Chapter 432 In Hell

"Fuck you, Germans, you're using heavy artillery to bombard me, how shameless!?"

It is somewhat different from the commonly understood situation that tanks can be immune to high-explosive grenade bombardment by virtue of their heavy armor.

The heavy artillery bombardment from the rear of the German position by calling for artillery support with a standard parabolic trajectory is completely incomparable to the high-explosive grenade bombardment of tank armor.

The 150mm heavy howitzer nicknamed "Evergreen" equipped by the German divisional artillery regiment, although the range is not really improved, should not be underestimated in terms of power.

The 150mm full-caliber high-explosive grenade with a warhead charge of up to 6 kg of TNT high explosive equivalent is very powerful. In the case of zero-distance contact explosion, it is enough to penetrate and destroy armor with a thickness of more than 50 mm, thereby killing the internal members of the tank.

The armored parts that were hit by the standard parabolic trajectory attack were not the T34 tank's front upper armor and sturdy turret armor with thick equivalent armor protection value, but the fragile turret dome armor on the top of the T34 tank's head and the equally vulnerable rear engine compartment top armor.

The turret top dome armor and the engine compartment top armor, which are the weakest parts of the entire vehicle's defense, are only 15 to 20 mm thick. This fragile armor that can only barely withstand the ground strafing of aircraft machine guns and incoming shrapnel is simply like paper in front of the 150mm guns of the German divisional artillery regiment.

Although the German artillery, which only launched a covering bombardment based on the bombardment coordinates, can now be said to be drawing a lottery, whether it can hit the Soviet T34 tanks that are galloping all the way depends largely on luck.

But as the saying goes, no matter how bad your luck is, you can't stand the continuous draw of krypton gold. From the perspective of probability, there will always be a few bad situations that hit the prize when firing hundreds of shells. For Malashenko, who is frowning at the moment, it is naturally very clear.

If the team is lucky, it may be hit by a few German shells at most. If the team is unlucky, it is possible to be hit by more than ten shells. Once the T34 tank with a top armor as fragile as paper is hit by a 150mm high-explosive grenade, the miserable end can be imagined with the back of the head.

"Comrade tank commander! What should we do now!?"

Malashenko, whose ears were full of the roar of the German heavy artillery cluster, could hardly hear what Iushkin beside him was saying.

From Iushkin's mouth shape that kept repeating the same words, he could barely understand what he wanted to express. However, Malashenko, who was bathed in the baptism of the German heavy artillery fire, could not come up with a perfect plan to reverse the situation.

"No way, no way now! Iushkin! We can only rush through the German heavy artillery barrage at full speed and rush to a place close enough to their position to avoid these artillery fire! Now whether it is stopping or turning to retreat is equivalent to seeking death, do you understand what I mean!?"

Thanks to the eight consecutive position defense battles this morning, the precise artillery coordinates of all distances in front of the position have been obtained.

Since the beginning of the battle at dawn, the German artillery, which has caused great damage to the Soviet infantry attack group, can be said to be at ease. No matter how the tank group led by Malashenko maneuvers to evade, the German artillery in the continuous bombardment can firmly put it into the bullet screen pocket and continue to apply firepower coverage. The artillery observation post deployed on the front position is the eye used by the German artillery position in the rear to update the artillery coordinates in real time.

Malashenko, who is well aware of this situation, knows that if he orders a retreat or maneuvers to evade, it will be a taboo in military strategy. The only feasible solution is to rely on the outstanding mobility of the T34 tank to quickly pass through this artillery barrage and approach the German defense position to a close enough distance to force the German artillery behind the position to stop bombarding.

But the situation that is easier said than done also applies to the current bad battle situation.

The deep snow that is thick enough to cover the ankles has caused great inconvenience to the mobility of the tank group. The potholes and shell craters left in front of the German position in this morning's battle are like moon craters.

The 150mm heavy artillery shell holes scattered on the snowy frozen soil layer were neither big nor small, but they undoubtedly caused great obstacles and inconvenience to the T34 tank group's charge and maneuver.

Malashenko, who was annoyed by the bad situation that followed one after another, had to move forward with difficulty in front of these continuous "natural" anti-tank pits and even had to choose to take a detour. Before he had time to curse, the heavy artillery cluster barrage that continued to whistle down from above his head took the first kill in the 11th second after the bombardment began.

Boom——

Clang——

The huge explosion sounded like thunder, and the noise of the armor metal twisting and deforming resounded over the battlefield.

A 150mm high-explosive grenade hit the center of the turret dome at a 35-degree oblique angle, and a poor T34 tank was blown to pieces by the German heavy artillery on the spot.

The powerful 150mm high-explosive grenade, with a powerful blast equivalent to 6 kilograms of TNT, directly tore open the dome armor, and penetrated into the vehicle madly along the cracks in the armor. The blasting flames instantly detonated the ammunition racks stored in the vehicle.

The flames of the explosion of the 150mm high-explosive grenade spread rapidly together with the detonation of the ammunition on the vehicle body. The explosion was so powerful that it was indescribably powerful, and it directly tore the 28-ton combat-weighted T34 tank into pieces like it was tearing apart devils. fragments.

In less than a thousandth of a second, there was no time to react or even feel the pain. The four Soviet tank soldiers driving the T3457 tank were instantly wiped out in the wave of flames. As for the world he once lived in, there is not even a trace of his existence left.

Through the side observation hole of the turret with a narrow field of vision, he clearly saw this shocking and terrifying scene. It was the first time that Malashenko saw a tank destroyed by a large-caliber grenade that directly penetrated the dome armor. He had an indescribable feeling in his heart. This complex emotion mixed with shock, anger and even a little fear is really difficult to accurately describe in words.

"Never mind this, Seryosha, keep going! Don't stop without my order!"

I don't know whether it was because of fear or the high temperature in the tank. Sweat flowed down the corner of Malashenko's mouth. A bitter feeling lingered between his lips and teeth. Malashenko couldn't help but swallowed slowly. .

If there really is a living hell in this world, then Malashenko can tell anyone with absolute certainty.

I am in hell.