Although the roads have become muddy due to the melting of snow, there are still roads on the edge of the forest that can barely pass tanks. In order to prevent the enemy's armored forces from using this road to break into the defense zone, Bieley will drive it himself every now and then.
The tank, along with two other tanks, patrols these areas.
The three tanks drove to the edge of the forest and stopped. The road ahead was muddy. If they continued to drive forward, they might get stuck in the mud and be unable to move.
Belly opened the top cover of the tank, leaned out half of the turret, raised his telescope and looked around. At this time, the top cover of a tank parked not far away also opened, and a tank lieutenant stuck his head out and rushed
Looking at Belly who was observing the environment, he asked loudly: "Comrade Colonel, have you discovered anything?"
The speaker was Lieutenant Alitai, a tank company commander under Bely. He was originally Sokov's subordinate, but because Bely's troops suffered heavy losses in the battle to defend Stalingrad, he was retained by Bely.
After coming down, he continued to serve as company commander in the tank brigade.
Beilei shook his head and said, "No, I didn't see anything."
"Comrade Brigadier," although Bely is still serving as the deputy commander of the 41st Guards Division, Alitai still likes to call him Brigadier when calling him: "I think we are making too much of a fuss. How could the enemy do this?"
What about emerging from the forest? If they really enter the forest, they may not be able to drive a few kilometers before they get stuck in the mud and cannot move."
"No, even if the enemy won't come from this way, we can't take it lightly." Bely put down his telescope and said to Alitai: "You know, the enemy can use this road to bypass the 125th Regiment's defense line and rush directly.
To the division headquarters. Once the enemy's armored units get close to the division headquarters, it will be terrible."
While the two were talking, a low roar of an engine suddenly came from the sound. Belei's first reaction when he heard the sound was that another tank from his own brigade was coming up from behind. But soon, he found a tank
The short-barreled tank covered in snow was driving towards his location.
After a few seconds, Belen immediately understood that this was a German tank. Because the body was covered with snow, he had not noticed it when he just observed it. He quickly shouted to Alitai: "Lieutenant, the enemy tank
Come here, get ready for battle quickly." After shouting, Bely retracted into the tank and closed the hatch cover.
Before Belly could get the tank crews ready to fire, the German tanks had stopped and fired a shot at the location of the three Soviet tanks. The shot was fired hastily and did not hit the target at all, but the splash
The raised mud and flying shrapnel still made the tank body jingle.
Three Soviet tanks started firing one after another, but the German tank crew was very cunning. After firing, he immediately rushed forward at full speed. As a result, the three shells fired by the Soviets all hit the spot where the German tanks were originally parked.
The German tank quickly fired a second shot, and this time it accurately hit a Soviet T-34 tank. The tank immediately burst into flames after being hit. The tank crews who escaped from the tank turned into burning men. They
He quickly threw himself on the ground and rolled on the spot, trying to extinguish the flames on his body.
Through the observation hole in front, Bely saw clearly that in addition to the German tank that was rushing toward him, there were several more behind him. He couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, and quickly called the brigade headquarters through the vehicle radio: "I
It's Colonel Bely. We encountered German tanks that suddenly appeared at patrol point 2 and requested immediate support."
The deputy brigade commander who received the distress signal quickly replied: "Comrade brigade commander, don't worry, I will immediately lead my troops to reinforce. You must resist."
The battle was still going on. The rapidly approaching German tank was hit by Bely's tank, and immediately stopped its advance and burned on the spot. Unfortunately, the tank where Alitai was located was also hit by the enemy's armor-piercing projectile.
Although there was no explosion or fire, the driver and loader unfortunately died.
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Alitai, who was slightly wounded, quickly reported to Bely: "My tank was also hit, and the driver and loader died."
Belly went out on patrol today, and there were three tanks in total. The one that was destroyed was the T-34/75, but the ones driven by Belly and Alitai were T-34/85s. Not to mention that the other side only had a few Panzer III and IV tanks.
No matter how many came, Biely would not be frightened. He calmly directed the gunners to lock the target to be attacked.
Don't look at the German tanks that appeared on the opposite side at this time. There were already as many as five. But Bely was not worried at all. He knew very well that the opponents were all Panzer III and IV tanks, and he was driving the most advanced T tank.
-34/85 tank, which is not on the same level as the opponent at all.
At the same distance, he could blow away the German tank turret with one shot, but the enemy tanks might not even be able to penetrate his own front armor. Therefore, he was confident that he would win without being outnumbered.
A shell landed in front of the vehicle and exploded. The rising soil covered the observation port in front of the tank, making it difficult for Bely to see the location of the enemy tank. He stood up and was about to go out to clean up the soil, but was stopped by another tank soldier.
He said: "Comrade Brigadier, it's too dangerous outside. It's better for me to go out and clean up the dirt covering the observation board."
After being reminded by the tank soldier, Belly immediately realized that he was now the commander of a brigade, and thousands of commanders and fighters in the entire brigade were still waiting for his command. If something unexpected happened to him, the troops would become leaderless. So he
Then he agreed to let the soldier go out to clean up the soil.
A few minutes later, the tank crew climbed in from the outside and reported excitedly to Bely: "Comrade Brigadier, the soil has been cleared and we can fight back against the enemy."
Seeing that the soil on the observation port had been cleared by the tank soldiers, Bely immediately ordered the tank soldiers to shoot at the moving German tanks. The shot was very accurate and directly hit a moving Panzer III tank, killing it.
The ammunition immediately lifted the turret into the sky, and then fell heavily to the ground, creating a huge crater.
A tank following behind had no time to brake and crashed directly into the turret that had just fallen to the ground, and was immediately blocked on the road. As soon as the tank stopped, it was destroyed by an armor-piercing projectile fired by Alitai's tank.
Although Bely and Alitai were driving new tanks, the German tanks had a numerical advantage. Although Bely and Alitai had high hits, they quickly destroyed five or six enemy tanks. But the number of enemy tanks
There were so many that within a quarter of an hour, they were surrounded by German tanks from all directions.
Seeing this situation, Bieley felt a little desperate, wondering if he would die here today?