Steel Soviet Union

"All crews, move forward! Guard the intersection ahead, don't let a German cross the street!"

To deal with this group of Germans who came to the rescue in a hurry, Malashenko had his own wishful thinking.

The goal of this group of Germans is obviously to attack these two key buildings at the intersection. The most direct way to stop this group of Germans is to block them all on the opposite side of the street, and block the buildings connecting the opposite side and your own street. The main intersection turned into a firefight zone.

The wide crossroads is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The terrain is open and unobstructed. Apart from a few craters left by shelling and aerial bombs, there is nothing that can be called a bunker.

The Germans wanted to attack their own neighborhood, and this intersection was the only way.

When the total strength of the enemy and ours seemed to be evenly matched, Malashenko was sure that the Germans would be defeated after leaving a pile of wreckage and corpses at the crossroads. In Malashenko's view, the victory was almost There is no suspense.

Malashenko led the remaining platoon of Red Army soldiers to quickly move to the street intersection. The platoon leader who was ordered by Captain Varosha to stay and answer the phone received a complete call from the wired phone hanging on the back of the car. According to Malashenko's order, guarding this street intersection until repelling the enemy's counterattack is the only task that must be completed.

The remaining German dug bunkers and foxholes before the street intersection became a favorable barrier for the Red Army soldiers. A total of six IS1 heavy tanks under the personal command of Malashenko were parked steadily at the street intersection, acting as a barrier. The function of the temporary fixed turret is to provide direct-aimed suppressive firepower for our own infantry.

"Quick! Get the German machine guns and bullets. Yes, put them right here! Set up the guns!"

The small group of German soldiers who were previously eliminated by Malashenko's team left behind many useful weapons.

Many of the Red Army soldiers whose weapons were mainly automatic firepower such as Bobosha submachine guns did not carry long-range rifles. The Mauser 98K rifles picked up from the remains of German corpses were just right for medium and long-range firefights. role.

Several MG34 general-purpose machine guns that were not destroyed by the explosion and were still barely usable were also turned around, and instead aimed at the Germans themselves in the hands of the Red Army soldiers, ready to pour firepower at any time.

Basically, the Red Army soldiers with two guns each either picked up Mauser 98K submachine gunners to supplement their long-range firepower, or the riflemen picked up the German MP40 submachine gun for temporary use.

Anyway, it's just a positional defense battle that won't last long. When you run out of bullets, just throw away the German gun. It's a good choice to equip two main weapons without having to worry about carrying them.

boom--

The first to open fire were not the infantry on both sides, but the six IS1 heavy tanks led by Malashenko, who used static braking to gain the upper hand.

Iushkin's target was the leading German Panzer IV tank at the front. Among all the German vehicles within sight, this one had the highest armor-piercing firepower and the strongest anti-tank power. , in line with the principle of catching the thief first, it is natural to knock out the target that poses the greatest threat to you first.

Aiming and firing at a distance of 600 meters is not too far. For a veteran like Iushkin, he can easily achieve the first hit on a tank-sized target.

The German Panzer IV tank, which was hit by an armor-piercing projectile and stuck in the upper armor of the vehicle body, had no other possible end except being destroyed.

The spare track pads hung on the armored area on the front of the car body to temporarily enhance defense have no effect at all. At most, they are just a layer of toilet paper on the steamed buns. Facing the 85mm D-5T tank that is enough to kill tigers and leopards. When the gun is fired, it cannot have any effect that is sufficient to cause qualitative change.

The 85mm full-caliber hooded armor-piercing projectile, known for its huge warhead charge, was penetrated into the body of the vehicle. The interior space of the vehicle was really not spacious. As expected, the unlucky Panzer IV tank was unlucky, and a strong ammunition explosion occurred immediately afterwards. The blazing fireball that spread instantly swallowed up the surrounding German soldiers accompanying them in just a moment.

Most of the German soldiers who were not killed on the spot were knocked to the ground by the shock wave of the ammunition explosion. The Panzer IV tank, which was not thickly armored, had disappeared after the flames of the explosion dissipated, leaving only A portion of the twisted running gear and a small half of the chassis remained in their original positions.

Several other IS1 heavy tanks either used high-explosive shells to directly hit the German infantry, or like Malashenko's command vehicle, fired armor-piercing shells to attack enemy armored targets. Six tank gun shells were fired from different angles. The German soldiers at the front almost felt helpless in the precarious weather.

"Next shot, armor-piercing bullet, continue! Aim at the remaining Kraut tanks and smash them!"

"As you wish, Comrade Commander!"

"Armor-piercing bullets are good!"

"This is a greeting from Iushkin, fascist bastard!"

boom--

The six IS1 heavy tanks led by Malashenko were killing with unparalleled energy. The Germans followed closely and launched a counterattack. None of the armor-piercing shells fired penetrated the main armor belt on the front of the tank. It was not due to the irregular sloping defense. The armor bounced off directly and was directly swallowed alive by the armor part that was physically quite thick.

The main gun fire that had been shortened to a distance of 500 meters continued, but no matter how you looked at the scene in front of you, it looked like a one-sided massacre of German armored units by Soviet tank crews.

The IS1 heavy tank, which is only slightly worse than the Tiger tank in terms of combat performance, is simply not something that the small German tanks No. 3 and 4 can handle. And that was a heavy-duty Lianhu tank that was originally supposed to be used to support operations in the city, but Malashenko, who accidentally encountered it in advance, was directly dispatched outside Karachi Town.

Witnessing the constant destruction of the German armored units in front of him, Malashenko couldn't help but secretly thought, if the Tiger heavy tanks of that company were not killed by him in Karachi Town, but were put into The city assisted the German troops in defending the city.

I am afraid that the situation of standing guard at the intersection as a fixed fort and killing heavily will also happen to the German armored soldiers. The 76 small water pipes of KV1 and T34 simply cannot cut through the Tiger, which is famous for its strong armor and sharp cannon, even if it rushes to the face. It would be useless to fire directly at the face at zero distance. The famous scene in Pokaki Village might be staged in Stalingrad in a different way in advance.

"Fortunately, these tigers were buried outside the city. If they drove into the city, who knows how much trouble they would cause! It would be really fucking difficult to deal with tigers stuck at the intersection during street fighting. , even the superiority in military strength cannot be used with a hammer."