The divisional artillery regiment of the 103rd Division has twenty-four 155mm caliber howitzers and twenty-six 105-caliber light howitzers. Now these fifty artillery fires are constantly releasing destructive shells on the battlefield.
Countless artillery shells roared towards the enemy and exploded in the Soviet tank group.
"Quick, reload"
"Bang"
With a "boom", a trace of flame flashed out from the artillery fire, and two seconds later another ball of fire appeared in front.
The artillery bombardment of the 103rd Division's artillery regiment was effective, but it immediately attracted a counterattack from the Soviet artillery. As the Soviet artillery fire extended, the artillery regiment was also attacked by Soviet artillery fire and lost six artillery pieces.
The two sides gradually turned into an artillery battle.
"Sir, why don't our artillery fire hit the tanks in front?" A soldier asked his company commander in surprise, but was reprimanded by the commander, "Why do you care so much? If the artillery fire is all over
What are we infantry doing here? Grab your guns and prepare to attack the infantry following the tanks."
"Yes" the soldier returned to his shooting position with some grievance.
In fact, what the soldiers didn't know was that the officers were secretly anxious. Without the cover of artillery fire, the anti-tank trenches and barbed wire in front of the position alone would not be able to stop the enemy for long if the enemy's tanks were not contained.
"Anti-tank gun preparation" As the Soviet tanks continued to advance, the officers on the position ordered the soldiers to push the Type 55 57mm anti-tank gun equipped in the troops onto the position.
This is a small-caliber anti-tank gun, equipped with armor-piercing projectiles, armor-breaking projectiles, armor-piercing projectiles and grenades. It is mainly used for anti-tank combat. It can also be used as a cannon to attack ground targets. Its armor-breaking capability has also reached 100 mm.
, each battalion of the Chinese National Defense Force is equipped with four guns.
"Release" followed the command, and the 12.2 kilogram armor-breaking warhead was launched with a powerful thrust after the explosive package exploded.
Facts have proved that before the advent of composite armor, armor-breaking bullets were a very good anti-tank weapon. Armor-breaking bullets were also nicknamed "candy bullets". When the turret of the T34 tank on the battlefield was hit by armor-breaking bullets,
When hit, the thin shell deforms or breaks under the huge impact force, and the plastic explosive inside sticks to the armor surface like plaster, neither breaking nor flying. Under the action of the delay fuse,
The explosive attached to the outside of the armor explodes, and the shock wave generated acts on the armor with a pressure of tens of billions of Pascals. The huge force is transmitted into the armor, just like hitting a wall with a hammer. The wall does not penetrate, but a piece of the wall on the back is about to peel off.
, causing a butterfly-shaped fragment weighing several kilograms and dozens of small fragments to fall on the inner wall.
When countless flying shrapnel splashed in the small cabin of the tank at a speed exceeding the speed of sound, you can imagine the consequences with your knees. There were also vehicles on the battlefield that seemed to have no deformation on the outside, but the inside of the tank
The members and equipment were all killed, wounded and destroyed.
"Hurry up, rush forward, and you will win if you rush forward."
Major General Mazilov didn't pay attention to the burning or motionless tanks next to him after being hit, and just desperately urged the troops to rush forward.
The impacting tanks continued to fire shells at the Chinese army's position on the opposite side. These tank crews all knew that their attack time was only more than an hour. If they could not attack the Chinese's position before dawn and mix with them, they would wait until the opponent
The plane arrived and all that awaited him was destruction.
Five hundred meters is not a long or short distance on the battlefield. A charging troop can cover this distance and break into the enemy's position in just a few minutes.
Of course, this also means that they have entered the effective shooting range of almost all weapons of the defender except pistols and grenades. This distance is long or short, and it has happened in history that the attacker has lost all his weapons.
Blood cannot break through this short five hundred meters, but that situation is limited to infantry.
The position constructed by the 103rd Infantry Division is a complex position that is five kilometers long and winding, consisting of trenches, firing holes, bunkers and heavy weapons launching points. Such a position, the 103rd Division constructed three
, each one hundred and fifty meters away.
The depth of these trenches has reached two meters, and with parapets, bunkers and other objects, a person in the trench cannot see clearly what is going on outside. If the first trench is breached, these winding trenches will ensure that people can enter the trench.
The enemy troops were walking dizzy. Moreover, many hidden shooting bunkers were built in each trench, which were enough to turn the enemy troops who invaded the trenches into a hornet's nest.
At this time, the Soviet tanks were less than 200 meters away from the first line of defense after losing dozens of tanks. At this distance, even large-caliber pistols have a certain degree of lethality, let alone machine guns and rifles.
