Chapter 1071 Counterattack 3
Chapter 1071 Counterattack 3
"God, I feel like we are facing at least one armored battalion." A Russian soldier said, looking at the occasional blurry figure emerging from the smoke in the distance.
"No, no, it might be an armored division! You know, that's a large establishment that the Bavarians only have on the Western Front. God, they actually mobilized an armored division to deal with us?" An officer who seemed to have some status trembled. He looked at his opponent in the distance and said. The vibrations coming from the ground from time to time made some Russians timid before fighting.
However, most of the people were still faithfully performing their responsibilities. They pushed the 3-inch rapid-fire cannons into the hastily dug gun nests, while other infantrymen bundled grenades into bundles so that they could fight at the last moment. A handful! The machine gunners silently set up the machine gun, and then the deputy gunner took out the long leather ammunition chains from the ammunition box and connected them to the machine gun. After everything was done, the Russian soldiers waited for the enemy's arrival with characteristic calmness or numbness.
"Get ready! This time, what we are facing are just some fish belly, just think of it as preparing for the future war!" Major General Eric, who is the commander-in-chief of this attack, said to his officers and soldiers with ease.
Strategies and tactics are constantly evolving, and standing still means going backwards. Look at the Russians who have developed a rapid troop system suitable for Tsarist Russia. Naturally, Bavaria cannot always rely on artillery to strike first and tanks to rush forward. The idea of the infantry keeping up. In order to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 7-digit Russian army in the Polish pocket in the near future, the prince specially set up a brand new battle group this time. In terms of number, this battle group is larger than the regiment and smaller than the division. . It is responsible for the requirement of being able to defeat a Russian division in the field and being able to advance continuously for 4 days at a speed of more than 50 kilometers per day!
And in order to achieve this task, the prince spent a lot of money! Needless to say, there is an armored battalion responsible for attacking the front, not to mention a 105MM self-propelled artillery company and a 120MM self-propelled mortar company responsible for suppression. These are all standard equipment. The motorized infantry originally used to accompany armored troops in assaults were replaced by armored grenadiers. As for what is the difference? The former rides on a truck, while the latter rides on a reinforced half-track transport vehicle with a certain degree of defense.
The brand new half-track tank produced in Bavaria has finally made its debut. This so-called Weasel infantry fighting vehicle is actually used on a 5-ton half-track personnel carrier. The only difference is that a rotatable machine gun tower or turret is installed on the front of this tank, and the front and sides can defend against machine gun armor-piercing projectiles at a certain angle.
Due to different equipment and weapons, this half-track infantry fighting vehicle is divided into two models, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is equipped with a 2-pound rapid-fire gun. Because the weight of the gun and ammunition take up a lot of space, this The Weasel 2 infantry fighting vehicle cannot carry additional infantry, while the Weasel 2 infantry fighting vehicle, which uses a 12.7MM machine gun, can carry 8 infantry and has a shooting hole specifically for infantry to shoot unexpectedly.
The prince finally agreed to mass-produce this half-track armored vehicle. The fundamental original intention was not to serve as an infantry fighting vehicle.
But to make up for the shortcomings of armored vehicles. After all, the Weasel 1 tank actually has nothing to do with the infantry fighting vehicle. It's just that because the number of tanks is not enough, and the stability and speed are lower, we just find some cheap substitutes. As for the Weasel Type 2? That was completely a product that came out by the way. Had it not been for the outstanding performance of the "Kruger's Circus" on the Eastern Front in the battle against the Japanese, the prince would not have approved the production of the Weasel 2 tank.
Then, when Eric Battle Group launched the attack, the Russians were suddenly dumbfounded because they discovered that they faced too many armored targets. The armored units with more than 3 digits appearing on the opposite side had to rely on no more than 100 armored targets. Six companies of 3-inch guns attacked, and such a battle was destined to be a massacre from the beginning!
"When the German offensive formation unfolded, my mind went blank at the time. I looked at the tanks rushing out of the smoke, the attack front with more than 2 kilometers in front and hundreds of iron-coated tanks. When the cross armored vehicles roared, I knew that we were destined to lose. They formed a moving steel wall and rolled over directly with unmatched power. If we say that before, Bavaria's armored forces were more If they serve as an armored spearhead to pierce your defense line, then this time they will be a huge steam hammer, directly smashing the resisters to pieces!" A Russian officer described the scene after the war.
A mixed armored battalion of 45 Cricket tanks and Hu Feng assault guns was arranged into three huge V-shaped assault squares, while two battalions of Weasel Type 1 and Type 2 tanks were on both sides of the armored force. Spread sideways, their numbers are greater, and the weapons they carry are equally impressive. Hundreds of artillery, machine guns and large-caliber machine guns were aimed at the Russian army in the distance. When the two sides approached a distance of about 1,000 meters, the entire attack front was like a volcano erupting, and the metal shells fired by the artillery were formed. The storm surged towards the opponent like a tide!
When the Russian rapid-fire artillery fired a shell, the rain-like counterattack instantly flooded the exposed gun positions. The 2-pound shells drew dangerous arcs in the air. After a moment, an artillery piece was destroyed. Together with the nearby artillery group, it was wiped off the ground, leaving only a huge crater and fragments scattered nearby telling people that there was once an artillery piece here.
The Russian machine gunners couldn't even find a suitable target in the face of the steel wall-like advancement. At first, they frantically polished off the bullet belts one after another. The rain of bullets like locusts had no effect on the steel. , accompanied by a clanking sound of collision, bullets were bounced off the thick steel plate. After a series of sparks, only a few small craters were left!
"This is a scene I have never seen before. When the Germans launched an attack, we couldn't even see a single person! Everything was full of tanks and armored vehicles. The gray-black paint, muzzles and machine guns were beating when firing. The orange flames and the gray-yellow dust raised by the chariot as it advanced obscured our vision. Only then did we realize that we were using our flesh and blood to block the advancement of steel! The opponent could make us collapse with just firepower!" A The memoirs of Russian machine gunners are full of despair and fear!
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