The Third Reich in Desperation

Since Conrad did not have an infantry armored transport vehicle to make up for the lack of vision, the Soviet tank's ambush successfully escaped the German detection vision.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" During Conrad's conversation through the communication channel, several shells landed on the right side of the vanguard tank position.

"The first company charged forward with the avant-garde tanks, and the second and third companies outflanked the left and right wings!" In desperation, Conrad ignored the analysis of the enemy's strength and chose the most conventional and reliable three-pronged assault formation to attack the Soviet tanks. The troops carried out a simple and direct three-way shock.

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"The 1st Squadron turned to welcome the enemy, and the 2nd Squadron rushed eastward, outflanking the enemy's flank!" At the same time, the commander of the Soviet Union also quickly issued an ambush order.

It's just that the on-board communication equipment of Soviet tanks is not as popular as that of German tanks, so their commanders can only set up combat tactics at the beginning, and cannot flexibly contact all their own tanks for flexible arrangements in the middle.

In fact, the number of tanks ambushed by the Soviet army was about the same as the number of German tanks encountered, a total of 54.

Among them, 16 are BT tanks, and the remaining 38 are BA-10 armored vehicles.

As for the BT tank, this is just a fast tank with twin turrets made by the Soviets imitating the American T10 "Christie" wheeled tank 3 years ago.

This kind of imitation, but also a backward product of the imitation of the American tank 10 years ago, not only has weak armor and backward design, but even its firepower cannot compete with the Panther tank at all.

In addition, the BA10 armored vehicle of the Soviet army, this is a 5-wheeled heavy armored vehicle developed by them 6 years ago. It has a 45mm artillery and additional tires on the side of the body help to drive smoothly on undulating ground.

However, the thickest armor of the BA10 armored vehicle is only 10mm, and its firepower is better than nothing, so it can't show it at all.

Therefore, although the Soviet tanks continued to have the first-hand advantage in ambush, they fired several shots in a row.However, even if most of the shelling that failed to hit was excluded, even the few shots that hit did not cause any damage to the German Panther tanks.

On the other hand, although the German Panzer Battalion, which had lost the upper hand, was ambushed, thanks to the communication equipment that spread to every tank, Conrad quickly stabilized the morale and immediately made arrangements on the spot. The first salvo of German tanks was ordered.

Similarly, the German tankers were not gods after all, and they failed to hit the Soviet tanks even in such a temporary and rapid emergency shelling.

However, their large-caliber artillery far surpassed the level of Soviet tanks, and successfully set off smoke and thick dust around the opponent.

It was this dust that seriously obstructed the sight of Dingsu army tanks, so that they could not even find that there were more than a dozen tanks in the other direction outflanking them.

The Soviets did indeed send a force to one flank, but what they did not expect was that the German army launched an outflank on their left and right flanks at the same time.

It is also a tank battle, but in Poland, the German armored forces trained in France are obviously already tactically ahead of the Soviet army by a large margin!

Body 721 Karius

The German Panther tank quickly showed strong firepower, good maneuverability, and a well-manufactured tank with the quality level it should have.The German armored battalion took advantage of the high rate of fire of the artillery and rushed to the second round of salvo ahead of the Soviet army.

With the front sight this time, the German armored battalion immediately tore off the turret of a BT tank.Another Soviet tank track was also interrupted, stopped and became a fixed target.

Immediately afterwards, the shells fired by the second salvo of the Soviet tanks also poured on the head of the No. 3 tank. This round of shelling indirectly caused the German No. 107 tank to make a mistake and fall into a crater and temporarily be unable to drive out.

At this moment, 12 Leopard tanks on the right flank suddenly appeared behind the Soviet tanks.After all, the armor of Soviet tanks is generally the thickest on the front, and the side and rear are weak, and the Soviet tanks that are shooting at the German tanks face to face cannot turn their heads for a while.

In this way, the attack launched by the German army on the right wing suddenly became a devastating surprise attack.

"Turret 1 o'clock! Target enemy armored vehicles, prepare armor-piercing shells! The distance is 800!" The commander's hoarse shout came from Karius' earphones. The moment he encountered the enemy for the first time, Private Karius smelled the breath of war .

It is even unbelievable that earlier, he had a premonition that he would be ambushed by Soviet tanks soon.

