Chapter 453: Pursuit

While the battle was going on at the entrance of the village, a whole convoy slipped out at the end of the village. Even a fool could see that the convoy was either filled with high-ranking German officers or carrying important secrets. Knowing that this was happening right under his nose, Malashenko naturally could not let it go. Intercepting this German convoy was Malashenko's only idea at the moment.

Fortunately, before turning to attack in the direction of Tula, Malashenko received a batch of T3457 medium tanks from Comrade Lao Zhu.

Although these T3457 medium tanks have various problems of "thin skin and big filling" in the eyes of Malashenko, who advocates heavy tanks, there is no doubt that the mobility of these T3457s is indeed far superior to KV1 and is more than one level stronger.

Using the T3457, which has very balanced attributes of the three key indicators of firepower, mobility and protection, to intercept this German convoy is undoubtedly the best choice Malashenko faces at the moment.

With a resolute order from Malashenko, a group of T3457s that had been following their heavy tanks as fire support started up immediately.

The blue exhaust gas from the tailpipe of the engine at the rear of the vehicle roared with the roar of the diesel engine. The T3457s, like wild horses, rushed forward at high speed, rushing straight towards the German convoy that had just rushed out of the village with an unstoppable and fierce attitude.

Since this batch of T3457s were not fully equipped with wireless communication radios for inter-vehicle communication, the attack order issued by Malashenko was still conveyed through Lavrinenko's flag signal.

Although the process of issuing the order took some time, compared with wheeled vehicles whose mobility was greatly affected in off-road snow conditions, the T3457 tank group that carried out off-road mobility with tracks would undoubtedly have an advantage in snow passability.

The deep snow around the wheels made the German convoy, which could have been galloping freely, so slow that it was irritating. With the advantage of starting first and a higher power-to-weight ratio, it should have left the late Soviet T3457 tank group behind.

But the bad off-road snow road conditions seemed to be a pair of invisible big hands holding the tires of the German convoy tightly. The T3457 tanks that roared and rushed all the way were like a bloodthirsty wolf pack and were about to bite the buttocks of the German convoy.

"Damn broken car! Move, run!"

He leaned out of the co-pilot seat of a German iconic barrel car and frowned as he glanced at the Soviet tank group less than 500 meters behind him.

The curse of the driver in the driver's seat next to him was terrible. Seeing that his side was about to be caught up by the Soviet tanks, Lieutenant Schlieffen immediately turned around and spoke loudly to the driver who was fighting with the snow with both hands tightly holding the steering wheel.

"Can't we make this broken car go faster?! Isn't it usually going fast on the dirt road?"

Faced with Lieutenant Schlieffen's bad tone of yelling, the barrel truck driver, who was also full of complaints, responded with a roar in the same tone.

"I've tried my best! This is the fastest, Lieutenant Schlieffen! The car can't be driven in the snow mines at all. This damn winter is simply the best helper for the Russians!"

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is not wrong to say that the Soviet winter helped the Soviet tank group chasing up.

The tracked vehicle has better passability under off-road snow conditions. This undoubted advantage allows the T3457 tank group, which is originally known for its strong mobility, to get closer and closer to the German convoy.

Although they had received the order to capture the German convoy as intact as possible in the flag signal a few minutes ago, the Soviet tank soldiers, who basically drank a few taels of vodka to warm up their bodies, would not be patient to reason with the Germans.

After several attempts to stop the German convoy by deliberately firing blank shots failed, the T3457 tank group, which was about to surround the German convoy with a two-wing encirclement, immediately made a surprising move.

"Aim at the tires of those Germans, I want to let these Nazi dogs down!"

A daring Soviet tank commander was completely enraged by the Germans' ignorant escape. During the march, the turret was slowly turned to the side of the German convoy through the hand-cranked steering machine, and the 62mm vehicle-mounted DT light machine gun coaxially parallel to the 57mm main gun immediately burst into a burst of hot flames.

Da Da Da——

The sudden sound of firing scared the German convoy, which was originally hiding and trying to escape, to death.

The 62mm machine gun barrage aimed at the tires of the German convoy was not so accurate. The T3457 tanks, which were driving at high speed, were shaking all over as if they had Parkinson's syndrome. Whether this old-age sunset-red gun technique could deflate the tires was not mentioned for the time being. The clanging sound of sparks flying on the door and frame of the German vehicles was enough to scare people to death.

Frightened to death by the Soviet army's inaccurate epileptic strafing gun technique, some German convoy drivers, who were already highly focused, stepped on the brakes subconsciously to avoid the incoming machine gun strafing after their attention was distracted for a moment.

It didn't matter if this subconscious action was not done. An Opel Lightning truck in the middle of the team stopped suddenly and immediately caused a chain rear-end collision. The German trucks and barrel trucks that were only a few meters away immediately collided head-on like bumper cars in an amusement park.

"Haha, what did I say? These Nazi dogs are even more timid than rats! We have to use violence to deal with them!"

The bearded Soviet tank commander, who was smiling happily after his success, immediately discovered something that made him unhappy.

The German barrel trucks that were leading the way in front of the convoy did not intend to stop even when their comrades in the rear had a rear-end accident. Their frantic escape was even more intense than rats that saw a living person in the sewer.

"These Nazi fascists, let them see how our Red Army treats deserters! Load high-explosive bombs!"

The Soviet loader, who was a little confused, was startled by the order given by the tank commander who also served as the gunner, and immediately asked in a slightly unbelievable tone.

"But, comrade commander, we received an order not to fire directly at the German cars. Using machine guns is already out of line!"

"Damn it! Are you using your head to go to the toilet? If those Germans really run away, I can't explain to the commander. Instead of letting them run away, it's better to hand over the bodies and complete the mission! This is an order, load the shells!"

Before he finished speaking, he thought about it for a while and it seemed to be true. The loader immediately picked up the high-explosive bomb in the chassis and stuffed it into the breech block.