USSR 1941

This is the standard coordination between tanks and infantry: tanks should position their main targets as enemy infantry, because it is much easier for tanks to deal with infantry; while infantry should position their main targets as enemy anti-tank guns and Tanks have threatening infantry, which are often difficult for tanks to deal with.

Then the track of the tank "cracked" on the anti-tank gun and crushed it completely deformed and sunk into the mud... This is what tank crews like to do most, rolling their natural enemies into a pile of scrap iron.

As some tank crews described: "When the track runs over the anti-tank gun, I feel the 'expansion' of the steel below is broken, like crispy toast chewing in my mouth, there is nothing better than this !"

In fact, this cannot simply be said to be "like". When tanks of this era are facing anti-tank guns, the best solution is often not to shoot or fire.

When shooting, bullets often cannot pose a threat to anti-tank guns with anti-shields, unless the bullets happen to pass through the observation hole of the anti-shield and hit the gunner behind.

Fire, tank guns are of course more than enough to deal with anti-tank guns.

The problem is that the suspension system of tanks in this era is relatively backward, which means that most tanks have to stop for accurate shooting, otherwise they will just shoot blindly, and whether they can hit depends on luck.

During World War II, there are two types of tanks with representative performance and firing on the move:

One is the American "Sherman", which is equipped with a vertical gun stabilizer so that it can fire with considerable accuracy while on the move.

The other is the British "Matilda", which has as many as 10 small-diameter road wheels on each side, which makes it very stable, and coupled with its slow speed, it also has a certain degree of accuracy when firing on flat ground .

The vast majority of tanks are outside of these two models, and the T26 is no exception. Therefore, the result of parking and aiming at the anti-tank gun will often be hit by the anti-tank gun with a high rate of fire and a wider field of vision.

So a better and safer way is to use the frontal armor to face the anti-tank gun and then rush towards the enemy's anti-tank gun position with full horsepower... On the one hand, it can make it difficult for you to be hit (fast-moving targets are always more powerful) Difficult to hit), on the other hand, the probability of hitting the enemy is almost 100%, no matter how bad the driver is, there is no chance that the anti-tank gun will fail.

If anything, it must have been drinking too much Vodka.

Just like now, with the cooperation of the infantry, the German anti-tank doors were knocked over or crushed by the tanks one by one.

The next thing was simple. A few Soviet tanks led the Soviet soldiers straight into the depths of the German positions as if entering no one's land, and knocked a gap in the defense line like a nail. There was blood and corpses everywhere.

In the end, even the machine guns on the tank ran out of bullets... The machine guns on the T26 tank had 3,654 rounds of ammunition, which is rarely enough in one battle, but in this battle there were three A tank fired every bullet, and in the end it could only be bombarded with artillery and tracked.

At this moment, the main force of the Soviet army launched an attack again.

This time, the already chaotic German army was obviously unable to resist.

What surprised Shulka was that although the German army knew that the defeat was certain, most of them still stuck to their positions and fired the last bullet.

In Shulka's impression, this happened more on the Asian battlefield where "it is better to be broken than to be whole".

However, the performance of the German army is not the same as the tragic and heroic rush to the enemy with grenades and explosives on the Asian battlefield. They raised their hands and surrendered at the last moment of the battle.

Shulka believes that this represents two meanings: fighting to the last moment is to live up to the mission of being a soldier, and raising hands to surrender is to live up to oneself.

This allowed the Soviet army to carry out another strong attack and finally won the victory without paying a small price.

This may be the difference between the well-trained and the mob: the former seldom suffers defeat,

There are even reversals sometimes. The latter, however, tend to be defeated in one blow.

Shulka and his comrades chased for two miles before stopping. On the one hand, they stopped chasing because they were worried that they would be too far away from the rear troops and that they would be counterattacked by the enemy; Now there are only two tanks left... Of the six tanks that participated in the battle, two were destroyed by anti-tank guns, one was destroyed by anti-tank grenades, and one was damaged due to malfunction.

But in fact, even if it wasn't like this, Shulka and the others couldn't catch up anymore.

Maybe they were still able to chase them, and they were so tense during the battle that they didn't know how tired they were. It wasn't until Second Lieutenant Davydov gave the order to stop the advance that the soldiers sat down on the ground like a slump.

But the soldiers still dare not relax... This is a battlefield, and there will be a few German deserters nearby from time to time, and the soldiers don't bother to pester these deserters, they just fire a few shots to drive them away.

After sitting on the ground for a while, the actor suddenly laughed.

"Comrade platoon leader!" said the actor, "at last we have a battle where we are not running but chasing the enemy!"

When the actor said this, Shulka felt that it was true. Even the battle in Kyiv not long ago could be said to be a breakthrough. It seemed that he had been chased and beaten by the enemy all the time, and it was only now that he felt the feeling of chasing the enemy.

"It makes no difference," Davydov gasped as he wiped the mud off his face. "Look around us, there are enemies everywhere!"

The soldiers nodded in agreement. The Ninth Army actually plunged headlong into the enemy. If there is any direction that is not the enemy, it is the Fifth Army that has been following the Ninth Army... Encirclement and breakout warfare It's different. Breaking through only requires troops to rush out of the enemy's encirclement, while encirclement requires consolidating the occupied territory all the way in the rear and blocking the enemy's attack.

In terms of military strength, the Southwest Front Army of the Soviet Army fully has this strength, because just one Southwest Front Army has nearly a million troops, and there is almost a steady stream of new forces in Kyiv.

Second Lieutenant Davydov handed Shulka a cigarette, and then asked the assistant instructor beside him in a mocking tone: "Comrade Olga, will you report to the superior and punish us?"

The assistant instructor was speechless.

Pukarev added: "Do you still think we are cowards?"

The surrounding soldiers burst out laughing with a "coax", and some even followed suit:

"Comrade deputy instructor, a coward who has won a battle, what is that called?"

"We are willing to accept the punishment from our superiors!"

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