Chapter 947 Deshka Storm

Putting machine guns on the rear end of tank turrets as mobile machine gun bunkers, and letting infantry go up to operate them directly during battles, without the need for tank crew members to go into battle personally, was one of the most common practices of the United States during World War II.

Although this may put infantry in a dangerous situation where they are easily targeted by concentrated fire, after all, the tank turret can only protect two-thirds of the machine gunner's body at most, and the exposed part from the chest to the top of the head cannot be protected at all. When a large-caliber machine gun sounds like this, as long as the opponent is not stupid, he will definitely focus on it first.

But to be honest, infantry casualties are really not a big deal for the Soviet Red Army, which has always been particular about large-scale combat.

Malashenko is not a cold-blooded commander and fighter, but the role that a machine gunner can play is far higher than that of ordinary riflemen and submachine gunners, and the casualties and exchange ratio caused to the enemy will also be greater. To put it more broadly, the chances of winning the battle will be greater, and the battles that can be won will be won faster.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, it is a very cost-effective thing to let the infantry use the tank turret as a shelter and stand on the tank engine cover to operate the machine gun at the rear end of the turret.

Considering that the machine gunner will inevitably face a very dangerous situation once he encounters concentrated fire, Malashenko also specifically asked Karamov to weld another side of the machine gun shield that had been installed before to the machine gun at the rear end of the turret.

The armor coefficient of the machine gun shield is not high, but the thin 8mm steel plate is enough to withstand the attack of all types of light weapons ammunition of 92mm and below of the German army, and it is even more of a piece of cake to withstand the shells and grenade fragments.

The Red Army soldier who climbed into the engine compartment of Malashenko's car had never experienced this kind of combat mode before. Although he was just a submachine gunner on weekdays, he understood automatic weapons and received relevant training in machine gun operation and firing during the recruit training period, but operating such a fancy new thing as the machine gun at the rear end of the turret was really a first for a big girl.

Da Da Da——

Swish——Swish——

Ding Ding Dang Dang——

The bullets fired continuously by the German army just over a hundred meters away made the shield of the DShK heavy machine gun on the roof spark and clang. The scene of bullets flying around and the sharp whistling of bullets were heart-shaking, and even enough to make the timid people unable to lift their heads and urinate on the spot out of fear.

The cruel battlefield only favors the brave, and the timid ones don’t even know how they died most of the time.

The Red Army soldier who squatted behind the turret and observed the interval of the German firepower for a while seized the opportunity. When the German MG34 general-purpose machine gun ran out of bullets and changed the belt, he instantly stood up from behind the turret, grabbed the DShK heavy machine gun in front of him and pressed the trigger directly.

Boom boom boom——

The dull roar of the DShK heavy machine gun when it fired was more special than any other Soviet firearms. This heavy machine gun, which did not have a fast firing rate but was extremely powerful, was the absolute conqueror in any infantry battle.

Once this thing started to catch fire, the MG34 that the German army was proud of would instantly become a younger brother.

The DShK heavy machine gun equipped with armor-piercing bullets was a weapon that made no sense at all, especially in battlefields like Stalingrad where there were no earthwork bunkers and most of them were building bunkers. There were many German machine gunners who were directly torn apart by the DShK heavy machine guns, including the bunkers.

Ordinary walls could not withstand the fierce attack of this monster. Whenever the German infantrymen who were still frightened encountered the roar of the DShK, they would immediately drill behind the more solid bunkers. The thicker the wall, the better, for fear that the bunkers would be smashed into pieces together with the people.

The Red Army soldiers who loved the fierce firepower of the DShK affectionately called this heavy machine gun "Giant Bear" and "Narco Crusher".

The German soldiers who survived the destructive continuous firepower of the DShK and were still frightened called this Soviet heavy machine gun, which was not good-looking but extremely powerful, "Stalin's guide chain" in horror.

The DShK heavy machine gun, which did not have a fast firing rate, had a very distinctive and rhythmic sound when it fired. It sounded like the continuous "click", "click", "click" sound of a large guide chain used for field maintenance vehicles when it was pulled by manpower.

For those terrified German soldiers, this unique guide chain-like terrible sound was like a death noose around their necks. It seemed that as long as the Russians holding the guide chain exerted force, the German soldiers' heads would be cut off by the heavy iron chain, and their heads would be moved and fall to the ground in an instant.

The roaring DShK heavy machine guns smashed the red 7mm tracer bullets on the opposite German defense line.

The armor-piercing incendiary tracer bullets mixed into the ammunition belt in a ratio of 1:4 not only played the role of guiding the trajectory, but also achieved a terrible effect of destruction on the spot in a flurry of sand and rocks when hitting the positions of the German machine gunners who set up their machine guns behind the ruins of broken bricks and tiles.

The bunkers were penetrated, the guns were smashed, the flesh was torn apart, and the blood and bloody human fragments were like ketchup in American fast food restaurants.

Several IS1 heavy tanks that Malashenko temporarily requisitioned from the first battalion were all specially modified in this way. Other Red Army soldiers followed suit and climbed onto the remaining tanks, stood behind the turrets, picked up the DShK heavy machine guns and fired at the Germans.

Not all the German soldiers who had the sickle of death on their necks were waiting to be killed. There were not a few German soldiers who tried to fight back with their weapons and tried to eliminate the Soviet machine gunners standing on the tanks.

However, the Soviet machine gunner, who was already covered by the tank turret for most of his body, is now protected by a machine gun shield. Although this will seriously affect the machine gun's aiming field of view, the protective effect brought by the 8mm armor steel plate is real. Undeniable.

The German soldiers, who needed to fire accurately to hit the Soviet machine gunners through the gaps, were about to collapse.

The bullets fired by the guy in his hand hit the turret armor and the machine gun shield and sent sparks flying. After a long time of wasted effort and heavy casualties, nearly a thousand rounds of bullets were fired, and the two manipulators of Deshka were barely able to survive. Soviet machine gunner with a machine gun.

Things even more desperate and worse than this followed quickly.

The Russians have a lot of soldiers following the tank who can take over and control the machine gun at any time. Within ten seconds after a machine gunner is knocked down, another machine gunner will climb onto the tank to take his place and continue to fire.

The Deshka heavy machine gun, whose machine gun shield is set quite far forward, is fully and tightly protected even during the entire reloading process of changing the magazine. The wishful thinking of wiping out the machine gunner by interrupting the firepower is almost like a daydream.