Chapter 755 Charge Upward!

Following the attack of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment was the 13th Guards Infantry Division, which had been almost wiped out in the previous battle.

This unit, which has suffered 80% casualties, still maintains a high fighting spirit vowing to fight the enemy to the death.

The rewritten facts of the battle at the train station after being replaced by Malashenko did not allow the 13th Guards Infantry Division to reduce casualties. Instead, almost all its troops were plunged into the bloody hill of Mamayev.

Chuikov originally did not plan to use the 13th Guards Infantry Division to cooperate with Malashenko in launching an attack, because the casualties of this heroic unit were too great, so much that they were almost wiped out by the entire organization.

However, the request for war submitted by the 13th Guards Infantry Division overnight finally changed Chuikov's decision. After emergency replenishment, the strength of the 13th Guards Infantry Division was basically restored to half of its full strength. It was regarded as cooperating with the First Heavy Guards The tank breakthrough regiment launched the first round of charge and the infantry troops entered the battle.

Chuikov hoped that the two heroic Guards forces could work wonders for the anxious battle of Mamayev Heights. Even though these two Guards forces may only have nominal titles, their real strength has long been greatly reduced and was brutally beaten. The Battle of Stalingrad dragged on to exhaustion.

But as long as there is the possibility of creating a miracle, we should not let it slip away from our hands. This is also one of the words Malashenko personally told Chuikov last night.

"I hope General Zhukov is right. This Malashenko may really be able to create miracles."

The battle began without any artillery support or aviation cover.

As usual, Malashenko, who rushed to the front of the assault formation, took the lead. He first passed the firepower point and hidden sentry guarded by the Soviet army halfway up the mountain. The steel tracks ran over the tree trunks that had been blown into two parts, making a harsh grinding sound. , warning the German troops stationed on the top of the mountain to open their doors to receive guests.

"Damn it! It's a tank. The Russians brought the heavy tanks over! It's those damn KVs!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Anti-tank guns, go and push the anti-tank guns over!"

Without the threat of Soviet field artillery, there was also the absolute air superiority protection of our own air force overhead.

The German army, which rarely fought such carefree and comfortable battles, boldly changed its defensive deployment. The anti-tank guns that had been placed on the second line of defense in the past to prevent them from being covered and destroyed by Soviet artillery fire were unprecedentedly placed this time. In the most prominent position, several German anti-tank artillerymen quickly pushed a PAK40 75mm anti-tank gun into the predetermined gun position.

Although the condescending defensive posture is beneficial to the German army, it also brings certain troubles to the deployment of anti-tank guns.

In order to allow the depression angle of the anti-tank gun to reach the Soviet tanks, the German army, whose position was too high, excavated part of the soil to raise the anti-tank gun emplacement in advance.

Although this solves the embarrassment of insufficient depression angle during battle, the different fighting postures still make the German anti-tank artillery feel quite aggrieved, and the deliberately raised anti-tank gun emplacement also exposes more The frontal projection area increases the risk of being hit. These are important factors that make the German tank artillery quite uneasy.

"Aim at the Russian tank at the front, right at twelve o'clock, 750 meters away, kill it!"

"Fire!"

boom--

Ding-ding——

"Gan!"

As the victim of the entire Guards First Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment, Malashenko could swear that his vehicle was definitely the one that took the most beatings in the battle.

The German army's first armor-piercing bullet was once again awarded to Malashenko without any surprise. The 75 mm full-caliber capped armor-piercing bullet hit the turret, causing a burst of fierce sparks and harsh noises. The paint on the left side of the turret was close to The Guards logo instantly wiped off a large piece of paint as if it had been struck by a sharp sword.

"Iushkin! Use the coaxial machine gun to suppress that German anti-tank gun!"

A main gun that fires a single precise shot is almost impossible to hit the target in the bumpy state of full speed. The main gun's coaxial machine gun that can fire continuously has become the only effective weapon available at the moment.

After the last battle, Malashenko, who was almost knocked off his head by a shot, learned a lesson and no longer dared to risk being shot in the head by a German sniper by manipulating the commander's machine gun. Who knows the Germans? In order to win the Battle of Stalingrad, how many snipers and special marksmen were deployed to participate in the battle.

The 62mm DT coaxial machine gun began to tilt its firepower under Iushkin's operation, and the barrage of tracer machine guns that were more crooked than an old man peeing began to spread with great bumps, pouring towards the German anti-tank gun positions that had been exposed. go.

Malashenko did not expect that this level of machine gun suppression could eliminate the German anti-tank gun emplacement. He only hoped that the terrifying sound of machine gun bullets whizzing across his head would bring extreme consequences to the German artillerymen operating the anti-tank guns. Huge psychological pressure and panic.

The 62mm tracer machine gun bullets could not penetrate the PAK40's artillery shield. The bullets hit the steel plate, causing sparks to fly and whispering in the ears like the god of death grinning. However, they frightened the German anti-tank gun crew who were loading. Light, no one can act as calm and confident as ever when it comes to dancing on the tip of a knife.

"Reload! Reload quickly! Leave the Russian machine gun alone! Fire and kill it!"

In the midst of those hasty and anxious words, it was no longer the first German anti-tank gun that fired that was fighting alone.

The German defense line deployed on the top of the mountain and the hillside near the top of the mountain has been fully opened at this moment. Various machine guns and rifle bullets are fired at the Soviet tanks in the front. The roaring anti-tank guns are the most serious threat in the symphony. Malashenko, whose ears are full of bullets hitting his tanks, is annoyed.

"Don't worry about those machine guns and infantry! Keep charging, coaxial machine guns suppress anti-tank guns! All drivers step on the accelerator!"

The unfavorable situation of attacking from low to high made Malashenko never think of stopping to destroy those German anti-tank guns. This kind of life-and-death battle is fought with speed. Malashenko didn't want to wait until more German reinforcements appeared on the top of the mountain, and he was still playing against the German anti-tank guns on the hillside like an idiot.

The KV1 heavy tank and Malashenko's IS1 prototype tank, which were not known for their mobility, were very slow. Even if the slope was not steep, the upward attack from the bottom seriously affected the advancement speed of the heavy tank.

Following behind the tank, they could keep up with the full speed of the heavy tank by running fast. The 13th Guards Infantry Division, which was also known as the Guards, did not just keep up with the others.

Knowing that their tanks could not fire their main guns while moving, some brave Soviet machine gunners ran up to the engine compartment of the tank with their DP light machine guns in their hands, opened the bipod and used the turret as a machine gun position cover to start firing at the Germans on the opposite side.

Striving for the fastest full-speed advancement, they soon pushed the front line of artillery fire to a position less than 300 meters away from the top of the mountain at the cost of certain casualties.