Chapter 1745: Overconfidence

The annihilation of the 505th Heavy Armored Battalion and the surrender of its remaining soldiers were just happening in another direction.

The means of information exchange in these days were far less advanced than those of modern warfare in the 21st century. It was normal for there to be a certain amount of information gap. The German commander who commanded this mechanized armored battle group obviously did not know that the 505th Heavy Armored Battalion had suffered.

He did not know what kind of unimaginably strong and terrible enemy he was facing, and even felt that he had the ability to defeat the enemy in an encounter and fight back against this group of enemy Russians.

However, it was precisely because of this mysterious confidence of the German commander that a very funny situation occurred in the subsequent battle.

Lavrinenko, who was in charge of the battlefield command, was afraid that this group of Germans would escape when they saw the situation was not good, and he urged the troops to intensify the attack. No matter how much effect they could achieve, at least they should rush up and entangle the Germans first.

The Germans, on the other hand, were extremely confident in their own strength, believing that they were fully capable of withstanding the offensive and then defeating the enemy from the front, thereby winning this armored encounter. If they were lucky enough and the situation allowed, they might be able to annihilate the defeated Russians here.

Sounds a bit ridiculous? The Germans themselves don't think so.

My division, together with some scattered friendly troops, is fighting against a group of Russians who have just arrived in an emergency maneuver. Well, the advantage is mine, for sure.

As soon as the fight started, they fought desperately with attack and attack. Lavrinenko, who commanded the heavy tank cluster to rush forward, soon found that something was wrong.

"Strange, these Germans don't want to run away, but are moving towards us? What is the bastard who commands these beasts thinking?"

The German medium tank group with Panther II as the main force is pressing forward, and there are also anti-tank destroyers acting as direct fire cover and on-the-spot support.

On the side, the German Panther I and a large number of highly mobile Type 4 tanks are pressing forward in a crescent-shaped posture. Obviously, this is not a roundabout way to cut off the retreat, but it is even less likely to be the last sign before retreat. Instead, it seems to be an offensive formation that will be taken when the enemy is crushed from the front.

"Comrade Deputy Division Commander, the situation of the Germans is a little abnormal. They seem to want to crush us from the front!"

It was not only Lavrinenko who noticed that something was wrong. The commander of the Third Tank Regiment who was traveling with Lavrinenko also realized that the situation had changed. The abnormal behavior of the Germans was obviously beyond expectations.

"If you want to die, you can die. Don't worry about it! Since they want to fight back, we will fight to the end! Continue to attack and defeat these Germans from the front. All crews can fire at armored targets in sight at will!"

The Red Army tank soldiers, who are proud of their strong armor and powerful guns, naturally know how to play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses. If they rush up to fight these German medium tanks in close combat, it will undoubtedly be a deadly act.

Even if there are heterogeneous heavy tanks with strong mobility such as IS6, there is still a certain gap in mobility compared to real medium tanks.

The top speed is similar, but the acceleration performance and close combat flexibility of IS6 are far inferior to those of real medium tanks. Even compared with ordinary medium tanks, it is a little bit worse, not to mention the German Black Panther, a high-speed medium tank known for its strong mobility.

Even if the armor of the Black Panther 2 is thicker and the weight is increased, the comprehensive mobility level it can show in close combat can still beat the IS6 by three streets without any problem.

The IS6 heavy tanks that were at the front and had been hit by the guns stopped moving and braked on the spot. The black muzzles, driven by the gunners, quickly locked onto their respective targets and fired rapidly.

Boom boom boom --

The heavy armor-piercing projectiles that were ejected almost all flew straight towards the turrets of the Panther 2s. After many long battles, the experienced Red Army tank soldiers knew very well that the weakness of the German Panther 2s was the turrets.

Under the premise that the solid and heavy frontal main armor could not be chewed, it was undoubtedly the best choice to focus fire on the turrets.

Boom——

Ding-bang——

Swish——

"Kill one! Keep going, reload armor-piercing shells!"

"Missed! Damn it, aim at the next one, come again!"

"Why is the German turret so small? Keep going, we must kill these bastards!"

After a wave of volleys, there were both sadness and joy. The happy ones were those who successfully hit the target, penetrated the armor of the Panther 2 turret with one shot and sent the projectile into it. In the strong flames of the ammunition explosion, they witnessed the crews of "German manned space flight" who succeeded in one shot.

The sad ones were those who missed the target with one shot, and the shells ricocheted from the edge of the turret armor with sparks, or simply missed the target.

To say that the German Panther was indeed well designed, the Panther 2 was a more perfect masterpiece based on its predecessor, the Panther 1. Even the Red Army tank soldiers, who were the opponents, recognized this.

The Germans made the polygonal head of the Panther 2 angular, narrow and small. The armor on both sides of the turret's front projection, which was protected by a large angle, could never be penetrated from the front. The large inclination angle meant that the shells would definitely ricochet, unless the Germans deliberately exposed the side of the turret at a large angle for you to shoot at, which was an exception.

In this way, the frontal penetration area of ​​the Panther 2 turret, which was already narrow in configuration, became even smaller, and only the nearly vertical armor area on the front of the turret could be penetrated.

What's annoying is that the Germans also designed a pig-nose gun shield similar to the King Tiger at the root of the main gun to protect the turret. The shells either failed to penetrate or ricocheted, which made it more difficult for the Red Army tank soldiers to attack successfully.

"These damn fascists! This broken car is really hard to deal with!"

Boom--

While cursing the Germans, they aimed and fired again. Some angry gunners even began to try to fire at the lower front area, which they rarely aimed at on weekdays, that is, the front crotch area of ​​the German Panther 2, to see if there would be any unexpected gains if they sent the shells there.

Unfortunately, it is not much easier to hit the lower front of the vehicle than to penetrate the front armor of the turret.

Although the Panther 2 is not low-profile, the front projection area of ​​its crotch is quite small and not large at all.

There are only a few shells that really hit the lower front. Most of them became off-target shells that hit the ground, or ricochets that were directly bounced upwards by the ground because the angle of the impact point was too large.

But the sudden and unexpected accident happened suddenly in this situation.