Chapter 1520 The End

"Target, the Russian heavy tank! Load armor-piercing shells and fire!"

“But our cannons can’t deal with those monsters, so it’s a waste of effort.

"Nothing! Fire immediately, immediately!"

"knew"

In fact, in many cases, whether it is during World War II or in the distant future, there are many things that you do not need to do just because you think it is useless. Even if you know that your work is useless and basically equivalent to useless work, if it really works, then a miracle will happen, but in the final analysis, you still have to do it no matter what.

For example, consider the difficult situation currently faced by the SS Panzers.

It is no longer possible to expect those King Tigers who have been targeted by the Russians to carry the banner and serve as the mainstay. The crazy Russians don't even bother to use armor-piercing bombs, and directly attack with high-explosive bombs, relying on their crushing numerical advantage. The Tiger Kings were left crippled and paralyzed on the spot.

Having lost King Tiger, whom they most relied on, the only ones who can continue to take on important responsibilities are the medium tanks and tank destroyers.

Various 75mm main guns with different barrel lengths are almost useless against those huge Russian steel monsters. The SS armorers know this.

But if they don't stand up now and choose to retreat, then even the last remaining glimmer of hope in this battle will disappear in an instant. The torrent of steel from the Russians will mercilessly crush anyone who dares to block the way in front, not to mention that the Russians who question the SS and hate the SS will show mercy. This is better than the sows. Trees are not yet realistic.

What? You said that the battle has been fought like this, how can there still be hope and hope for victory for the SS?

Yes, hope may not exist.

But these SS soldiers thought that there was still more, and used it as a reason to support themselves to continue fighting. Such a simple situation was enough.

The Viking division in this timeline has greater strength, but its crazy fighting will and fighting style of fighting to the end at all costs are still exactly the same as the original Viking division in existing history.

At this critical moment, the Black Panthers and Panzer IV tank destroyers stepped forward to take over the King Tiger's charge.

There are already a small number of armored vehicles left, and there are naturally even fewer vehicles that can be used to deal with the pursuers when being attacked from two sides.

Holding on to the commander's periscope, he looked at the poor Panthers and Fourth Sisters in the field of vision in front of him, and then looked at those weak shells, like BB bullets hitting steel plates, hitting the heavy tanks of his own side that had begun to charge again. After that, it looked like it was ruthlessly bounced away.

Malashenko, who had led the main force into the battlefield, raised the corner of his mouth, and a ferocious smile instantly appeared on his face. The destruction of the infamous Viking Division would be recorded in history by his own hands today.

"Lavery, has the self-propelled artillery you brought arrived? Where is it now?"

Our deputy division commander has been less present on the front line in recent days, but this does not mean that he has retreated to the second line.

Suffering from the lack of a capable artillery expert in his hands to coordinate the command and act as his right-hand man, Malashenko simply transferred Lavrinenko to manage the two battalions of the division's self-propelled artillery: Katyusha rocket launchers and Each ISU-152 self-propelled artillery battalion is in direct contact with and responsible for itself during the battle.

When Malashenko contacted Lavrinenko at this time, he did not intend to call for artillery support coverage. The troops were already rushing into position, which was obviously unnecessary.

"We have arrived, we are behind you now! The rocket launchers are still deployed in preparation for launch, but the self-propelled artillery can enter the battle immediately and has entered the range. What kind of support do you want to call?"

What kind of support to call? Needless to say?

"Very good! Let the ISU-152s come up to me, aim at those SS scum, and directly flatten the muzzle and blast! Infantry, armored vehicles, and all enemies moving within the field of vision are targets of attack. Don't care about the SS. Those broken cars! Our armor protection is strong enough to withstand it, and all the King Tigers have been destroyed now!"

Direct-aiming bombardment with only 122 heirlooms was not enough. Malashenko also wanted stronger firepower to support it.

Using the reinforced IS2 heavy tank body chassis, the modified ISU-152 self-propelled artillery is different from the existing historical version and has more powerful armor defense.

To put it bluntly, the ISU-152 in the existing history was modified from the body and chassis of the early IS2, but the current one in Malashenko's hands was used in what should have been a later model in the existing history, that is, the 1944 It is made from the body and chassis of the 2016 IS2.

A whole piece of thick armor that is raised on an inclined plane and covers the entire front of the fighting room is the same thickness as the armor on the front of the 1944 IS2 car body, which is 100 mm in physical thickness. The inclination angle is a slightly different 53 degrees, which is slightly smaller than the original 60-degree inclination angle on the front of the IS2 body, and the equivalent armor is slightly discounted. This is to accommodate the huge 152 howitzer in the combat room. Compromises must be made.

The front armor of the fighting room with an inclination of up to 60 degrees simply cannot reserve enough recoil travel for the 152 gun in the fighting room.

In this way, the tilt angle of the armor can only be reduced and the main gun installation position can be further forward.

The final test results proved that the main gun installed under the armor inclination plan reduced to 53 degrees could just leave enough recoil travel for the main gun in the fighting room, so the final design plan was finalized. .

But even so, this unusually powerful armor protection is still considered indestructible.

In addition to the King Tiger's Chang 88 having the ability to barely penetrate at a distance of 500 meters, the frontal armor of the new ISU-152's combat chamber can withstand the bombardment of any known German main gun within conventional combat distances, including The Panther fishing rod main gun has a penetration depth that is 88mm shorter than the Tiger.

After solving the serious problem of King Tiger, Malashenko can finally put the ISU-152 in his hand into the battlefield without any scruples. This also means that the ISU-152s are engaged in large-scale offensive operations in a direct-aiming bombardment posture, rather than The first battle in the defensive operation.

After receiving Malashenko's order, Lavrinenko acted quickly. The ISU-152 battalion, which had already entered the effective range, continued to move forward at full speed to a more advanced attack position.

The IS2 heavy tank body and chassis, which has acceptable mobility, gives these ISU-152s decent maneuverability.

The final forward distance of only a few hundred meters was reached in less than half a cigarette. At this time, the Kurbalov battalion had already broken through the SS position with its infantry and launched the final close battle. The ISU-152s, shaking their ferocious cannons, immediately targeted those SS miscellaneous soldiers who were farther away than could harm friendly forces.

On the other side of the battlefield, in the completely opposite direction to Malashenko's offensive and pursuit route, the Red Army troops that launched a fierce attack on the other end of the remaining SS troops have also made breakthrough progress.

The Red Army troops also chose to use the heavily armored ISU-152 as a heavy hammer to break through the defense, quickly broke in through the torn hole, and started the final fight.

Although the battle has not ended in the true sense at this time, the end point of the Viking Division's existence under the organizational sequence of the Waffen SS has actually arrived and been completely concluded.