Chapter 874 Support the Front Line

Against tanks, anti-tank mines will always be effective, and will be no exception in future generations.

It's not easy to dig pits and bury mines when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, but it's easier if you bury them directly in the snow instead of on the ground.

It's even simpler, just throw it directly into the snow, and the next night's snow, the next day, nothing can be seen.

In front of the position, the mines had already been arranged, but in the severe cold weather, some of the mine fuzes would also be frozen, making it impossible to trigger.

It is impossible for all weapons to be effective. In low temperature, how to maintain the combat effectiveness of weapons is always the most important.

Rear, Air Force Base.

"Quick, quick, start the engine!" With the sudden attack on the front line, in the rear, the air force also immediately entered a state of battle.

The line of defense here belongs to the air defense area of ​​the Volunteer Air Force. Young Bruce, wearing a cold flight suit, felt the cold wind like a knife on his face, and stepped into the cockpit in a few steps.

Start the engine!

Cold weather can make it extremely difficult to start the engine.

If it is a liquid-cooled engine, it takes a longer time before starting. For example, the ground service needs to boil water and pour it into the cooling water channel to warm up the cylinder. This is preheating. This process requires at least Ten minutes, or even half an hour.

Air-cooled engines do not need to be so troublesome, as long as the crankshaft is simply turned to allow the lubricating oil to flow. At the same time, these engines have been replaced with the latest winter lubricating oil, which will not solidify into paste at low temperatures shape.

For the ground crew outside, first use the crank handle to drive the crankshaft of the engine to rotate, run a few laps to allow the lubricating oil to flow, and then officially start.

This batch of engines also needs to be started by manpower from the outside. Two tall Finnish ground crews shook the crank handle together, and the rotation speed increased from slow to fast, and they saw a stream of black smoke in the exhaust pipe. It came out, then, more and more, and finally, the engine started!

After starting, Bruce did not take off immediately, keeping the engine of the plane, idling for a few minutes, and releasing the brakes until the various instruments in front of him were normal.

The MB152 fighter, this performance is not the most advanced legal fighter, slid onto the runway and took off slowly, and behind it, a fighter jet, took off.

Support the front line!

At this time, the battle on the front line was at its most intense!

T-34 tanks, like a tide, kept coming up.

"Boom!" Another T-34 was destroyed. After all, the Finnish army has the largest number of anti-tank guns. In addition to the latest 17-pounder guns, there are also original anti-tank guns. .

For example, a 50mm anti-tank gun requires a special tungsten alloy warhead to hit KV-1, but to hit T-34, only ordinary steel core armor-piercing bullets will do.

They were firing continuously, shooting at the advancing Soviet tanks, who were greeted by even more intense artillery fire.

"Boom!" A T-34, shooting on the move, actually hit the mouse to death, and hit the anti-tank gun position accurately. In the huge explosion, the position was blown away, and several gunners, together with The anti-tank guns were all fired up.

Combat, bloody and brutal.

"Quick, fire!" Petiver continued to shout loudly, and with his shout, the 17-pounder roared again.

This is the twentieth launch.

The gun body has been continuously fired and heated up. It can be seen that when snowflakes fall on it, it is immediately vaporized. I don't know if this gun can still experience continuous shooting.

And their results are ahead. They maintain a fairly high hit rate, exceeding 50%, and have destroyed eleven tanks!

Moreover, they are also very lucky. Up to now, the nearest cannonball on the opposite side is still several meters away from them. Except for one loader who was carrying the cannonball, the loader was scratched by shrapnel, and the rest were still intact. Not bad , the body is complete.

"Boom!" Their artillery fired again, and the shells flew to the target 300 meters away from the opposite side. A heavy KV-1 tank was accurately hit!

Amidst the loud explosion, the KV-1 tank was roaring in flames. Except for the driver in front of him, the rest of the tank died along with the tank.

However, behind this KV-1 tank, at least four or five T-34 tanks rushed up with black smoke at full speed!

The Soviets' willingness to sacrifice their lives to fight has been suppressing the Finnish army on the defensive line, and they have a premonition that it is not good.

The Soviet army is advancing with the tactics of the tank sea. It can be said that the tactics of the Soviet Union are quite effective now.

As long as their tanks are not afraid of death and rush forward, as long as there are enough numbers, they can break through their own defense lines!

But now it seems that the situation is developing in the direction of the other side. Behind the Soviets, the tanks are still densely packed, as if it is an army of ants, with no end in sight.

The battle line was conquered, and it was in sight.

At this time, the Soviet Union was also quite excited. Gorelenko, commander of the Seventh Army, listened to the battle report from the front.

"Our army is still 200 meters away from the enemy's line of defense. Our army will rush through the Finnish line of defense!"

"So far, casualties are still expected! Probably more than a hundred tanks were lost."

More than a hundred cars! If it was in the past, it would have been painful, but now, they are fully psychologically prepared.

The high-level meeting convinced Gorelenko that tanks are for consumption, and as long as they can withstand consumption, they can win!

And this time, they are carrying out Comrade Stalin's orders to test this latest tactic in actual combat. From the current point of view, the effect is good!

"The report found that the Finnish side took off fighter jets." At this moment, new news came.

"Let our air force also take off fighter jets to meet the Finns!" Gorelenko said.

After receiving his order, the airport at the rear began to be busy, and the fighter jets that had been ready for a long time took off one by one.

On the front line, fighter jets of the Finnish Air Force have already flown over the battlefield.

Bruce's fighter plane flew at the forefront. When he reached the air above his own defense line, he found out how critical the situation on the ground was!

The Soviet tanks are all over the mountains and fields, and the formation is very grand. This torrent of armor will definitely be able to crush the defense line!

"Dive down and attack the Soviet tanks!" Bruce shouted over the radio as he pushed the lever and the fighter dived.