Chapter 1340 A Dead End
If the overwhelming rocket rain has sounded the death knell for the German army, then the main force led by Malashenko joining the battlefield is equivalent to the last straw that completely crushes the German army.
Those who have not experienced it personally will never understand what kind of despair it will be when the steel torrent that seems to be sweeping over the sky and rushing towards you as an enemy.
The steel frenzy composed of T34 medium tanks is already terrifying enough in the eyes of the German army, but now, on this white and desolate snowfield, the Soviet heavy tank clusters that are so numerous that they are difficult to count are simply terrifying!
These Germans who have been scared silly have obviously never seen so many enemy heavy tanks gathered together and rushing wildly.
When the ancient cavalry clusters charged, they could feel the ground shaking. This was the frenzy of the flesh-and-blood cavalry in the old era.
Now, the fierce momentum of the steel cavalry in the new era to launch a group charge is no less than that of the flesh and blood cavalry in the old era, and even more so. The slight tremor of the ground has become a thing of the past. What the German army can feel personally is the extreme shaking of the earth with their hearts and souls!
"Tanks! The Russian heavy tanks, they are coming! There are simply too many!!!"
"Damn it! Where are our tanks? Where are our tanks? Quickly focus fire on them! Quick!"
"Are you crazy?! That's useless. Have you forgotten how those Russian monsters bounced off the shells just now? Those clumsy and heavy Tiger IIs have no effect at all!"
Panic is an instinctive reaction of humans when facing extreme fear. There is nothing strange about it.
The German army conquered the whole of Europe, and the steel tracks cleared all the enemies along the way. Although it can be called an elite division and has won every battle, it is by no means invincible and unbeatable.
German soldiers are also human beings. If they cannot feel the extreme fear from the bottom of their hearts, it can only mean that the factors that induce this deep fear are not strong enough.
As long as the quantitative changes accumulate to a level that is enough to produce qualitative changes, these Germans who claim to be invincible will also feel fear, such as the Wehrmacht that is obviously in disarray at the moment.
Many of the Tiger Kings that were paralyzed on the spot were scarred and flaming out. Although they did not explode the ammunition for the time being, they did induce the volatile oil gas in the vehicle, or directly ignited the fuel fire.
The fire was not so critical that it was hopeless, but it was still fierce enough. The hot flames passed through the engine compartment cover and licked the back of the vehicle dome and the turret. The homogeneous steel armor originally painted with winter white camouflage was baked into a black paste color, and it was hot enough to sprinkle some oil and then fry the steak.
A Tiger King heavy tank is expensive, takes a lot of time to build, and is very precious. The German armored soldiers who regard their weapons as their comrades have not thought about saving these very precious technical weapons. The fires of many Tiger Kings are still within the controllable range. As long as they take the fire extinguisher and work a few times, they can be done.
However, too many German armored soldiers who have just experienced the baptism of the "Doomsday Catastrophe" think that they have no time. Staying in the burning tank may delay even the time to escape. As long as you are not blind, you can see the surging posture of the Russian heavy tank cluster.
The German armored soldiers who have no idea how powerful the opponent they are facing are now just feeling that they must have kicked the iron plate and poked the hornet's nest.
Just based on the crazy and desperate posture of the group of Russians in front of them and the fierce attack of the tsunami, who can say that the group of Russians on the opposite side is not an elite guard tank army?
The answer is that no one dares to assert such an answer, and no one is willing to think about it carefully or analyze it seriously. There is not much time left to escape, who the hell cares about these things?
The Tiger Kings with broken legs and fuel on fire abandoned their vehicles one after another. The German infantrymen who were blown to pieces and barely alive were terrified. Under the loud shouting and command of the officers, they barely picked up the things at hand, found shelters on the spot, entered the combat position, and prepared to fight.
And those Tiger Kings that still accounted for more than half of them and maintained mobility and could still fight, also dragged their heavy bodies with battle scars and began to shake the turrets, aiming at the target that was already close at hand. The black muzzle was filled with 88mm fixed capped armor-piercing shells that had been loaded into the barrel. No matter whether this thing would work or not, they had to give it a try!
Because, in such a barren snowy plain with no shelter and no terrain to use, once the Russian mechanized armored cluster gets close to them, there is only one way to go!
The opponent has an absolute advantage in manpower, and the team originally had a defensive position that could be used, but chose to abandon it and go out to meet the enemy. There is no regret medicine in the world, and it is too late to think about retreating and reorganizing the defense line now.
Even for a glimmer of life, this group of German soldiers who have just been baptized by heavy artillery and rocket volleys must do this. If they don't give it a try here, resist and repel the enemy's offensive, there are only two predictable results.
Either go to the Russian prisoner-of-war camp to do hard labor and dig potatoes, and finally die and be buried and become soil fertilizer in the spring of next year.
Or, you will be killed on the spot, and then it won't be long before you become a physical German stick in this endless cold winter.
You can only choose one of the two, there is no other result. If you don't want to choose either, you can only fight with your weapons and make a last-ditch effort that may be meaningless.
The reason is that simple.
"Lavri, organize the existing medium and heavy tanks on your side to gather together and encircle from the left wing! The 20th Guards Tank Brigade will be responsible for the right wing encirclement, speed up and cut off the retreat of these Germans, and surround these bastards for me!"
"Kurbarov and all the remaining combat troops move closer to me, we will crush them directly from the middle front! None of these German scums will be able to escape today!"
"For victory, comrades! Ura!!!"
Ura-Ra--
Even if they are not infantrymen who charge with guns and legs, they are not Cossacks riding on horseback and waving sabers in their hands.
But shouting "Ura" on the radio during every charge has become an invisible tacit agreement in Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division, and everyone from the division commander down does the same.
And often, the emergence of this situation also foreshadows a reality that will come true soon
The Germans on the opposite side will definitely be in big trouble next.