The 109th Regiment of the 37th Guards Division stationed at the tractor factory encountered a fierce attack by the enemy's superior forces. The Germans mobilized at least one armored division and one infantry division to attack this point. The situation had reached an extremely critical final moment!
Before the tractor factory raises the damn black flag of the Krauts, hold it! Assist the 109th Regiment to repel all incoming enemies!
The above are all the orders Malashenko received directly from Chuikov on the phone.
The moment Malashenko put down the phone, only one hour and eight minutes had passed since the second the Germans launched their attack.
Chuikov, the commander of the 62nd Army, whose head exploded after being hit by various emergency calls for help, had to devote himself to the only tank reserve team directly under the Army Headquarters.
How should we fight the nearly ten hours of battle left before dark? What if the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment, regarded as the ace firefighting team, is exhausted and cannot stabilize the battle situation? To be honest, even Chuikov
I don’t know what to do in my heart, so I can only ride on a donkey and read the songbook, taking each step step by step.
The resting station of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment is not far from the Stalingrad Tractor Factory in a straight line. According to Malashenko's brief description in the pre-war mobilization speech, this is a period that only requires stepping on the accelerator.
The arms of the infantry comrades can reach the battlefield a long distance away.
The actual situation on the road after the entire regiment was dispatched to the front line was indeed the same.
But when Malashenko was the first to command his car to rush out of the street corner and saw the Stalingrad Tractor Factory where he once commanded the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment where he fought bloody battles, the scene in front of him was like purgatory.
The sight still shocked him.
"Damn it, defending in this kind of ruins? Are the Germans crazy or are our people fooling around?"
Although it is unbelievable, the scene of more than 30 German tanks intensively charging towards the ruins of the factory area is indeed happening before our eyes. At the same time, there is also a large wave of German infantry, numbering at least two battalions, accompanying the attack.
The Red Army soldiers stationed behind the broken walls, in the ruins, and in the collapsed buildings are trying their best to stop them with all the weapons they can launch. The German infantry and tanks coordinated mixed front are advancing step by step towards the camp.
The German tanks that alternately advanced and opened fire covered the infantry, and were about to press a crack into the Soviet defense line that was already full of holes. Unexpectedly, a burst of hooded armor-piercing grenades flew straight from the side, but it hit the skirt of the goddess of victory.
The German army responded with ferocious blows.
call out--
jingle——
boom--
Malashenko was very worried about whether the newly supplied batch of crudely made hand-made artillery shells for him would have those annoying fuse problems. Fortunately, nothing like this happened in real life.
things.
The powerful power of the explosion caused by the ammunition on the vehicle body carried high-temperature flames directly to the sky and flew six to seven meters high. When the turret of the severely distorted No. 3 tank fell again in just a few seconds, it had not yet recovered from the extreme.
The two unlucky German infantrymen who recovered from the shock were accurately hit on the top of their heads by the object weighing a thousand kilograms.
"Hell...hell! The Russians, the Russians' heavy tanks! They are coming over on the east street!"
Malashenko, who came from the city to help, had to face the not-so-easy road conditions.
The streets are dotted with ruins left after the bombing and craters that are getting denser and denser one after another. The experience of walking on such a road is like driving a bumper car at an intersection during the morning rush hour, but even though
This was enough to frighten the German soldiers who encountered the enemy from the side and watched helplessly as a group of Russian steel monsters rushed over.
"Turn! All crews turn immediately to stop those Russian tanks! Block them in the street! Quick!"
The German commander, who had considerable combat experience, barely took a few seconds to react to the situation and immediately formulated emergency countermeasures that were sufficient to defeat the enemy.
Those Russian tanks should be rushing over to join the battle and take a shortcut across the main street of the neighborhood to kill them all.
Although this was the fastest way to attack, the road conditions, which were already almost impassable due to ruins and craters, did not give those Russians face.
As long as four or five tanks are destroyed... no, even if it is just two or three Russian tanks, the dozens of tons of burning steel debris left behind will be enough to destroy the other Russian tanks that are following behind.
Block it firmly.
Detouring and choosing other attack routes was the only feasible solution, but in this way the Germans at least gained valuable breathing time and could calmly change the corresponding tactics and troop deployment.
The commander of the German armored forces, who had completed everything in his mind within three seconds, pressed the button of the throat intercom in his commander's position and was full of confidence. This was definitely an almost 100% success.
A feasible response plan with a high success rate!
But the commander of the German armored forces overlooked one point.
In order to achieve this tactical goal, the first few Russian heavy tanks must be quickly destroyed to form a blockage on the road.
Can the German tank guns accomplish such a tactical goal?
At least the commander of the German armored forces really didn't notice that the heavy tank leading the way was completely different from any Soviet heavy tank he had ever seen before.
Finally, the gunner responsible for gun sighting and mastering the high-magnification, narrow-view main gun sight discovered something strange.
"Wait... Kester! There's something wrong with that Russian heavy tank at the front. I've never seen one like this!"
Due to their own professional characteristics, the armored soldiers of any country are extremely sensitive to new tanks appearing in the opponent's camp, and the German armored soldiers, who were known as the best in the world during World War II, are no exception.
"It's different? What's the difference!? Shoot him first and kill him quickly!"
"I know! Get ready... to fire!"
boom--
The rather confident commander of the German armored forces did not think that there was any possibility that his vehicle could not penetrate the Russians.
Past battles have proven that even those Russian KV1 heavy tanks, which are famous for their iron walls, can definitely kill with one hit within the normal combat distance as long as the angle of incidence is not too big. The latest equipment of the extended barrel 75 mm main tank
Guns are the source of all self-confidence.
But the strange situation that happened next was beyond the scope of understanding and was destined to disappoint the commander of the German armored forces who had been on the Eastern Front for more than a year and had participated in the first phase of Operation Barbarossa. He was even stunned on the spot.
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If I have to say it...
When Barbarossa invaded last year, the small water pipe Panzer III tank he commanded was hit on the bow of the KV1. He felt so chilled when he saw the 75mm full-caliber capped armor-piercing bullet being fired directly from the bow of the Russian tank.