After successfully digging out the first white arrowhead, Shi Quan was not in a hurry to leave.

There's nothing to be afraid of if you don't steal or rob. You just don't want to get into unnecessary trouble by digging secretly at night.

Holding Bingtang in his arms and sleeping until dawn, Shi Quan first went for a walk around the town to solve the breakfast problem, and then walked calmly towards Oboyan.

The road from the abandoned church to Oboyan is only about 70 kilometers, and it is relatively easy to walk. Although the road will occasionally encounter potholes, it is almost the same as a highway for Tatra.

In just over an hour, Tatra drove more than ten kilometers east along the Pushor River south of Oboyan City and finally stepped on the brakes.

Before getting off the bus, Shi Quan once again logged in to the official website of the Russian Federation to confirm his location. It was dangerous and dangerous. As long as he walked along the Pushor River towards Plokhorovka for up to ten kilometers, he would enter the ruins protection zone.

district.

At this time, he was located in a bend of the Pushor River. On the edge of the farmland not far from the bend, a large number of remaining anti-tank cones can still be vaguely seen.

According to the historical records of the former Soviet Union, the Battle of Prokhorovka, the largest tank battle in human history, broke out here.

In fact, this battle can only be regarded as the second largest. The largest tank battle in the true sense should be the Battle of Brody.

The actual number of tanks participating in the Battle of Prokhorovka was not the widely known 1,500. According to some historians, it may not even reach 1,000, but it is still considered a rare large tank on the Soviet-German battlefield in World War II.

war.

Both warring parties had their own victories and defeats in this battle. The Soviet Red Army lost to the Germans tactically, losing more than 400 tanks and self-propelled artillery. This battle even led to the destruction of the Soviet 181st Tank Brigade.

In exchange for up to 70% of the battle losses, they only destroyed about 60 German tanks and self-propelled artillery. This exchange ratio almost reached 10:1, so it is said that the Soviet Union lost to the Germans tactically, so it is in history.

The big book used "the largest tank battle in human history" to cover up the tactical failure.

On the other hand, the German army, although they destroyed ten times their enemy, had to admit that they were indeed successfully blocked from moving north by the Soviet Red Army, which was advancing one after another.

In this way, the German army lost its only opportunity to encircle the Soviet Kursk salient in the Battle of Kursk, which directly led to the defeat of the German army in the Battle of Kursk.

"I hope this time it is still German equipment, not Soviet equipment."

The result of the Battle of Prokhorovka made Shi Quan not have high expectations for this green arrow. After all, the losses of the German army were too small. From a probability perspective, this green arrow is likely to represent Soviet equipment.

As for Soviet military equipment, due to its huge inventory and the Soviet Union's consistent pursuit of the "simple and practical" concept, except for a few rare equipment, the price of Soviet military cultural relics during World War II is generally much cheaper than similar German military equipment, and in many cases it is not even possible at all.

Can't sell it.

The most representative one is the T34 tank. Among the tanks that professional diggers are least willing to dig up, the number one tank model is always the T34. This thing is not even worth as much as the Soviet tractors of the same period.

Why? Because there are too many!

Before Shiquan dug a Leopard, the bulldozer pulled by Big Ivan was modified with a T34 chassis. On the way to Kursk two days ago, the beautiful girl who was guarding the quagmire to earn towing fees also drove a T34 chassis.

Someone once even jokingly said, "If you just walk into a small town in the Russian countryside, you can find at least three T34 tank chassis that can still be started, but you may not find churches and hospitals in this small town."

"Whatever you can dig up is what you want! Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from God!"

Shi Quan smiled self-deprecatingly and put down his worries. He had nothing to complain about. Although the tank that professional diggers did not want to dig up was the T34, if they did dig it up, they would never give up. No matter how bad this thing is,

Shouldn’t it be worth more than what the corpse could be sold for?

Diggers are indeed picky eaters, but they never waste food.

After digging through the bushes by the river, Shi Quan walked less than a hundred steps in and saw the excavation target marked by a green arrow.

I did see it, and it was a rusty German tank!

This is a Panzer IV tank lying upside down on the ground with its belly exposed. The front of the tank is raised high with the turret as the fulcrum, and the rear of the tank is half buried in the soil. It looks like a giant seesaw.

It’s hard to imagine what kind of encounter could have caused this big machine, which weighs nearly 20 tons, to remain in such a shameful posture for more than half a century.

Going around to the other side of the tank wreckage, I saw that the turret and the tank chassis, which were almost completely buried in the soil, had been somewhat separated and misaligned. The 75mm main gun on the turret seemed to have been castrated, with only the root less than ten centimeters bare.

A small piece.

Not only the main gun, almost all the parts on this tank that can be removed for money have been dismantled, and only the most worthless thick armor layer and frame are left.

Through the gap between the turret and the chassis, a wrist-thick white birch tree grew unusually strong. Crouching on the edge of the small tree, Shi Quan found that the green arrow was less than one meter away from him. It seemed that he was looking for this time.

The thing is in this turret. Unfortunately, the observation windows on the side of the turret and the hatch on the top are all pressed under the tank.

Climbing up the raised end of the "seesaw", I lifted the front hatch and looked inside. I found that the turret was completely blocked by the twisted and deformed internal structure and all kinds of garbage, making it impossible to get in.

"Try pulling it first!"

Driving the Tatra around the anti-tank cone that stretched for more than a hundred meters, Shi Quan aimed the butt of the car at the tank wreckage in the bushes.

This time was different from the previous tow truck. He didn't dare to use the winch to pull it directly. Even the smallest Type B of the Type IV tank weighed more than 17 tons. Even if the parts on it could be disassembled, it was almost dismantled. This

The weight must be more than 10 tons.

If he dared to use the steel cable that came with the winch, which was only slightly thicker than his thumb, to tow the overturned tank, once the steel cable was broken, the huge force would definitely inflict huge trauma on the tank.

Fortunately, there is a steel cable that comes with the original car on the butt of the car. Although this thing is only less than three meters long, it is as thick as a banana. It is specially prepared for towing vehicles of the same tonnage.

Fixing one end of the steel cable to the tank's tow hook, Shi Quan set up the low-speed creep gear that had never been used before.

The so-called creeping gear is exactly as its name suggests. The speed is so slow that it can almost drive people crazy.

He simply let Tatra pull him forward slowly, while he got off the station and observed the situation of the tank from a distance.

The Tatra, which has a peak torque of 3250 Nm, is like a vicious dog tied to an inverted tank. Although the eight thick tires rotate slowly, they just skid in place and cannot move even half a step forward. This is terrible. Not what he wanted to see.

After shifting gears and parking the car, Shi Quan squatted next to the almost broken birch tree again and looked back and forth with a headache.

He finally understood why no one had discovered the contents of the turret. Unless a large-tonnage crane could be mobilized to remove the chassis, there would be no chance of getting the contents of the turret.

But where is this?

This is the edge of the Prokhorovka Battle Site Protection Area. Which excavation party would dare to blatantly drive a crane here? It is purely to provide benefits to the federal police.
Chapter completed!