Why not fight? The reason is very simple, this is just a small fire reconnaissance force of the enemy, even if they break through, what impact can it have? You have to wait for the enemy's main force to follow up and kill them.

Sure enough, having found a path, the follow-up German Panzergrenadiers immediately rushed in this direction, and a whole battalion of the enemy appeared on the opposite side of the armored train.

At this moment, the order to open fire was finally given from above, and in an instant, howitzers, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and countless bullets rained down on the faces of the German troops.

In just one round, more than twenty Panzergrenadiers were killed, and of course, the Germans were not two hundred and five, and soon they adjusted their deployment, looking for cover again and again, calling for fire support.

"Shift positions, quick! The Germans' shells are coming soon! ”

The artillery battalion commander constantly carried the soldiers' buttocks, urging them to move quickly. And this is also the hardest time for the artillerymen, the mortar is okay to say, just put away the gun, carry the seat board and start running. For howitzers, this process is more painful, eight or nine gunners work together, first dig out the stationing hoe, and then lift the gun carriage to push the running wheel, hey, hey, hey,

In less than ten minutes, the German artillery counterattack arrived, and anti-explosive and high-explosive shells bombarded the artillery positions of the Red Army into a cloud of dust. At the same time, the German grenadiers and tanks, which had previously shrunk their heads, began to become active again, taking advantage of the suppression of the artillery of the Red Army, and began to move forward rapidly.

"Hold your breath and listen to my orders!"

Lessons learned from the last time. The company commander constantly reminded his recruits not to fire. Keep the enemy at a distance of about 200 meters. Only then did he resolutely order: "Recoilless cannon, put!" ”

The 100-mm recoilless gunners had already put the German tanks into the scope, estimating the distance and wind direction while lowering the frequency of breathing, until they heard the order to open fire, and they fired categorically!

Sou! Sou! Sou!

Rockets erupted in tongues of fire and roared towards the German tanks No. 2 and No. 3, and the hollow-charged armor-piercing shells easily tore through the fragile armor of the German tanks. Any object that stands in front of the jet will be destroyed, and even a pair of piercings will be hit.

The ignited hydraulic fluid in Tank 3 began to burn, and soon the gasoline lines and the projectiles of the shells began to ignite, and a few minutes later, with a loud bang, the turret soared into the sky, and the crew members who were still trying to fight the flames with their fire extinguishers were undoubtedly turned into fried chickens.

This was not an isolated case, the first wave of German tanks covering the grenadier advance enjoyed the greetings of the Red Army's recoilless guns, and more than half were directly destroyed, while the other half tried to destroy the Red Army's recoilless guns with artillery and machine guns. But the effect is very insignificant. Because with a maximum of two shots, the recoilless guns of the Red Army will be transferred immediately. This rather light artillery is particularly suitable for this hit-and-run tactic.

In desperation. The Panzergrenadiers had to call for artillery support again, and the mortars assigned to them at the battalion and company level began firing in an attempt to suppress or eliminate the recoilless guns of the Red Army, but with little success. Instead, the positions were exposed, and soon the howitzers and cannons of the Red Army, which were acting as counter-battery missions, began to fire fiercely, driving the German mortarmen to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the infantry of the Red Army also began to counterattack, easily driving the German devils out of their own territory. Even the repair of the barbed wire fence and the re-laying of mines also announced that the German army had been busy all morning.

Guderian, who was watching the battle from the front, changed his face, it was not that he was dissatisfied with the effect of this attack, although he was indeed dissatisfied, but his dissatisfaction was more directed at the German intelligence agencies. Before the war, the Gestapo said that the Red Army's combat effectiveness was low, both officers and soldiers were a group of reckless men, and as for the Red Army's technical weapons, such as airplanes and tanks, they did not pay attention to it at all, and took it for granted that Russia's tanks and planes were worse than their own.

The result? As soon as the battle broke out, the armored forces suffered a big loss, and in the face of the BT-5 and BT-7, which the Red Army was already preparing to gradually eliminate, they had no advantage, and they had almost no power to fight back when they collided with the T-34 and T-35, and as for the more awesome T-54, they could generally only hug their heads and scream exhaustively to call for support from the Air Force's Stuka.

These situations Guderian was already familiar with, as the saying goes, life is like a strong woman who can't resist and can only enjoy. Anyway, under the strong female work of the armored forces of the Red Army for two months, Guderian did not say that he enjoyed it, at least he could get used to it, and he had accepted the result that his tanks were inferior to his opponents.

But today, the tank monster is once again angry, because the Gestapo not only did not understand the technical performance of Soviet tanks, but also did not observe new changes in the anti-tank capabilities of the Red Army. Compared to the German 37mm anti-aircraft guns, the enemy's 100mm recoilless guns were lighter in weight and more powerful, requiring fewer crew members. Especially that power, as long as any German tank is hit, it will definitely be destroyed, and there is even a great chance of a one-shot penetration.

Compared with other people's 100mm recoilless guns, 37mm anti-aircraft guns can only hear, except for being able to hit a dozen BT-5 and BT-7, there is no threat to the Red Army's T-34 and T-35.

