Quetzal led his troops to retreat and ran northward along with the puppet officers and soldiers. They returned to the camp from which they started.
On the other hand, the German and puppet troops in Loev City, led by the German battalion commander Krist, abandoned all the wounded, women and children, and tried to attack the German defense line.
For a time, Balzen's front line was attacked from a pincer. In this time and space, it is normal for an army to be attacked by such a pincer, and it is normal for the defense line to be torn apart. Thanks to the powerful firepower of the Soviet army and the excellent quality of the soldiers, those
The enemies who escaped from the cover of city buildings were driven back again.
Krist was filled with grief and anger. He realized that with just over 400 of his men, he had to run through a kilometer-long wilderness. In the process, his people had become targets of machine guns.
Indeed, lacking heavy weapons, they abandoned more than 200 corpses and fled into the city in a hurry. In order to prevent them from trying to break out again, Yevgeny led his troops to intensify the bombardment. His battalion was mainly used to contain the enemy's breakout in the city.
Therefore, only a small number of people were sent to assist Balzen in fighting the tanks head-on.
The blocking battle finally came to an end with the victory of the Soviet army.
On the battlefield, as many as fifteen iron lumps were abandoned, and some were still burning with blazing flames. To the north of the Soviet position, hundreds of dead bodies were lying in random directions, some even without the appearance of humans.
The pursuing troops of the Voroshitin Battalion withdrew one after another, and they became the first batch of soldiers to clean the battlefield.
The weather was already a bit hot, and the soldiers who had just finished the battle were covered in sweat. Many of them took off their shirts and hurriedly picked up shovels and began to repair their trenches.
No one can be sure that the enemy will not launch a new round of attacks. If the enemy does so, they should prepare as early as possible.
However, some soldiers were too tired and were frightened by the crazy German tanks. They sat in the trenches, panting heavily, or closing their eyes to rest, and some smoked cigarettes to suppress their shock.
Natasha sat with her legs curled up in her arms, recalling the battles of the past few days. A few days ago, two of her female soldiers were almost killed by bombs. She clearly told them, and it was a true prophecy. There is a saying that artillery fire is ruthless.
As a hero of the Soviet Union, he was almost killed by German artillery.
The girl had lingering fears and her melancholy appearance made Igor very worried. He untied the kettle and handed it over.
"Drink some water to calm down!"
"I...I don't drink."
"You are still thirsty. Look at your lips."
The girl still looked indifferent. Igor scratched his dirt-covered hair and asked, "Are you very upset because your gun was damaged?"
The girl nodded slightly.
"Alas! After all, it is a weapon. A weapon is a consumable. If you shoot with it frequently, the rifling will be severely rubbed. If you use it for a while, it will become a musket. It is not a bad thing if it is damaged now.
I think the commander will order someone to make another one for you."
"Commander?" Natasha raised her head slightly and cheered up a little.
Igor guessed that she was overthinking it, and continued to comfort him: "Don't worry, you still have an SVT40, it has been with you since last year!"
She has two exclusive weapons, but during this period of combat, she has become more and more fond of anti-tank guns. It is a kind of pure violence. Enemies hit will be torn apart by powerful force.
This kind of violence fascinates girls.
She especially remembered that in the battle of Luwanka Town last year, she wounded an enemy tank with an anti-tank gun and provided outstanding assistance to the troops. Of course, she was almost killed in that battle. Thinking of this, the girl looked back with an expression on her face.
It was this uncle who was twenty years older than him. It was his quick eyesight and quick hands that helped him avoid the bombardment in the battle of Luwanka. The commander was his savior, and so was Igor.
Igor was really embarrassed to be stared at by a girl with big eyes.
Igor saw that many soldiers had gathered around the wreckage of the once-crazed Panzer IV tank, discussing the matter with each other. He immediately found the topic, stood up, patted the dust on his trouser legs, and pulled Natasha up.
"Okay, my hero of the Soviet Union! Now look at the tank that you can't hit with many armor-piercing bullets. I want to see what's so mysterious about it!"
