"Target, the Russian heavy tank! Load armor-piercing shells and fire!"
"But...our cannons can't deal with those monsters, so it's all in vain."
"Nothing! Fire immediately, immediately!"
"knew......"
In fact, in many cases, whether it is during World War II or in the distant later generations, there are many things that you do not need to do if you think it is useless. Even if you know that it is useless, it is basically equivalent to useless work. If it is really
Only when it works can a miracle happen, but in the end you still have to do it no matter what.
For example, consider the difficult situation that the SS Panzers are currently facing.
It is no longer possible to expect those King Tigers who have been targeted by the Russians to carry the banner and act as the mainstay. The crazy Russians don't even bother to use armor-piercing bombs, and directly attack with high-explosive bombs, relying on their crushing numerical advantage.
The tiger kings were maimed and paralyzed on the spot.
Having lost the King Tiger whom they relied on the most, the only ones who can continue to take on important responsibilities are the medium tanks and tank destroyers.
Various 75mm main guns with different barrel lengths are almost useless against those huge Russian steel monsters. The SS armorers know this very well.
But if they don't stand up now and choose to retreat, then even the last remaining hope of this battle will disappear in an instant. The Russians' steel torrent will mercilessly crush anyone who dares to block the way in front.
Meat, let alone guessing that the Russians who hated the SS would show mercy if questioned, this is even more unrealistic than a sow climbing a tree.
What? You said that if the battle has reached this stage, how can there still be hope and hope for victory for the SS?
Yes, hope may not exist.
But these SS soldiers thought that there was still more, and used it as a reason to support themselves in continuing to fight. Such a simple situation was enough.
The Viking division in this timeline has greater strength, but its crazy fighting will and fighting style of fighting to the end at all costs are still exactly the same as the original Viking division in existing history.
At this critical moment, the Black Panthers and Panzer IV tank destroyers stepped forward to take over the King Tiger's charge.
There are already a small number of armored vehicles left, and there are naturally fewer vehicles that can be used to deal with the pursuing troops when being attacked from two sides.
Holding the periscope of the commander with his hand, he looked at the poor Panthers and Fourth Sisters in the field of vision in front of him, and then looked at those weak and weak artillery shells, like BB shells hitting steel plates, hitting the heavy tanks of his own side that had begun to charge again.
After that, it looked like it was ruthlessly bounced away.
Malashenko, who had led the main force into the battlefield, raised the corners of his mouth, and a ferocious smile instantly appeared on his face. The destruction of the infamous Viking Division would be recorded in history today by his own hands.
"Lavery, has the self-propelled artillery you brought arrived? Where is it now?"
Our deputy division commander has been less present on the front line in recent days, but this does not mean that he has retreated to the second line.
Suffering from the lack of a capable artillery expert to coordinate the command and act as his right-hand man, Malashenko simply transferred Lavrinenko to manage the two battalions of the division's self-propelled artillery: Katyusha rocket launchers and
Each isu-152 self-propelled artillery battalion is in direct contact with and responsible for itself during the battle.
When Malashenko contacted Lavrinenko at this time, he did not intend to call for artillery support coverage. The troops were already rushing to the position, which was obviously unnecessary.
"We have arrived, we are behind you now! The rocket launchers are still deployed in preparation for launch, but the self-propelled artillery can be put into battle immediately and have entered the range. What kind of support do you want to call?"
What kind of support should I call? Needless to say?
"Very good! Let the isu-152s go up to me, aim at those SS scum, and directly flatten the muzzle and blast! Infantry and armored vehicles, all moving enemies within the field of vision are targets of attack, don't care about the SS
Those broken cars! Our armor protection is strong enough to withstand it, and all the King Tigers have been destroyed now!"
Direct-aiming bombardment with only 122 Heirlooms was not enough, Malashenko also wanted stronger firepower to support it.
Using the reinforced is2 heavy tank body chassis, the modified isu-152 self-propelled artillery is different from the existing historical version and has more powerful armor defense.
To put it bluntly, the isu-152 in the existing history was modified from the body and chassis of the early is2, but the current one in Malashenko's hands was used in what should have been a later model in the existing history, that is, 1944
It is made from the body and chassis of the 2016 IS2.
A whole inclined plane is pulled up to cover the entire front of the fighting room. The thick armor is the same as the armor on the front of the 1944 IS2 car body, both of which are 100 mm in physical thickness. The inclination angle is a slightly different 53 degrees, compared with
The original 60-degree inclination angle on the front of the is2 body is slightly smaller, and the equivalent armor is slightly discounted. This is a compromise that must be made to accommodate the huge 152 howitzer in the combat room.
The front armor of the fighting room with an inclination angle of up to 60 degrees simply cannot reserve enough recoil travel for the 152 gun in the fighting room.
In this way, the tilt angle of the armor can only be reduced and the main gun installation position can be further forward.
The final test results proved that the main gun installed under the armor inclination plan reduced to 53 degrees could just leave enough recoil travel for the main gun in the fighting room, so the final design plan was finalized.
But even so, this unusually powerful armor protection is still considered indestructible.
In addition to the King Tiger's Chang 88 having the ability to barely penetrate at a distance of 500 meters, the front armor of the new isu-152's combat chamber can withstand the bombardment of any known German main gun within a regular combat distance, including
The Panther Fishing Rod main gun has a penetration depth that is 88mm shorter than the Tiger.
After solving the serious problem of King Tiger, Malashenko can finally put the isu-152 in his hand into the battlefield without any scruples. This also means that the isu-152s are engaged in large-scale offensive operations in a direct-aiming bombardment posture, rather than in large-scale offensive operations.
The first battle in the defensive operation.
After receiving Malashenko's order, Lavrinenko acted quickly. The isu-152 battalion, which had already entered the effective range, continued to move forward at full speed to a more advanced attack position.
The IS2 heavy tank body and chassis, which already have acceptable maneuverability, give these isu-152s decent maneuverability.
The final forward distance of only a few hundred meters was reached in less than half a cigarette. At this time, Kurbalov's battalion had already broken through the SS position with its infantry and launched the final close combat. Shaking
The ISU-152s with their ferocious cannons immediately targeted those SS miscellaneous soldiers who were a little farther away than could harm friendly forces.
On the other side of the battlefield, in the completely opposite direction to Malashenko's offensive and pursuit route, the Red Army troops that launched a fierce attack on the other end of the remaining SS troops have also made breakthrough progress.
The Red Army troops also chose to use the heavily armored isu-152 as a heavy hammer to break through the defense, quickly broke in through the torn hole, and launched a final fight.
Although the battle has not ended in the true sense at this time, the end of the Viking Division's existence under the organizational sequence of the Waffen-SS has actually arrived and has been completely concluded.