USSR 1941

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But these advantages cannot make up for the deficiencies in the defense of the Soviet T26 tank... 15MM thick armor, this is a thin steel plate, and a 12.7MM anti-aircraft machine gun can penetrate it at a distance of 100 meters, let alone counterattack. Tanks fired.

Therefore, the 25MM caliber anti-tank gun equipped by the Romanian army shows its advantages: light and flexible.

The anti-tank gun used by the Romanian army is an APX25MM anti-tank gun imported from France. It looks a bit like the SG43 Goryunov heavy machine gun of the Soviet army...a not-so-thick barrel with a A small anti-shield, two small wheels for maneuvering under the shield, with a total weight of 500 kg, can be pushed and maneuvered by manpower or even disassembled and deployed to a certain high ground or bunker.

Its weakness is the lack of armor-piercing ability. As Major Gavrilov said, it is difficult to deal with T26 at a distance of 300 meters.

The problem is that it is very difficult for the T26 to find the target at a distance of 300 meters in the rain, especially the 25MM anti-tank gun of Luo Jun is only slightly larger than the heavy machine gun, and even if it is camouflaged, it can be found at a distance of 200 meters or 100 meters. Neither is easy.

Therefore, the weakness of the 25MM anti-tank gun is no longer a weakness, but none of the advantages is lost.

Just like now, the T26s that drove forward were destroyed by the anti-tank guns of the Roman army and paralyzed on the battlefield. Some smoked, some were penetrated and the engine caught fire, and some even exploded Shells were blown to pieces.

The attacking Soviet army did not compromise easily. They seemed to want to use tank sea tactics to open a gap in the enemy's defense line... So tanks and infantry rushed forward one after another while suppressing the defense line of the Roman army with artillery.

The sound of gunfire, artillery, and shouts of killing soon filled the entire battlefield.

Occasionally, a few tanks broke into the enemy's line of defense, but they all disappeared like mud cows into the sea, never to return.

Another advantage of the Luo Jun 25MM anti-tank gun is its fast rate of fire, 15 rounds per minute, which gives the Luo Jun enough time to paralyze one tank and then turn to another.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and the Soviet army reluctantly withdrew until the follow-up troops were separated by enemy artillery and the attack was interrupted. What remained on the ground were piles of corpses and wreckage of tanks.

"We should have tanks with thicker armor!" was Shulka's first reaction.

This is normal, a large part of the competition between tanks and tank guns is the issue of armor thickness.

"We do have such tanks!" Major Gavrilov replied, "But they are still on their way!"

"On the way?"

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov replied: "T28 medium tank!"

Shulka couldn't help but "oh" when he heard that.

I also have a little understanding of this tank Shulka, which is a tank widely used by the Soviet army on the Soviet-Finnish battlefield.

Its firepower is very strong, 76.2MM gun plus three DT machine guns: one coaxial machine gun, and the other two are located in two rotatable independent small turrets in front of the turret.

This unique three-turret structure requires six people to operate, and some even have five wonderful machine guns after modification (including anti-aircraft machine guns used for anti-aircraft outside the tank).

The number of machine guns and the amount of ammunition prepared can be described as "crazy".

Its armor thickness can barely meet the requirements, 30MM, and now it should have added additional armor to the front to reach 60 to 80MM.

This is enough to withstand the 25MM anti-tank guns of the Romanian army.

(Note: The French APX25MM anti-tank gun has a 200-meter distance to vertical armor penetration capability of 30MM)

The problem is this guy is so slow,

The off-road top speed is only 19 kilometers per hour.

This is second, after all, 500 kilometers from Kyiv to Odessa is not too far away, and it can be reached in a few days. The bigger problem is the high failure rate.

What's even more tragic is that this tank performed poorly in previous battles. At this time, the Soviet Union had decided to decommission it, so the parts were not produced. If it failed, it needed to be replaced... Engineers often handed it a grenade.

As it is now, the T28 tanks incorporated into the 9th Army have two tank battalions with a total of 73 tanks, and only 31 tanks can be driven to Odessa. Dare to drive this thing on the battlefield, because it usually can't reach the enemy's defense line, unless you can take the engineer with you.

At this time, a staff officer reported to Major Gavrilov after answering the phone: "Comrade Major, our army lost 53 tanks just now!"

53 tanks, you must know that the 9th Army of the Soviet Union only has a total of more than 500 tanks, which is unusable without deducting malfunctions.

Major Gavrilov frowned. According to this way of fighting, I am afraid that the mechanized unit of the Soviet 9th Army will be beaten into an infantry unit before it gets dark.

"Can we block Transnistria?" Commissar Fomin asked.

Commissar Fuming's idea makes sense. The Soviet army has command over the sea, so it can use the Black Sea Fleet to cut off the enemy's supply line.

But Major Gavrilov quickly dismissed the idea.

"Look at this!" Major Gavrilov pointed to the outlet of Transnistria Bay, and said, "This area is densely covered with hidden reefs, and there is only one entrance about 500 meters wide for ships to enter and exit. Blocking this channel with mines and artillery prevents our ships from entering Transnistria!"

Political Commissar Fuming nodded helplessly, not even counting the German bombers.

"If it is not time-critical!" Major Gavrilov said: "We can transport a batch of medium and heavy tanks from Kyiv... Our people are rushing to repair the railway, but it will take five days!"

"Odessa can't wait for five days!" Commissar Fumin said, "The Italian expeditionary force will arrive here in only three days!"

In fact, Shulka knew that it was difficult for the Soviet army to hope for railway transportation... There were enemies everywhere along the road, and they only needed to set up a few cannons and blast the Soviet engineers at the railway for a long time.

"They will continue to fight like this!" Major Gavrilov said: "Until all our tanks are gone!"

Gavrilov was right, because the second round of the Soviet offensive started as he was speaking... The tactics were still the same as before with the flat push of the tanks, if anything, it was to put the Modified tanks are saved.

This is often the case with the Soviet army on the battlefield. They always use the same method to attack again and again, and sometimes even the attack steps have obvious rules.

This can be said to be due to the lack of quality and command experience of the Soviet commanders, or it can also be said that at this time the Soviet army one-sidedly emphasized the courage of the soldiers and did not pay attention to the use of tactics.

So, the hot potato was naturally passed to Shuerka again.