Steel Soviet Union

Steel roared and roared on the wet and muddy road. The Soviet tank column rumbling from the northwest at ten o'clock was not the 13 to 15 tanks mentioned by Major Heinkel before, but a full 18 Soviet tanks after Wittmann counted them twice!

The heavily armored KV1 heavy tank drove in front of the entire tank column to lead the way, and the slightly smaller T34 medium tanks followed closely behind like a follower.

The Soviet infantry sitting on the tank was completely unaware of the presence of Wittmann and his party. They were talking and laughing, and looked like they were talking about something happy and had no guard.

"These Russians didn't expect us to exist at all, which is good, Michel."

Wittmann, who had been staring at the target, quickly fixed the focus of his vision on the rear vehicle of the tank column without commenting on the words of gunner Klink.

"Aim at the last one first, Klink, block the Russians' retreat on the dirt road!" Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Wittmann put the Tiger tank's 88mm main gun into actual combat. Wittmann, who had fired dozens of test shots before, knew very well that this powerful main gun far exceeded any anti-tank weapon of the German army. As long as the gunner Klink operated it properly and could hit it accurately with one shot, there would be no problem in killing those Russian tractors from the side. The Soviet tank column that slowly drove over from a kilometer away soon approached Wittmann's ideal firing distance: 800 meters away. What made Wittmann feel a little uneasy was that suddenly more than a dozen Soviet infantrymen who were originally sitting on the tanks and chatting and laughing jumped off the slow-moving tanks, holding the PPSh submachine guns that had just appeared in the Winter War last year and made the German army embarrassed for a while. "I didn't expect that the Russians in Leningrad would also use this kind of weapon. It seems that the Russians' production speed is much faster than those people above expected." Wittmann sighed in his heart and saw the most appropriate opportunity to gently pat the gunner Klink's shoulder. Wittmann, who was not used to shouting in battle, had always used this method to keep a calm mind and concentrate on analyzing the battle. Gunner Klink, who received Wittmann's action order, instantly pulled the trigger in his hand, and the sight of the sight that had been firmly attached to the last T34 medium tank shook suddenly due to the recoil. The 88mm capped armor-piercing shell that had been stuffed into the breech block and was ready to fire suddenly spiraled out of the barrel with a muzzle velocity of up to 770 meters per second in the muzzle fire, and rushed towards the target 800 meters away at a high speed with a shrill scream and a wind-breaking whistling sound. The 88mm gun, which can still penetrate 140mm vertically rolled mean steel armor at a distance of 800 meters, has devastating firepower. The side armor of the T34 medium tank with a physical thickness of 40mm and a horizontal incidence angle of 40 degrees, equivalent to 50mm armor, cannot withstand such a fierce attack.

The 88mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile, which was instantly shattered by the impact of the cap on the armor, continued to move forward. The weak side armor of the T34 medium tank was easily pierced like tearing window paper. The tank explosion that came almost instantly resounded through the earth with amazing momentum.

Boom——

Everything that happened in the blink of an eye broke the false calmness floating on the silent battlefield.

The amazing tank explosion lifted the turret of the T34 medium tank and sent it straight into the sky. The headless body of the tank, which was spewing flames, was blown to pieces, the armor was cracked, and the road wheels flew off.

The Soviet infantrymen who were sitting on the tanks and were completely unaware of the danger were even more unlucky. The shocking explosion of ammunition tore their bodies and consciousness apart before they could react to the pain. The fragmented human body fragments flew around like a bursting sealed can.

Wittmann, who saw everything clearly in the commander's tower, was not surprised at all that he killed the T34 medium tank that had caused the German army so much headaches with just one shot. More gunfire roared and followed immediately in Wittmann's calm expression.

Boom boom boom——

The remaining three Tiger tanks that had already aimed at the enemy opened fire one after another at Wittmann's gunfire. The dense Carl Zeiss binocular integrated main gun sight gave the powerful Tiger tanks extremely high shooting accuracy. It was easy to hit a tank-sized target with the first shot at a distance of only 800 meters.

The remaining three Tiger tanks that opened fire immediately also destroyed their respective opponents with one strike, and the huge explosion sounded continuously in the ears of everyone on the battlefield.

In the short moment before they could react, they lost four tanks. The Soviet tank column, which came to its senses in the earth-shaking explosion, immediately realized that they were ambushed by heavy anti-armor weapons and stopped the car to react.

But as to whether these heavy anti-armor weapons that ambushed them were anti-tank guns or enemy tanks, the Soviet tank soldiers who were stunned for a while were completely at a loss.

The wireless communication stations for inter-vehicle communication equipped by Malashenko's First Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment did not exist at all on these Soviet tanks that were suddenly ambushed and in chaos.

Unable to communicate effectively in a timely manner, the Soviet tanks almost fought independently, turning their bodies in directions that the tank commanders thought might be incoming artillery fire in an attempt to meet the enemy head-on.

But what is embarrassing is that some Soviet tank commanders with poor ears misjudged the direction of the German artillery fire. They directly reversed the direction of the tank body and aimed the chrysanthemum at the black hole of the Tiger tank's muzzle, and the tank exploded. It is completely normal for this phenomenon to happen when the sound is loud and loud one after another and the situation is extremely panicked.

"Humph, a bunch of rookies"

Wittmann, who had always looked up to these opponents, immediately showed a disdainful smile upon seeing this. The corners of his mouth slightly raised upwards and he soon blurted out the cold and deathly command again.

"The first KV1, Klink! Kill him!"

"Armor-piercing bullets are good!"

"Say hello to God for me, Russian!"

boom--

The sharp tiger roar sounded again, and another 88mm hooded armor-piercing round accurately hit the upper front armor plate of the KV1. The physical thickness of the 75 mm front upper armor plate and the tilt of 31 degrees were different from those that had just been destroyed. The fate of T34 is no different.

The armor-piercing delayed fuse was successfully triggered in the fighting room of the vehicle body and then exploded. The entire 7-ton turret of the KV1 heavy tank was overturned in a spin like a hat-off salute. Even if it was as powerful as the KV1, it was The Soviet army's main heavy tanks, which killed all sides in 1941, had frontal armor that could not withstand the Tiger's ferocious blow at a distance of 800 meters.