Steel Soviet Union

At the same time as the steel war eagles were taxiing and taking off from the airport runway, the battle on the frontline ground had become increasingly fierce and uncontrollable.

Just like there is absolutely no invincible tank in this world, the KV1, which was powerful enough to compete with the King-class heavy tank in 1941, is not indestructible. The German tanks gradually began to attack Marathon at the cost of huge casualties. The Department of Science and Technology has caused increasing casualties.

The side armor exposed to the field of view of the two troops of the Lutheran Army armored group was constantly under attack. The sharp type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectile was completely capable of dealing with the completely vertical KV1 heavy tank's 75mm physical thickness side armor. Use the most powerful armor-piercing firepower to penetrate it directly without any suspense.

The tungsten core armor-piercing body wrapped under the armor of the projectile easily tore through the side armor of the tank and shot into it, directly cutting the Soviet tank crew in two on the spot, which was in combat mode and had no time to react.

Some surviving Soviet tank soldiers who were lucky enough to miss the chance of having their tungsten-core armor-piercing body enter the ballistic path also had a hard time escaping. When the tungsten-core armor-piercing body penetrated the rolled homogeneous steel armor on the side of the vehicle body, the armor fragments that collapsed were even more powerful than bullets. .

The whole body only had a black leather tank cap that was not bulletproof for impact protection. The flesh-and-blood Soviet tank soldiers simply could not withstand such a storm attack. In the blink of an eye, they were told that the incoming shrapnel tore through the fireproof jacket. After taking it, it was poured into the body, tearing the blood vessels, muscles and internal organs into a pool of blood-red viscous paste, and then penetrated out from the other side of the body. In such a situation, there was no way to save it. necessary.

The KV1 heavy tanks that seemed to be intact on the outside were stagnant on the battlefield where artillery fire was flying. The crew members inside had been killed and injured. These KV1s had turned into ghost tanks equivalent to steel tombs.

The number of KV1 heavy tanks presented on the battlefield with this result is close to ten or so single digits. It is already very difficult for the German army, which has fired hundreds of armor-piercing rounds from the beginning of the war, to achieve such results.

The Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile, which can only produce good effects on vertical armor, is really difficult to achieve much on a complex and ever-changing battlefield. What is the angle of incidence from the time the projectile flies out of the tank muzzle until it finally hits the target? It's really hard to control the little one.

Compared with the losses suffered by Malashenko's 1st Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment of the Guards, the losses suffered were acceptable. The armor protection was so weak that even the Soviet 76mm tank cannon could hit Walter's soul with one shot from 700 meters away. The losses suffered by the German tanks were geometrically multiple than those of Malashenko's tanks, which can be said to be heavy casualties.

The turrets of countless Panzer III and IV tanks and the remains of the tanks that were torn into pieces by strong ammunition explosions were scattered on the ground. The fate of the German tanks that were partially penetrated by the armor and luckily did not suffer from ammunition explosions was not much better.

Gasoline, an extremely unstable, flammable and explosive oil, is used as tank fuel. Once the armor is not penetrated, the German tank will inevitably catch fire on the spot even if the ammunition does not explode.

The fierce fire that spreads quickly will spread to the engine room and fuel storage tank through the fuel supply pipeline in a very short period of time. It can range from a fire to a direct fuel tank explosion. The battlefield at this moment is full of blazing fires. The burning steel body presents the most miserable state in its relatively complete and undisturbed posture.

It is roughly estimated that at least thirty-eight tanks have been lost since the war began. Such a heavy loss of half of the tanks is simply unimaginable in normal times, and it is completely unbearable.

But now that Lieutenant Colonel Walter has fought the war to this point, he cannot order a retreat under any circumstances. Let alone whether he can succeed in escaping from under the eyes of the Soviet army during a fierce confrontation with the Soviet army. The final result of losing so many tanks but still failing to achieve the tactical goal was even more unacceptable to Lieutenant Colonel Walter at this moment.

The dozen or so KV1 heavy tanks that had been separated from the tank cluster by Malashenko's earlier order were now covering the accompanying Soviet infantry and rushed to the German defensive positions to tear apart the defense line.

The two vehicle-mounted 62mm DT light machine guns mounted on the KV1 heavy tank kept firing, taking the lives of all German soldiers exposed on the position. The German soldiers who were suppressed by the firepower of the vehicle-mounted machine guns splashed with water to the point where they could not raise their heads could not get out of the trenches at all. The Soviet infantry who were marching along the trenches and advancing fiercely came in waves like waves.

I originally thought that with the fully automatic firepower network composed of the MP40 and MP38 submachine guns in my hands, I could withstand the Soviet troops who only held the Mosin Nagant rifles and DP light machine guns with bayonets in their hands in the narrow trenches. Effectively preventing the opponent from continuing to advance through the trench traffic network that is made up like a spider web.

But the unexpected German soldiers soon discovered that their opponent's Soviet soldiers had a new, unprecedented, fully automatic weapon in their hands.

This new Soviet submachine gun equipped with a disc-shaped large-capacity drum is similar to the Finnish Somi submachine gun. The firepower is extremely fierce. The German army uses two submachine guns, MP40 and MP38, with direct insertion magazines. Both in terms of firing rate and Or the firepower durability is far inferior to this perverted Soviet weapon. The slightest advantage in progress is almost impossible in the current face-to-face close-quarters trench battle. To the point of being useful.

The only gratifying thing for the current German infantry is that fortunately there are not too many of these new Soviet submachine guns.

The total number of Soviet submachine gunners who appeared in various trenches and marched bravely was only about thirty. The MP series submachine guns, which were used as basic weapons in the German infantry squads, could still barely compete with other submachine gunners by virtue of their numerical advantage. Evenly matched.

But even so, the German army, which was unexpected and completely unprepared for the emergence of this new Soviet submachine gun, still accidentally lost a large number of them in the first few minutes of the battle for the trenches. Manpower, and the Soviet infantry that continued to pour in like a flood from the gaps in the position, brought increasing pressure to the defending German forces that were ebbing and flowing.

Da da da da——

After a burst of continuous rapid fire that was so crisp and clear that it was almost impossible to hear the sound of a single gunshot, he held up the Mauser 98K rifle with a bayonet in his hand, and wanted to rush forward to fight with Lieutenant Colonel Yakov. The soldier was immediately thrown to the ground, while the muzzle of the brand new Soviet submachine gun that had completed this masterpiece was filled with wisps of unfinished smoke.