The little monk was able to rub his dry eyes, he was so tired, he had only slept an average of three or four hours a day these days, and the high-intensity work made him feel astringent. In the past few days, he has been nesting on the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle almost every day, practicing driving, shooting, and the command operation of a mechanized infantry company.

For a young monk with a low level of education, this kind of training is quite difficult, and every day he holds a Russian dictionary to read the product manual, study new tactics, and figure out the principles of the engine and gearbox. This is quite difficult for a person who has just learned Russian for less than three years.

Some comrades who went to Russia to study with the little monk Nengzhi have given up and honestly become real infantrymen, in their words, where did we come from the mechanized infantry in China, and learning the infantry tactics of the big brother is the most practical and effective.

But the little monk can disagree with this statement, he thinks that this is the fear of difficulties is to make excuses for himself to be lazy. Huaxia is backward and has no mechanized troops for the time being, but the little monk can hold that there will not be no mechanized troops forever. One day China will build up its own armored forces, which is the general trend. In order to avoid detours in the future, then comrades like him who came to study in the USSR had to prepare in advance, and now that there is an opportunity, why not study? This kind of opportunity to learn both theory and actual combat test is too rare, how can it be wasted.

Anyway, the little monk will not give up if he can hold it, he is stunned to get in, from a layman who knows nothing about physics and machinery to a master of mechanical maintenance, and even the mechanic of the big brother is amazed by his craftsmanship.

The unit to which the monk was located was reorganized into mechanized infantry, equipped with MT-LB tracked transport vehicles and BTR-43 wheeled armored vehicles. MT-LB won't go into too much detail. Let's focus on the BTR-43 wheeled armored vehicle in the back.

This wheeled armored vehicle is a product of the cooperation between NORINCO and the Ural Automobile Plant. Because the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and MT-LB36 tracked carriers are available in limited quantities and are expensive. It was impossible to fully meet the needs of the Soviet Red Army for redressing, so it was necessary to have a cheap resistance vehicle to meet the vacancy.

BTR-43 is a car group, covering the entire series of 4×4, 6×6, 6×4, 8×8 and a considerable number of deformed cars. For example, the 4×4 chassis is mainly used for the vehicles of officers above the battalion level and the reconnaissance vehicles of reconnaissance units at the regimental and battalion level. 6×6, 8×8 are mainly used for personnel transportation or wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, as well as for conversion into self-propelled guns. For example, the 120-mm mortars equipped at the regimental and battalion level are installed on this type of chassis, and even NORINCO plans to develop 8 self-propelled howitzers on the 8×122 chassis.

As for the 6×4, it is more special, and in terms of cross-country and maneuverability, there is a gap between the 6×6 and the 8×8. However, the advantage is that the price is cheap, and its load performance is stronger than the 4×4 chassis, so it widely assumes the function of a battlefield bus, and even develops the first generation of wheeled self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in the Soviet Union on its basis, and installs a quadruple ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun or a twin 37 mm as the backbone of field air defense.

The battalion that the monk can hold is a mixed army, one company is equipped with BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, while the remaining three companies are equipped with the BTR-43 series, and most of them are 6×6 or 6×4 chassis, only the engineer company is equipped with 8×8 armored repair vehicles.

Of course, the little monk doesn't think there's anything wrong with it. For the poor ****, a car with wheels is very rare. So in the camp he was quite active. Constantly learning and researching the driving technology of various models, so that all kinds of models are clear. Become the most capable company commander in the battalion.

After three months of training and adaptation, the troops of the little monk returned to the battlefield and set foot on Polish soil as a member of the Ukrainian Second Front to begin the journey to liberate Poland.

At first, the troops of the little monk were able to repel the German army without much effort, and began to advance towards Poland in great strides, but after arriving in Lublin, the pleasant journey ended, in the words of the little monk: "The resistance of the German devils on the other side is becoming more and more fierce, and they have invested a lot of new weapons, causing us a lot of trouble." ”

For example, on that day, when the little monk was able to sit in the BTR-43 (6×6) tank, he encountered an unexpected resistance. At that time, his company was moving quickly along the road in a dozen BTR-43Bs, starting with the T-34-76 tanks of the brother unit, and just as they were passing through a wood, the T-34-76 led by them suddenly caught fire and exploded.

"We didn't react at all, because we didn't notice the existence of the enemy at all, and when the T-34 was destroyed, I immediately opened the hatch and poked my head out, carefully searching the area, but strangely, I still couldn't find the enemy!"

Just as the monk was able to hold the search, the enemy in the ambush opened fire again, this time a BTR-43 (6×4) self-propelled mortar at the rear of the convoy was hit, and the ammunition and propellant packs inside the vehicle were quickly ignited, and they were killed with a bang.

"Disperse, disperse immediately!"

The little monk Nengzhi immediately gave an order, if they continued to stay on the road, the end that awaited them would be blown up one by one. Now you must get off the visible road! The Reds reacted quickly, and with the roaring sound of motors, more than a dozen vehicles drove into the nearby woods and depressions, during which the Germans tried to attack several times, but without success.

