According to the idea of the German tank commander, before the Soviet spherical tank stopped and fired, it was entirely possible for his tank to fire another shell. Who knew that something unexpected happened, the other side actually fired while moving. The tank commander only
He felt his tank vibrate twice, and then he didn't know anything anymore. His last thought in his life was: How could the Russians' strange tank have two cannons?
The spherical tank bypassed the burning German tanks and continued to rush forward. Tanks of this era had to stop before they could fire, but the spherical tank could fire while moving, which allowed it to occupy a lot of ground.
Advantage. In addition, it has two tank guns, which means that if it fires at the same time as the German tank, the chance of hitting is twice as high as that of the other tank.
Although the two sides were only fifty or sixty meters apart, the armor-piercing shells fired by the Germans at the spherical tanks either missed or became ricochetes. On the contrary, the two cannons of the spherical tanks fired at the same target at the same time.
One of the armor-piercing rounds missed, but the other hit the target.
Like wolves rushing into a herd of sheep, the spherical tanks started a one-sided massacre of the German tanks. Just as the German army was trying its best to deal with the difficult spherical tanks, the two T-34s serving as cover did not lose any opportunity.
Shooting at the German tanks from the side, destroying one tank after another like target practice.
A few minutes later, the tank team that rushed into the school while taking advantage of the smoke was completely destroyed. About a dozen of the destroyed tanks were parked in the open space in front of the teaching building and burning. The German infantry following the tanks saw that the situation was not good.
Wherever he dared to stop, he turned around and ran back. Seeing that all the German tanks had been destroyed, Lieutenant Valenla could not easily let go of the enemy infantry, so he charged forward at full speed.
The spherical tank has two parallel machine guns on the front and one machine gun on each side. After it quickly rushed into the German infantry formation, it began to fire wildly. It was a strange tank that could not even be destroyed by tank guns. How could it cope with the German soldiers who had only light weapons?
Come on, they can only be beaten down in pieces in the dense rain of bullets like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Seeing the spherical tank displaying its might, a company of soldiers rushed out of the fortifications of the teaching building and the school's main entrance, followed the T-34 tanks coming from elsewhere, and launched a countercharge against the enemy.
This battle without any suspense ended quickly. Except for a dozen clever German soldiers who hid in the crater when the situation was bad and raised their hands to surrender as soon as the Soviet soldiers rushed up, the rest were not killed.
If they were shot to death indiscriminately, they would be crushed into pulp by the tracks.
After eliminating the invading enemies, the soldiers surrounded the spherical tank and carefully looked at this strange tank that had made great achievements. One soldier said with emotion: "If we could have a hundred tanks like this, we would definitely be better."
Can destroy all enemies attacking Stalingrad."
As soon as he finished speaking, he aroused roars of laughter from the soldiers around him. A company commander walked up to him, raised his hand and slapped his helmet, and said angrily: "Think of these useless things, quickly
Clean the battlefield quickly and collect all usable weapons." Then, he turned to the onlookers and shouted, "And you guys, stop dawdling, clean the battlefield quickly, otherwise the German artillery fire will come later.
It’s time to start again.”
When the commanders and fighters of the first company were cleaning the battlefield, Vanya, who had finished tallying the results, immediately called Sokov and reported emotionally: "Comrade Brigadier, our results have been tallied."
When the spherical tank was fighting, there was still a lot of smoke covering the school, so Sokov, who was standing on the rooftop of the club, could not see the battle clearly. At this moment, when he heard the call from Vanya, he still felt a little confused in his heart.
Somewhat anxious: "Comrade Captain, tell me quickly, what is the result of our battle?"
"In the battle that just ended, our army destroyed a total of nine German tanks, killed between 140 and 170 German soldiers, and captured 15 people..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Captain." Hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Why is there no accurate number of German soldiers killed?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Vanya smiled bitterly, and then said: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you don't know that many German soldiers were crushed to pulp by our tanks, making it impossible for us to calculate accurate statistics.
number."
"Okay, I understand." Sokov said: "Continue to report, what are the casualties of our army?"
"Our army has no casualties." After Vanya blurted out, he may have felt that his expression was not accurate enough, and added: "It would not be true if there were no casualties. A T-34 tank was destroyed by the enemy, and all members of the tank crew died.
In addition, that strange tank was hit by German armor-piercing bullets seven or eight times, leaving several dents..."
