The speed at which Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division entered the battlefield can only be described as "fast", so fast that the Germans did not even have time to make an emergency response.
Leading the charge was still the medium tank battalion under Kulbalov.
After suffering certain losses in the earlier battle, Malashenko directly transferred crews and vehicles from the medium tank battalions of several other regiments and added them to the medium tank battalion under Kulbalov with a wave of his hand.
, restored full combat effectiveness.
Although doing this may cause some gossip, Malashenko doesn't care if there is any such thing.
If you have the ability to make sharp knives, I will complete the work for you. If you don't have the ability, don't give me any nagging. Those who are capable will do it, and those who are not capable will keep their mouths shut. The rules are that simple.
In terms of his rich command and combat experience, Kulbalov, who fought all the way from 1941 to the present, is undoubtedly outstanding and worthy of Malashenko's trust and appointment.
The medium tank troops at the front were charging at high speed, approaching the enemy. The German enemy in front of them was even facing the direction of Hill 239, without realizing in advance that the real danger would come from the side and behind.
The German army was obviously careless and eager for success, and even did not bother to do the basic operation of setting up a warning and observation post one kilometer away. Apart from being a little surprised, Malashenko also had a sinister smile on his face, trying to commit suicide.
You can't blame others for this. If I don't deal with you German guys today, I'll write the character "horse" backwards!
The German troops on the outermost side only deployed some light infantry along a few trenches that were so simple that they could be called hip-extending. The commanders of the medium tanks could not even see the enemy's anti-tank guns within their field of vision.
Several machine guns hurriedly adjusted their design posture like a mouse seeing a cat, and opened fire immediately. The bright green tracer barrage that hit them all hit the T3485 and T43 armors with sparks, but it still had no effect.
Nothing, nothing can stop these steel monsters from rushing forward.
It is not the elite combat engineer units that follow the medium tanks to advance together. Because the medium tanks themselves are easy to lose and do not have a good defensive effect, it is too risky to place elite and limited combat engineers on these medium tanks.
There is a saying that the value of combat engineers to Comrade Ma is simply greater than that of medium tanks. Of course, I only think so in my personal opinion.
In the close combat after approaching the enemy's position, tall and mighty tanks cannot be of much help. Combat engineers wearing heavy armor and holding powerful weapons can be of great use at this time.
If a tank is damaged, it may still be repaired. If it is replenished, even if it cannot be repaired, it will still be an industrial product and a spare vehicle that can be replaced at any time.
But the people in this Combat Engineer Battalion are all precious little things that cannot be replicated. If one of them dies, they are really gone, which will make Comrade Ma feel distressed. A good knife does not need to be used, it just needs to be used on the edge at critical moments.
In short, it cannot be used indiscriminately.
Therefore, the first wave of tank knights who rushed up with the medium tanks were all ordinary light infantry with some light weapons in their hands. However, they were still warriors with considerable combat experience under Varosha. They could not tolerate the task of breaking through with sharp knives.
If there is even the slightest mistake, as long as you get out of the car and engage in close combat with the enemy, it will be equally powerful.
Since the Germans on the flank line of defense really didn't have any decent anti-tank firepower, the medium tanks, knowing that the Germans in front were still being beaten by the long-range artillery on Highland 239, simply stepped on the accelerator and launched a high-speed assault, ignoring the enemy.
With small arms firepower, it didn't take long for the tank knights carrying their respective tanks to arrive close enough and began to slow down the vehicle.
"Get off the bus, everyone get off the bus! Follow the tank and keep moving forward! Hurry!"
Since it is a direct high-speed assault without any cover firepower, if you get too close and then drop the infantry, it will obviously not be worth the gain, and the losses may be too large. You cannot just shorten the attack distance and cause too many casualties. Try to control it as much as possible.
The premise of casualties is what Malashenko has always emphasized. Since the army wants to become elite and develop, it must try to control casualties.
The medium tanks that arrived in front of the position covered the infantry behind them, and the coaxial machine guns and direct-aiming main guns kept firing at the enemy. Although there was a bit of a lack of accuracy due to the bumpy off-road conditions, and the shells missed, but they flew sideways.
The huge psychological pressure caused by the rain of bullets on the German army was real. Can you still concentrate on doing anything if there are shells flying above your head?
Apart from anything else, it is indeed possible for veterans to do it, but it is certainly not possible for these eighteen or nineteen-year-old young soldiers on the rudimentary German positions.
The medium tanks, which made a high-speed assault while maintaining fire suppression, rushed into the position at a high speed visible to the naked eye, ran over the first German infantry trench, and climbed over it.
The German soldiers who were holding their heads and squatting down to avoid being run over by the tanks had no time to get up again. Before they could react, the Red Army soldiers who were following closely behind the tanks had already appeared in front of them, raising their weapons.
"Comrades, destroy the fascists! Ula!!!"
Bang bang bang——
Da da da--
A hail of flying bullets hit their faces and pierced their bodies. Most of the German soldiers, who had no time to even raise their guns to aim, fell to their fighting positions.
After crossing the first trench, the medium tanks that had completed the escort mission immediately stopped and entered a state of fixed fortresses and firepower points. As far as the eye could see, there were many panicked German troops running around like frightened rabbits.
Running and jumping, more German soldiers were even rummaging for something in the nearby truck compartment. When they took a closer look, they turned out to be a whole box of Panzerfausts.
In addition, there were a large number of supply boxes and oil barrels, randomly stacked in positions visible to the naked eye. The experienced commanders immediately judged and concluded that most of these were intruders from the Germans.
There is a material storage point. Even the Germans who want to break out during the movement must have these materials and cannot abandon them all.
A tank without fuel and artillery shells is no different than a coffin. Everyone knows that you should never throw away valuable materials.
The Germans cannot give up anything, and if something is important, then the Red Army must do the opposite, put some eye drops on the Germans and stab their hearts with a knife.
Soon, the medium tanks, which had almost cleared the obvious German machine gun fire points, began to turn their 85mm tank guns, pointing the black muzzles directly at the German valuables, oil barrels, ammunition piles, and a pile of ammunition.