Compared to Karjuus's tank, Wittmann's new Leopard tank on the Eastern Front has many details that have been improved.

For example, when he pokes his head out to command his tank, he is much safer than Karjuus.

He was covered by an open hatch behind him, while he was shielded by the commander's machine gun on the front, which provided the necessary protection.

Although this shield somewhat obscures the view, Wittmann can compensate for the lack of vision by adjusting the direction of the machine gun.

And when facing the approach of enemy infantry, it is obvious that the machine gun in Weitmann's hand reacts faster than when he retracts into the tank to find grenades.

Through the gap in the shield, Wittmann saw for the first time a real Soviet soldier - he had seen too many Soviet prisoners on the road before, but they were really not soldiers anymore.

The captives were in rags and had no fighting spirit to huddle together. If those can be called soldiers, then the German grenadiers can be called gods of war.

In the gap, the Soviet soldiers in the trenches were pointing in his direction, and soon countless bullets flew over and hit all corners of the tank.

Approaching a tank is very dangerous in a war environment, because the enemy will fire at the tank from all sides with a wide variety of weapons.

Even with a rifle in their hands, the soldiers would pour their ammunition at the enemy's tanks in the distance out of fear.

The bullet hits the tank's armor and does not get embedded in it. It will sputter out, bounce at an angle and refract to the periphery.

In the process, anything that is not so hard that prevents the bullet from flying can be pierced – such as the head or chest.

Therefore, following the inexperienced on both sides of a tank is actually a suicidal act of seeking death.

Wittmann once again felt the rain of bullets, and the firepower on the opposite side was quite strong. Numerous bullets hit the steel plate in front of him, leaving various shallow craters on it.

Obviously, the thickness of the steel plate in front of him was not enough to bounce off all incoming bullets without injury.

"Whoa!" Wittmann pulled the bolt of the gun, and began to operate the machine gun in front of him, firing at the opposite target.

"Suddenly! Sudden Sudden Rush! The firepower of the MG-42 machine gun lived up to its name, and Wittmann experienced the horror of this weapon in real combat.

Tracer bullets are standard on vehicle-mounted weapons, which can help the shooter find the trajectory and also guide the forward or firing direction.

As the tracer bullet extended forward, a cloud of white smoke immediately rose from a machine-gun position opposite.

There was baptism of bullets, dust everywhere. Wittman began to adjust the angle of his weapon slightly, and the bullets from the machine gun swept out in a fan.

One tank is firing, two are firing...... When a dozen tanks fired at the front, the Soviet positions were completely silent.

After all, the suppressive power of machine gun fire is very amazing, and the Soviet army does not have many weapons that can fire at tank fire.

As the Germans took the initiative, the shells from the heavy artillery also fell at this time. Explosions on Soviet positions were heard in a row, and black smoke rose everywhere.

"Our artillery is late!" Pressing the throat intercom, Wittman shouted loudly to his comrades.

"They weren't on time!" Another commander complained: "I always thought that the artillery and the enemy were the same group!" ”

The battle had only started for more than ten minutes, and the battlefield was already chaotic to the extreme. German soldiers slowly advanced behind the tanks, and the dead were scattered in front of the Soviet positions.

"Keep going! I've already told them to stop shelling! The battalion commander's voice came from inside the headphones, reassuring everyone.

It's not a good thing to be killed by your own shells, and you don't want to go around the enemy's positions while the artillery is convulsive.

"About 700 meters from the enemy's position! Watch out for enemy anti-tank weapons! Watch out! After a simple ranging measure, Wittmann announced the distance between himself and the enemy.

"Bang!" Sure enough, at this time, on the positions of the Soviet troops, an anti-tank gun opened fire.

Although many later generations slandered the Soviet army's reliance on crowd tactics in the Great Patriotic War, in fact, the Soviet army's high-tech weapons and equipment were not small.

Compared with the Chinese military and civilians in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union had several levels more troops in terms of the quality and quantity of equipment.

It is a pity that the anti-tank guns equipped by the Soviet army at this time are similar to the weapons equipped by Germany in history.

If it weren't for the insistent opposition of the fake Führer Li Le, eighty percent of the anti-tank guns that the German army is now equipped with would still be the famous 37 mm caliber wall.

And the Soviet army is equipped with M1937, 45 mm caliber anti-tank guns - the power of this thing is not much better, basically unable to penetrate the German Leopard tank.

