Chapter 1266 The Power of the Iron Fist

In the postmodern war era armed with high technology, infantrymen have many anti-tank weapons and equipment available.

Various cannons and recoilless guns are basic weapons, and the more advanced ones are anti-tank missiles that fire and forget. Not only can they penetrate the well-armored tanks from the weak side and rear armor, but it is also possible to use anti-tank missiles with a large enough caliber to attack the main battle tanks head-on.

However, during the Second World War when anti-tank weapons were scarce, infantrymen did not have so many tricks to fight against tanks.

It is actually good to have anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns available. If you don't have any useful tools, you have to hold explosive packs and anti-tank grenades and go up, which is basically a dead end.

Of course, the more extreme one is naturally the Japanese Empire, and the glorious record of holding a toilet peg and ramming into a tank is unprecedented and unparalleled.

To be honest, this is even more exciting than holding an explosive pack and ramming up.

Germany, which claims to have mastered the world's first technology, naturally would not do such a low-tech thing. Facing the huge anti-tank pressure on the front line, the Germans put all their efforts into research and development, and the final usable result was the "infantry cannon" that was famous on the battlefield of World War II: the Panzerfaust anti-tank grenade.

It is actually a bit inappropriate to say that the Panzerfaust is an anti-tank rocket launcher. As a contemporary infantry anti-tank weapon, the bazooka is fundamentally different from this thing. The rocket of the bazooka has a straight trajectory, and the rocket is at least equipped with an engine that can work for a short time, and the range is also quite good.

As for the Panzerfaust, this thing purely relies on the chemical energy of the propellant burning in the slender tube to push the big anti-tank grenade in front of the tube out, and it has a standard parabolic trajectory.

As for the range, in addition to being technically sophisticated, you also have to pray for the bonus of faith in the Führer. This thing is not something you can hit just by aiming accurately. The initial flight speed of 35 meters per second is simply unbearable.

Does the Panzerfaust have any advantages?

Of course, the biggest advantage of this thing is its power.

Let alone the small T-70, even if it is replaced by the thick IS2, there are many areas in the front main armor belt that cannot withstand the explosion of this thing.

The armor penetration depth of 200 mm is simply too low in later generations, but in the World War II period when composite armor and explosive reactive armor were not popular, this degree of armor penetration depth was simply the father for traditional homogeneous steel armor.

The iron fists carried by this small group of German troops on the battlefield greatly exceeded the combat prediction of the Soviet reconnaissance troops. No one thought that the wooden box the size of a grenade box actually contained efficient infantry anti-armor weapons that could easily destroy tanks.

Captain Alexi, who mistakenly thought that as long as the anti-tank gun was knocked out, the Germans would have no chance to play, was really a disaster.

Those "sticks" with a range of only a few dozen meters did not play any role at first. Captain Alexi led the infantry and tanks to charge all the way, and basically did not encounter any obstruction from the Germans.

But as soon as the tanks drove onto the Germans' positions, an unimaginable nightmare immediately enveloped everyone and hit them accurately on the head.

Captain Alexi didn't know what the ghostly Germans had in their hands. They could actually send his tanks away one by one in a very portable, free-moving, and single-soldier-operated manner.

After killing a German who came to attack his car, Alexi, who poked his head out of the turret in the rain of bullets on the battlefield, finally saw clearly that the thing in the German's hand was actually a "stick"!

A stick that was at most the thickness of an elbow could remotely pierce your own tank? What a joke! ?

Captain Alexi, who was extremely shocked, still maintained a clear consciousness and judgment. Knowing that the enemy had weapons beyond conventional cognition, if he ordered the tanks to continue to move forward, it would be a pure act of seeking death.

For the sake of safety, Captain Alexi ordered the remaining tanks to stop moving forward, and to stay in place as direct fire points in front of the battle, and to continue to put pressure on the Germans who dared to show their heads with main guns and machine guns.

"Take your people with you! The tanks will cover you. The Germans have anti-tank weapons that we don't know about. Be careful!"

Some heavy tanks of Stalin's First Guards Tank Division were tested with the infantry wired telephone developed by Karamov.

However, there was no such configuration on the light reconnaissance tanks. Alexi could only risk his head out of the turret and give orders in a loud roar.

The platoon leader of the infantry platoon, who led the team, understood Alexi's meaning by listening and watching in the fierce crossfire, and immediately waved his hand to lead the soldiers in his platoon to charge forward.

Unfortunately, this obviously newly built position not only had shallow trenches but also few communication trenches. Many tall and strong Red Army soldiers had to bend over to barely find cover.

The cunning Germans used the few remaining machine guns to block the main communication trench leading to the rear of the position. It was obviously impossible to win the victory with less casualties through here. But if they jumped out of the trench and directly stood up to charge, the losses would be too great. A platoon of light infantry could not afford such a heavy casualty tactic.

The Il-2 attack aircraft in the sky kept diving, pulling up, turning, and diving again. The interlaced roars of wing guns and large-caliber aircraft machine guns were endless. The red tracer bullets were like a river of fire falling from the sky, sprinkling on every corner of the German-controlled position, stirring up snowflakes and broken soil one after another. From time to time, German soldiers stumbled and fell to the ground in a pig-killing scream.

But the stalemate in the battle did not change. The German army, which had more soldiers than the Soviet army, would fight to the death no matter what. No matter how many casualties they suffered, they still forced themselves to stay on the position and confronted the opponent head-on under air strikes. Such a tenacious fighting will was so strong that even Captain Alexi, who led the team and commanded the battle, could not help but be amazed.

"Which unit are these Germans from? They are just like a group of lunatics!"

The stalemate of insufficient offensive forces and the defense being unable to come up with extra forces to try to push back did not last long.

When the roar of steel roared from the far end of the rear, Captain Alexi, who had not had time to look back, heard a rapid voice from the radio transmitter hanging beside him.

"Valery, commander of the medium tank battalion of the 1st Tank Regiment, we are here to support you! Let's crush the fascists together, comrades!"