Chapter 146: Tiger Might
The "KV-1" tank fired a shot at Colonel Mark's "Tiger" tank, and the shell hit the frontal armor of the "Tiger" tank, and it was easily bounced away, which made Colonel Mark breathe a sigh of relief.
Four "Tiger" tanks fired at the "KV-1" tank one after another, and Colonel Mark saw that two armor-piercing shells hit the opponent, and the sparks flew in all directions, making two small holes in the opponent's hull, but they did not seem to break through, and the "KV-1" tank still continued to rush forward, and fired at the "Tiger" tank from time to time.
This "KV-1" tank seemed to recognize Colonel Mark's "Tiger" tank as a command vehicle, completely ignoring the other "Tiger" tanks attacking it, and only stared at Colonel Mark's tank, and two armor-piercing shells hit his "Tiger" tank in succession, although the shells still bounced off without doubt, but the violent shock of the hull still caused a lot of panic among German tankers.
"Keep firing!" Captain Orm shouted hoarsely.
At this time, the two escaped "T-34" tanks came back, and this time they did not launch a frontal charge, but separated from the two flanks, and opened fire as they ran, destroying the two "No. 3" N-type tanks on both flanks of the "Tiger" tank one after another.
The "Tiger" tanks opened heavy fire on the enemy, and the Dimatel and Schmidt crews on the left and right flanks turned their heads to attack the two "T-34s" to prevent the opponents from going around behind, while the Om and Finnbeck crews to which Colonel Mark belonged concentrated their fire on the "KV-1" tanks in the front.
As the distance between the two sides continued to approach, under the full shelling of the two "Tiger" tanks, almost to a distance of about 700 meters, the "KV-1" tank stopped, its turret and body each drilled a hole in the 88-mm armor-piercing shell fired by the two "Tiger" tanks, the hole in the body spewed flames outward, it stopped firing, and then smoke rose, and the flames instantly surrounded the body.
"We've killed the 'KV' monster!" Seeing that the "KV-1" tank was on fire, the tankers in the "Tiger" tank where Colonel Mark was located were jubilant.
Soon, the two "T-34" tanks that tried to outflank them were also destroyed by the "Tiger" tank, and one of them did a "hat salute" - the turret was blown off, but the two tankers in this tank took the opportunity to jump out of the tank and fled into the woods like rabbits, seeing their German tankmen chasing them with machine guns, but not hitting them.
At this point, the battle ended, and the first appearance of the "Tiger" tank can be said to be remarkable and very successful. Of course, the fly in the ointment was that the two "No. 3" N-type tanks that had been used to prevent infantry sneak attacks were destroyed, and none of the crew members survived.
After the battle, Frank, a battalion engineer who was taking care of the team, rushed up in a "Volkswagen" car to check the situation of the "Tiger" tank that had been shot, and found that the shells of the Soviet tank had only left some slight scars on the surface of the "Tiger" tank, which proved the superior protective performance of the "Tiger" tank, and he could not help but be overjoyed.
Frank then inspected the situation of the five destroyed Soviet tanks, and found that the four "T-34" tanks were all destroyed by the "Tiger" tank, the "KV-1" should have been hit by two armor-piercing shells at a distance of 1,000 meters, the armor was not penetrated, but left a terrible bullet hole, and when it rushed to a distance of about 700 meters, it was hit by two armor-piercing shells, this time its hull armor was penetrated, and it was fatally damaged, and the gun in the turret directly killed the crew members. The once invincible "KV-1" tank finally met an opponent who could easily destroy it.
At this time, the German infantry rushed up, and to Colonel Mark's surprise, SS Lieutenant General Lindemann also came.
Colonel Mark did not know that Lindemann had actually come here to watch the battle in place of Himmler, the "Führer's Eye".
Seeing that the four "Tiger" tanks stopped after destroying the enemy tank, Lindemann could not help but be very dissatisfied.
"Why let the tanks stop? We are now on the offensive, we are going to seize the enemy's positions! What is needed now is to get the most out of these tanks! Lindemann shouted from afar as he got out of the car, not giving Colonel Mark a chance to greet him.
Of course, the orders of the higher authorities could not be disobeyed, and Colonel Mark had to give the order to reactivate the "Tiger" tank. However, before the four "Tiger" tanks were started, Falkland still carefully inspected them, because these "Tiger" tanks had many mechanical failures during the exercise, and all the parts that failed had to be immediately airlifted back to the headquarters of the German Henschel company by plane, and the replacement parts were transported at the same time (which shows the importance that the German army top brass attaches to this unit), and in the fierce battle just now, maybe which parts of the tank will be damaged.
Fortunately, this time the "Tiger" tank was very competitive, and Falkland and several of his technicians did not find any problems, and the tank was on the road normally after it was restarted, and Falkland breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the "Volkswagen" car with the technicians.
The Tiger tanks continued to advance, and due to the loss of two anti-infantry "No. 3" N-type tanks, Lieutenant General Lindemann ordered the transfer of two "No. 4" tanks from his escort to the "502" heavy armored battalion, and ordered two "No. 3" assault guns to support the operation.
The German army began to advance, and soon after the "Tiger" tank advanced, it was attacked by the artillery and machine guns in the Soviet bunker, and the "Tiger" tank opened heavy fire, easily destroying the Soviet stronghold, and for the German infantry who had been tortured by the Soviet army, this counterattack became as easy as a walk because of the "Tiger" tank, which greatly increased their confidence.
And at this moment, all Germans will not know that the danger is approaching little by little.
Just as the "502" heavy armored battalion was advancing deep into the position, a layer of mist somehow appeared, the sky became a little gloomy, the visibility in the distance became a little low, and the smoke from the battle just now had not completely dissipated, everything seemed gray.
Colonel Mark somehow had a foreboding feeling in his heart, and he was about to give the order to stop his advance, when suddenly there was a screech in the distance like that of a "Stuka" dive bomber.
"What's that sound?" Someone asked.
"It's supposed to be our 'Stuka'." Someone answered.
Colonel Mark was familiar with the sound of "Stuka", and as it grew louder, he was certain that although it was very similar to the sound of "Stuka", it was not "Stuka"!