Chapter 145: "Tiger" VS "T-34"
As the first German commander to command the Tiger tank operation, Battalion Commander Mark felt deep pressure.
The opponent is the most powerful crew in the Soviet army, although his subordinates are all elites drawn from various companies, but they are not subordinate to each other, and it is difficult to unify and coordinate.
Although they were all canceled from vacation and hurriedly assembled for run-in training for the new tank, the time was still too short, and they drove the new tank to the front line.
Because everything comes from the order of the Führer......
In July, the superior asked the "Tiger" tank to fight, but Colonel Mark was surprised to find that his troops needed to pass through a swamp, he approached his superior and asked to change the place of operation, but the superior claimed that the aerial photographs sent by Marshal Goering's air force proved that the terrain there was suitable for heavy tank combat, and resolutely did not agree to change the combat location, and the angry Colonel Mark refused to fight, and the gearboxes of the two "Tiger" tanks broke down and needed to be repaired, Colonel Mark brought the troops back to the camp, and the superior punished him for this, But what Colonel Mark didn't expect was that his enemy saved him - the Soviets launched an attack on the Germans in another section, starting with 4 new heavy tanks that the Germans had never seen before, they ran through the German positions with a thunderous roar, destroyed 15 German tanks in a row, and destroyed 6 German bunkers, and the Soviet infantry then rushed up to drive the German soldiers out of the trenches and occupied the German positions, one of the 4 new Soviet heavy tanks was the "Witch Car Group", Lieutenant General Lindemann, who learned that the position had been lost, was furious and demanded that the position be recaptured immediately, and the "502" heavy armored battalion was here to eliminate the "witch car group", so the superiors no longer quarreled with Colonel Mark, but demanded that the "502" heavy armored battalion immediately enter the battle.
So the "502" heavy armored battalion came here.
4 "Tiger" tanks and two "3" N tanks were advancing rapidly, and soon, the enemy appeared in front - it was a Soviet anti-tank gun position, after seeing the "Tiger" tank of the battalion commander of the Mark battalion, the concealed Soviet anti-tank gun opened fire, and a shell hit the turret of the "Tiger" tank where Mark was, but only a shallow scratch was made and bounced off, and the "Tiger" tank immediately stopped and fired back, and destroyed the Soviet anti-tank gun position with only two shots.
The Soviet soldiers were visibly frightened by the new German heavy tanks, and some brave Soviet infantry rushed up to throw anti-tank grenades and Molotov cocktails, both of which were shot down by the two "3" N tanks and the German infantry with machine guns and submachine guns. Mark saw a Soviet officer hiding in a trench and talking on the phone, as if asking for reinforcements, he wanted to know if the other party was asking the "witch crew" to come over, and he was about to call the infantry to arrest the officer, but unexpectedly, a "3" N tank opened fire with a machine gun and killed the officer.
After crushing the Soviet resistance, Battalion Commander Mark ordered the "Tiger" tanks to move on, and the four "Tiger" tanks easily crossed the trench and drove forward.
Despite being attacked by the Germans, the tenacious Soviet soldiers did not give up their resistance, they fired at the German tanks with various weapons, Battalion Commander Mark saw from the observation window that several Soviet soldiers were carrying long anti-tank guns and firing at his tank, he didn't care, when his tank was still a tank "4", the anti-tank gun was a nasty weapon, the tracks of German tanks were often broken by it, and sometimes the turret would be hit and stuck, but for the "Tiger" tank, this kind of thing was completely useless.
Sure enough, after firing several shots in succession, they did not cause any damage to the Tiger, but instead allowed the machine gunners of the Tiger to discover their location and wipe them all out with a single burst of machine gun fire.
At this time, reinforcements from the Soviets appeared.
"Tanks! It's 'T-34'! And 'KV-1'! Nine o'clock! Someone shouted.
Battalion Commander Mark looked out of the observation window, and sure enough, he saw 4 "T-34" tanks and 1 "KV-1" tank rushing towards him.
Although they drove the "Tiger" tanks and were themselves the elite of various armored units, after seeing the Soviet "T-34" tank and the "KV-1" heavy tank, the German tankers would still instinctively feel nervous.
The Soviet tank crews were already confident, and despite the fact that they were obviously facing a new type of heavy tank, the Soviet tanks rushed forward without fear.
"Stop!" The commander, Second Lieutenant Orm, shouted, "Prepare to fire!" ”
The Tiger tank stopped, and Colonel Mark knew that as an experienced tank commander, Ensign Aum knew that his men were not familiar with the Tiger tank, and in order to improve the accuracy of shooting, it was a good idea to stop and fire.
The four Tiger tanks stopped and began to turn the turret, when one of the "T-34" tanks that rushed first opened fire, and the shell hit the frontal armor of one of the "Tiger" tanks, but the "Tiger" tank stood still and still turned the turret.
Another "T-34" tank opened fire, and the shell hit Sergeant Dimatel's "Tiger" tank, again without any damage, and at this time Colonel Mark's "Tiger" tank completed its aiming and opened fire on the Soviet tank.
In the observation window, Colonel Mark clearly saw that the 88-mm shells fired by the "Tiger" tank hit the turret of a "T-34" tank led by the "Tiger".
Seeing the success of the "Tiger" tank, the German tankers all shouted loudly.
For these veterans, who were almost afraid of the T-34 tank, it was the first time they saw the turret of the T-34 tank flying.
"Hit! Kill them! Kill these bastards! Someone yelled.
The Soviet tanks on the opposite side were also obviously a little dumbfounded, and they were obviously the first time they had encountered such an attack, but they did not retreat, but continued to fire at the German tanks.
All four "Tiger" tanks began to fire at the Soviet tanks, and soon, one more "T-34" tank was hit and caught fire, and the other two "T-34s" saw that the situation was not good, and they retreated while firing their guns, and the "KV-1" tank that had been following them rushed up at this time.
Seeing the heavily armored "KV-1" heavy tank, Colonel Mark couldn't help but hold his breath.
The psychological damage caused by the "KV-1" heavy tank to German soldiers was far greater than the physical damage.