The sudden appearance of a huge Soviet tank cluster near Losino-Petrovsky also startled Major General Su Y, who was in charge of commanding 67 Panther tanks to cover the "Tan-Annihilation Formation." No matter how awesome his Panthers are, they can't stand up to the overwhelming Soviet tanks! If he is broken through by Lao Maozi's tanks here, then the entire 2nd Panzer Army will not be able to eat and go around! After cursing Trotsky in his heart, our Major General Su Da quickly made adjustments, and ordered the 67 Panthers under his command to also open a horizontal formation, but they were facing north and south to protect the flanks of the "Tan Annihilation Horizontal Formation", and at the same time ordered an Panzergrenadier Regiment temporarily assigned to him to also set up all the anti-tank weapons and prepare for a battle to the death. The sound of "boom boom" shelling soon rang out, and as soon as the 67 Black Panther tanks adjusted their formation, they began to fire at Soviet tanks 2,000 meters away with their 75mm main guns of 70 times the caliber. The firepower of the Panther tanks is not vegetarian, and even at a distance of 2,000 meters, no Soviet tank can withstand their blows. After a few rounds of shelling, dozens of blazing "torches" were added to the battlefield.

"Quick, reload!" Artillery Liu Wantian and Wang Qing of the 192nd Regiment of the 64th Infantry Division jointly carried a 75mm recoilless gun, and led three loaders to rush into an artillery fire point located at the front line, mounted the recoilless gun weighing 87 kg including the gun mount, and aimed it at the front of the nearest Soviet T-28/1935 tank. "He's ***, eat Lao Tzu!" As the backbone of artillery fire at the regimental level of infantry of the Wehrmacht. The armor-piercing ability of this Model 1933 75mm recoilless gun is actually not weak, and it can penetrate a homogeneous steel plate of 500mm at a right angle to 95 meters at a distance! The T-28/1935 tank, which was used against the Soviets, seemed to be slightly inadequate - if the Soviets had produced their tanks in strict accordance with the design requirements and had not cut corners.

But the problem is. The industrial capacity of the Soviet Union has long been unable to support this large-scale world war, so they can only use the method of sacrificing quality and quantity to make up the numbers with shoddy weapons. For example, the armor steel used in the T-28/1935 tanks now on the Losino-Petrovsky battlefield is ordinary, well, poor-quality hot-rolled steel sheets, not case-hardened steel sheets on paper. The consequence, of course, is a significant reduction in the actual level of protection. According to post-war studies, the actual protection capability of Soviet tanks during this period decreased by more than 25 percent compared with the design! That is, the upper part of the front of the T-28/1935 tank body was 70mm armor steel. At most, it is equivalent to 52.5mm armor steel, even if it is arranged at a 55-degree oblique angle, it cannot withstand the bombardment of the Chinese army's 75mm recoilless gun within 500 meters.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a T-28/1935 tank burst into flames.

"Come again!" Seeing his own recoilless cannon table xiàn brave. Liu Wantian's momentum immediately rose. Wait until the shells are loaded. He aimed at a Su-76 attack gun at a greater distance. This artillery is actually the Russian version of the Stalker, which was originally equipped with a 75mm anti-tank gun, and now it has been replaced by a Russian 76.2mm anti-tank gun, which is also a little larger, but the armor is not thickened, only a pitiful 55mm, considering the quality of Soviet armor steel, this Russian Stalker is really not very durable. "Boom, boom, boom." It's the same as Liu Wantian's artillery crew. On the battlefield, the artillery crews of the recoilless gun batteries of the various Chinese infantry regiments now have the opportunity to show their might. In the past two years. Where do they guys who play recoilless guns have a chance to hit tanks? The Russians had few tanks on the Eastern Front, and there were also air force planes and armored tanks and tanks that were grabbing business, and it was not their turn to fight without recoil. "Reload, reload, hurry up and reload, what are you doing in a daze?" Liu Wantian is getting more and more excited...... It's not a big talk for the country and the nation, the Chinese National Defense Force in this era has clear rewards and punishments! Every time they defeat a tank by these recoilless artillery crews, it is a real great credit, as mentioned above, these feats can be exchanged for houses and land after the war!

In the blink of an eye, Liu Wantian's artillery crew killed four more Soviet tanks. By the time he urged the loader to reload, his good fortune had already come to an end. The bravery of the Chinese infantry's anti-tank fire had already attracted the attention of the Soviet commanders, who had already jumped to their feet and ordered the tanks to stop and bombard with their main guns to cover the infantry charge to seize the Chinese positions. But aren't they ineffective in command now? There is no radio communication, and the only way to rely on horseback communication soldiers to run around on such a large battlefield is to transmit orders, and the efficiency is naturally not ideal, otherwise how could a recoilless gun crew kill 6 tanks!?

