Chapter 534 Where Are You Running?

The turbid air mixed with the smell of gasoline floated in the tanks. The German armored soldiers who had just fired two shots at the Soviet infantry positions saw the scene they least wanted to see.

The armored behemoths roaring out from the blind spots on both sides of the village were the powerful Soviet heavy tanks. These Soviet heavy tanks were even more difficult to deal with in battle than the T34. Once they encountered the Soviet heavy tank units, it would definitely be a fierce battle for the German armored soldiers, and they might even lose their lives.

"Stop attacking the positions, the target is those Russian heavy tanks! Prepare to fire!"

The frightened Germans hurriedly turned their guns to prepare for the steel confrontation that was about to break out. Malashenko, who had just sat in the tank for a while, also gave orders to his crew members.

"Kirill, load armor-piercing shells! Iushkin, prioritize dealing with the Germans' long-nosed Panzer IVs, these bastards are the biggest threat to us!"

"Understood, comrade tank commander!"

The long-nosed Panzer IV is the nickname given to the German army's new Panzer IV F2 tank by the soldiers of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment. They prefer this easy-to-understand name to the tongue-twisting official name. The nickname spread invisibly and even Malashenko called it directly.

The total production of the German army's new Panzer IV F2 medium tank so far is still a mystery to Malashenko. The impression is that the German Panzer IV F2 medium tank should have just started mass production at this time, but the bad news that came one after another further deepened Malashenko's worries.

"Damn, the tiger will probably be out of the cage in a month or two at the latest. Who knows how much the timeline of these Germans has been accelerated, damn!"

The active change of self-will is essentially no different from the passive butterfly effect. A double-edged sword derived from the intervention of the time traveler is accelerating the tank timeline of the Soviet and German armies at the same time. The future has undoubtedly become increasingly difficult to accurately predict with the original historical trend.

Boom--

A huge cannon shot sent the 75mm full-caliber capped armor-piercing shell out of the barrel and rushed towards the Soviet army. The German tanks, which were in a parked state and could fire stably, opened fire first and launched an attack. Malashenko, who had just ordered to stop and fire, was hit directly by an armor-piercing shell before he finished speaking.

Ding bang——

The T34 medium tank can be destroyed from the front within the conventional combat distance, but it does not mean that the IS1 can be ravaged at will. The sturdy upper front part of the vehicle body tilted armor took the armor-piercing shell that was hastily fired at an incorrect angle. A shallow pit in the armor was the only "result" left by the Panzer IV F2's first firing.

The main gun sight with a four-fold magnification can clearly see the domineering appearance of the steel father at a distance of 700 meters. The German gunner, who had never seen this new Soviet heavy tank before, opened his mouth in astonishment. He could see clearly the scene where the armor-piercing shell was taken by the upper front part of the opponent's vehicle body.

"Damn it! What kind of monster is that? The armor actually caught our shells directly!"

The roar from the gunner made the German tank commander a little confused. The low-magnification and wide-angle periscope of the commander could not see clearly what was different about the Soviet heavy tank leading the way 800 meters away, and he couldn't even figure out whether the previous shot had penetrated the armor.

"Confirmed! The Russian tank is still moving! The armor was not penetrated!"

Another scream from the gunner made the German tank commander's brows twisted into a knot shape.

The 43-caliber 75mm tank gun on his new car is the latest and most powerful tank gun of the German army. At a distance of 800 meters, as long as there is no ricochet, there is no problem in destroying the Soviet T34 medium tank from the front. This is an accurate value obtained after the live-fire test of the captured T34. It is also no problem to penetrate the KV1 with a high physical thickness but a small tilt angle.

But at the moment, the so-called new Soviet heavy tank directly caught the 75mm full-caliber armor-piercing shell. If it was a ricochet, it would be fine. After all, even if the armor-piercing shell with a cap was installed, it was reasonable that it could not be 100% anti-ricochet. But it was the most unbearable to be caught by the opponent's frontal armor without a ricochet.

The newly replaced new equipment arrived on the battlefield and was ready to show off, but was directly suppressed and ruthlessly slapped in the face by the opponent. No one can stand such a thing. The hard work was wasted in an instant.

The German captain, who forced himself to psychologically suggest that the problem was the incorrect angle of incidence of the armor-piercing shell just now, did not realize that his forehead was already sweating, and then pressed the throat voice device to give orders.

"All crews, adjust the angle of attack on the Russian tanks! Try to destroy them head-on from a large angle of attack! Allow maneuvering to new firing positions!"

"Where are you going?"

Boom--

Almost at the same time as the German captain gave the order, Malashenko, who had taken a direct hit without doing anything, started to curse again, shouting out curses that Iushkin could not understand at all.

Ivushkin, who had long been accustomed to this, guessed what Malashenko meant by just listening to his tone, and immediately stepped on the firing pedal, directly firing an 85mm windshield armor-piercing grenade that Kirill had slipped into the breech block out of the barrel.

The shooting distance of less than 800 meters was fleeting for the 85mm windshield armor-piercing grenade with a muzzle velocity of up to 790 meters per second.

The armor thickness of the Panzer IV F2 medium tank was not strengthened at all, and it still had only 50mm of armor defense on the front of the hull, and this inferior level of protection did not have any tilted armor equivalent bonus. As long as the angle of incidence was not extremely tricky, there was no possibility of ricocheting.

For the 85mm D-5T tank gun that could still ensure penetration of more than 100mm of armor at a distance of 800 meters, this inferior armor protection was easier than cutting a cream cake.

The huge sound of the ammunition explosion, accompanied by a hot shock wave, instantly swept everything on the surrounding land.

Except for the turret that was blown seven or eight meters high and then fell from mid-air, which still maintained its general shape intact, the entire body of the Type 4 tank had been restored to its assembled parts and blown to pieces. The full car of gasoline and eighty ready-to-fire 75mm tank gun shells were powerful enough to destroy everything in an instant.