The German armored troops who hurriedly escaped from the paralyzed KV2 heavy tank failed to win the mercy of Malashenko. Looking at these abandoned German troops who could not even look back, they had already lost a crew under its attack.
Malashenko immediately gritted his teeth and blurted out.
"Kirill, reload high-explosive bombs! Iushkin, you know what you have to do!"
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander, none of these fascist bastards can escape!"
The 76mm high-explosive grenade containing 620 grams of TNT warhead charge flew over an attack distance of less than 300 meters in the blink of an eye and accurately exploded at the feet of six German armored soldiers.
Ordinary infantry grenades with a charge of over 100 are enough to tear flesh and blood to pieces and kill them on the spot. It is natural to imagine how terrifying the power of a 76mm high-explosive grenade with six times the charge is.
After a successful blow, Malashenko no longer paid attention to the broken limbs and arms that were dripping with blood all over the floor. Although the car looked powerful and invincible on the surface, it actually had serious weaknesses and flaws.
The KV2 heavy tank was available, and Malashenko couldn't help but feel worried knowing that the most terrifying possible opponent was another one.
"The Germans must have captured more than one Soviet-made tank. If you can make a stupid thing like the KV2, there is no reason why you shouldn't use the T4 and the KV1. You really have to encounter these two fuel-inefficient lamps.
It’s more difficult to deal with.”
Before the worried Malashenko could finish his thoughts, an armor-piercing round with a high-speed scream hit the turret armor and made a loud noise.
Ding-ding——
"Fuck!"
The violent tremor caused by the high-speed armor-piercing projectile hitting the turret armor instantly made Malashenko, who was holding the turret hatch cover, tremble all over.
Although Malashenko, who had experienced many brutal armored battles before, this was not the first time that his vehicle was hit by an armor-piercing projectile, in a strict sense, he stuck his head out of the turret and witnessed the supersonic missile with his own eyes.
This was the first exciting experience of having an armor-piercing bullet hit the turret.
People who have not experienced it personally can never imagine how exciting it is to be hit by a large-caliber, high-muzzle-velocity tank main gun armor-piercing projectile less than half a meter away from you.
If it weren't for the accuracy of the full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles used in World War II with rifled tank guns that were not good enough, the armor-piercing projectile just now that hit the main armor on the front of the turret would most likely have killed Malashenko. He realized that he was on the battlefield.
Malashenko's behavior of sticking his head out was probably noticed by the enemy, and he quickly put more than half of his head back into the turret.
"Iushkin, did you see where the armor-piercing bullet just came from?"
The urgent question from Malashenko's mouth echoed in his ears. The gunner Iushkin himself was too confused to react. He also failed to find anything valuable with the narrow field of view and high magnification of the main gun sight.
s things.
"I didn't see the muzzle flash or smoke. These Germans must have hidden themselves."
“What a smart guy”
call out--
Bang——
Before Malashenko could finish his bad words, the second armor-piercing projectile that failed to hit but had no intention of giving up hit him again, and then struck again and hit the solid turret front armor a second time.
superior.
"Asshole, I finally caught you!"
Since he had already made a basic judgment about the direction of the enemy's armor-piercing projectile when he was hit by the first armor-piercing projectile, Malashenko, who kept his binoculars pointed at the northeast, finally caught a trace of the enemy this time.
traces of the army.
Although the bushes and grass used to hide the camouflaged car body can block most of the front projection area of the tank, they still cannot cover up the huge muzzle fire and shock wave smoke of the tank's main gun, which completely burns out the red flame.
With his eyes closed, Malashenko immediately spoke loudly to Iushkin in the turret.
"Two o'clock direction! In the bush under the big tree, shoot a high-explosive bomb at that place to blast it out! Quick!"
Kirill, who was originally holding the armor-piercing bullets waiting to be loaded immediately after firing, heard the sound. He immediately bent down and put the items in his hands aside, and took them from the first ammunition rack neatly placed on the left and right bulkheads of the turret.
The next 76mm high-explosive grenade was fired into the gun barrel.
"High explosive bombs are good!"
"Show your identity! Fascist lackey!"
Click——
boom--
The firing pin in the breech block, which is mechanically connected to the firing pedal of the main gun at the gunner's feet, instantly ignites the primer of the cartridge case. The propellant burns violently to produce strong chemical energy, and the 76mm high-explosive grenade with a warhead mass of 62kg is pushed out.
After being accelerated and stabilized by the spiral rifling in the barrel, the 76mm projectile immediately rushed towards the bushes that the gunner Iushkin had firmly caught in the scope with a muzzle velocity of 680 meters per second.
A full 620 grams of TNT charge, which is enough to tear apart flesh and blood, tore all the surrounding shrubs and grass into pieces at the moment of the explosion. The branches and flowers of the grass flying all over the sky looked even bigger in Malashenko's telescope.
Brighter than the fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind, the huge steel body hidden inside was finally exposed to everyone.
"Fuck! I knew these German guys must have other treasures hidden!"
The angular car body has sloped armor, the smooth and rounded outer wall of the turret, and a few remaining branches and grass are scattered on the car body and turret. The camouflage was torn through by a 76mm high-explosive grenade, and it looked like a turret.
A T4 medium tank with an iron cross identification mark painted on the side.
As if realizing that the camouflage of his comrades had been broken and there was no need to hide anymore, the other four T4 medium tanks on the horizon drove directly onto the low-lying area with the roar of the engine, and they also appeared in Malashenko's field of vision.
within the range.
In the series of offensive operations since Barbarossa, a large number of Soviet tanks whose crew members were killed or simply abandoned were seized. These high-performance Soviet tanks were of great help to the German army, which was currently facing a Soviet tank crisis.
It is undoubtedly a very valuable treasure. It did not take long for the German armored forces, who were highly knowledgeable in armored tactics, to distinguish the coatings of these tanks that belonged to their opponents and form a special captured tank unit to fight against the Soviet steel torrent.
.
In 1941, the T4 tank had a sloped armor defense advantage comparable to that of the invincible golden bell. It was not even afraid of the 76mm tank gun, which was also a Soviet-made weapon and equipment, using hooded armor-piercing grenades to fire directly. In other words, it was the main target of the T4 tank itself.
Even the cannon can't penetrate the front armor of its own car body.
Malashenko, who was casually surprised by this situation but no longer shocked, did not have much time to think or hesitate. These captured T4 tanks, which were far more threatening than ordinary German tanks, were a real concern.