Theodore Ike's unit lived up to its name as the "Skeleton" division, and a battalion of infantry in the assault did not take into account more than a third of the casualties after a heavy artillery attack, leaving a small number of sanitary soldiers to care for the wounded, while the rest of the infantry continued to advance in the direction of the Red Army position. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This mechanized infantry was the force of the "Skeleton" Division to cover the tank regiment in front of the attack, and the original position was slightly behind the tank regiment, but after the tank unit was entangled by the 14th Tank Division, the position of the infantry overtook the tanks. Because the tank troops in front of the assault were entangled, Theodore Ike urgently ordered the main force of the division headquarters to reinforce and destroy this tank force that was obviously a "death squad" as quickly as possible.

The three tank regiments of the "Skeleton" Division, all equipped with the new long-barreled No. 4 tank, gained the advantage of tank battle after half an hour of fierce fighting, and at this time the remaining Red Army tanks chose to retreat.

"Our tanks are coming down, and eight T34s are coming towards us from the front of the left flank."

"Company commander, German tanks were found, the number was about fifty, SS black livery, 1600 meters away!"

"Attention all, artillery bombardment at 1500 meters, maximum rate of fire!"

According to the report of the barn observation post, the German tank outpost was about to appear in front of Yakov and others - the boys of the self-propelled cannon were confident that they would hit the target at the maximum firing distance, and half a year of hard training was not a hundred flowers - Zhugashvili's subordinates were confident that they were the best assault artillerymen!

"German tanks, 1550 meters away!"

The black SS tank crossed a gentle slope, and the gun commander Pavel had already put the cross in the sight scope on the leading German tank, carefully calculating the amount of advance: no one would compete with the company commander's gun commander in the car, and the lead tank was Pavel's!

"Attention all, maximum rate of fire, put!"

A violent roar sounded from the position, the muzzle storm blew the grass in front of the position to the west, and the armor-piercing shells whistled towards the German tanks - and the blocking battle broke out.

"Hit!" Pavel pulled down the running bolt with his hand, his eyes did not take off the direct sight, and when he returned to the high and low plane with his right hand, he shouted: The German tank he was aiming at just now emitted a puff of smoke, which is considered reimbursement!

"Bang", "Reloaded, blunt-headed armor-piercing bullet!" ”。

The first round of shelling of 11 SU-12s reimbursed 9 German tanks No. 4, and one became a lame monster - the boys did not fall into Yakov's name, and the first round of shelling dealt the fascists a blow to the head!

Without wasting a single moment, Pavel worked with both hands, re-aimed a German tank in just a second, and pressed the firing button! (Generally, anti-tank guns use pull-fire fire, but when mounted on self-propelled guns or tanks, they use a firing knob or firing lever.) ）

"Hit!"

At this time, the tanks of the Germans also opened fire, and the shells whistled and flew towards the positions of the self-propelled guns of the Red Army! The dirt was splashed everywhere, the lads didn't bother to pay attention, and all their attention and passion were on the goal!

"Number 9 was hit!"

Yakov just glanced at tank No. 9, 20 meters to the right, where already comrades were running towards the burning self-propelled guns.

The artillery battle continued, explosions and black smoke all around, and the violent explosion of shells made the soldiers' ears buzz, and the splashed earth smashed on the heads of the soldiers!

"Hit hard!"

At this time, several T34s in front of the left, which were still retreating just now, put up the forward gear again and rushed straight towards the German tanks!

There was a fire in the grove - Alexander fired! A platoon on covert standby fired a salvo from the flanks to make four German tanks explode and set on fire!

"Just in time! Well played! ”

The machine guns of the reconnaissance battalion also howled at this time, emitting a continuous sound of fire, and the dense bullets harvested the lives of the surviving tank men.

"Company commander, 800 meters on the left flank, the infantry of the Germans!"

"Leave him alone! Just hit the tank! ”

As long as the tanks are dragged on the plain, it is impossible for the exposed infantry to break through the defensive troops of the position - those Maxims are not vegetarians! It's closer, and there are hundreds of Bobosha waiting for them!

In just 3 minutes of artillery battle, more than half of the German tanks were destroyed before they could enter the position of their own artillery 700 meters, and the plain was full of burning black German tanks, while Yakov's side lost only 4 of them! It would be thankless to attack an anti-tank gun position with some cover without artillery fire preparation and support!

"The Germans retreated!" Pavel saw that the German tanks were in reverse gear and retreated, and he said in his mouth, without any ambiguity in his hands - another armor-piercing bullet accurately hit the target!

