Chapter 1341 "Brother Ma, Don't Do It"

Malachenko had never thought of letting these Germans run away from the beginning.

His beloved and precious reconnaissance company was almost wiped out. It would be unreasonable for Malachenko to let these Germans continue to take advantage of him.

Germans who dare to seriously provoke Comrade Lao Ma generally don't have a good end, unless Comrade Lao Ma has no soldiers and is really powerless. In that case, the Germans may be able to jump around for a while.

But now, Malachenko has a powerful combat force that he has never had before, and even has the support of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade, which is also an elite force. The combat force is not only overwhelming, but strictly speaking, it is no less than a conventional tank army, and even has better technical equipment.

With the flanking and central assault, Malashenko not only had to defeat the German army that had been stunned by the bombing, but also had to surround them from both wings to completely cut off their retreat.

In short, as Malashenko said, none of these Germans could escape now.

The description of "provoking the wrong people" may be the most appropriate for the German army that is ready to fight to the death.

The IS6 heavy tank has medium-tank-level mobility that conventional heavy tanks cannot match. The combination of high-horsepower diesel engine, large diameter, and high off-road passability of the road wheels makes the IS6 heavy tank rank second in the entire Stalin heavy tank family even from the perspective of future generations, second only to the steel behemoth IS7 that directly uses the engine of the naval speedboat.

The advantage in mobility is particularly important in many cases, such as the flanking and running led by Lavrinenko.

Not to mention that the German army, who were planning to fight to the death and make a last-ditch effort, knew that retreating and escaping was unrealistic. Even if the German army really dared to do so and planned to run away immediately, the IS6 heavy tank cluster, which was almost sticking to the buttocks of the forward medium tanks and running at a slightly slower speed, would not let the German army succeed.

The speed of the King Tiger, which could compete with the IS6, was really poor, and the Black Panther, which could outrun the IS6, was a dead end when it confronted this thing.

Those who could barely beat it could not outrun it, and those who could outrun it could not beat it at all.

There was a reason why Malashenko chose the IS6 as the mass-produced standard equipment to replace the IS2, and used his own ability to influence Kotin to finally achieve his goal.

The IS6 has a simple shape and a neat and tidy armor layout. It does not have the arrowhead-shaped upper front armor that is quite challenging to weld like the IS3. It only has the most basic, simple, violent, time-saving, labor-saving and cost-saving whole piece of rolled homogeneous steel armor welded in parallel, and a cast turret similar to the IS2 heavy tank.

Simple and powerful things are often the most difficult to deal with. This can not only perfectly adapt to the macro strategy, but also meet the needs of the front-line battle. The IS6, which has achieved a nearly perfect balance of mobility, protection and firepower, is completely worthy of the word powerful.

The German army, which was preparing to meet the enemy's frontal attack, almost watched the Soviet tank clusters that didn't even bother to pay attention to themselves, and moved in two directions to the left and right wings at the same time.

Dare to move?

The answer is no.

If you were the commander of the current German army, you would definitely not dare to move if a larger group of black steel monsters rushed over your face. It was hard to say whether they could stop the frontal attack. Who would dare to use the already limited forces to intercept the Russian tanks coming from both wings? They would never do that!

Between sudden death on the spot and slow death, the German army, which could already feel the despair hovering overhead, chose the latter.

Malashenko did think that the frightened German army would surrender on the spot. Strictly speaking, this was not strange. After a series of drastic battlefield changes and the tilt of the scales, this could only be considered normal.

But imagining it did not mean that Malashenko was sure that this situation must happen. In fact, the Germans who did not surrender were what Malashenko liked to see the most.

Before entering the conventional combat distance of less than one kilometer, the courageous Malashenko had even stuck his head out of the turret to observe the situation.

The outline of the German tank under the high-power telescope specially equipped by the division commander was not too clear, but at least he could barely see the general appearance, which was enough for Malashenko, who was holding the telescope and muttering to himself at the time, to come up with the answer.

"Damn it, it's really the German Tiger King! Lavri reported it correctly! I can recognize this fucking big face even if it turns into ashes!"

Malashenko was curious for a moment, why the Tiger King that first appeared on the battlefield was the Henschel turret of the later formal mass production type, instead of the crappy Porsche turret carried by the first 50 Tiger Kings.

If it was a Porsche turret, it would definitely reduce his pressure. The front face of the turret with a physical thickness of 100 mm and a large bullet nesting area, let alone the 122 heirloom that can be bullied at will, even if the 85 gun gets close, it can be directly opened and bombed.

But the details are insignificant. Whether it is the Henschel turret or the Porsche turret, we have to deal with it. These Tiger Kings that are making their first combat appearance must all be dealt with here today! I must personally go up and check whether the Tiger King is strong and developing normally. I must get a captured Tiger King to "let me see it."

The brief memory of the moment was fleeting. At that moment, Malashenko, who was holding the commander's periscope and entering a fully enclosed combat state, had personally commanded his IS4 heavy tank to run over the German army's face.

Surrounding the IS4 heavy tank No. 177 were the guard heavy tank companies directly under the division headquarters. Their only mission was to protect the division commander's command vehicle, who led the charge in battle. They did not participate in conventional battles, but represented the division commander on the front line when they went out to fight. This was the most appropriate description of this elite heavy guard force.

Malashenko, who was leading all the remaining heavy tanks of the second and third regiments behind him, had an unstoppable momentum. The huge and extremely heavy IS4 heavy tank No. 177 was like a mobile steel castle spewing thick black smoke.

The German Tiger King on the position was already roaring and firing. Standing still was equivalent to firing first, which was probably the only advantage of the German armored forces at the moment.

The armor-piercing shells whizzed out of the barrel at high speed, but they had not yet hit Malashenko's command vehicle. Malashenko, who was very clear about the performance of the opponent and knew how to deal with it, had never ordered to stop and fire, but only ordered to continue charging, waiting for the final opportunity to kill the King Tiger with one shot at the instant kill distance.

Malashenko, who judged the engagement distance by simply visually observing the size of the reference object, finally made a decision and issued an order at a sudden moment while moving at high speed.

"Iushkin, aim at the front of the turret of that bastard! Fire and kill it!"