Although the roads are now muddy due to the melting of snow. However, on the edge of the forest, there are still roads that can barely pass through tanks. In order to prevent enemy armored troops from using this road to break into the defense zone, Bi Lei will drive the tanks themselves every now and then patrol these areas with two other tanks.
The three tanks drove to the edge of the forest and stopped. The road ahead was muddy. If you continued to move forward, you might be stuck in the mud and unable to move.
Bere opened the tank's top cover, poked half of his body out of the turret, and raised his telescope to grasp it around. At this time, the top cover of a tank parked not far away was also opened. A tank lieutenant poked his head out and asked loudly at Berere who was observing the environment: "Comrade Colonel, have you found anything?"
The call was Lieutenant Alitai, a tank company commander under Bere, who was originally a subordinate of Sokov, but because Bere's troops suffered heavy losses in the battle to defend Stalingrad, he was kept by Bere and continued to serve as company commander in the Tank Brigade.
Bi Lei shook his head and said, "No, I saw nothing."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Although Belei is still serving as the deputy commander of the 41st Division of the Guards, Alitai still likes to call him brigade commander when calling him: "I think we are a little too fussy. How could the enemy emerge from the forest? If they really enter the forest, they might not drive a few kilometers and they would be stuck in the mud and unable to move."
"No, even if the enemy does not come from this road, we cannot take it lightly." Bie Lei put down his telescope and said to Alitai: "You must know that the enemy can go through this road, bypass the defense line of the 125th Regiment and rush directly to the division command. Once the enemy's armored troops are brought close to the division headquarters, it will be bad."
As the two were talking, a low engine roar suddenly came. When Belei heard this sound, his brigade's first reaction was that another tank from his brigade was driving up from behind. But soon, he found a short tank covered in snow, driving towards his position.
After a few seconds, Be Lei immediately realized that this was a German tank. Because the body was covered with snow, he didn't notice it when he was observing it. He quickly shouted at Alitai: "Lieutenant, come the enemy tank, hurry up and prepare for battle." After shouting, Be Lei retracted into the tank and closed the hatch.
Before Bi Lei could prepare the tank soldiers to fire, the German tanks had stopped and aimed at the locations of the three Soviet tanks. The gun was rushed and did not hit the target at all, but the splashing soil and flying shrapnel still made the tank body jingle.
Three Soviet tanks started firing one after another, but the German tank soldiers were very cunning. After firing the artillery, they immediately rushed forward with all their might. As a result, the three shells fired by the Soviet army were all at the original parking position of the German tanks.
The German tanks quickly fired the second shot, and this time they accurately hit a Soviet T-34 tank. The tank caught fire and burned immediately after it was shot. The tank hands that escaped from the tank turned into firemen. They rushed to the ground and rolled on the spot, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
Bilei saw through the observation hole in front that in addition to the German tank that was rushing towards him, there were several cars behind him. He couldn't help but feel a slap in his heart, and he quickly called the brigade through the on-board radio station: "I am Colonel Bilei. We encountered the German tank that suddenly appeared at the patrol point No. 2, and requested immediate support."
The deputy brigade commander who received the distress signal quickly replied: "Comrade Brigade Commander, don't worry, I will lead the troops to reinforce immediately, you must withstand it."
The battle was still going on. The German tank that was approaching quickly, Beret's tank hit, immediately stopped advancing and burned in place. However, unlucky, the tank where Alitai was located was also hit by the enemy's armor-piercing bombs. Although it did not burn and explode and caught fire, the driver and loader unfortunately died.
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Alitai, who was slightly injured, quickly reported to Bere: "My tank was also shot, and the driver and loader were killed."
Bi Lei went out to patrol today, and there were three tanks in total. The ones destroyed were T-34/75, while Bi Lei and Alitai drove T-34/85. Not to mention that the other party only had a few No. 3 and 4 tanks, even if there were more, Bi Lei would not be afraid. He calmly directed the gunners to lock in the target they were going to attack.
Although there were already as many German tanks on the other side at this time, there were already as many as five. Bi Lei was not worried at all. He knew very well that the other party was all No. 3 and 4 tanks, and he was driving the most advanced T-34/85 tanks, which were not on the same level as the other party.
At the same distance, he could knock out the German tank turret with one shot, and the enemy tank might not be able to penetrate his front armor. Therefore, he was confident that he would win without the number of people.
A shell fell in front of the car and exploded. The rising soil covered the observation port in front of the tank, making it impossible for Bo Lei to see where the enemy tank was. He got up and prepared to go out to clean the soil, but was stopped by another tank soldier: "Comrade Brigade Commander, it's too dangerous outside, so I'd better go out and clean the soil covered on the observation board."
After being reminded by the tank soldiers, Belei immediately realized that he was now the commander of the first brigade, and the thousands of commanders and soldiers in the brigade were still waiting for his command. If something happened to him, the troops would become leaderless. So he agreed to the soldier to go out to clean up the soil.
A few minutes later, the tank soldiers crawled in from outside and reported to Bere excitedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the soil has been cleaned up and you can fight back against the enemy."
Seeing the soil on the observation port, the tank soldiers had already made it clear. Berlei immediately ordered the tank soldiers to shoot at the moving German tank. The gun was shot very accurately and directly hit a moving tank No. 3, which was blowing the ammunition that was exploding. It immediately lifted the turret into the sky, landed heavily on the ground, smashing a huge pit.
A tank following behind had no time to brake and directly hit the turret that had just landed on the ground, and was immediately blocked from the road. As soon as the tank stopped, it was destroyed by the armor-piercing bombs fired by the tank where Alitai was located.
Although Bere and Alitai were driving new tanks, the German tanks had an advantage in number. Although Bere and Alitai had a high hit and quickly destroyed five or six enemy tanks. However, the number of enemy tanks was too large. In less than a quarter of an hour, they surrounded German tanks from all directions.
Chapter completed!