USSR 1941

Shulka took out a letter from the pocket of his long-legged jacket, a letter rolled up and wrapped in a tarpaulin... If you don't do this, the letter will not be preserved until it is sent.

The former comrade-in-arms can't say anything now, blood poured out of his throat, staining his chest bright red. He just lay on the ground, and then it was over.

Shulka always cares about the comrades in the unit he grew up in, that squad, that platoon...even though he is now a company commander, there are already three platoons with more than one hundred soldiers under his command.

But this seems to be normal, for those who don't know, the casualties are more just a number.

Shulka didn't dare to think too much, because he knew that he was fighting at this time, and the enemy was rushing up like a tide.

Usually, the German infantry had an advantage against the Soviet infantry, because the German mortars were better, then the machine gunners were responsible for suppressing the enemy infantry fire, and then the infantry charged with their rifles.

But this time, the German infantry's attack was not so smooth.

The reason is that there are one trap after another in front of them, invisible traps.

Therefore, the infantry of the German army ran and then fell into the trap with a "thump", and fell into the pit with a "thump" when they leaped forward.

This severely affected the speed at which the Germans could leap forward, because they were not sure which piece of mud ahead was a trap.

To make matters worse, if the rifle fell into the trap, the mud would seep into the bolt quickly, and even if he got up, the rifle would probably fail to fire.

This forced the German infantry to rush forward by bypassing the limited routes concentrated in the pits... These routes proved to be safe because of the footprints left.

But the result of this is that the Soviet army only needs a few machine guns or submachine guns or even rifles to block their offensive.

Shulka did not expect this situation... These traps are actually dual-purpose, they can deal with both enemy tanks and infantry.

Admiral Schweppenburg on the other side was not surprised by this. From the beginning, he did not expect to be able to break through the enemy's defense line without the cover of tanks. If this is the case, then the enemies in front of him are not worth his use what tactics.

Seeing that the situation was almost over, Admiral Schweppenburg waved his hand, and a tank unit that had been ready for battle rushed up murderously... This tank unit had a total of forty-five tanks,

It is a heavy tank battalion, all composed of "No. 3" and "No. 4" tanks.

Driving ahead were five Panzer IV tanks.

This is a tank that the German army entered service only last year.

Although its defense is insufficient... the armor thickness is only 30MM, which is not even as good as the 37MM of the Panzer III, but its 75MM caliber short-barreled artillery has a strong lethality to enemy infantry and fortifications when firing high-explosive shells.

More importantly, its off-road speed can reach 40 kilometers per hour, which is much faster than the 23 kilometers off-road speed of the Panzer III.

Admiral Schweppenburg hoped that these "Panz. 4" tanks could take advantage of this advantage and break into the enemy's defense line along the railway with lightning speed, causing chaos, and then the "P.3" tanks followed to fight. And win.

As Admiral Schweppenburg said to Captain Daniel, the commander of the tank battalion: "The enemy will definitely target you with anti-tank guns. Don't worry about this and don't worry about others. Forget about all dangers and tactics. What you have to do There are only two things: put on the gas and fire!"

"Yes, General!" Captain Daniel actually knew what to do, because he had done it before, and more than once.

So he's pretty experienced with that.

Insufficient armor protection?

Don't worry about that, the "Number Four" has the speed to get through the enemy's anti-tank lines before their anti-tank guns knock them out, and that's what matters: speed!

When receiving the order to attack, Captain Daniel exposed half of his body outside the turret, held up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Listen to my command and move forward!"

Under the command of the commander, more than forty tanks drove onto the railway in an orderly manner. After the tracks rolled onto the rails, there was a "clang" sound of steel collisions, just like warriors striking with their swords before charging. The shield demonstrates to the enemy.

At the same time, Admiral Schweppenburg ordered the artillery to implement fire cover... The purpose of this was to interfere with the sight and concentration of the Soviet anti-tank firepower, because the smoke and evaporated water vapor from the shells would further affect the sight.

If it weren't for the fear that the tank driver could not see the railway and the enemy, Admiral Schweppenburg would have fired smoke bombs.

A row of bullets hit the armor of the "No. 3" tank on which Captain Daniel was riding, making a popping sound like popping beans.

This made Daniel realize that the enemy had noticed their actions, so Captain Daniel retracted his head and closed the hatch while ordering: "All units, cover the hatch!"

This is not the time to be a hero, and Daniel knows that.

He didn't understand that some tank commanders always like to poke their heads out of the tank to command operations... This may be a symbol of courage, and it is true that they can better perceive the external environment and quickly indicate the target for the tank.

But at the same time, this will also make the commander a target for enemy snipers or machine gunners.

"That would lose the value of the tank!" Captain Daniel commented on this approach: "The biggest function of the tank is that you hide in it and shoot at the enemy, but the enemy has nothing to do with you!"

What Captain Daniel didn't expect was that this time the battle was completely opposite, that is, the enemy shot at him, but he had nothing to do with the enemy.

"One company!" Captain Daniel ordered: "Speed ​​up!"

The first company is the leading troops, including the five "No. 4" tanks that lead the battle.

"We're running as fast as we can, Captain!" replied the first company commander.

"Not fast enough!" said Captain Daniel. "You know, there are probably several anti-tank guns aimed at you. If you slow down, their shells will penetrate your armor and smash your tanks into a ball. Fireball!"

"That's what surprised me, Captain!" reported the first company commander: "Until now no anti-tank guns have been fired at us!"

Captain Daniel also felt something was wrong.

Because infantry had already cleared the roadblocks before, and the rail foundation was solid, the tanks were galloping forward at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour. At this time, they were approaching the enemy's defense line...

The enemy should have returned fire with anti-tank artillery, but until now there has been no movement.

But Captain Daniel didn't think too much, he ordered: "You don't need to worry about these things, Lieutenant, all you need to do is two things: step up the gas pedal and fire!"

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