The German tank battalion "rumbled" up. The six "No. 4" vehicles in front caught up with the six "No. 3" vehicles that attacked first, and then together with them penetrated deep into the Soviet defense line under the cover of infantry.
The Soviet tanks still fired at the German tank team one after another, but they achieved nothing except destroying one "Pharm. 3".
Then, the Germans covered them with artillery fire, and several Soviet tanks were blown up and staggered, no longer posing a threat to the German tanks.
Admiral Schweppenberg couldn't help but shouted excitedly towards the walkie-talkie: "Go forward, speed up! Don't let them slip from under our noses again!"
The so-called "slip away" refers to the Soviet troops retreating again and again.
General Schweppenberg was tired of it all, because every time the Soviet army retreated, it was like reshuffling the cards and having to start over again: anti-tank fire, traps, ambushes along the railway.
Although it remains unchanged, it is like an invisible big hand that firmly blocks the German army from the defense line.
If anything was gained, it was a meaningless bit of land, and that land was covered with the corpses of German soldiers and the remains of tanks.
Just when General Schweppenburg was flushed with excitement from the impending victory, the signal soldier handed over the microphone and reported: "General, the general's phone number!"
As soon as General Schwepenburg answered the phone, he heard Guderian's dissatisfied voice on the other end: "What happened? You told me two hours ago that Tula would be captured soon!"
"Your Excellency, General!" General Schwepenburg replied: "We are about to win. Immediately, our armored battalion has broken into the enemy's defense line..."
But at this moment, General Schwepenburg suddenly discovered that the tank battalion on the railway had slowed down.
Ignoring General Guderian who was waiting on the other end of the phone, he raised his telescope and looked forward, and couldn't help but exclaimed "God!"
It turned out that at some point two behemoths appeared at the other end of the railway...kv2 heavy tanks.
Needless to say, they must have been hiding in a tank bunker next to the railway. They did not "climb" out of the bunker until the German tanks were about to drive in front of them.
At this time, these two behemoths, one on the left and one on the right, slowly drove up the railway and headed towards the German tank team. In front of the tall body of the KV2 and the huge 152mm gun, a group of "No. 3" and "No. 4" tanks were almost like
A group of ants lining up to feed.
With a "boom", one of the KV2 tanks opened fire.
Perhaps it was due to luck, or perhaps the shot actually hit the target due to the close distance... The leader of the "No. 3" tank was blown up so much that half of its turret was removed, and then a raging fire broke out.
At this time, it was too late to retreat. A burst of artillery fire was heard, and several tanks at the end of the team were hit by anti-tanks again and were paralyzed in place.
"Let the artillery take out those damn anti-tank guns!"
"Order the engineers to clear the roads and withdraw the tanks!"
"Blow up the Russian tanks before they come up!"
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Guderian on the other end has hung up the phone because he already knows the result.
Guderian's guess was correct, although General Schweppenberg issued a series of orders, and these orders were indeed feasible.
But the problem is that the German army will not be left with so much reaction time on the battlefield...
Before the German army could react, the tragedy of the German tank battalion had already begun:
The kv2 tank slowly drove towards it, not in a hurry, and then at close range... face to face to be exact, the huge gun barrel was aimed at the turret of the "No. 3" tank in front of it, and then with a "boom", the entire turret
Was beaten away.
KV2 pushed the remains of the tank with only the body of the tank off the railway and then continued to move forward while swinging its huge body.
The German tanks were in a mess, reversing, rushing to the rails to avoid, colliding with each other and crowding together. Some tanks also adjusted the angle of their tank guns to fire at KV2, but the tank guns of "No. 3" and "No. 4" were facing each other.
For kv2, it's like scratching an itch... the frontal armor of kv2 is an abnormal 110mm. You must know that the armor of the famous "Tiger" tank that was put into service by the German Army in 42 years is only 102mm thick.
However, the problem caused by the thick armor is that its engine is overwhelmed, and a kv2 dies.
However, this did not prevent it from continuing to fire at the German tanks... to be precise, the German tank groups. At this time, they were all gathered together, and they could always destroy something as long as they fired in a broad direction.
Another kv2 crossed it and continued its journey, driving the German tanks off the railway one by one like ducks, including several "No. 2" tanks, not to mention... drive directly up
Amidst the sound of steel collapsing, it was crushed into iron sheets.
The German infantry responsible for covering wanted to rush up to block the KV2, but this was obviously in vain... Let’s not talk about the firepower of the Soviet troops on the flanks of the railway. The KV2 itself was equipped with three machine guns, not to mention the KV2. It was said that the Germans seemed to be trying to use explosive bags on the battlefield.
They failed to blow it up.
The German tank crews realized that this would lead to death, so they opened the hatch covers and escaped from the tanks.
Of course, they did not forget to throw a grenade into the tank to blow it up before leaving... The tank must not be left to the enemy at any time. This is an issue emphasized in the first lesson of the German tank crew training.
Therefore, most of the German tank battalions were blown up by themselves.
General Schweppenberg stared at all this with his mouth open, and then looked at the phone in the direction of the communications unit... He no longer knew how to explain all this to Guderian.
The Soviet troops on the other side cheered.
Several of his subordinates even ran up to Shulka and hugged him tightly.
"We won again! I'm not surprised at all, comrade company commander!"
"Yes, we will continue to win!"
"They should have asked you to defend Moscow a long time ago, comrade company commander!"
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Shulka can understand their feelings. In their opinion, it is not difficult to defeat the German army again and again, at least for now.
Therefore, they naturally entered into a kind of inertial thinking, that is, they were used to such victory and thought that it would develop like this in the future.
But Shulka didn't think so, because he knew that the Soviet anti-tank firepower was almost exhausted, whether it was anti-tank guns or tanks, but the German losses were only the tip of the iceberg.
At that time, that is, when all the anti-tank gun firepower is exhausted, what should be used to block such an enemy attack?