"Bring up two 'four' tanks!" Colonel Slein ordered.

Soon the two "four" tanks "rumbled" up, and Colonel Slane made contact with the tank crew through the phone behind the tank

"The enemy has armored trains!" Colonel Slane said, "They will soon appear in your direction at ten o'clock, destroy them, and attack the turrets first, understand?" ”

"Yes, Colonel!" The tank crew replied.

This seems to work, as armored trains are mostly used against guerrillas...... The guerrillas did not have heavy weapons, and the armored trains could be deployed quickly and effectively against the partisans to protect the railways.

So, the armor of an armored train is generally not very thick...... 20MM ON THE SIDE AND 15MM ON THE TOP.

If this is the case, then the tank "four" will be enough to cope with it.

But the reality was a surprise to Colonel Slein......

When the armored train slowly drove up and appeared in the corresponding position, the two "four" tanks fired two shells at the turret of the armored train, but the turret of the armored train did not react at all.

The armored train immediately launched a return fire, and after a burst of artillery fire, one "Four" tank was destroyed, and the other "Four" was safe and sound more because the Soviet tankers were not of high quality and failed to hit the target.

"Hell!" Colonel Slain ordered loudly: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

The surviving tank "Four" slowly retreated, and the commander poked his head out of the tank compartment and reported with a pale face: "Colonel, we can't destroy the target!" ”

"I saw it!" Colonel Slane replied.

At this time, the commander of the 5th Armored Regiment, Albridge, also drove up in a jeep, and the jeep was parked far behind, and Colonel Albridge jumped out of the car and trotted up and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"I've run into a hard guy!" Colonel Slane casually handed over the binoculars.

When Colonel Albridge poked his head out to observe, Colonel Slane succinctly introduced: "There is an underground bunker more than 100 meters away, and it will hide in it when the bomber appears, and the result of the 'four' tank battle is ......."

Saying that, Colonel Slein raised his head at the tank in front of him, which was still emitting black smoke, and said: "It is obvious that the armored train of the Soviets is not the same as ours!" ”

Colonel Slein was right that the armored trains of the Soviets were indeed different from those of the Germans.

The German armored trains were mainly used against the partisans, while the Soviet armored trains basically did not have the need to deal with the partisans, they were used against the German army.

But that's not the most important thing.

The Soviet armored train was the "Fight the German Invaders", with four batteries, an air defense platform, a total of 20 machine guns of various types, and a coal-fired steam locomotive.

It was built urgently at the beginning of 42, that is, only a few months from the beginning of construction to now.

Although it is not difficult to modify armored trains, for example, steam locomotives can use existing locomotives, and armored cars can use existing train cars, all you have to do is to cover them with armor, but it is still quite difficult...... Install the turret.

To do this is not something that can be done in a few months.

But the Soviets came up with a rather creative way to drive the T34 tank directly onto a train car and then fix it into a turret.

AS A RESULT, THE TURRET WAS NOT ACTUALLY A TURRET, AND EACH TURRET SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A REINFORCED T34 TANK, REINFORCED WITH 30MM THICK REINFORCED CONCRETE IN FRONT OF ITS ARMOR...... The USSR was a broad-gauge train with much larger interior space than a German armored train.

"We can blow up its rails!" Colonel Albridge said.

"Great idea!" Colonel Slane agreed.

They quickly devised an offensive plan.

This offensive plan was actually very simple, but of course it required the cooperation of all arms, but this was hardly difficult for the Germans.

First of all, the bombers of the Air Force first forced the Soviet armored train back...... This was not difficult, as six "Stuka" bombers circled in the sky and took turns to dive and bomb, and the armored train had to temporarily hide in its bunkers.

However, bombers could not hover at low altitudes for long periods of time, and Soviet anti-aircraft fire would not allow them to do so...... In general, the anti-aircraft fire of port cities is not weak, and Karachi is no exception.

Then the Germans launched a charge, and the mortarmen, under the cover of tanks and infantry, went into suitable positions and smashed shells in piles towards the tracks of what were supposed to be armoured trains...... Buildings stand near the train station, and it is difficult for long-range artillery to smash shells into the low narrow railroad tracks.

"Well done!" Colonel Slane couldn't help but praise as he watched the clouds of smoke explode from the railroad tracks through his binoculars.

But before Colonel Slain could finish speaking, he saw the armored train come out of the smoke again, and then another rain of bullets knocked the Germans back.

"What's going on?" Colonel Slain scolded.

"They're sure they're thinking about it, too!" Qin Chuan put away the binoculars and replied, "I think, they have prepared several railroad tracks!" ”

"Fuck it!" Colonel Slain scolded fiercely.

"We can force a surprise attack under the cover of bombers!" Adjutant Lucas made a simple and crude suggestion: "I mean, if a bomber shows up it will go back to the bunker......"

"Do you think this is possible that they didn't expect?" Colonel Albridge interrupted Lucas: "The armored train will suddenly come out of the bunker when we rush up...... Then we will only be slaughtered! ”

Colonel Albridge was right that the strength of the armored train was its speed, and the German infantry and tanks did not seem to be their opponents at all, and the smoke on the ground, coupled with the smoke deliberately created by the Soviets, made it difficult for German pilots to accurately bomb the armored train in a melee between the two armies.

"Can we get around?" Colonel Slane asked.

Colonel Albridge flipped through the map and quickly dismissed the plan.

"The left flank is the Don!" Colonel Albridge said: "The right flank is a tributary of the Don, and the only iron bridge in the vicinity has been blown up, unless we intend to cross that river......"

Although it is feasible to cross the river, because the tributaries of the Don are only more than a hundred meters wide, and the current is not fast.

But this was obviously not done in a short period of time, because there was an enemy defense on the opposite bank and the Germans were still armored divisions, and it would take a lot of time to transport the tanks one by one.

The Germans did not have so much time, because they were fighting a blitzkrieg, and they wanted speed, otherwise there would be more and more Soviet troops waiting for them in front.