Man in World War II: The Fall of an Empire!

Chapter 66: Barbarossa, Feng Yan launches direct artillery strike
After clearing the minefield, everyone began to move forward.

The engineer platoon took the lead and used tools to start building trench defenses.

The engineers mainly excavated and strengthened machine gun positions every 100 meters.

As for the middle area, let each department dig foxholes and connect them in a line.

"The area ahead needs to be plowed again. I don't want mines to reduce the number of my soldiers."

William picked up the binoculars and looked at the minefield before ordering.

Four companies began to arrange artillery attacks.

8门80毫米迫击炮，8门M1940型75毫米步兵炮。

Boom boom boom!Boom boom boom!
The minefield suffered another devastating blow.

"Sir, did these Germans bomb the wrong location?"

A young Soviet soldier asked the second lieutenant next to him.

"Idiot, they are clearing our minefields. Our mines are not trying to kill a German."

The second lieutenant punched the sandbag angrily and cursed.

"The major ordered the Germans to be put into the fight. Everything is waiting for orders."

An orderly soldier conveyed the major's order while shuttled across the battlefield.

All the Soviet soldiers had nervous looks on their faces.

The ground was shaken by the explosion in front of me, but I soon discovered something was wrong.

"Launched smoke grenades to cover the Soviet positions and destroyed all the town's shells with high-altitude shelling."

William picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked at the town in the distance and said.

There must be observers at high places. It is impossible for the Soviet army to be without artillery.

Therefore, it is impossible for the other party to see their side and destroy them all first.

The E5 tank raised its gun barrel and looked toward the heights of the town.

boom!
A 75mm high-explosive bomb exploded directly on a bell tower.

The entire bell tower exploded to pieces and collapsed.

An observer hidden above was killed instantly.

Several of the four-story buildings were also hit.

The advantage of direct-aiming artillery is that if you want to hit at a fixed point, you can hit it wherever you can see it.

As for those hiding positions, you can't see me and I can't see you. Such places are not suitable for artillery observers.

"There are no hills nearby. It seems that their observers can only be high up in the town, but they have to be careful to keep an eye on the forward artillery observers."

William reminded Rhine to speak.

"Yes, I will make arrangements now."

Rhine called to his soldiers and immediately began to monitor the entire forward position and keep an eye on any suspicious positions.

As a scout, almost everyone has a telescope.

According to William's financial resources, even one radio station per manpower would not be a problem.

It's just that it's not needed. A telescope is enough for everyone.

A reconnaissance platoon is equipped with a radio, which is actually very luxurious for ordinary troops.

William equipped each company with radios, and the units operating independently were also equipped with them.

Don't ask, just ask if I make money by riding a horse, I'm happy!

The design of the E6 medium tank was praised by Manstein, Guderian and other big guys.

Mustache is also very optimistic about the E6 tank, so he directly placed an order for 1200 E6 medium tanks.

I believe that the E1942 medium tank should be in service by early 6 at most.

The advent of the E6 tank will further crush the urgency of tank upgrades.

It can be said that it was a storm of the tank revolution.

In front of the E6 tank, the advantages of the T34 tank can be said to be gone.

No matter it's speed, protection or firepower, it's no longer good.

Even now that the IS-2 heavy tank has appeared, the E6 tank also has the ability to flip.

With the 88mm L56 caliber gun, it is a threat to the IS-2 heavy tank within a kilometer.

Of course, the 122mm gun it is equipped with can easily kill the E6 tank.But the costs of both parties are not at the same level.

A product that barely weighs 30 tons and one that weighs 45 tons are not on the same level at all.

E6中型坦克搭载一台雷神V16水冷柴油发动机配上涡轮增压器能够给29吨重的E6坦克提供530匹强大的动力。

This is 2 more horsepower than the IS-10.

The opponent has to carry 45 tons, and the E6 can only carry 30 tons at most with various additional devices.

520/45 means that it only has 11.5 horsepower per ton.

The 530/30 E6 medium tank has 17.6 horsepower per ton.

It can allow the E6 medium tank to produce a maximum speed of 59 kilometers.

It can also maintain a maximum speed of 41 kilometers per hour off-road.

Its frontal armor adopts sloped armor with a thickness of 73 mm.

Convert 73/COS60°=146 mm armor.

The core armor thickness is 73 mm, and the equivalent armor at the tilt angle is 146 mm.

At least the T34 tank has nothing to do with its frontal armor.

The armor thickness on both sides is 42 mm, and a side skirt is installed with a thickness of 8 mm.

The inclination angle of the side is 55°, 42/cos55°=73 mm equivalent armor.

In addition, there is an 8mm side skirt to extend the buffer force. It can be said that the side armor is also equivalent to 80mm armor.

The side cannot be penetrated just because it wants to be penetrated.

The 25-ton Panzer IV has 80 mm of vertical armor on the front.

What's more, the E6 tank weighs 28 tons, and with the side skirts, it only weighs 30 tons.

It can be said that the E6 medium tank completely surpasses the existence of the T34 tank. Even the T34-85 is not enough.

Unless the accuracy problem of the fire control system is solved, the E6 medium tank will always have the advantage.

From a distance of 500 meters, everyone can kill with one hit, so let’s see who is more accurate.

Obviously, the 88mm L56 double-caliber anti-aircraft gun has gained more advantages through years of practice.

……

The outer situation of the town has now been figured out.

After the white smoke bombs were fired, the third company took the lead in launching a tentative attack.

The main purpose is to remove the remaining barbed wire and fill in some trenches.

These are all obstacles to impact, a full-scale attack.

Although the Soviet machine gunners could no longer see clearly, they did not idle and kept shooting outside.

For these blind-firing machine guns, all German soldiers crawled forward to reach their respective target areas.

"This place has been filled in, so be careful if there are any traps."

Ozil reminded as he looked at the soldiers in front of him.

"Yes!"

The soldiers began to get busy, filling in a trench that was more than three meters wide.

This trench is not very deep, only a little over one meter, but it is like this. Once the tank comes down, it cannot get out.

A height of more than one meter would either break the barrel or the two tracks would get stuck inside.

These are obstacles, so they need to be cleared.

"The machine gunner is ready. Once the smoke dissipates, he will suppress me and fire. Order the rocket launcher to prepare to give them some color."

Ozil ordered.

"Second Lieutenant, everything is ready, brothers are waiting to take action!"

A sergeant said with a smile on his face.

"You did a good job, boy, give me a good beating when the smoke clears!"

As soon as the order was given, the sergeant immediately went down to deliver the order.

At the same time, he is monitoring everything in front and can take action at any time.

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