Steel Soviet Union

The 109th Regiment of the 37th Guards Division stationed at the tractor factory encountered a fierce attack by the enemy's superior forces. The Germans mobilized at least one armored division and one infantry division to attack. The situation has reached the last critical moment!

Before the damn black flag of the Germans is raised at the tractor factory, defend it! Assist the 109th Regiment to repel all the invading enemies!

The above are all the orders that Malashenko directly received from Chuikov on the phone.

At the moment when Malashenko hung up the phone, it had only been one hour and eight minutes since the second when the German army launched the attack.

Chuikov, the commander of the 62nd Army, whose head was exploded by various emergency calls for help, had to devote his only tank reserve directly under the army headquarters.

How to fight the nearly ten hours left before dark? What if the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment, which is regarded as an ace fire brigade, is exhausted and fails to stabilize the situation? To be honest, even Chuikov himself had no idea, and could only wait and see.

The resting place of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment was not far from the Stalingrad Tractor Plant in a straight line. According to the brief description of Malashenko in the pre-war mobilization speech, it was a distance of an arm's length to reach the battlefield to rescue the infantry comrades with just one step on the accelerator.

The actual road conditions after the whole regiment went to the front line were indeed the same.

But when Malashenko was the first to command his car to rush out of the street corner and saw the Stalingrad Tractor Plant where he had commanded the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment to fight bloody battles, the purgatory-like scene in front of him still shocked him.

"Damn, defending in such ruins? Are the Germans crazy or are our people crazy?"

Although it was unbelievable, the scene of more than 30 German tanks charging towards the ruins of the factory area was indeed happening in front of us, and at the same time, there was a large wave of German infantry with at least two battalions accompanying the attack.

The Red Army soldiers stationed behind the broken walls, in the ruins, and in the collapsed buildings were doing their best to block the enemy with all the weapons they could fire. The German mixed front of infantry and tanks was advancing step by step.

The German tanks that were advancing and firing alternately covered the infantry, and were about to crack the already porous Soviet defense line. Unexpectedly, a hooded armor-piercing grenade that flew straight from the side gave the German army, which had already touched the skirt of the goddess of victory, a fierce wake-up call.

咻——

叮铛——

轰——

ＭａＳｈｅｎKO was very worried about whether the batch of handmade shells that he had just replenished, which looked roughly made, would have those annoying problems with bad fuses. Fortunately, nothing like this happened in front of him.

The powerful force of the ammunition explosion in the vehicle body and the high-temperature flames directly rose to the sky six or seven meters high. When the severely twisted and deformed No. 3 tank turret fell again in just a few seconds, the two unlucky German infantrymen who had not yet recovered from the extreme shock were hit on the top of their heads by this heavy object.

"Damn it! Russians, it's Russian heavy tanks! They are rushing over on the streets in the east!"

Malashenko, who came from the city to help, had to face the difficult road conditions.

The ruins left after the bombing and the increasingly dense bomb craters on the streets were scattered all over the place. The experience of walking on such a road was like driving a bumper car at an intersection during the morning rush hour, but even so, it was enough to scare the German soldiers who encountered the enemy from the side and watched a group of Russian steel monsters rushing over.

"Turn! All crews turn immediately, stop those Russian tanks! Block them in the street! Quick!"

The German commander, who was quite experienced in combat, reacted to the situation in just a few seconds, and then formulated an emergency countermeasure that was enough to defeat the enemy.

The Russian tanks must have been in a hurry to come to participate in the battle, and they chose to take a shortcut across the main street of the block and kill all the way.

This is certainly the fastest way to attack, but the road conditions that have been almost impassable due to ruins and craters are not very face-saving for those Russians.

As long as four or five tanks, even if only two or three of the Russian leading tanks, are destroyed, the dozens of tons of burning steel wreckage left behind will be enough to block the other Russian tanks that follow closely behind.

The only feasible solution is to take a detour to take other attack routes, but in this way, the German army at least gains precious breathing time to calmly change the corresponding tactics and force deployment.

The commander of the German armored forces, who had everything connected in his mind within three seconds, was full of confidence as he pressed the button on his throat communicator in his position as the commander of the tank. This was definitely a plan that was almost 100% feasible and had a high success rate!

But the commander of the German armored forces overlooked one point.

In order to achieve this tactical goal, the Russian heavy tanks at the head must be quickly destroyed to form a blocking obstacle on the road.

Can the German tank guns achieve such a tactical goal?

At least the commander of the German armored forces really did not notice that the heavy tank that rushed to the front to clear the way was completely different from any Soviet heavy tank he had seen before.

Finally, the gunner responsible for gun aiming and mastering the high-magnification, narrow-field main gun sight discovered something strange.

"Wait a minute Kester! There's something wrong with that Russian heavy tank at the front. I've never seen one that looks like this!"

Due to their own professional characteristics, the armored soldiers of any country are extremely sensitive to new tanks appearing in the opponent's camp. The German armored soldiers, who were known as the best in the world during World War II, are naturally no exception.

"It's different? What's the difference!? Shoot him first, kill him quickly!"

"I know! Get ready to fire!"

boom--

The rather confident commander of the German armored forces did not believe that there was any possibility that his vehicle could not penetrate the Russians.

Past battles have proven that even those Russian KV1 heavy tanks, which are famous for their iron walls, can definitely kill with one hit within a regular combat distance as long as the angle of incidence is not too big. The latest equipment has a 75 mm long barrel main tank. Guns are the source of all confidence.

But the strange situation that happened next was beyond the scope of understanding. It was destined to disappoint the commander of the German armored forces who had been on the Eastern Front for more than a year and participated in the first phase of Operation Barbarossa. He was even stunned on the spot. .

Something to say

When Barbarossa invaded last year, the small water pipe Panzer III tank he commanded was hit on the bow of the KV1. He felt so chilled when he saw the 75mm full-caliber hooded armor-piercing bullet being fired directly from the bow of the Russian tank. It's so shocking when you open your eyes.