Chapter 1517: Death of Viking (Part 1)

After another sleepless night, Malashenko led his troops on the journey westward again. After a short rest, the condition of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division was not so good.

The serviceability of many tanks has been approaching the limit. The track and road wheels were creaking while driving on the muddy and dirt roads in the wild. From time to time, there was an unsettling sound of metal collision in the power compartment, just like the sound of bones when a person who has been sitting for a long time suddenly stands up.

Experienced tank commanders knew that this was the sound of their precious car being overloaded and sounding the last alarm before the strike and breakdown. However, the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division, which had been in the Cherkasy theater and had fought for more than 200 kilometers of off-road travel, had not yet stopped. No matter what, people and equipment had to fight for this last breath.

Zizi-zizi--

"Malachenko, I received the latest telegram from the front headquarters. Comrade Commander ordered us to continue to pursue westwards, find and eliminate the few remaining SS troops. At present, many Wehrmacht troops have surrendered to our front. According to their description, there are only about two to three thousand remaining SS troops. Our artillery bombardment has achieved better results than expected."

The advantage of the field division's advance is here. Malachenko and the political commissar, who are very close, can even communicate directly by radio without the cumbersome relay of orders. The communication efficiency is naturally first-class, convenient and efficient.

"Got it, is there any other situation? Comrade Commander has transferred how many troops to cooperate with us, and he will not send only our division to deal with the Germans, right?"

Stalin's First Guards Tank Division is indeed capable of taking over all the remaining SS troops in one go, but Malachenko still wants to try to get some friendly troops to cooperate with him.

Nothing else, just to block the last retreat of these SS troops.

Don't let these scumbags who can't stand it scatter directly when you lead your team to fight, just like pigs in a blown-up pigsty running around. If that happens, it will be troublesome to chase them.

The political commissar probably guessed Malashenko's thoughts and intentions, and pressed the call button to answer without hesitation.

"The other two tank divisions and two infantry divisions are already on their way to intercept. They are the encirclement troops that took over our defense of the final meeting point. You can think of them as shrinking the encirclement and will definitely run into these SS scumbags. You just need to lead people to chase them relentlessly. The battle may break out soon. You are really close."

Having friendly forces help block the way of these fascist fanatics is the best result that Malashenko hopes for.

Comrade Lao Ma, who was in a very good mood, gave a brief final reply to Comrade Political Commissar, then put down the radio transmitter in his hand and hung it back on the bulkhead. As soon as he let go, he heard the roaring sound like a tsunami.

Boom boom boom --

Boom boom --

"Huh? It started so soon?"

The violent roar of the artillery came from the 12 o'clock direction in front of him. The noise was so loud that even Malashenko, who was sitting in the car, felt that the artillery seemed to be next to him.

This battle did not sound like a long whistle, but a deafening explosion. It might be that the Red Army tank troops equipped with ISU-152 self-propelled artillery were directly bombarding the Germans. In theory, only when this kind of direct-fire artillery is gathered together, can it make such a big earth-shaking noise.

"Kurbalov, take your men and charge forward. There is not much meat left. Don't let our friendly forces snatch it all away! Go!"

At this point, it is no longer a question of whether we can annihilate the enemy, but whether we can grab the meat before the enemy is completely annihilated.

Malachenko did not want to end up watching others eat meat while he did not even have soup to drink after all his hard work. No matter what, he had to send these SS scum off in the end, and the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division would personally sound the death knell for these fascist scum.

Kurbalov, who received the order from Malachenko to attack, rushed forward quickly. The medium tank battalion rushed to the front, carrying tank riders one after another and rushing towards the rear of the SS.

Soon, the medium tank troops that rushed all the way following the sound of explosions and exchanges of fire arrived at the "scene of the incident", but the scene in front of them was more or less unexpected.

The Viking Division is an armored division, or at least it should be an armored division with strong strength.

But now, what the Red Army medium tank soldiers saw was almost a pure infantry unit, and the expected SS tank brigade did not appear at all. Instead, the Red Army, which launched a fierce attack in front, assembled a large number of tanks, and even used ISU-152 as a bayonet cannon to rush forward, relying on the heavy armor to press against the fascists' faces and fire.

A shot came over, and there was a huge explosion of fire in the dust, and you could even see the broken limbs and arms raised high by the 152 high-explosive grenade flying in the air. The effect of using the zoo killer to bombard people was really quite explosive.

"Russians! There are Russians behind! There are so many tanks, they are coming from behind!"

The huge noise coming from the rear can be felt and heard by everyone. The panicked SS soldiers were already beaten to the point where they could barely fight back and were unable to make even an inch of progress. Behind them came a group of Russian tiger and wolf troops and a brigade of tanks. This was a complete disaster.

"It's over! We're done. We can't fight anymore!"

"Shut up! We will fight these Russians to the end and continue to hunt these low-level humans!"

"For the Führer! Keep fighting!!!"

Although there are not many left, the last remaining strength of the crumbling SS in front of them still has some armored units, and the quality is still very good.

Several Panzer IV tank destroyers, which are rare in the German army, were the first to turn their guns and face over. This unattractive tank, nicknamed "Guderian's Duck", has a rather low shape and excellent defense. From a distance, it looks like a moving coffin.

A short distance away, several bulky King Tiger tanks as the core unit were also changing their course and moving with difficulty.

It's really surprising that King Tiger can still keep fighting in single digits at this point, but it doesn't help the final result. The vanguard heavy tank unit led by Kulbalov followed closely behind, and entered the battlefield not long after the medium tank unit put down its infantry and started fighting.