Burning Moscow

When I saw the front of a tank of our army was hit by a shell, I still had a trace of luck. I said that this is the most advanced T-34 tank in our army. The turret has a 60mm frontal armor with a 32-degree angle. The side armor is also 45 mm thick. The shells of the German No. 3 and No. 4 tanks are easily bounced even if they are hit. At such a distance, it is impossible to penetrate our tanks at all. network

But things backfired. I just thought so in my heart. The tank that was hit was exploded into a fireball, and the turret was even thrown into the sky by the blasted ammunition inside the car, and then it slammed into the ground again.

"Damn it, what's going on?" I was anxious for a while and couldn't help but yelled out: "At this distance, how can a German tank penetrate the T-34's frontal armor?"

Gurtiyev, who was leaning over the cannon mirror to observe the battlefield, stood up straight and said to me with a serious expression: "Comrade commander, I found that the German army seems to use a new type of tank, and the barrel of the other No. 4 tank. It has also improved compared to before."

"What, a new tank?" After hearing this startling vocabulary popping out of Gurtyev's mouth, I quickly raised the binoculars again and carefully checked the German tank queue. From this look, I really see the problem. The first few tanks are obviously very different from the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks I have known before. Judging by my limited knowledge of tanks in the military. This kind of square-headed and square-brained tank should be the tiger tank that the German army was famous for in World War II.

When I think of these are rushing towards our armored side

When the tanks in the formation were the T-34 Nemesis Tiger tanks, my heart was cold. The weapons and equipment of the two sides were obviously not at the same level. How to fight this battle? The 76mm tank gun equipped on the T-34 could not penetrate the 102mm thick frontal armor of the Tiger tank at all, while the 56mm diameter 88mm gun of the German Tiger tank could reach 1000 meters or more. Place, like shooting a target on a shooting range, it is easy to make a hole in the front armor of the T-34 tank. Thinking of this, in the cold weather, I was so nervous that my palms were sweating.

With the dull sound of the German tank guns, one after another of our tanks was destroyed on the snow. Some of the tanks’ turrets were the same as the first tank that was hit by the smashed ammunition. In the sky, and then hit the ground heavily. Seeing that our tanks suffered a big loss, the infantry on the defensive positions were also uncomfortable. They pulled the anti-tank guns out of the trenches and placed them in a row in front of the positions, violently moving toward the German tanks. Fire.

I carefully observed the anti-tank guns of our army and found that they were almost all 45mm guns. I could not help but sigh secretly. I knew that these tank guns did not pose any threat to the German Tiger tanks. When the roaring shells fell in the German tanks and exploded, except for a few shells that left a few dents on the thick armor of the Tiger tank, they couldn't stop the fast advancing German tanks at all.

Seeing this, Gurdiev reminded me nervously: "Comrade Commander, the situation of the friendly forces looks very bad.

Once the Germans broke through their positions, they could directly pounce on the position of the group army headquarters. Once we break through the position of our army, the German advancement speed will be very fast, even if the group army command now learns the news, there is no time to build fortifications, they will suffer heavy casualties under the impact of the German tank troops. In order to prevent this from happening, we must do something to help them. "

"You're right, General Gurtiyev." I know the truth with cold lips and teeth. Fortunately, I transferred Colonel Bere’s tank brigade over last night. I originally wanted them to follow the 25th Tank Army. It is cheaper to check later, but now they can only be used as "fire brigades."

Thinking of this, I walked quickly to the walkie-talkie and told the radio operator: "Comrade radio operator, immediately connect me to Colonel Bere of the tank brigade. I want to speak with him."

When I heard Colonel Bere’s voice coming from the earphones, I immediately asked directly: "Comrade Colonel, how is your tank brigade prepared?"

"Please rest assured, the commander, my tank brigade is ready for all battles and is ready to go into battle." He may have heard something strange in my voice. After answering my question, he asked tentatively. : "Comrade Commander, is the progress of the 25th Tank Army not going well, and we need our brigade to go into battle immediately?"

"Yes, Comrade Colonel." Under the current circumstances, I will not hide anything from him. I said straightforwardly: "If there are no accidents, our tanks, the 25th Army, will soon be hit by German tanks. The whole army will be wiped out."

