#1358 Mortar Attack

Compared with the Rat, the Tiger is smaller, for example, the turret rotates faster, which means it can be aimed faster.

Hans quickly became proficient in the operation of the Tiger tank's tank gun. At this time, he and the other Tiger tanks of the 3rd company continued to march towards the battlefield.

Their target is the cistern in the east of the city.

There is the water source of the whole city. If you occupy it, all the defenders will die of thirst. After Hans proposed this idea, with the strong support of Lieutenant General Nikolai Sopica, he sent The 7th Infantry Division, aided by German tanks, pushed all the way towards the cistern.

The offensive intention of the Romanian army was soon discovered by the defenders, so the defenders also set up a lot of obstacles in the blocks where they were advancing.

Fierce battles are ongoing.

"Boom!" With the huge roar, the body of the tank trembled, and the turret was full of gunpowder smoke. The smoking device of the turret was running at full power. After more than ten seconds, everything in the turret could be seen again.

"The target has been destroyed, and we can move on," Zwidi said.

Although in the past, Germany did not hold any military exercises with Romania, but now in the battle, the cooperation between the two sides has been quite tacit.

The Romanian soldiers moved forward next to the tanks, protecting the German tanks from being approached by Soviet anti-tankmen. At the same time, the tanks were also clearing the firepower points in front of them and providing them with firepower support.

Now that the tank had cleared a machine gun point in front of it, the Romanian soldiers rushed forward immediately.

They avoided the route of the tanks, although there was not much joint training, and no accidental incidents such as crushing occurred.

"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, a violent explosion occurred among the Romanian soldiers, and several soldiers were blown away screaming.

Zwidi quickly looked for the target through the front viewing port, and at this time, the explosion continued.

"At nine o'clock, there are Soviet mortars!" Zwidi shouted loudly.

The turret turned, and in his sight, Hans clearly saw a curved shell flying out from behind a building.

On this building, a huge red cross is painted.

The Third Hospital of Osad City.

Mortars are durable, inexpensive, powerful, and easy to learn to use. For the Soviets who advocated artillery firepower, they produced a large number of such weapons. During World War II in history, the Soviet Army produced a total of 348,000 mortars, which were one of the main fire suppression weapons.

To sum it up briefly, the mortar is a powerful and low-cost infantry weapon. Compared to the rifled gun, it has a thin barrel, so it is quite lightweight and can quickly drop high-efficiency ammunition at short distances.

A variety of mortars were used during World War I, but most countries only used light mortars up to 82 mm.

The Soviet Union, which has always liked to brush the caliber, quickly took aim at this cheap and powerful weapon, and they designed the 120mm caliber mortar heavy mortar-M1938.

The advantage of this gun is obvious, it is as much as nine times lighter than a 122mm howitzer and one-twentieth the weight of a 122mm gun. Moreover, the high rate of fire and ability to hit targets with cover make it an effective weapon against enemy personnel.

Right now, a squad of mortar infantry was hiding behind the building, firing their shells ferociously, they had calculated the trajectory in advance, and when the Romanians passed, they fired immediately!

"Boom!" Another artillery shell exploded. This time, the shell of the heavy mortar landed two meters away from the Tiger Tank. The huge blast of air caused several people inside the tank to be overwhelmed. It made my ears tingle.

Opponents are cunning.

Mortars are curved fire weapons, the trajectory is quite curved, and can be fired from behind buildings, but tank guns are direct fire weapons. Now, 88mm tank guns have great power, but they cannot directly hit hiding behind buildings. 's enemy.

Especially, the other party is still hiding behind the hospital building!

If in theory, the Soviet Union did not sign the Geneva Accords, there is no need to abide by various battlefield conventions, and they do not need to treat their prisoners preferentially, and they can also attack targets such as hospitals, but in fact, the German army has fought so far Always abide by the battlefield convention.

After all, Germany is the victorious party, and only the enemy who is about to lose will fight back frantically before dying, regardless of the constraints of various conventions.

Germany did not kill prisoners of war indiscriminately, nor did they attack civilian targets, but now the Soviets are hiding behind hospitals and attacking themselves!

"Turn the turret and rush over!" Zweidi gave the order.

Although Germany has never broken the pact, it does not mean that the German troops will be tied. Since the Soviets used civilian targets first, especially hospitals as bunkers, don’t blame yourself for being rude!

Hans turned the turret, the barrel back, and at the same time, prepared for the impact, of course he knew what Zwidi's order meant.

Bypass the building? This will waste time. What's even more terrifying is that if the other side sets up traps here, they will definitely lay mines on the detours on both sides and blow up their own tracks.

So, there must be surprises, which, of course, is to hit the building directly and appear behind them!

The driver in front lowered the gear and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The 730-horsepower diesel engine made a rumbling sound and turned at a high speed at 2200 rpm. The huge torque was transmitted to the track through the driving wheel, and the tank headed towards the hospital building, ruthlessly. Rush over!

There is a gate on the front of the hospital building. If you enter from the gate, you can enter directly without hitting it. However, the driver did not do this. He was more than ten meters to the right of the gate, with a window. The place hit the past.

In an instant, everyone in the building panicked.

For the Soviet Union, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the saying that all people are soldiers. This is a national war. Everyone must be a soldier. As long as an order is given, they must take up arms and go to the battlefield. was shot.

Now, the hospital here was originally a safe area for war. These days, even the Romanian planes came to bomb and avoided this area. However, the soldiers of the Red Navy made this place a good trap. Waiting for the German tanks to take the bait.

They used heavy mortars to attract each other's attention, and let each other come over. Whether they were going around the sides of the building or passing through the hall in the middle of the building, they would be blown up by anti-tank mines. After that, they could swarm up and kill the German tankers.

As long as these tanks are eliminated, the pace of the Romanians' attack will slow down.

Who would have thought that the Germans played cards out of common sense and bumped over from the corner of the wall!