Steel Soviet Union

The Soviet artillery fire stopped, and it seemed that the worst nightmare was over.

But Captain Vasile, who has been fighting on the Russian battlefield for nearly a year, knows very well that if he is in a defensive state and is violently covered by Soviet artillery fire, then the most terrifying thing is not these things that can force people to death. The Soviet artillery blasted the soul out of the body, but was followed by the "Ula" charge that was bound to appear like a mountain and a tsunami.

"Get up, everyone who is still alive, get up quickly! The Russians are coming, pick up your weapons and follow me! Hurry up!"

Although Captain Wasile was a junior officer with a high rank, neither he nor the company he commanded had very good weapons and equipment to speak of.

The Germans sent over some seemingly good weapons and equipment to show "mutual aid to allies", but Captain Wasile, who had seen what weapons and equipment the German Wehrmacht used, knew very well that these were supported by the Germans To the Germans themselves, the weapons and equipment that came over could only be regarded as rags used by some second-line troops or even third-line troops at best.

However, his company and his own soldiers had to use these German second- and third-line weapons to deal with powerful enemies beyond the first line. This made Captain Wasile feel angry at the selfishness of the Germans, and at the same time felt sorry for his motherland in Germany. He was so pale and weak under the power of others that he could not even take a breath and felt deeply helpless.

"Damn the war, damn the soldiers, damn the Krauts"

Holding in his hand the MP38 submachine gun that had been polished until the barrel was shiny silver, Captain Vasile, who was filled with resentment and helplessness, was the first to duck out of the half-collapsed shell-proof hole. Following behind him were his soldiers who were bombarded by Russian artillery until they looked like drunkards on the street. They even walked awkwardly, swayed from side to side, and stood unsteadily.

Captain Wasile was not the first officer to lead a team out of the shell hole.

On the position that was blown up by the Russians like the surface of the moon, many of their comrades and colleagues were already preparing to fight.

The machine gun firepower is mixed with MG34 and Czech-made ZB26 light machine guns. It just looks sparse and weak. The only few heavy machine guns are Maxims captured from the Russians. The Germans have been fighting since the beginning. He never sent any decent weapons to his side.

Those shabby 37mm anti-tank guns that were eliminated by the Germans and nicknamed "stepping stones" are being pushed out of the anti-gun holes.

Captain Vasile knew that this short and weak tank gun was of no use against the Russian T34 tank, just like a bullet hitting the steel plate would definitely bounce away. Having been equipped with this kind of anti-tank gun for so long, Captain Vasile has never seen with his own eyes even a Russian T34 destroyed by this kind of junk.

Captain Vasile, who saw the busyness of his comrades but was anxious in his heart and knew that all this work was in vain, cursed anxiously.

"How can these damn rags be useful? Heavy firepower, we need more powerful heavy firepower! Pavel, where is the 75mm anti-tank gun? Bring someone over and get it over here. If you don't have enough people, bring more. Quick !”

The heavy weapons Captain Wasile mentioned were some new 75mm anti-tank guns that those stingy Germans had just supported not long ago. The Germans call this new gun the Pak 40, which is very powerful against the Russian T34 medium tanks.

Captain Wasile once saw with his own eyes that a T34 at least five hundred meters away was penetrated by the front armor of this new gun, and its head flew directly ten meters away, and the ammunition exploded and turned into a pile of torches on the spot. The scene was one of the few times he witnessed the destruction of a T34 medium tank in his memory.

However, the Germans, who have never been generous, even if they are willing to support new equipment, they have to do it under the strong protest reaction of their own side.

His infantry division was only allocated 6 of these new anti-tank guns, but those Germans used this as an excuse to demand that they work harder to fight for them. How could there be such a ridiculous joke in the world! ?

The company he commanded was fortunate enough to be assigned such an anti-tank gun, which was also one of the three 75mm anti-tank guns in the entire regiment.

The situation of using human lives to protect equipment rather than equipment to protect human lives is truly happening here.

In order to protect such a precious anti-tank gun from being destroyed by Russian artillery fire, it can also play an important role in appearing where it should appear at the critical moment.

Captain Vasile personally led people to dig a special anti-tank hole for this anti-tank gun to accommodate it. Although this can ensure that the gun will not be destroyed by Russian heavy artillery to the greatest extent, there is a bigger problem. But how to transport this 4-ton anti-tank gun out of the hole.

Captain Wasile's company, which had no tractors available, usually used mules and horses to pull this precious anti-tank gun around. If it were not wartime, this would be acceptable.

But in the current urgent situation, it is impossible to bring a mule or horse to drag the gun out of the hole. Even if this 4-ton anti-tank gun is equipped with two wheels for maneuverability, it is impossible to force this thing with manpower. It still takes a lot of effort to push it out of the hole and then move it to the gun emplacement. Without seven or eight strong men working together, it would be impossible to even think about it.

A platoon leader who received Captain Wasile's order immediately hurriedly called on several people to rush to the location of the anti-gun hole where the cannon was hidden in his memory.

But at this moment, Captain Vasile, who was standing on a position as rugged as the surface of the moon and was about to continue to do something and issue follow-up orders, suddenly heard a heart-wrenching sound of steel grinding. his ears.

"Tanks! Russian tanks, heavy tanks! God!"

Although most of the time they encounter Russian T34 medium tanks, this does not mean that these Romanian soldiers have not heard of the fame of Russian heavy tanks.

It is said that the heavy tanks of the Russians are all huge and intimidating. Even if the Germans encounter these steel monsters, they will have to use all their strength to go all out. Whether they can win or not is still completely open to question. There were quite a few Germans who were crushed into pieces of steel by the rampaging Russian heavy tanks. Captain Vasile had heard about it more than once.

Captain Vasile once had the opportunity to see Russian heavy tanks, but those were unmanned and abandoned tanks that were abandoned on the roadside after running out of fuel. The towering, strong and powerful appearance alone was intimidating. From that moment on, Captain Vasil prayed that he would never have a conflict with such a monster.

But now, looking at the ferocious figures of dozens of steel behemoths that were breaking out of the thick fog in front of him, Captain Wasile suddenly felt that the 75mm anti-tank gun he had prepared as his trump card might not be able to send as much force. Used.