The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"General!" Qin Chuan said, "Maybe it would be a better choice for us to attack at night!"

After thinking about it, General Strike nodded and said: "You're right, this 'firepower pocket' is completely designed for our tanks. If we don't use tanks and use pure infantry to attack, then their tactics will be useless." usefulness!"

"But General!" General Olbridge said: "How can we suppress the Soviet firepower if we don't have tanks...Their tanks will cause devastating damage to our infantry!"

"We have ME63, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said.

"Can the ME63 be launched at night?" General Olbridge looked at Qinchuan doubtfully.

Qin Chuan nodded: "We have received relevant training and have to cooperate with flares, and the hit rate will be relatively low!"

"That's no problem!" General Olbridge nodded in agreement.

The attack time was again set at three in the morning.

The reason is that the German army hopes to keep the Soviet troops frozen in the defense line for a while, especially the Soviet troops in the anti-tank artillery fortifications. In order to prevent the enemy from discovering their position, they must stay in the fortifications and cannot come out to move around.

Then the German army received an unexpected effect... They could easily find the Soviet anti-tank fortifications in the dark, even though these anti-tank fortifications were camouflaged in the snow with no flaws at all.

On the other hand, these anti-tank gunners were also very dedicated. Almost none of them climbed out of the fortifications and did anything.

This is related to the Soviet army's anti-tank needs... The German army's offense always relies on tanks, and the blitzkrieg launched by German tanks always makes the Soviet army exhausted.

In response to this, the Soviet army paid special attention to the training of anti-tank gunners. They selected soldiers with excellent quality and strong fighting will from the artillery units to serve as anti-tank gunners.

This is one of the reasons why they can successfully deploy "fire pockets" on the front line... Without super psychological quality, ordinary soldiers would really not dare to lie in ambush in front of the position and watch the enemy tanks "rumbling" up and remain motionless until They came within range of their own anti-tank guns.

Their quality once again showed on the battlefield.

These Soviet anti-tank gunners were not afraid of hardships. They completely put their own life and death aside for the last line of defense, and stood firm at their posts in the ice and snow without wavering for a moment...

The only regret is that they can’t live without vodka!

As a result, a scent of wine would float out from the position from time to time. The German commandos only needed to follow the scent of wine and find the emplacements of the Soviet anti-tank guns one by one.

This can really only be done at night, because during the day, there is too much smoke and blood smell on the battlefield.

Therefore, the situation went much smoother than expected. After more than an hour, the Soviet anti-tanks distributed in front of the position were almost cleared one by one.

Then it was time for the ME63 to perform again.

The reason why ME63 is still needed is because this tactic of Soviet tanks can make good use of strengths and avoid weaknesses...German tanks can penetrate Soviet T34 at a longer distance, but conversely T34 cannot.

But at closer locations, they can penetrate each other.

(Note: This position is approximately 500 meters away. The T34's 76.2MM gun can penetrate 69MM of vertical armor at this position. At this time, the "No. 4" F-type front armor is thickened to a slope of 50MM)

This is also another advantage of the Soviet "Firepower Pocket"... burying the lower part of the tank turret in the soil from the front, changing your target and forcing the enemy tank to engage in close combat.

In this way, T34 at least has a chance to fight against "No. 4".

But it is different if it is the ME63. Although the ME63 is also difficult to hit the target, especially in the dark, the advantage of the ME63 is that it can lurk at a closer distance and shoot to increase the hit rate.

The German commando dug out the Soviet anti-tank gun emplacement, and the combat group of the 1st Infantry Regiment carrying the ME63 climbed towards the high ground under the path opened by the engineers.

This is another benefit of the ME63. It is easy to carry and can be set up concealed.

After advancing to a similar position, a flare was fired in the direction of the enemy... The Soviet position was as bright as day.

Until the flare slowly fell on the other side of the high ground, the ME63 did not launch... The observer and shooter needed to find the target and be ready to launch.

They had plenty of time to observe, because they wore white windbreakers, helmets with camouflage cloth, and various equipment such as binoculars were wrapped in white cloth. Even the traces left when they climbed to the high ground were carefully wiped away.

The Soviet army also responded with flares, and even fired a random burst of machine guns and artillery shells.

The Soviet army obviously knew that the anti-tank guns they deployed in front of their positions had been blown up one by one... The noise was quite big, and they were familiar with the location of the explosion.

But the Soviet army did not dare to send reinforcements to the anti-tank gun emplacements.

Because this will not only expose the reinforcements to enemy fire, but also make the anti-tank gun positions lose their concealment significance.

As a result, they could only stare in the trench, watching the gun positions being touched one by one by the Germans.

Sometimes the Soviets would complain: "How did the Germans find them? We can't even see where they are!"

No one would think that there was something wrong with the vodka, just like drinkers would not notice that their whole body smells of alcohol... They have become accustomed to this taste, and it would be abnormal without this taste.

Then a second flare shot into the air.

Soon it was the third shot.

At this moment, there was a sudden "chirp" sound, and a rocket flew out... In a certain respect, it is indeed not suitable for ME63 to launch at night, because the flames when the rocket is launched and its long wake will expose the shooter immediately s position.

However, the German cover personnel had already prepared for this.

Almost as soon as the rocket was launched, the machine guns and STG44s distributed in several nearby positions fired pellets of bullets in the direction of the Soviet army like crazy, and several mortar shells also hit the Soviet position. The Soviet soldiers were pinned firmly in the trenches.

This can indeed suppress the enemy, but it will also cause a series of adverse effects on the ME63 controller, such as gunshots, explosions, fire and smoke from explosions, etc., which will either affect the controller's concentration or line of sight.

Therefore, this also requires the operator to have good psychological quality in addition to superb skills. In particular, he must stare at the target in the telescope for more than ten seconds during operation, even if there are bullets or artillery shells hitting the target. You can't dodge even when it's coming, otherwise you'll miss the mark.

But luckily, this didn't happen.

There was only a "boom" explosion. The ME63 accurately hit the tank turret, and a plume of black smoke immediately appeared from the tank.