Chapter 333: The 21st Armored Battalion
"Boom!" The shell penetrated the armor of the locomotive's compartment, burrowed inside, and then, with a violent explosion, the boiler in the upper part exploded!
The locomotive driver screamed, his whole body, all the skin cracked in an instant, and the hot water in the boiler made him molt in an instant!
And with the explosion of the boiler, the armored train, slowly, stopped, and for the Panther tank, this is a prey!
"Poles, die!" Wittmann's roar can be heard throughout the battlefield: "Avenge our Führer!" ”
Avenge!
The tank gun, firing fiercely, hit the rear compartment, and the Polish soldiers inside, at this moment, jumped out of it one after another and quickly ran back. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Some, burrowing into the woods, alas, they don't know that on both sides, the German infantry, is already waiting for them!
When the armored train came on the field just now, it was so majestic, the bullets were like a scoop, so that the German panzergrenadiers didn't even dare to raise their heads, and many people were shot, and now, these Polish soldiers jumped off the armored train, can they still be spared?
Kill them all!
With the destruction of this armored train, a large opening has appeared in the middle of the defense line of the Polish cavalry brigade, and the German armored corps, as long as they quickly break through this large opening, will be able to conquer Mokra in one fell swoop!
And the Poles, of course, will not just watch the loss of positions!
When it was discovered that the Germans were attacking the center with all their might, the brigade commander Felippowitz immediately ordered rapid reinforcements, and the armored train was the first to arrive by virtue of the advantage of railway mobility, but unfortunately, it was still not blocked, but after all, it bought time for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.
At this time, the Polish 21st Panzer Battalion was already on the edge of the village behind the woods, ready to attack.
In the woods, it was not easy for tanks to pass quickly, so if the German tank units wanted to get out, they had to pass quickly through the open space on both sides of the railway track in the middle.
In this case, they can only pass two cars at a time, then, just outside the woods, carry out an ambush, come one, hit one!
The tanks of the Germans were strong and could not be destroyed from the front, but, striking from the side, it would certainly be much easier!
Panzer train No. 53, famous in history, traveled all over the Polish railway, supporting various points, and was finally captured by the Germans and not destroyed.
Because historically, the combat objects of such armored trains were tanks No. 1 and No. 2, as well as light tanks like the Czech 38T, but now? The combat object was replaced by the 40-ton Black Panther 3, which is not a level of competition at all!
The main force of the Polish army is cavalry, but, like other countries, there are still tanks in the Polish army.
In fact, the Polish tank is, at most, a tin tank.
Poland does have tanks, but what can be called tanks is at most the 98 Type 7TP tanks configured by the 1st and 2th Independent Reconnaissance Armored Company and the 1st Light Tank Battalion, which are based on the British Vickers hull, which also includes a double-turret type 7TPdw with no artillery and only machine guns.
And the rest of the tanks, which are small bean-like TKS, these armored forces are divided into cavalry brigades and infantry divisions, so to speak, although they are similar to tanks 35 (t), 38 (t), No. 1 and No. 2, but their combat effectiveness is far from that of the German army.
And the current 21st armored battalion is equipped with TKS tanks, according to the course of history, this armored battalion in Poland is almost all fed to the German army in vain.
But now, and history has changed somewhat.
The Spanish Civil War, the strong combat effectiveness of the German armored forces, put pressure on many countries, Britain and France, the first-class countries, are developing their armored forces at full speed, and for a country like Poland, they can only transform the existing tanks.
So, after careful study, they decided to equip their TKS tank with a 37-mm Bofors anti-tank gun!
In fact, in history, the Polish Army had such an improvement plan, called the TKS-D tank, at that time only two prototypes were built, most of the TKS tanks, armed with machine guns, only a few installed 20 mm tank guns.
But now, the Polish Army has been reequipped in a large area, and the main TKS tanks are all 37 mm!
In terms of artillery caliber, 37 mm is not big, when they saw that the German tanks began to carry 75 mm long barrels, they knew that they had long been behind, but unfortunately, the narrow body of the TKS, it is unrealistic to carry a large barrel, and the 37 mm barrel is already against the sky.
So, they didn't think that they could penetrate the frontal armor of the Panther tank, it was an impossible task, but it was still possible to penetrate the side of the Panther tank!
In particular, inside each tank there are five more tungsten core armor-piercing shells! This is even more of their treasure!
If you want to penetrate the opponent's armor, you need a strong bullet core, in general, it is a steel core, and a better one than a steel core is, of course, a tungsten core!
It's a pity that tungsten armor-piercing bullets are particularly valuable, and for countries without tungsten ore, they are easy to be restricted in wartime, so they are not widely spread.
Now the tanks of the 21st Panzer Battalion, lying in ambush in front of the village, on both sides of the railway, with the help of haystacks in the fields, perfectly hid themselves.
The sound of explosions in the distance irritated their eardrums, and they knew that the battle of blood and fire was about to begin!
Inside the turret, the shells were already loaded, just waiting for the Germans to appear!
Time passed little by little, and after about twenty minutes, at the end of the woods, a tall and mighty Panther tank appeared, it was not moving fast, the turret was constantly turning, and it was clear that the tankmen inside were very cautious.
Hit it closer!
Polish tankman, feeling his heart beating faster.
As a small tank, this is a two-man system, one driver, one who does the rest of the work, the commander of the gun, and the loader.
At this time, the commander slowly turned the muzzle of the gun, patiently waiting for the opportunity.
Weitmann's tank was still at the forefront, and when it suddenly became clear in front of him, he became vigilant.
The wooded area, having already passed, did not meet another resistance from the Polish troops, but would the Poles be so willing to lose? Once you've passed through here, it's Mokra!
In front was a small village, and on this side was a field, and in it, stacks of haystacks were scattered together.
Behind him, the tanks kept coming out.