Steel Soviet Union

"Comrade Commander! Give me your hand! Quick!"

As a temporary loader, Nikolai was doing the same thing as Kirill before. He leaned his upper body out of the turret and took the initiative to reach out and grab Malashenko's right arm. With a sudden forceful movement, his right foot was about to fall. Malashenko stepped on the tank's road wheels and pulled him up.

"Quick! Get into the turret! It's not safe outside!"

Afraid of repeating Kirill's tragedy, Malashenko urged Nikolai to quickly return to the turret and close the hatch above his head. Malashenko focused his eyes on the commander's periscope in front of him and quickly searched for the target in front of him. , two German half-track armored vehicles that had just accelerated to escape not far away came into Malashenko's sight.

"Iushkin! Two Kraut half-tracks! Take aim and fire to kill them!"

Malashenko, who was being chased like a duck by two German half-tracks, was very resentful at the moment. He had not been as embarrassed as before since he traveled to this world, and Malashenko was itching with hatred. At the moment, Schenke just wants to blast the two German armored vehicles into the sky to relieve his hatred.

Iushkin, who understood what Malashenko's order meant, responded calmly and flexibly, and quickly pointed the black muzzle at the target with the helicopter and steering machine tightly in his hands.

After a chorus of cannon fire, including Malashenko's car, the two poor SDKFZ251 half-track vehicles failed to escape back to the village.

The huge sound of artillery and explosions that resounded outside the village woke up Major Muller who was taking command in the village. Major Muller, who felt that the situation was not good, immediately realized that he might have encountered a large incoming Soviet army. Under such circumstances, only ensuring the personal safety of Dr. August and his party is his top priority.

After making the decision, it was natural to do what he said. Major Muller, knowing that time was not waiting for him, immediately called for a company commander under his command and gave the order.

"Get ready, Lieutenant Schlieffen, take your people to protect Dr. August and they retreat to the rear, take action!"

"yes!"

After answering, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Lieutenant Schlieffen, who was half a beat too slow to react, finally remembered that he should not be the first person to evacuate.

"But, Major Mueller, what will you do if I lead people to protect Dr. August and they withdraw?"

"Me? I want to stay here to stop those Russians. You know what the explosion outside the village means. Do what you should do."

He wanted to persuade Major Muller again, but he recalled the battalion commander's decisive style of conduct. Knowing that he would have little effect if he continued, Lieutenant Schlieffen saluted and left. , Major Muller, already wearing a helmet and holding an MP40 submachine gun, stood on the spot fully armed.

"We must attract the attention of the Russians here first, and we can't let them discover Dr. August and his group!"

At the same time that Major Muller had made up his mind, Malashenko, who commanded dozens of tanks to rush outside the village, was already engaged with the German troops defending outside the village. What was a little regretful was that Malashenko The line did not carry any accompanying infantry troops. The sacrifice of Captain Yakov also represented that the remaining Soviet infantry in the previous brutal battle for positions had already suffered heavy casualties.

"No infantry can flatten this village! All vehicle crews, load high-explosive bombs, wash all the houses next to the village one by one and blast the Germans out of them!"

Even though the brutal war was fought on the soil of the Soviet Union, in order to completely clear out the German troops entrenched there, they had to issue an order to destroy everything.

If the house is gone, it can be rebuilt, but if the motherland is gone, everything will be completely lost.

The wooden huts had extremely limited ability to withstand 76 mm and 85 mm high-explosive grenades. The tragic scene of snow and sawdust flying all over the sky was accompanied by the panic-stricken German soldiers fleeing and wailing, knowing that their shortcoming was that they did not have infantry. Malashenko, who was clearing the houses one by one, had no intention of doing so from the beginning. Completely destroying the village and then collecting the bodies of these German soldiers was Malashenko's final plan.

The two PAK40 anti-tank guns deployed at the entrance of the village were targeted and eliminated by the concentrated fire of Malashenko's troops at the beginning of the battle. Malashenko, who had not seen any more anti-tank guns during the investigation just now, began to be fired upon by more and more hidden anti-tank firepower points in the village.

Major Muller, who was recognized and entrusted with important tasks by Colonel Horning, the commander of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment, naturally had two skills. The defensive firepower layout method of combining light and dark was just a common and basic operation.

Complex bunkers such as haystacks and stables and wooden houses scattered throughout the village became the best cover for the German anti-tank guns. Although the firepower of these anti-tank guns was not enough to penetrate the front armor of the KV1, they were still extremely disgusting. The armor of the tank was rattled, which seriously interfered with the firing. Malashenko became a little annoyed.

But the problem is that these carefully arranged concealed anti-tank gun emplacements require very careful observation to see the muzzle smoke and fire even when firing. The German army with a shrewd commander obviously used everything available to them. Trying to hide oneself in the dark, one has to look very carefully inside the tank with extremely limited field of vision to find the specific location of the German anti-tank gun.

"Iushkin, don't worry about those wooden houses for now! Find the German anti-tank guns. Sooner or later, if they are bombarded, the tracks will be broken. Those Germans are treating us as targets!"

Before Malashenko could even finish his words of ordering to change the attack target, he also commanded his tanks to blast into the village less than 200 meters away from Malashenko. He suddenly saw a strange situation on the other side of the village. Lavrinenko immediately grabbed the microphone in his hand and spoke loudly.

"Malashenko, toward the end of the village at ten o'clock! There is a German convoy driving out of the village. I can see them from higher ground here! They are fleeing to the south!"

"The German convoy? Has it escaped now?"

After being reminded by Lavrinenko's abrupt words and combined with the situation in front of him, he was instantly stunned. The German army in the village was resisting desperately and had no intention of retreat. It immediately formed a sharp contrast with the escaping German convoy at the end of the village. This also makes it clearer why there are so many sentries patrolling this village.

"Lavery, there is probably an important secret of the Germans in the convoy! Let the T34s catch up, and we must not let those Germans escape! Hurry!"