Chapter 274: Armored Assault (1800 votes plus update)

   "Order the regiments to launch an attack in five minutes." Colonel Guderian gave the order.

  The powerful assault capability of the armored forces has been fully demonstrated in the two battles in East Prussia. Although, due to the low reliability of the current tanks, almost half of the tanks will lie down after a battle, and even be lost due to malfunctions. But even so, Qin Tian and the generals of the 8th Army still attached great importance to the armored troops. Qin Tian even ordered more tanks to be dispatched from the German Arms Company to East Prussia. Once the tanks on the front line are lost, replenish them immediately.

  This allows the combat effectiveness of the 8th Armored Division to remain at its peak. During the Polish campaign, Qin Tian and others also had high hopes.

  The 8th Armored Division can be reused, which makes Guderian and others very excited, because it means that their value has been reflected. What's more, Qin Tian had promised that after the victory of the Polish War, they would be promoted again. A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Especially Guderian, who has been promoted to the rank of colonel and is only one step away from the general, has an incomparable desire to become a general.

  Five minutes passed quickly. The regiments of the 8th Armored Division immediately launched an attack according to the predetermined combat plan.

  The fully staffed 8th Armored Division has more than 16,000 people and is equipped with more than 250 tanks. There is no doubt that this is an extremely powerful armored assault force. Although, the tanks they use are still very crude, with weak armor, slow speed, weak firepower, insufficient reliability and so on. However, in this era, this is still unstoppable.

   "Attack!" When the commanders of the 8th Armored Division issued the order, the tanks that had already been launched rushed out of the position immediately.

   "Boom!"

  The engine of the tank began to neigh, driving the tank vigorously and heading towards the Russian army's position.

  More than 200 tanks, with the regiment as the unit, formed three arrows and charged towards the position of the Russian Guards 2nd Army.

  These pitch-black tanks are shining with icy steel edges. After seeing them, people can feel a coldness penetrating to the bone marrow from their hearts.

   Three infantry regiments of an infantry division followed behind the 8th Armored Division. After the 8th Armored Division breaks through the Russian defense line, they will launch an attack along the gap so that they can expand the results of the battle and defeat the Russian army in one fell swoop. The follow-up troops will follow behind them and launch an attack until the 2nd Russian Guards Armored Division is completely defeated and eat them as much as possible.

   "God! What the **** is that?" On the position of the 2nd Guards Armored Division of the Russian Army, a soldier looked at the tank rushing towards their position and exclaimed.

  When the German artillery fire began to extend backwards, the Russian army knew that the German attack was about to begin. So a large number of troops entered the position, ready to resist the German attack. Although, their positions are already quite dilapidated. But it is better to have a place to hide than to be exposed to the wilderness without any shelter.

  However, these Russian troops were shocked by the German armored forces. This is completely different from what they imagined! In their impression, what they have to face should be the attack of a large number of German troops. But what about those black lacquered iron bumps?

   "Damn it, is this the tank unit that defeated the 2nd Army and forced the 1st Army to surrender?" a Russian general exclaimed.

  The Russian 2nd Army and 1st Army were nearly wiped out in East Prussia, and the culprit was undoubtedly the German armored forces. Although, the middle and lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers of the Russian army may not know this. However, those senior officers and generals undoubtedly knew this. Therefore, after discovering that the German armored forces had launched an attack, many Russian troops came with some trepidation in their hearts.

   "Fire quickly to prevent the German tank troops from approaching our position." The Russian general ordered.

  However, the artillery of the Russian army was almost destroyed in the previous battle. They simply didn't have much artillery to launch a bombardment, let alone stop the attack of the German 8th Panzer Division.

   "Boom! Boom!"

  The tanks of the 8th Armored Division of the German army, while marching, fired at the Russian positions with tank guns, clearing those targets that survived the fierce shelling and threatened the infantry.

   "Boom!"

  A 37mm tank gun shell accurately hit a fire point of the Russian army's machine gun and destroyed the fire point of the machine gun. Both the heavy machine gun and the machine gunner were torn to pieces in the explosion.

  The firepower points of the Russian army were named one after another under the precise strike of the tanks of the 8th Armored Division. This makes the defensive power of the broken line of defense of the Russian army being further weakened.

   "God! Fire quickly." The mortars on the Russian defense line started shelling.

   However, the Russian army is not equipped with many such artillery. At the same time, the power of the mortar shells is too weak, unless it directly hits the fragile top of the tank, otherwise, it will not be able to pose a threat to the German tanks at all.

  As soon as the Russian mortars fired, they were attacked by German artillery fire again. Hundreds of 75mm field guns once again covered the Russian army's position with a round of firepower.

   A few minutes later, the mortars of the Russian army were almost destroyed. The rest were also frightened and did not dare to continue firing.

   At this time, the 8th Armored Division had already advanced not far from the Russian defense line.

"Da da da!"

  The coaxial machine gun and directional machine gun on the tank began to fire at the Russian position. The Russian soldiers hit by the dense bullets couldn't even lift their heads, let alone launch a counterattack. Of course, in the hands of these Russian soldiers, there is no powerful weapon that can deal with German tanks.

   "Puff! Puff!"

  A few Russian soldiers whose heads popped out accidentally were hit by machine gun bullets from tanks, and their heads shattered like watermelons. Red and white, scattered everywhere.

  The other Russian soldiers were immediately frightened. Some timid Russian soldiers were so frightened that they wet their pants.

   "Damn, what should we do? The Germans dispatched tank troops, how could we resist their attack?" A Russian commander cursed.

   "Why are the Germans equipped with such powerful weapons, but we haven't even developed restraint weapons?" A Russian general was very speechless.