The tanks parked in the middle of the square fired fire at the buildings on the east side of the square. Some buildings that were already fragile collapsed by tank shells and became ruins. The soldiers who were standing inside responded quickly and moved to a new position when the enemy tanks first started shelling; while more soldiers were buried directly in the ruins.
When Sokov saw the tanks firing unscrupulously in the square, he couldn't help but be angry. He picked up the phone and asked at the microphone: "Lieutenant Colonel Papchinko, why haven't your subordinates launched an attack from the enemy's rear yet? If you let the enemy's tanks bombard like this, all the buildings you are holding onto will be collapsed."
"Comrade Commander," Papuchinko reported with a sad face: "The sewer is like a maze. Our soldiers were lost soon after entering. They wandered around for a long time and finally returned to the starting point."
Papchinko's words made Sokov laugh and cry. He only reminded the other party to use the sewers to mobilize troops and transport supplies, but forgot that his soldiers had just arrived. He probably didn't understand the terrain of the ground, let alone the crisscrossing sewers. It would be strange if he entered rashly and didn't get lost.
"Ltd. Col. Papchinko," Sokov couldn't blame Papchinko, and could only say tactfully: "You try to contact the remaining defenders on the west side of the square and let them attack from the rear of the enemy, so that the enemy cannot concentrate their strength against us."
"I understand!" As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he immediately agreed: "I immediately ordered the soldiers on the west side of the square to launch an attack from the back of the enemy to restrain their living power."
After Samoilov waited for Sokov to hang up the phone, he carefully reminded him: "Comrade Commander, this place is too dangerous, so let's move to another place."
"If you move to another place, you will be safer than here?" Sokov looked at Samoilov and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Lieutenant, as long as this place is not hit by the enemy's artillery fire, I believe you and your subordinates will surely ensure my safety."
Samoilov carefully pondered what Sokov said and thought it was still very reasonable. Although he had only more than 30 people left, he was well-equipped and had rich combat experience. Even if he encountered the same number of German troops, he would not be at a disadvantage.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, comrade of the teacher. As long as we have one person alive, we will definitely ensure your safety."
After a while, the German tanks on the square were shelled, they saw that the buildings on the east side were covered by gunpowder, so they stopped the shelling, restarted the engine, and prepared to cover the infantry to continue attacking eastward. Unexpectedly, at this moment, dense gunfire sounded from behind. In some buildings on the west side of the square, fire points suddenly appeared, and condescending shooting, knocking down the soldiers gathered in the middle of the square.
The tank that was moving forward found an enemy appearing behind it, so he quickly stopped and turned the gun to find a new target of attack. The two guns "boom" were destroyed by the machine guns that were shooting at the German army.
When Sokov saw this scene through a telescope, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: If the weapons are not as good as humans, he will suffer a great loss. If he had one or two 75mm anti-tank guns in his hand, it would probably be destroyed by all the anti-tank guns when the enemy tanks were advanced to the square. Even if there was no 75mm anti-tank gun, there was a 37mm anti-tank gun placed on the building and shooting at the enemy tanks from a high point, the armor-piercing high-explosive bombs it fired were enough to penetrate the weak armor on the top of the German tanks.
Just as Sokov was sighing in his heart, he suddenly saw a German tank explode and his turret was blown away. Seeing this situation, he was shocked and thought to himself: What is going on? How could the German tank explode? Could it be that the German tank soldiers were smoking inside and accidentally detonated the shells? But it didn't look like it. This tank was shelling the building on the west side of the square. How could the tank soldiers have free time to smoke?
"Comrade Commander," Just as Sokov was puzzled, he suddenly heard Samoilov's surprise voice: "Tank, our tank!"
"Where is it?" Sokov heard Samoilov's shouting and immediately remembered that Peter had said that a tank prototype would be sent to support him. Perhaps Samoilov saw the prototype. He asked anxiously: "Where is that tank?"
"There is there!" As Samoilov pointed, Sokov saw a T-34 tank through the cracks of the broken buildings, crushing the bricks and rubble piled on the street, slowly moving towards the direction of the square. Judging from the muzzle that was still emitting blue smoke, the German tank exploded just now was its masterpiece.
After seeing the tank, Sokov immediately calculated in his mind that he had just destroyed the tank. The German army now has five tanks left, and there is only one tank on his side. Five to one, the ratio is too different.
The captain of the German tank header discovered the Soviet tank that had just appeared, and quickly ordered other tanks to stop shooting at the buildings through the radio, but turned around and prepared to kill the Soviet tank that came to die.
When the Soviet tank was still 150 meters away from him, he decisively issued an order to fire the gun. For the captain, it was absolutely certain that his gunner fired at such a close distance. As long as the cannon sounded, his tank could add another result.
After the cannon was released, it accurately hit the moving Soviet tank. But what the captain never dreamed of was that the armor-piercing bullet that hit the target actually became a jumper.
The commander widened his eyes in surprise. This was the first time he had seen a jumping hit at such a close distance. After a brief panic, he ordered the gunner to load and prepare to shoot again.
However, before they could fire the gun, the Soviet tanks that were coming had stopped, slowly turned the gun, and then fired without hesitation. The shells hit the tank where the chariot commander was. With the huge explosion, the turret was blown away. After flying for more than ten meters in the air, it hit the German soldiers heavily, smashing the two unlucky soldiers into meat sauce.
Four German tanks were divided into two routes and detoured towards the T-34's wings, trying to penetrate the weak side armor of the T-34 from the side. However, their attempts did not succeed. They were still driving, and they were hit by the T-34. The body of the tank that was shot shook suddenly and stopped in place to burn.
