Chapter 1455 The Last Shot

Swoosh——

Ding-bang——

Hua-la-ka-cha——

A burst of shrieking sounds of shells breaking through the air and the violent collision of metals, along with the sound of metal components being connected and disconnected, sounded together, extremely harsh.

The German armored soldiers, who had tried too many times but failed to kill these monsters that were rushing and rushing towards them, changed their thinking directly and attacked the most vulnerable part of any tank's walking device: the tracks, in an attempt to paralyze these unstoppable steel monsters.

With the extremely high accuracy given by the Zeiss sight and the long 88 high-caliber slender barrel, the German armored soldiers did achieve their wish. The whistling armor-piercing projectiles accurately hit the front end of the tracks and the guide wheel of the IS6 heavy tank, piercing it with one shot.

The remaining armor-piercing projectiles with extremely strong armor-piercing kinetic energy continued to move along the trajectory, destroying a large number of road wheels behind it like a string of candied haws. The large-diameter road wheels that allow the IS6 to have stronger off-road passability have now become the best targets for armor-piercing projectiles.

After a violent tearing, the IS6 heavy tank, which was hit on the right side of the running gear, only had the last three road wheels near the rear engine compartment intact.

The rest were either directly broken or split in half, or left with a big gap like a pancake gnawed by a mouse.

The track that was first penetrated also moved forward a little bit due to the remaining forward potential energy that failed to brake on the spot, and fell down with a rustling sound of metal friction, losing the ability to continue to move forward.

The entire right side of the IS6 heavy tank with more than 80% of the running gear damaged was paralyzed on the spot. No matter how powerful and seemingly indestructible the tank is, it can't bear such abuse. Once the running gear is destroyed, any tank can only be reduced to an unmobile steel fortress.

It is an obvious fact that the IS6 heavy tank can no longer move forward, but it is not only the tank that is affected, but also the tank riders on the tank.

"Get off, get off quickly! The track is broken, this thing can't move! Don't stay here as a target!"

Even if the infantry of the tank unit does not drive the tank personally, they at least know some basic common sense, such as the fact that the tank will definitely not move after the track is broken.

If it is an ordinary infantry unit, and there is less contact and cooperation with tanks, there are really people who wonder "Why can't this broken car move?" after seeing the track broken.

In this era when information is still very closed, such things are not just one or two, but very common, that's how it is.

Fortunately, the squad leader who was standing with his soldiers at the back of the tank turret and in the engine compartment knew clearly that the tank would be paralyzed if the track broke. After confirming the emergency situation, he immediately called on the soldiers to get off the car.

Facts have proved that this young squad leader made the most correct decision and issued the order in a timely manner.

Shortly after the Red Army soldiers on the car jumped out of the car, the group of crazy Germans on the opposite side immediately launched a more powerful firepower. Not only did a bunch of armor-piercing bullets hit their faces, but even the German machine guns started to fire, trying to kill the infantry on the tank.

However, the Red Army soldiers on the car reacted very quickly. One by one, they all hid behind the engine compartment and hid on the spot. None of the machine gun bullets that hit the tank armor and sparked sparks hurt the soldiers.

"The track of vehicle No. 206 was broken and it lost its combat capability! Request to abandon the vehicle!"

Heavy tanks are expensive and very valuable. There are clear military regulations on the circumstances under which vehicles can be abandoned. Those who abandon vehicles and equipment without authorization will be punished by military law. There were many precedents for this as early as the early days of the Great Patriotic War when the Red Army was defeated frequently.

So even though he knew that the track was broken and the vehicle was allowed to be abandoned, the cautious commander still let others go first and leave the tank, and picked up the radio transmitter at hand and reported to the channel, but he didn't expect to get a direct reply from the higher level.

"I am Kurbalov, and the vehicle is allowed to be abandoned! Get out of there quickly!"

The commander of the regiment who heard the news directly issued an order across the battalion, company and platoon levels, and only then realized that he had transferred to the public channel to shout to the young commander, and then he subconsciously responded.

"Yes, comrade commander!"

It doesn't matter if the car is gone, it is likely to be recovered and repaired on the battlefield.

Even if it can't be repaired, at most it's just a matter of getting a new car. The Soviet heavy industry capacity of 44 years is not afraid of the loss of this tank on the front line and can fully afford it.

So the loss of the car is a small matter, but the loss of people is really gone, which is the biggest matter.

The battlefield training time of a group of experienced and well-coordinated veteran tank crews is much longer than the manufacturing hours of an IS6 heavy tank.

Even if you don't take human life seriously, it is definitely more cost-effective to give priority to saving people than saving the car.

What's more, the IS6, which can't move at all after the track is broken, is not something you can save if you want to.

Once there is a problem with the car, give priority to saving people and abandoning the car. Saving people is better than anything else! New cars are not a problem at all!

The above is the core concept that Malashenko has been instilling in his officers and soldiers for a long time.

As Comrade Malashenko, who is highly regarded by Malashenko and commands the most powerful tank regiment in the division, it is natural that Comrade Kulbalov must carry out the will and orders of the division commander to the end. Without waiting for orders from the grassroots commanders who were directly subordinate to his superiors, he directly responded and ordered to abandon the vehicle immediately. Living people are much more important than that cold iron lump.

After opening the escape hatch at the bottom of the vehicle, which was usually used for peeing and defecation, the gunner, loader, and driver left the paralyzed vehicle one after another, crawled along the bottom of the vehicle towards the rear, and found a bunker first. Say it again.

The young commander, who had hung up the radio transmitter in his hand, was about to leave immediately after him. When he looked back and took a closer look, he discovered that there was an armor-piercing round in the closed breech block that he had just ordered to load.

After a second thought, he made a decision. Determined to waste no more than 20 seconds, the commander personally went into battle. With a brisk flying movement, he climbed to the gunner's position and quickly entered the battle state.

Like many Red Army commanders, this young commander was promoted from the position of gunner, and gunnery, aiming and shooting is an old skill that will never be forgotten.

Seeing that the crippled IS6 had stopped moving, he ignored it. Continuing to shoot at the damn turtle shell would only be a waste of time and shells. The German armored soldiers who were in a highly concentrated fighting state would not have thought that Captain Maozi on the opposite side was so eager to fight and not afraid of death, and even wanted to fire one last shot before leaving.