Chapter 412: Tank Assault
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This is a matter for the Soviet army to fight on its own soil, and it is not very difficult to find the third line of defense built by itself according to the terrain. It didn't take long for Cabaye to get an accurate report.
"Report to Comrade Commander Cabaye, the forward assault group is already four thousand meters away, please instruct."
"Keep the assault and report the situation at any time."
"Three thousand meters."
"Two thousand meters."
"One Thousand Meters"
"Fire incendiary bombs and flares."
Cabaye ordered the forward tank group to fire incendiary bombs at the third line of defense occupied by the Germans, which of course served as a light.
"Bumper ...... Bumper ......"
Cabaye's tank striker fired a flurry of incendiary bombs, but the Germans also chose to fire some incendiary bombs and flares at this time, and in an instant a large area of the third line of defense was illuminated as daylight.
The entire tank army of the Soviet army ran a little messily, after all, at night, the armored organization ability of the Soviet army was still not comparable to that of the German army, and the quality of the Soviet army, which had undergone a great purge, was also a mess.
With the help of incendiary bombs and flares, the strikers had already figured out some of the general situation on the third line of defense, which was only equipped with some anti-tank guns, and the number was not particularly large, about fifty or so, but the barrels of these German anti-tank guns were particularly long.
The minimum caliber of the German anti-tank was 75 mm 46 times, this gun was very successful in World War II, and its armor-piercing power that could penetrate 94 mm (3.7 in) of armor at a distance of 1000 m and at an angle of 30 degrees was considered very satisfactory at the time. If you shoot at vertical armor, the penetration is about 150 and it will blow up any Soviet tank.
"Shoot. Quickly destroy the anti-tank guns of the German devils first. ”
"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"
"Report to Commander Cabaye, the Germans have placed about fifty anti-tank guns on the three lines of defense, and the forward troops have launched a decisive charge. Immediate reinforcements of large forces were requested. ”
German artillery and Soviet tank guns fired almost simultaneously, although the German 75-mm anti-tank guns were powerful. But the defense was only a thin steel plate, and it could not stop the 37 mm or 50 mm anti-tank guns, and the Soviet army's forward tank Soviet army was twice as large as the German anti-tank gun.
"Boom...... Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"
In just a few tens of seconds, more than 50 Soviet light tanks were destroyed, and half of the German anti-tank guns were destroyed.
A two-to-one loss ratio. The Germans were acceptable, the Soviets were equally acceptable, the commander of the German A assault group was the commander of the Skeleton Army, Ike, and the situation on the front line quickly reached Ike's command, but Ike did not let the tanks and artillery groups behind the third line of defense open fire at this time, Ike was waiting, waiting for most of the Soviet armored forces to reach the third line of defense, and then sending them a big meal.
"Bang bang bang...... Boom ......"
The Soviet tanks rushed to a distance of about five hundred meters, and all fifty German anti-tank guns were finally muted, and all of these anti-tank guns were destroyed by the Soviet forward tanks. And more than a hundred tanks of the Soviet army were also destroyed, more than one hundred and twenty. There were about thirty or so remaining, and the tanks continued to charge at the German third line of defense.
The German 75-mm anti-tank gun was still very powerful. But after all, he needs to meet the needs of the infantry, that is, it must be light, and the weight of the 75-mm anti-tank itself has reached 1,4 tons, in this case the next artillery squad can basically move this gun over a short distance, if you add thick steel plates, then there is no way to move it at all.
This is the end of sacrificing defense for the sake of power, which can be regarded as a reminder to Li Mo how to achieve a balance between power and defense, and have enough power. To solve this problem. This gun could only be put on the chassis of tank No. 4, which weighed more than ten tons. It can completely counteract the recoil of this gun, and it maneuvers like that. The defense and firepower are all up, not to mention that there is no shortage of German tanks now.
If this section of the line was defended by 50 No. 4 self-propelled anti-tank vehicles, the more than 100 light tanks of the Soviet army could only deliver food, and now the result is that all 50 anti-tank guns have been destroyed, and the Soviet army has lost more than 100 taels of tanks.
The remaining Soviet tanks charged at a fast pace, thinking that the German infantry at this time would be lambs to the slaughter, and that more than 30 tanks on their side could easily break through the position defended by the German infantry, which had lost the support of anti-tank guns, and the truth would soon make these arrogant Soviet troops pay the price.
"200 hundred meters."
"Bang bang bang...... Click...... Boom ......"
Soviet tanks kept strafing the German positions with coaxial machine guns, and shells frequently fell on the positions, but in the German positions, except for the burning incendiary bombs and the shattered anti-tank guns, not a single German infantry stuck their heads out of the trenches.
"150 meters."
The Germans did not react, at this time the German infantry were all squatting in the trenches, and there were a large number of "iron fist" hands in the trenches on the outer edge, these Germans did not tremble or tremble at all, but held the iron fist in their hands tightly, and looked at their nearest commander, they were waiting for the commander's order, as long as the commander did not give the order, even if the Soviet tanks rushed over their leader, they would not flee in a hurry, this is discipline and rigor.
Each German company or platoon sent an observer, who could use a small mirror to observe the situation outside the trenches, and of course the small mirror was also the target of machine gun fire from Soviet tanks.
The range of the German "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets had reached one hundred and fifty meters, but the commanders on this line of defense were afraid that the Soviet tanks behind did not enter the firing range, and if the tanks in front were destroyed by the infantry, they would scare them away. So the commander of this trench was waiting for all the remaining thirty-odd tanks of the Soviet army to come into range.
"100 meters."
"80 meters."
"Bang ......"
Three red signal flares rose into the air, this is the order, the "Iron Fist" anti-tank man in the first trench on the third line of defense, suddenly got up, and quickly aimed the Soviet tank close to the foot with the iron fist in his hand, of course, the Soviet tank was still frantically firing blindly at the first trench, and some German "Iron Fist" anti-tank men would also be killed by this blind shooting, of course, there was such a situation, but there would never be many, and the comrades next to the anti-tank fighters killed by the Soviet army would immediately step forward and pick up the "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets on the ground, continuing to aim at the tanks of the Soviet troops.
"Snort...... Sneer...... Boom...... Boom ......"
Hundreds of "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets dragged a long flame towards the Soviet tanks, the least one Soviet tank will be divided into two "Iron Fists", these "Iron Fists" have an armor-piercing ability of about 80 mm, these Soviet light tanks were directly torn off the front armor, and some of the tanks were martyred, and more than 30 Soviet tanks were wiped out in a blink of an eye.
…… (To be continued) R861