Chapter 1176: Spitfire Tank Strikes (Plus 2)
"The resistance of the Soviets is a bit strong. These fortifications, endlessly, are really annoying. Stepping back from the front line, the gun commander beside Karjus complained.
The inside of their tanks, loaded with 20 rounds of high-explosive grenades, were empty, and the remaining armor-piercing shells were of little value against those fortifications, so they had to withdraw from the battle.
It was already dark, the city was filled with the sound of firefighting, and during the last attack, they were confronted by the Soviets' hand-pushed anti-tank guns, although they eventually killed the anti-tank guns, leaving a crater in their armor.
This made them a little angry.
Retreating more than a hundred meters back, in a small square behind, fuel and ammunition trucks were ready, and the tanks began to quickly refuel, reload, and at the same time, after so long of fierce fighting, everyone's stomach growled with hunger.
Just when they were taking the field rations and preparing to nibble on a few bites, a new fleet of tanks rumbled up, these tanks were exactly the same as theirs, belonging to a modification of the Black Panther 3, but Karyus took a look at it and immediately became excited: "Now, the Soviets have good fruit to eat." ”
"What do you mean?" The new artillery commander asked, puzzled.
"These new tanks are Spitfires." "You didn't notice the flamevent on the turret, did you?" The barrel is fake, it's a weapon we use specifically for street fighting. ”
Suddenly, a smile appeared on everyone's faces, Spitfire tanks, let the Soviets taste great!
The idea of the Spitfire tank has long been there, on the battlefield in Poland, the German Panther 3 modified Spitfire tank, the Poles were burned to the point of crying wolf, this tank was confirmed to have good combat capability in actual combat, and then it was put into production.
At the beginning, the production of the Panther 3 was limited, and it was necessary to supply the main battle troops for use, and the production of this special tank was scarce, but later, with the production of this tank in France and the United Kingdom, the output has been greatly improved, so this modified street fighting weapon has also been produced and equipped in an organized manner.
At this time, the tank crews inside were also extremely excited, they listened to the sound of the engine in the tail, observed the front through the observation hole, and soon came to the area of the firefight.
Because of the loss of the help of the tanks, the machine gun position on the opposite street corner was firing frantically at this time, it was the position of a Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun, and that heavy machine gun blocked the advance of an entire platoon of German infantry.
At this point, they were so suppressed that they couldn't hold their heads up.
There was a rumbling sound from behind, and they suddenly rejoiced, the tanks came, and the tanks came again!
The street fighting was brutal, the close cooperation of the infantry and the tanks could greatly reduce the losses, the German soldiers were almost all specially trained, and now, seeing the tanks coming, they also wanted to follow the tanks to advance, but the tank turret hatch immediately opened, and the commander shouted: "Pay attention to the wind direction and keep a distance of more than five meters." ”
Then he put the lid back on, leaving the messy infantry, what's going on?
Keep a distance of more than five meters and also pay attention to the direction of the wind?
Only the platoon commander suddenly came to his senses, and immediately showed a smile on his face: "There is a good show to watch now, let's follow behind, by the way, the east of the tank, far away from the tank, now it is the west wind." ”
They followed the tanks and slowly advanced towards the front, when the heavy machine guns, which had just been stopped, saw their charge and began to fire intensively again.
Suddenly, I saw a long stream of liquid sprayed out from a small opening in front of the turret of this tank, a viscous liquid, showing a pale red, and a smell of gasoline volatilization could be smelled in the air, and a second later, this liquid column, starting from the position of the tank, burned hotly and turned into a pillar of fire.
Spitfire tank, show your might.
Because of the westerly wind, the pillar of fire was bent slightly to the east, but the turret turned with it, and the dragon, just like that, burned and swept towards the machine-gun position.
The gunfire had already stopped, the Soviet soldiers, screaming in horror, ran out of it and quickly ran back, but unfortunately it was useless, and after a second or two, the fire dragon arrived.
The pillar of fire swept over the heavy, and in an instant, the gunner's whole body was surrounded by flames, and he screamed, struggling through the fire, and it took a few seconds for him to fall to the ground, and continued to struggle a few times, not moving.
In the air, there was a smell of barbecue.
The rest of the machine gunners were also scorched, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet.
This spitfire, which lasted only five seconds, killed and injured the enemy in a machine gun position, compared to the ordinary tank just now, it did not have much lethality, but the consequences were considerable.
Behind the streets, the Soviet soldiers gave up resistance, ran out of their hiding positions, and quickly retreated to the rear.
No one wants to be burned.
If they were shot and died, maybe they would be able to hold on, but since they were soldiers, then this life would not be their own. But if you get shot, you can at least leave a whole corpse, and the pain won't last long.
Being burned to death is different, this terrible scene makes everyone who sees it afraid, they are also human beings after all.
They didn't want to be burned, they had to retreat.
Behind, the German soldiers quickly followed, advancing all the way, and with the assistance of the Spitfire tank, they were simply invincible.
Originally, the defenders in the city were not very imposing, and they relied on the orders of their superiors to force them, and when the Germans' Spitfire tanks came up, the orders were invalid at all, and at this time, unless the overseers were arranged in the back and those who retreated died, they could not stop their retreat at all.
The Spitfire tanks were in front, the infantry threw off their thighs and followed, block after block, and it was taken down like this.
When the attack was about to reach the city center, suddenly, tanks appeared on the opposite street!
"It's not good, the opponent's tank, retreat quickly!" The captain shouted.
Spitfire tanks are very powerful against infantry, however, when encountering enemy tanks, it is different, especially now, among the tanks of the Soviets, there is also the existence of a terrible Stalin tank, this kind of tank tank has strong protection and fierce firepower, only Tiger tanks can fight against them.
If the Spitfire tank is draped in composite armor, it can still block it, but now in the case of running naked, forget it.
It seems that reinforcements from the Soviets came up.