Steel Soviet Union

Iushkin, who accurately manipulated the steering wheel and the high-low machine wheel in his hand, finally stopped. With one continuous aiming movement, he had already aimed the black muzzle of the main gun at the target. The 85mm fixed high-explosive shell was loaded in the barrel. Then he rushed out of a ball of muzzle fire.

boom--

Crackling——

A fierce sound of masonry debris flying everywhere resounded in my ears. An 85mm high-explosive round from Iushkin hit the German machine gun fire point directly on the window. In an instant, it was irreparably destroyed. Destructive destruction.

The entire window fire point reinforced with concrete and bricks was completely blown away. The square window that originally existed here was directly torn into a huge gap more than one meter in diameter by the terrifyingly powerful 85mm high-explosive grenade.

The German machine gunner who was thrown backward by the explosion shock wave was cut into two pieces in mid-air by large pieces of projectile fragments and the explosion shock wave before he hit the wall and came to a complete stop. Finally, he hit the wall and instantly fell to the ground. On the ground, only the upper body and lower body were connected by an intestine. The living person who was still alive and kicking just now turned into a silent corpse in an instant.

The scene of flying sand and rocks quickly disappeared, but not all Soviet tank crews were as successful as their brigade commander's car.

Some Soviet tanks whose aiming accuracy was a little less than interesting hit the oncoming wall very close to the fire point.

It is useless to blast these reinforced brick walls with a thickness of more than half a meter with ordinary 85mm high-explosive grenades.

In order to withstand the severe cold in winter, the Soviet people sincerely built their houses to be extremely strong. However, these buildings, which were originally used to withstand the severe cold, turned into natural fortresses and bunkers in the hands of the invaders. Malashenko estimated that none of them were over 100 mm. There is no way you can even think of using high-explosive bombs to chew through these brick walls.

"Every crew, aim accurately! Don't hit the surrounding walls, aim directly at the German machine gun eye, aim as accurately as you want, aim directly and kill these bastards!"

It is true that the thickness of the surrounding walls is half a meter, but the independent small balconies of these rooms that are originally windows are far from being so familiar.

The Germans who removed the window frames and glass directly used two or three layers of bricks and pasted some military-standard concrete to completely seal it. The two or three layers of bricks and concrete for caulking and reinforcement would naturally be able to block ordinary small arms. Even the high-explosive shells fired by those thirty- to forty-millimeter cannons can be easily immune.

But the Soviet heavy tanks commanded by Malashenko are genuine IS1s, carrying an 85mm D-5T tank gun that can kill tigers and repel leopards. As long as it hits the right spot, there is no problem at all in knocking out the German machine gun's firepower with one shot.

"Good high-explosive bombs!"

With a loud roar from Kirill's side, Iushkin, who had already pointed the muzzle at the next target, roared and fired again.

The roaring shells once again accurately hit the face of another German machine gun fire point, and the scattered masonry debris fell from the height of the fourth floor like a downpour.

The MG34 machine gun, which was blown into a shape of steel twists, then fell down with broken bricks and rocks. The German machine gunner, who was blown to pieces and bloody, was hanging at the window of the firepower point that turned into a big hole. The shaky state lasted for a few seconds. Then he fell from the height of the fourth floor to the ground with a thud.

"Well done, Iushkin! Next, on!"

The targeted firepower clearing, like pulling out carrots in a farmland, is still going on.

After losing two tanks that were used as fixed turrets, the Germans no longer had any available anti-armor firepower that could threaten the Soviet heavy tanks on the streets.

The madly spouting machine gun flames clanked against the tank's armor plate, and sparks popped up. The Soviet gunners, who were not disturbed by it at all, continued to fire more and more, and kept bombarding with the main gun, which was visible to the naked eye. All enemy targets within range that are spitting tongues of fire.

The Germans, who continued to resist for more than a minute, quickly realized that this was not the way to go. Without anti-armor firepower, it was simply unrealistic to block the Russian heavy tanks from the defense line.

The German army, which was very adaptable, quickly changed its tactics. After receiving the order, the remaining machine gun fire points quickly withdrew and disappeared in almost unison. They basically faced the wall of the building on Malashenko's side. There are no longer any tongues of fire spitting out.

"What do these Germans want to do? Have they given up?"

Iushkin, who clearly saw the scene in front of him through the gun scope, was a little uncertain, but Malashenko, who was sitting in the commander's position behind him, knew it well and was confident.

"Don't think so well, Iushkin, these Germans will never lay down their weapons and surrender until the last moment!"

"Kiril, reload high-explosive bombs! Iushkin, be ready to fire at any time and obey my orders."

After giving the order to the crew members, Malashenko grabbed the radio transmitter next to him, repeated the temporary ceasefire order to all the accompanying crew members, and then picked up the phone hanging on another stand. Speak up.

"Captain Varosha, please reply. Are you there? Over."

Malashenko did not let Malashenko, who was holding the phone in his hand, wait too long. Captain Varosha, who had been holding the phone behind the butt of Malashenko's car and waiting for orders, heard the voice of Malashenko coming from the phone. After Shenke's familiar voice, he immediately grasped the microphone and responded.

"Yes, I'm here! Brigadier Malashenko and Captain Varosha are waiting for instructions!"

"Listen up, Captain Varosha! Take your people forward. We have helped you clear out all the German machine gun fire points that dare to show their faces, and we will continue to keep an eye on them! Once a new German guy shows up to die, we will not Don’t be stingy with tank shells, so take your men and clear the buildings on both sides of the street. The tanks will provide you with fire support at any time!”

Malashenko's plan was very simple. After approaching a distance of just over a hundred meters, the tanks would stop advancing. The infantry would use their legs to cross the distance of just over a hundred meters to block the German troops on both sides of the street. The occupied buildings will be cleared first.

The reason why tanks are not allowed to cover the infantry to continue advancing is that the elevation angle of the tank's main gun is not enough for higher floors. If the distance is closer, with the elevation angle of these IS1 main guns led by Malashenko, it can The firepower points of the Germans on the fourth and fifth floors will be out of reach. Even if one's own infantry is beaten, they can only stare and be unable to provide any support.