Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 710 The German-Soviet War (50)

As the German army advanced, more and more cities in Turkmenistan surrendered without a fight. In just a few days, the German army swept through most of Turkmenistan.

Faced with this situation, Stalin was naturally furious and furious, but he had no choice. After all, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. He could only transfer troops with some combat effectiveness back to Moscow and ordered the Central Asian Military District to block the German army at all costs.

Fortunately, a long-lost good news came at this time. The United States shipped a batch of the latest anti-tank rockets. According to the Americans, this kind of rocket can easily penetrate the frontal armor of the German Jackal and Panther tanks and destroy them.

Stalin was overjoyed and immediately dispatched a group of soldiers to train and master the use of rockets and sent them to the front line to attack German tanks. He also ordered the weapons factory to mass-produce immediately, preferably one per person. By then, the torrent of German armor would be reduced. Nothing to be afraid of!

On this day, the German armored forces approached the outer positions of Smolensk. Battalion Commander Abram held a telescope and saw a huge armored force thundering towards them in the distance.

"You've come just in time! Let you have a taste of the power of the bazooka!" Yesterday, their position just received a batch of bazooka rocket launchers and shooters. Today is just the time for them to show off their skills and teach these arrogant German armored troops a lesson. ! "Prepare for battle! Anti-tank teams prepare!"

Groups of anti-tank teams carrying rocket launchers and rocket grenades ran forward along the traffic trenches.

In front of the position, countless communication trenches and anti-tank positions were constructed. The anti-tank teams ran through the communication trenches to the preset anti-tank positions in front. They hit and ran without stopping for long. This can not only improve the efficiency of anti-tank, but also reduce one's own casualties.

However, as the German tanks approached, Battalion Commander Abram discovered something unusual. The hulls of these tanks were surrounded by something like a fence, densely covering the entire tank. "What is that?!" He had retired from the front line and had seen German tanks, but he didn't see these things at the time. Although he was confused, he didn't allow him to think too much when dense rockets fell from the sky, exploding large and small craters on the Soviet positions.

The German armored forces slowly stopped because there was an anti-tank trench in front of them.

Digging anti-tank trenches to block tanks can be said to be the cheapest and most effective way. As long as the width of the trench exceeds half the length of the opponent's tank's track, it can block the enemy tank. In order to dig this tank trench, even the citizens of Smolensk participated. After working day and night, they finally dug this long trench that surrounds the entire city of Smolensk.

As soon as the German tanks stopped, Soviet soldiers carrying rocket launchers jumped up from the anti-tank positions behind the anti-tank trenches. They held their breath, aimed at the German tank in front, and pulled the trigger on the handle.

Rockets flew towards the German tanks at a speed visible to the naked eye. The German commanders in the tanks were startled when they saw this sudden scene. Before they had time to react, these rockets flew in front of them and hit them. On the grille armor on the tank.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Hearing the explosion so close at hand, the commanders subconsciously touched their bodies and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure they were safe. "Fire!" He said and pulled the trigger of the remote-controlled machine gun.

As early as World War II, the German army was equipped with remote-controlled weapons. Although it was far less advanced than later generations, it can be said to be the earliest prototype of all modern remote-controlled weapon systems.

The first to be equipped with this remote-controlled weapon system was the "Stalker" tank destroyer. The MG-34 machine gun on the roof was mounted on a rotating base and protected by an armor shield. The crew could use the periscope and handle to aim. And control, pull the steel wire to fire, completely realizing non-exposure shooting.

However, such a pioneering design is bound to have flaws. Apart from the problem of control convenience, the most fatal one is that the overhead MG-34 machine gun only uses a 50-round drum magazine. After the bullets are used up, the crew must reach out of the vehicle to complete the ammunition change. Similar designs were continued after World War II. The Japanese Army's Type 73 armored personnel carriers and the U.S. Army's M114/59 armored vehicles were equipped with simple remote-controlled machine guns. The Soviet army even equipped its epoch-making tank T-64A with a remote-controlled machine gun that is a subsystem of the TKH-3B commander's comprehensive sighting system. It used the latest optical sighting equipment at the time to fully realize the target under nuclear, biological and chemical conditions. Assault requirements.

Nowadays, all German tanks are equipped with such remote-controlled machine guns. The coaxial machine guns and commander's machine guns of dozens of tanks roar at the same time, beating the bazooka operators who have not yet recovered to pieces.

Battalion Commander Abram, who was on the rear position, was dumbfounded as the rockets clearly hit the German tanks and exploded, but those tanks were unharmed. He counterattacked and eliminated most of the rocket launchers in an instant, and almost jumped up. "Is this an American weapon?! Worse than a matchstick!!" Naturally, he didn't know that the German army's grille armor played a major role. The warhead hit the grille armor and was immediately detonated. All the metal jets penetrated the grille. Then it shoots into the air in front, causing a huge waste of energy. Even if it comes into contact with the tank's main armor, the remaining energy can no longer penetrate it, and at most it will only leave some small, painless pits on the armor.

Just as Battalion Commander Abram was madly cursing the Americans for their useless weapons, another round of rockets struck and exploded on the position.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Soviets were unable to lift their heads after being bombed, a dozen bridge-building tanks came from the rear of the German army.

These bridge-mounted tanks, modified from Jackal tank chassis, do not have a turret. Instead, the turret is replaced by a flat, retractable steel bridge. The bridge-building tank drove to the anti-tank trench, lifted one end of the folded steel bridge, stretched it out section by section, and set the other end to the end of the anti-tank trench.

The total length of this kind of steel bridge is 20 meters, and the width of this tank trench is no more than five meters, which even feels like killing a chicken with a knife. In just a few minutes, more than a dozen steel bridges were erected. The Soviet soldiers on the position were stunned as they watched the German tanks rumble across the steel bridges and easily cross the anti-tank trenches. Their hearts were filled with shock.

The anti-tank trench they spent so much time and effort digging failed to stop the German tank troops for even ten minutes. If they had known this, why would they have spent so much time digging it? !

"Boom, boom, boom." The tracks of the German tanks turned with a roar, crushing the ground and rushing towards the Soviet position menacingly.

"Destroy them! Fire! Destroy them!" Battalion Commander Abram pointed at the approaching German tanks and gave the order to fire somewhat hysterically.

"Bang!" A soldier holding a PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle aimed at a tank and pulled the trigger. The huge recoil made his whole body tremble, and he felt as if his bones were about to fall apart.

This is the latest anti-tank rifle developed and produced. It uses a Soviet-made 5mm cermet armor-piercing projectile, which can penetrate 50mm armor plates at a distance of 100 meters. This power is enough to penetrate the main armor of the original German Panzer IV tank within 100 meters and the 30 mm thick side armor and engine of the Panzer IV tank at a distance of 300 meters.

Unfortunately, this time it faced the more powerful Panther tank. The bullet hit the main armor of the Panther tank, smashed out a spark, and was bounced into the sky.

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