Chapter 412: Tank Assault
This is a matter for the Soviet army to fight on its own soil, and it is not very difficult to find the third line of defense built by itself according to the terrain. It didn't take long for Cabaye to get an accurate report.
"Report to Comrade Commander Cabaye, the forward assault group is already four thousand meters away, please instruct."
"Keep the assault and report the situation at any time."
"Three thousand meters."
"Two thousand meters."
"One Thousand Meters"
"Fire incendiary bombs and flares."
Cabaye ordered the forward tank group to fire incendiary bombs at the third line of defense occupied by the Germans, which of course served as a light.
"Bumper ...... Bumper ......"
Cabaye's tank striker fired a flurry of incendiary bombs, but the Germans also chose to fire some incendiary bombs and flares at this time, and in an instant a large area of the third line of defense was illuminated as daylight.
The entire tank army of the Soviet army ran a little messily, after all, at night, the armored organization ability of the Soviet army was still not comparable to that of the German army, and the quality of the Soviet army, which had undergone a great purge, was also a mess.
With the help of incendiary bombs and flares, the strikers had already figured out some of the general situation on the third line of defense, which was only equipped with some anti-tank guns, and the number was not particularly large, about fifty or so, but the barrels of these German anti-tank guns were particularly long.
The minimum caliber of the German anti-tank was 75 mm 46 times, this gun was very successful in World War II, and it had a landing angle of 30 degrees at a distance of 1000 m. The armor-piercing power that could penetrate 94mm (3.7 in) armor was considered very satisfactory at the time. If you shoot at vertical armor, the penetration is about 150 and it will blow up any Soviet tank.
"Shoot, quickly destroy the anti-tank guns of the German devils first."
"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"
"Report to Comrade Commander Cabaye, the German devils have deployed about fifty anti-tank guns on the three lines of defense, and the forward troops have launched a decisive charge, asking for immediate reinforcements from the large army."
German artillery and Soviet tank guns fired almost simultaneously, and although the German 75-mm anti-tank guns were powerful, their defense was only a thin steel plate. It can't stop 37 mm. Or a fifty-mm anti-tank gun, and the Soviet army's forward tanks the USSR had twice as many German anti-tank guns.
"Boom...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"
The Soviet tanks were still charging quickly, and the hits of the moving tanks were much worse, just a few tens of seconds. More than fifty Soviet light tanks were destroyed. And half of the German anti-tank guns were destroyed.
A two-to-one loss ratio. It was acceptable to the Germans, it was acceptable to the Soviets, and the commander of the German assault group A was the commander of the Skeleton Army, Ick. The situation at the front line quickly reached Ike's headquarters, but Ike did not let the tanks and artillery groups behind the third line of defense open fire at this point, Ike waited, waited for most of the Soviet armored forces to reach the third line of defense, and then gave them a big meal.
"Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"
The Soviet tanks rushed to a distance of about five hundred meters, and all fifty German anti-tank guns were finally muted, and all of these anti-tank guns were destroyed by the Soviet forward tanks. More than 120 of the more than 100 Soviet tanks were destroyed, and about 30 remained, and these tanks continued to charge at the third line of German defense.
The German 75-mm anti-tank gun is still very powerful, but after all, he needs to meet the needs of the infantry, that is, it must be light, and the weight of the 75-mm anti-tank itself has reached 1,4 tons, in this case, an artillery squad can basically move this gun over a short distance, if you add thick steel plates, there is no way to move at all.
This is the end of sacrificing defense for the sake of power, which can be regarded as a reminder to Li Mo how to achieve a balance between power and defense, and have enough power. To solve this problem, we can only put this gun on the chassis of the No. 4 tank, the chassis of the No. 4 tank weighs more than ten tons, which can completely offset the recoil of this gun, so that the mobility, defense, and firepower have all come up, not to mention that the current No. 4 tank in Germany is not lacking.
If this section of the line was defended by 50 No. 4 self-propelled anti-tank vehicles, the more than 100 light tanks of the Soviet army could only deliver food, and now the result is that all 50 anti-tank guns have been destroyed, and the Soviet army has lost more than 100 taels of tanks.
The remaining Soviet tanks charged at a fast pace, thinking that the German infantry at this time would be lambs to the slaughter, and that more than 30 tanks on their side could easily break through the position defended by the German infantry, which had lost the support of anti-tank guns, and the truth would soon make these arrogant Soviet troops pay the price.
"200 hundred meters."
"Bang bang bang...... Click...... Boom ......"
Soviet tanks kept strafing the German positions with coaxial machine guns, and shells frequently fell on the positions, but in the German positions, except for the burning incendiary bombs and the shattered anti-tank guns, not a single German infantry stuck their heads out of the trenches.
"150 meters."
The Germans did not react, at this time the German infantry were all squatting in the trenches, and there were a large number of "iron fist" hands in the trenches on the outer edge, these Germans did not tremble or tremble at all, but held the iron fist in their hands tightly, and looked at their nearest commander, they were waiting for the commander's order, as long as the commander did not give the order, even if the Soviet tanks rushed over their leader, they would not flee in a hurry, this is discipline and rigor.
Each German company or platoon sent an observer, who could use a small mirror to observe the situation outside the trenches, and of course the small mirror was also the target of machine gun fire from Soviet tanks.
The range of the German "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets had reached one hundred and fifty meters, but the commanders on this line of defense were afraid that the Soviet tanks behind did not enter the firing range, and if the tanks in front were destroyed by the infantry, they would scare them away. So the commander of this trench was waiting for all the remaining thirty-odd tanks of the Soviet army to come into range.
"100 meters."
"80 meters."
"Bang ......"
Three red signal flares rose into the air, this is the order, the "Iron Fist" anti-tank man in the first trench on the third line of defense, suddenly got up, and quickly aimed the Soviet tank close to the foot with the iron fist in his hand, of course, the Soviet tank was still frantically firing blindly at the first trench, and some German "Iron Fist" anti-tank men would also be killed by this blind shooting, of course, there was such a situation, but there would never be many, and the comrades next to the anti-tank fighters killed by the Soviet army would immediately step forward and pick up the "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets on the ground, continuing to aim at the tanks of the Soviet troops.
"Snort...... Sneer...... Boom...... Boom ......"
Hundreds of "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets dragged a long flame towards the Soviet tanks, the least one Soviet tank will be divided into two "Iron Fists", these "Iron Fists" have an armor-piercing ability of about 80 mm, these Soviet light tanks were directly torn off the front armor, and some of the tanks were martyred, and more than 30 Soviet tanks were wiped out in a blink of an eye.
…… (To be continued......)