"Call for Air Force support." Guderian knew that he might not be able to defeat the enemy with his armored forces alone, after all, after this round of confrontation, the enemy's tanks did not appear.

Two hours later, a squadron of Stuka arrived on the battlefield, and after making contact with the ground forces, a new German offensive began. It was still a small fire reconnaissance unit that explored the way, and after clearing the obstacles, the grenadiers and tanks followed.

Anyway, the routine is basically the same as the previous one, the only difference is that when the Red Army's in-depth artillery began counter-battery operations, the Stukas began to dive towards the Red Army's deep artillery positions like smelling bloody wolves.

Guderian witnessed this in his telescope, as a rule, as soon as Stuka entered the dive and dropped the bomb. The enemy's target will then be destroyed. And the enemy without the support of artillery fire in depth. The Russians will soon be defeated by the skilled German Panzergrenadiers.

Only this time the situation was different, when Stuka roared and began to dive, a large number of anti-aircraft guns suddenly appeared on both sides of the Red Army's artillery position, and the 20-mm and 37-mm removed camouflage and opened fire fiercely, and a rain of bullets sent the most sincere greetings to the Stukas.

There were shells exploding in the sky, red and black, and it was spectacular, but the Stukas weren't particularly worried. Because this is only a small scene for them, it is not unheard of by them with a larger caliber of anti-aircraft artillery fire.

Just as the Stukas were about to enter the final bomb dropping route. Just as they were blasting the enemy below to pieces, a characteristic whistling sound sounded, like something spinning at high speed, and before the Stukas could react, countless bullets rained down.

They had never seen such a rain of bullets, and they couldn't even believe that there was such a firepower in this world, and according to their guesses, could it be that the Russians had arranged hundreds of anti-aircraft guns over there?

Hehe, there are no hundreds. It's just six doors. For the first time, the land-based version of the AK-630, carried by a truck camel, showed its hideous fangs in front of Stuka, under the direction of the fire control radar. Easily caught Stuka's whereabouts, and sent out the strongest greeting with a string of cannonballs.

The first two Stukas to dive were quickly blown up in the air and turned into a dazzling fireball, while the friendly planes that followed them were unable to maintain their course and were dying in a hail of bullets. Soon after, as the AK-630 grew faster and faster, more and more ammunition was sprayed, and half of the sky was covered with shells.

Such a powerful network of fire is simply not something that Stuka can break through, one after another Stuka is hit, and the unlucky ones disintegrate directly in the air, and if they are lucky, they can escape with their tails covered in scars.

Guderian couldn't believe his eyes, did the damned Bolshevik devil arrange an anti-aircraft artillery division in front? Otherwise, where did such heavy firepower come from?

Some comrades may ask, since the AK-630 is so powerful, why didn't the Red Army use it before? It's not that I don't want to use it, but I can't use it, and I can't afford it. The AK-630 is too heavy to be used as a field anti-aircraft gun, and is generally installed in airfields or fortresses as anti-aircraft firepower.

Moreover, a set of AK-630 systems, including six artillery pieces, ammunition replenishment vehicles, search radar, and fire control radar, is not affordable for the Red Army. As a result, most of these AK-630s were installed in important places such as Moscow's Red Square, Leningrad, airports, ports, and several key fortresses, including the Brest Fortress.

After Lukin found these treasures in Brest, he naturally wanted to use them, so he used them to escort the artillery.

And the stupid Germans didn't know about the AK-630 at all, and the stupid ones crashed into it head-on, and they got some Stuka dive bombs. To be honest, if you switch to horizontal bombing with medium bombers, maybe the losses will not be so great.

The AK-630 shot down six Stukas on the spot and wounded a number of them, and more importantly, left the Luftwaffe in vain, which also led the German ground forces on the offensive to be exposed to the fire of the Red Army's artillery in depth again, and this time the losses were even worse than in the morning.

The Germans once again ran away with their tails between their legs, and the Red Army soldiers were excited, because before, the Germans had made a deep impression on them, and a considerable part of them suffered from German phobia. And now, they have shattered the myth of the invincibility of the German army with practical actions, which greatly boosted morale.

Probably the only thing that complained was the armored train, and the young comrade had nothing to do all day but to watch the artillery and infantry comrades eat meat, and these armored soldiers did not even have a chance to drink soup.

Anyway, the opinion of the armored train was very large, and even at one point the battalion commander took the initiative to give the Germans a little color to see. However, he was soon sprayed with saliva by the battalion commander: "Get out, let me hear you come up with such a bad idea again, you platoon commander don't have to do it!" ”

At that time, the armored train did not understand, thinking that no one appreciated his talent, but later the brutal battle told him that the battalion commander's decision was correct.

Yes, the German attack was repulsed on the first day, but this did not mean that the Germans would stop the next day. On the contrary, in order to win the war, the Germans will also go forward and fight one after another. What's more, their commander is still the tank monster - Guderian.

Guderian's level naturally goes without saying. Although the Red Army on the opposite side surprised him. Although the first day of fighting was almost a mess. But he still thought that he could take Brest quickly, for the simple reason that he was confident in himself and his troops.

