Chapter 1254: Stalin's Tank Leader (Add. 2)
Breaking through, it is impossible for all the armies to break through, Germany has surrounded Uman, on the outer defense line of Uman, in all directions, there are a certain number of Soviet soldiers defending, if everyone climbed out of their combat posts and gathered here to escape, then the German tanks would have started up a long time ago.
In any retreating battle, there is always a need for the queen of the palace, and in general, the troops of the queen of the palace, the fate is determined, they will shed blood and die for the retreat of the main force.
As a commander, it is even more ruthless, of course he will know that what is left behind is abandoned, and it is to let them bleed to death, but a qualified commander is to coldly lead his soldiers to death, in order for more soldiers to survive, this is necessary, if there is no such psychological preparation, then it cannot be a qualified commander.
Even so, when the order was given, the troops who were left behind did not complain, on the contrary, some soldiers volunteered to stay and strike at the enemy fiercely.
For them, the Soviets are sacred, and they have to fight bravely for the sake of the Soviets!
And for the breakout troops, their task was also very difficult, the German line on the opposite side was quite thick, they had only one chance, and if they could not break through the opponent's line in one go, they would never have another chance.
To this end, they mobilized more than 200 tanks, gathered all the tanks of the whole army in one place, and now, in the woods east of Uman, they quietly waited for the order to be given.
"Boom, boom." The sound of an airplane came from the sky, and a lookout raised his head and looked at the flying plane, with red stars on the wings, and immediately became happy: "Our plane, our plane is coming!" ”
The Uman garrison was surrounded, which made Budyonny very anxious, but he could not send ground troops to rescue him, so he ruthlessly sent the air force at hand.
In the process of breaking through the encirclement, the troops must guard their skies, and if the German attack planes attack them at this time, they may have been exhausted before they have rushed to the encirclement.
"Comrades, our air force has come to escort us, now, let's muster up courage and break through the encirclement of the enemy, long live the Soviets, Ula!"
"Ulla!" Everyone erupted in shouts, and in the midst of the shouts, the tank units moved.
The Stalin tanks, at the front of the whole army, were a sharp knife in the charge, and behind them, there were T-34s with wider rows, who were responsible for expanding the opening after tearing it out, and at the same time holding both flanks of the opening, holding on until all the breakout troops behind passed, and then behind them, more than a hundred other tanks.
This torrent of armor, which seemed to be quite powerful, passed through their own positions, and rushed towards the outer encirclement.
Aim for one place and open the opening!
"Attention, the Soviets are coming up!" As soon as the Soviet tank units on this side drove out of the woods, they were immediately spotted by the German troops on the defensive side of the encirclement.
"Quick, quick, quick, ready to aim!" On the position of a 75-mm anti-tank gun, Locke, the squad leader of the artillery squad, shouted loudly.
Germany did have a lot of armored forces, but they could not encircle the entire encirclement, the armored forces were scattered and deployed at any time, and they were just a group of infantry.
After discovering that the Soviets have broken through, the nearby tanks will quickly come over, and they need to block the Soviets' attack before the tanks arrive.
Now, a large number of Soviet tanks are rushing towards them, and they have no fear, on the contrary, they only feel bursts of excitement.
In this war, the infantry in the German army is almost always the task of cleaning up the battlefield, the tanks in front charge and kill the enemy, and the infantry in the back follow up to clean the battlefield, they are not the protagonists.
And now, finally, it's their turn!
What kind of tank is coming? Leave it alone, just go and bang!
In the German infantry, a large number of anti-tank guns were equipped with this kind of anti-tank guns, low profile, simple structure, easy aiming, if we talk about its shortcomings, it is a little heavier, compared to the previous 50-mm anti-tank guns, this gun weighs more than a ton, it is inconvenient to enter the position and withdraw.
But now, this shortcoming is useless, they will not retreat, they will wait until reinforcements from the rear arrive.
"Aim for the Stalin tank at the front!" Locke shouted loudly: "With sub-caliber armor-piercing shells!" ”
Of course, to pick up the most threatening to fight, their 75 mm anti-tank gun can easily take out the T-34 tank of the Soviets, just use ordinary blunt-nosed armor-piercing shells, and now, in the face of the latest tanks of the Soviets, it is time to try their new weapons.
Sub-caliber armor-piercing shells are the most secret, without changing the caliber and charge of the artillery, so that the depth of penetration of the shells has made a big leap, and now, the armor-piercing shells they have at hand are the latest version, the previous armor-piercing shells were originally good after being allocated, but they were taken back and reformed.
In fact, the transformation is very simple, everything else remains the same, that is, the tail of the shell has been slightly modified, and the 88 mm and 75 mm ones have been improved according to this scheme.
"Five hundred meters from before, fire!" Locke shouted loudly.
"Boom!" The gun commander pulled the gun rope fiercely, and with a huge roar, a puff of black smoke came out of the muzzle, and in the fireball, the armor-piercing projectile with the butt was thrown away, revealing the tail wings.
Originally, the wings were made parallel to the body, just like the feathers on the tail of the bow and arrow, but now the wings are slightly bent, and this little change makes a huge difference.
The warhead is right-handed, the rotation speed is quite high, and when it throws away the stock, the wings are in the air flow, which begins to hinder the rotation of the warhead, and the warhead flies forward rapidly, and the rotation gradually slows down.
This 75 mm anti-tank gun, when using ordinary blunt-nosed armor-piercing shells, at a distance of 1,500 meters, the armor penetration depth is also as high as 102 mm, which is still aimed at German armor steel, and now, tungsten alloy bullet core, flying in the air, only took more than a second, and came into contact with the Stalin tank opposite.
On the one hand, it was because the Stalin tank did not maneuver to evade during the charge, it had to rush quickly at maximum speed, and at the same time it believed that its thick main armor had no precedent for being penetrated head-on on the battlefield.
Tiger tanks can't do it, how can those infantry anti-tank guns be?
On the other hand, it was the high accuracy of the German anti-tank guns, and at a distance of 1,500 meters, the hit rate of straight line fire was also surprisingly high.
In this way, the 75 mm armor-piercing projectile came into close contact with the opponent's turret, and the round turret did not bounce off the flying warhead, the warhead only slipped a few tenths of a millimeter slightly, stabilized, and then began to drill inward.