768 positions offensive and defensive

The Soviet soldiers curled up and let the not-so-wide tracks of the German assault guns run over their heads.

The falling dirt on the tracks clanged on the steel helmets of the Soviet troops.

Before the assault guns could completely cross the trenches, the Soviet anti-tank groups, which had been waiting there for a long time, suddenly stood up from the sides of the German tanks.

What they were holding in their hands was a special grenade with asphalt, which could stick to the tank's armor plate by slamming it hard.

Then a special grenade will explode, destroying the tank's tracks, blasting through the tank's weak side armor and taking out these behemoths.

The Soviet anti-tank fighters, who looked at death as if they were at home, stood up and glued the bombs in their hands to the side skirts of the tanks.

As they glued the bombs, they were swept down with submachine guns by the German infantry, who were following behind the No. 3 assault gun.

The Soviet anti-tank bombers who had been shot and fell were sieveed by bullets and then spread back into the trenches where they had stood up.

As they fell, the anti-tank grenade, which was glued to the side of the tank, also exploded, breaking the track of the No. 3 assault gun at once.

The German soldiers who followed behind the assault guns also staggered because of the explosion, and many people were injured.

The lost track was still able to move forward a short distance by inertia, and the broken track fell down due to gravity, falling partly into the trench and partly piling in front of the tank.

Then, the weight wheel, which had lost its restraints, hung slightly over the trench due to suspension and gravity.

The entire assault gun was paralyzed by the edge of the trench and could not move any further. The Soviet troops in the trenches rejoiced and prepared to fight the rushing Germans.

The second German tank, which crossed the trenches, flanked it, and suddenly two similar anti-tank men also stood up.

Carrying bombs, these anti-tank men roamed the trenches and rushed to stop the German tanks whenever there were German tanks and armored vehicles near the trenches.

However, behind this German tank, there were more infantry and more combat experience.

When approaching the trench, taking advantage of the moment when the Soviets were dodging the tank, they dispersed from behind the tank, occupied the favorable terrain, and aimed their guns at the trench in front of the tank.

When the Soviet anti-tank bombardiers had just shown their heads, they greeted the two uninvited guests with their weapons.

As soon as the two Soviet bombardiers stood up and were about to glue the grenades to the sides of the tank, they were struck into a sieve by bullets.

The two German No. 3 assault guns continued to advance, and the Germans, who were following them, took the opportunity to rush into the trenches of the Soviet soldiers.

In trench warfare, automatic weapons are several times more powerful than weapons with manual bolts. So by the time the Germans advanced the combat site to the vicinity of the trenches, the inferiority of the Soviet units was already apparent.

The Soviet troops, lacking anti-tank weapons, could only watch German tanks and armored vehicles wreak havoc on their positions for the most part.

And in the case of hand-to-hand combat, the German army, which had a large number of automatic weapons, was also more powerful than the Soviet army.

"Get on the bayonet!" Inside the trenches, a Soviet commissar with a revolver shouted loudly.

The soldiers around him drew their bayonets from their waists and stuck them in the front of Mosin's rifles.

And what awaited them was not the bayonets of German soldiers, but German grenadiers with MP-40 submachine guns.

They looked up at the Germans with automatic weapons above their heads in the trenches, screaming in despair, and rushed at the enemy in front of them.

The Germans, of course, were not polite, and before jumping into the trench, they fired a round into the trench. The rest of the Soviet army is not one out of ten, and there is no combat effectiveness at all.

On the positions of the Soviet troops, a puff of white smoke suddenly appeared, and an anti-tank gun hidden on the side suddenly opened fire, and one shot hit a advancing No. 3 assault gun.

Probably due to the angle, the shell did not penetrate the side armor of the tank after hitting a hole in the skirt of the side panels.

So the No. 3 assault gun continued to move forward slowly, as if it had not been attacked at all.

"Reload the shells! Get ready for your next shot! Despite the bullets flying past him, the commander of the Soviet anti-tank guns, clenched his fists and ordered loudly.

The lightly wounded Soviet soldiers with colored colors were responsible for carrying the shells, and they carried the 45-mm caliber shells and placed them behind the loaders.

The origin of this artillery is still related to Germany, when it was still the Soviet-German honeymoon period. The Soviet Union introduced the German PAK-36 37 mm caliber anti-tank gun, which is also known as the gun.

The introduced PAK-36 was designated the M1930 gun in the Soviet Union, and shortly after the M1930 37mm gun was finalized, the Soviet military instructed Plant No. 8 to improve it in order to increase its power and facilitate mass production.

So a Soviet knock-off version appeared: this gun retained the gun mount and shield of the M1930 type, replaced with a 45 mm barrel and improvised sighting device, and was very close to the German Pak 36 in appearance. In March 1932, the gun passed the tests and was finalized as the M1932 anti-tank gun.

As soon as the M1932 model was delivered to the troops, a number of problems were exposed. For example, the wooden gunwheels used to save costs have poor road passability, and the axles have no suspension devices, so the speed of traction is low; After changing the sighting device, the position of the firing device moved was unreasonable, which was inconvenient for the gunner to open the gun, and the locking mechanism failed to achieve semi-automatic, and the rate of fire was low......

And these are not the most deadly, the most lethal thing is that the penetration of this artillery is insufficient, and it is no longer able to destroy most of the German tank armored vehicles.

It's just that the production capacity of advanced anti-tank guns in the Soviet Union has always been problematic, and even the 76.2 mm caliber guns that are not very good cannot meet the production needs of anti-tank guns because they have to give priority to the supply of T-34 tanks.

Therefore, until this time, the Soviet front used the most two anti-tank guns, M1932 and M1937.

It was very dangerous to operate this gun for anti-tank missions, as the gunners had to wait for the German tanks to get very close before they dared to open fire and attack.

The second time it fired, the angle of this Soviet anti-tank gun was more tricky. The shell pierced the side armor of the No. 3 assault gun, destroying the German armored vehicle.

As a result, before the Soviet gunners could get excited about their own achievements, a 75-mm shell for revenge for their comrades flew over and blasted the anti-tank gun and all the Soviet troops around it into the sky.

In the distance, a No. 3 assault gun, with a light smoke from its muzzle, continued to move forward, ran over the Soviet position, and rushed into the position of the Soviet defenders with the infantry behind it.

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