Chapter 129 Flesh Grinder (Part 1)

Bachman, who had just arrived in the Soviet Union to participate in the Barbarossa invasion, could not understand what the Russian language meant, but there was no doubt that the words from the mouths of the Soviet soldiers who had broken into the door and were about to conduct a search would not be good words to invite him to come out and play.

Creak-creak-creak-

The numbing sound of the boots stepping on the glass fragments was like piercing into Buckman's eardrums, causing his heart to accelerate and beat wildly. The approaching footsteps foreshadowed the arrival of the unstoppable result. Buckman, who was holding the MP38 submachine gun tightly with both hands and was soaked by sweat in his palms, was about to dodge and shoot. Suddenly, a wall of the store behind Buckman collapsed with the roar of artillery fire.

Boom——

The PAK38 50mm anti-tank gun fired at such a close distance, creating a formidable array of power. A 40-type tungsten core armor-piercing projectile that instantly passed through the wall with the muzzle flames immediately rushed straight to the Soviet heavy tank only 20 meters away at a speed of 1,000 meters per second.

At a shooting distance of less than 100 meters, it has a penetration power of up to 130 mm against 90-degree vertical homogeneous steel armor. Even after the kinetic energy of the projectile was weakened after passing through the wall, this 50mm 40-type tungsten core armor-piercing projectile is still powerful.

Immediately, it rushed straight towards the KV1 heavy tank that completely exposed the entire side of the vehicle body with an almost completely straight flight trajectory.

The KV1 heavy tank, which did not have inclined armor on the side of the vehicle body to enhance equivalent defense, adopted a completely 90-degree vertical vehicle body side armor protection design.

Although this design method is conducive to the efficient use of the interior space and the performance of the crew members for heavy tanks, it also happens to correspond to the characteristics of the Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectile equipped by the German army, which has no cap-turning effect and can only exert its maximum power against vertical armor.

The vertical homogeneous steel armor on the side of the vehicle body with a thickness of only 75 mm was directly penetrated by the Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectile without any suspense. The tungsten core without charge immediately collided and shattered in the fighting room of the vehicle body after penetrating the side armor.

The scattered tungsten core fragments cut the three crew members into a pile of bloody mud in just a blink of an eye. The seriously injured commander and gunner immediately began to abandon the vehicle and escape. The Soviet infantry awakened by the huge artillery sound immediately turned around and prepared to aim the muzzle at the direction of the artillery sound.

"Now! Do it!"

A crisp German command in a three-story building on the street instantly ignited the fuse of the entire battle like a spark.

The booby traps set on both sides of the street by the German combat engineer team were manually detonated at the command, and the huge explosion and the flames instantly submerged the entire Soviet infantry and tank joint force column.

The cruel street fighting that grinds flesh and blood and life like a meat grinder is undoubtedly the battle situation that all the offensive armies in the world do not want to face the most.

The black muzzles and various booby traps that extend from nowhere may take your life at any time, and unpredictable attacks may come from any angle and any place at any time.

Being attacked by unpredictable attacks has always been the most cruel disadvantage of street fighting for the offensive army, and this has not changed even in the street fighting of the 21st century.

With such geographical advantages, the anti-government armed forces and rebel organizations armed with various simple light weapons can even beat the ground forces of the world's top three land powers to flee in panic and suffer heavy casualties. Compared with the Soviet army, the German army, which has a slightly better overall combat capability, can naturally imagine what kind of result it will have after occupying such a geographical advantage.

Before they could recover from the detonation of the booby traps on both sides of the street, the detonation smoke in the air was like a battlefield fog, obscuring the vision of the Soviet attacking forces and making it difficult to see where the enemy was.

But at this moment, the German army, which had been deployed in the buildings on both sides of the street and had been ready for ambush, did not have so many unfavorable factors to restrict and taboo.

The German army, which only needed to know the general position of the Soviet army, took advantage of the good opportunity that the detonation smoke had not completely dissipated and immediately began to add insult to injury. The 92mm green tracer machine gun barrage that was like water splashing immediately hit the Soviet infantry and tank coordinated forces in the face.

Dingdingdangdangdongdongdong——

In the four-way sweep, a considerable part of the German army's various light and heavy weapons barrages that focused on their own side hit the armor plates of the Soviet tanks in vain.

The Soviet infantry, who had not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the explosion, suffered another catastrophe. The German MG34 machine gun barrage, which was almost whistling past their heads and could feel the scorching temperature, was like a mountain that could take their lives at any time, pressing down on the Soviet infantry and making them unable to raise their heads.

Listening to the clanging sound of light weapons bullets hitting and flying outside his car, Malashenko, who had a clear understanding of the cruelty of street fighting, immediately picked up the communicator at hand and gave orders to the crews under his command.

"Follow the trajectory of the incoming tracer bullets to find the approximate location of the German machine gun position! Cars 101 and 102 immediately eliminate the German machine gun bunkers on the street ahead! Don't worry about whether there are civilians in the building, just use the main gun to destroy the entire small building!"

After saying this, before he could give any further orders, the German PAK38 50mm anti-tank gun, as if afraid that Malashenko would forget about it, launched another attack with the muzzle roaring.

The 40-type tungsten core armor-piercing shells that came whistling in lost a considerable amount of accuracy due to the obstruction of the explosion smoke. The only achievement of the tungsten core armor-piercing shells that passed by the rear of the Soviet KV1 heavy tank was to cut a Soviet infantryman in half who could not dodge in time.

The huge artillery sound that suddenly sounded again at such a close distance, covering the sound of light weapons shooting, finally attracted Malashenko's attention.

But before Malashenko, who was about to make a countermeasure, grabbed the communicator at hand and gave an order, a KV1 heavy tank with the number 214 suddenly turned its head in the smoke and dust. The roaring diesel engine drove the 47-ton steel body like a mad beast and crashed into the street shop where the German anti-tank gun team was hiding.

Buckman felt the ground shaking more and more violently under his feet. Although he could not see the specific situation because the explosion smoke had not yet dissipated, the huge engine noise roaring in front of him was not a good thing after all.

Buckman, driven by his keen intuition, rushed to the corner of the room before the last moment came. The KV1 heavy tank that passed by almost hit Buckman's heels and crashed into the shop.