The remaining two tanks arrived at the side of the T-34. They had just stopped and before they could fire the gun, the Soviet tanks fired the gun first, this time they easily destroyed the German tank on the right. When the tank on the left saw that the tanks of their companions were destroyed, they hurriedly fired a shot at the T-34.
Although this gun also hit the target, what frustrated the German tank soldiers was that the armor-piercing bomb became a jumper again. The Soviet tankers did not give the Germans a chance to load again, so they fired the gun without hesitation to destroy it.
The Soviet commanders and fighters hidden in the building saw the tanks parked in the middle of the square, all of which were destroyed by the T-34 tanks that had just appeared. Before the superiors could give orders, they rushed out of their hiding place with weapons and rushed towards the German soldiers in a mess in the middle of the square.
The battle ended a quarter of an hour later. Except for more than twenty German soldiers who turned around in advance because they saw that the situation was not good, they escaped by chance, and the remaining soldiers were either captured or beaten to death. The first attack launched by the Germans on the workers' village ended in a disastrous defeat.
"Comrade Commander," Samoilov whispered to Sokov when the battle outside ended. "I think this T-34 tank seems to be different from what we have seen before."
"Is there any difference?" Sokov glanced at T-34, who was parked not far away, and said casually: "Why didn't I see it!"
"Someone came out in the tank!" Samoilov pointed to the tank and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, look, they are coming towards us."
"Damn, what's going on?" After Samoilov saw the tank soldiers coming over clearly, he shouted in surprise: "How could it be him?"
Sokov looked at the tank soldiers coming, feeling a little kind-hearted. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember where he had seen them for a while, so he turned his head and asked Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, who are you talking about coming towards us?"
"It's Lieutenant Agafeng!" Samoilov was very afraid that Sokov would not remember this order, so he added: "It's the person you asked me and the political commissar to take me to the Army Command."
"So it's him!" Although Sokov thought that he would not save him when he was killed, which made Guchakov and others capture him, others were here to rescue him this time. Even if he was dissatisfied with him, he would be polite on the surface. He met Agafeng, nodded at him, and said politely: "Hello, Lieutenant Agafeng, thank you for helping us rescue him."
Agafon did not expect Sokov to recognize him at first sight, so he blushed and said, "Comrade Colonel, I am driving this sample car to support you on the order of Director Peter."
"Pre-made car, what kind of car?" Sokov pointed at the tank not far away and asked unexpectedly: "Is this T-34 tank the prototype car you drive?"
"Yes, comrade Colonel." Lieutenant Agafon replied respectfully: "This is a new tank that was just developed not long ago. It has not been tested and cannot be driven casually according to regulations. Director Peter said that the situation here is critical, so he decided to make an exception and send us to support you."
"Is this a new tank?!" Sokov walked to the window and looked carefully at the T-34 tank that had just rescued him. After looking at it for a while, he shook his head and said, "I think this is a T-34 tank, nothing special."
Seeing that Sokov did not see any difference in the tank, Agafon quickly said to him: "Comrade Colonel, this new type of tank uses a new hexagonal turret. The inclined armor can make the armor-piercing shells fired by the enemy become a jumper. In addition, the turret was changed to a three-person turret, adding the position of a gun captain, freeing it from the original chariot from the burden of the gun captain who saw it, thus greatly improving the combat capability of the tank.
Also, the 76mm cannons used in the past, while the 85mm cannons we use now. Whether it is the German tank No. 3 or 4, we can easily penetrate their front armor from five hundred meters away."
After hearing Agafon's explanation, Sokov couldn't help but be secretly surprised. You should know that the T-34/85 tank was launched in 1943, and now it has been launched a year ahead of schedule due to his own reasons. If it can be produced in large quantities and placed in the army side by side, the next third Kharkov battle will probably be another ending.
Seeing Sokov remained silent, Agafeng took the opportunity to look around, but did not find Guchakov's shadow, so he couldn't help but interrupt Sokov's contemplation: "Comrade Colonel, I want to ask you, where did the lieutenant go last time?"
"Lieutenant?!" Sokov was stunned when he heard his question, and then he realized that he was talking about Guchakov, and quickly replied: "I asked him to be a company commander. If you have the chance in the future, you will still see him."
When Agafon heard Sokov say this, his face turned red, and then murmured: "Comrade Colonel, if you see that lieutenant, please convey my apology to him on my behalf. If I hadn't been panicked and left so many comrades to escape alone, they would not have been captured by the Germans."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Sokov raised his hand and patted Agafon's shoulder twice, comforting him, "You have been punished by Guchakov, so there is no need to mention the past. I hope you can make more contributions in the next battle. Even if you and Guchakov meet again, he probably won't hate you anymore."
Agafon came to see Sokov just to get his forgiveness. At this moment, he heard Sokov's words and felt relieved. He straightened his body and said to Sokov: "Comrade Colonel, please rest assured that as long as I am still alive, I will definitely make more contributions."
"Lt. Agafon," Sokov pointed at the tank that was parked not far away and said to him: "This is the only prototype car in the factory. You must keep it well and don't lose it in battle."
"Don't worry, comrade Colonel." Agafon quickly replied, "I will immediately move it to another place to hide so as not to be bombarded or bombed by the German army."
"Go quickly." Sokov was worried that the German army, who had just suffered a defeat, would immediately launch artillery or bomb the workers' village, so he urged Agafen: "Find a place as soon as possible to hide this tank prototype. You must protect this prototype as you care for your own eyes."
Chapter completed!