Malashenko promised Lavrinenko that support would be here soon, as he said not long ago.
Lavrinenko originally thought that the first to arrive would be the follow-up force led by Malashenko, but he did not expect that the first to join the battle would be the artillery support promised by Malashenko.
Although this boy Alexi is always disobedient and is not good at all kinds of things, he is not useless at the critical moment. Malashenko will never keep a useless reconnaissance company under his subordinates.
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The precise strike coordinates covered by the artillery fire were reported by Alexi. His light reconnaissance company was unable to achieve a decisive effect in confronting the enemy head-on in such an out-of-control encounter with large tanks, as the firepower was insufficient.
However, it still has its own position and plays a key role on the frontal battlefield. Directing artillery firepower is the most critical task.
With the precise positioning of the reconnaissance company in front and the latest artillery coordinates, the artillery support from the rear was extremely accurate.
Although this sudden artillery barrage was only the first round of test firing, the intensity of the firepower was undeniable. Knowing how urgent the battle ahead was, the two self-propelled artillery battalions used all their firepower from the beginning.
The 152 high-explosive grenade with a roar as loud as a steam locomotive's whistle pierced the sky, fell straight down, and exploded one after another among the German army's crowds, raising large chunks of frozen soil straight into the sky.
This wave of artillery fire came so suddenly that the attacking German troops were completely unprepared and had no psychological preparation at all. They even had no time to evade or maneuver before they were hit hard.
Alexi's vision is indeed very sharp. The artillery strike coordinates reported by him personally were not those of the German echelon rushing at the front.
After the IS6 heavy tank reinforcements arrived, Alexi, who liked to make his own analysis and judgment based on the current situation, committed another habit. Without the permission of the division commander, he directly set the coordinates of the artillery strike at the German rear to suppress the firepower.
On the support troops, once the artillery shells fall, they will hit the German heavy tanks, assault guns, and self-propelled artillery.
Alexi's idea was very simple. Since he was ready to fight, he had to cut off the roots of the Germans and prepare to eat all the enemies in one go.
The German fire support troops, who had no expectations for this situation, were stunned on the spot. The 152mm high-explosive grenade that fell instantly hit them with a parabolic trajectory and hit them directly on the top of their heads.
Most of the artillery shells were not that accurate, and they continued to explode around the German heavy tanks and assault guns with great force.
The King Tiger and the assault gun can withstand the near-missile shock waves and explosions of the 152 Cult, but this does not mean that other fragile armored vehicles can also.
The German half-track armored vehicle that was flying into the sky was blown apart on the spot, with pieces flying everywhere, not to mention the crew members on board. Look at the rotten dumpling fillings boiling in the big pot rolling in the boiling water.
That's what the crew members of these German half-tracks were like. It's not an exaggeration to say that they were stuffed inside and fried into minced meat.
The armored vehicle was in bad luck, and the German infantry nearby also had no luck.
The infantry shrouded in artillery fire are more vulnerable than rootless duckweeds facing the strong wind. If there are no fortifications and bunkers, the situation will be ten times worse. Basically, it will be a really miserable situation on the battlefield.
In the face of the unreasonableness of the 152 Divine Cult, expecting to lie down on the spot to avoid the gunfire and escape the disaster is simply a fool's errand.
The Germans are now facing a force with the strongest field artillery on the planet. Even though Malashenko's Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division abandoned its slow deployment in pursuit of high mechanization and high mobility,
Traditional towed artillery, which is time-consuming to maneuver, only retains two high-mobility equipment, the Katyusha and ISU152, which can be fired and moved.
However, this level of devastating heavy firepower is still not something an unprepared infantry unit can withstand.
The vast majority of the German infantrymen did not even have a chance to cry out, and were dismembered on the spot by cruel and merciless artillery fire and blown to pieces.
Some Western 3A game masterpieces in the 21st century use the gimmick of "unlimited blood supply" as a selling point to attract players to pay for the game and join the grass-cutting army.
But now, at this moment, here, on this real battlefield shrouded in artillery fire.
The German infantry who had been stunned by the bombing had entered a state of "unlimited supply of limbs and minced meat". The broken frozen soil and weapon parts raised by the artillery fire were full of various missing arms and legs, as well as
Look down on the vague minced meat that it originally was.
It was torn into pieces and licked by the flames soaring into the sky, and then scattered in all directions. When the next shell hit, it was swept up by the strong shock wave. Repeating the situation just now, it was torn into pieces even more, and then continued to fall into the unknown.
Where on the ground.
"The bombardment effect is confirmed! Hit the target! Keep firing at the same coordinates and kill these German scum!"
The German guy was so bombed that he didn't even have a chance to cry for his father and mother, but Alexi, the instigator who was watching the fire from the other side, was so excited that he was so excited that he felt like he had been shot.
The ISU-152 self-propelled artillery battalion, which received the report from the "Eye", complied with the instructions, and the uninterrupted artillery strikes continued to fall straight down on the central main force of the German Crescent Offensive, exploding one after another.
The German armored soldiers, whose ears had been shaken to the point of hearing nothing, realized that something was wrong. The immobile King Tigers finally began to try to reverse their vehicles in an attempt to avoid the artillery fire.
But just as Malashenko had expected, even if it were a lucky draw, with a whole battalion of self-propelled artillery with direct fire coverage, I don’t believe you wouldn’t be able to win a tank.
Even if you German guy is driving a King Tiger, if you hit the target with a 152, it will still hit the bullseye and you will still be hurt. What’s more, this is a 152 that shoots in a curved trajectory instead of directly aiming at artillery. Look, it’s the dome of your King Tiger.
Is the armor hard enough or does 152 have enough powder?
What Malashenko expected did happen, and it happened really quickly.
A King Tiger that had just started to reverse had not moved a few meters away when a 152mm high-explosive grenade dropped from the sky with a shrill roar and hit the bullseye.
What a coincidence. The 152 high-explosive grenade hit the dome at the back of the King Tiger's turret.
The King Tiger's turret is not the round Soviet jarhead of later generations. The square and flat dome on the back of the head is simply the best use of the 152 Cult.
The fragile armor was shattered on the spot by the powerful projectile bombardment, and the warhead charge that exploded instantly was then forcefully poured into it, destroying everything it came into contact with.