There is no doubt that Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division was very powerful, but behind its strength was not without any weaknesses.
This highly mechanized elite heavy armored force lacks bulky position defense weapons. Most of the time, Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division, which is responsible for attacking cities and fortresses and breaking through with sharp knives, rarely fights such attacks nowadays.
Passive positional defense warfare.
There are almost no positional anti-tank weapons like anti-tank guns that are not easy to carry. The few anti-tank guns that are available are not often used and are even thrown into Karamov's logistics for safekeeping.
It suddenly came in handy today and was temporarily dragged out.
Therefore, facing the current charge of dense German armored units, the defensive positions of the 1st Stalin Guards Tank Division, the only anti-tank force that can be relied on are those Stalin heavy tanks that are used as mobile anti-tank fortresses.
When Stalin's heavy tanks enter the loading state, the anti-tank firepower on the position will suddenly enter a relatively long gap period. Loading large-caliber 122mm separate artillery shells is not that easy.
For the German army, this is definitely the best opportunity to attack, and it is something they can only dream of.
The Panther tank rushing at the front stepped on the accelerator and entered the final acceleration stage. Together with the infantrymen behind it who had just dismounted from the half-track armored vehicle, they formed a sharp iron stream that penetrated the center of the defensive position.
"The German tanks are coming! Pay attention to concealment!!!"
If this was a defensive position controlled and carefully managed by the Red Army in advance, a large number of anti-tank mines would have been laid in front of the position, and anti-tank trenches and obstacles would have been built to severely slow down the offensive edge of the German armored forces through layers of obstruction.
It was precisely by relying on such complex and sophisticated anti-tank tactics that the Red Army in the Battle of Kursk was able to drag and trap the German armored bull in front of the position like an iron rope.
The Prokhorovka southern front theater where Malashenko is located is not too obvious. Such situations mainly occur in the battles in the northern and central theaters of Kursk.
In the middle and second half of the battle, Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division basically wiped out the enemy on the move, or was in the process of retreating and breaking through. There were not many defensive battles in solid positions, and there was not enough time.
Come and carefully manage the anti-tank positions.
This time, Malashenko still had no time to carefully manage his position defense system.
The main defense direction of the newly occupied German defensive position was outward, but the Germans they were facing now were attacking from the inside.
It was not easy to repair the damaged defensive position in a hurry. The soldiers had no time to brave the rain and plant anti-tank mines in front of the position in this terrible weather. The last two hundred meters of charging distance was too much for the German tanks.
It is extremely easy and effortless.
"Lower your head! Lower your head! Get down!!!"
The speeding tracks rolled up the rain-soaked mud at high speed, splashing everywhere. The Panther tank, whose body was completely worthy of the word "huge", rumbled over the soldiers like a moving hill.
The trenches overhead.
The soldiers holding small weapons tightly in their hands leaned against the trenches and quickly lowered their heads. Amidst the trembling of the earth and the cold air soaked by the rain, they patiently waited for the moment when the German tanks finally passed by.
And once those German tanks that roared continuously and roared with thick black smoke completely ran over the trenches above their heads, it also meant that the most intense moment of fighting had arrived. The German infantry following the tanks would soon
Use cover to jump into the trench.
The Red Army soldiers, who clearly understood this, had installed their shining bayonets on the knife holders, replaced the submachine guns and light machine guns in their hands with brand new fully loaded ammunition, and vowed to annihilate all the invading enemies here.
On top of the battlefield.
"Advance! Occupy this position! Prepare to fire!"
The roar of the gasoline engine was filled with loud roars of clear German. So close at hand, the soldiers holding their breath tightened their weapons and made final preparations.
Following our own Panther tank, the first person to appear in front of the trench was a German submachine gunner.
This Wehrmacht infantryman holding an MP40 submachine gun had sufficient combat experience. He placed his finger on the trigger and pointed the black muzzle at the location where the enemy might appear.
But this time, there were no Russian soldiers who rushed out blankly like those encountered in previous battles. There was only a strong and powerful hand that suddenly stretched out and continued to attack. Before this man encountered it for the first time,
Before the German submachine gunner could react, he grabbed his ankle, pulled him back hard, and dragged him into the trench on the spot.
"Oh!!!"
The subconscious scream that came out of his mouth still echoed in his throat, and he couldn't shout out completely. He felt like a German submachine gunner being dragged into hell by the hands of the devil, and then his vision changed in the immediate vicinity.
Inside, I saw an extremely scary scene.
A tall and thick Russian, as strong as a black bear, tightly grasped the dagger with a cold glow in his hand and stabbed it hard towards his chest.
Subconsciously, he wanted to raise his hands to stop the opponent, but for some reason, his hands seemed to be tightly clamped by large pliers and he could not move at all. He could only watch the dagger rushing toward him at high speed, but
There is nothing you can do.
Pfft——
The sound of the blade advancing into the flesh along the cut of the blade cannot be described in words. Without any sympathy or hesitation, the blade was inserted into the vital part of the German soldier's throat. Knowing that the opponent was already a Red Army soldier who was certain to die, he immediately turned his hand.
He grabbed Bobo Shaxiang who was carried behind him and held it in his hand, raising his hand and aiming the gun.
Da da da da——
More German troops showed up outside the trenches. The enemies were extremely jealous of each other and fired at close range. They started fighting immediately like a sudden storm.
The Varosha Infantry Regiment, which is equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and is especially good at close combat within two hundred meters, actually has a stronger firepower advantage in such combat situations.
The ferocious small arms firepower of almost all automatic and semi-automatic weapons struck those German infantrymen who had just emerged from the trenches before they had time to enter the trenches.
Gone are the days of life-threatening hand-to-hand combat in Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division. Fights that can be resolved with bullets must never be fought with knives. This is the core point that Comrade Lao Ma has always stressed to his subordinates.
Encountering such an enemy who did not follow the routine and was completely different from other enemies, it is completely conceivable that the German army was extremely unadapted and even helpless.