Chapter 33 Soldiers (Part 1)

Compared to the impatience of gunner Klink, Wittmann, who ranks as the world's third armored ace in the history of human armored warfare, is much calmer like an experienced hunter.

"Why are you anxious? Relax, Klink. If you open fire now, one by one of those Ivans will definitely turn their guns around to bombard us. And we are at best just an ambush team separated from the main position, not for It’s hard to have sex with Ivan’s army, so be sure to wait for the last perfect opportunity!”

After hearing the order from Wittmann as the commander, Klink, who had no choice but to put his head back to the gun mirror again, could only continue to do his own job at the moment.

On the main battlefield on the other side, Malashenko, who had no idea that there was a German assault gun squad ambushing less than 300 meters away from his flank, immediately returned to his duties as commander of the vehicle after putting all the accompanying infantrymen down. Come to work and continue to direct the battle.

"Move forward at a steady speed in first gear, Seryosha. Everyone remains alert. The Germans must have more than one anti-tank gun. The one just now was just a test at most."

Boom boom boom——

Malashenko, who was giving orders to his crew members, had not finished speaking when another burst of intensive anti-tank gunfire from the German position not far away suddenly overshadowed his words.

Just as Malashenko had guessed, the German anti-tank gun that first fired at his car was actually just a trial fire.

So far, the German frontline anti-tank artillery unit has not yet had a complete report on the parameters of the Soviet T34 tanks because the march was too fast and there was no time to conduct target shooting experiments on the few T34 tanks that had been captured. Weakness Analysis Atlas.

Where is the weak point on the front of the T34 tank, and how close is the effective absolute destruction distance when it is fired at high and low. These extremely important information in battle are almost unknown to the German front-line anti-tank artillery units. .

Faced with the torrent of steel formed by the opponent's Soviet T34 tank army as the vanguard, the German front-line anti-tank artillery troops could only rely on their own strength in the battle, and fired without absolute certainty to test whether they could effectively attack. The penetration is the best evidence of the current dilemma faced by the German anti-tank artillery unit.

However, the cruel facts once again disappointed the German armored soldiers who had high hopes for their anti-tank guns.

Since we have realized in previous battles that our own PAK36 37mm anti-tank gun will not be of any use against the Soviet T34 tanks, even if it is close to the extreme distance of more than ten meters to fire at close range. At most, it's just a stepping stone.

Therefore, the anti-tank guns currently deployed on the first defensive position of the German Army's Adolf Hitler Guards Division are all the most advanced and armor-piercing PAK38 60-caliber 50 mm anti-tank guns in the German army's equipment sequence.

But even these are already the best equipment among the current German Army's standard anti-tank guns, but they once again failed in this close-range shooting where the offensive and defensive sides have closed to a distance of less than 300 meters.

During a burst of muzzle shaking, the Type 39 full-caliber capped armor-piercing projectiles fired by these PAK38 50mm anti-tank guns almost all hit their respective targets accurately without exception. The caps equipped on the impact fuse of the warhead itself also Similarly, after contacting the front main armor of the T34 tank, it fragmented as it should, providing a good positive correction effect for the armor-piercing warhead itself.

But even so, the armor-piercing projectiles of these small water pipe anti-tank guns with a caliber of only 50 mm still failed to penetrate the main armor belt of any T34 tank, and even directly generated ricochet and was bounced away far away.

After the muzzle flash and gunpowder smoke dissipated, they saw through the binoculars in their hands that none of the more than ten salvoes of armor-piercing shells from our side were effective. The German anti-tank gun team was so desperate that they even had the urge to curse.

"That's bullshit! I didn't join the army just to tickle Soviet tanks! What's the use of these bullshit anti-tank guns? We should drag those idiots who invented them to look at the ricochet craters on Soviet tanks!" "

He was vomiting extremely bad curses, but still loaded the next shell into the barrel with his hands flying and continued to aim it at the target, preparing to shoot again, but this time before these German anti-tank gun groups opened fire again, they kept moving forward at a constant speed. However, the Soviet T34 tank group, which had barely reached the need to stabilize the gun body for firing, took the lead in launching a counterattack.

Boom boom boom boom——

A burst of high-explosive shell fire from the T34 tank's 2mm main gun exploded on the German position almost in the blink of an eye, accompanied by a scream of death.

Although sufficient temporary protective bunkers for anti-tank guns had been excavated before the war and the front projection area of ​​the gun body was reduced as much as possible to minimize the chance of being hit, these Soviet 76mm Soviet 76mm guns with a surface-to-surface killing radius are now pouring in. High-explosive bombs don't pay attention to these principles.

The violent explosion was accompanied by shrapnel that was scattered in all directions, like a meat grinder, tearing all the fragile flesh within the affected area into pieces. Under the impact of the powerful explosion, the German anti-tank gun was twisted into a twist-like shape. The wheels were blown far away, and various human fragments and fleshy remains with missing arms and legs were scattered all over the entire position like an uncleaned slaughterhouse.

After just this wave of T34 tank main gun salvos, the German anti-tank gun team deployed on the first line of defense at the front lost more than 4 guns.

Even though the Adolf Hitler Guard Division, as the head of the imperial guard, had the best equipment and priority replenishment in the SS and even the entire German Army, the loss rate of five anti-tank gun teams within less than five minutes of the start of the war was unbearable for anyone.

Looking at the German anti-tank gun teams that continued to resist stubbornly on the first line of defense in his gun sight, Malashenko, who was turning the turret steering machine in his hand to find the next target, felt a little uneasy in his heart.

So far, Malashenko, who has knocked out two German PAK38 50mm anti-tank guns by himself, has not seen even a trace of the German FLAK36/37 88mm anti-aircraft gun.

It was understandable that the small German vanguard unit in the previous village raid did not carry slow-moving heavy weapons such as 88mm anti-aircraft guns, but as a time traveler from later generations, Malashenko was unwilling to believe that in this front-level battle, the German army on the defensive did not use 88mm anti-aircraft guns, a weapon known as "anti-all artillery", to deal with himself.