538 Battle of Berlin(1)

Zhang Huangxin sat bored in the co-pilot's seat, looking at the vast sky in front of him in a daze. www.biquge.info Since his return from Paris, he has completely lost interest in flying transport planes, which is too tedious, while driving a tank into battle is much more interesting. At one point, he reported to his superiors to apply for a position, but was ruthlessly rejected by his superiors. In the words of the superiors: "We have crappy tankmen, but qualified pilots are quite nervous!" ”

So Zhang Huangxin can only be bored as a co-pilot of a transport plane, and now his task is to airdrop supplies to the Red Army ground troops on the Berlin front.

Some comrades may ask, now that the Red Army is encircling Berlin, and it is not surrounded by German devils, why do you need to airdrop supplies? The reason is simple, there is a problem with capacity. After crossing the Oder River, the German resistance began to become crazy, not only the ground troops, but also the Luftwaffe. Not only did they desperately fight with the Red Army's fighters and bombers in the air, but they also invested a large number of attack planes and bombers to violently bomb the Red Army's supply lines.

The road and railway leading to Frankfurt am Oder were all blown up, and the bridge over the Oder was destroyed by the Luftwaffe. The Red Army sappers were caught in a struggle with the Luftwaffe, and the pontoon bridges erected at night would be destroyed during the day, and then the bridges would continue to be built at night, and the bombing and construction would be repeated in a tug-of-war. A large amount of supplies for the Red Army were piled up on the right bank of the Oder River and could not be transported, and the offensive troops on the front line were consumed enormously, so the Red Army had no choice but to mobilize the whole army and try every means to send supplies to the front.

"Spot the ground signal, confirm the drop site, and prepare to start the airdrop!"

With the captain's order, the hatch of the Li-2 transport plane was opened, and one package after another was thrown out of the cabin, just when Zhang Huangxin yawned boringly, a crackling bean gunfire rang out, and soon he heard the captain's shout: "The left engine is on fire!" Right engine failure! Get ready to skydive, hurry! Guys, skydive! ”

This scene is really déjà vu for Zhang Huangxin, not as good as before, he has just experienced an aerial adventure, and now it is going to happen again. However, what made Zhang Huangxin feel relieved was that this time was much stronger than the last time, the last time he landed in the hinterland of the enemy, it can be said that he died nine times, and this time it is estimated that he will be sent back to the rear soon after landing.

With this light-hearted thought, Zhang Huangxin jumped out of the cabin, and as the parachute opened, he even had the leisure to enjoy the scenery of Berlin. But to tell you the truth, you can't see anything, the whole of Berlin is shrouded in smoke, especially the city of Berlin, which is even more dark and oppressive, and you can't see anything.

Some of this smoke was caused by the shelling and bombing of the Red Army, and many more were deliberately burned by the Germans in order to interfere with the view of the Red Army attack planes and bombers.

Zhang Huangxin looked at his feet, he seemed to land in a small town, he didn't care at the time, because he saw in the air that there were many Red Army tanks in the town, and the big head and red star of the T-34-85 were too easy to recognize.

Anyway, Zhang Huangxin at that time had no sense of crisis, but his captain didn't look at it so much, he looked more carefully than Zhang Huangxin, there were a lot of T-34-85s in the town, but most of them were destroyed, and even he could see the German devils in action. Luckily, the captain only landed on the edge of the town, which was still under the control of the Red Army, and Zhang Huangxin was not so lucky......

After landing, Zhang Huangxin was greeted by a machine gun bullet, which made his surroundings dusty, and he was frightened and no longer had the comfort and casualness before landing, so he quickly untied the parachute, and a donkey rolled and climbed under a destroyed T-34-85 to dodge.

"Hi, hello."

What Zhang Huangxin didn't expect was that there was already a person under the tank, this little man seemed to be the driver, he was obviously stunned when he saw Zhang Huangxin, and then hurriedly said: "Comrade, it's not safe here, hurry, we must leave quickly!" ”

Zhang Huangxin replied stunned: "Not safe? Why? It can't be more dangerous than the machine guns of the devils outside, right? ”

"It's more dangerous, we have to leave immediately!" The driver pushed Zhang Huangxin again and again, explaining: "We were penetrated, all the comrades in the turret were sacrificed, the cartridges were burning, and they would explode soon!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Huangxin could feel a boom above his head, and now he didn't hesitate anymore, and hurriedly crawled out, when the two poor guys just climbed out, the machine gun of the German devil rang out again, it was simply the front door to reject the tiger and the back door to welcome the wolf. Zhang Huangxin was still a little hesitant, but an explosion dispelled all his doubts, if you don't want to become a roast suckling pig, stay where you are!

