Chapter 629: The Tank in the Wind
On the plains, because the terrain is flat, there is no shelter, and the wind blows unscrupulously, and the whistling wind can cover many sounds, so the faint sound of the wind is also ignored by many people.
Zhang Danian's words did not attract the attention of his comrades-in-arms, but after the old squad leader also said the same thing, everyone had to pay attention to it, and there was a popular proverb in the army: Those who ignore the advice of veterans are equivalent to ignoring their own lives. The experience of veterans is summed up with countless blood and lives, and their words often represent the true meaning of life on the battlefield, if you want to live well then it is best to pay attention to their opinions, which is why the sergeants and sergeant majors in each army are regarded as the backbone in the Chinese National Defense Force.
"Alright, let's stop talking! In the new year, you should immediately go and tell the company commander, and the big man, you and the bolt go to the anti-artillery hole to drag the anti-tank gun out, and if there is no enemy situation, we should all conduct a morning drill. ”
Here, the words of the old squad leader are authority, and everyone acts separately after hearing the order. Soon, the company commander also received a report and came to the position, and the sky was still gray on the 1st of the strong wind.
"Old Wei, what's wrong!" The company commander came to the old squad leader's side and asked with a frown.
The old squad leader hurriedly said: "Tell me about the main seat, a soldier in our squad heard the sound of the tank, so he woke me up, and just now I also faintly heard the sound of the tank from the wind, so I asked someone to call you." ”
"Tank sounds?" The company commander looked ahead in confusion, it was still dark and he couldn't see anything clearly, and the wind was too loud at this time, masking a lot of sounds, and it was not easy to hear the sound of the tank from the wind.
The company commander, a young man of about twenty-three or fourteen years old who had just graduated from the Chahar Army Academy, thought for a moment and ordered: "Artillery squad, fire three flares at the place three thousand meters ahead." ”
"Knock knock knock ......" The company commander's order was quickly executed, and three flares rose into the air, with the dazzling light of the flares, the faces of everyone on the position, including the company commander, changed, although the light emitted by the flares was only less than ten seconds, but the black shadows that were rushing towards the position in the distance told everyone one thing unmistakably, that is, the enemy came up! And also a large number of armored armies.
"Woooooooooo......oo 7 The terrible enemy attack alarm sounded on the position, and the whole position was like boiling oil sprinkled with a handful of salt in an instant, and countless soldiers emerged from their respective anti-artillery holes and communication trenches, and flares were lit up one after another in front of the position, illuminating the scale of five kilometers in front of the position.
Seeing that flares were lit up one after another in front of the position, the Soviet commander on the opposite side also knew that his actions had been revealed, so he also changed the sneak attack to a strong attack, and the tank cluster in front immediately accelerated and rushed towards the Wehrmacht's position.
The Soviet Army led the way with the Soviet Army's 17th Tank Division, which was equipped with the Soviet Army's latest 7476 tank, which was a 76.2mm F-34 main gun with a primary armament, two 7.62DPD seven machine guns and a maximum speed of 55 kilometers per hour. Its biggest feature is that it is simple to produce and the most advantageous in price.
"The second and third regiments speed up and rush forward, and the first regiment is connected to the distance and is ready for reinforcements at any time." Major General Mazilov, commander of the 17th Tank Division of the Soviet Army, stood on a 734 command tower and followed closely in the center of the army, holding a communicator in his hand.
At this time, the Soviet armored army did not equip all tanks with valuable radios at the beginning, although the commanders of the Soviet armored corps also realized the importance of equipping the tanks with radios, but the rush of time and the suddenness of the war, their radios were only equipped to the company level, and many times orders had to be conveyed by traditional flags.
As a dense stream of Soviet tanks appeared in front of the position, the roar of thought could clearly reach the ears of the Wehrmacht soldiers from so far away. The steel monsters roared and slammed towards the Wehrmacht position, exhaust fumes from the exhaust pipes that filled the air over the entire formation, as if a light cyan mist had suddenly risen.
"Damn, there are at least three hundred tanks in front."
The number of tanks seen through the telescope made Zeng Li'an a little frightened.
The 103rd Infantry Division, as the first three division-level armies that followed Su Tong, was not as famous as the 101st Armored Division and the 102nd Mechanical Infantry Division, and there were very few reports on them in the domestic media on weekdays. Sun Liren and Hu Lian, who were the old masters of the 101st and 102nd Divisions, had already paid homage to the generals and each assumed the command of a group army group, but the commander of the 103rd Division was still the unknown Zeng Li'an.
