Back to the front line, the whole noon passed without incident, the engineer unit temporarily made a row of chariot bunkers at the head of the village, Otto deployed all the assault guns into the bunkers, and left four tigers in the village as a counterforce, and the other tigers of the first company were deployed in the bushes by the river outside the village, although the bushes were sparsely wooded, but because the ground was relatively strong because of the storage of roots, the tigers could maneuver more freely in the forest.

The three Tigers directly under the battalion headquarters were placed next to the hydro-powered mill on the other side of the village, so that the fire from the three places would converge on the plain on the other side of the bridge, and the enemy attacking troops would have nowhere to escape.

After completing the deployment, Otto did not sit idle, he began to examine the hardness of the ground to make sure that in those places the chariots could pass through guò. All of this had to be done on foot, and Otto took his staff members on the expedition while detailing the terrain around the village.

In Lin Youde's tactical regulations, field surveys of the land are very important, after all, if the tank gets stuck in the mud, it will lose one of the most important advantages of the tank: mobility. Without mobility, the vehicle may not even be as useful as a perfectly camouflaged defense gun, which is low, difficult to detect, and even more difficult to destroy.

Karius, who in another time and space, believes that the Russian anti-aircraft artillery is a greater threat than the T34 and IS, because it is difficult to find and destroy, and the Tiger King also praised the camouflage technology of the Russians, calling them camouflage masters, "Their anti-aircraft artillery is completely undetectable as long as they do not fire."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a towed artillery battalion arrived in Malinovka, and the battalion commander, claiming that he had received an order from the command to assist in the defense, immediately deployed them to the high ground near the village, from which he began his assault in the morning.

While the ground was busy deploying defenses, the sky was constantly flying by swarms, and the roar of the swarms made the busy infantry and armored soldiers below tense their nerves.

At half past three in the afternoon, two Russian warplanes fired low-altitude fire at the village, only to shoot down one of them by battalion anti-aircraft artillery deployed on high ground.

The appearance of Russian fighters surprised the ground forces very much, after all, many people were attacked by the Russian Air Force for the first time, and the Russians were basically annihilated in the air before, and the task of the Russian Air Force seemed to be desperately blocking the ground attack of the Luftwaffe.

Immediately afterwards, the infantry found a box of American-made chocolates on the wreckage of the crashed plane, and everyone began to talk about the United States' declaration of war on Germany.

Of course, the soldiers who had just witnessed Otto's heroic assault would never have thought that the entry of the Americans into the war would be enough to change the tide of the war, and soon the direction of conversation became "when, where, and how we will land on the American mainland."

Others began to imitate American GIs -- of course, no one had ever seen what American GIs looked like, but everyone was still having a good time.

At four o'clock, the battalion staff officer in charge of the radio found Otto, who had completed most of the land survey and was introducing his commanders to what ground they could walk. Carly Woods.

"Mr. Battalion Commander! The Air Force reported that a group of Russian warriors was advancing towards us, and it would arrive in about ten minutes. In addition, there are about a hundred Russian tanks assembled at sight of us! ”

"All right, gentlemen!" Otto put away the map, "The tough battle is coming, get back to your chariots!" The Russian warriors have been fighting for a day, they must be very tired, and the condition of the armor will not be too good, let's give them a head-on blow! ”

"What about the chariots?" Someone asked.

Otto just shrugged his shoulders.

At this time, the artillery battalion on the high ground opened fire, and presumably their battalion headquarters was in contact with the air force air control planes, and was shelling the enemy concentration areas observed by the air force.

Although this is only a light artillery battalion with only towed 105 guns, it is still nice to be able to cause some problems for the Russians.

Amid the constant firing of the artillery battalion, the soldiers ran to their posts.

Otto climbed into the Tiger's turret, and his crew was already in position.

"Cheer up, this time it's Zhan Ji who is facing him, and at least three shots hit one."

"Do you look down on me," said the gunner, with a disgruntled tone, "I can make two hits in four shots." ”

The driver immediately said: "You just say that it would be good if you just said that one of the two shots, haven't you studied mathematics, and the denominator numerator should be removed from the common divisor." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't attended a public class taught by Mr. Lin, but my son probably knows that."

Otto was a little lamented for a moment that he commanded so many soldiers who were bigger than him.

"Hey battalion commander," the gunner turned the subject to Otto, "haven't you thought about getting a child in the rear before going to battle?" What a pity if you die like this......"

"Why is every one of my gunners a rapper?"

Otto's words caused a burst of laughter in the car's communications.

"I'm sorry sir," the gunner changed his tone, "I just think it's ......"

"The enemy has appeared!" Otto shouted, "Straight ahead, over the top of the mountain pack!" ”

"I saw it!" The gunner also shouted, "Conventional Russian army Zhanji armor, watch my first hit!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the cannon roared, and the dust from the muzzle whirlwind and the smoke from the burning of gunpowder occupied a small half of Otto's field of vision.

Otto saw through the telescope that sparks were flying on the outer armor of the enemy's battle princess, and the runes on the armor suddenly increased in brightness.

"Hit! Hahahaha! Again! ”

"Reload the Near Bomb!"

"Don't worry about the battalion commander, I can hit another AP!"

If the armor-piercing bullet (AP) hits directly, the mental pressure on Zhan Ji is actually higher than that of using a close bomb, the problem is that if the armor-piercing bullet does not hit, it will not produce any pressure at all, and if you pursue suppressing the spirit of Zhan Ji, it is naturally more reliable to continuously launch close bombs. However, if the gunner has a self-credit AP that hits consistently, then it is obviously better to use the AP.

At the same time that the AP of the Otto car hit again, a large number of close bombs fell around the target.

The next moment, a number of Russian warrior armor appeared in Otto's field of vision, and they jumped high and crossed the high ground.

"A large number of enemy warriors! Units are free to fire! Take the suppression of the enemy's spirit as the primary goal! Fire! ”

After Otto finished speaking, he threw down the radio microphone, and at this time, the Russian artillery fire attacked the German defense troops, and at the same time, the German artillery on the high ground behind Otto also began to fire flat, and for a while, the artillery rumbled on the plain where there was still snow, and there was a hideous fire and death everywhere.