Chapter 241 First Opportunity
Colonel Becker is right, the white cloth and the white tank can be said to be integrated... This may not be so obvious from the ground, because there is a height difference between the white cloth on the ground and the tank, and it can be recognized at a glance tank.
But if you look down from a high-speed flying fighter or bomber, it will be a white piece, and it is not easy to identify the tank from the white cloth.
So, although the German air power has been transferred to reinforcements, most of the fighters and bombers can only hover in the air but can't do anything... They almost only see their own tanks, and they are watching them being destroyed one by one.
Shuerka also led his men and rushed out with the tank.
Almost the moment the tank rushed out of the house, the outcome was already a foregone conclusion.
In tank warfare, apart from protection and firepower, initiative is also very important. The reason is that a tank division only has a total of more than 100 tanks. If the initiative is lost, more than half of it will be lost in the blink of an eye, and then it will be impossible to come back. .
So, regardless of the fact that the tank is tall and mighty, has a cannon, and a machine gun with thick armor, it is actually very fragile on the battlefield. For the enemy tank, it is actually a problem of an armor-piercing bullet.
This is the case in the battle at this time.
The German 2nd Armored Division has much more tanks than the 4th Tank Brigade... The 2nd Armored Division as a veteran German armored force has 152 tanks, while the Soviet 4th Tank Brigade has only 63.
This is not because of battle damage. In fact, the fourth tank brigade did have battle damage, such as the previous Klin battle, and the battle to attack Volokolamsk. T34 lost more than 20 tanks due to malfunctions and other reasons .
However, these battle losses were quickly replenished... The T34 produced by the Stalingrad Tractor Factory gave priority to supplementing the Fourth Tank Brigade.
The reason why the 4th Tank Brigade at this time only had 63 tanks was that they had to use some real tanks to hide the truth... A total of 20 tanks led the fake tanks to Tver, and then these 20 tanks were thrown in It was not until the battle to attack Tver that the play was completed.
That is to say, in the direction of Volokolamsk, the number of Soviet tanks is less than half of that of German tanks.
At the same time, the protection and firepower of the T34 are actually not bad at close range... As I said before, anyone can penetrate anyone at a distance of tens of meters, tens of meters or even only a few meters, even the short of "No. 4" Tube guns can penetrate T34, so there is no advantage in protection and firepower.
This battle is about taking the lead.
Tank No. 239, Shulka clearly remembers that its commander, Fedosiev, drank the two-day vodka ration last night, then fell to the ground and fell asleep drooling without a quilt... Shulka Only then did I understand why so many people freeze to death on the streets in modern Russia.
At the moment when the battle started, Shulka thought it was over, and Fedosiev was not ready at all.
But I didn't expect the tank to be very flexible.
It didn't stop after it broke through the door and window... Most T34 tanks are used to stopping and waiting for the body to stabilize before firing, but this is actually not necessary in close combat.
At the same time, the constant maneuvering of the tank also makes it less easy for the enemy to become a target.
I saw that the No. 239 tank was advancing while "booming" and pierced the "No. 4" tank in front of it that was urgently turning the turret to it.
The quality of the German tank soldiers of this "No. 4" tank is very good, because its emergency steering relies on the simultaneous movement of the body and the turret, that is, the driver and the gunner turn towards the target at the same time.
Obviously, this can double the steering speed, but it also requires almost perfect coordination between the driver and the gunner... Otherwise, neither the driver nor the gunner will be able to accurately point to the target by turning more or less.
This requires a lot of training and quick response and adaptability.
Unfortunately, they still failed to turn to the firing position in time before the T34 fired, so its fate was to become a pile of scrap iron and slump in place.
Because of the close distance, Shulka and the others could even clearly hear the crisp sound of the armor-piercing projectile piercing through the armor of the tank. The "No. 4" tank shook as if it was shaking, and then stopped moving again. .
T34 continued to move forward, and a bullet hole appeared in front of Shulka. The steel around the bullet hole was sunken inwards, and a few wisps of blue smoke came out from inside.
But of course Shulka didn't think about it at this time. He yelled "grenade"... grenades with blue smoke rolled over the tank body and went straight to the German army to follow the infantry.
The German infantry was still in full formation, but when the grenade fell beside them, they immediately lost their positions.
This is also one of the functions of the grenade, because of his delay, so everyone knows what will happen next when this thing is around.
As long as you are not stupid, no one will think about shooting but how to dodge, so the goal of suppression is achieved.
With the explosion of "Boom", the German soldiers were blown up and down, and Shulka and others used the wreckage of the German tank as a cover to shoot at the fleeing German soldiers.
German soldiers were knocked to the ground one by one.
Although they were all well-trained and experienced, they fell into a pool of blood before they had time to respond to a series of mutations.
The No. 239 tank, on the other hand, walked around in front of the wrecked tank in a godlike position, then increased its horsepower and rushed towards another "No. 3" tank.
The reason why it is said to be a "godlike move" is because the German "No. 3" tank is turning its gun tank to the right, while the No. 239 tank uses the tank wreckage as a cover to circle around and appear on the left. .
The "No. 3" tank hurriedly adjusted the muzzle back...but it was too late. The No. 239 tank had already been reloaded, and with a "boom", another number was added to the number destroyed.
During the battle, the Soviet army also threw smoke bombs.
This is not only to further reduce visibility and make the Luftwaffe lose their target, but also because the Soviet tanks are painted white and are easier to hide in the white smoke of the smoke bombs, while the black crosses on the German tanks are very obvious... In fact, it is almost It is a marked bullseye.
For the German tanks, what's worse is that they didn't even think about encountering enemy tanks before. They thought their opponents would still be infantry, just like the defense line they broke through.
The difference is that the barrels of most German tanks are filled with grenades for infantry instead of armor-piercing projectiles.
(end of this chapter)
