Chapter 19: Steel Collides

The anti-tank artillery group in the vicinity was collectively killed, and Lynn, who was deeply shocked, realized that the tanks at the head of the enemy platoon had advanced to a place close to the German front-line position, and to the left flank of his defense line was about 600 to 700 meters in a straight line, and was already within the effective range of the 75-mm anti-tank gun attack on the T-34. This 75mm gun of your own side hit the opponent first, but unfortunately, it was not a T-34 but an IS-2 with a tiger brain, one of the most rough-skinned steel monsters on the battlefield on the Eastern Front!

Before the white-painted Soviet heavy tank ran over its trench, a two-man German anti-tank combat team ambushed in a foxhole in front of it suddenly got up and fired rockets at the side armor of the IS-2 with shielded "tank killers". With the excellent position and the sudden attack, the several Soviet tanks and combat infantry that followed closely behind had no time to react, and they could only watch as this low-cost infantry weapon instantly blew through the armor on the side of the "Jumbo" turret. The explosion that occurred inside the tank was like throwing a firecracker in an iron can, and the hull of more than 40 tons also shook violently in the explosion, and the steel hatch used to close the hatch was immediately rushed away, and the once invincible cannon hung its head weakly, and black smoke poured out of the muzzle through the chamber of the cannon that had not yet been closed.

Witnessing the destruction of the number one "thug" in the enemy's formation, Lynn's mind suddenly popped up with the words "killing to pay for life", "evil will be rewarded", "the wife and daughter of the silver man will be silver", but in fact, if you think about it carefully, the strength and weakness on the battlefield are clearly like the real society, the strong have their own reasons for being strong, but there will be retribution for bullying the weak without leaving any room. This is also a profound lesson for German policymakers, the German army invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, and if the country had taken advantage of the country's fierce internal contradictions, treated and united with the enemy's internal opponents, the war would not have been fought to this point!

Killing the Soviet heavy tanks was a great achievement, and the "tank killer" bazooka used by individual soldiers could also be easily reloaded on the battlefield, but under the frenzied retaliation of enemy fire, the two German infantrymen who had just performed well were completely suppressed in the foxhole, not to mention looking for an opportunity to attack again. Lynn couldn't see the specific situation inside the foxhole, only to see the machine gun bullets sweeping mud and debris on the edge of the foxhole, and the Soviet infantry also threw two grenades, but fortunately did not throw them directly into the foxhole. Even so, the strong concussion of a grenade when it explodes at close range can cause great damage to the human body.

No one with a blood surname would have watched their comrades suffer, and the German soldiers on the forward positions tried their best to cover their infantry anti-tank battle groups despite the heavy direct fire of the Soviet attacking forces. Machine gun bullets swept densely at the Soviet infantry, and two "Doll" heavy tank rocket launchers were fired from the second line of trenches, but due to the distance and the fact that the Soviet tanks were on the move, they only hit the target with one shot, and it seemed that they failed to hang up the Soviet tanks directly.

Looking at the battlefield, since both Tiger tanks were on the right flank of the German front, the fire from that side was more ferocious, while on the left flank of the line, which was the side where Lynn was located, the defenders' fire was a little silent after the opponent bombed off an anti-tank gun. However, as two assault guns circled the rear of the village and reached the left flank, the situation on this side changed. In terms of appearance, both assault guns had closed hulls, one of which was slightly larger and the other was slightly smaller, the larger one had steel petticoats on the sides, and the smaller one had a relatively simple appearance and a slightly inferior barrel length. They crept back to the left side of the German trench along the edge of the smoke and drove directly over the lateral trench. The slightly larger one stopped first, and after very quick adjustments, fired diagonally at a Soviet tank in front of the position. The smaller car, like a player on a football field, drove past its companion quickly, and after more than 20 meters in front, it turned and stopped in a nice small radius.