After listening to Vanya's report, Sokov said to Bely who was standing aside: "Comrade Colonel, please inform Lieutenant Valenla to withdraw the spherical tanks immediately."
"Withdraw?!" Bely asked with some confusion: "Comrade Brigadier, the ball tank has just achieved such great results. It can stay in the school and continue to deal with the invading German tanks. Why should it be withdrawn?"
Come?"
"One of the enemy's assault troops has been wiped out. Do you think the enemy will not react at all?" Seeing that Bely did not understand what he meant, Sokov explained to him: "They will definitely use heavy artillery to bombard them or dispatch aircraft.
Bombing. The spherical tank may be able to block armor-piercing projectiles fired by enemy tanks, but can it withstand heavy artillery and aircraft bombing?”
"Well, that doesn't seem possible." When Bely thought that the spherical tank might be destroyed by enemy artillery or bombing, he couldn't wait any longer. He quickly turned around and walked towards the radio operator, and at the same time said: "I will inform you immediately
Lieutenant Valenla withdraws."
While Bely and Lieutenant Valenla were in contact, Sokov said into the microphone: "Comrade Lieutenant, in order to prevent possible retaliation from the Germans, the spherical tanks will be withdrawn soon. To stick to the school's mission, we only need to
It can be done with a company and a platoon of tanks, do you understand?"
From the battle that just ended, Vanya saw the power of the spherical tank and understood that once the Germans knew about the existence of this huge weapon, they would definitely find a way to destroy it, so it was the wisest to withdraw it at this moment.
Choice, he quickly replied: "I understand."
"Also," Sokov continued to urge: "Let the soldiers seize the time to clean the battlefield and try to collect as many weapons and ammunition that can still be used. After all, our brigade has a lot of German equipment and cannot get supplies from the rear.
It can be replenished through seizures.”
Despite the fierce fighting in other areas, Chuikov was still worried about the Red October Factory. Once the German army broke through the factory, it would only take a few minutes for the tanks to rush to his headquarters, so he would rush to the headquarters whenever he had free time.
Called Sokov and asked straight to the point: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, how is the situation there? Is the defense line stable?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." From the tone of Chuikov's words, Sokov guessed that today's counterattack was not going well. He felt that it was necessary to report the victory just won to the other party, so that Chuikov would not
The mood was too depressed: "We just crushed the German attack on the school and destroyed nine German tanks and a company of infantry."
"What, wiped out nine German tanks and a company of infantry?" After listening to Sokov's report, Chuikov felt unbelievable. But then he thought about it, Sokov used four soldiers from the Red October Factory
More than a dozen T-34 tanks, and he sent him an outstanding tank commander like Colonel Bely. It was reasonable to achieve such a victory, so he nodded and asked casually: "Our army's
What are the casualties?"
"A T-34 tank was destroyed by an enemy tank, and all its crew members died." Sokov said sadly: "Otherwise, we would have won completely."
Chuikov was stunned and was silent for a while. Then he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, do you mean to say that you have achieved such great results and only lost one tank?"
"Yes," Sokov replied affirmatively: "If this tank had not been lost, I can proudly say that we completely wiped out the invading enemy without any casualties."
Through Sokov's report, Chuikov suddenly had a new idea. Since other offensive areas were not going well, could the situation be reversed if Sokov's troops were put into battle? Thinking of this, he tentatively asked: "Sokov
Lieutenant Colonel Cove, if I order your troops to immediately attack the enemy's defensive positions, do you think it's feasible?"
The smile on Sokov's face gradually disappeared. He knew what Chuikov's words meant. If he heard Chuikov ask this during the final stage of the counterattack in Stalingrad, he would definitely agree without hesitation. But
The counterattack currently underway is an attack that is destined to end in failure. If he invests his troops in it, he will only waste his troops in vain. Before the counterattack day comes, he can only take the remaining soldiers of the infantry brigade with him.
The defeated general was standing on Mamayev Hill watching the friendly troops make great achievements.
Seeing Sokov's delay in replying, Chuikov couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied with him. He coughed heavily and asked in a stern tone: "How is it, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov? Do you think you can carry out this mission?"
The words had already been said, and if Sokov continued to shirk it, Chuikov might change his generals in anger, and he would not end up well. Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and ask: "Comrade Commander,
I don’t know where you plan to have our troops launch an attack?”
