Chapter 102 Bloody Smolensk (Part 3)

"Understood, comrade battalion commander, we will abandon the vehicle now!"

Just as the Soviet commander, who had just put down the communicator in his hand, opened the heavy integrated turret cover on his head with great difficulty, and just barely stuck his upper body out of the turret.

The German anti-tank gun team, which manually pushed the second wave of 50mm fixed-load 40-type tungsten core armor-piercing shells into the chamber at an extremely fast loading speed, launched an attack again at this time.

"Aim at the paralyzed T34, all gun positions focus fire, fire!"

Boom boom boom——

Accompanied by another burst of muzzle fire flashes, this time, a full 12 rounds of 50mm 40-type tungsten core armor-piercing shells instantly rushed from the German anti-tank gun position on the high ground to the immobile T34 tank from all directions.

Ding, ding, bang, bang——

Puff——

The sharp armor-piercing bullet of the Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing bullet hit the solid upper front armor plate of the T34 tank, and the crisp sound of the tank was echoed over the entire battlefield along with the piercing sound of the armor-piercing bullet tearing the flesh.

This Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing bullet, which still had a lot of residual kinetic energy after penetrating the open turret cover, did not stop there. The tungsten core armor-piercing body, which had already exposed the deformed bullet, immediately flew through the upper body of the Soviet tank commander at a speed of 900 meters per second, leaving a bloody hole as big as a human head on the body of the dead Soviet tank commander.

In his own tank commander's periscope, he saw the scene not far away in front of him very clearly, and Malashenko, gritting his teeth and fiercely, immediately punched the armor plate next to him.

"Damn you Germans! Kirill, load your high-explosive shells, Iushkin, aim at the German anti-tank gun positions, Seryosha, keep moving at full speed! No matter if you hit or not, you must suppress the German anti-tank gun firepower! Quick!"

Not only Malashenko's No. 177 KV1 improved prototype heavy tank that inherited the "name of honor", but also dozens of other KV1 heavy tanks around Malashenko's battalion command vehicle that maintained a charge formation, also began to drive the 7-ton turret under the hybrid power of the electric steering gear and the hand-cranked steering gear, aiming the black muzzle at the target.

"This is a cordial greeting from Comrade Stalin! Go back home, Germans!"

A wave of volleys accompanied by the crew members' loud roars immediately dragged dozens of 76mm high-explosive shells straight to the target. The sights of these KV1 heavy tanks, which were not equipped with gun stabilizers, were shaking like patients with Parkinson's syndrome in off-road conditions.

Although these Soviet tank crews, which were carefully selected and recruited by Rokossovsky on the way from Moscow to Yartsevo, were already the elite survivors, the poor situation of a good cook having no rice to cook still made the accuracy of these 76mm high-explosive shells really unsatisfactory.

These 76mm high-explosive shells that were ejected at full speed either flew over the heads of the German anti-tank gun positions or directly hit the earth slope not far from the German anti-tank gun positions and exploded.

The 76mm high-explosive shells, which were a little more "lucky", hit the machine gun positions at the front of the German positions by mistake. The German MG34 machine gun team had their arms and legs blown off in the explosion and miserable wailing. This was the only result achieved by the first heavy tank breakthrough battalion after the volley artillery bombardment.

Although this round of Soviet tank artillery bombardment was so poorly accurate that it was really horrible, it did not cause any substantial damage to the German anti-tank artillery positions.

But at such a close distance, seeing the miserable scene of the comrades operating the machine guns being torn into pieces and their intestines flowing all over the ground in the huge explosion, the painful wailing of the German wounded who were not completely dead was the best prop to exert strong psychological pressure on the German anti-tank artillery teams.

"Quick! Shells, 40 tungsten core bullets, load them quickly! Damn it, Ramey, you little bastard of German and French descent! Do you want to go back to your hometown in Lorraine and farm with your mother? Do you? If you don't want to die, pick up the shells and put them in the barrel quickly, otherwise you won't even have a chance to get out of the line of fire!"

It was exactly as Malashenko expected before he ordered to open fire.

In order to realize Hitler's ambition to launch the Barbarossa Plan to conquer the Soviet Union, the German Army, including the Waffen SS, swelled to five million people in just one year after the end of the blitzkrieg against Europe.

Of course, most of the veterans who participated in the German Army's earlier blitzkrieg against Europe were the backbone, but there were also many young recruits who joined the German Army at a young age with a passion for serving the country.

As the saying goes, new recruits are afraid of artillery, and old soldiers are afraid of machine guns.

The 76mm high-explosive bombs exploded in a salvo at such a close distance, even whizzing past their heads at a height of only one meter, which undoubtedly caused great psychological pressure and deterrence to the young German recruits on the battlefield.

When Operation Barbarossa was just launched in 1941, the German army was far from being as cunning as it was in 1944. These German recruits, who were deeply afraid due to instinct and common sense, made mistakes and errors due to their haste, which was exactly what Malashenko expected.

Through his tank commander's periscope, he could vaguely see that the German anti-tank artillery position less than 500 meters away seemed to be in a state of panic. Malashenko raised his mouth slightly and showed a smile of success, then picked up the communicator again and gave orders.

"All crews, keep charging at full speed, rush to the German positions and crush those anti-tank guns! The infantry is behind us, and once the offensive gap is opened, they will join in to expand the victory! Victory will eventually belong to us, comrades! Ura!"

"Ura!"

"Ura!"

Through the telescope in his hand, he saw that the Soviet steel torrent less than 500 meters away was already unstoppable. The commander of the 29th Motorized Infantry Division of the German Army, who was in his front-line command post, frowned and had to give orders in a very reluctant tone.

"It seems that those 50mm anti-tank guns alone can no longer stop these heavy tanks of Ivan. Tell Drake to let him and his people act according to the predetermined plan after the Soviet heavy tanks enter the attack range. This is our last chance!"