It's too late, it's too soon. A T-34 seemed to have noticed the two opponents coming along the left flank, and it drove out of the fog head-on. From Lynn's point of view, the T-34 was just facing the assault gun in front, while the assault gun in the back could find an opportunity to attack the flank of the Soviet tank, but the attack angle was small, and it was difficult to kill the enemy with one shot.

Rumble......

With the bullet loaded, the German assault gun in front of it quickly opened fire. Visually inspecting the distance, Lynn was surprised to find that it was only about 300 meters away from the Soviet T-34. Not counting the movies he had seen before, it was the first time he had seen two chariots fighting each other at such close range!

I have the impression that the German No. 3 assault gun, equipped with a 48 times diameter 75 mm gun, can completely penetrate the frontal armor of the T-34 at such a distance, but this is only paper data, and the armor of different parts of the front of a tank is also different. Looking at this strange scene, Lynn suddenly wondered: Could it be that his assault gunner miscalculated the parameters and sent the shells flying?

If Lynn had asked the gunner in the No. 3 assault gun in person, he would probably pat his thigh and tell Lynn that the TMD was a bit high, and the armor-piercing shell had ricocheted on the turret of the T-34!

If it flies, it flies, and there is no such thing as an if. In the face of the enemy's "benevolence", the Soviet tank men were not relentless, and with a slight turn of the muzzle, they opened fire on the ground.

Hitting a cannonball off the ground at 300 metres could be like missing a shot from the edge of the six-yard box, which is not a rare player in any league, and it would be a bit harsh to belittle the Soviet gunners. Whether it was nervousness, excitement or something else, their shell didn't hit the target - the players regretted it when they were on the field, and the biggest psychological stimulus was the fans who watched the game enthusiastically, apart from the goalkeeper and coach.

In the past, Lynn liked to play and watch football, but he didn't dare to call himself a true fan. I have been playing for a long time in the national team, and I rarely stay up late to watch the foreign clubs I support play, and I haven't played two serious games since leaving the university campus. However, there is an essential difference between the battlefield in front of you and the stadium, if you lose, you have no chance to start over, and you can't wait to queue up and leave the stadium like a fan.

The head-on collision between Soviet tanks and German assault guns was certainly very exciting, but at this time, as a dedicated soldier of the "Nordic" division, Lynn still turned his head to look at the side of the Soviet infantry that had been outflanked before, and their figures did not appear again for the time being.

In the blink of an eye, the situation on the battlefield has undergone subtle changes: on the left side of the front-line position, in addition to the T-34 that turned from the previous one, two tanks of the same model in the Soviet camp turned around and rushed to support. In an unfavorable situation, the second German assault gun was finally hit in one shot, and the 75-mm armor-piercing shell hit the side of the T-34 cab and formed a penetration, which immediately abolished its power longitudinal system. After only a few seconds of adjustment, the first smaller assault gun opened fire again, and hit the T-34 that came to support it very accurately. The point of impact was also the front of the tank, and this time luck was on the side of the Germans, and the Soviet tank quickly stopped smoking and stopped. Three to two instantly turned into one to two, and the third T-34 quickly came to a "short stop shooting", although the action was hasty, but the gunner still played at the level he should have, the armor-piercing shell hit the right side of the German second assault gun, and the violent explosion instantly pushed it diagonally back half a meter. However, under the favor of Lady Luck, the German assault gun was only traumatized from the outside, and judging from its action of turning the direction of the left track and firing quickly, the internal personnel and main equipment must have not suffered fatal damage.

Another German assault gun was reloaded at lightning speed, and it was once again successful in challenging the T-34's armor from the front - in fact, the wounded assault gun's last shell had already hit its frontal body. Two consecutive 75 mm caliber armor-piercing shells finally caused this famous car of the Eastern Front to explode and catch fire, and in the smoke and flames, several Soviet tankers crawled out of the hatch in panic to escape, but none of them escaped the German machine gun bullets.