Chapter 1338 Tiger Death (Part 1)

Malachenko promised Lavrinenko that support would arrive soon, just as he said not long ago.

Lavrinenko originally thought that the first to arrive would be the follow-up force led by Malachenko himself, but he did not expect that the first to join the battle would be the artillery support promised by Malachenko.

Although Alexi is always disobedient and inconvenient, he is not useless at the critical moment. Malachenko will never let a useless reconnaissance company commander under his command.

The precise strike coordinates of the artillery coverage were reported by Alexi. Although his light reconnaissance company did not play a decisive role in the frontal confrontation with the enemy and had insufficient firepower in such an unstoppable large tank encounter, it still has its own position on the front battlefield and can play a key role. Guiding artillery firepower is the most critical task.

With the precise eye-opening positioning of the reconnaissance company in front, the rear artillery support that has obtained the latest artillery coordinates can be said to be extremely accurate.

Although this sudden artillery barrage was only the first round of test firing, the intensity of the firepower was not to be underestimated. Knowing how urgent the battle ahead was, the two self-propelled artillery battalions used all their firepower from the beginning.

With a huge whistling sound like a steam locomotive whistle, the 152 high-explosive grenades broke through the sky and fell straight down, exploding one after another in the German army's crowd, raising large pieces of frozen soil straight into the sky.

This wave of artillery fire came so suddenly that the German army, which was attacking, was completely unprepared and had no psychological preparation at all. They were even hit hard before they had time to evade or maneuver.

Alexi's vision was indeed tricky. The artillery strike coordinates reported by him personally were not those of the German echelons that rushed to the front.

After the arrival of the IS6 heavy tank reinforcements, Alexi, who liked to make his own analysis and judgment based on the current situation, had his old habit again. Without the permission of the division commander, the artillery attack coordinates were set directly on the fire support forces in the rear of the German army. Once the shells fell, they would hit the German heavy tanks, assault guns, and self-propelled artillery.

Alexi's idea was simple. Since the battle was about to start, he had to cut off the roots of the Germans and prepare to eat up all the enemies in one go.

The German fire support forces, who were not prepared for this situation, were stunned on the spot. The 152mm high-explosive grenade that fell instantly hit the top of their heads with a parabolic trajectory.

Most of the shells were not so accurate, and they kept exploding around the German heavy tanks and assault guns, making a loud noise.

The King Tiger and assault guns could withstand the shock wave and explosion of the 152 Cult, but this did not mean that other fragile armored vehicles could do the same.

The German half-track armored vehicles that rose into the sky were blown apart on the spot, with fragments flying everywhere, not to mention the crew members riding in them. Look at the rotten dumpling stuffing rolling in the boiling water in the big pot. The crew members in the German half-track vehicles are like this. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were covered in it and exploded into meat stuffing.

The armored vehicles were in bad luck, and the German infantry nearby were also in trouble.

The infantry under the cover of artillery fire is more fragile than rootless duckweed facing the strong wind. If there are no fortifications and shelters, the situation will be ten times more fragile. It is basically a tragic scene on the battlefield.

In the face of the unreasonableness of the 152 cult, it is simply wishful thinking to expect to lie down on the spot to avoid artillery fire and escape.

The Germans are now facing the strongest field artillery combat force on the planet. Even though Malashenko's Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division abandoned the traditional towed artillery that was slow to deploy and time-consuming to maneuver in order to pursue high mechanization and high mobility, it only retained the two highly mobile equipment of Katyusha and ISU152 that can be fired and moved.

But this level of destructive heavy firepower is still not something an unprepared infantry unit can withstand.

Most of the German infantry did not even have the chance to wail before they were dismembered and blown to pieces by the cruel and ruthless artillery fire.

Some Western 3A game masterpieces in the 21st century use the gimmick of "unlimited blood supply" as a selling point to attract players to pay for the game and join the army of mowing the grass.

But now, at this moment, right here, on this real battlefield covered by artillery fire.

The German infantry, who had been stunned by the bombing, entered a state of "unlimited supply of limbs and meat". The broken frozen soil and weapon debris parts raised by the artillery fire were full of various missing arms and legs, and there were blurred pieces of meat that could not be seen from what part they were originally.

They were torn apart and licked by the soaring flames, and then fell in all directions. Until the next shell came, they were swept up by the strong shock wave, and repeated the previous situation and were torn to pieces, and then continued to fall on the ground somewhere unknown.

"The bombardment effect is confirmed! Hitting the target! Keep firing at the same coordinates and blow up these German scum!"

The Germans were bombed so badly that they didn't even have a chance to cry for their parents, but Alexi, the instigator who was watching the fire from the other side, was very excited and excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

The ISU-152 self-propelled artillery battalion, which received the report from the "eye", did as instructed, and continued to fire directly at the central main force of the German Crescent Offensive, exploding one after another.

The German armored soldiers, whose ears were deafened by the shock, realized that something was wrong. The unmoving Tiger Kings finally began to try to reverse and avoid the artillery fire.

But just as Malashenko had expected, even if it was a lottery, I don't believe that a fully equipped battalion of self-propelled artillery with indirect fire coverage would not hit one of your tanks.

Even if you, the German, are driving a Tiger King, you will still be in trouble if a 152 hits you and hits the bull's eye. Moreover, this is a 152 god religion with indirect ballistics rather than direct artillery. Let's see if your Tiger King's armor is strong enough or the 152 has enough gunpowder!

What Malashenko expected did happen, and it happened really quickly.

A Tiger King that had just started to reverse had not moved a few meters before a 152mm high-explosive grenade fell straight down from the sky with a shrill whistle and hit the bull's eye.

As luck would have it, the 152mm high-explosive grenade hit the back of the Tiger King's turret.

The Tiger King's turret was not the round Soviet pot-lid head of later generations. The square and flat back of the turret was the best target for the 152mm cult.

The fragile armor was shattered on the spot by the powerful projectile, and the warhead charge that exploded instantly would be forced into and destroyed everything it touched.