The little monk jumped out of the chariot, cautiously crawled to the vicinity of the roadbed, and then raised his binoculars to search the undulating wilderness in front of him. At first, he really didn't find anything, because the German armored soldiers were particularly good at camouflaging their own tanks, and it wasn't until a few minutes later, when a German tank shook off the camouflage covering its body and began to shift its position, that the little monk Nengzhi noticed the presence of the other party.

"Attention, at 10 o'clock, at a distance of a thousand, there are enemy assault guns active!" The little monk can use the walkie-talkie to remind his fighters loudly.

Later, the little monk Nengzhi recalled: "At first, I thought it was the enemy's No. 3 or No. 4 assault gun, and it was really difficult for them to spot it under good camouflage. But I soon realized that something was wrong, and the car had risen a few points before it started moving. Then drive fast on the rugged wilderness of the highlands. That kind of cross-country ability, whether it is a third or fourth assault gun, does not have. ”

The little monk Nengzhi did not realize at the time that he was encountering an E-10 tank destroyer. Not even realizing that this was the first time the Reds had fought the E-10. He used the traditional tactics of dealing with assault guns, first blasting off their camouflage with mortars and then using tanks to flank them from both flanks.

The BTR-43B (6×4) self-propelled mortar quickly opened fire, and the 120mm grenade blasted the opposite side into the dirt, and under the heavy artillery fire, the grass and trees covering the E-10 hull quickly faded one by one, and these low-profile little monsters finally showed their true colors.

However, the Germans did not panic, and they methodically returned fire with their main guns. Although nothing was achieved, several T-34-76s of the Red Army were forced to maneuver more cautiously.

"Isn't that great!" The little monk was able to hold the telescope and observe for a while before coming to this conclusion. Because the enemy on the opposite side was much stronger than he expected, the T-34-76 not only maneuvered, but also attacked the enemy with short stops during the period, hitting several times, but without exception, all the shells could not destroy the enemy.

"The enemy's armor is thicker than we thought, at least thicker than the armor of the third or fourth assault gun!" This is what the little monk said to the battalion commander during the battle, because he realized that it might not be so easy to defeat the enemy, and he needed more powerful anti-tank fire support.

Speaking of which, the firepower of the BTR-43 is really not very strong, and most of them are only armed with a 14.5mm machine gun. A small number of infantry fighting vehicle models are also equipped with only 30-mm automatic cannons, which are the same model as the main gun of the BMP-1. Its power is sufficient for supporting infantry, but it is difficult for anti-armor. This 30-mm automatic cannon is better suited against lightly armored vehicles than tanks.

"I concentrated a few infantry fighting vehicles and constantly fired with 14.5 mm machine guns and 30 mm machine guns. Of course, I know that it will be difficult to destroy the enemy, after all, the main guns of the T-34-76 have nothing to do with each other, let alone small-caliber machine guns and machine guns. My idea was to interfere with the enemy's fire, covering the T-34-76 from the side detour. After all, the battalion commander also said that he was in trouble there. ”

The Red Army was indeed in trouble, and the battalion commander who was able to hold the little monk was confronted with a new tank that had never been seen before, which was the tank version of the E-25 that we mentioned earlier. This medium tank, which was not weaker in frontal armor than the Panthers and Tigers and was more maneuverable, caused big problems for the tankmen of the Red Army!

The 76mm tank gun couldn't hit the opponent's armor at all, and the 85mm tank gun could only cause problems when using armor-piercing shells, but the bad thing was that the E-25 was so maneuverable that it was too difficult for the T-34, which had rudimentary sighting equipment, to hit them on the move.

So the encounter was one-sided from the beginning, and the Germans took advantage of their overall superiority in armor, firepower and mobility to slaughter the T-34 in a frenzied manner. It was only when the SU-100 and SU-85M arrived on the battlefield that the situation began to improve.

Especially the SU-100, this assault gun has almost become a lifesaver for the second-rate units of the Red Army, as long as they are in trouble, the soldiers will think of the SU-100, and only the SU-100 can solve the trouble neatly.

The frontal armor of the E-25 is at the level of the Tiger tank, and it may be okay to bully the T-34 and T-35, but it is still dangerous to encounter the D-10T. However, this is not a big problem for Speer, because the tank version of the E-25 is originally positioned as a medium tank, which is equivalent to a large number of T-34 and T-35 in the Red Army, and it is cannon fodder to say that it is not good.

It's just that the E-25 is relatively high-end cannon fodder, and the performance is good. In the opinion of Speer and Guderian, with the E-25, there is no need to produce the Black Panther, which greatly exceeds the E-25 in terms of tonnage and cost, and the cost performance on the battlefield is extremely low.

