Steel Soviet Union

The 85mm high-explosive projectile containing 600 grams of TNT high-explosive charge, under Iushkin's experienced gunnery skills, accurately hit the open space only five meters away in front of the German anti-tank gun team and exploded on the spot. .

The sharp and hot shrapnel scattered by the explosion shock wave and the rising firelight easily tore apart the fragile bodies of the German soldiers protected only by basic uniforms like a red-hot razor cutting through raw flesh.

The powerful impact of the 85mm high-explosive bomb at extremely close range even tore the bodies of these poor German soldiers into countless stumps and broken arms. They flew dozens of meters away before they could stop. Under the circumstances, the fragile human body, which was not designed for war, seems so pale and powerless under the destructive power of weapons created by humans themselves.

The KV1 heavy tank group, which kept firing calibrated direct fire during the march, restored one German anti-tank gun after another to the state of parts.

When the 85mm main gun fired, it was not as earth-shattering but still powerful. The muzzle fire and the shock wave caused the Soviet soldiers behind the turret of Malashenko's vehicle to be dizzy and their ears were ringing. But even so, it was far better than losing their lives after losing the tank cover. The Soviet infantry still held on tightly to anything they could cling to.

"In the last two hundred meters of the assault distance, each vehicle crew slowed down, put down our infantry comrades, and let them follow the tanks to suppress the German infantry firepower! The main guns were uniformly loaded with high-explosive shells. Once the German machine gun firepower point was exposed, Just destroy them quickly. It doesn’t matter if you focus your fire and waste artillery shells. Don’t let their firepower gain a foothold!”

It is true that the machine gun is the backbone of the infantry squad's firepower.

Malashenko, who has experienced dozens of tank battles, large and small, has fully experienced the powerful power of the MG34 general-purpose machine gun in the hands of the Germans.

This "simple" weapon that looks like a temporary piece of iron and a drilled barrel cannot be judged by its appearance. Once it is fired, it will instantly make a sound like a chainsaw. The sound of gunfire is enough to make any timid person feel heartbroken.

The MG34, whose rate of fire is not as abnormal as that of the MG42, has already begun to take shape. This high-rate machine gun has not withdrawn from the front line even after the MG42 general-purpose machine gun was fully replaced, and continues to fight on various types of German armored vehicles and tanks. It fought until the building of the Third Reich was about to collapse. Its reliable performance and powerful lethality against infantry as powerful as mowing grass were as unquestionable as its impossibility of capturing Paris before the French surrendered.

In the severe cold and snowstorm as low as minus 22 degrees, it was already difficult to operate and almost even the ammunition belt was frozen solid. The German machine gunner, who had been struggling for a long time with the "clumsy" MG34 machine gun in his hand, had not yet had time to fire. After firing off an ammunition chain, the monster-like Soviet heavy tank that had already driven less than 200 meters in front of the position would immediately turn its turret and point its black muzzle directly at the German machine gunners with wide-eyed expressions of astonishment. A hard shot.

Scenes of machine gun fragments and human flesh and blood fragments were staged one after another in the trenches of the German positions. The German infantry, which had been knocked out of all 13 machine gun fire points in less than two minutes, was on the verge of collapse.

After entering the final charging distance, the KV1 heavy tank group opened fire. The two 62mm vehicle-mounted DT machine guns mounted on the coaxial position of the main gun and the co-pilot position on the front of the vehicle fired at the same time, and the fiery tracer barrages roared. The attack finally turned into the last straw that broke the fragile nerves of the German army. The German army, which was completely collapsed and had no intention of fighting, quickly made the final choice.

"Huh? That's stop! Iushkin! Stop the coaxial machine guns! Stop everyone! Those Germans have surrendered!"

As Malashenko spoke while holding the commander's periscope in front of him, he encountered hundreds of direct shots of 76 and 85 mm high-explosive shells in less than ten minutes of attack. The German army was already on the verge of being broken. There has been a reaction in the trenches.

A Mauser 98K rifle with a bayonet was hung with a piece of snow-white medical gauze. It was raised a little timidly and poked out of the trench. The white medical gauze fluttering in the cold wind almost blended into the background of the vast snow field. Made a whole.

If Malashenko, who had not noticed something was wrong in time, ordered to stop firing, the Soviet tank crews who were already red-eyed would probably have continued to kill these poor German soldiers until they were all wiped out.

Seeing that the strand of white medical gauze hanging on the bayonet of the gun had the desired effect, a courageous German officer quickly stuck half of his head out of the trench. After the advancing Soviet heavy tanks did not respond to fire attacks, they raised the iron loudspeaker they had been holding tightly in their right hands and spoke loudly in the direction of the Soviet attack.

"Dear Mr. Soviet Commander, we German soldiers have decided to lay down our weapons and raise our hands to surrender to you! We are not a threat, we are not armed, we are just some soldiers who have decided to surrender. Please follow the terms of the Geneva Convention and give us Minimum life safety!”

Hearing the slightly vague but clearly stated "Declaration of Surrender" in his ears, Malashenko pricked up his ears in the turret and was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay, these German guys actually found a man who could speak Russian on the spot to shout for surrender, but this guy should have been originally used when preparing to persuade the Soviet army to surrender,"

Malashenko, who had reported such sinister words in his heart, did not hesitate much after seeing this scene. He immediately raised his hand to lift the commander's hatch above his head without thinking, and then hit him with force from his lower back. He stretched his entire upper body outward.

Looking at the iron loudspeaker and the messy white gauze in the wind that were exactly the same as those in the commander's periscope just now, I thought that the German army recorded in the history of World War II in later generations basically had no record of false surrender like the Japanese. It was almost certain that these German soldiers were Malashenko, who was determined to surrender, immediately turned around, turned his head sideways, pointed at a familiar face on the hood of the car behind him, and suddenly spoke.

"Commander Yakov, you can order your people to go up and capture these Germans. Although our Soviet Union did not participate in that bullshit Geneva Convention, at least it is best not to beat them to death in this snow. ”