Chapter 188 Tank Ambush
Then the striker really started to accelerate, not only accelerating but also firing around, even tank guns were no exception.
But of course, tank guns firing on the move can only serve as a deterrent.
The situation was continuously transmitted from the front to Daniel's command vehicle via radio:
"We have rushed into the enemy's line of defense and have not been stopped!"
"Destroy a machine gun emplacement! Enemy infantry is falling back!"
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"Go ahead!" Captain Daniel ordered: "Leave the rear to us!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Captain Daniel felt that victory was already beckoning to him. As long as the tank could penetrate the enemy line and tear a gap in it, other infantry would follow and continue to widen the gap.
Then, as usual, the Germans will divide the enemy into two parts and surround and annihilate them.
At this moment, the company commander suddenly screamed: "Anti-tank gun, No. 5 vehicle has been destroyed, poor Ellen!"
Ellen is a good tank repairer in the tank battalion. He is also the commander of the No. 5 vehicle. His loss made Daniel feel a little sorry.
But Daniel didn't feel that it was a big deal. There would always be casualties on the battlefield, and these casualties were nothing compared to the upcoming victory.
"Keep going!" Daniel ordered.
"Yes, Captain!"
But soon the first company commander reported again: "Car No. 1 was destroyed, they blocked the way forward, and we can't move forward!"
"Push them away!" Daniel responded without thinking.
"That's exactly what we do, but..."
But then there is no but.
"Second Lieutenant! Second Lieutenant Detrich?"
"The second lieutenant died!" Another voice replied: "I am Sergeant Hans, taking over the command of the second lieutenant. Captain, the enemy gunners fired very accurately. The tanks we went up were destroyed one after another. It's blocked!"
At this time, Daniel realized that there was a problem: if the enemy's anti-tank guns were so accurate, the tank battalion would not be able to advance here at all.
"Retreat!" Captain Daniel shouted in the next second: "All retreat!"
"We can't retreat!" Another report almost made Daniel despair: "Enemy anti-tank guns are firing at the rear of the column, and our rear is also blocked!"
Thus, it was originally a nail that penetrated the Soviet defense line, a sharp sword that opened the gap, and a sharp knife that cut the Soviet army into two parts...but it became a fish that was surrounded by the defense line and could not move.
With the sound of gunfire, the German tanks blocked on the railway were destroyed one after another.
This is not only because the German tanks are located on a higher railway embankment, and the target is obvious, but also because the German tanks cannot move and just wait to be beaten, but also because the Soviet anti-tank guns are fired in groups of three to correct each other. of.
These anti-tank guns are 60 meters away from each other...too close and easy to be covered by enemy fire.
Then they are connected to each other by telephone, and the No. 1 cannon is used as the command. While operating the cannon, the data and information are transmitted to the No. 2 and No. 3 cannons by phone.
"Direction 4510 (cannon mil, Su 6000 mil), distance 530...fire!"
At this time, the No. 2 and No. 3 guns did not fire, and the observer held a telescope to observe the target. If the shell hits the target, that’s all, and you can look for the next target.
If the shell fails to hit the target, then the No. 2 cannon will immediately make a judgment based on the point of impact, whether it is high or low, left or right, how much... After a quick calculation in a few seconds, use the corrected Zhu Yuan aimed at the same target, and then "fire!"
If you miss it, there will be No. 3 gun immediately.
If the three cannons are fired sequentially like this, it can basically be said that there is a problem with the calculation ability of the artillery observer or bad luck.
Bad luck does exist, because the wind direction may change in a short period of time, making the shells inaccurate.
However, this is rarely the case. As long as the calculation speed of the artillery observer is fast enough, the three cannons can almost be said to hit the same target one after another.
This enabled the anti-tank gunners to successfully knock out a heavy tank battalion of the enemy...First they blocked the two ends tightly, and then wiped out the tanks in the middle one after another.
The German infantry who followed the tanks and interspersed in hoped to rescue these tanks with their firepower, but all this was in vain: the firepower of the Soviet troops on the two flanks quickly overwhelmed them.
Some tanks drive down the railway hoping to go back around it, but it goes without saying what happens when they do so... There are complete traps dug on both sides of the railway, and it doesn't even have a gap.
So in a short while, more than forty medium tanks from a heavy tank battalion of the German army were paralyzed on the railway, some caught fire, some smoked, some fell into traps, and some were blown to pieces.
Beside the tank, there are corpses of German soldiers.
They were originally interspersed, but unexpectedly they were made dumplings.
Seeing this tragic scene through the telescope, Admiral Schweppenburg couldn't help but gritted his teeth, and then asked his adjutant, "Did you see the Russian anti-tank gun positions?"
"Yes, General!" replied the adjutant.
"So what are you waiting for?" Admiral Schweppenburg said: "Order the artillery to blow them up immediately!"
"Yes, General!"
As mentioned before, tank ambushes also have their flaws... The anti-tank firepower ambushed by the roadside is inconvenient to transfer.
Especially Shulka still uses a lot of traps in the position, so it seems that the anti-tank guns can only be in the same position, and it is quite regular: groups of three are spaced at the same distance from each other.
It’s okay if you don’t fire, because they are all hidden in the artillery fortifications and camouflaged, but firing means that the location is exposed, so it is easy to be hit by enemy artillery fire.
After a while, only the whistling of shells was heard, and then shells exploded on both sides of the railroad tracks, and several anti-tank artillery positions were instantly razed to the ground.
But Shulka has already withdrawn the gunners first...they don't need to stay where they are and get blown up with those anti-tank guns.
If it is to get to the bottom of it, this is probably a violation of Order No. 270.
Because there is one point in Order No. 270: Every soldier must protect his equipment with his life and use it to fight the enemy to the last moment.
The equipment of course includes anti-tank guns.
Shulka has learned this command more than once, so he knows it.
As for the instructors…
"Don't look at me like that, Comrade Shulka!" said the instructor, "I don't see anything!"
(end of this chapter)
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