If this recoilless gun had been so good all the time, the tank would have been eliminated a long time ago!

"Ulla! Ulla! ”

Eventually, some of the Soviet infantry reacted, jumped out of the tanks and trucks, and began to charge with rifles loaded with bayonets. However, at this time, the infantry cooperation dragged on again, and when the Soviet infantry charged, most of their tanks and assault artillery did not open fire in time to suppress the fire on the Chinese position.

Instead, the Soviet tanks and artillery on the south side of the Losino-Petrovsky battlefield began to turn to the right - because their flanks were being attacked by 67 Panthers under the command of Su Y, and the Panthers were much more efficient at fighting tanks than recoilless guns - so the right wing of the Soviet tank cluster could not wait for Konev's order and began to turn right to exchange fire with the Chinese Panthers. However, as soon as they turned, they exposed their weak flank armor to the recoilless guns of the Chinese infantry, and as a result, they were immediately caught in the blow of the Chinese crossfire.

Some of the Soviet tanks in the middle of the Losino-Petrovsky battlefield began to reverse one after another, because in addition to the more than a dozen 75mm recoilless guns of the Chinese army in front of them, an artillery battalion with 18 75mm anti-tank guns had also arrived. Compared to recoilless guns, these anti-tank guns are more powerful against tanks, and suddenly set off a storm of steel on the battlefield that can destroy tanks! The Soviet tanks that were attacked head-on did not wait for the order from above, and they drove up and reversed one after another, but the tanks behind them were still charging at full speed, and the two collided together, and there was chaos all of a sudden.

However, the Soviet tank cluster on the northern road of the Losino-Petrovsky battlefield has been lucky enough to break through the first line of defense of the Chinese army! It turned out that the place where they attacked was the junction of the 22nd and 23rd armies of the Chinese army, and the defense was somewhat loose. However, after breaking through the first line of defense of the Chinese army, these Soviet tanks did not turn right to attack the flank of the 22nd Army of the Chinese army, but continued to move forward to attack the reserve positions of the Chinese army. As a result, it was a regiment with a regiment of the 66th Division of the Chinese Army and an anti-tank artillery battalion that had just arrived there.

The whole battlefield is completely in chaos!

The Soviet tank cluster can be said to have completely lost its effective command, and can only rely on instinct to fight with the opponent on the battlefield, and their tank cluster assault soon turned into a chaotic melee.

"Send a flare, all right turn and assault!" Fortunately, Konev did not forget what his mission was, it was pointless to entangle with the Chinese infantry, and there was no need to break through the reserve positions of the Chinese army - even if it did, it would be useless, and the Chinese army would soon put in reserves, including armored units, to fill the gap. Now, striking at the flanks of the Chinese army's armored clusters is the top priority, otherwise they will fall short when they adjust their formation. So in the case of ineffective command, he had to order everyone to turn right. And this order to turn right and assault all has caused new chaos.

First of all, the southern road of the Soviet tank cluster has completed the right turn and began to attack the flank of the Chinese armored group. So the order to turn right meant nothing to them, so they carried out the order of assault, and less than 200 tanks and artillery were accompanied by tens of thousands of infantry, and they did not form any formation, and began to charge in a hurry.

The original middle lane also began to turn right after seeing the signal flare, but the Soviet generals who were responsible for commanding this road were relatively calm, and did not let his subordinates shout Ula to fight the Banzai charge as soon as his head was hot, but decided to divide the troops into two parts, and the infantry went to confront the infantry on the Chinese position, attracting their firepower to cover the flanks of the tank cluster, and the tank group began to reorganize the formation and form a wedge-shaped assault formation before the assault, but it would take a lot of time, There was no way to form a continuous onslaught with the tanks that had already begun to charge on the southern route.

As for the northern route, which was progressing most smoothly, after receiving this order, he hurriedly turned around and began to attack the flank of the first line of defense of the 22nd Chinese Army, while exposing his flank to the anti-tank guns in the reserve positions of the Chinese army. For a time, the fiercest melee broke out around the entire Losino-Petrovsky battlefield.

For the Chinese army at this time, the most tight was undoubtedly the flank of the 22nd Army, Wei Lihuang had received a strict order from Li Zongren to hold his position no matter what, so he had to take all the troops who could go to the front line to fill in, and temporarily built a thin defensive line on the right side of the 22nd Army. Engage in a bloody battle with the Russian army with recoilless guns and anti-tank grenade launchers!

And the southern road of the Losino-Petrovsky battlefield, where Su Y's Panther tanks were responsible for defense, presented the opposite picture, and the Soviet tanks began to suffer merciless slaughter! (To be continued......)