Zhang Huangxin and the driver almost rushed to the bottom of the other T-34 to dodge, and almost at the same time as they hid, the T-34-85 exploded, and the flying tank parts made the T-34 above their heads clang. It took three minutes for everything to calm down.

"Hello, my name is Zhang Huangxin, I am from Huaxia, pilot."

At this time, the two lucky people who picked up a life were able to introduce each other, the driver was named Boris, but the name did not match his size at all.

Boris, the little man, said: "Our company was almost destroyed by the enemy, and there were enemy tanks or assault guns hidden at the end of the street, and the firepower was unprecedentedly strong, and our company commander's car was directly knocked off the turret by a gun...... There was a full-blown massacre behind it, most of the comrades were killed, and we at the rear of the palace were hit after covering the retreat of some of the wounded comrades, and you know what happened next. ”

Zhang Huangxin asked, "What should I do next?" ”

Boris shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Wait until it gets dark, when we can evade the enemy's interception and retreat to the outskirts of the town to join the rest of our comrades." ”

Zhang Huangxin agreed with this plan, no one wants to cross an empty street under the greeting of a machine gun, that is tantamount to looking for death. However, Boris's plan also had a problem, that is, he did not expect the Germans to launch a counterattack so quickly.

"Damn, the German devils are coming up!" Boris cursed, "We will be captured!" ”

Zhang Huangxin didn't want to be a prisoner of war, so he quickly asked, "What should I do?" Repel them? ”

Boris gave him a blank look and asked, "Do you have a weapon?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Huangxin patted the pistol in the holster on his waist. Boris rolled his eyes again: "They have submachine guns, and there are eight of them!" And we only have two pistols! ”

Zhang Huangxin also realized the serious asymmetry of firepower, and asked in a panic: "What should I do then?" I don't want to be a prisoner! ”

Boris sighed and said, "I don't want to either, now there is only one way." ”

"What's the solution?" Zhang Huangxin asked.

Boris, as he got into the escape door under the cab of the T-34, replied: "Then we can only go to the tank!" ”

Zhang Huangxin clumsily followed Boris into the small door, and to be honest, the door was so small that he almost got stuck.

"You know how to shoot, right?" Boris asked.

"Yes!"

"Then you go control the heading machine gun next to you!"

"What about you?"

"I'll go to the turret and operate the side-by-side machine guns, hopefully to block the enemy."

With that, Boris deftly got to the turret, while Zhang Huangxin clumsily climbed to the radioman's position to control the heading machine gun.

Truth be told, the course machine gun has a limited angle of fire, covering only a very small sector, and unless the enemy stupidly hits the muzzle, it is basically audible. The real good thing on the tank is the side-by-side machine gun controlled by the gun commander, which can rotate with the turret and can hit the enemy without dead ends. In addition, the anti-aircraft machine gun in the commander's position is also somewhat useful, but no commander dares to stupidly lean out half of his body to kill in the urban environment.

The Germans were obviously aware of the presence of Zhang Huangxin and Boris, and they avoided the front of the T-34 tank, whose wheels and tracks were damaged, and flanked the T-34 tank from both wings to prepare to catch it alive.

"Damn, I can't see the enemy!" Zhang Huangxin complained.

Boris in the turret did not have time to respond to his complaints, he shook his handwheel and entangled the enemy with the scope, and then Tata opened fire.

"Man, come over here and help me reload!"

After a fierce firefight, Boris found that the machine gun ammunition was exhausted, so he hurriedly asked Zhang Huangxin to come and help reload the ammunition.

"Damn, how could this be in time!" Zhang Huangxin looked at the approaching German devils and complained: "Before you can load the bullets, the enemy will rush over and open fire!" Hurry up! ”

Boris regretfully told him: "I don't know how to artillery!" ”

Zhang Huangxin pulled it away and shouted, "You go and load, let me come!" ”

To be honest, Zhang Huangxin has been waiting for this moment for a long time, after returning from Paris, he went to study the relevant skills of the tank gun commander, and initially figured out the T-34's gun skills, of course, the only pity is the lack of opportunities to practice, but isn't there a chance now?

Boris was very skeptical that Zhang Huangxin was reliable, but now there was no better way, he quickly took a grenade from the magazine rack and stuffed it into the barrel with a bang: "Ready!" ”

Almost at the moment when his words fell, Zhang Huangxin opened fire, a tongue of fire erupted from the barrel, and the cannonball exploded among the approaching devils dozens of meters away, and in an instant, these "gray-skinned mice" disappeared into the street.

