This is the standard cooperation between tanks and infantry: tanks should position their main targets as enemy infantry, because tanks will be much easier to deal with infantry; while infantry should position their main targets as enemy anti-tank guns and anti-tank weapons.
Tanks pose threats to infantry, which tanks often cannot take care of and are difficult to deal with.
Then the tank's tracks rolled over the anti-tank gun, crushing it so much that it deformed and sank deep into the mud... This is what tank crews like to do the most, crushing their natural enemies into a pile of scrap metal.
As some tank crew members described: "The moment the track rolled over the anti-tank gun, I felt the 'swelling' of the steel below and it was like chewing crispy toast in your mouth. There is nothing better than this."
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In fact, this cannot simply be said to be "like". When tanks of this era confront anti-tank guns, the best solution is often not to shoot or fire.
When shooting, bullets often cannot pose a threat to anti-tank guns with shields, unless the bullets happen to pass through the observation holes of the shield and hit the gunner behind them.
When firing, tank guns are certainly more than enough to deal with anti-tank guns.
The problem is that the tank suspension system of this era is relatively backward, which means that most tanks have to stop to shoot accurately, otherwise they will just shoot blindly, and whether they can hit the target depends on luck.
During World War II, there were two tanks with representative performance in firing on the move:
One is the American "Sherman", which is equipped with a vertical gun stabilizer so that it can fire with considerable accuracy while moving.
The other is the British "Matilda". It has as many as 10 small-diameter road wheels on each side, which makes it very stable. In addition, the speed is very slow, so it can fire with a certain accuracy when traveling on flat ground.
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The vast majority of tanks are outside these two categories, and the T26 is no exception. Therefore, if you stop and aim at the anti-tank gun, you will often be beaten by the anti-tank gun with a high rate of fire and a wider field of view.
So a better and safer way is to use frontal armor to face the anti-tank gun and then use full power to rush towards the enemy's anti-tank gun position... This aspect can make you less likely to be hit (fast-moving targets are always more dangerous)
(difficult to hit), on the other hand, the probability of hitting the enemy is almost 100%, and no matter how bad the driver is, the anti-tank gun will not fail to hit it.
If so, it must have been too much Vodka.
Just like now, with the cooperation of the infantry, the German anti-tanks were knocked over or crushed by the tanks one after another.
What happened next was simple. Several Soviet tanks led the Soviet soldiers straight into the depths of the German position as if they were in no man's land. They drove a gap in the defense line like a nail.
There was blood and corpses everywhere he passed.
In the end, even the machine gun bullets on the tank were all used up... The machine gun on the T26 tank had 3654 rounds of ammunition. This amount of ammunition could rarely be used up in a battle, but in this battle, there were three
A tank fired all the bullets, and in the end it could only be bombarded with artillery and rolled over by tracks.
At this moment, the main force of the Soviet army launched another attack.
This time, the German army, which was already in disarray, was obviously unable to resist.
What makes Shulka feel a little incredible is that although the German army knew that their defeat was certain, most of them still stayed on the position and fired the last bullet.
In Shulka's impression, this happened more often on the Asian battlefield where "it would be better to be in pieces than in ruins."
However, the performance of the German army was different from the brutal and heroic behavior of charging at the enemy with grenades and explosive packets on the Asian battlefield. They fought until the last moment and surrendered.
Shulka believes that this means two things: fighting to the last moment means living up to your mission as a soldier, and raising your hands to surrender means living up to yourself.
This allowed the Soviet army to conduct another series of strong attacks and finally win at a high cost.
This may be the difference between a well-trained army and a mob: the former rarely suffers catastrophic defeats, and sometimes even reverses. The latter often collapses in one blow.
Shulka and his comrades chased forward for two miles before stopping. On the one hand, they stopped chasing because they were worried about being too far away from the rear troops and worried about being counterattacked by the enemy. On the other hand, they were afraid of hitting the enemy.
Now there are only two tanks left... Of the six tanks that participated in the battle, two were destroyed by anti-tank guns, one was blown up by an anti-tank grenade, and one was damaged due to malfunction.
But in fact, even if this were not the case, Shulka and the others would not be able to pursue him.
Perhaps they were still able to catch up, and their whole bodies were so tight during the battle that they didn't even realize they were tired. It wasn't until Second Lieutenant Davydov gave the order to stop advancing that the soldiers sat down on the ground like a pile of mud.
However, the soldiers still did not dare to relax... This was a battlefield, and several German deserters would appear nearby from time to time. The soldiers were too lazy to bother with these deserters, so they just fired a few shots to drive them away.
After sitting on the ground for a while, the actor suddenly burst into laughter.
"Comrade Platoon Commander!" the actor said: "We finally have a battle where we are not running away but chasing the enemy!"
When the actor said this, Shulka felt that it was true. Even the battle in Kiev not long ago could be said to be a breakout. It seemed that he had always been chased and beaten by the enemy, and it was only now that he felt what it was like to chase the enemy.
"It makes no difference," Davydov gasped as he wiped the mud from his face: "Look around us, there are enemies everywhere!"
The soldiers nodded in agreement. The 9th Army actually plunged into the enemy. If there was no enemy in any direction, it was the 5th Army that had been following the 9th Army... Encirclement and Breakout War
Differently, a breakout only requires troops to break out of the enemy's encirclement, while an encirclement requires consolidating the occupied territory all the way to the rear and blocking the enemy's attack.
In terms of military strength, the Soviet Army's Southwest Front Army has this strength, because the Southwest Front Army alone has nearly one million troops, and there is also an almost endless stream of new forces in Kiev.
Second Lieutenant Davidov casually handed Shulka a cigarette, and then asked the deputy instructor next to him in a mocking tone: "Comrade Olga, will you report to your superiors and punish us?"
The deputy instructor was speechless.
Pukarev added: "Do you still think we are cowards?"
The surrounding soldiers burst out laughing with a "coax", and some even started cheering:
"Comrade Deputy Instructor, what do you call a coward who wins a battle?"
"We are willing to accept the punishment from our superiors!"