Chapter 273: Armored Assault (1800 votes plus update)

"Order the regiments, and attack in five minutes. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info" Colonel Guderian gave the order.

The powerful assault capability of the armored forces has been vividly demonstrated in the two battles of East Prussia. Although, because of the low reliability of today's tanks, after a battle, almost half of the tanks will lie on their stomachs, or even lose due to malfunction problems. But even so, it still made Qin Tian and the generals of the 8th Army attach great importance to the armored forces. Qin Tian even ordered more tanks from the German Arms Company to be transferred to East Prussia. As soon as the tanks on the front line are lost, they are replenished.

This allowed the combat effectiveness of the 8th Panzer Division to remain at its peak. In the Polish campaign, Qin Tian and others also had high hopes.

The 8th Panzer Division can be reused, which makes Guderian and others very excited, because it means that their value has been reflected. What's more, Qin Tian had promised that after the Polish battle was won, he would be able to let them get promoted again. A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Especially Guderian, a person who has been promoted to the rank of colonel, and is only one step away from a general, has an incomparable desire to become a general.

Five minutes passed quickly. The regiments of the 8th Panzer Division immediately launched an attack in accordance with the predetermined battle plan.

The fully manned 8th Panzer Division had more than 16,000 men and was equipped with more than 250 tanks. There is no doubt that this is an extremely powerful armored assault force. Although, the tanks they used were rudimentary, weakly armored, slow, weakly firepowered, not reliable enough, and so on. However, in this day and age, this is still unstoppable.

"Attack!" When the commanders of the 8th Panzer Division gave the order, the tanks, which had already been launched, immediately rushed out of their positions.

"Boom!"

The tank's engine began to neigh, driving the tank forcefully towards the Russian army's position.

More than two hundred tanks, in regimental units, formed three arrows and launched a charge at the positions of the 2nd Guards Army of the Russian Army.

These pitch-black tanks are shining with a cold steel edge, which makes people feel a cold that penetrates into the bone marrow from their hearts after looking at them.

Three infantry regiments of an infantry division, followed behind the 8th Panzer Division. After the 8th Panzer Division breaks through the Russian defenses, they will attack along the gap so that they can expand the results and crush the Russian army in one fell swoop. The follow-up troops will attack behind them until the Russian 2nd Guards Panzer Division is completely defeated and eats them as much as possible.

"Oh God! What the hell is that? "On the position of the 2nd Guards Panzer Division of the Russian Army, a soldier looked at the tanks rushing towards their position and exclaimed.

As soon as the German artillery fire began to extend back, the Russians knew that the German attack was about to begin. So a large number of troops entered the positions, ready to resist the German offensive. Although, their positions are quite dilapidated. But it's better to have a place to hide than to be exposed in the wilderness without any shelter.

However, these Russian troops were shocked by the German armored forces. This is completely different from what they imagined! In their minds, they should have faced an attack by a large number of German troops. But how about those black iron lumps?

"Damn, is this the tank unit that routed the 2nd Army and forced the 1st Army to surrender?" A Russian general exclaimed.

The 2nd and 1st armies of the Russian army were almost completely annihilated in East Prussia, and the main culprit was undoubtedly the German armored forces. Although, the middle and lower rank officers and ordinary soldiers of the Russian army may not know about this. However, those high-ranking officers and generals undoubtedly know this. Therefore, after discovering that the German armored forces were attacking, many Russian troops were a little worried when they arrived.

"Open fire quickly and stop the tank units of the Germans from approaching our positions." The general of the Russian army ordered.

However, the artillery of the Russian army has been almost destroyed in the previous battles. They simply didn't have much artillery to launch an artillery bombardment, let alone stop the attack of the German 8th Panzer Division.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The tanks of the German 8th Panzer Division, as they marched, fired at the Russian positions with tank guns, clearing out those targets that were lucky enough to survive the heavy shelling and were a threat to the infantry.

"Boom!"

A 37mm tank gun shell accurately hit a Russian machine-gun fire point, destroying this machine-gun fire point. Both the heavy machine gun and the machine gunner were torn to shreds in the explosion.

Those firing points of the Russian army, under the precise attack of the tanks of the 8th Panzer Division, were named one after another. As a result, the defense of the Russian army's broken defense line is being further weakened.

"Oh God! Shoot quickly. "Mortars on the lines of the Russian army, artillery shelling began.

It's just that the Russian army is not equipped with many of these artillery. At the same time, the mortar shells were too weak to pose a threat to the German tanks unless they hit the vulnerable top of the tank directly.

As soon as the Russian mortars fired, they were once again under German fire. Hundreds of 75-mm field guns once again covered the positions of the Russian army with a round of firepower.

A few minutes later, the Russian mortars were almost destroyed. The rest were also frightened and did not dare to continue firing.

At this time, the 8th Panzer Division had already broken through not far from the Russian defense line.

"Da Da Da!"

Coaxial machine guns and course machine guns on tanks began to strafe the positions of the Russian troops. The Russian soldiers who were hit by the dense bullets couldn't even lift their heads, let alone launch a counterattack. Of course, these Russian soldiers simply did not have powerful weapons capable of dealing with German tanks.

"Poof! Poof! ”

Several Russian soldiers who accidentally popped out of their heads were hit by machine gun bullets from the tank, and their heads shattered like watermelons at once. Red, white, scattered everywhere.

The other Russian soldiers were immediately frightened. Some timid Russian soldiers were even more frightened to pee their pants.

"Damn, what is this going to do? The Germans sent tank troops, how could we possibly withstand their attack? A Russian commander scolded.

"Why are the Germans armed with such powerful weapons, but we have not even developed a weapon of restraint?" A Russian general was speechless.