Chapter 919 Targeted Elimination

Iushkin, who had precisely manipulated the steering and elevation wheels in his hands, finally stopped. His smooth aiming action had already aimed the dark muzzle of the main gun at the target, and the 85mm fixed high-explosive shells loaded in the barrel immediately rushed out from a ball of muzzle fire.

Boom——

Crackle——

A fierce sound of brick and stone debris flying everywhere rang in my ears. The German machine gun fire point on the window was directly hit by Iushkin's 85mm high-explosive shell, and it suffered irreparable destructive damage in an instant.

The entire window fire point reinforced with concrete and bricks was completely blown away, and the square window that originally existed here was directly torn into a huge gap with a diameter of more than one meter by the terrifying 85mm high-explosive grenade.

The German machine gunner was thrown backwards by the blast wave, but before he hit the wall and stopped completely, the large pieces of bullet fragments and the blast wave cut him in half in midair. In the end, he hit the wall and fell to the ground instantly, with only his upper and lower bodies connected by an intestine. The living man who was still alive and kicking just now became a silent corpse in an instant.

The blasting scene of flying sand and rocks quickly disappeared, but not all Soviet tank crews were as successful as their brigade commander's car.

Some Soviet tanks with slightly poor aiming accuracy hit the oncoming wall very close to the firing point.

These reinforced brick walls with a thickness of more than half a meter are useless to bombard with ordinary 85mm high-explosive grenades.

In order to resist the severe winter cold, the Soviet people sincerely built their houses extra sturdy, but these buildings that were originally used to resist the severe cold became natural fortresses and bunkers in the hands of invaders. Malashenko estimated that without a caliber of more than 100 mm, there was no way to use high-explosive bombs to gnaw these brick walls.

"Each crew, aim accurately! Don't hit the surrounding walls, aim directly at the German machine gun holes, aim as accurately as you can, aim directly and blow these bastards to death!"

The surrounding walls are indeed half a meter thick, but these independent small balconies in the rooms that were originally windows are far from being so thick.

The German army, which had removed the window frames and glass, directly used two or three layers of bricks and some military-standard concrete to completely block them. These two or three layers of bricks plus concrete for caulking and reinforcement naturally have no problem blocking ordinary light weapons, and can even easily resist the high-explosive bombs fired by those 30 to 40 mm small cannons.

But the Soviet heavy tanks commanded by Malashenko were genuine IS1s, carrying 85mm D-5T tank guns that could kill tigers and drive away leopards. As long as the hit was in the right place, there was no problem in knocking down the German machine gun fire point with one shot.

"High explosive shells are good!"

Accompanied by Kirill's roar, Iushkin, who had already aimed the muzzle at the next target, roared and fired again.

The whistling shells once again accurately hit the face of another German machine gun fire point, and the scattered brick and stone debris rushed down from the height of the fourth floor like a heavy rain.

The MG34 machine gun, which was blown into a steel twist shape, fell down with broken bricks and stones. The German machine gunner, who was blown into a bloody mess, drooped at the window of the fire point that had become a big hole. The shaky state lasted for only a few seconds before he fell to the ground from the height of the fourth floor with a plop.

"Well done, Iushkin! Next one, keep going!"

The targeted firepower clearing is still going on, just like pulling carrots in the farmland.

After losing two tanks used as fixed turrets, the German army no longer has any anti-armor firepower available to threaten the Soviet heavy tanks on the street.

The crazy machine gun flames hit the armor plates of the tanks, making sparks, but the Soviet gunners, who were not disturbed at all, continued to fire more and more, using their main guns to bombard all enemy targets with flames within the visible range.

After resisting for more than a minute, the German army soon realized that this was not a solution. It was simply unrealistic to want to block the Russian heavy tanks outside the defense line without anti-armor firepower.

The German army, which had a very strong adaptability, quickly changed its routine. After receiving the order, the remaining machine gun firepower points almost retreated in unison and disappeared. There was basically no flame spitting out from the wall of the building facing Malashenko.

"What do these Germans want to do? Have they given up?"

Iushkin, who saw the scene clearly in front of him through the gun mirror, was a little confused, but Malashenko, who was sitting in the captain's seat behind him, knew it very well and was very confident.

"Don't think so well, Iushkin, these Germans will never lay down their weapons and surrender until the last moment!"

"Kirill, load the high-explosive bombs! Iushkin, be ready to fire at any time and listen to my orders."

After giving orders to the crew members, Malashenko grabbed the radio transmitter beside him and repeated the temporary ceasefire order to all the accompanying crews again, and then picked up the telephone hanging on another rack and spoke.

"Captain Valosha, answer the phone, please answer the phone if you hear me, are you there? Over."

Captain Valosha, who was holding the phone in his hand, did not let Malashenko wait too long. He had been holding the phone and sticking to the back of Malashenko's car waiting for orders. After hearing Malashenko's familiar voice coming from the microphone, he immediately held the microphone tightly and responded.

"Yes, I'm here! Brigade Commander Malashenko, Captain Valosha is waiting for instructions!"

"Listen carefully, Captain Valosha! Lead your men forward. We have helped you clear out all the German machine gun fire points that dare to show their heads, and we will continue to observe! Once there are new Germans who show up to die, we will not be stingy with tank shells, so take your men and feel free to clear the buildings on both sides of the street. The tanks will provide you with fire support at any time!"

Malashenko's calculations were very simple. After getting close to a distance of just over 100 meters, he asked the tanks to stop moving forward first, and the infantry crossed the distance of just over 100 meters with their legs to clear the buildings occupied by the Germans on both sides of the street.

The reason why tanks were not allowed to cover the infantry's continued advance was that the elevation angle of the tank's main gun would not be enough for the higher floors. If the distance was closer, the elevation angle of the IS1 main guns led by Malashenko would not be able to reach the German firepower points on the fourth and fifth floors. At that time, even if their own infantry were hit, they could only watch helplessly and could not provide any support.