"What

Well, the whole army is wiped out? "Belei was taken aback by my statement. He asked inexplicably: "Comrade Commander, as far as I know, the 25th Tank Corps has more than 100 tanks, and almost all of them are the latest T -34. In a tank battle with the Germans on the plains, even if you can't win, you won't lose so badly? "

"Colonel Beley, you don't know that the German army not only used a new type of tank today, but also improved the No. 4 tank that participated in the battle. Not only did it replace a larger-caliber barrel, it also increased its armor. "Although I guessed that it was the Tiger tanks newly put on the battlefield that caused our army to suffer a big loss, but at this moment, I can only vaguely say to Colonel Bere: "Even at a distance of 400 meters, our army's tank guns Nor can it penetrate the frontal armor of these two tanks."

My words made Colonel Bere nervous. He asked embarrassedly: "Comrade Commander, since these two tanks can't even deal with more than 100 tanks of the 25th Tank Army, if our brigade strikes, can it work?"

"Comrade Colonel," I heard that he wanted to retreat, and said in a more serious tone: "Yes, you have to do it; no, you have to do it. At present, the friendly defense positions are in danger of being broken by the Germans at any time, so you must immediately Attack from the side and give a severe lesson to the German tanks. Even if the entire army is annihilated, we must find ways to slow down the German army's advancement speed and buy more time for our army to consolidate its defenses. Understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Commander." I heard the voice from the headset, and I judged that Colonel Bie Lei had said these few words while biting his posterior molars: "Even if the whole

The brigade is gone, and I want to slow down the advancement of the German army. "

Hearing such a tragic answer from Colonel Biere, I felt a little unbearable. After all, this was my subordinate, and I was particularly saddened to let them die in vain. At this moment, I suddenly remembered in my mind that I had read an article summarized by the Soviets themselves. In the article, they introduced in detail how to use anti-tank weapons to deal with Tiger tanks, including the weaknesses and attacks of Tiger tanks. The methods are written in great detail.

After quickly recalling this article in my mind, I eliminated some content that was temporarily unusable, and began to teach Bie Lei how to deal with Tiger tanks: "Comrade Colonel, don’t worry, German new tanks. Although it is powerful, it is not impossible to deal with. You also know that the maneuverability of a tank depends on the transmission mechanism-driving wheels, driving wheels, road wheels and crawlers. These parts can be destroyed by shells of any caliber. The driving wheels are particularly fragile. Can become the first target of strike.

The new tank has two armor plates on each side. Part of the lower armor is covered by wheels. This armor protects the engine and gasoline on the two rear wheels at the rear of the car. You can use tank guns to attack the low armor plate, and the tank will catch fire when the gasoline is ignited. Another way to set the tank on fire is to shoot the upper side armor, which can attack the ammunition compartment and cause an explosion. The rear armor protects the tank's gasoline and engine, as long as it is hit by our armor-piercing projectile enough to paralyze the tank. ..."

After I told Berley what I had, I gave him an offensive order: "

Comrade Colonel, now that you know how to deal with the new German tanks, let's attack now. Remember to keep in touch with me at any time, I will give you new orders according to the changes in the battlefield. "

"Yes!" Colonel Bieley replied loudly as soon as I finished speaking.

When I put down the headset and the microphone, Gurtyev, who was standing next to me, couldn't help asking strangely: "Comrade Commander, I don't understand. How do you know these ways to deal with the new German tanks?"

Gurtiyev’s words almost scared me into a cold sweat. I just thought of teaching Colonel Bere the experience of dealing with tiger tanks. I forgot that the Soviet commanders had never seen this new German tank at all. Needless to say, master how to deal with tanks.

I couldn’t help answering his question, so I coughed and said in an official tone: “General Gurtiyev, don’t forget, I’m good friends with the tank general, Comrade Katukov, and we have been with him for a long time. It’s not a great thing to learn a little to deal with German tanks."

After listening to my explanation, Gurtiyev just sighed, then walked back to the cannon mirror with a face of doubt and continued to observe the situation on the battlefield.

There are burning tanks everywhere on the plains, including our own and Germans, but the only tanks that can run around at the moment are the German Tiger tanks. The German tank guns were firing, and the vehicle-mounted machine guns were firing. Some arrogant tankers even opened the top of the turret, stood in the hatch, and used submachine guns to unscrupulously shoot at our army's tank members running around.

Seeing this scene,

I was instantly furious, and I wanted to find a few snipers to kill all these German tankers. However, our observation post is two to three kilometers away from the battlefield. Even with the best snipers, they are powerless against enemies outside their range. Although the snipers could not hit the enemy, they could pose a threat to the German army, as well as the tank brigade of Colonel Bere. At this moment, they have appeared one after another behind the trenches of our army's first line of defense.

