Chapter two hundred and nineteen first opportunity
Colonel Becker is right. The white cloth and the white tank can be said to be integrated into one... This may not be so obvious from the ground. This is because there is a height difference between the white cloth on the ground and the tank, and more details can be identified at a glance.
Tall tank.
But if you look down from a fighter jet or bomber flying at high speed, it will be all white. It is not easy to identify the tank from the white cloth.
Therefore, although the German air power had been mobilized for reinforcements, most of those fighters and bombers could only hover in the air without being able to take action... They almost only saw their own tanks, and they watched them being destroyed one after another.
Shulka also led his men and rushed out with the tank.
The outcome was almost a foregone conclusion the moment the tanks rushed out of the house.
In tank warfare, in addition to protection and firepower, opportunity is also very important. The reason is that a tank division only has more than a hundred tanks in total. When the opportunity is lost, most of it will be lost in the blink of an eye, and then it will be impossible to come back.
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Therefore, even though tanks are tall and powerful, have cannons, and are heavily armored with machine guns, they are actually very fragile on the battlefield. For enemy tanks, it is just a matter of one armor-piercing projectile.
This is the situation in the battle at this time.
The German 2nd Armored Division has many more tanks than the 4th Tank Brigade... The 2nd Armored Division, as a veteran armored force of the German army, has 152 tanks, while the Soviet 4th Tank Brigade only has 63 tanks.
This is not due to battle losses. In fact, the Fourth Tank Brigade did suffer battle losses. For example, in the previous Battle of Klin and the battle to attack Volokolamsk, more than twenty T34 tanks were lost due to malfunctions and other reasons.
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However, these battle losses were quickly replenished... The T34 produced by the Stalingrad Tractor Factory gave priority to the fourth tank brigade.
The reason why the Fourth Tank Brigade at this time only had 63 tanks was that they had to use some real tanks to hide it from the enemy... There were a total of twenty tanks leading the fake tanks to Tver, and then these twenty tanks were also used by
Only by engaging in the battle to attack Tver can the whole scene be completed.
In other words, in the direction of Volokolamsk, the number of Soviet tanks was less than half of the German tanks.
At the same time, the T34's protection and firepower are actually not bad at close range... As mentioned before, anyone can penetrate anyone at a distance of tens of meters, more than ten meters or even just a few meters, even "No. 4"
Short-barreled guns can penetrate T34, so there is no advantage in protection and firepower.
This battle is all about taking advantage.
For Tank No. 239, Shulka clearly remembers that its commander Fedosiev drank two days of vodka in one sitting last night, then fell to the ground without a quilt and fell asleep drooling... Shulka
Only then did Ka understand why so many people froze to death on the streets in modern Russia.
At the moment the battle started, Shulka thought it was over, and Fedosiev was not prepared at all.
But I didn't expect that the tank was very flexible in fighting.
It didn't stop at all after it broke out of the door and window... Most T34 tanks are accustomed to stopping and waiting for the body to stabilize before firing, but this is actually not necessary in close combat.
At the same time, the fact that the tank is constantly maneuvering makes it less of an easy target for the enemy.
I saw the No. 239 tank moving forward and with a "bang", it penetrated the "No. 4" tank in front of it that was urgently turning its turret towards it.
The quality of the German tank crews of this "Plank IV" tank was very high, because its emergency steering relied on the simultaneous movement of the body and turret, that is, the driver and gunner turned toward the target at the same time.
Obviously, this can exponentially increase the steering speed, but it also requires almost perfect coordination between the driver and the gunner... Otherwise, neither the driver nor the gunner can accurately point to the target by turning more or less.
This requires a lot of training and quick reaction and adaptability.
Unfortunately, they ultimately failed to move to the firing position in time before the T34 fired, so its fate was to become a pile of scrap metal lying in place.
Because the distance was very close, Shulka and others could even clearly hear the crisp sound when the armor-piercing projectile penetrated the tank armor. The "No. 4" tank shuddered as if giving a chill and then stopped moving.
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T34 continued to move forward, and a bullet hole appeared in front of Shulka. The steel around the bullet hole was dented inward, and a few wisps of smoke came out of it. It was unknown whether it was caused by the iron content of the shell or the violent collision between the shell and the armor.
But of course Shulka didn't think about this at this time. He shouted "Grenade"...the grenades with green smoke rolled over the tank body and went straight to the German infantry.
The German infantry was still in a tight position, but was immediately disorganized when a grenade was dropped beside them.
This is also one of the functions of the grenade. Because of its delay, everyone knows what will happen next when this thing is around.
As long as they are not stupid, no one will think about shooting but how to dodge, thus achieving the purpose of suppression.
With a burst of "boom" explosions, the German soldiers were blown up and down. Shulka and others used the wreckage of the German tank as a cover to shoot at the fleeing German troops.
One by one, the German soldiers were knocked to the ground.
Although they were all well-trained and experienced, they fell into a pool of blood before they could react due to a series of mutations.
Tank No. 239, on the other hand, moved around in front of the tank wreckage like a god, then increased its power and rushed towards another "No. 3" tank.
The reason why it is said to be a "godlike move" is because the German "Panzer III" tank was turning the gun tank to the right, while the No. 239 tank used the tank wreckage as a cover to make a circle and appear on the left.
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The "No. 3" tank hurriedly adjusted its muzzle back...but it was too late. The No. 239 tank had already been reloaded, and then there was a "boom", adding another number to the number of kills.
During the battle, the Soviet troops also threw smoke bombs.
This was not only to further reduce visibility and make the German air force lose its target, but also because the Soviet tanks were painted white and were easier to hide in the white smoke of smoke grenades, while the black crosses on the German tanks were very obvious... In fact, it
It's simply a bull's-eye marked.
What's worse for the German tanks is that they never thought they would encounter enemy tanks before this. They thought their opponents would still be infantry, just like the defense line they broke through.
The difference is that the barrels of most German tanks are loaded with grenades aimed at infantry rather than armor-piercing projectiles.