Chapter 870: T-34 Tank Sea
The 17-pounder gun was placed on the gun rack, and on both sides of the gun rack, there were two tires, after all, the entire gun body added up, and the total weight was up to 3 tons.
Now, the tires are frozen!
Hearing this, Pattifo shouted loudly, "Then don't hurry up and roast!" ”
Roast! In Finland, the volunteers gradually learned to bake the fire with the Finns, the weather is cold, the car is here, as long as it stays for one day, the tires will freeze with the ground, and the next day, if you want to start again, you can only bake the fire.
In addition to the tires, the engine can also freeze, so if you want to continue working in cold weather, you have to be able to bake a fire.
If it is a gasoline engine, then you must always be careful to bake the car, German trucks, armored vehicles, are all diesel, which makes the roasting fire easier and more effective.
Now, for example, upon hearing Pattifo's order, a soldier hurriedly pulled out a strip of rag from the side, rolled it up on a stick, and dipped it in a dirty oil drum with discarded diesel fuel in it.
The lighter was lit, and after the small flame came into contact with the strip of cloth, the torch that was wrapped around the whole strip of cloth was lit and smoked.
With this torch, the soldier slowly approached the tire, roasting back and forth where the tire touched the ground.
This is also particular, if you stay still, the tire will be baked, after all, this thing is a rubber product, it must be repeatedly and continuously roasted back and forth.
The snow below had been peeled off in advance, revealing the frozen ground below, and the tires had been stuck with the ground.
The snow was falling, the torches were constantly roasting, roasting, the tires were slowly recovering, recovering, and then, the tires finally came loose!
Both sides were roasted almost at the same time, and soon, the tires broke off the ground and thawed!
"Quick, push to the position!"
There were many preset positions in front, but anti-tank guns were not immediately deployed, in order to prevent Soviet scouts from detecting specific deployments, and they would only be deployed before the start of the war.
An artillery squad, more than a dozen people, carrying the gun legs and pushing the tires, in the snow, crushed out one rut after another, and headed towards the position.
At the same time, on the opposite side, the Soviet tank crews were also making final preparations for the attack.
Last time, they did not break through the positions of the Finnish troops on the opposite side, leaving Moscow with a gloomy face, and this time, in any case, to reach the goal!
Compared with last time, they have dispatched more troops this time, and now, the entire position, everywhere is rumbling, and they have been waiting for several months, and now, their establishment has finally arrived!
This is the formation of a mechanized army!
A mechanized corps consists of two tank divisions, one motorized division, one motorcycle regiment, one independent communications battalion, one independent engineering battalion, and one aviation brigade.
Among them, a tank division consists of two tank regiments, one motorized infantry regiment, one artillery regiment, and a number of logistics support units. 375 tanks, including 63 KV heavy tanks, 210 T-34 medium tanks, and 102 T-26 and BT tanks.
This batch of equipment, let them wait for many months, just for this day, in one go, to break the opponent's defense line and rush to the Finnish capital, just like the Germans!
Now, the Soviet Union is still competing with Germany, the Germans have already occupied half of Europe, and the Soviet Union is still struggling to fight Finland, which is of course inappropriate.
In addition to this mechanized corps, together with other infantry divisions, they formed the Soviet 7th Army, whose task was to occupy all of Finland!
Hundreds of tanks were rumbling like this, and at this time, they had not set off immediately.
The main tanks are also using diesel engines, and now, the diesel engine has just started, and the car must be warmed up, so that all kinds of lubricating oils can be properly lubricated, and the water temperature of the engine will come up, which will take a while.
These were the last days before the Great War.
On the side of his tank, Andrei quietly lit a cigarette and watched as puffs of black smoke came out of the engine, gradually fading.
His tank, the latest T-34, came out of the manufacturing plant and arrived in his hands in less than half a month.
These days, they are just familiar with the operation of this kind of tank, far from being handy, compared with the models they operated before, the engine is full of horsepower, and the tank gun is even more powerful, but the accuracy is not very good!
Fortunately, the opponent did not have tanks, and the main ammunition they were equipped with was grenades, and now, every tank, fully loaded with ammunition and fuel, was ready to attack.
"Smack, smack, smack!" Three red flares rose from the rear, and when he saw them, Andrei quickly jumped onto his tank.
"Let's go!" Andrei looked ahead, and the company commander Victor was standing on the tank, waving small flags.
Yes, they still lack tank radios, and the position of the internal radio stations in the tanks is empty, so the main command of the tank units is still carried out by the flag, which means that the command of the tank must be risked and the body exposed.
There is no way to do this, but fortunately, the heroic armored troops will not be hindered by this difficulty, not to mention tanks, even fighters, some of them cannot be equipped with radios.
Let's go! The driver stepped on the accelerator fiercely, and in the puffs of black smoke, the T-34 tank started moving! This tank, which was declared to be far-reaching in history, began its first battle.
Explode the sea of tanks! The USSR had a population, some had steel, and with a large number of tanks, they swarmed up, either rushing over or falling on the path of the charge, and absolutely would not retreat!
The great tank designer Koshkin is no longer there, he could not see the tanks of his own design, galloping on the battlefield.
One, two, three, hundreds of tanks, charge together!
The KV-1 heavy tank at the front of the start, due to the disadvantage of the last battle, so this tank has also undergone a simple transformation and thickened armor, which makes its action even more slow, so that the T-34 tank behind it, unable to stand the speed of the turtle climbing, has crossed the KV-1 tank, like a tide, towards the opposite Finnish army position.
On the other side, there were exclamations everywhere.
"Oh my God, so many tanks!"
"The Soviets, did they send all the tanks?"
"Haven't seen it before, what kind of tank is that?"
The Soviet Union was very tightly camouflaged this tank unit, so until the start of the war, the Finnish army did not notice that the Soviets actually used such a huge army!
Hundreds of tanks, charging together, the formation is grand, and the entire ground, the constant vibration, makes people feel that the end is coming.