So, when the opponent fired the first shot, Wittman saw the shell fly to his side.

The shell hit the front armor of a Leopard tank on Wittman's left at once, then folded at an angle and flew into the sky.

Firing at 100 mm thick inclined armor at a distance of 700 meters does not necessarily guarantee penetration of even a more powerful 85 mm gun, let alone an inferior 45 mm anti-tank gun.

The Soviet anti-tank artillery positions that opened fire exposed themselves at a relatively long distance because of their lack of experience, which can also reflect the shortcomings of the Soviet army's lack of combat experience at this stage.

Wittmann saw the opposing position clearly, so he pressed the throat intercom and shouted to his artillery commander: "Wegener! Left front around 4 degrees! , enemy anti-tank guns! ”

A second after he gave the order, the heavy turret of the Leopard began to turn slowly.

Cal? Wegener adjusted the angle of his gun, then shouted to Duke in his headset, "Duke! Stop the car! I'm on target! ”

No sooner had the shouting ended than Wittman's Leopard tank stopped. As soon as the tank stopped shaking, a grenade was fired, which had been prepared for a long time.

"Boom!" A puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle, and the shells flew out of the muzzle and forward. Soon, the grenade hit the target accurately.

In terms of cooperation, the members of the Weitmann crew have long been honed by actual combat seamlessly. Every movement of them is swift and unusually fast, as precise as the machinery produced in Germany.

"Boom!" The second explosion was heard from the anti-tank positions of the Soviet troops. A huge explosion kicked up dust, among which there was also a piece of parts from an anti-tank gun.

"The target is destroyed!" Seeing the artillery parts flying around, Wittman pressed the throat intercom and said to his comrades.

The rest of the Leopard tanks continued to move at a steady pace, and more German soldiers with their weapons were on their way to Soviet positions.

They were less than 400 meters away from the enemy's trench, and the battle seemed to be quite favorable to them.

"Soviet tanks!" Inside the headphones, a shout suddenly sounded. Wittmann subconsciously looked to the sides and saw a Soviet tank rushing out of a field full of dealers.

"Enemy tanks! Stop and fire! Wittman subconsciously gave his order, and then he picked up his binoculars and looked at the Soviet tank that was coming.

"Ding!" A bullet struck the machine-gun shield in front of him, sending a dazzling spark into the air.

Weitman subconsciously shrunk his neck, it seems that someone on the other side is aiming at his head, but the accuracy is a little off.

Unlike today's sniper weapons in the 21st century, during World War II, the scope of the sniper rifle was three to five times magnification, and the effective sniper distance was mostly only 300 meters.

It actually takes a lot of luck to rely on this weapon and snipe the German tank commander behind it through the slender machine gun shield.

However, in this case, even if Wittman had the audacity, he would no longer dare to show his head outside to direct the battle.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are only afraid of what if, and if you are blown up in a daze, it will really become a joke.

Retracting into the turret, Wittman stretched out his arm to buckle the tank hatch canopy while he told his gun commander Karl ? Wegener shouted: "When you're ready, fire." ”

"Boom!" Before he could finish his sentence, Wegener fired a cannonball. The tail end of the gun sat back for a moment, and then it spat out the shell casing, which clattered and rolled down to his feet.

The smell of burning gunpowder filled the air, choking Wittman and almost coughing.

This foul smell may be another reason why World War II tank commanders are willing to lean out and direct the battle.

"Hit the target! The target is destroyed! That's a T-26 tank, not a threatening T-34! After destroying the target, Gun Commander Wegener said loudly.

The distance between the two sides was at least 500 meters, and the position of that Soviet tank was in front of and behind the second line of Soviet defense.

At this distance, the hit rate of German tanks was quite high. Moreover, with the power of an 88 mm caliber cannon, at this distance, it can be said that there is no pressure to penetrate the T-26 tank.

"Soviet tanks! Soviet tanks! More shouting echoed in the headphones, and the Soviets seemed ready to defend the line to the death, as they seemed to be throwing all their forces into it.

With shouts one after another, Soviet tanks appeared one after another in the sights of German tanks.

Most of the Soviet tanks were fast tanks like the T-26, and soon 1 KV-1 tank appeared at the front.

It's just that the battle in front of us has surpassed the British tank units encountered by the 501st Battalion when it was fighting in Britain.

"Oh my God! There are so many of them! "Carl? Wegener shouted loudly as he aimed at a Soviet tank.