Chapter 621 The most critical day (Part 2)

The magnification of the commander's periscope was not enough to see clearly that the Matilda II, which was originally produced in Britain, had replaced its main gun, and the German armored soldiers who regarded it as a 40-inch tank with empty defenses quickly paid the price for this.

The Matilda II tank slowly shook its little head and aimed its brand-new Soviet main gun at the German tank. The already narrow and crowded turret almost had to fight sideways because of the larger 76mm breech block. , but this is nothing to the Soviet tank soldiers who have long been accustomed to the cramped and cramped fighting space of the T34 tank.

"The Kraut tank, 750 meters away, aim at his turret and fire!"

boom--

The yellow-orange shells that exited the breech directly hit the inner armor plate at the rear of the turret, making a clanging sound that echoed in our ears. The F-34 2mm main gun, whose armor-piercing power far exceeded that of the British 2-pounder gun, burst out with blazing fire. With the muzzle flash, the hooded armor-piercing projectiles that spiraled out of the barrel stably spanned a distance of more than 700 meters and hit the joint between the turret and the body of the German tank, piercing the armor.

boom--

The ammunition explosion shocked the German commander on the spot. It was so unexpected and shocking that the German commander, who was estimated to be able to withstand direct fire from a British junk 2-pound gun armor-piercing projectile at a distance of 750 meters, was stunned on the spot.

One shot penetrated the front armor of the tank, not to mention causing the ammunition to explode. Is this still the shabby iron armor-piercing bullet used by the British John Bull? How come this scene is exactly the same as being penetrated by a Russian T34?

On a battlefield where every second counts, a commander will not have much more time to think than to react.

At the moment when the German armored commander's brain was disconnected and he was thinking about what was going on in a daze, another Long 75 Panzer IV tank, which had penetrated the armor plate on the front of the body, was blown away on the spot. His head and body were in different places, and the powerful ammunition explosion, which was only four or five meters away from the German commander's car, was deafening.

"Damn it! These bastard Russians tampered with the British tanks! This is not Matilda like those plowing farm tools at all!"

A tank was destroyed and it was possible to use the luck of the Russians to hit some tricky weak points to prevent it. However, in less than ten seconds, another tank's head was blown off, but it is not a fluke at all. , those British Matilda tanks that look unchanged from the front projection have big problems in the hands of the Russians!

After the two tanks were destroyed, the advancing German tanks slowed to a stop and began to fire at the Soviet troops.

Compared with the very few Type 75 Type 4 F2 tanks that Malashenko first saw a few months ago, the urgent need to effectively deal with Soviet tanks on the front line has led to a sharp increase in the production of Type 4 F2 medium tanks. The German armored regiment that appeared in front of Malashenko had 18 of the latest brand-new tanks, which had been officially named Type IV G.

The two sides stopped and entered into an exchange of fire at a distance of 700 meters. The firepower of the German Commander No. 754 was no less powerful than that of the Soviet tank. It was immediately displayed.

Matilda, which was still domineering on the French battlefield and frightened the German armored soldiers into shouting monsters, was no longer able to be reused. The armor defense with a physical thickness of 75 mm and almost no inclination was simply not enough to withstand a 75-meter-long armor at a distance of 700 meters. Number Four's aim was straight.

After only two rounds of back-and-forth shooting in table tennis, as many as eight British-made Matilda and Valentine vehicles were destroyed on the spot.

Realizing that these weird British tanks, like the T34, could threaten their own tanks head-on at a distance of 700 meters, the Germans changed their tactics as quickly as possible, destroying more numbers in the shortest possible time under the same enemy fire threat. tanks are the best choice, and it is natural to attack these British tanks that can be killed with one shot first.

The skillful tactical coordination and fast reaction speed of the German armored forces accelerated Malashenko's plan to bankruptcy.

Malashenko, who originally planned to let these British tanks with changed guns pretend to be pigs and eat tigers to output two more waves, looked a little solemn, worried that the rookie tank soldiers who had just graduated from school would not be able to withstand such pressure and collapse.

He patted the shoulder of Iushkin, who was sitting side by side with him on the other side of the gun block, twice to signal him to search for the enemy and fight on his own. Malashenko grabbed the microphone next to him and decided to say something. He first put this Let’s help stabilize the morale of the rookies who are facing a bloody battle for the first time on the battlefield.

"Hold those German sons of bitches! Don't let them move forward! I will fight beside you, comrades! Destroy them!"

It was only after these new recruits arrived that Malashenko found out that he had been included in the latest version of the Tank Academy textbook as a model and role model.

The school teachers who are now applying their knowledge even regard the raid on the village of Nibotrikaya that they fought just a few months ago as a classic example, vividly describing in class how Malashenko kicked the group of The Kraut's ass poked them in the ass.

Malashenko, who was surrounded by these fresh graduates and asked questions, realized that he had become a campus star. With the look of admiration for him among the school students, Malashenko had a reason. Believe that your own encouragement will play a big role.

Just as Malashenko roared loudly into the radio channel, the destroyed Matilda and Valentine tanks began to make some movement.

The German-made 75mm hooded armor-piercing projectile, which is equivalent to less than thirty grams of TNT warhead charge, is slightly less powerful.

Although it can basically make the members injured and lose combat effectiveness after penetrating the armor, if you want to use this small amount of charge and an unstable number of projectile fragments without fragmentation slots to cause the ammunition to explode and the entire vehicle to die, it is not always possible. It is as powerful as the Soviet armor-piercing grenade with a large amount of powder.

The tanks sent by the British are not only equipped with the basic British configuration of MK19 vehicle-mounted wireless communication radios, but the relative safety of diesel engines also does not make these poorly armored British tanks like German gasoline tanks after being penetrated. A fire broke out on the spot, and objectively speaking, there was enough time for the surviving crew members to escape.

Many of the surviving tank soldiers who opened the tank hatch cover above their heads and abandoned the vehicle to escape were injured to varying degrees. As soon as they climbed out of the tank, they fell to the ground along the armor like a rolling ball.

Seeing this, the workers and militiamen immediately jumped out of their positions without saying a word and dragged these injured Red Army soldiers back to the trenches at the risk of a hail of bullets.

Beside them, the roaring steel behemoths were still trying their best to protect this extremely important tank factory behind them.