Chapter 169: KV2

The German tank battalion "rumbled" up, and the six "No. 4" in front of it took the lead to catch up with the six "No. 3" that were the first to assault, and then together with them, under the cover of infantry, penetrated into the depths of the Soviet defense line.

Soviet tanks continued to shoot at the German tank team without a single shot, but found nothing but the destruction of a "No. 3".

Then, as soon as the Germans were covered by artillery fire, several Soviet tanks were blown up and staggered, and they could no longer pose a threat to German tanks.

Admiral Schwebenburg couldn't help but shout excitedly into the walkie-talkie: "Forward, speed up!" Don't let them slip under our noses again! ”

The so-called "slipping away" refers to the retreat of the Soviet army again and again.

Admiral Schwebenburg was tired of all this, because every time the Soviets retreated, it was as if the cards had to be reshuffled: anti-tank fire, traps, ambushes by the railway.

Although it was unchanged, it was like an invisible hand that kept the Germans out of the line.

If anything, it was a meaningless piece of land, and that land was littered with the corpses of German soldiers and the wreckage of tanks.

Just as Admiral Schwebenburg was flushed with excitement from the imminent victory, the communications corpsman handed over the microphone and reported: "General, General, General!" ”

As soon as Admiral Schwebenburg took the phone, he heard Guderian's dissatisfied voice on the other end: "What happened? You told me two hours ago that you would soon be able to take Tula! ”

"Your Excellency, General!" Admiral Schwebenburg replied: "We are about to achieve victory, and right now, our armored battalion has broken through the enemy's lines......"

But at this moment, Admiral Schwebenburg suddenly noticed that the tank battalion on the railway was slowing down.

Ignoring General Guderian, who was waiting on the other end of the phone, he raised his binoculars and looked ahead, and couldn't help but exclaim, "God! ”。

It turned out that two behemoths appeared on the other side of the railway...... KV2 heavy tank.

Needless to say, they must have been lying in ambush in tank bunkers next to the railway, and only "crawled" out of bunkers when German tanks were about to drive in front of them.

At this time, the two behemoths slowly drove onto the railway, one left and one right, heading towards the German tank team. IN FRONT OF THE TALL BODY OF THE KV2 AND THE HUGE 152MM GUN, A GROUP OF "NO. 3" AND "NO. 4" TANKS WERE ALMOST A SWARM OF ANTS LINING UP TO FEED.

With a "boom", one of the KV2 tanks opened fire.

Maybe it was because of luck, or maybe it was because they were so close to each other that the cannon actually hit the target...... The "No. 3" tank was blown up and half of the turret was removed, and then a raging fire broke out.

"Retreat, retreat now!" Admiral Schwebenburg ordered.

But it was too late to retreat by this time, only to hear a burst of artillery "boom", and several tanks at the tail of the team were again paralyzed by anti-tank hits.

"Artillery!" Admiral Schwebenburg shouted hysterically:

"Let the artillerymen finish off those damn anti-tank guns!"

"Order the sappers to clear the roads and withdraw the tanks!"

"Blow up the Russian tanks, don't let them go!"

……

Guderian on the other end had already hung up the phone, because he already knew the outcome.

Guderian was right, although Admiral Schwebenburg issued a series of orders, and they were indeed feasible.

But the problem was that the Germans would not be left so much time to react on the battlefield......

Before the Germans could react, the tragedy of the German tank battalion began:

The KV2 tank slowly approached, unhurriedly, and then ...... at close range To be exact, face to face, the huge barrel was aimed at the turret of the "No. 3" tank in front of it, and with a "boom", the entire turret was knocked away.

KV2 pushed the remains of the tank off the railroad and swayed its massive body on.

The German tanks were in a mess, reversing, rushing to the side of the tracks to dodge, hitting each other and huddled together, and some tanks adjusted the angle of the tank guns and fired at the KV2, but the tank guns of "No. 3" and "No. 4" were like tickling for the KV2...... THE FRONTAL ARMOR OF THE KV2 IS A PERVERTED 110MM, AND YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE ARMOR OF THE FAMOUS "TIGER" TANK, WHICH WAS ONLY 42 YEARS IN SERVICE WITH THE GERMAN ARMY, IS ONLY 102MM THICK.

However, the problem with the heavy armor was that the engine was overwhelmed, and a KV2 lay on its stomach.

However, this did not prevent it from continuing to fire at German tanks...... To be exact, the German tank group, at this time they were already in a group, and as long as they fired in the direction of the big one, they could always destroy something.

Another KV2 crossed it and continued its journey, driving German tanks off the railroad one by one like ducks, not to mention a couple of "No. 2" tanks...... Drive it straight up and roll it into iron sheets with the sound of steel crashing.

The German infantry, who was in charge of covering, wanted to rush up and block the KV2, but this was clearly in vain...... Not to mention the firepower of the Soviet army on the railway flank, the KV2 itself is equipped with three machine guns, not to mention the KV2, it is said that the Germans tried to blow it up with explosives packs on the battlefield but failed.

The German tank crews realized that there was only a dead end in this way, so they opened the hatches and escaped from the tanks.

Of course, before leaving, they didn't forget to throw a grenade into the tank and blow it up...... The fact that tanks should not be left to the enemy at any time was an issue that was emphasized in the first lessons of the training of German tank crews.

So most of this tank battalion of the German army was blown up by itself.

Admiral Schwebenburg looked at all this dumbfounded, and then looked at the phone in the direction of the communications corps...... He didn't know how to explain it to Guderian anymore.

The Soviets on the other side let out a cheer.

Several of his subordinates even ran up to Shulka and hugged him tightly.

"We are victorious again! I'm not surprised at all, Comrade Company Commander! ”

"Yes, we will continue to win!"

"They should have asked you to defend Moscow, Comrade Company Commander!"

……

Shulka could understand their feelings, and in their opinion it would not be difficult to defeat the Germans again and again, at least for now.

As a result, they naturally enter into a kind of habitual thinking, that is, they are accustomed to such victories and think that they will develop like this.

But Shulka didn't think so, because he knew that the Soviet army's anti-tank firepower was almost exhausted, whether it was anti-tank guns or tanks, but the losses of the Germans were only the tip of the iceberg.

At that time, that is, when all the fire of the anti-tank guns is exhausted, what should be used to block such an attack of the enemy?

Explosives packs?

Cluster grenades?

Or a Motorov cocktail?

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