Chapter 1151: Reinforcements Arrive
"Fire!" Modlin shouted loudly.
With his order, the tank shook again, and an 88-mm blunt-nosed armor-piercing projectile hit the turret of a Stalin heavy tank.
The warhead drilled inward, inward, with all its might, trying to penetrate the Stalin tank.
But it didn't work, it was just half the depth it went into, and the speed had already been reduced to zero, and it stopped helplessly, but it still refused to fall, so, just like that, hung on the front armor of the Stalin tank, and the Stalin tank, too, didn't care, it had already been shot twice, and now, at last, it had finished reloading again.
"Boom!" A puff of black smoke came out of the 122-mm barrel, and armor-piercing shells were poured at the German tank at the same time, and this time, it hit Maudlin's tank!
In this tragic battle, Mordrin's Tiger tank was already scarred, and almost every piece of reactive armor it wore had been hit once, and even twice.
When the armor has been shot, the bulletproof ability will be reduced, which is why it is made detachable, and when this battle is over, they will need to replace it with a new batch of composite armor.
But I don't care about it yet.
The 122 mm armor-piercing projectile quickly passed through the composite armor, smashed on the hard molybdenum alloy armor of the Tiger tank, and continued to drill inside, although it once hit the Panther 3 tank, but now, in front of the Tiger tank, the power of the 122 mm ordinary blunt-headed armor-piercing projectile is still not enough.
It was about two-thirds of the way through it and had to stop, but because its warhead was heavier, it didn't stay in the armor, and when the velocity was zero, it fell with a bang.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield is delicate.
There was an accident with the armor-piercing shells of the Tiger tank, which could not penetrate the Stalin tank, and could only use blunt-tipped armor-piercing shells, which hit the sides and back of the Stalin tank without any problems, but could not penetrate the front.
This is also the opportunity when the two sides have just staggered, and now the remaining dozen or so Stalin tanks have long been facing the strongest place against the Tiger tank.
Similarly, the 122-mm armor-piercing shells of Stalin's tank could not penetrate the strong front armor of the Tiger tank, and even the Panther 3 tank could not necessarily penetrate it, which was just at the critical value of breakdown, which completely depended on how much the composite armor on the outside of the Panther 3 tank could play.
It seems that there is a stalemate, no one can help anyone, however, the number of Soviet tanks is large.
The tactics of the sea of tanks were able to come into play again at this time.
The T-34 tank behind the Soviet Union was already moving quickly and was about to enter a sure range of 500 meters, while the German tank was in a dilemma, if they turned the turret, they left the back of the head to the Stalin tank, and if they did not turn the turret, then the T-34 would also beat the rear of the turret of the German tank.
In any case, it is not good for Germany, the rear of the turret of the Tiger tank may still be able to block the 76mm cannon of the T-34, but the Panther 3 tank will definitely not be able to stop it, and once it is approached by the Soviet tank, the losses of the German tank will increase.
So, the T-34 tanks just didn't stop firing, that would be a waste of time, they ran all the way, just trying to rush to within 500 meters and then fire.
In the distance, the commander of the 22 Mechanized Corps, Kondrusev, looked at the front-line positions with a telescope, and his face was full of smiles.
The Air Force did a good job and dragged the Luftwaffe planes, and now it's up to you.
"Report to Kyiv that we are about to achieve an unprecedented victory, we have surrounded the main tank forces of the German Viking Division, and we are about to destroy them." Kondrusev said.
Because of this merit, he will also turn the tide and become a hero of the Soviets, and Kondruschev is very satisfied.
What was that?
At this moment, he suddenly heard the characteristic Doppler whistle of a cannonball piercing the sky in the distance, and in an instant, his face changed.
Cannon! According to many years of experience, the shells of these cannons, which were definitely fired from large-caliber howitzers, I'm afraid the caliber exceeded 120 mm, or even 150 mm.
And, listen to the sound, this is shooting towards yourself?
"Quick, hidden!" Kondrusev shouted loudly, and he ran back quickly, trying to run to his field headquarters, which was at least built to protect against shelling.
"Boom!"
It was still too late, he stood on a high earthen dam and observed the battlefield, more than a hundred meters away from his headquarters, and before he ran out a dozen steps, the shells had already fallen to the ground.
The power of the explosion of the 150 mm grenade was quite amazing, and at this moment, Kondrusev quickly lay down, and he could already hear the screams of his entourage behind him.
A shrapnel, flying from behind, cut off half of Kondrusev's head, and he walked peacefully, almost only a second of pain, and he did not have to see the terrible end of his mechanized army.
Hit by the first shell, it can only be said that Kondruschev's luck was too bad, at this time, the sound of shells flying in from behind was heard one after another, and the Germans, at least regimental artillery groups, carried out a covering artillery bombardment of the command and infantry positions of the 22nd Army.
In the sky, the "frame" is still flying leisurely, the pilot accurately guides his own artillery group, and at the same time, you can see the scene of the huge tank force attacking on the ground in the distance.
Two tank divisions, more than seven hundred tanks, is the scene spectacular? The Soviets had already shown their greatest strength, but, of course, in the eyes of Germany, this was insignificant.
While the Viking Division was fighting fiercely with the main force of the Soviet Union, the other armored divisions, of course, would not be watching the excitement from afar, and they were also advancing quickly towards this side!
The Viking divisions only rushed to the front, and behind them were the main forces of the entire Southern Army Group, the 1st Panzer Army Group.
This armored army group had six armored divisions with a total of 3,900 tanks.
Now, the 14 and 16 armored divisions, a total of 1,300 tanks, which were ordered to come to the support, were coming from the south, overwhelmingly, and behind them, the artillery units of the division, had already begun a long-range artillery bombardment of the rear of the Soviet mechanized corps.
The tank divisions of the Soviet Union, not all of them were tanks, there were still a large number of infantry behind, and now, the tanks on the front line were engaged together, and the artillery could not support them, so they could still fire at the rear of the opponent first.
With the help of reconnaissance planes, they easily completed the determination of the shooting elements, and even killed the unlucky commander first.
The cannons of one after another let out an earth-shattering roar, this huge roar, representing the statement of German reinforcements, the destruction of the Soviet tank forces, is just around the corner.