Steel Soviet Union

Although he is about to face a surging wave of German attacks, fortunately not all conditions are extremely unfavorable to Malashenko. For example, the advantage in the defensive terrain is on Malashenko's side.

The entire Nibotrikaya village has a typical highland distribution pattern with a high center and low sides. Standing at the entrance of the village, you can have a clear view of the surrounding low-lying areas. This was a higher-lying area specially chosen to prevent flooding from rainwater when the village was originally located. Now it has become a natural defensive position for Malashenko and his party.

The reason why the German troops stationed in the village were completely destroyed by Malashenko's leadership was mainly related to the time Malashenko chose to launch the attack and the German army's lack of preparedness.

Four or five o'clock in the morning happens to be the time when people's vigilance is at its lowest.

The German sentry who had been standing guard all night dozed off behind the bunker, and the other German soldiers who were sleeping soundly under the covers were sleeping at the very moment when they least wanted to get up.

In addition, the German army, which was in an offensive deployment state, had not established an effective defense in depth at all, and concentrated all its troops on one point in order to launch the most lethal single-point breakthrough attack against the Soviet army.

If there were no objective factors on the German side, Malashenko would not have been able to capture the heavily fortified village of Nibotrikaya in less than a morning. They did not launch artillery preparations and air strikes just because they did not want to give the Germans time to react and a chance to breathe. This village tank raid was a textbook example of a battle.

In addition to the fact that the village itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Malashenko, who has withstood the most difficult year of 1941, also has some advantages that he could not even think of last year.

The aviation liaison officer assigned by the front army headquarters is stationed at his regiment headquarters. A field airport 160 kilometers away sounds very far away, but for an aircraft, it only takes ten or twenty minutes to push the throttle valve hard. .

The Il-2 attack aircraft formation and the MiG-3 and LaG-3 fighter formations are on call. At the same time, Malashenko, who is surrounded by six friendly infantry divisions to assist in the battle, can also call for artillery fire from the powerful Soviet field artillery group. support.

All in all, compared to 1941 when he was fighting alone, Malashenko today can be said to be like a wealthy landlord who spends freely and can fight freely.

"After the fight starts, we should try to be more conservative. Otherwise, if the Germans drive them into Stalingrad, they will really be blinded. Even if there are tanks waiting to be sent over there, it will be difficult to replenish them. Try to conserve your strength first."

Malashenko, who was silently thinking about his own little calculation, was about to call Commissar Petrov and Lavrinenko to discuss the deployment of defenses and cooperation with friendly forces. Unexpectedly, a shrill scream suddenly sounded in the sky. At this time, everything comes from far and near.

"Fuck you! The air raid comes faster than a rabbit!"

Judging from the dense roar coming from the west, it can be judged that there are definitely not one or two planes. The only possibility is that the Soviet fighter planes that can come to stir up trouble just after a victory are definitely not The remaining damn Germans called for air support before dying.

Malashenko, who had no time to think about it, pushed open the wooden door of the regimental hut and rushed out. The soldiers in the yard who were busy setting up antennas and moving things had already begun to evacuate the yard to avoid the air raid. The soldiers who had just given the order to evade Political Commissar Petrov saw Malashenko walking out of the house, and immediately stepped forward, picked up Malashenko and left.

"Comrade Commander, this way! The German plane is coming!"

Woo——

boom--

Before Commissar Petrov finished speaking, a 500-kilogram aerial bomb was decoupled from the Stuka's pylon and flung straight towards the village.

The explosion smoke and dust that shot up into the sky instantly tore up several surrounding houses, and carried the debris straight into the sky.

Before a captured German Panzer III tank could be driven away in time, a 500-kilogram aerial bomb exploded less than ten meters away from it. In the blink of an eye, the poor tank that had not been destroyed by the Soviet army was destroyed. The Panzer III tank was restored to its parts state.

"Damn it! These German air forces probably know that their armored regiment has been completely wiped out. They are obviously here to massacre the village for revenge."

Due to the rush of just taking over the village, the field air defense battalion attached to the First Malashenko Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment had not yet had time to deploy the towed anti-aircraft guns into combat status.

As if they were in no man's land, the German fighter planes rolled up and down, unleashing maximum ferocious firepower. Violent explosions resounded in every corner of the village, releasing astonishing destructive energy.

After the Stuka wreaked havoc for two or three minutes, it was discovered that there were no Soviet fighter jets ambushing nearby. The bold German BF109 fighter jets also joined the carnival. 20mm aircraft cannons and 92mm machine guns fired in unison on the main road in the village. There was a mass explosion and a dance of blood, with corpses strewn across the land.

Originally, he was complacent because he caught the Germans by surprise and suffered heavy losses. Malashenko, who was a little proud, never expected that the revenge of these German troops would come so fast and extremely strong.

If it were the German troops on the ground, it would be okay. No matter how many there were, I would still be able to hold on for a few hours and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But these flies buzzing above his head left Malashenko with no choice but to passively dodge. Even if the tank could fight, it could not erect its gun barrel for air defense. The natural strike advantage of aircraft against tanks always made it difficult for them to attack tanks. Malashenko felt helpless.

"Damn it! You need to talk to Ke Jing later about setting up a field self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. How long will it take for this damn naked chicken to be so useless after being bombed!?"

He was almost running like a mouse in front of the ferocious German air raids. Malashenko, who was in an awkward state, thought of the German self-propelled anti-aircraft guns such as Dongfeng and Tornado, and suddenly had the idea to let Kotin also The idea of ​​​​producing similar products, Malashenko is really fed up with this kind of humiliating and useless days of being bombed without being able to fight back.

Fortunately, this wave of hurried German air raids came and went faster.

A dozen aircraft were hurriedly assembled and rushed towards the front line of the battlefield to support them. The German pilots who were flying halfway suddenly learned that their own ground troops who were going to support were likely to be wiped out. Currently, contact has been interrupted and there is no response. .

The German pilots who were really angry and turned back halfway decided to fly over to take a look for themselves. However, as soon as they entered the airspace of the combat zone, they saw the small ant-like Soviet soldiers cleaning the battlefield below.