at close range.

If this is the case, that is, when the German army still relies on the "No. 3" tank and the PAK38 anti-tank gun, it is basically impossible to fight the enemy from a distance...... If they can't penetrate each other, they will only fight closer and closer, and finally turn into "hand-to-hand combat", otherwise the German army will not be able to advance at all.

Fortunately, the 6th Panzer Division was armed with 9 PAK40 anti-tank guns.

(Note: 9 PAK40 anti-tank guns are the establishment of an anti-tank gun company, each gun is equipped with 5 artillerymen, plus tractor drivers, spare artillery crews and logistics personnel, the whole company has more than 100 people)

Lucas believed that anti-tank guns could destroy enemy tanks.

The problem is that the PAK40 anti-tank gun has a total combat weight of 1425 kg, and it needs to be towed by a car, which will only become a target for enemy tanks on the battlefield, especially in offensive battles.

So Lucas came up with this idea:

First use the "No. 3" tank to attack, and secretly deploy the PAK40 under the cover of the "No. 3" tank, and then only need the tank to get out of the way...... PAK40 will be able to fire at the target.

"We can shoot the tank!" The instructor said: "If the tank can't move, the anti-tank guns behind it won't work!" ”

"No!" Shulka said: "We're going to fight anti-tank guns!" ”