Outside the city of Poland, where the German troops were stationed, the 7th Company of the Lyon Wehrmacht was undergoing repairs in a village.
Lyon and his party looked at the slow-moving heavy assault guns in front of them and the SS soldiers in black uniforms, with their chests raised and their heads raised, showing off their upper bodies on the tank, and it was impossible not to envy them.
"That big guy, look at the welds on the side. This guy's frontal armor is at least four inches. Look at its barrel. It must be a 150mm caliber gun!"
A tall man among the onlookers from the 7th Company of the National Defense Force pointed at the Grizzly assault gun and expressed his opinion loudly.
When the 170mm heavy assault gun flashed across the street corner, everyone, including the tall man, stopped pointing and took a breath of surprise.
"The designer of this thing is simply a lunatic!" Bruce, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but sigh.
Fighting all the way from Lodz, what kind of big scene had the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company not seen? But the so-called big scenes they saw were basically huge crowds of Polish soldiers. As soon as a machine gun shot down, they all rushed into the street.
But this 170 mm caliber heavy assault gun, this black muzzle, this huge size, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company, is much more shocking than the huge human target of the Polish army!
The soldiers of the 7th Company have never seen such crazy heavy equipment, with a caliber of 170 mm, which is already many times larger than the PAK 37mm tank defense cannon they use!
In this first close-up view, the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company were dumbfounded and watched silently as the 170mm heavy assault gun rumbled past them. As the heavy assault gun passed by, the dirt roads along the small village were shattered.
It was crushed by the heavy tracks, leaving deep track marks.
In the village, a few Polish villagers who were reluctant to leave their homes and stayed behind to hide in their rooms looked at the steel giant through the cracks in the door, shivering while holding their children.
Sergeant Karl, the commander of the 170 heavy assault gun, stretched out his upper body, and together with all the crew members who could show their faces, they accepted the cheers of the surrounding Wehrmacht soldiers with a stern look on their faces.
"Friend!" As the commander of the 7th company, Lieutenant Lyon asked a question on behalf of everyone that everyone wanted to know: "How powerful is this thing of yours?"
In terms of military rank, Sergeant Carl should immediately salute Leon when he sees him. After all, he is a non-commissioned officer, and Leon is an officer.
However, SS officers and soldiers all saluted with raised hands, while the Wehrmacht required standard military salutes. Moreover, Leon took the initiative to talk to him, so he couldn't pretend not to notice the presence of Lieutenant Min.
In less than two seconds, Karl quickly made a decision, raised his hand in salute, and then immediately answered Leon's question to divert attention.
"Hello, Lieutenant!" Karl quickly made a hand-raising salute, and then immediately replied loudly with a smile: "Lieutenant! It's difficult for me to describe your problem clearly, but I can use the words from our last battle.
The results will prove the power of this thing."
On the left side of the thick front of the 170 heavy assault gun driven by Carl and his companions, the results of this steel monster's victory in the Modlin Fortress were painted, with a total of 23 fortress victory marks.
Following Karl's explanation, Lyon and others immediately understood the brilliant results of this heavy assault gun! A tank that destroyed 23 fortresses and remained unscathed was unheard of before!
In addition, on the right side of the assault gun, a cute cartoon rhino logo is painted.
Rhino is the nickname given to this heavy assault gun by the SS Experimental Weapons Experimental Group.
With its frontal armor that is immune to all anti-tank fire attacks and its indestructible heavy artillery, this guy got such a metaphorical animal nickname. Although it is a bit corny, it is also very appropriate.
To use an idiom from China, this is called wearing strength and holding on to the edge. In the words of diving champion Qu Yuan, this is "fighting Wu Ge and wearing rhinoceros armor". Another way of saying it is used by Europeans is "to be armed."
Heel”!
That's right, it's literally armed to the heel. In order to minimize enemy firepower from attacking the fragile tracks, the Rhino assault gun is also specially equipped with track skirts, which greatly reduces the possibility of the track being interrupted.
After all, this thing weighs about 60 tons, and no tractor in Germany can pull it now. If the track is interrupted, it will be difficult to deal with.
Compared with the Rhino anti-tank gun in history, this guy has more worthy of the name and more reliable protection.
Looking at the 170mm "rhino horn cannon" and the mottled marks on the front that have been attacked by various Polish weapons, it looks more like a violent rhinoceros.
The grizzly assault gun that passed by the village immediately looked much more low-key against the backdrop of the rhinoceros.
They just painted a roaring bear head on the side of the battle room, and there were not many victory signs.
After all, the Grizzly Assault Cannon's attack targets were mostly attached small and medium-sized bunkers and the use of grenades to suppress infantry, and the members of the Grizzly Assault Cannon felt that it would be cheap to cover up such results.
So, they simply didn’t paint these kind of results!
But just because it’s not painted, more doesn’t mean it’s not there!
The Grizzly Assault Cannon is loved by soldiers for its thick armor and its ability to provide sustained heavy fire support at close range.
When they captured the Modlin Fortress, they played a far greater role than expected!
After all, only the Grizzly assault gun accompanies infantry attacks.
The targets of the Rhino heavy assault gun are often those thick fortresses that cannot be solved by 150 guns.
As for the main fortress structure with more complete defense, it was handed over to the Air Force.
The roar of the Stuka when it dives, accompanied by 500kg armor-piercing bombs, has already become a nightmare for all fortress defenders.
The 1,000kg heavy armor-piercing bomb carried by the JU-88 medium bomber was largely responsible for the collapse of the main fortress structure.
By the way, one of the Grizzly assault guns passing by now actually killed a Polish tank.
At that time, it was the final stage of the Grizzly assault guns following the accompanying infantry into the fortified area.
It was on such a chaotic battlefield that the members of a Grizzly assault gun unexpectedly discovered a remaining French-made Renault light tank.
So, the Grizzly Bear members, who were far more surprised than frightened, took advantage of the fact that the other party hadn't discovered them yet, and acted like a jerk and secretly rewarded the other party with a 150mm high-explosive bomb.
A World War I-level Renault light tank could not withstand such a violent attack. It was reduced to parts on the spot.
As soon as the battle ended, the commander of the Grizzly assault gun smiled and directed his members to smear the results of the victory on them. After all, although the Renault was a little behind, it was still a tank after all, right? It blew up a tank.
That's a clear record.
This unlucky Polish tank eventually became one of the few victory marks on the Grizzly assault gun.
"These things of the SS look much more majestic than the cannons we saw at Division Commander Hans' place!" Leon sighed sincerely as he watched Karl and others walking away.
"Let's go, follow up and take a look. Maybe we can see each other later and make a contribution." Leon made a decision just before Karl and others were about to disappear from sight.
The command mechanism of the German army often gives grassroots commanders a lot of room for free play. Because of this, Lyon can now use his own judgment to mobilize the soldiers of the 7th company who were originally idle by the command to follow the SS at a single order.
