Steel Soviet Union

The speed at which Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division entered the battlefield can only be described as "fast", so fast that the Germans did not even have time to make an emergency response.

Leading the charge was still the medium tank battalion under Kulbalov.

After suffering certain losses in the earlier battles, Malashenko directly transferred crews and vehicles from the medium tank battalions of several other regiments and added them to the medium tank battalion under Kulbalov with a wave of his hand. , restored full combat effectiveness.

Although doing this may cause some gossip, Malashenko doesn't care if there is any such thing.

If you have the ability to make sharp knives, I will complete the system for you. If you don't have the ability, don't give me the trouble. If you have the ability, go ahead, if you don't have the ability, keep your mouth shut. The rules are that simple.

In terms of his rich command and combat experience, Kulbalov, who has fought all the way from 1941 to the present, is undoubtedly outstanding and worthy of Malashenko's trust and appointment.

The medium tank troops at the front were charging at high speed and approaching the enemy. The German enemy in front of them was even facing the direction of Hill 239, without realizing in advance that the real danger would come from the side and behind.

The German army was obviously careless and eager for success, and did not even bother to do the basic operation of setting up a warning observation post one kilometer away. In addition to being a little surprised, Malashenko also had a ferocious smile on his face. You can't blame others for what you did to your own death. If I don't clean up you German guys today, I'll write the Chinese character "horse" backwards!

The outermost German army only deployed some light infantry along a few trenches that were so simple that they could be called hip-stretching. The commanders of the medium tanks could not even see the enemy's anti-tank guns in their field of vision.

Several machine guns hurriedly adjusted their design posture and fired immediately, like a mouse seeing a cat. The bright green tracer barrage that hit them all over their faces sent sparks flying out of the armor of T3485 and T43, but it still had no effect. Nothing can, nothing can stop these steel monsters from rushing forward.

It is not the elite combat engineer units that follow the medium tanks to advance together. Because the medium tanks themselves are easy to lose and do not have a good defensive effect, it is too risky to place elite and limited combat engineers on these medium tanks.

There is a saying that the value of combat engineers to Comrade Ma is simply greater than that of medium tanks. Of course, this is only a personal opinion.

In the close combat after approaching the enemy's position, tall and powerful tanks cannot be of much help. Combat engineers wearing heavy armor and holding powerful weapons can be of great use at this time.

If a tank is damaged, it may be repaired and replenished. Even if it cannot be repaired, it is an industrial product and a spare vehicle that can be replaced at any time.

But the people in this combat engineer battalion are all precious little things that cannot be replicated. If one of them dies, they are really gone, and it will make Comrade Ma feel distressed. A good knife does not mean that it should not be used, it just needs to be used on the edge at critical moments. In short, it cannot be used randomly.

Therefore, the first wave of tank knights who rushed up with the medium tanks were all ordinary light infantry with light weapons in hand. But he is still a warrior with rich combat experience under Varosha. There is no room for mistakes in the task of breaking through with a sharp knife. As long as he gets out of the car and engages in close combat with the enemy, he is equally powerful.

Since the Germans on the flank line of defense really did not have any decent anti-tank firepower, the medium tanks, knowing that the Germans in front were still being beaten by the long-range artillery on Hill 239, simply stepped on the accelerator and launched a high-speed assault, ignoring the enemy. With small arms firepower, it didn't take long for the tank knights carrying their respective tanks to arrive close enough and began to slow down the vehicle.

"Get off the bus, everyone get off the bus! Follow the tank and move forward! Hurry!"

Since it is a direct high-speed assault without any cover firepower, if you drop the infantry too close, it will obviously be more than worth the gain and may cause excessive losses. You cannot just shorten the attack distance and cause too many casualties. The premise of controlling casualties as much as possible is what Malashenko has always emphasized. Since the army wants to become elite and develop, it must try to control casualties.

The medium tanks that arrived in front of the position covered the infantry behind them, and their coaxial machine guns and direct-aiming main guns fired continuously at the enemy. Although there was a bit of a lack of accuracy due to the bumpy off-road conditions and the shells missed, the huge psychological pressure caused by the flying bullets to the German army was real. Can you concentrate on doing anything if shells are flying above your head?

Apart from anything else, it is indeed possible for veterans to do it, but it is certainly not possible for these 18 or 19-year-old young soldiers on the rudimentary German positions.

The medium tanks, which made a high-speed assault while maintaining fire suppression, rushed into the position at a high speed visible to the naked eye, ran over the first German infantry trench, and climbed over it.

Before the German soldiers who were holding their heads and crouching down to avoid being run over by the tank had time to get up again and react, the Red Army soldiers who were following closely behind the tank had already appeared in front of them and raised their weapons.

"Comrades, destroy the fascists! Ula!!!"

Bang bang bang——

Da da da--

A hail of flying bullets hit their faces and pierced their bodies. Most of the German soldiers, who had no time to even raise their guns to aim, fell to their fighting positions.

After crossing the first trench and completing the escort mission, the medium tanks immediately stopped and entered a state of fixed fortresses and firepower points. As far as the eye can see, there are many panicked German soldiers running and jumping like frightened rabbits, and more German soldiers are even rummaging for something in the nearby truck compartment. Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a whole box. of iron fist.

In addition, there are a large number of supply boxes and oil barrels and other items randomly stacked in places visible to the naked eye. The experienced commanders immediately judged and concluded that they probably broke into a German material storage point. Even the Germans who want to break out during the movement must have these materials, not all of them. Abandoned.

A tank without fuel and artillery shells is no different than a coffin. Everyone knows that valuable materials should never be discarded.

The Germans cannot give up anything, and what matters is important to them. Then the Red Army must do the opposite, put some eye drops on the Germans and stab their hearts with a knife.

Soon, the medium tanks, which had almost cleared the obvious German machine gun fire points, began to turn their 85mm tank guns, pointing the black muzzles directly at the German valuables, oil barrels, ammunition piles, and a pile of ammunition. One Lightning Opel truck after another.