The biggest feature of the SU-12 is the artillery bombardment, which can give you three or five rounds before the Germans have enough return fire! As long as you don't get a direct hit in the battle room, the people inside will be fine - Yakov won the first round!

At this very moment, two companies of reinforcements from the rear also came up, running to reinforce - when they learned that the Yakov front was about to be attacked by the Germans (the division headquarters understood this when they let the first regiment retreat). The command urgently sent two infantry companies that were closest and had not yet reached the front line to support: the division headquarters did not want Comrade Stalin's son to be left without backup!

Seeing several mortars in the hands of the new infantry comrades, Yakov shouted at the infantry: "Fire at the German infantry on the left flank!" ”

The German infantry is being pinned down on the plain and cannot move, which will give them a shell just right! Yakov's remaining cannons had to deal with the retreating German tanks, it was impossible to turn the muzzle, the tank was more important!

As soon as several mortar gunners saw this posture, they didn't even pay attention to the sights, and the small 50mm mortar in their hands was thrown to the ground, and one of the two sub-shooters on the side handed him a shell, and the other neatly put the ammunition box on the ground on his back, and quickly lined up the shells in the right hand position of the shooter!

There is no need for sights, no brackets, just a small base attached to the barrel, and the shooter fires it with experience - the 50-mm shell is not very powerful, but the rate of fire of three "little guys" can fire more than 25 shells in the next minute of operation by three skilled gunners!

A small mortar shell smashed into the head of the German infantry 800 meters away, and the dense explosion drove the prostrate SS to the ground - God knows how many mortars the Russians had, and if they were exposed to this plain, they would be waiting for death: throwing shells on the head, and the machine gun bullets whistling against the scalp still burrowed into the grass in front of them, this is not a pleasant feeling!

Standing up will be beaten, but it is better than lying on your stomach and waiting to die, and the nerve-wrenching SS will not be able to bear it, so they will run backwards - the result of this withdrawal can only be that more people will become corpses at the guns of Maxim!

Theodore Eck was stunned, and the SS lieutenant general was furious after receiving the report on the situation at the front! He was taken by surprise under a completely advantageous situation, and the culprit could only be blamed for the crippled SS troops themselves! - They were so fast that the artillery that followed in the rear had not yet had time to set up positions and could not support the attacking forward with artillery fire!

Yakov looked at the situation with a telescope, there were 37 burning German tanks, of which about 30 were the credit of his own company!

"Tell the reconnaissance battalion to dig the fortifications quickly, the German shelling will be there in a while!" Yakov knew in his heart that there was a lot of luck in the victory just now, otherwise a single large-caliber shell would have caused heavy losses to his own position.

"Company commander, we lost four vehicles, 9 were killed, 4 were seriously wounded, and three were slightly injured and still able to fight." The chief of affairs ran over to report that there were large blood stains on his body: "The wounded have been carried down, the cannon of No. 7 can still be used, and I and the lightly injured comrades will operate it." ”

Yakov nodded, jumped out of the car and went to carry the shells from the ammunition truck behind him. A tank soldier came running over, it was a second lieutenant: "Comrade captain, we will take your command, we still have 6 T34s, but there are not many shells, can you give us some?" ”

"Sasha, transport the rest of the car to the comrades of the tank unit."

"Yes, company commander." The driver of the ammunition truck replied loudly: The logistics detachment of the first regiment has not yet come up, and even if it arrives, it must be used as infantry, and the regiment is almost exhausted, otherwise the second lieutenant would not have given Yakov command of the remaining tanks - the commanders of the higher ranks of the first regiment have already died in their steel chariots!

The guns used by the SU-2 self-propelled cannon and the T34 belong to the same family, although there are slight differences, but the ammunition is common - this is very, good for logistics and production efficiency.

Theodore Ike will not rush forward regardless of casualties no matter how "indomitable" he is - he is a butcher, but not an idiot! The rear artillery was urgently ordered to set up artillery positions and to make contact with the Fifth Air Force of Air Force Admiral 1st Class Hans-Jürgen-Stumpf to call for ground support.

The high-speed assault of the "Skeleton" Division caused itself a small trouble, but it gave the 14th Tank Division precious respite -- those Krupp 105-mm and 150-mm howitzers of the Germans could not be built by establishing positions, and it took more than an hour to dig the foundation as if the place was chosen and the artillerymen played with their lives!

For more than an hour, the commanders and fighters of the 14th Tank Division were not idle - the entire division was basically deployed, and Yakov and his comrades in the infantry at the front also strengthened their positions for a round! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )