This is the final battle. Malashenko firmly believes that this charge can solve all the troubles in the Battle of Zelo Heights once and for all. The Germans have been pushed to the edge of the cliff. Now there is only the last step left to fall.
Into the abyss.
Tanks are advancing, infantry fighting vehicles are firing, self-propelled artillery is roaring, and infantry are charging.
The leading division has devoted all its strength to this final battle, which is about to be completed. The limited frontal width of the battlefield has been ordered by Malashenko to invest the maximum density of troops.
Any more, and it will be purely meaningless behavior that cannot be used to compete for the number of heads.
The sudden increase in the casualty rate can only be exchanged for a pitiful improvement in combat efficiency. This loss-making transaction is obviously not worthwhile, especially now that the destruction of the Germans is imminent.
On that broken position and among the collapsed fortifications and bunkers, behind the wreckage of tanks and self-propelled artillery, the German army was still trying to use up its last bit of strength to struggle to the death. Whether the combat effectiveness was high or not is irrelevant, but this fighting will alone was already the leader of the division.
This was something that I rarely encountered in previous battles.
They may not be elite, but they are indeed very capable.
The obvious reality is exactly what Malashenko had foreseen earlier: the closer the battle is to Berlin, the more insane the Germans will be, until they reach full power after they invade Berlin.
The highest point is that although the current battle in Zero Highlands is quite cruel, it is still not the peak.
This group of technical and tactical levels may not be very good, but they are indeed extremely crazy opponents who must be destroyed. Apart from being destroyed, there is no other way to make them put down their weapons obediently. The only thing you can do is to use everything you have.
The way is to make him lie down, no longer able to pick up the weapon in his hand, and not to care about life or death.
"Careful, Kraut Iron Fist!"
call out--
Boom——
The advancing infantry fighting vehicle was too close to the ubiquitous enemy anti-tank infantry. The German who suddenly poked his head out of the foxhole picked up his iron fist and, without saying a word, hit the oncoming Russian infantry on the spot.
The chariot came hard.
The piercing screams of explosions were mixed with smoke and dust. The soldiers who were following closely behind the infantry combat vehicle only felt that the moving copper and iron wall in front of them that was covering their progress trembled. Then it fell into a stagnant state and stopped moving forward. It was unclear.
Where did the round hit? The squad leader quickly opened the infantry hatch and stuck his head in.
"Is everything okay in the car? How's it going?"
"Ahem. The first shot was hit, and the additional armor blocked it, but we can't withstand any more attacks. This is already the ninth shot since the war started. The additional armor outside is probably almost destroyed. We only rely on the basic armor.
You can’t stop the German’s iron fist.”
Modified using a batch of mass-produced T43 medium tank chassis, the basic protection performance of the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle is still acceptable. The body protection performance, excluding the turret, is at the standard medium tank level. After adding
With the new modular additional armor kit, it can even withstand the bombardment of German infantry anti-tank weapons, such as Panzerfaust and tank killers.
But this is conditional. The condition is that the additional armor attached to the BMP43 body has not been exhausted in the battle and has been blown away and peeled off.
The additional armor fixed outside the support frame with rivets and bolts is far from as strong as the basic welded armor. It is a common thing to see it blown off and peeled off when encountering a strong kinetic energy impact or an explosion that directly hits the face.
The BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle body without additional armor protection will inevitably be very fragile.
Not to mention the more powerful tank-killing bazooka, which is commonly used by the Germans. The large-capacity Panzerfaust can knock over a BMP43 head-on. After eating the ninth round of infantry anti-tank ammunition, it has already endured too much.
I'm afraid it's impossible for the injured BMP43 to continue charging forward.
"Understood, from now on we will open the way in front, and you will be responsible for covering. We will move towards the trenches and bunkers to suppress any Germans who fire at us!"
"Okay, be safe comrade!"
Even without the mobile cover of infantry fighting vehicles to absorb damage, the battle must still be fought. The leader's division has never been a unit that cannot fight without good equipment. Excellent equipment has always only increased the combat power of the leader's division.
It is necessary but not the only one.
"Get ready, move towards the two o'clock trenches, the infantry fighting vehicles will cover us! We are thirty meters away, follow me closely!"
"Go! Go up, go up!"
An entire squad of mechanized infantry moved out of position and ran toward the trench not far away.
The sharp-eyed German soldiers who were guarding the other side of the trench not far away suddenly saw the figures of several Russians running towards their side. The German second lieutenant who took the lead immediately tried to concentrate firepower on him.
He waved his hand in the direction.
"Open fire! Kill those Russians, machine gun suppression! Don't let them into the trenches!"
The MG42 set up on the side heard the wind and immediately turned the muzzle and pulled the trigger. The bright green tracer flames flew straight towards the person as if they had eyes.
"Well!!!"
The rifleman running at the end of the team was unable to dodge. He was about to throw himself into the crater next to him and find temporary cover. However, he was a step too late. He was directly hit in the right leg by the MG42 barrage swept horizontally. His whole body was instantly like a gun.
The puppet with its strings cut off groaned, then fell into the crater that had reached the edge, its life or death unknown.
"The Nazi machine gun, he is hitting our people, fire quickly and kill him!"
The MG42 makes a lot of noise when it fires, especially when the trigger is held down and the fire continues. The white smoke puffs out like boiling water from a pot.
Coupled with the conspicuous bright green tracer trajectory, anyone can see it as long as they are not blind. The commander and gunner, who does not need the help of the loader to report the target position, has already found the target.
"Fuck you Sukkana pig!"
If the sound of MG42 strafing is like a tearing machine, roaring through the air at extremely high speed, then the sound of BMP43's 25mm cannon when firing is like continuous drumming, loud and powerful.
Dong dong dong dong——
The German machine gunners were still preparing to extend their firepower and continue to pursue and suppress the enemies who were about to jump into the trenches. However, they did not expect that the Russian tank that had just received an iron fist had stopped moving and could no longer move.
, it actually shook the turret again as if it had been resurrected, and aimed towards its own position.
The moment you want to put your gun away and run away, it's too late. It's even too late to turn around and run away without the gun.
The powerful 25mm high-explosive incendiary armor-piercing bullet chain was hit all over the face, and the wooden frame of the trench wall that served as a temporary machine gun shelter was directly penetrated and blown up along with the soil layer.
The explosion raised large pieces of earth and wood debris flying in the air, and the armor-piercing projectiles that penetrated the trench soil and reinforced wooden beams tore apart flesh and blood. The entire German infantry team was just covered in blood mist, and even screams were heard.