"Tomorrow, the 3rd, 4th and 10th Panzer Divisions will each throw in a regiment and attack from three directions, and my request is that the insertion be swift and decisive, preferably to break through their positions before the Russians react!"

In order to fulfill Guderian's demands. The 2nd Tank Group, in particular, conducted reconnaissance at night and made a preliminary appearance of part of the Red Army's defensive configuration and minefields. Before dawn, a considerable part of the sappers had already entered the front line of the positions of the Red Army, destroying part of the defenses. And after daybreak, the German tanks quickly broke through and hit the first line of defense of the Red Army in one breath, and a hand-to-hand battle broke out between the two sides.

"Assemble urgently, the first company will go to position No. 23, the second company will go to position No. 17, and the rest of the troops will follow me to position No. 5. A considerable number of enemy tanks have already cut into our defenses. A sweep of infantry comrades is being carried out, and our task is to drive them away. Assist the infantry comrades to stabilize the defensive line! ”

The long-awaited time for the armored train finally arrived, and after three steps and two steps, he boarded the tank, excitedly patted the turret, and ordered the driver to start the vehicle immediately.

The armored train was going to position 17, where five German tanks and a considerable number of grenadiers had broken through the Red Army blockade and were preparing to expand the breakthrough. At this moment, the armored train arrived first.

Four BT-7s lined up and charged forward at a distance of fifty meters, and soon the German infantry spotted them, rifles and machine guns opened fire in unison, and the bullets sparked the tank armor.

"Attention, there are enemy machine guns in the direction of eleven o'clock, at a distance of 800, grenades, ready!"

As the armored train was released, the turret of the BT-7 shook, and after the commander's observation scope shook for a while, he found that the gun was crooked, and had to shout: "Attention, keep attacking, one more shot!" ”

With a bang, the hot shells were thrown out of the chamber, and another grenade was loaded into place at the first time, and after another boom and violent shaking, the armored train found that the enemy's machine gun had been blown into the sky.

"Okay, the next target, in the direction of three o'clock, at a distance of 700, grenade ready!"

One BT-7 after another entered the battle, and the Germans who had just entered the position were beaten to the point that they could barely fight back, but soon this one-sided situation ended, and the German tanks No. 2 and No. 3 joined the battle group.

The 50mm gun of Tank III was able to penetrate the frontal armor of the BT-7, and soon after a round of rounds, the BT-7 and BT-5 were constantly destroyed. The German tankmen were more experienced than the Red Army tankers, and they did not fire indiscriminately on the march, but fired at short stops at a fixed pace.

In comparison, the tankmen of the Red Army were too frizzy, and many recruits fired indiscriminately at high speeds, and the shells did not know where to hit, except for scaring the German grenadiers, which was of little significance.

Fortunately, the Germans did not have many tanks and their performance was not good, and after a fierce firefight, they had to retreat backwards, trying to pull away and call for artillery support. However, the armored train and his comrades were not fools, and quickly increased the throttle to follow, and engaged in close quarters.

Later, the armored train recalled: "The battle was so fierce that we fought from 1,000 meters to 100 meters, which was tantamount to firing from the muzzle of a gun to the temple." Constantly there were comrades whose tanks were shot, and Konstantin of our platoon was hit by 50-mm shells, and not a single person in the whole car survived...... In the end, we had almost no time to open fire, and had to ram the enemy at high speed. When the front of the car slammed into the enemy, the huge inertia caused us to stagger, and my head slammed into the sight glass, and the blood was left behind, and the loader was even more unlucky, he slammed into the bolt and knocked unconscious. Fortunately, there is no need for ** in the next battle, otherwise we will definitely die......"

The armored train collided with a No. 2 tank, and after the collision, the engines of both sides stalled, but the No. 2 tank was passively hit because of its light tonnage, and the damage was even heavier. Gasoline gurgled out of the ruptured tanks, and neither the German tankmen nor the armored trains noticed this, and they were highly nervous, and they engaged in a shootout at a very close distance, and the sparks from the bullets on the armor almost ignited the leaking gasoline.

The armored train had good marksmanship, killing the enemy commander and breaking his leg when the enemy driver tried to escape. After the battle, he captured a Luger pistol.

Unfortunately, the behavior of the armored train did not win him praise, on the contrary, the company commander scolded him, because his platoon suffered heavy losses during the battle, two BT-7s were destroyed, his own car was seriously injured and repaired, and only one tank remained in the entire platoon to continue fighting.

"Why do you want to be reckless? I gave you the task of attracting the attention of the enemy from the front, covering the attack of the enemy from the flanks by the second platoon, do you not have long ears, or do you have problems with your ability to understand? Don't do it, you platoon commander! ”

At that time, the armored train was not convinced, he destroyed five enemy tanks with four tanks, and captured one, such a result should be said to be good, in that case, why criticize?

Well, the young and vigorous armored train does not yet understand what war is about, he only thinks about the limelight, completely unaware that individual heroism detached from the collective is tantamount to death...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, the Fox in the Desert, xuyiqing1985 and Comrade Juventus!