The super-caliber grenades were fired, but only one KV-1 stopped because its track was broken, and the others were still advancing step by step.
Several more artillery shells fell on the German position, and this time more people died than last time.
Seeing the huge Soviet KV-1 tank gradually approaching, Predich was so angry that he grabbed a gunner and shouted: "You load it, I will aim it myself!"
As the company commander, Predich personally controlled the 37mm gun, which was obviously smaller in caliber, and fired a few more rounds. Soon, another KV-1 tank collapsed on the road.
I saw Soviet tanks advancing more and more, 50 meters, 30 meters, 20 meters...
KV-1 no longer fires, and is preparing to use its dozens of tons of steel body to crush these 37mm anti-tanks and Predich's desperate German artillery.
The gunner loading ammunition next to Predich had been killed, but he still did not retreat.
Not only him, but not a single living person in the entire artillery position was retreating.
The Soviet tank crews saw the fanaticism and tenacity of the SS for the first time.
This is a desperate style of play. These Germans fought tanks with almost death!
Only 10 meters left!
"Fire!"
Under Predic's order, the last few rounds of super-caliber grenades finally shredded the front armor of a KV-1 tank at close range and shattered the tracks of a tank.
But another tank had already rolled over in Predic's direction.
At this distance, let alone flesh and blood, even the artillery beside Predich could not withstand such a collision from the KV-1 tank.
"Damn it!" Predich jumped to the side with agility, jumped into a trench, and avoided the Soviet tank that was "deliberately hitting people."
When he looked back, the 37mm anti-tank gun he used just now had been crushed into a pile of scrap metal by the huge KV-1 tank.
Not only the anti-tank gun used by Predic, but the entire 37mm PAK35 gun position was destroyed by the charge of Soviet tanks.
About half of the Soviet tanks were destroyed or damaged, but most of them were thin-skinned light tanks like the T-26. Only a few of them were KV-1 heavy tanks, which were damaged or destroyed at extremely close ranges.
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The infantry on the other side of the position was without the cover of the artillery position, and the Soviet tank group that immediately turned around could bombard the trenches and firepower points in the fort without restraint.
"Ula!"
Predic, who was pressed against the trench wall, seemed to be able to hear the charging roar of the Soviet tanks.
Faced with such a situation, Predich not only did not panic, but showed an intriguing smile: "I thought I was patient enough, but I still can't compare to you..."
At this moment, several 88mm anti-aircraft guns were pushed onto the flanking heights of the 37mm anti-tank artillery position. It seemed that they had long been ambushing on the reverse slope and waiting for an opportunity.
Predich just didn't expect that these colleagues who controlled the anti-aircraft guns could endure until their side was breached before launching a surprise attack on the Soviet tank cluster concentrated on Predich's company's position.
When he thought of this, Predich suddenly felt more deeply what those front-line infantrymen felt just now - they were really tormented waiting for the artillery support to arrive.
The 88mm cannon with a long range and high rate of fire immediately exerted its power, quickly destroying several T-26s, and then began to attack the KV-1 that Predich and the others had just felt helpless.
This time, the KV-1 tanks finally realized the threat. After two KV-1 tanks were completely destroyed, the Soviet commander issued a retreat order.
In the frontline division headquarters of the Imperial Division, they watched as the Soviet tank group lost its final impact only a few dozen meters away from the anti-aircraft position. When they gradually began to retreat, they repelled the powerful Soviet tanks in the first battle.
Major General Paul Hausser, who was charging, finally felt a little more relaxed.
"Division commander, let me lead the armored reinforcement battalion to press forward and destroy these Soviet heavy tanks."
The head of the Führer Regiment, who had been holding back his anger for a long time and was ready to take revenge for the infantry and artillerymen, left when he saw this and rushed forward to ask for orders.
"Well, I'll let you go..."
Major General Paul was about to issue an order, but he suddenly felt that the Soviet army's retreat was a bit strange.
"That's not right..." Paul said to himself.
"What's wrong, division commander!" the leader of the Führer Regiment continued to ask: "The Soviet tanks are about to retreat, let me seize the opportunity to lead the troops in a counterattack!"
Shaking his head, Paul clearly stopped the counterattack proposal this time.
He pointed to the battlefield in the distance and analyzed: "Look, the retreat of the Soviet tanks was not covered by infantry and artillery fire, but retreated in a straight line. After fighting us for so long, the Soviet commander should not be still there.
This is a stupid mistake made in the early days of the war."
Sure enough, Commander Paul and the head of the Führer Regiment faintly heard bursts of roaring in the distance in the sky.
Until this voice appeared, Paul understood immediately - the Soviet army had sent bombers!
"All troops enter the position! Hide, hide!" Paul roared crazily and gave his order.
Standing aside, the regiment commander suddenly felt very lucky that he did not lead the tank troops in pursuit, otherwise he would have just delivered a plate of "fat meat" to the Soviet bombers.
Soon, Soviet bombers had flown over the Imperial Division's position. This medium-sized Soviet air force dropped high-explosive bombs on the German position as quickly as possible. Because they knew that if they didn't move quickly,
He will be annihilated by the German attack aircraft units that are immediately chasing him.
At this time, in the observation post of the Imperial Division's frontline headquarters, the nearby positions were completely invisible because there was dust and thick smoke everywhere. The soldiers huddled in the trenches, and screams continued to be heard outside.
Although it lasted less than ten minutes, it felt like a century had passed. Until the Soviet bombers finally dropped all their bombs, circled several times and flew away.
Predich, who was in the trench, just showed his head, but he did not expect that the Soviet army started bombarding ground artillery fire again. A few minutes later, the artillery fire gradually extended, and the Soviet infantry launched an attack under the cover of fierce artillery fire. The soldiers were high
Shouting "Ula!", they rushed towards the "Imperial" division position in droves.
These were obviously Soviet troops from Russia, and they were all supplementary troops brought by Timoshenko. Compared with the troops from the previous Soviet Union countries, they were more unafraid of death and kept rushing forward.
The Imperial Division has never experienced such a scene since it entered the war. Some young soldiers did not fire at the first time, but stood there stunned. Fortunately, the commanders at the battalion and company level immediately stepped forward and led the gang.
The veterans who were not afraid of death rushed to the forefront, set up the mg42 machine guns in their hands and fired wildly. One group of people were knocked down, and the other group took the guns and continued to beat them until the barrels of the guns were heated and their skin was burned.
In this way, seven consecutive powerful Soviet attacks were withstood by the Imperial Division. The Soviet "death squads" broke into the front line several times, only to be driven out by the SS counterattacks.
The opponents they encountered were the German SS who were also not afraid of death!
The Soviet artillery fire gradually weakened, and the charge became increasingly weak.
Paul in the headquarters saw this moment with a telescope and felt that the time had come and it was time to show off his trump card to decide the outcome.
He immediately ordered the commander of the Führer Regiment to attack with the latent armored reinforcement battalion to attack the flanks of the Soviet tank group. At the same time, the scattered German tank echelons behind the position also immediately pursued the retreating Soviet infantry in coordination with the infantry.
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The Soviet army was already exhausted, but was suddenly attacked from the front and rear by powerful armored forces, and immediately lost its proper formation. These infantry from Russia were defeated, and the KV-1 tanks that lost cover were attacked one by one by the Imperial Division's Panthers.
Tank destroyed.
In the first battle after the Imperial Division arrived, it defeated the salient retaking battle launched by Timoshenko.