The bullets on the Chinese army's position were like splashing water into the Soviet tank formation, hitting the shell of the tank and making a "dang" sound. The Soviet tank was naturally fine, but it followed closely behind the tank.
But the infantry suffered a disaster, with countless ricocheting bullets and stray bullets flying everywhere, causing the infantry behind them to scream in agony.
"Whoosh", a black shadow that was almost invisible to the naked eye flew towards a T34 tank that was leading the way. It was a 57mm-caliber armor-piercing projectile.
When a warhead weighing 12.6 kilograms hits a hard object head-on at a speed of 1,260 meters per second, the destructive power produced by the two is undoubtedly amazing. Huang from the first warhead
The copper cap itself does not have much destructive power on the tank, but due to the huge force of habit, the soft brass did not fall off after contacting the hard shell of the T34, but left a concave spot on the outside of the tank, and then
On the hard warhead at the back, the steel armor-piercing warhead continued to advance along its original position, and easily penetrated into the turret of the T34 tank under the influence of huge kinetic energy. The strong air pressure caused by the high-speed penetration of the armor by the shell
The torn and collapsed armor fragments caused a bloody storm in the narrow internal space of the T34 tank. In an instant, the tank turned into a steel coffin carrying death.
But this is not over yet. Since the ammunition of the T34 tank is built-in ammunition, that is to say, the ammunition is placed next to the loader without any protective measures. Therefore, the violent high temperature and impact detonated the ammunition inside the tank. Here,
After such a violent explosion, the turret of this T34 tank finally flew into the sky with a burst of explosions, and the personnel inside also instantly turned into angry molecules in the intense heat.
"Come on, everyone, rush on me." Major General Mazilov, commander of the Soviet tank division who has been supervising the battle from behind, does not care about the losses and casualties of the troops at this time. In his eyes, he only sees the enemy's positions. If he cannot
Break through the Chinese army's position in the shortest possible time, and what awaits him is destruction.
The counterattack fire of the Wehrmacht cannot be said to be sharp, but under the assault of the Soviet army regardless of casualties, the first Soviet tank finally rushed into the Chinese army's position.
"Quickly kill him, if he lets it rush in, we will be finished." The old squad leader on the position saw that a Soviet tank had rushed into the position of the three rows nearby, and knew that if he did not stop the tank as soon as possible, he would let it go.
If we rush into this position, the gaps in the position will be quickly washed away like a bursting river bank.
Zhang Danian put the rifle aside at this time, holding a rocket launcher commonly known as a 40 rocket launcher in his hand. At this time, his eyes were firmly fixed on the front. The power of this 40 rocket launcher is quite impressive.
It's just that its 100-meter range is too close, and it can't exert its power in positional battles where each other starts shooting at a distance of one or two kilometers.
"Bazooka, shoot him down"
At this time, the old squad leader's voice sounded beside him at the right time. Zhang Danian without hesitation aimed at the Soviet tank that had just broken into the position and pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh" followed by a roar, and in a flash of orange fire, a 40 rocket roared towards the side of the tank.
There was a loud "boom", and the tank that was running around on the position stopped with a puff of black smoke.
"Hurry, the rocket launcher quickly deals with the approaching tanks, and the machine guns block the enemy infantry." An anxious voice came from behind. It turned out to be the company commander rushing over from behind. The young company commander's face was covered with sweat at this time.
He didn't know whether he was tired or scared, but no matter what the situation was, I believed that this battle would be of great significance to his future growth.
"Boom!" There was another loud noise from the front. A T34 tank burst into flames. The flames shot up to a height of four or five meters. The blackened turret tilted to one side. A tank driver was facing the fire with his whole body covered in flames.
He struggled to climb out of the tank turret, but halfway through the climb there was no movement. The charred limbs were hanging outside the turret like a dead branch, while tongues of fire were still spraying out from the turret.
Under the desperate onslaught of the Soviet army, the firepower of the forward positions has begun to become chaotic. Under the cover of the tanks, part of the Soviet infantry following the tanks has rushed to the front of the Wehrmacht positions. They were densely arrayed like locusts.
The formation, wearing shabby gray-brown military uniforms, carrying simple equipment on their backs, wearing dome-shaped steel helmets on their heads that can hardly tell the original color, and carrying long gray mosins that have faded their luster.
The Soviet soldiers, armed with Ganna rifles and roaring meaningless notes, rushed towards the position.
On the Wehrmacht position, Zhang Danian had put down the rocket launcher, picked up the Type 56 rifle again and fired bullets forward. At this time, he no longer needed to aim, because he found that the density of Soviet soldiers in front of him had reached the point where he could shoot at will.
To the point where they can both defeat each other, a close contact battle is about to happen.