That's exactly what the Soviets did.

Of course they have to, because it's directly related to their lives.

As a result, the importance of the driver immediately skyrocketed...... The secondary armament of the T34 was two machine guns, one controlled by the gunner on the turret and the other by the driver on the right side of the cockpit.

But the side-by-side machine gun on the T34 turret was basically useless.

Mainly because of the identity of the gunner, or it can be said that it has too many things to do...... The original T34 had a small turret space due to the turret inclination, and could only accommodate two people: the gunner and the loader.

This directly led to the fact that the commander of the T34 tank had to be concurrently served by the tank crew, and most of them were concurrently served by the gunner.

As a result, the gunner was not only responsible for the coordination and command of the whole vehicle, but also for the control of the artillery, as well as the machine gun.

It is inconceivable that one person can accomplish so much work in a tense battle, and because of this, the rate of fire of the T34 gun is not slower than that of the German tank, but the actual rate of fire is only one-third to one-quarter of the German tank "No. 4".

It wasn't until the end of '43 that the T34/85 was developed to create a three-man turret that made the commander independent.

In fact, these are not important, the most important thing is that the parallel machine gun also needs to turn the turret when aiming at the target...... This will make it react more clumsily, and by the time the side-by-side machine gun finds the target, it is afraid that the "tracking rocket" has already hit the tank.

Therefore, the heavy responsibility for suppressing "tracking rockets" fell on the driver.

Rotmistrov even ordered: "As soon as the tank driver finds the trail of the rocket, do not hesitate and immediately shoot all the bullets in that direction, even if you don't see anything!" ”

This order did work on the battlefield, or rather partially.

For every ME63 fired by the German anti-tank group, several machine guns immediately fired a "whoosh" of bullets in this direction...... This is another kind of fire coverage, and this fire coverage cannot be solved by scattered defense.

As a result, as time went on, the casualties of the ME63 operator increased, while the Soviet tanks got closer and closer, and they were about to approach the German lines.

At this time, General Stryk gave an order that surprised everyone: "Panzer, advance!" Destroy them! ”

Forward, strangled with the enemy?

This was not a very good option for German tanks, but the German panzers would not back down if it could not be avoided.

So the next moment, the German tanks were launched, and with the order of General Stryker, the German tanks jumped out of their hiding places one by one and rushed towards the Soviet tank group with full horsepower.

Suddenly, the "steel torrents" of the two sides converged and collided together.

If only analyzed from the comparison of combat effectiveness and numbers, the German tank is undoubtedly suicidal...... As mentioned before, the German tanks in close combat did not take advantage of anything, and they were in an absolute weakness in terms of numbers.

But war is not just about data, it's also about psychological and tactical superiority and inferiority.

The Soviet tank crews did not expect such a move from the Germans, so the first group, which was largely unresponsive, missed the opportunity to fire at close range...... This also has a lot to do with the two-man turret of the T34 tank, where the gunner has to command the crew and control the gun at the same time, and the reaction is inevitably half a beat slower.

And it was this slow half-beat that made the Soviet tanks fail to seize the opportunity to fire at close range and let the German tanks stagger.

The Germans did not have such a problem......

The command of the three-person turret is very smooth, and the tank crew is all well-trained veterans, and the tank is very flexible in their hands as if it is controlled by a person, and when it staggers past the enemy tank, the turret rotates sideways, and when it passes by the enemy tank's flank, it fires a high-explosive armor-piercing bullet with a "boom".

Soviet tanks exploded from the inside, their turrets separating from their bodies in the firelight, spinning high into the air and falling back to the ground.

And that's just the beginning.

After that, the German tanks actually rampage all the way into the Soviet tank formation, firing artillery on this side and then on that side, beating the Soviet tanks to a terrible and chaotic situation.

Afterwards, Qin Chuan believed that part of the reason for this situation was that the Soviet tanks did not have the smooth command of the German tanks, and the backwardness of communication equipment made the Soviet tanks generally clumsy.

But more importantly, the Soviet tanks focused too much attention on suppressing or even countering "homing rockets", so they basically ignored another formidable opponent...... German tanks.

German tanks, although not many in number, are all elite, especially the 21st Panzer Division, which was fought on the African battlefield.

EVEN IF SOME OF THEM ARE STILL BACKWARD "NO. 3" TANKS, THEY CAN ALSO PLAY A ROLE AT THIS TIME......, THE "NO. 3" TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE SHORT-BARRELED 75MM GUN ELIMINATED BY THE "NO. 4" TANK, WHICH CAN PENETRATE 43MM ARMOR WITHIN 700 METERS WHEN FIRING ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE 45MM INCLINED ARMOR OF THE T34 ON THE FRONT, BUT THERE IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL WITH THE STRAIGHTER ARMOR ON THE SIDE OF THE T34 AT CLOSE RANGE.

The German infantry also followed, and anti-tank grenades, rocket launchers, etc., were also used.

Soon, the Soviet army finally reacted, and hurriedly slowed down and put down the Soviet soldiers on it to join the battle group.

Thus, a chaotic and tragic hand-to-hand tank battle unfolded in the plains.

Hundreds of tanks with engines and tracks with guns and machine guns strangled together, and the tanks passed by soldiers and tanks, and there were enemy and their own, so that neither the gunner nor the machine gunner knew when to choose when to shoot and fire...... They feared that the bullets or shells fired would not hit the target, but would accidentally injure friendly troops.

In fact, such accidental injuries are not uncommon in such melees, the Germans and the Soviets also have them, but it is obvious that the Soviets have more accidental injuries, and the reason is still as mentioned before, their command is not smooth and flexible.

The sky was soon obscured by black smoke, a large number of hit tanks burned like torches in the snow, and Prokhorovka in the vicious battle flowed blood, spread fire, and tore steel apart.

The shadow of the war was strange, some Soviet tankmen crawled out of the tanks screaming in the firelight, the out-of-control tanks crashed into a ball, some tanks could not change direction in time in the snow and crushed the escaped tankmen or infantry into pulp, the soldiers on fire rolled and struggled in the snow, gradually losing their last strength, and near them, there was a charred corpse.