This is the standard coordination between tank and infantry: the tank should position its main target as the enemy infantry, since it will be much easier for the tank to deal with the infantry; Infantry, on the other hand, should target the enemy's anti-tank guns and tank-threatening infantry, which are often difficult for tanks to deal with.

Then the tank's tracks "rattled" onto the anti-tank gun, crushing it all out of shape and sinking deep into the mud...... This is the favorite thing of tank crews to do, to roll their natural enemies into a pile of scrap metal.

As some tank crew members described: "The moment the track rolls on the anti-tank gun, you feel the 'bulging' break of the steel below, like crispy toast chewing in your mouth, there is nothing better than this!" ”

In fact, this cannot be said to be purely "like", and the best solution for tanks against anti-tank guns in this era is often not to shoot or fire.

When a gun is fired, the bullet often does not pose a threat to an anti-tank gun with a shield, unless the bullet happens to pass through the observation hole of the shield and hits the gunner behind it.

Firing artillery, tank guns, of course, are more than enough against anti-tank guns.

The problem was that the suspension system of tanks in this era was relatively backward, which meant that most tanks had to stop for accurate shooting, otherwise it would just be blind shooting, and whether they could hit or not was a matter of luck.

There are two representative types of tanks that can fire on the move during World War II:

One is the American "Sherman", which is equipped with an artillery vertical stabilizer, which allows it to fire with considerable accuracy on the move.

The other is the British's Matilda, which has up to 10 small-diameter load-bearing wheels on each side, which makes it very stable, and coupled with its slow speed, it also fires with a certain accuracy when traveling on flat ground.

The vast majority of tanks are outside of these two, and the T26 is no exception, so the result of stopping and aiming at the anti-tank gun is often filled with anti-tank guns with a high rate of fire and a wider field of view.

Therefore, a better and safer way is to use the frontal armor against the anti-tank guns and then charge at the enemy's anti-tank gun positions with full horsepower...... On the one hand, you can make yourself less vulnerable to hit (fast-moving targets are always harder), and on the other hand, you can make yourself almost 100% chance of hitting the enemy, and even the most lame driver will not miss the anti-tank guns.

If anything, it must have been drinking too much of Waterga.

As now, with the cooperation of the infantry, the German anti-tank was knocked over or flattened by the tanks one after another.

The next thing was simple, several Soviet tanks led the Soviet soldiers into the depths of the German positions as if they were in a no-man's land, and like a nail, they knocked a gap in the defensive line, and there was blood and corpses everywhere they passed.

In the end, even the machine gun bullets on the tank were gone...... The machine gun on the T26 tank had 3,654 rounds of ammunition, which is rarely enough ammunition in a battle, but in this battle, three tanks had no bullets left, and finally had to use artillery shelling and track rolling.

At this moment, the main forces of the Soviet army attacked again.

This time, the German army, which was already in disarray, was clearly unable to resist.

To Shulka's surprise, although the Germans knew that defeat was assured, most of them still held their ground and fired the last bullet.

In Shulka's impression, this is more likely to take place on the Asian battlefield where "it is better to be broken than to be whole".

However, the Germans' performance was not the same as the brutality and bravery of the Asian theater of fighting with grenades and explosives bags, and they surrendered when they fought until the last moment.

Shulka thinks this means two things: fighting until the last moment is to live up to the mission of being a warrior, and raising your hands to surrender is not to live up to yourself.

This led to another strong offensive by the Soviet army, and it was not at a small cost to finally win.

This is perhaps the difference between a well-trained and a rabble: the former rarely loses a mountain and sometimes even reverses. The latter are often crushed with a single blow.

Shulka and his comrades pursued for two miles before stopping, not only because they were too far away from the rear troops for fear of being counterattacked by the enemy, but also because there were only two tanks left...... Two of the six tanks involved in the battle were destroyed by anti-tank guns, one by anti-tank grenades, and one by a malfunction.

But in fact, even if it weren't for this, Shulka and the others couldn't catch up.

Perhaps they were still in pursuit, and they were completely unaware of their tiredness during the battle, and it was not until Second Lieutenant Davydov gave the order to stop the advance that the soldiers sat on the ground like a paralyzed mud.

But the fighters still didn't dare to relax...... This is a battlefield, and from time to time there will be a few German deserters nearby, and the soldiers are too lazy to entangle these deserters, just just put a few shots to drive them away.

After sitting on the ground for a while, the actor suddenly burst out laughing.

"Comrade platoon commander!" The actor said: "We finally have a battle that is not running away, but chasing the enemy!" ”

When the actor said this, Shulka felt that it was true, even the battle in Kiev not long ago could be said to be a breakthrough, as if he had been chased and beaten by the enemy all along, and only now did he feel the taste of chasing the enemy.

"It doesn't make a difference," Davydov gasped as he wiped the mud from his face: "Look around us, there are enemies everywhere!" ”

The soldiers nodded in agreement, and the 9th Army was actually plunging headlong into the enemy's pile, and if there was any direction that was not the enemy, it was the 5th Army, which had been following the rear of the 9th Army...... Siege warfare is not the same as siege warfare, which only requires troops to break out of the enemy's encirclement, while encirclement requires consolidating occupied territory and blocking enemy attacks all the way in the rear.

In terms of troops, the Soviet Army's Southwestern Front has this strength, because the Southwestern Front alone has nearly a million troops, and there is almost a steady stream of new forces in Kiev.

Second Lieutenant Davydov casually handed Shulka a cigarette, and then asked the deputy instructor beside him in a mocking tone: "Comrade Olga, will you report to your superiors and give us punishment?" ”

The assistant instructor was speechless.

Pukarev added: "Do you still think we are cowards? ”

The surrounding soldiers laughed out loud with a "coax", and some even followed suit:

"Comrade Deputy Instructor, a coward who won the battle, what is that called?"

"We are very willing to accept the punishment of our superiors!"

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