Balzen stood in the third row of trenches, holding a telescope in his left hand and a flare gun in his right hand.
After all, they were all elite troops, and everyone was very calm. No one opened fire without permission. After seeing the enemy tank swaggeringly arriving a thousand meters away from the position, he finally raised his right arm.
A green signal flare rose into the sky, like a meteor, flying over the heads of the soldiers of the Soviet and German armies.
"Fire!"
A platoon leader shouted loudly to his recoilless gun team. In an instant, a ball of hot gunpowder gas spurted out from the tail nozzle of the gun barrel, and a 70mm smoothbore shell with a small tail fin welded flew out bravely.
, and smash it in the direction of the enemy!
The artillery shell smashed into the German advancing formation in a relatively low and flat parabola and exploded, and the German casualties began.
These artillery shells fired by the Soviet army were specifically designed to hit infantry. They benefited from the large number of spent bullet casings stuffed into the shells. When the shells exploded, not only the shrapnel from the projectiles, but also the bullet casings became a terrifying barrage.
At the explosion point, a large number of shotshells flew across. Their damage to tanks was weak, but their damage to infantry was too terrible.
The German officers and soldiers had a meal of "Metal Storm" at once, and more mourners fell to the ground than died in action.
Of course, there were also artillery shells that hit the big heads of German tanks firmly, but no results were achieved. The shells hit their armor, just like scratching an itch, leaving only obvious holes in the front armor. The tanks
We can still move forward.
The No. 4 tank naturally became the target of public criticism because of its huge body. Every time it was hit, the tank shook violently. After the driver inside calmed down, the tank continued to move forward. It moved forward at a constant speed while using
The machine gun fired suppressive fire forward.
The German vanguard gradually arrived at the battlefield a few hours ago and saw the dead bodies of the fallen police regiments.
However, the Soviet artillery bombardment was still going on, and Quetzal, who was at the rear of the formation, looked nervous.
Facing the groaner, he called on the medical soldiers to pull him to the rear, and on the other hand ordered the soldiers to advance cautiously.
These measures of his were unintentional for the war situation. The Soviet artillery shells were still bombarding, and the German casualties were increasing. Even if many soldiers hid behind the tanks, they would not be immune to the casualties. On the contrary, it would be difficult for the Germans to fight back.
There were only a small number of German machine gunners manning ZB26 and MG34 to exert firepower forward in the wilderness. They lacked mortars and field artillery, so they could only rely on this method to suppress firepower, and the effect achieved was almost non-existent.
However, Panzer IV and Panzer III were still advancing.
"Damn it! Their tanks have reached 400 meters, what are our artillery doing?!" Balzen was so anxious that he yelled and cursed while watching the German tanks being shelled.
Some recoilless rifle groups have switched to high-explosive shells, which are thin-skinned and large-packed shells filled with more high explosives.
According to previous battles, the enemy's armored vehicles were paralyzed on the spot with just one shot.
Under Balzen's close observation, four of the ten T26s that had become German playthings were successfully destroyed. Numbers 4 and 3, which were hit hard, were actually still moving forward!
What to do? What to do?
Balzen gritted his teeth and grabbed a messenger: "Hey! You! Inform me of the rocket launcher team and blow up those tanks!"
The soldiers received the order and began to run wildly in the trenches.
The messenger must deliver the message quickly, but also be wary of the enemy's increasingly powerful offensive firepower.
The German firing began to bear fruit, their machine guns fired more and more accurately, and especially the tank guns began to counterattack.
The No. 4 tank suddenly stopped after taking three more shells. It was surrounded by smoke and dust. Balzen finally let out a long-lost smile: "Haha! You turtle, you were finally destroyed by us!"
As a result, they were slapped in the face the next second! The long-barreled 75mm cannon of the Panzer IV tank opened fire, and one shell overturned a recoilless rifle group, killing four infantrymen around it.
The killing of No. 4 has just begun. It is like a fixed fort. Taking advantage of its thick armor, it begins to call the exposed Soviet artillery positions one by one.
The messenger who conveyed the order to launch the rocket launcher was seriously injured in the melee. A shell exploded next to him, not only killing the two riflemen, but also knocking the messenger unconscious.
The military order was not transmitted to the rocket launcher team in time, and the most powerful weapon of the Soviet army suddenly died out! The rocket launcher team stared nervously at its comrades, frantically shelling five German tanks that were desperate for life and death, and was shocked by the powerlessness of the artillery fire!
The shell did hit the target and exploded violently. The tank stopped at most and then continued to move forward!
"Brothers! Prepare RPG warheads, the enemy is about to reach the attack range!" The frontline platoon leaders issued similar orders one after another.
RPG is the backbone of the Soviet army's close-range anti-tank and anti-infantry operations. In previous battles, no German tank or armored vehicle has been able to advance beyond this distance.
That Panzer IV tank was covered in wounds, especially the frontal armor, which was covered with deep dents, but none of them were fatal.
In order to kill this leading tank, the Soviet army tried their best, including Natasha.
She had fired five bullets, all targeting the tank driver's position.
The armor-piercing bullets did not penetrate the frontal armor, they all left a deep dent and then bounced away.
"Igor, give me another round!"
She pulled the bolt, and Igor skillfully inserted the bullet, then covered his left ear.
Natasha was already bursting with adrenaline. She put a little cotton dipped in water in her ears, fighting regardless of life and death, and forgot any fear of the German tanks.
The bullet was fired again, but as before, no results were achieved! She saw from the scope that the bullet hit the armor, and in a series of envious sparks, the bullet bounced away!
"Igor! Bullet!"
"Honey! You've hit it many times, don't try to break it through again!"
"What did you say?!" Natasha couldn't hear clearly, and she turned her head sharply.
Igor stretched out his left hand and pointed at his eyes, and the girl understood.
New rounds are loaded into the magazine, targeting the driver's periscope.
The reason why this Panzer IV tank is so powerful is because it is an advanced model. In order to cope with the current increasingly heavy anti-tank pressure, its armor thickness has been unprecedentedly strengthened! Not only that, some weak areas have also been strengthened.
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The driver passes through the observation slit when driving on a daily basis, but when combat is underway, the periscope is fully used.
The periscope glass was not bulletproof, and its location was quickly found by Nata.
To hit this small part when the tank is advancing will test the shooter's ability.
Natasha calmly and gently pulled the trigger. After a period of intense physical inspection, she keenly saw that the periscope had been blown away.
Not only that, the shattered glass also injured the driver's face, and a fragment directly penetrated the man's eye.
As the driver struggled desperately, the tank, which had been moving forward, finally came to a standstill.