Chapter 551 Tiger Roaring Battlefield

Steel rolled and roared on the wet and muddy road. The Soviet tank column rumbling from the northwest at ten o'clock was not at all the 13 to 15 that Major Heinkel mentioned before, but after Wittmann repeatedly After counting twice, there were a total of 18 Soviet tanks!

The heavily armored KV1 heavy tank drove directly in front of the entire tank column and was responsible for clearing the way. The slightly smaller T34 medium tanks followed closely behind like followers.

The Soviet infantrymen sitting on the tank were completely unaware of the presence of Wittmann and his party. They were talking and laughing as if they were talking about something happy and unsuspecting.

"These Russians had no idea we were here, and that's a good thing, Michel."

Wittmann, who was noncommittal to gunner Klink's words and kept his eyes fixed on the target, quickly focused his vision on the tail car of the tank column.

"Aim for the last one first, Klink, block the retreat of those Russians on the dirt road!"

Strictly speaking, this is the first time that Wittmann has put the Tiger tank's 88mm main gun into actual combat. Wittmann, who has fired dozens of test rounds before, knows very well that this powerful main gun is far more powerful than any other in the German army. Anti-tank weapons, as long as the gunner Klink can hit them accurately with one blow, there will be no problem in instantly killing those Russian shabby tractors from the side.

The Soviet tank column that slowly drove over from one kilometer away did not take long to reach Wittmann's ideal firing distance: 800 meters away.

What made Wittmann feel a little uneasy was that among the Soviet infantrymen who were sitting on the tank and talking and laughing, suddenly a dozen of them jumped off the slow-moving tank, holding in their hands exactly what they had done last year. The latest appearance in the Winter War was the Bobosha submachine gun, which temporarily embarrassed the German army.

"I didn't expect that the Russians in Leningrad would also use this kind of weapon. It seems that the production speed of the Russians is much faster than those above expected."

Wittmann, who was sighing silently in his heart, saw the most appropriate opportunity and gently patted gunner Klink on the shoulder. Wittmann, who was not used to shouting in battle, had always used this method to keep his spirit up. A calm mind to concentrate on analyzing the battle.

After receiving Wittmann's action command, gunner Klink instantly pulled the trigger in his hand, and the sight sight that had been firmly attached to the last T34 medium tank suddenly shook due to the recoil.

The 88mm capped armor-piercing projectile that had already been stuffed into the breech of the gun and was in the ready-to-fire state suddenly spiraled out of the gun chamber with a muzzle velocity of up to 770 meters per second in the flash of muzzle flash. With a shrill scream and howling wind, it rushed towards the target 800 meters away at high speed.

The 88 gun, which can still ensure the penetration of 140 mm vertical rolled mean steel armor at a distance of 800 meters, has devastating firepower. The T34 medium tank side armor with a physical thickness of 40 mm and a 40-degree horizontal incident angle equivalent armor of 50 mm is basically Unable to withstand such a ferocious attack.

The 88 mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile that turned right and was instantly shattered after being hit by the cap on the armor continued to advance. The weak side armor of the T34 medium tank body was easily pierced like tearing window paper, and the tank that struck almost instantly was killed. Immediately it resounded throughout the earth with an astonishingly powerful momentum.

boom--

What happened in the blink of an eye broke the false calm on the silent battlefield.

The astonishingly powerful tank explosion blew off the turret of the T34 medium tank and sent it straight into the sky. The headless vehicle, which was spitting out fire, was blown to pieces, the armor collapsed, and the road wheels flew off.

The Soviet infantrymen who were sitting on the tank and unaware of the danger were even more unlucky. The shocking explosion of ammunition tore apart the body and consciousness before the physical pain could react. The fragmented human body fragments were like bursting sealed cans. Splashing around.

Yu saw everything in sight clearly from the commander's command tower. Wittmann was not surprised at all when he killed the T34 medium tank that had been a headache for the Germans in the past with just one blow. More artillery fire The whistling sound immediately followed Wittmann's calm expression.

Boom boom boom——

The remaining three Tiger tanks, which had already aimed at the enemy, opened fire one after another with the sound of Wittmann's gun. The compact Carl Zeiss binocular integrated main gun sight allowed the powerful Tiger tank to have extremely high firepower at the same time. With such accuracy, it is easy to hit a tank-sized target at a distance of only 800 meters.

The remaining three Tiger tanks that opened fire also wiped out their respective opponents with one blow, and the huge explosion echoed in the ears of everyone on the battlefield.

Four tanks were lost in just a split second before they had time to react. The Soviet tank column, which recovered from the earth-shaking explosion, immediately realized that it had been ambushed by heavy anti-armor weapons. Stop and react.

But as to whether these heavy anti-armor weapons that ambushed one's side were anti-tank guns or enemy tanks, the Soviet tank soldiers who were temporarily blinded were completely confused.

The wireless communication stations for vehicle-to-vehicle communication that were fully equipped in Malashenko's 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment did not exist on these Soviet tanks that were suddenly ambushed and scrambled.

Unable to communicate effectively and in a timely manner, the Soviet tanks fought almost on their own, turning their bodies in the direction that the commanders thought might be the direction of the artillery fire and trying to face the enemy head-on.

But the embarrassing thing was that some Soviet tank commanders with poor hearing misjudged the direction of the German artillery fire and turned the tank body in the opposite direction to aim at the black muzzle of the Tiger tank. It was normal for this phenomenon to happen in the panic of the continuous explosion of tanks.

"Huh, a bunch of rookies"

Wittmann, who had always looked up to these opponents, showed a disdainful smile after seeing this, and the arc of his mouth slightly raised up and soon blurted out the cold and death-indicating order again.

"Go after the first KV1, Klink! Kill him!"

"Good armor-piercing rounds!"

"Say hello to God for me, Russians!"

Boom--

The sharp tiger roar sounded again, and another 88mm capped armor-piercing round accurately hit the KV1's front armor plate. The front armor of the vehicle with a physical thickness of 75mm and a tilt of 31 degrees was no different from the T34 that was destroyed just now.

The armor-piercing delay fuse was successfully triggered in the vehicle's combat compartment and then exploded. The turret of the entire KV1 heavy tank weighing 7 tons was overturned on the ground while spinning like a salute. Even a strong Soviet main heavy tank like the KV1, which was a powerful heavy tank in 1941, could not withstand the fierce attack of the tiger at a distance of 800 meters.