This sixth sense is often a sudden feeling without any reason at all.Many people have fought all their lives, and they can't explain what this feeling is all about.But it is often this sixth sense that has no scientific basis, and it can often save a soldier's life on the battlefield. It is something that many frontline soldiers can't meet but can't ask for.

As for Karius, he was the darling of heaven who had a sixth sense that was born to help him participate in the war.

Open fire!

Karius quickly finished his task of reloading, and then immediately focused his eyes on the observation window.

There was thick smoke outside, and the 50mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile easily overturned the bulky BA10 armored vehicle, and several other vehicles also caught fire.Due to Germany's large hoarding of tungsten resources before the war, and the seizure of a large number of strategic reserves in the UK some time ago.Therefore, at this time, the ammunition ration of the German armored forces is actually quite generous.

This is why Karius was able to generously take out tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets to deal with the less powerful Soviet tanks.

Kill the chicken with a sledgehammer!There is enough waste, but the effect is also good enough!

After the third salvo, all Soviet tanks stopped moving.

Immediately afterwards, Karius heard the ceasefire order from the battalion commander in the headset.

Karius couldn't believe that this battle of tanks of the same scale would end so soon.It wasn't until the first batch of prisoners walked slowly past his hatch that he confirmed the fact that the Soviet armored forces were really rookies!

Although the Soviet armored forces of the same size were wiped out in one fell swoop, the battalion commander, Captain Conrad, did not slack off in the slightest.

Under Conrad's order, the 602nd Armored Battalion, one of the many vanguards of the Central Army, did not take a moment's rest. After the company commanders simply checked the route and watches, they dropped three damaged tanks and moved forward again. .

That night, until it was completely dark, the 602nd Armored Battalion stopped advancing and began to camp overnight.

At night, Karius, who was still a loader during the day, took up a part-time job as an electromechanical operator-responsible for receiving radio programs during the break.

This work is usually done by those newcomers or privates.When everyone can rest, these private soldiers who are theoretically taken care of by veterans during the day will work harder to serve the veterans at night.

The commander, gunner, and driver sat comfortably in the back, waiting for 21:57 when Private Karius came on time to align the band with the "Wehrmacht Radio" in Belgrade and listen to the broadcast sideshows prepared for officers and soldiers.

Although this kind of life is a bit tiring, Karius also enjoys it very much.In fact, he was already very grateful for the fact that he was able to join the army.

And joining the armored force that has been advertised as the hero of the "Lightning War" made Karius even more proud.

Karljus, who was born in Sopeburgen, Rhineland, in southwestern Germany, asked to join the army twice after qualifying for the college entrance examination, but was unable to join the army because of his underweight.

It wasn't until May 1940 that Carlius, who had successfully "gained weight", finally reached the standard weight and joined the 5th Reserve Infantry Battalion of the German Wehrmacht.

After completing a series of military training, he was sent to the 20st Regiment of the 21th Armored Division as a tank loader on a PzKpfw38t light tank.

This tank loader's job, Karius has been doing it for a year.

It was not until this year that Marshal Bock ordered the Central Army Group's general counter-offensive across the entire line on June 6 that Karius officially participated in Barbarossa's battle against the Soviet Union.

For this, he is very grateful and cherishes it very much.As for being a little more tiring, anyway, those mechanical and electrical workers have to be done by someone, and it's nothing to do it yourself.It is enough to join the army, to participate in these world wars, to serve the country, to be one of thousands of heroes.

As for more, Karius also killed a Soviet tank today, which has been worth writing a letter to his family to brag about for a long time.

I think back then, the self who couldn't even enter the army, now actually killed a tank of the Soviet invaders!

This can be regarded as a record to be proud of.

For Karius, who is in the armored unit of the Wehrmacht, this is just the beginning.

His dream is to become a tank commander like Michel Wittmann, who is already well-known in the SS armored forces!

When Wittmann, who was in the SS, served in the reconnaissance unit, he commanded the No. 4 tank at the time, that is, the T3 tank, participated in the Polish campaign, and became a celebrity driving a German tank to slaughter Polish cavalry.

With the fire of the made-up story of "cavalry fighting tanks", Wittmann, who created this success, suddenly became a famous figure among tank commanders in the world. Worship them as idols.

Today, Karius is already a loader for the Panther 5 tank.His tank is one grade higher than Wittmann's No. 4 tank, and his ultimate dream is to achieve an even more brilliant record than Wittmann!

"Here..." The broadcast was received on time, and a song sung by a young soldier came.