Chapter 1439: Prelude to the Finale

"Aim at the target, 12 o'clock! Russian T34! Reload!"

"Aim!"

"Reload complete!"

"Fire!"

Boom-boom--

The German small water-tube anti-tank gun opened fire. The reason why it is called a small water-tube is that for the current Red Army tank troops, even if it is just a medium tank unit, anti-tank guns with a caliber below 88 mm can only be regarded as small water-tubes.

Even the PAK 40 75mm anti-tank gun cannot kill the T3485 with one shot within the conventional combat distance. There is a considerable chance of ricocheting or the possibility of not penetrating due to the incorrect angle of incidence.

The German anti-tank gun team operating the anti-tank gun in battle certainly understands this. In the past, they had more powerful anti-tank guns as the backbone to fight, sometimes 88mm anti-aircraft guns, sometimes more powerful long 88 anti-tank guns.

But this time, they could only rely on their ordinary, even somewhat outdated anti-tank weapons. If they failed to hit the target well, it would be equivalent to failure.

Ding bang --

Crack --

As expected, the German 50 and 75 mm anti-tank guns were not very effective. Most of them were useless after hitting the target.

The 50 mm capped windshield armor-piercing shell hit the inclined armor plate on the front of the T3485 and bounced directly.

The windshield and the cap were smashed together. The armor-piercing projectile was severely twisted and deformed. After sliding upward on the armor plate on the front of the T3485, it left a relatively deep ballistic trajectory, and then went straight to the sky, leaving a silver-white tracer trail, and nothing else.

The larger caliber 75 mm capped windshield armor-piercing shells were also ineffective. The Red Army's medium tank group in the charge was not only T3485. As the top elite unit of the Red Army tank troops, the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division is also equipped with the T43 medium tank, which is still very rare in the current Red Army tank troops.

This design index is specifically benchmarked against the new Red Army medium tank of the previous generation of Panther 1 medium tanks. It has quite good defense and has reached a qualitative level. At the same time, it still retains a moderate tonnage and good mobility, and the mechanical reliability is naturally beyond doubt. After all, it has received the help of Comrade Kotin who was instructed by Malashenko.

The PAK 40 anti-tank gun, which belongs to the same armor-piercing level as the long-barreled No. 4 tank, is naturally unable to bite the T43 medium tank. One shot can only hear a sound and do useless work.

The 75mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile blessed by the cap did not bounce, achieving the expected near-perfect normalized incidence effect. However, the remaining armor-piercing kinetic energy was already seriously insufficient on the inclined forward bullet route with equivalent defense. The final result was that the projectile was stuck in the upper front armor of the T43 like a toy javelin stuck in the target, becoming a decoration for the Russians.

With the order of the division commander, the Red Army tank soldiers who were charging at full speed would naturally not let the Germans' broken guns continue to do whatever they wanted. Even if the probability of penetration was small and it could only be useless in most cases, they could never let it threaten their existence.

"Stop, aim at the Germans' broken guns! Blast it into the sky for me!"

"High explosive bombs are good!"

"Fire!"

Boom--

Medium tanks not only have good acceleration performance and fast top speed, but also have first-class starting and emergency braking speeds, far superior to heavy tanks. The T3485 and T43 in the front completely stopped in just a moment.

That is, at the same time as the gun stopped completely, the high-explosive shells that rushed out from the muzzle at high speed had already crossed a not-so-long distance and accurately hit the open space directly in front of the German anti-tank gun position.

The gun shield that could barely withstand the shooting of light weapons could not withstand the close-up explosion of 85mm high-explosive shells.

The rapidly spreading flames wrapped in high-speed impact projectile fragments swallowed up the German anti-tank guns and gun groups that were close at hand in the blink of an eye. There was not even a scream except for the loud sound of shaking the air.

A few German anti-tank guns were sent into the sky like this, and they were scrapped on the spot without even a little bit of results, becoming a pile of twisted and hot metal wreckage stained with charred blood.

Only a few tanks stopped firing, and most of the Red Army tanks were still rushing forward at high speed. The German army, which had lost only a few anti-tank guns, could no longer stop these red beasts from rushing towards their faces.

"It's over, we're dead! We're dead!!! The Russians will grind us into pulp! They will!"

"Shut up! Pighead! Can you stop the Russians from rushing over if you keep shouting? Ah!?"

"Panzerfaust, bring the Panzerfaust over here! Quick!"

The few anti-tank guns could not be counted on from the beginning. The anti-tank weapons that the German army relied on the most were the Panzerfaust rocket launchers that were easy to use and could be used by everyone.

Boxes of Panzerfausts were brought up one after another by German soldiers. After kicking open the lid of the box, they were filled with brand new anti-tank weapons.

The anxious German soldiers took out the Panzerfausts in a panic and distributed them to make the final preparations. It was at this critical moment that the Soviet tanks, like a flood, finally broke through the position and really ran over their faces.

"Cover the tanks, comrades! Don't let those Germans with iron rods get close! Fire!!!"

Seeing that the Germans running around like rats had already taken something very deadly that could kill the tanks with one blow. The Red Army infantry captain, who was following closely behind his own tanks and commanding the coordination between infantry and tanks, immediately gave a loud order, waving the PPSh in his hand while asking the soldiers to cover the tanks. The principle of "lips and teeth are cold" is the best description of the relationship between tanks and infantry.

"Charge! Go up and shoot down those Russian tractors!"

The German lieutenant shouted to his soldiers.

"Stop! Cover the tanks first and kill the Germans' iron rods!"

The corresponding order was the exact opposite order from the Red Army squad leader.

Main guns, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, pistols, grenades... almost all weapons that can fire are firing crazily. The Soviet and German armies, who are bloodthirsty, are almost on the verge of losing their minds. It is only the mechanical bodies that drive their bodies to shuttle through the hail of bullets.

But all this can only be regarded as the beginning. The final iron stream that can truly sweep away everything with unstoppable violent destruction has just arrived on the battlefield.