The hissing flares continued to rise into the night sky, showing the snowflakes in the entire night sky and the Soviet troops in the canyon, as well as their own troops.

"Fire! We're going to get rid of these firepower spots as soon as possible! ”

"At 3 o'clock, launch!"

And the tank crews of the 8 T-54 tanks owned by the SS Führer's Grenadier Regiment, under the roar of the regimental commander, Colonel Otto Coombe, were also constantly shelling the dense fire machine gun points of the Soviet troops.

Some troops were even assigned to prepare for penetration and outflanking to crush the resistance forces of the Soviet army stationed in the village.

At the same time as the battle began, the SS Imperial Grenadier Division and the SS Skeleton Grenadier Division on the other side also received an order from the SS Panzer Corps, and ordered these two divisions to immediately organize battle groups and carry out interspersed attacks on the left and right sides of the Soviet army, so that Hort's Fourth Army could concentrate superior forces in the rear of the Soviet army, and cooperate with Manstein's army to flank the front and rear and achieve victory.

However, for these orders, even if the SS Führer Grenadier Regiment knew about it, it had little to do with their combat mission.

Because their main combat mission was only to explore the way forward for the SS Führer's Grenadier Division, also known as the Adolf-Hitler Division.

The Führer's Grenadier Division has 1 Panzergrenadier Regiment, 1 Artillery Regiment, 101st Panzer Regiment and the 911th Assault Brigade; Originally, it was Hitler's guard unit in the "Wolf's Lair" in East Prussia, but it was expanded by Chen Yanlong into a reinforced Panzergrenadier Division, and two more infantry brigades were added to the original strength.

And they also let them regularly conduct combat training with the 5th Panzer Army, as well as the 9th Panzer Division.

In the original history, the division fought against the Soviet army in Silesia, and resisted the Soviet army with the remnants of the 9th Panzer Division in Vienna, but after the surrender of Germany, the remnants of the division were ruthlessly transferred to the Soviet army from the hands of surrender to the American army, and the subsequent outcome is not recorded in detail.

Therefore, in order to change the fate of the defeat of these SS troops, Chen Yanlong has always tried his best to strengthen their combat effectiveness against the Soviet troops.

When the tank group of the SS Führer's grenadier regiment counterattacked the villages where the Soviets were stationed, they instantly eliminated a lot of machine-gun strongholds.

However, all types of artillery and anti-tank guns were also not to be outdone.

There were even three Soviet tanks that came out to fight back against the German tanks.

Moreover, these three tanks are also the latest T-44 tanks developed by the Soviet Army, which is the first time in the history of Soviet tank research and development that the central turret, torsion bar suspension, transverse engine, rear transmission, and two-sided front inclined armor are used to develop.

To put it simply, the T-44 is a tank research and development product of the Soviet Army that combines the advantages of the British and American allies and German tanks.

Their production was only about 200 after the surrender of the German army, and they have not participated in any actual battles, including the historic major battle of the Soviet army against Berlin.

Although it continued to be produced after the war, almost 1,000 units were produced in 1945 and almost 2,000 by 1947, but it was subsequently replaced by the Soviet T-54 tank, the later T-10, T-62, and the latest T-14 Armata tank in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Despite this, in the original history, the Soviet army still equipped several Guards tank brigades with 200 T-44 tanks, and one of the Guards tank brigades already had more than 70 T-44 tanks.

The T-44 medium tank has a crew of 4 people (commander, gunner, driver and loader) and is armed with an 85 mm tank gun, which uses the following types of shells: normal armor-piercing shells, cap-piercing shells, and over-speed armor-piercing shells (also called shelled high-speed armor-piercing shells).

At a firing range of 500 meters, firing an ordinary armor-piercing projectile can penetrate more than 100 mm of armor; Firing at a distance of 1000 meters can penetrate about 100 mm of armor.

If you are hit by a cap-piercing shell at close range, the destructive power of the penetrated enemy tank will be even greater.

The attack power of the super-fast armor-piercing projectile is greater, faster and longer, and it can hit targets at least 1500 meters; In addition, the T-44 tank was armed with two 7.62 mm machine guns, one parallel machine gun and one front machine gun.

"What kind of tank is that? How similar do they look like our T-54 tanks? ”

When the Soviets suddenly drilled out three T-44 tanks, the battalion commander Stadley was full of surprise.

"It should be the latest tank of the Soviet army! I've never seen this type of tank before! ”

"Everyone be careful, in addition, our anti-tank guns and rocket launchers, as well as all heavy weapons and equipment, we will destroy all the firing points and tanks of the Soviet army that are blocking our way!"

"Use our combat strength to tell these Soviet troops that we are tough and unstoppable!"

The regimental commander, Colonel Otto Coombe, said with a serious and warlike face.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

"We still have 8 armored vehicles, 32 artillery pieces, 80 88mm anti-tank guns and 50 iron-fisted anti-tank rocket launchers, enough to kill these Soviet tanks!"

"Even if they are the latest tanks of the Soviet army, we are not afraid of them!"

Battalion Commander Stadley immediately smiled confidently.

"Then let's do it!"

The regimental commander, Colonel Otto Coombe, spoke loudly while taking the lead in directing the tank, assault, anti-tank and rocket artillery groups to be ready and aimed in the direction of the attack.

As soon as the words fell, the battalion commander Stadley also immediately answered and hurriedly went to command the battle.

If the tank wants to be strong in combat, then it must achieve a balanced combination of firepower, protection and mobility, so that the tank can exert strong combat effectiveness.

Although the T-44 tank of the Soviet Army and the T-54 tank of the German Army are not the most perfect tanks, they are much better than the tanks of contemporaries.

"Aim at the German tank at 5 o'clock, lock on to the target and prepare to shoot!"

The turret of the T-44 tank can seat three people, and the commander sitting on the left side of the gun uses the TSCH-16 telescope to observe the German tank group outside the tank, while giving orders to the gun commander and loader sitting on the right side of the turret.

"Roger!"

Both the gun commander and the loader spoke in unison.

Then they quickly got to work, reloading and preparing to fire, adjusting their sights to lock on to the German tanks they were going to bombard.

So a T-44 tank VST-54 tank duel is about to be staged.