Chapter 69 The Bloodstained Nameless Village

Many of the wreckage of the small wooden houses on both sides of the road at the entrance of the village that were destroyed and blown away by the artillery bombardment of the German army before were ablaze with flames. Smelling the burnt smell of charcoal in the air, the SS soldiers who were cautiously holding the Mauser P40 submachine guns in their hands finally entered the village entrance in fear.

Looking at the German infantrymen who were less than a hundred meters away from them and close at hand through the cracks in the wooden stakes in front of them, Lieutenant Diakov, holding the Popod 1940 submachine gun in his hand, immediately spoke to the heavy machine gunner beside him who was ready to go.

"See those German half-tracks? The machine guns mounted on them are our primary threat, so the first wave of attacks will be aimed at those half-tracks and knock them down! As long as these mobile machine gun fortresses are gone, the remaining German infantry is no match for us!"

"Don't worry, Comrade Lieutenant, leave it to me!"

After responding softly, he pulled the bolt of the heavy machine gun in his hand and put it into a ready-to-fire state ready to pull the trigger and fire at any time. The weapon held tightly in the hands of this heavy machine gunner at this moment is not a mediocre one, but the DShK 7mm dual-purpose heavy machine gun that is famous in the history of heavy machine guns in the world.

Speaking of the Russian name of DShK, it may make people feel a little unfamiliar, but this Soviet-made heavy machine gun that shone brightly on the Soviet-German battlefield during World War II was truly known and impressed by the Chinese people during the Sino-Soviet honeymoon period after World War II.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when everything was in ruins, the T-54A medium tank production materials and design drawings imported from the Soviet Union helped my country complete the huge leap from a backward country that could not manufacture tanks on its own to a country that could independently manufacture and maintain the Soviet-made T54A tank, which was one of the most advanced tanks in the world at that time.

The self-produced version of the Soviet-made T54A medium tank in my country is the "Five Pairs of Road Wheels Legend" widely talked about by military fans in later generations-the Type 59 medium tank.

Along with the Soviet T54A medium tank production materials and design drawings, the manufacturing drawings of the DShK 7mm dual-purpose heavy machine gun equipped on its turret at that time were also imported. It was this Soviet-made dual-purpose heavy machine gun, which was outstanding and classic during World War II, that accompanied the first generation of Chinese armored soldiers through that glorious and most difficult period of vicissitudes.

At the moment, the DShK heavy machine gun, which was held tightly in the hand of the heavy machine gunner and ready to fire, had already been replaced with an armor-piercing chain specially designed for attacking light armored targets due to the actual needs of the current battle situation.

This large-caliber armor-piercing incendiary tracer bullet with a diameter of 7X108 mm has an amazing armor-damaging power among infantry weapons. It can ensure that it can penetrate a maximum of 25 mm homogeneous steel armor at a vertical angle of 90 degrees within a distance of 500 meters.

Although such penetration power is not enough to threaten the main tanks of the German army, it is a powerful killing weapon that is capable of dealing with those SDKFZ251 half-track armored personnel carriers with a front armor thickness of only 8 to 10 mm.

When the SS infantrymen who had penetrated deep into the village closely leaned against the left and right rows of the Type 251 half-track personnel carrier and carefully watched for any movement around them, the DShK heavy machine gun that was sticking out of the window of a dilapidated cabin less than a hundred meters away finally launched an attack at the perfect time for its appearance.

Boom, boom, boom--

The crimson tracer bullet barrage, accompanied by the unique drum-like dull gunshot of the DShK 7mm heavy machine gun, instantly tore through the superficial tranquility and echoed over the village. The German Type 251 half-track driver who was caught off guard by this sudden and torrential barrage had no time to react.

The armor-piercing incendiary bullet barrage dragging a scarlet tracer was as easy as a red spike just taken out of the furnace poking into ice cream. After penetrating the fragile armor on the front of the Type 251 half-track vehicle that could only withstand ordinary rifle and submachine gun attacks.

These 7mm armor-piercing bullets, which still carried a lot of residual kinetic energy, immediately turned the driver and co-driver of the 251 half-track vehicle, as well as the machine gunner who was operating the MG34 machine gun in the rear compartment and had no time to fire, into a pile of bloody and bullet-riddled human-shaped mud in a flash of blood. There was no need to rescue them or the possibility of survival.

After pouring a long burst of fire at the 251 half-track vehicle, the Soviet heavy machine gunner did not give up but immediately turned the black muzzle, and the remaining 7mm armor-piercing incendiary bullets stored in the ammunition box continued to fire at the SS infantry who had reacted to the gunshots and subconsciously hid behind the 251 half-track vehicle in an attempt to use it as a cover.

The Soviet-made 7X108mm armor-piercing incendiary bomb was enough to penetrate the fragile frontal armor of the Type 251 half-track vehicle. Even after penetrating the armor, it still retained enough destructive power to kill the human body.

The SS infantrymen who subconsciously hid behind the Type 251 tracked vehicle due to their instinctive reaction at the moment of the gunshot soon paid a heavy price in the blood splattering behind the vehicle.

At the same time, the Soviet infantrymen who were ambushed in other corners of the village also started to attack the German troops who entered the village at the same time.

Mosin-Nagant rifle, Popod submachine gun, DP28 light machine gun, DShK heavy machine gun

In the hastily launched ambush, almost all the light weapons that could be found in the Soviet infantry sequence immediately rang out over the village. The SS infantrymen who were hit head-on from all angles were only concerned about their heads and not their butts. The bullets fired from all directions and all directions made it impossible for these elite SS infantrymen of the Führer's personal army to find a relatively safe shelter to live in.

Holding tightly in his hand the DShK heavy machine gun that had just emptied a box of ammunition and had been replaced with an ordinary anti-infantry ammunition belt roared again. Looking at the SS infantrymen in front of him who were like frightened rabbits and had nowhere to hide, twisting their bodies and falling to the ground one after another under his tracer bullets, the young Soviet heavy machine gunner, who was extremely excited and had a surge of adrenaline, immediately pulled the trigger in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Haha, keep going, you Nazi running dogs! Please accept the cordial greetings from the Kiev City Komsomol!"