Chapter 673 Death Block (Part 2)

Based on a rough estimate based on the distance, Malashenko estimated that the German troops currently attacking his friendly forces at the intersection in front of him must be at least half a battalion of German infantry, plus at least ten or more armored combat vehicles of various models.

So many German troops were crowded on a main road in the city and attacked forward, which surprised Malashenko, who participated in the street fighting in Stalingrad for the first time.

But what surprised Malashenko was not only the intensive offensive of the German army, but also the Soviet army on the defensive side. There were also many people gathered at the street intersection trying to stop the opponent desperately.

Several bomb craters left by the German bombing on the road became on-site shelters for the Soviet army to defend. Temporary shelters made of waste bricks, rubble and sandbags were arranged around the craters.

More than a battalion of Red Army soldiers fought desperately with the attacking German army in such an environment. Except for a few buildings near the intersection on the street that were used as machine gun positions, Malashenko found that there was no other building around that had its own troops stationed, let alone using the advantage of high-altitude bunkers to contain the German army's fierce attack.

Such a situation made Malashenko speechless. It seemed that the first day of the urban battle was not yet in place for both the attacking German army and the defending Soviet army. Both sides were almost fighting in the style of plain field battle.

Shaking his head and not having time to complain more, Malashenko turned around and waved his hand to the troops following behind him. At Malashenko's instruction, Lieutenant Igor immediately jumped out of the car with the PPSh submachine gun in his arms, and shouted to the Red Army warriors who had also jumped off the tanks behind him with a more heroic attitude.

"Comrades, destroy the German fascists! Defend Stalingrad! Ura!"

"Ura!!!"

Knowing that the Red Army infantry could even run faster than tanks with a shout of Ura, Malashenko did not dare to hesitate. The driver Seryosha, who received Malashenko's instructions, immediately stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the German army in front of him.

Malashenko's current battle position is a crossroads. The central area of ​​the crossroads is wide enough to accommodate more than a dozen heavy combat vehicles to fight.

The German army, which was advancing from the west to the east of the city, was located at the intersection of the western block. The Soviet defenders who tried to stop the German army and repel it on the spot were guarding the block on the east side of the crossroads.

Malashenko and Lieutenant Igor, who came to help urgently, marched all the way from south to north, just on the flank of the German army that was attacking from west to east.

The German army, which had already formed a battle formation and charged in the middle of the intersection, never expected that a group of Soviet tanks would suddenly come from the south, and they also brought a lot of infantrymen shouting "Ura" and rushed towards them, which made the German major in charge of commanding the battle in this block panic.

"Russians! There are so many Ivans! The Russians are coming from the south, stop them!"

"Machine guns, machine guns! Move the machine guns quickly and suppress those Russians!"

"Move the assault guns and tanks! Ivan's tanks are rushing up!"

The panicked German army completely forgot that they were attackers for a moment, and shouted and called all the support weapons that could be used to turn the muzzles of the guns and guns, trying to stop the Soviet tanks that were rushing on.

However, the German army, as the attacking party, was lightly armed and did not carry many heavy weapons. They did not even have a bulky towed anti-tank gun, and only had machine guns and submachine guns.

The German machine gunner, who was extremely anxious, trotted all the way and moved the machine gun originally aimed at the east street entrance to the south.

But before the assistant gunner, who was also trotting all the way with two large boxes of bullets in his hands and several belts hanging around his neck, could load the belts, the Soviet heavy tanks that rushed in the front and stepped on the accelerator had already roared on their faces.

"177! The Russians painted the white number 177 on the front of their tanks!"

A voice of surprise and shock from the heart became the last thought of the German machine gunner before his death.

The speeding tracks rolled up the MG34 general-purpose machine gun, helmet, uniform, flesh and blood like a meat grinder. The sound of blood and internal organs bursting under the steel tracks was extremely harsh.

The No. 177 IS1 heavy tank prototype, like a steel giant, slowly turned the semi-arc gun shield turret. The slender 85mm main gun shook slightly and aimed directly at a German No. 4 tank less than ten meters away.

"Fire!"

"Die, Hitler's running dog!"

Boom--

In a flash, the muzzle roared, and the 85mm main gun, which was fired at a distance of less than ten meters, directly hit the vertical upper front armor of the vehicle body.

The No. 4 tank, which had just turned its body to meet the enemy head-on, was smashed into scrap metal by Malashenko's vehicle, which was in the front at full speed, before it even had time to aim at the target and fire a shot.

The powerful force of the on-site ammunition explosion instantly set off a metal storm of death in the center of the intersection.

Malashenko's car, which was only ten meters away, was protected by thick armor. Even though it was hit by the impact fragments and even sparks flew, it still stood firm and intact. However, the German infantrymen who followed closely around their own tanks and sought mobile cover were not so lucky.

A large number of German infantrymen were directly swept into a hornet's nest by the fragments produced by the explosion of the long-barreled Type 4 tank. They fell to the ground with painful wails, covering their wounds and groaning and rolling.

The German soldiers who were alive or only slightly injured did not care to save their comrades at all.

The Soviet heavy tank with the conspicuous white number 177 sprayed on the front armor of the vehicle body has started again, shaking the turret as if it was deliberately exposing the Guards logo and white bear head paint, which looks extremely scary.

The German soldiers who had never seen such a Soviet heavy tank panicked for a while, and the fear and panic from the bottom of their hearts forced many people's brains. Almost all German soldiers were looking forward to their tanks and assault guns to quickly destroy this Russian steel monster.

But this time, the truth was obviously not on the side of the Nazi invaders.

The group of T34 medium tanks that entered from the southern block behind Malashenko's car soon swarmed in, guns and cannons roared, and the Red Army soldiers who rushed to the front along with the tanks almost all held PPSh submachine guns and fired non-stop.

The charge with shells and bullets mixed together soon turned into a one-sided battle.

The German army, which had an absolute advantage just five minutes ago, was surprised and desperate to find that victory had quietly and inadvertently said goodbye to them forever.