Chapter 1338 The Death of the Tiger (Part 1)

Malashenko promised Lavrinenko that support would be here soon, as he said not long ago.

Lavrinenko originally thought that the first to arrive would be the follow-up force led by Malashenko, but he did not expect that the first to join the battle would be the artillery support promised by Malashenko.

Although this boy Alexi is always disobedient and incompetent in various uses, he is not useless at the critical moment. Malashenko will never keep a useless reconnaissance company under him. long.

The precise strike coordinates covered by artillery fire were reported by Alexi. His light reconnaissance company was unable to achieve a decisive effect in confronting the enemy head-on, and its firepower was insufficient in such an out-of-control encounter with large tanks. But it still has its own positioning and can play a key role on the frontal battlefield. Directing artillery firepower is the most critical task.

With the precise positioning of the reconnaissance company in front, the artillery support from the rear who had obtained the latest artillery coordinates was extremely accurate.

Although this sudden wave of artillery barrage was only the first round of test firing, the intensity of the firepower could not be overstated. The two self-propelled artillery battalions, knowing how urgent the battle ahead was, used all their firepower from the beginning.

The 152 high-explosive grenades with a roar as loud as a steam locomotive pierced the sky and fell straight down. They exploded one after another among the German army's crowds and raised large chunks of frozen soil into the sky.

This wave of artillery fire came so suddenly that the attacking German army was unprepared and had no psychological preparation at all. They even had no time to evade and maneuver before they were hit in the head.

Alexi's vision is really sharp. The artillery strike coordinates reported by him personally were not those of the German echelon rushing at the front.

After the IS6 heavy tank reinforcements arrived, Alexi, who liked to make his own analysis and judgment based on the current situation, relapsed into his old habit. Without the permission of the comrade of the division commander, the artillery strike coordinates were directly set on the fire support troops holding the rear of the German army. Once the artillery shells fell, they would reach the heavy tanks, assault guns, and self-propelled artillery of the German army.

Alexi's idea was very simple. Since he started to fight, he had to cut off the roots of the Germans and prepare to eat all the enemies in one go.

The German fire support troops, who had no expectations for this situation, were stunned on the spot. The 152mm high-explosive grenade that fell instantly hit them with a parabolic trajectory and hit them directly on the top of their heads.

Most of the shells were not that accurate and continued to explode with great force around the German heavy tanks and assault guns.

The King Tiger and the assault gun can withstand the near-missile shock waves and explosions of the 152 Cult, but this does not mean that other fragile armored vehicles can also.

The German half-track armored vehicle that soared into the sky was blown apart on the spot and debris flew into the air, not to mention the crew members riding in it. Look at how the rotten dumpling fillings boiling in the cauldron are tumbling in the boiling water. That's what the crew members of these German half-tracks look like. It's said that they were covered in it and fried into minced meat. It's really no exaggeration at all.

The armored vehicle was in bad luck, and the German infantry nearby also had no luck.

The infantry shrouded in artillery fire are more vulnerable than rootless duckweeds facing the strong wind. If there are no fortifications and bunkers, it will be ten times worse. Basically, the battlefield will be really miserable.

In the face of the unreasonableness of the 152 Divine Cult, expecting to lie down on the spot to avoid the gunfire and escape the disaster is simply a fool's errand.

The Germans are now facing a force with the strongest field artillery on the planet. Even though Malashenko's Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division, in pursuit of high mechanization and high mobility, gave up its slow deployment and high mobility. Traditional towed artillery, which is time-consuming to maneuver, only retains two high-mobility equipment, the Katyusha and ISU152, which can be fired and moved.

But this level of devastating heavy firepower is still not something an unprepared infantry unit can withstand.

The vast majority of the German infantry did not even have a chance to cry out, before they were dismembered on the spot and blown to pieces by brutal artillery fire.

Some Western 3A game masterpieces in the 21st century use the gimmick of "unlimited blood supply" as a selling point to attract players to pay for the game and join the grass-cutting army.

But now, at this moment, here, on this real battlefield shrouded in artillery fire.

The German infantry who had been stunned by the bombing had entered a state of "unlimited supply of limbs and minced meat". The broken frozen soil and weapon parts raised by the artillery fire were full of various missing arms and legs, as well as Look down on the fuzzy minced meat that is originally part of it.

It was torn into pieces and licked by the flames that soared into the sky, and then scattered in all directions. Until the next shell hit, it was swept up by the strong shock wave. Repeating the previous situation, it was torn into more pieces, and then continued to fall on the ground somewhere unknown.

"The bombardment effect is confirmed! Hit the target! Keep firing at the same coordinates and kill these German scum!"

The German guy was so bombed that he didn't even have a chance to cry for his father and mother, but Alexi, the instigator who was watching the fire from the other side, was so excited that he was so excited that he felt like he had been shot.

The ISU-152 self-propelled artillery battalion, which received the report from the "Eye", complied with the instructions, and the uninterrupted artillery strikes continued to fall straight down and explode one after another towards the central main force of the German Crescent Offensive.

The German armored soldiers, whose ears had been shocked to the point of hearing nothing, realized that something was wrong. The immobile King Tigers finally began to try to reverse their vehicles in an attempt to avoid the artillery fire.

But just as Malashenko had expected, even if it were a lottery, I would not believe that you would not be able to win a tank if you filled up a battalion of self-propelled artillery with direct fire coverage.

Even if your German driver is driving a King Tiger, if a 152 hits you and hits the bullseye, you will still be left with nothing to eat. What's more, this is the 152 Divine Cult that shoots in a curved trajectory rather than directly aiming at artillery. Let's see if your Tiger King's dome armor is hard enough or if the 152 has enough charges!

What Malashenko expected did happen, and it happened really quickly.

A King Tiger that had just started to reverse had not moved a few meters away when a 152mm high-explosive grenade dropped from the sky with a shrill roar and hit the target.

What a coincidence. The 152 high-explosive grenade hit the dome of the back of the King Tiger's turret.

The King Tiger's turret is not the round Soviet jarhead of later generations. The square and flat dome on the back of the head is simply the best use of the 152 God Cult.

The fragile armor was shattered on the spot by the powerful projectiles, and the warhead charge that exploded instantly would be forcefully poured into it, destroying everything it came into contact with.