Chapter 212 Overheating

The entry of the independent 1st heavy tank breakthrough battalion led by Malashenko into the battle was enough to make the German army, which did not have suitable equipment on hand to pose an effective threat to them, despair. The 10th Infantry Division is like a bolt from the blue to the current German army.

The battle has reached this point, and the Soviet and German armies that are fighting each other are already inextricably linked. Unless one side admits defeat and retreats first, this cruel battle for position will be like a speeding battle. The meat grinder generally goes on forever.

Machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, pistols, grenades, bayonets, iron rods, even fists and teeth

The Soviet and German soldiers in this bloody purgatory refused to give in to each other. The soldiers who were completely red-eyed were trying their best to kill as many enemies as possible before they fell to save their lives and exchange for victory.

The corpses of fallen soldiers of the Soviet and German armies were piled up layer after layer on the broken position, and their teeth were intertwined.

The warm blood flowing out from the still-warm corpses soaked the entire earth into a scarlet color and was even close to saturation. One after another, blood puddles and small pits were like puddles that clear up after the rain, covering the entire battlefield. yes.

The hoarse soldiers stepped forward one after another, stepping over the blood puddle that symbolized the loss of life and continued to poke the bayonets in their hands into the enemy's chest.

Such a terrifying and bloody purgatory-like scene, even Malashenko, who has been accustomed to seeing life and death, can't help but be stunned. The close-quarters fighting scene of tens of thousands of people fighting for a small position is definitely a sight to behold. Unimaginable.

The only way to crawl out alive from this mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood is to eliminate the enemy, keep killing people, and kill until your opponent cannot hold on anymore and retreats first, otherwise there is no way you can leave alive.

The emergence of gunpowder weapons has already shattered that shitty chivalry together with the Gothic plate armor. In the cruel modern war, there is no fair duel and no benevolence. You will try to kill all your enemies regardless of the consequences. This is the most critical factor related to victory.

He commanded his own vehicle and several battalion escort tanks to form a temporary tank position to provide direct fire support. Malashenko, who could no longer hear the low-decibel sounds clearly, could only hear the roar of the vehicle-mounted DT light machine gun. , the gunner Iushkin, whose ears are also not very good, and Malashenko even reached the point where they could only communicate with gestures and movements.

"No way, Comrade Commander! The machine gun is overheated and I can't continue to fire!"

I couldn't hear clearly what Nikolai, the electromechanical engineer, who was sitting in the co-pilot position at the front of the car, was muttering. I could only see the anxious face of the other person, lying in front of his commander's periscope and constantly observing the surrounding enemy situation. Malashenko then bent down and poked his head towards the position of Nikolai in the chassis of the car.

"What did you say!? Repeat it! I can't hear you, louder!"

Nikolai, who had already polished off who knows which reel, was more severely hearing-impaired than Malashenko. Nikolai, who could barely hear what Malashenko was yelling at, then continued with an equally loud roar. Open your mouth.

"Comrade in the car! I say! The barrel of the machine gun is overheated! I can't continue to fire!"

After repeating it again at an extremely close distance, almost face to face, it was finally clear what Nikolai was shouting. Malashenko raised his head and looked in the direction of Nikolai's finger. The front end of the DT light machine gun, which was in charge of controlling the vehicle's heading, was emitting white smoke and turning slightly red. Under such circumstances, it was obviously impossible to continue firing.

In this kind of battle for positions at extremely close range, the importance of a tank-mounted machine gun is often more important than the role of a main gun that appears to be overly powerful and may injure friendly forces.

If the KV1 heavy tank, which plays the role of a mobile machine gun bunker, loses its machine gun fire suppression, the German soldiers who are less stressed and relaxed will surround them and throw all kinds of bottles and cans at them.

By that time, Malashenko, let alone supporting the friendly infantry, was good enough to be able to save himself when the Ni Bodhisattva was crossing the river and could not save himself.

As a traditional air-cooled machine gun, the Soviet 62mm vehicle-mounted DT light machine gun is an old-fashioned weapon with a relatively outdated design. The standard anti-infantry firepower light machine gun of this type of Soviet tank cannot be as convenient and fast as the German MG34 general-purpose machine gun. The long time it takes to replace the barrel of the gun and let the barrel that is overheated to the point of smoking cool down on its own is obviously unacceptable to Malashenko, who is currently in an anxious battle situation.

"Take it off! Quick! If the barrel is overheated, there will be no need for it. Put Somi out of the machine gun hole and fire. Don't let those Germans have a chance to breathe!"

As early as the design of the KV1 heavy tank was finalized, Soviet tank designers, taking into account battlefield versatility and diversified uses, designed all three vehicle-mounted machine guns of the KV1 heavy tank to be detachable and directly used as handheld guns. Non-integrated mode of the light machine gun.

The original design consideration of this design was to allow the crew members to easily disassemble the vehicle-mounted machine gun and take it away after abandoning the vehicle, so as to provide sufficient self-defense firepower after getting off the vehicle.

But Soviet tank soldiers who were either dead or injured after their armor was penetrated often had no chance or time to dismantle these vehicle-mounted light machine guns and take them with them. The time-consuming dismantling work was often criticized by Soviet tank soldiers. However, this type of detachable and movable machine gun mount provided some DIY possibilities for Soviet tank soldiers with wild imaginations.

Soviet tank soldiers who captured better weapons such as German general-purpose machine guns in battle sometimes dismantled the DT light machine guns in their vehicles to upgrade their firepower and replaced them with powerful German machine guns to enhance their combat effectiveness, of course, if they could capture enough ammunition to spend freely.

Similarly, Malashenko, who overheated the machine gun in the battle and could not continue to fire, could also order the machine gun to be dismantled and the Suomi submachine gun, which was originally used for self-defense by the crew members after abandoning the vehicle, to be poked out of the machine gun hole to fire.

It rains and it rains.

Malashenko had just ordered Nikolai to remove the hull-mounted machine gun and replace it with Suomi to fire. Iushkin, who was in the gunner's position and was responsible for operating the main gun coaxial machine gun to fire, followed closely.

"Mine is also no longer working, comrade commander. The coaxial machine gun is overheated and can't continue to fire!"

After listening to Iushkin's report, Malashenko frowned instantly. The main gun coaxial machine gun is much more difficult to handle than the hull-mounted machine gun.