I hurriedly walked to the radio again and contacted Colonel Berei. I shouted into the microphone: "Look, Colonel Berei, immediately use high-explosive shells to bombard the enemy’s The tank and the infantry are separated!"

As the order was issued, the tanks of the tank brigade stopped, lined up behind the trenches, and fired at the German tank-tank junction in the distance. The high-explosive shells fired by the tank fell between the German tanks and the infantry. The mud and snow caused by the explosion of the shells flew high. Several soldiers near the explosion point were blown up. This sudden shelling knocked out the German infantry. The soldier sitting on the motorcycle quickly jumped out and fell on the spot, while the soldier who had been following the tank unit fell on the spot after the shelling. There are those who stand in a daze!

The German infantry began to fall into chaos after being fired continuously by the tank brigade. At this time, the tank that had stopped firing started to move. The tank soldiers drew on their full power and decisively launched an assault toward the side of the enemy, thrusting straight into the junction of the German infantry and the tank.

"It's great, it's great!" Seeing our army's tank rushing up from the German flank, Guldier

The husband exclaimed excitedly: "Comrade Commander, look at us, our tanks are rushing up. The German infantry has become chaotic after our shelling."

I held my binoculars and stared at the tank unit rushing towards the German army, but there was no joy in my heart, because I saw the infantry following the German tanks, not ordinary Wehrmacht, but SS in black uniforms. . Their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the National Defense Forces. Although they fell into a brief chaos under our artillery fire, I believe that it will not take long for them to recover and organize effective resistance. By that time, Colonel Bere’s tank brigade would be ill-advised.

Because the German tanks were advancing rapidly, it was never expected that such a tank unit would be rushed out of the diagonal thrust, and it was immediately caught off guard by the tank brigade. Several invincible Tiger tanks were shot from the side and stopped, billowing smoke in the same place, and the tank crew inside fled out of the tank in a panic and ran away desperately.

Colonel Bere is a very good tank commander. His tank brigade rammed the German tank and infantry junction. He used machine guns to shoot the infantry running around, and used tank guns to destroy German Tiger tanks and tanks from the side or from behind. Tank number four. Under their heroic attack, the German tanks and infantry were completely separated. Several German tanks rushed to friendly defense positions. After crushing several anti-tank guns and flattening several sections of trenches, they were wiped out by our brave soldiers with anti-tank grenades and Molotov cocktails.

Seeing signs of a collapse in the German offensive

Elephant, I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief secretly, and regret it in my heart: If Colonel Bere led the troops earlier, maybe our 25th Tank Army would not have made such a great sacrifice. I walked to the radio and asked the radio operator to contact the group army command. I need to report the situation here to Khalitonov.

"Major General Oshanina, is that you?" Khalitonov's anxious voice came from the earphones: "What's the situation with you? I heard that the 25th Tank Army was wiped out. Isn't the German army now annihilated? Attacking the position of the 4th Guards Infantry Corps?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." I replied respectfully: "Because the German army used new tanks, our tank 25th Corps was caught off guard~www.wuxiaspot.com~ so the whole army was quickly wiped out. I see the situation is critical. I have sent the tank brigade of Colonel Bere to launch an attack from the German flank. At present, they have severely damaged the German tank unit and completely isolated the remaining tanks and infantry..."

When I just said this, I suddenly heard Gurtiyev next to him screaming: "Damn it, **** it! Comrade commander, come and have a look, enemy planes, there are enemy planes in the sky, they are talking to Colonel Bielei. The tank brigade attacked!"

I pulled off the headset on my head, threw it to the operator with the microphone, rushed to the observation port, and looked up at the sky. I saw in the sky at this moment, a formation of four aircraft of the German army hovering above the tank brigade. Soon an enemy plane dived down towards the ground and dropped a bomb at the same time.

After the bomb hits the ground and explodes, the gunpowder will move two adjacent

A tank was packed in. Before the gun smoke dissipated, I saw that there was another fire, and then the turret of a tank was blown up from a high ground, spinning to the side, and smashing an empty three-wheeled motorcycle. It was a mess. When the smoke dissipated, I found that except for the body of a tank without a turret, the other tank was not as good as it was. It rolled over next to a large crater, still emitting wisps of blue smoke.