Of course, the E-10 and E-25 are not perfect, and both vehicles actually have an Achilles heel. Where is it? The young monk was able to find it quickly, and in the constant fire, the E-10 showed itself to be very strong. At least the T-34-76 can't help it. But with the constant maneuvering of the T-34-76. The E-10 can't be stupid either. They also realized that once the T-34 was rounded to the side. That's the end of it. Therefore, the E-10 is also constantly shifting positions, always using a solid formation to aim at the direction of the T-34's attack, and this gives the little monk a chance to hold on.

At that time, the little monk was able to lead the four BTR-43s in the company to move forward at high speed and shorten the distance with the enemy at the fastest speed, which was completely unexpected by the Germans. Because the Germans had also captured some BTR-43s before, knowing that this was a thin-skinned armored car, not to mention the 10-mm gun with which the E-75 was armed. Even the 50mm guns of the old No. 3 tank could easily destroy it. The BTR-43 was not originally designed to assault tanks head-on, and its level of defense was that of frontal resistance to 12.7mm armor-piercing shells and side defense against 7.62mm rifle rounds.

It stands to reason that the little monk should not be so reckless, and the blind assault is almost equivalent to looking for death, but the situation on the battlefield at that time was not ordinary, and the attention of the E-10 was diverted by the T-34, if it was not inserted as soon as possible, once the T-34 was eliminated, the troops that the little monk could hold would also be blown up.

The little monk can hold that he must quickly intervene, whether it is to distract E-10. Or really go around to the side to attack the enemy, you have to do it. What's more, the little monk can hold that he is not completely without a chance. He believes that the enemy is not as terrible as he imagined, such a small size, and he has to maintain a strong frontal armor defense, then it is very likely that the enemy's flank defense will not be good. Although the BTR-43's 30mm main gun can't penetrate the enemy, it is superior to the super fast rate of fire.

And the little monk can hold is by no means the kind of person who is brave and brave, he chooses to insert forward or has a secret weapon, he believes that he will be able to succeed!

The BTR-43 was fast thanks to the flat Polish plain, where the speed advantage of wheeled vehicles was on full display. Under the personal control of the little monk, his BTR-43 ran a cross-country speed of nearly 40 km/h, which could almost be said to be a brisk walk at that time. At least for the E-10 with a fixed turret, it was basically impossible to aim accurately at such a high-speed target.

Monk Nengeng, with four BTR-43s, circled to the side of the E-10 almost unscathed, and then opened heavy fire on the enemy's flank with a 30mm automatic gun. For a while, the battlefield resounded with the sound of firing and shooting.

The rate of fire was fast, the distance was relatively close, and the natural hit rate was high, and the members of the E-10 immediately felt their car trembling constantly, as if an iron bucket was put on their heads and hammered, and the taste was really sour.

The Germans were not vegetarians either, and they immediately allocated a portion of the E-10 to deal with the BTR-43, and they quickly turned the hull in an attempt to target the little monk and his little friends.

The little monk Nengzhi also reacted immediately: "Fight more than a dozen cannons and transfer, don't fall in love with one place!" ”

Now the Germans were depressed, and the speed at which they turned the hull naturally could not keep up with the speed of the BTR-43's transfer, and the BTR-43's 30-mm automatic cannon was less powerful, but as the old saying goes, as long as the deep iron pestle is sharpened into a needle. A drop of water can still penetrate a stone, let alone a real armor-piercing bullet? Under continuous blows, the armor of the E-10 will inevitably have metal fatigue, and this fatigue will accumulate to a certain extent, and it will inevitably turn into a qualitative change. Soon there was a massive collapse of the side armor of the E-10 during the blow.

This is still a beginning, as I said earlier, the little monk can hold a secret weapon in his hand, what secret weapon? That is, the BTR-43 is equipped with a bazooka hand, and after getting closer to a certain distance, the bazooka hand can make a big difference, whether it is opening the hatch above his head and sticking out of half of his body to shoot, or simply opening the hatch and jumping out of the car to shoot, as long as they let them succeed, the E-10 will definitely die!

Thundered! Thundered!

As one E-10 after another exploded and caught fire, the Germans could not hold on, and they immediately put up reverse gear to release smoke and retreat at high speed. Then the little monk Nengzhi witnessed a scene that surprised him: at first, the Germans ran very fast, which really called a green smoke, showing the mobility of the E-10, but soon some of the E-10s fleeing at high speed suddenly stopped, and after a while, its members jumped out of the body of the car and scattered.

It was nothing if an E-10 broke down, it could be a mechanical failure, but two or three, and even after the battle, when the monk was able to carry forward to reconnoitre, he found that more E-10s were abandoned on the side of the road or in the field.

"The problem is not the engine or the gearbox, it's all intact. The problem with the E-10 was its suspension system," the monk later recalled: "The liquid-gas suspension performance was indeed ideal, but it was too delicate in field conditions, and it was easy to leak hydraulic oil, or it was simply broken and deformed...... The Germans had no choice but to abandon their ......" (to be continued. )

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