Chapter 894: A Tiger in Troubled Times Bullied by a Loving Father

The mutual shooting battle at a distance of nearly 400 meters has eliminated the last gap in vehicle performance between the two sides, and the scales of victory began to slowly tilt towards the First Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, which has an absolute advantage in numbers.

The losses of the German Tiger tanks, which have never moved since they occupied the advantageous terrain, began to increase. The Soviet gunners, who found their feeling in the battle, began to hit the Tiger tanks' front turrets with more and more accuracy.

The Tiger tanks that continued to spiral up in the sound of successive explosions suffered huge losses. In the eighth minute after the outbreak of the exchange of fire, only three of the nine Tiger heavy tanks were left. Realizing that the situation was completely irreversible, the remaining German Tiger tanks finally chose to give up. The only three remaining vehicles began to retreat at full speed under the cover of infantry.

"Damn it! You're pretending to be awesome and you still want to run! I'm going to beat you to death today!"

After a lot of fighting, it is estimated that nearly 20 IS1 heavy tanks have been lost. Feeling that his scalp is numb, Malashenko can't bear to let these sick cats run away. Today, no matter how much loss he makes, he must keep all these tigers and not let any of them go!

"All crews, move forward! Go over the snow slope and bite those Germans. Don't let them run away!"

Angry is angry, but if you think that Malashenko has lost his mind at this moment and can only fight and rush, you are wrong.

Even though nearly 20 IS1 heavy tanks have been lost, the absolute numerical advantage is still firmly in Malashenko's hands. As the most elite unit of the entire brigade, the first tank battalion still maintains a strong combat power and does not collapse.

The first and foremost reason for the formation of the troops was to start from the elite route, but the more important reason was that the brigade commander Malashenko and the deputy brigade commander Lavrinenko personally led the team to fight against the Germans, and the battalion commander Kurbalov, who had been on the front line, had not been destroyed.

The three military commanders all persisted in fighting, and none of them died. The heroic role model was fully presented in front of them. With such a prerequisite, it was naturally impossible for the crew to be afraid of fighting and run away.

The encirclement tactics were arranged in advance through the radio transmitter at hand, and most of the remaining battalion tanks were divided into three routes according to Malashenko's instructions.

The central assault force led by Malashenko and Lavrinenko was responsible for continuing to exert strong frontal pressure on the remaining defeated tigers.

The remaining ten or so IS1 heavy tanks were divided into two routes under the leadership of the two company commanders' vehicles, encircling the left and right while flanking the German infantry-tank coordination forces that were already in a state of collapse.

As for those T70s that were useless, Malashenko also gave them an important mission: to block the Germans' retreat and create as much trouble as possible. They did not seek to destroy the Tiger tanks with extremely thick armor on their butts, but to make their crews panic and lose sight of the big picture.

The Tiger tank is indeed extremely powerful, but no matter how powerful the weapon is, it still needs people to operate it. Talent is the most important factor in determining the outcome of a battle.

Malashenko did not believe that the German armored soldiers driving the Tiger tanks could still be firm and unshakable at this point, and continue to fight with him with the same mentality as in the first battle.

The undefeated myth of the Tiger tank has been shattered and completely broken in this first battle. Although the losses of the Tiger tanks can only be twice or even three times higher than those of the Germans, Malashenko is still convinced that the destruction of the new secret weapons in large numbers will definitely give a wake-up call to those German armored soldiers who are arrogant.

Once the morale loss goes downhill, it will be out of control. Seizing the inevitable timidity and fear of the Germans and magnifying it with overwhelming absolute advantage is the way to win that Malashenko has in mind.

And those T70s that usually pose no threat to the Tiger tanks may become the last straw that breaks the psychological defense of the Germans.

The three Tiger tanks in reverse have not given up resistance. While switching to the highest reverse gear and reversing at high speed, they are still trying their best to aim at the target as much as possible and bombard any visible and most threatening Soviet tanks within the field of vision, just as Malashenko commented earlier.

The German armored soldiers driving the Tigers are indeed elite, but the German infantrymen following behind the Tigers and on both sides of them are far less firm and reliable in their fighting posture than their armored colleagues.

"Russians! The Russian infantry and tanks are coming! There are Russians everywhere! What should we do!?"

"Damn it! We have already lost the battle. If we don't retreat now, there will be no chance! I think we should run!"

"Falk! Give the order quickly, it will be too late if we delay any longer!"

"Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly! Let the tanks cover our rear first, and we will retreat to the next line of defense to cover them! Quick!"

Malachenko did not hear the conversation of these panicked German infantrymen, but if he had heard it, he would definitely be amused by the strange tactic of leaving only tanks to cover the retreat of the infantry.

Without infantry cover, what combat power can a tank have in the face of an infantry-tank coordinated attack by the enemy? Are you going to choose a high-explosive shell or an armor-piercing shell for the next shell you put into the barrel? How do you plan to deal with the infantry rushing up to ride on your face?

It is naturally a good thing to be able to make the right choice, but at the moment, whether it is objective conditions or the rapidly passing time, the three German Tiger tanks no longer have any chance. The group of German infantrymen who turned around and ran away with their weapons have personally wiped out the last hope of escape for the Tigers.

"Han Hank! Those people who supplemented the infantry regiment, they left us and ran away! They actually retreated without saying a word, damn it!"

Through the gap in the side of the turret with extremely poor vision in front of him, the loader of the command vehicle in the center of the three German Tiger tanks screamed immediately after witnessing a scene that shocked him.

"These idiots! I told you from the beginning that they are unreliable. What kind of garbage are the replacement infantry? The officers are just fresh graduates from military academies! What should we do now? Hank!"

"Oh my God, those Russians are coming again! Damn it, load armor-piercing bullets!"