Chapter 1844 The Speeding Death Train (Part 2)

It is not an easy task to get the huge IS6 heavy tanks to rush onto the platform.

Although the IS6 has the best top mobility among all heavy tanks in the world, it does not mean that the IS6 can gallop freely on any terrain.

The complex terrain and many buildings in the station seriously hinder the mobility of the Red Army's steel behemoths. Various warehouses of different sizes or small buildings such as dormitories, warehouses, and duty rooms do not look like the kind of objects that can be smashed by a single step on the accelerator. If you are not careful, you may even get the tank stuck in the corner, unable to move forward or backward, and completely blocking the road.

Malashenko, who was in a highly nervous state, was thinking rapidly. The current situation urgently required him, the division commander who was in charge of the front-line command, to decide the next action plan, which was directly related to the success or failure of the entire mission.

The map that had been obtained before the mission started played a big role again. Malashenko, who had not memorized it completely before and had to cram again, finally found the nearest and feasible way to the platform after looking at it in the turret for a few seconds.

"Got it, the cargo yard! Go directly through the cargo yard to the heavy material unloading area on the platform! This place is all open space without any obstacles, just rush up from here!"

The cargo yard is the only feasible way for heavy tanks to rush onto the platform that Malashenko found after a hasty search.

Come to think of it, the waiting hall, a crowded place for passengers to get on and off the train, can never accommodate heavy tanks to pass through and rush onto the platform. If you want to get on the platform, you can only find the place reserved for heavy machinery and large materials to be transferred when the train station was designed.

Whether it is the Soviet train station, the German-occupied train station, or even the train station in the 21st century, it is the same.

There is only one ideal place that can meet Malashenko's needs. This is the station freight yard that is closely connected to the station warehouse on the left and right sides, with a large gentle slope in the middle and then an open space and a direct access to the platform, which is specially used for freight trains to unload goods.

Even more fortunately, from the station design drawings in hand, this freight yard is also guarding the last checkpoint for trains leaving the station. This is the first station node that the train entering the station must arrive at or pass directly, and it is also the last section of the platform that the train leaving the station passes.

Going further ahead is the endless grassland railway, winding and twisting. Malashenko doesn't think he will have a chance to catch up with this monster armed to the teeth under unknown off-road conditions, and find a way to stop it while preventing it from derailing. The work of licking blood on the tip of a knife is simpler than this kind of fantasy.

No matter how to say it, the freight yard must be the only and last chance for him to intercept this armored train that has just started and has not yet fully accelerated. All the successes and failures depend on this one!

"All crews, target the freight yard! Go full speed! Follow the road ahead to the next intersection and turn left to rush in. The leading crew that arrives at the freight yard immediately report the situation and wait for my order! Do not fire without orders, remember!"

Until now, Malashenko has not forgotten to remind his men, who are dedicated to physically conquering the Germans, not to fire at the German armored train without authorization or directly use the main gun to greet it. Even if he attacks you actively, you cannot fight back. Take the beating and hold it in! Even if you want to fight, you have to wait until I get to the scene to see the situation!

The road conditions in the station are relatively good. The tracks are running over artificial roads specially paved with bluestone or flattened gravel. The IS6, which is already amazingly mobile and comparable to a medium tank, is galloping all the way on such a flat road.

Those IS6 heavy tanks that rushed to the front almost drifted through the corners and rubbed sparks, and rushed into the freight yard, fearing that they would miss the last chance if they were a little slower.

Fortunately, the scales of victory did not completely tilt to the Germans, and there was still one final weight left for Malashenko to take away, which could decide the outcome.

Steam locomotives these days have a big weakness: they are too slow to start and accelerate.

How slow? It is so slow that ordinary people who evade tickets can have enough time to throw all their luggage into the carriage with their bags on the platform, and then climb through the train window and get in, without even jogging to catch up with the train.

The process of the Germans starting the train and preparing to run away should have been a quick response. After all, it takes a process and a start-up time for the train to cool down completely and start up. At the moment, the speed of running away is actually fast enough.

You can only blame the freak Malashenko, who led the Red Army's strongest elite tank troops, for their speed of attack! After beating the Skull Division into a state of confusion, they rushed in with their weapons. They also sent combat engineers without any martial ethics, risking themselves being set on fire, and used flamethrowers to clear resistance at close range indoors, rushed onto the platform, and found signs that the enemy wanted to escape.

Playing against someone who has excellent card skills and does not play by the rules, you have no chance of winning according to common sense, and all past experience is nonsense at the moment.

The German armored train, which was only thinking about rushing out and escaping the station, saw at a glance that the group of Russian steel monsters that suddenly rushed out and stopped on the platform freight yard were already ready for battle, just over 200 meters ahead.

Similarly, the IS6 heavy tanks that rushed into the freight yard had also visually confirmed the target's traces. They immediately directed their heavy turrets with huge black muzzles to the direction of the train and were ready to go.

Heavy tank cluster VS heavy armored train, this is an unprecedented and probably will not be the same in the future. Past battles in human war history cannot provide any reference on how to win such a battle.

Everything depends on the performance of the two warring parties on the spot, it's that simple.

Facing the muzzles of the Russian cannons pointed at them, the German armored train, which was determined not to brake, was still speeding up. The large cloud of white steam ejected from the chimney of the heavily armored locomotive was extremely conspicuous. The distance of more than 200 meters, which was not very far, was shortened to less than 150 meters at the final moment.

Just when the anxious IS6 tank commanders were about to ask the division commander again and send a message, the IS4 heavy tank, which had been long awaited by everyone and could determine the direction of the entire battle, finally rushed onto the cargo yard platform at this critical moment, with a group of IS6 heavy tanks chasing behind it.