"Quick, one more shot!" Zhang Huangxin desperately shook the handwheel to turn the turret and commanded again.

The German counterattack was repulsed after the second grenade accurately hit the German charging cluster, taking several lives.

"Comrade, you really surprised me." Boris wiped his sweat and said, "Are you really a pilot?" ”

"Of course."

In fact, Zhang Huangxin was also a little proud, to tell the truth, he was also blindsided with the two hits just now, if he was asked to do it again, he might not be able to do it so quickly and accurately.

Repelled the German attack, Zhang Huangxin and Boris could finally take a breath, just now this series of actions consumed a lot of their physical strength, especially Zhang Huangxin from parachuting to firing two large ups and downs in a row, as soon as the effect of adrenal hormones passed, people looked particularly tired.

After a few warm conversations between the pilot and the tank pilot, they dozed off until a low roar woke them up.

"What's going on?" Zhang Huangxin yawned.

Boris frowned and climbed to the commander's position to look, but found nothing, because the tank they were in was on the side of the street bend and could not see the situation on the other side of the street.

"Get ready for battle! Cover me! Boris thought about it and decided to go out and see what was going on, if he expected it to be the roar of the engines of German tanks, if it was really the enemy tanks coming, they would really have no choice but to die in this lame T-34.

So saying, Boris opened the captain's hatch, jumped out of the tank quickly, and ran to the corner like a dexterous cat, only to see him poke his head, and then immediately changed his face and hurried back.

Boris quickly climbed onto the tank and shouted at Zhang Huangxin in the turret: "Comrade, come out quickly!" The enemy's heavy tanks are coming! ”

As a layman, Zhang Huangxin has a very good impression of the German army's heavy tank, when he was in Paris, he didn't get a Tiger King, according to the unwritten rules within the Red Army, if you can get the Tiger King, there will be a Red Flag Medal, but unfortunately no one can help endorse the results of the last battle. But if you can get another Tiger King today, then the Red Flag Medal is properly gone!

For a moment, Zhang Huangxin was high-spirited, and he was subconsciously ready to go to war, but Boris desperately dragged him out: "Run!" Damn, why are you so heavy! If you don't run, it's too late! ”

Just when Zhang Huangxin was pulled out of half of his body in a daze, the gun rang out. The German grenadiers at the head fired at Boris and Zhang Huangxin with submachine guns and machine guns, and the bullets made the turret of the T-34 clang, and Boris and Zhang Huangxin could only get into the turret again.

"It's over, we're dead!" Boris said dejectedly.

But Zhang Huangxin didn't feel anything, but asked with some dissatisfaction: "Isn't it Chongtan?" What is there to be afraid of! ”

Boris looked at Zhang Huangxin angrily, and felt that this comrade from Huaxia must have something wrong with his head. Not to mention the T-34-76, even the T-34-85 is not the opponent of the German heavy tank, whether it is the Tiger or the Panther, they can be beaten from afar. And this is not the Tiger and the Panther, but a heavy tank that Boris has never seen before.

"Tiger King?"

Boris shook his head and said, "No, it's much bigger than the Tiger King, it's a super big guy!" ”

Zhang Huangxin is becoming more and more interested in this super big guy, and he is ready to do a big job. But Boris poured cold water on him: "We must retreat quickly, or we will surely die!" ”

"Are you sure?" Zhang Huangxin turned the turret to the rear and reminded: "We are also full of enemies behind us, where to retreat?" ”

This made Boris even more depressed, and he could only cry and say: "Comrade Zhang, it seems that we are in a catastrophe today, let's try to eliminate as many devils as possible!" Then you are responsible for the enemies in the front, and the rest is mine! ”

As he spoke, Boris leaned out and manipulated the anti-aircraft machine gun in the commander's position to fire fiercely at the enemy behind him, and the resolute ruthlessness made Zhang Huangxin a little moved. However, Zhang Huangxin didn't have time to think too much about it at that time, he turned the turret again and fired a shot at the approaching enemy on the street corner.

The grenade opened a crater in the street, killing several nearby devils, but this did not stop the devils from approaching, and soon they gave up advancing from the street and occupied the buildings on both sides of the street, shooting at Zhang Huangxin from the window. Of course, for tanks, machine gun bullets are nothing at all, and there are only two things that can cause trouble to Zhang Huangxin - the first is the enemy's tank, the sound of the engine is getting denser and denser, like a drum beating a little frequent, which shows that the enemy's tank is getting closer and closer; The second is the iron-fisted anti-tank rocket launcher that the German infantry is equipped with.

Sou!

