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The next day, the motorized infantry division to which the 602nd Armored Battalion belonged to Karyus finally encountered the main force of the Soviet tank cluster.
The remaining 40 Leopard tanks of the 602nd Panzer Battalion faced more than 70 Soviet tanks of various types.
But fortunately, the Soviets did not concentrate superior armored forces to surround the tank group of the 602nd Battalion, but launched a frontal attack in the form of ferocious attack waves. After several rounds of fire, the Leopard tank, which had a clear advantage in artillery rate of fire and protection, destroyed more than 10 tanks of the opponent and repelled the first round of shock waves of the Soviet army.
However, the 602nd Panzer Battalion was not unscathed, at least 3 Leopard tanks were hit on the tracks. The command tank No. 101 of the German tank battalion commander Conrad was also recognized by the Soviet army, and more than a dozen Soviet tanks aimed at it and bombarded it, as a result, the No. 101 Leopard tank overturned and turned on its side in a crater, and the owner did not move.
The crew members, including Battalion Commander Conrad, were temporarily unconscious or seriously injured.
Seeing this, the deputy commander of the 602nd Armored Battalion immediately took over the command and gave an order: "The 1st and 2nd squadrons, which suffered serious losses, withstood the frontal impact of the Soviet tanks, and the 3rd and 4th squadrons outflanked the flanks from both sides, striving to strike at the opponent's weak positions with superior forces."
This is a tactic of a horse race, but judging from yesterday's experience, the Soviet armored forces are extremely inexperienced and courageous in dealing with surprise attacks on the flanks. Once the flank is successful, it may be possible to force the Soviets down again and capture a large number of enemy tanks.
This time, all sorts of Soviet tanks were piled up: BT, T-26, "Giant" KV-2. Once these tanks are captured, they will be able to provide a large amount of data to the rear researchers, and then improve the tanks to better restrain the Soviet armored forces.
Under the arrangement and command of the deputy battalion commander, the remaining 17 tanks of the 1st and 2nd squadrons of the 602nd armored battalion were lined up in a V-shape similar to the ancient Chinese wild goose formation, giving full play to their firepower superiority and desperately blocking the Soviet tank shock wave.
"Be on guard!" Karjus's commander neatly closed the cabin, and then Karjus quickly turned the transceiver into the receiver gear, and then pressed his whole face to the observation port next to the machine gun mount, this small window is the whole world of Karjus.
Directly ahead, all sorts of Soviet tanks rushed out, and the Soviet army tried to attack with absolute superiority in numbers!
After a few volleys, the tanks of the 1st and 2nd squadrons were already in the middle of the Soviet tank phalanx, and now they were in a melee, each looking for their own target to shoot, and the approaching tanks could barely do some cover.
The commander of the 2nd squadron was looking forward to the 3rd and 4th squadrons outflanking the flank, but unfortunately, the 3rd squadron mistook the Soviet anti-tank infantry position, and was attacked by anti-tank guns and grenades, and the tracks of the 3 tanks were broken, but they still retained their combat capability, but the whole squadron was dragged down.
The intentions of the 4 Squadron were also discovered by the Soviet troops, and they were blocked by the tanks that the Soviet troops had divided, and for a time they could not achieve their tactical objectives.
After a few more minutes, only 12 tanks of the 1st and 2nd squadrons were not hit by the tracks, but they were completely encircled by the Soviet tanks. Fortunately, the armor of the Leopard tank is thick enough, and the Soviet army, except for the KV-2 tank, has no tank that can penetrate the armor of the Leopard at a certain distance.
At the same time, the air inside the No. 203 tank, where Karjus was located, almost reached its ignition point. The monotonous screams of the commander, the sluggish breath of the gunner, the metallic echo of the opening and closing of the tail of the gun, and the shrill howl of the rudder all play a concerto of battle.
He could clearly feel that the battle was getting more and more intense!
Soon, the BT and T-26 of the Soviet army were reduced to piles of scrap metal, but the KV tanks rebounded almost all the attacks!
"This is Tiger 1! The combatants stopped firing, and the whole squad went around on the side!" The captain of the car of Karjus was desperate to take a risk.
The new KV-2 tank of the Soviet army rampage is good at firing at a very fast speed, this is an experienced veteran, and another squadron command vehicle No. 201 on the German side first turned into a fireball, and then the turret of the No. 202 car was also completely lifted away, but the smoke obscured the sight of the Soviet army one by one!
Under the command of the commander of car No. 203, three No. 3s rushed through the front of the new Soviet tank, went around the side and rear and opened fire at the same time, finally breaking its limiting band. Unbeknownst to Karjus, the armored units of Army Group South had experienced the same dream a week earlier, which was the new KV-2 tank of the Soviet Army. It is the latest super tank of the Soviet army, and its firepower, protection, and mobility are not at all as fragile as other plastic tanks.
It's just that the quantity of material is too small to pose a threat to the German tank forces.
But the situation is still urgent, and car No. 203 has temporarily taken over the command, but the few tanks that have been brought to the table have been completely tied up with the Soviet tanks, and it is almost impossible to command.
Gradually, the commander found that the strength of the Soviet army had weakened, and he did not know that the ammunition reserves of the Soviet tanks were seriously insufficient, and after a bloody battle, some of the remaining tanks had no ammunition, and there were only a dozen or so shells. Seeing that the Soviet firepower was fully advantageous, the commander immediately ordered the remaining No. 3 tank to focus on encircling and destroying the Soviet troops who were still able to fire. At this moment, the 3rd and 4th squadrons finally outflanked in place, and a fierce bombardment came from behind the Soviet troops, and immediately several BT-26s turned into fireballs. After another period of Liao fighting, there were less than 10 No. 3 tanks still firepower on the side of the 2nd Battalion, and most of the BT of the Soviet army had already been reimbursed, and only a few behemoths KV-2 were still on rampage.
"Concentrate your firepower and hit the first car in front first!" 203 The commander gives the order. Several shells immediately landed on the huge shell of the "walking hut", but they were too hard to shake the mammoth-like body of the KV tank. It was the turn of the "walking hut" to fire, and another tank No. 3 was blown over by a 152-mm shell. The commander wanted to send a death squad to shoot at the approach, but at this moment, the KV-2 was stuck in the wet grass and couldn't move, it was too heavy!
"Aim for its engine hit!" The commander commanded. So there was another volley, and finally KV one? Solved. Soon, all the Soviet tanks could not move. This fight is really breathless! The commander ordered to drive into the woods in front of him to trim up.203 staggered over, knocking down a large tree and almost sinking headlong into the woods. Hart turned to the driver and said, "Man, we'll be the commander of the car from now on." But he forgot to turn off the inter-car radio intercom! Unexpectedly, there was a T-34 hidden hunter who had just withdrawn from the battle due to mechanical obstacles, and locked the optimal location of No. 203 through the same band.
A 76.2 mm BP 205R armor-piercing round was fired accurately through the driver's viewing window
Come on, Hart nimly rammed the car and escaped the birthday. He just climbed onto the grass and hit a quasi, 200
The car had been wiped out with a loud bang.
On June 25, 1941, just three days after the start of the war, Private Hart, car No. 203
One Survivor,