After suffering a round of terrible shelling losses, there was no delay for too long. Soon, the second wave of offensive after the German army regrouped was once again pressing towards the Soviet defensive positions.
"The Germans are coming up again! Get to your positions and prepare to fight!"
"Load armor-piercing ammunition, hurry up! Aim at the front one and get in position in advance, waiting for my order!"
The roaring German tanks sprayed thick black smoke and rushed over the ground. They had left the division headquarters before the last moment arrived. Malashenko, who had returned to his combat post, was already in place.
He poked half his head out of the telescope outside the turret and quickly gained a first-hand view of the battlefield.
"Huh? The Tiger King is coming up? It seems that the reinforcements are in place. That's good. I regretted not filling the dumplings with less stuffing."
A practical problem before him is that Malashenko is unable to know in time and clearly how many reinforcements the German army he is facing has gathered to prepare for an attack.
The deficiencies in the report can only be made up for by the latest situation on the battlefield for comprehensive judgment, and a very important factor that determines whether the current German troop concentration reaches the standard expected by Malashenko is the next wave of attacks by the Germans.
Whether there was an increase in troops and by how much.
After a rough sweep, Malashenko estimated that the current second wave of the German offensive was at least twice as powerful as the first wave, and there was a high probability that it would be even more powerful.
After all, even high-magnification general-level binoculars cannot open perspective eyes to fully understand all the Kraut's troops. Malashenko can only rely on his own intuition and experience to conclude that "the Kraut"
It should have become a lot stronger." This is the final judgment.
The most direct evidence is that among the German armored units that are rumbling in now, there is a King Tiger figure that did not appear in the previous wave of attacks. And there are more exciting things than these, Malashenko even has
I saw some farther away, and I could just barely see a rough outline of a steel monster, slowly moving forward like a moving tomb, pressing behind.
Is it tiger hunting or something else?
Based on the current situation, Malashenko has no way to make an accurate judgment, and he will not have more time for Malashenko to find optical reconnaissance equipment with higher magnification to take a closer look.
What's even more terrible is that just when Comrade Ma was still thinking about it and was about to change the direction and take a look again, the mobile graveyards behind the Germans on the opposite side were already roaring and opening fire.
The shells came with a shrill whistle, and you could almost feel the distance of the hurricane blowing against your ears, whizzing straight past Malashenko. This was as terrifying as the god of death whispering in his ears.
Even before Malashenko had time to react, a violent, concussive explosion followed violently behind him.
boom--
"Fuck! It's at least two kilometers away. How fucking lucky is this German guy?"
Malashenko, who specializes in the position of vehicle commander, has a good ability to visually observe the approximate distance to the target.
This does not rely on the blessing of advanced equipment or special functions, it is purely a veteran commander who relies on his rich combat experience. The difference in size of reference objects at various distances, the approximate height of trees, and the size of those broken German cars
The length, and the visual performance at different distances, Malashenko already knows these data well.
Judging from Malashenko's naked eye range measurement, the test shell that was fired just now could not see the specific model of the German car, and it must have been fired from at least two kilometers away.
To say that the accuracy of the German's first-shot shooting is so abnormal, so outrageous that he could almost be used as a sniper rifle user and headshot himself on the spot. Even if you beat Comrade Ma to death, he wouldn't believe it. He really is the world of German technology.
First?
But even if it is just pure luck, it is already very scary to be able to achieve such accuracy at a distance of two kilometers.
The crew itself is not simple. It is one thing that the gunner is probably a veteran, but it is another thing entirely that the gun that fired the shell is proficient in long-range and accurate shooting.
With his head buzzing, Malashenko did not dare to stay outside the car any longer. Without saying a word, he immediately retracted the binoculars and the small part of his head that was sticking out. When he returned to the car, he closed the hatch and then heard
It was the stupid words of this heartless guy Iushkin that almost made people vomit blood.
"Oh! That's great, you're okay! I thought the shell just hit you, and I was about to drag you back to the car to rescue you. I was really scared to death!"
"...."
Malashenko, who had a black look on his face, had no time to continue arguing with Iushkin, a dirty talker. He had almost guessed the premise of what had allowed him to slip away from the door of death.
Next, Malashenko's expression at this moment looks particularly solemn.
"Pay attention to me! This battle is not going to be easy! Those things on the opposite slope are probably scrap metal men! There is a Tiger King ahead of them, and the Germans are showing off all their elites!"
Since the battle of Kursk, Malashenko has never seen the heroic and domineering figure of "Brother Nan" again.
In fact, this is not surprising. After all, Ferdinand is a "waste utilization" product made from nearly a hundred pre-fabricated chassis of Tiger P with no place to put it. The actual performance cannot be said to be too high.
But it definitely can't be called very good. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory, barely qualified.
Under the premise that subsequent models and better tank destroyers are already available, the German army naturally has no need to waste resources and continue to build flashy things like Nange. Therefore, the output of Nange is fixed at nearly a hundred vehicles.
, has not changed before, so the probability of encountering this thing again on the battlefield is actually quite low.
Malashenko's conclusion that the objects on the opposite side were scrap iron men was actually based on the ultra-long-range shooting accuracy of the shot just now and the extremely fast flight speed of the shell. This effect is unlikely
It's about the same size, and its muzzle velocity and ballistic drop are far less than those of the 88cm long Jagdtiger. Naturally, there is no need to say more about the highest possibility among the remaining options.
What makes Malashenko nervous is not only the German army's second wave of changes in offensive equipment.
When the roaring King Tigers pushed forward against the anti-tank firepower that had been launched one after another, they pushed to the place where the first wave of German attacks were defeated. Malashenko, who had not paid attention to this at all, then
It was noticed that this group of stubborn Germans actually plowed the minefield in another round of artillery fire after suffering a bitter defeat in the first wave of attacks.
The result of this was that the huge King Tigers were finally able to roar past the burning wreckage of their own tanks unimpeded, and continued to advance with a large group of German infantry behind them, against the Soviet army.
Anti-tank fire rushed forward.
Such a bad result really caused Comrade Ma, who had originally hoped that the minefield would be more effective, to be instantly disappointed.