A rocket with an afterflame swooped down, mercilessly opening a hole in the front of the T34, thank God, there was no one in the cab, and if Boris still took on the driving job, then this time it would be a certain death.

"Ahem...... Cough...... We've been shot! Zhang Huangxin shouted.

Boris was also choked on the other side, and he replied while firing violently: "I know, there may be a fire, you can find a fire extinguisher if you have time!" ”

In fact, Zhang Huangxin didn't have time to find a fire extinguisher at all, because the enemy in front was enough for him to be in a hurry, and after firing three shots in one breath and crashing a small building opposite, Zhang Huangxin found that the flames had burned to his feet.

"Damn, it's on fire!" Zhang Huangxin shook his burning shoes helplessly, and exclaimed, "Where is the fire extinguisher?" ”

Boris on the other side was also choking, he felt his butt on fire, and after knocking down the last enemy, he hurriedly found a fire extinguisher, and with a stabbing sound, the entire turret was filled with smoke and dust.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Zhang Huangxin couldn't hold back any longer, and hurriedly pushed open the hatch, taking a big breath of fresh air regardless of the danger, and Boris next to him was also panting like a mule. At this moment, the heavy and oppressive roar was already close at hand, and with the crunching sound of tracks, a monster appeared on the street corner!

This is a tall and mighty beast, three meters six seven wide, three meters seven meters high, and a record length of twelve meters! What's even more terrifying is that this giant beast actually has two guns, one large and one small, the main gun is 128 mm, and the coaxial secondary gun is 75 mm.

Anyway, Zhang Huangxin was stunned, the Tiger King is old enough, but compared to this monster, it is simply pediatric! I'm afraid the two tiger kings are not as heavy as this monster.

Probably because he was too heavy, this monster's maneuverability was really enough, it could only rub forward at a walking speed step by step, and with each step, the engine at the rear of the car had to expel thick black smoke. It was so cumbersome that it crushed the hardened concrete road like a bulldozer had shoveled it all the way.

At that moment, both Zhang Huangxin and Boris forgot about the work at hand, and just stared at this monster stupidly. Watch it adjust its turret, watch it move awkwardly, watch it fire.

Rumble!

As the 128mm gun erupted a tongue of fire, Zhang Huangxin could feel a huge force acting on the body of the T-34, as if he had been hit by an oncoming truck and then pushed by a galloping bull. It took three minutes for Zhang Huangxin to come back to his senses, and at this time he was lying on the street full of craters, and not far away Boris was heading into a crater.

After another two minutes, Zhang Huangxin regained consciousness, at this time he felt that his brain was buzzing like a bee, he raised his hand with difficulty and touched the left and right pinch, and after making sure that there were no missing parts, he slowly stood up to see Boris's state.

Poor Boris is still alive, at least his heaving chest shows that he is still breathing, but this one is not in good shape, his head is full of blood, I don't know if his skull is broken.

"Comrade Boris, wake up, Comrade Boris!"

Under Zhang Huangxin's call, Boris slowly opened his eyes, but at a glance he could see that he was not fully awake and his pupils were completely out of focus. It took another minute or so for the man to really come to his senses.

Boris touched his brain and asked, "Where is this?" ”

To be honest, Zhang Huangxin didn't care about this problem at all before, after Boris's reminder, he began to look around a lot, twenty meters away a T-34 without a turret was burning, anyway, that tank Zhang Huangxin looked familiar, especially when he found that there was a deformed turret not far behind him that was diagonally inserted into the house, he could basically confirm that it was the tank they stayed in before.

"Flew so far?"

Zhang Huangxin looks incredible, and what is even more incredible is that he and Boris are still alive, and it seems that their arms and legs are still alive, which is a miracle!

"My comrade, get up, we need to get out of here!"

After figuring out the situation, Zhang Huangxin became nervous again, the enemy was still approaching, but he hadn't found out for a while that they were in a big disaster, so he had to take advantage of the fact that he hadn't been discovered by the enemy yet, and quickly found a safe place to hide.

Boris stood up with the support of Zhang Huangxin, two people, you support me, I hold you, shoulder to shoulder, and slowly move through the billowing smoke. Before the Germans found them, they hid in another abandoned T-34.

Dizzy and weak, Boris asked: "What are the German devils doing?" ”

"Clean up the battlefield," Zhang Huangxin replied in a low voice.

"Where's the monster?" Boris asked again.

"It's still on the other side of the street, no, it's moving again!"

Zhang Huangxin let out a small exclamation, because the monster effortlessly knocked a destroyed T-34 into the air, and by the way, crushed another armored vehicle abandoned by the Red Army into a discus! (To be continued.) )