Chapter 2151 Tightening the Noose (Part 2)
"Keep going, it's working! Keep bombing with high-explosive shells until none of these German bastards can fire back at us!"
At first, when he encountered these German bastards who couldn't be penetrated even with close range and had extremely threatening firepower, Malashenko did feel like a rat pulling a tortoise and had no idea where to start.
However, the solution was quickly found: just use grenades to bomb them!
Low accuracy? Hard to hit at long distances?
It doesn't matter, I have enough tanks, I can kill you with probability!
As long as there is a high-explosive grenade that can hit in a slightly more reliable position, I don't expect to blow up your car with one shot. After all, it's not realistic if it's not an armor-piercing shell, but there is a high probability that I can force you to withdraw from the battle.
Gun barrel, muzzle brake, crew members, combat sight
A car has a lot of fatal points. If you knock out any one of them, it can easily destroy your firepower output ability. Even if you can continue to run, you are just a toothless animal, that's all, and this is exactly what the 122 grenade, which belongs to AOE range killing, wants.
To be precise, this is indeed a very unreasonable way of playing. Traditional heavy armor defense is completely useless in front of such attacks.
It's like you are a warrior, all stacked with physical defense ready to fight with others, but a wizard comes to the opposite side and casually throws a big fireball to kill you in seconds without defense, because you have almost no magic defense. If you insist that large-yield chemical energy explosion is a magic attack, it's fine. After all, the heavy tank armor with kinetic energy defense really can't stop this thing, and it's not professional at all.
Unlike the Red Army, which took the route of large-caliber justice "magic attack", the German Army, which took the route of small-caliber and high-caliber, took the route of "physical attack", relying on high-penetration kinetic armor-piercing shells to complete anti-armor combat objectives.
But this also caused a problem. The heavy armor defenses of both sides have been piled up to a certain extent. If they rely solely on kinetic armor-piercing, it is "you can't penetrate me, and I can't penetrate you". When they hear each other's noise, the small-caliber and high-caliber fishing rod guns of the Germans have become completely useless.
Otherwise, what can an 88mm grenade do to IS6? Not to mention IS6, it's hard for him to hit a fucking T43.
At this time, facing the Red Army heavy tanks that "physical attack is invalid, I still have magic attack", if you want to say how to describe it more accurately, then probably "a bitch meets a rapist-there is nothing she can do even if she loses her pants" is the most accurate description.
Our tank destroyers were "blown up" one after another by the Red Army heavy tanks that were violently bombarded by the opposite side. The anxious German armored soldiers fired more armor-piercing shells but could do nothing.
What to do? Can you rush up and go around the side if the enemy is standing there motionless? You can't go around if you don't have a turret and are as fat as a pig!
I've heard of unreasonable people, but I've never met such a rogue.
The Red Army tank units we met in the past were mainly medium tanks and heavy tanks. Although the rare Stalin heavy tanks were not easy to deal with, as long as the medium tank units as the main force were defeated, the Russian heavy tanks could only withdraw helplessly and were powerless to turn the tide. The number was too small to play any decisive role.
But the Russians in front of us were completely the opposite.
There were only a few medium tanks, and a row of Soviet heavy-armored turtles with strong armor and powerful guns were lined up. The desperate German armored soldiers wanted to use the same trick to pick the weak persimmon and attack the main medium tanks first, but they had no way to start. There were only a few medium tanks and they were hiding behind the heavy tanks. What could you do?
When the useless repeated attempts reached a certain extent, accompanied by heavy casualties and the destruction of their comrades in front of them.
Those German armored soldiers who claimed to be tough guys could not hold on any longer. If they continued to fight in such a meaningless way, they would only end up dead.
"Comrade commander! Success! Those German turtles are reversing and retreating, they can't hold on any longer!"
What Iushkin could see from the high-magnification narrow-field gun scope, Malashenko could of course see from the low-magnification wide-field commander's periscope. Then he raised his hand with a twisted mouth, raised the radio transmitter he had been holding tightly in his hand, and pressed the start button.
"Attention, all units, shrink the encirclement according to the predetermined plan! Push up little by little in company units, and control the distance! Don't let the Germans do accurate shooting. We need to control the losses. I, Malashenko, will not do a losing business."
Malashenko can of course order the troops to fire at the Germans at a closer distance, but this is not necessary at the moment.
The closer the distance, the easier it is to be targeted and concentrated fire on the weak area of the front main armor belt of the IS6, which has been known by the Germans. Although hitting the gun root area of the front projection is a low-probability event, once it is penetrated, with the compact internal structure of the IS6 and the nature of being either ammunition racks or fuel tanks all over the body.
If it doesn't catch fire and explode, and the head is blown up, then Malashenko really thinks this is very lucky. Almost all the crew members are elite veteran tank soldiers and don't even have the chance to abandon the vehicle and escape.
The tank can be rebuilt if it is lost. Malashenko writes a list and trains of new tanks are sent one after another.
But these elite veteran tank crews cannot be cloned and resurrected. If they are sacrificed, they are sacrificed. It is an irreparable loss. Even if the nominal elite tank crews are transferred from other troops, Malashenko does not think that they will be as effective as his own veterans.
Therefore, these elite old tank crews have become the most valuable wealth of the leader division in Malashenko's eyes. They must be used with caution, and whenever possible, they must do their best to reduce battlefield losses.
Moreover, my high-explosive bombs ignore kinetic energy attenuation. As long as they can hit at a distance of one meter and one thousand meters, the damage effect is the same. I have enough tanks and the crews' artillery is superb. It is not worth taking such a big risk to improve the hit rate.
Let's go a step further and say that even if the Germans mobilize those Black Panther IIs to rush at high speed, I still have a room for maneuver, so I won't be immediately side-ridden. I can still use my firepower advantage to kill you halfway on the charge.
No matter what, it is the best choice not to close the distance. Malashenko firmly believes in this and is confident.
However, in this way, the German army, which is about to collapse, is even more uncomfortable because they keep reversing and retreating and are pressed by the opponents who have heard the news.
The depth of the battle is constantly shrinking, and there is no way to retreat, but the opponents are still pressing forward step by step and advancing steadily.
Stop the car and fight, but you can't win.
Rushing forward is just looking for death.
Turn around and run, you are surrounded by enemies on three sides and there are Russians everywhere. Where the hell can you run to survive?
The iron wall encirclement circle that keeps shrinking towards the center is a noose around the neck of the fascists, and the speed of tightening is getting faster and faster, making the fascists desperate and suffocated.
How many minutes and seconds are left before the final collapse and surrender?
Malashenko, who could not help smiling, held the shaking commander's periscope with his hand as the vehicle swayed forward, keeping a close eye on the battlefield, taking in the increasingly shrinking and concentrated German troops, and feeling curious. This is definitely the most worthwhile question at the moment, no doubt about it.