Natasha only had some minor damage to her military uniform. She was on the front line. When she appeared at Balzen who was studying German tanks, Balzen realized that this girl seemed to have almost experienced a disaster.
He asked nervously: "Comrade Spiroskina, are you okay? Your face is a little dirty, are you injured?"
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern."
"It's great! You came here to take a look at this tank, take a good look, this damn turtle has killed so many of us!"
With a dull face, Natasha walked to the front of the paralyzed tank, and what happened next was a shocking discovery.
In that dimension, the Soviet army conducted an experiment in 1943. The Soviet army used field artillery to fire high-explosive shells to bombard the wreckage of the King Tiger tank. As a result, even if the distance was only 200 meters, the large-caliber high-explosive shells were not destroyed.
It can penetrate its armor. That's because the explosive power of high-explosive bombs spreads to all directions. Unlike armor-piercing bombs, almost all the explosive power is concentrated in a small area of only two millimeters. The strong pressure directly destroys the armor.
melt.
What she saw were various marks on the front armor of this Panzer IV tank. There were five fist-sized holes on it, with a depth of only about one centimeter. These must have been caused by the recoilless rifle. On the gun mantlet
There are still four holes, which means that its frontal armor was hit nine times.
Seeing the girl's concentrated study, Balzen came over and asked: "My dear, this tank is extraordinary! I think you also shot at it. There are some long and narrow dents in the armor, which should be yours."
Results.”
Natasha nodded and claimed the two traces: "These were indeed shot by me with armor-piercing bullets. It's really weird that I couldn't penetrate them. Could it be that the armor of this tank has been greatly strengthened?"
"It is indeed strengthened! Look!" As he said that, Balzen opened the driver's window, and Natasha also saw the driver's periscope at this position. It was indeed broken by herself.
All the bodies in the tank were taken out, along with the unfinished ammunition and even the fuel in the fuel tank. The entire tank was completely turned into a ball of scrap metal.
The driver's window was opened, allowing Natasha to intuitively see the thickness of its front armor. She stretched out her right hand and touched it, and was surprised to find that the thickness was almost as thick as her palm.
Natasha asked in surprise: "Sir, have you measured how thick this armor is?"
"It has been measured. This is a shocking result! A full ninety millimeters!"
Ninety millimeters? What is this concept? It was actually Yang Mingzhi’s invention, which prompted the Soviet army to begin mass production of RPGs in the first year of the war, and the German frontline troops also imitated them. The anti-tank capabilities of both the Soviet Union and Germany were greatly enhanced.
, strengthening the tank's armor thickness and metal materials has become a key method to maintain the tank's combat effectiveness.
In that plane, the final version of the Panzer IV had its frontal armor strengthened to 80 mm, making it resistant to most anti-tank guns. In this plane, the Germans had to face increasingly severe attacks from rocket-propelled grenades.
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All the artillery shells produced by Yang Mingzhi in the swamp have no armor-piercing capability at all, because the arsenal does not have the materials to manufacture tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles, and there are no plans to produce hollow-core armor-piercing projectiles.
Most regular arsenals in the Soviet Union are not short of these materials. The armor-piercing type of its mass-produced RPG warheads can easily penetrate 50 mm of armor at a distance of one hundred meters. Because it is super-caliber, a few large-caliber warheads
The RPG warhead even caused the enhanced Panzer IV tank to collapse.
This Panzer IV tank was brought to Gomel for repairs. The reason why it was damaged was because it received two Soviet RPG armor-piercing rounds. There were only two small holes. The metal heat flow killed all the crew members and also caused the engine to malfunction.
damage.
By now, its tracks and road wheels were shattered, and the possibility of repair was completely lost.
Balzen explained: "Now I fully understand that even a 57mm armor-piercing projectile may not be able to penetrate it, let alone your anti-tank gun! If I had known this, I should not have stopped the Catfish rocket launcher. Because this car
More than 20 people died due to tanks, I bear a great responsibility!"