Some people may underestimate Zeng Li'an and his 103rd Division because of this, but those who know the inside story will never think so, in fact, this is a combat army with very strong combat effectiveness, Su Tong's attention to Zeng Li'an and his 103rd Division has never stopped, and this army also enjoys the priority of new equipment.
Zeng Li'an set up the telescope and coldly said, "Order the artillery to start firing the interception barrage!" ”
"Boom, boom...."
At this time, the Soviet artillery also began to shoot cover, and now the sky is not yet dawn, and the observation planes of the Huaxia Wehrmacht have not been able to take off, which is also a rare opportunity.
"Boom...," there was a loud bang, and a huge crater appeared in front of the Wehrmacht position, and a machine gun that was originally there, along with two shooters and ammunitionmen, had already formed a cloud of blood in an instant, which was the masterpiece of the Soviet army's 152mm howitzer.
"Artillery fire returns, hurry up and return fire!"
"Fire, fire!"
The 734 tank was very fast, and it quickly rushed to 500 meters in front of the position of the Wehrmacht at full speed, and the F-34 tank gun equipped with the tank also began to pour out tongues of fire.
More than 300 tanks quickly covered the frontal position of the 103rd Division, and many soldiers had never seen such a large armored cluster thrown into battle at the same time, and more than 300 tanks rushed forward in a neat formation, and the frontal impact was five kilometers wide, which made all the Wehrmacht officers and soldiers who saw this scene speechless in surprise.
The Wehrmacht soldiers stood in the trenches and stared at the spectacle in front of them, and the sight almost made them forget that they were in battle, and that the tanks lined up were there to break through their positions and kill them.
"The Russians are so crazy that they dare to send a whole division of armored troops to attack our positions, and they don't know that at dawn these tanks will all be exposed under our artillery fire and planes?" Zeng Li'an gritted his teeth and grabbed Hotline.
"Master Yu, I'm Zeng Li'an, Lao Maozi started, they began to attack us. Yes, these old men are going to be desperate, they have put in more than 300 tanks, I estimate that there are at least two infantry divisions behind them, and I ask the heavy artillery division to intercept and shoot. Yes, tanks here are everywhere, what, our flanks are also attacked by Soviet infantry? Okay, I got it, yes! Be sure to intercept the enemy at the front of the position! ”
"Boom, boom...," an inexhaustible number of shells fell in the attacking formation of the Soviet tanks, raising huge fireballs, and occasionally after the Soviet tanks were hit, the tanks that were shot stopped in place as if they were suddenly punched by a charging man, and then puffs of black-brown smoke rose up, and some were hit by armor-piercing shells in the ammunition compartment, and a cloud of shining salutes would rise.
At this time, the positions of the 103rd Division were also bombarded by Soviet artillery fire, and the soldiers were all squatting in the trenches and covering their ears with their hands to prevent their eardrums from being damaged by the shock wave and explosion of the shells.
If you don't take precautions, the violent explosion and air pressure of the shells on the position can tear the eardrums of the soldiers, and the internal organs of the soldiers who have no experience in anti-artillery will also be killed. The shockwave from the explosion carried countless pieces of steel like a violent wind across the entire position, blowing away everything that was not fixed to the ground, and dozens of pieces of metal capable of killing were pierced into the chest wall of the bunker on each side that was within the scale of destruction.
The Wehrmacht soldiers covered their ears tightly with their hands and inhaled as wide as possible after opening their mouths as much as possible, as instructed by their instructors, which could effectively alleviate the damage caused to them by the sound waves and air pressure of the explosion.
"Enter the firing position, everyone is ready!" At this moment, the voices of the main seats rose from the battlefield.
The soldiers hurriedly entered their respective firing positions, and boxes of grenades were also moved out of the anti-artillery holes and delivered to the soldiers, who put the grenades within their reach, and unscrewed the caps of the grenades around them while watching the tanks rushing towards them.
No one wants to be killed by the enemy first because they don't have time to unscrew the lid when the enemy rushes in front of them, and this way of death is too embarrassing.
"Click!" As the first soldier to discover the enemy's attack just now, Zhang Danian also clutched the Type 5 or 6 rifle in his hand at this time, lying in the bunker he had dug a long time ago, ready to fire at any time at the order of the main seat