Chapter 72 Head-on confrontation (Part 2)

The huge explosion and the roar of flying warhead fragments once again raised Heizenauer's anger to a new peak.

Facing the Soviet anti-tank gun that dared to provoke him, Heizenauer, who was so angry that he almost didn't think about it, immediately clicked his throat sounder and gave the order again.

"The enemy's anti-tank gun is at 11 o'clock. Walker and Williams, your car is closest to him. Fire and destroy it!"

The order issued in a hurry immediately drove the two Panzer III tanks at the front of the team to start rotating the turrets towards the target position, although the two Panzer III tank crews whom Heizenauer called Walker and Williams had already He was trying his best to hand-crank the turret, but the poor rotation speed of the hand-cranked turret steering gear made the No. 3 tank as slow to react as a patient suffering from cervical spondylosis.

While holding his breath, he firmly placed the 200-meter density node of the main gun sight in his hand on the upper armor of the leading Panzer III tank. In a trance, Mara seemed as if his entire soul was one with the main gun. Shenke immediately stepped on the launch pedal located on the sole of his foot after a soft cry.

The firing pin located at the bottom of the breech block instantly hit the bottom of the artillery cartridge with the movement of Malashenko's feet, and the armor-piercing projectile waiting in the barrel was immediately ejected.

The warhead fuze sensitivity of the BR-350B hooded armor-piercing grenade is 15 mm homogeneous steel armor, but it is not enough to trigger the warhead charge after penetrating the glass and multi-layer wooden boards along the ballistic trajectory.

The hooded armor-piercing grenade, which penetrated several wooden houses and glass, finally hit the bull's-eye on the upper armor of the Panzer III tank and directly penetrated it, instantly detonating the 50mm main gun ammunition in the vehicle. The mounted Panzer III tank was immediately blown off the turret by the flames and explosion shock waves. The German army, which had been rising one after another, was once again hit by black guns from different directions.

"Asshole! This damn Ivan is the T34 tank! Lucas takes a platoon to deal with him. I am responsible for handling the infantry and anti-tank guns. Quick!"

"Yes, Lieutenant, let's do it!"

After receiving the order from Heizenauer himself, the four Panzer III tanks that were originally marching in the center of the team immediately broke away from the formation and rushed straight towards Malashenko's position on the right side of the road, charging straight and fiercely. The majestic momentum that came just looked a bit like the Tiger heavy tank from a year later.

Holding the commander's wide-angle peripheral mirror in front of him with both hands, he clearly saw the four Panzer III tanks rushing towards him. Malashenko, who had already expected such a situation, immediately raised his lips.

"It's a pity that you are just a little wild cat now, and you can't become a big tiger."

"Seryozha, reverse the car at a constant speed in first gear! Kirill continues to load armor-piercing bullets, take action, quickly!"

Just as Malashenko's No. 177 command T34 tank began to reverse at a constant speed behind the hiding cabin to avoid the edge of the German tanks, these four tanks did not see the true face of Malashenko's vehicle, but only Based on the direction of the ballistic attack and the location of the gunfire, the No. 3 tanks rushing over were already very close.

The rolling tracks, driven by the road wheels, crushed the fences of the Soviet villages and knocked open the poor wooden houses. They crushed everything that the Soviet villagers relied on for survival and then trampled under their feet. The German tanks began to slow down. The target was slowly searched, but the complicated village layout and line of sight obstruction made it difficult for these SS armored soldiers with relatively rich combat experience to find the target.

"Damn it! There are Soviet wooden houses and barns everywhere. I can't even see where the T34 is, Lucas!"

"The sound of the engine, try to find out the location of the Ivan by listening to the engine noise!"

"Are you stupid, Lucas? Now the sound of machine gun and rifle fire is so loud that the wax in my ears is about to be knocked out. You want me to listen to the sound to identify the position!? Now I can't even hear the sound of our own engine working. I can’t hear it anymore!”

While the German crew members were arguing about the next battle plan, the T3476 tank, which was driven by a 500-horsepower diesel engine and had a combat weight of only 28 tons, was able to take full advantage of its maneuverability and surround the village. Malashenko, who had almost made a full circle around the wooden house on one side, had now relied on his familiarity with the village's terrain to get around these people who knew nothing about his dangerous situation at an unexpected speed. German tank side.

Looking at the four German Panzer III tanks in the field of view of the gun scope that had no idea of ​​the impending disaster and were still shaking their turrets in an attempt to find out where they were just now, Malashenko realized that his tactics were going quite smoothly. He couldn't help but smile again.

"It's harvest time, time to go home to mother, Hans."

Click——

boom--

The sound of stepping on the main gun's firing pedal sounded almost simultaneously with the roar of the gun's muzzle. The BR-350B hooded armor-piercing grenade that rushed out of the gun's chamber instantly knocked out the first three-wheeler in just one breath. The tank's weak side armor tore a large hole.

Once again, the warhead charge detonated dozens of 50mm artillery shells stored in the chassis of the Panzer III tank. The strong explosion sound at extremely close range almost instantly shook the other Panzer III tank crews just a few meters away. His ears were ringing and his vision was blurred.

And at this critical moment when every second counts, Kirill, who has become more and more proficient in his job during the continuous battle, has finished loading as fast as he can at the moment.

"Armor-piercing bullets are good!"

"Two Hans, run fast!"

boom--

There was a burst of muzzle flash and then it fired again. In the hands of a skilled crew, the T34 tank can complete firing and reloading in just 6 to 8 seconds, which is enough to show its full reloading speed advantage at any critical moment when every second counts.

Before these German Panzer III tank crews, who were holding their foreheads with their hands and ringing in their ears, even had time to react, Malashenko's follow-up attacks followed closely.

As the second German Panzer III tank went to hell just nine seconds after the ammunition of the first Panzer III tank exploded, the remaining two German Panzer III tank crews finally judged by the loud noises of two consecutive rounds. The Soviet T34 tank came out and had already circled to our side.

The SS armored soldiers, who never lacked the courage to fight, immediately began to drive the one-way rotating tracks of the vehicle body, trying to turn the strongest frontal armor of the vehicle body to the direction of the enemy and then start fighting with it.