Chapter 27 Confrontation (Part 1)

Sitting in his commander's position, he heard the familiar words in his ears that he had expected. After pondering for a moment, Malashenko then used the wireless communication station on his command T34 tank to call Cheer Commander Nyayev responded.

"I will definitely fulfill my mission, Comrade Commander, please look forward to my victory!"

Before his firm words could reach the ground, he straightened up and opened the turret roof above his head. Malashenko, holding two signal flags in his hands, stretched his entire upper body out of the turret and immediately began to move towards the hot cars around him. The first armored company under his command, which was on standby, was activated to wave the semaphore and sent out an attack signal.

Among the few shortcomings of Soviet armored forces in the early days of the Great Patriotic War, the lack of radios for inter-vehicle communications was definitely one of the worst and most fatal.

In the summer of 1941, when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the Soviet armored forces only extended vehicle-mounted radios to company-level command vehicles. Communication between each vehicle crew and other friendly armored units basically relied on semaphores. and a signal trooper on a motorcycle to complete it.

The principle of the barrel effect is well known. The key factor that determines how much water a barrel can hold is not determined by the longest piece of wood but by the length of the shortest piece of wood. This is true even if it is placed on a tank. The same is true.

So in the summer of 1941, the Soviet armored forces, which were still using backward semaphores as the main means of communication between vehicles, encountered German armored forces, all equipped with radio stations, experienced in combat and skilled in cooperation.

In the hands of these fledgling Soviet tank soldiers, even though they were equipped with excellent tanks such as T34 medium tanks and KV series heavy tanks that far exceeded the quality of the German armored forces of the same period by an entire era, they still failed to perform a random punch to kill the master. legendary myth.

The legend of the 100-level Liver Emperor player beating up the new player for krypton gold was once again staged on the western steppes of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941. The German army, which was at a comprehensive inferiority in the quality of its armored forces, used a series of blitzkrieg offensives to divide and surround their Soviet counterparts and defeat them one by one. , and finally staged the irreversible overall defeat of the Soviet army in 1941.

As for the fatal shortcomings caused by the poor communication methods of the Soviet armored forces, Malashenko, as a later time traveler, is naturally aware of this.

What German tank commanders can accomplish during battles is by just staying in a relatively safe tank and pressing the communication button and speaking. However, Malashenko, who is also a tank commander, has to take great risks. During the battle, opening the top of the turret and waving flags to give orders to his troops was undoubtedly a great challenge for Malashenko, who was determined to survive the cruelest year of 1941 to save his life.

"Seryozha, start! The target is the German positions, charge at full speed!"

"Nicolai holds on to the machine gun on the hull, and once the German infantry shows up, beat them all to pieces!"

"Kirill, prepare to load the shells! This is your first battle. Don't let nervousness and fear control you. After loading a shell, it is best to immediately hold another shell in your arms and be ready to reload at any time. You Your combat experience and physical strength are not the best, so the error tolerance is greater and it is more beneficial to you, do you understand?”

Faced with the loud reminder of Malashenko's close face, Kirill, whose ears were already immersed in the noise of the roaring diesel engine of the T34 tank, immediately nodded repeatedly.

"Understood, sir!"

"Okay, full speed ahead! Let's tear up those crispy invaders!"

As the driver Seryozha skillfully pushed the joystick and stepped on the accelerator, the T3476 medium tank with a total combat weight of just over 28 tons immediately surged forward driven by the 500-horsepower diesel engine. When he came out, the other 15 T34 tanks and four KV2 heavy tanks of the company's subordinates who were traveling with him also came out to guard on both sides.

Only one kilometer away from Malashenko's current position during the assault, on a hill close to the German position, a No. 3A assault gun belonging to the SS Adolf Hitler's Leibstandarte Division was filled with weapons. The branches and leaves of local plants are hidden in a bush on the hill with its low shape.

Beside him, a young SS officer who served as the commander of this Type 3A assault gun was lying on the grass with his telescope in his hand, quietly observing the movements of his Soviet colleagues. .

The terrible Soviet artillery bombardment just now, which was accompanied by a tsunami and a tsunami that shook the ground, did not seem to have much psychological impact on the young SS commander. Calmly remembering the direction and distance of the advancing Soviet armored forces in his telescope, the young commander climbed up from the grass with one hand and immediately turned around and ran quickly towards his car.

He quickly climbed into his car in three steps and two steps, opened the hatch and jumped in. Before the young SS officer could sit down in his seat, the gunner in the same crew jumped in. He turned around and asked impatiently.

"Hey, Michelle, those Soviet Ivans are coming, right?"

Wittmann sat down in his commander's seat and put the headphones used for communication between crew members in battle back on his head and fastened them. Wittmann spoke a little casually, as if he didn't think much of the Soviet armored forces. Then he spoke.

"16 Soviet T34s, and four heavy tanks with heads shaped like your toilets. Who knows what caliber of main gun those Ivans have installed on such monsters? I'm looking through the telescope Seeing that caliber can at least put Stalin’s head in, I swear!”

After hearing this humorous joke from Wittmann, the other three young crew members in the car crew all showed hearty smiles.

"Well, the joke ends here, my brothers."

After turning on the microphone next to his communication headset and adjusting it to the best condition to confirm that it was correct, Wittmann, who was ready for war, immediately gave orders to his crew members as the commander.

"Based on the records of battles between other friendly forces and the new Soviet tanks and the interrogation results of prisoners of war, the T34 medium tanks and those KV series heavy tanks that Ivans say are very difficult to deal with!"

"Our assault guns can't damage the sides of those KV heavy tanks, so just leave those big toilet heads to the 88 gunners. After the war starts later, Klink, remember to aim lower on the sides of those T34 tanks Fight at your position! Follow my orders and close to within 500 meters to fire, everyone is ready!”