Steel Soviet Union

Commanding the troops to launch a fierce attack on the third and final defensive position, Malashenko, holding a microphone in his hand, soon received the news that a tank unit composed of Germans and Romanian losers was attacking. The situation of being close to oneself.

Of course, judging from Malashenko's usual style of commanding battles.

Even if Vatutin did not order the destruction of this tank group, Malashenko, who would never allow a duck to fly, would definitely order the killing of this group of arrogant enemies. The bastards who dare to ruin their own good deeds must be punished.

At this point in the battle, there is only one last push left to break through the third defensive position.

Malashenko, who was rapidly weighing the pros and cons, did have a flash of thought of retreating, but this brief thought was quickly replaced by a strong desire to win.

Rather than retreating to safety, wouldn't it be better to seize the Romanian position and use their defenses against the Germans? In war, there is nothing more satisfying than trying to retaliate.

"Let me test how tenacious your loyalty to your master is, you bastards."

Malashenko hung up the microphone in his hand back to its original position and did not issue any update orders.

One hour may not be particularly sufficient, but it is enough to cover the final attack distance of less than three hundred meters.

The IS1 heavy tank with full throttle continued to speed forward at full speed. The Romanian army stationed on the position had tried every means to mobilize all the anti-tank firepower, but even so, it was still a drop in the bucket in front of those powerful opponents.

"Tanks, destroy those Russian tanks, they are coming!"

"Damn it! Damn it! This crappy German anti-tank gun doesn't work at all. Which bastard invented this!?"

"Fire! Fire! Fire quickly!"

Malashenko, who led the infantry behind him to attack forward, was in an orderly manner, but the Romanian army on the position was at the last moment before collapse.

boom--

Ding-ding——

call out--

I tried both full-caliber armor-piercing bullets and sub-caliber tungsten core armor-piercing bullets, but no matter what kind of shells were hit on those monster tanks of the Soviet army, the results were all kinds of dazzling sparks. It didn't even count as tickling, but it really made the Romanian soldiers who were unwilling to sacrifice their lives for the Germans very angry.

If you want the horse to run, you don't give it good grass to eat. You only use the broken grass that will probably cause diarrhea to fool the fool. The Germans have been doing this since the beginning. Of course, they don't expect to gain anything from it. What a great result.

"Damn it, retreat! Retreat! The Russian tanks are coming, cover and retreat!"

Most people will choose to run away timidly under the pressure of absolutely real sensory impact. This is one of the primitive instincts of human beings, just like eating and sleeping. Just imagine if in ancient times they encountered saber-toothed tigers and jungle fires, and the primitive people acted like idiots but did not know how to escape. I am afraid that humans would not have been able to survive in the prehistoric era when all beasts were kings, and later came to dominate the planet.

Malashenko had expected that these Romanians would choose to retreat under tremendous psychological pressure, just because normal people would choose to do so under normal circumstances, and those Romanians were obviously among the normal people.

37, 50, 75, after trying all the German anti-tank guns of all calibers, they only destroyed one IS1 heavy tank, broke the tracks, broke the legs and paralyzed two tanks.

The only IS1 heavy tank that was destroyed from the front was extremely unlucky to be hit by a sub-caliber tungsten core armor-piercing projectile from the 75mm PAK40 anti-tank gun, which hit the bullseye and penetrated the 100mm physical thickness of the mantlet armor on the front of the turret. .

The tungsten alloy bullet core penetrated the gun shield armor and continued to move forward, carrying the lifted impact fragments, forming a terrifying metal storm in the turret, killing the gunner and loader and seriously injuring the commander.

The uninjured driver simply climbed into the turret and moved away the bodies of the two comrades. He dragged the commander, who was covered in blood and had fainted, from the escape hatch at the bottom of the tank, but failed to trigger the ammunition explosion. The IS1 heavy tank had its turret tilted and became a zombie tank parked on the battlefield.

Of course, this level of combat losses cannot be counted as a complete loss of tanks for the Soviet army.

The final result of this battle will inevitably end with the final victory of the Soviet army, and after that, all paralyzed tanks and zombie tanks abandoned on the battlefield will be properly processed and recycled.

These recovered tanks can be reassembled and rushed to the battlefield with a little processing. Such tanks cannot be regarded as completely lost tanks. This is why the number of destroyed tanks reported by the German army is always the same as the number of lost tanks reported by the Soviet army. The reason for the large discrepancy in quantity.

It's not that the Soviet army deliberately concealed anything by reporting good news but not bad news. Just repairing a "tractor" as the Germans called it and putting it into full condition again on the battlefield was really not an overly difficult task.

The destroyed IS1 heavy tank also made Malashenko realize that this new type of heavy tank with excellent performance and balanced offense and defense is by no means invincible.

The area without large arc protection in the center of the entire gun mant only has 100 mm of physical armor protection. If the incident angle is appropriate, this kind of armor protection can even be used by sub-caliber tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles fired from 50 mm small water pipes like the PAK38. Possible breakdown.

Although the real battlefield is not as good as the game, anti-tank guns that are under huge psychological pressure are often fired without precise aim and directly attached to the gun. The IS1 heavy tank in a moving state will not stop stupidly and wait for anyone. Slaughter, the natural enemies of tanks and anti-tank guns will fight each other desperately from the moment they discover each other, until one side is killed first.

But in the final analysis, this kind of situation can be regarded as a side reminder to Malashenko, who just picked up a new car.

The IS1 heavy tank is not absolutely invincible in the face of the enemy's anti-tank firepower. If it reaches close range, it may be penetrated by the sub-caliber tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles passed down by the Germans. The armor protection cannot be considered 100%. Even if you are completely invincible, you still need to be extremely cautious and take out those small water pipe anti-tank guns that stretch your hips first.

At the moment when Malashenko was reflecting on the battle situation, the IS1 heavy tanks at the forefront had already climbed up to the position, showing their domineering and majestic bodies to face and intimidate the enemies who were timid to escape.

Malashenko was about to pick up the microphone at hand to update the order before he took actual action. A loud fire explosion shot up into the sky within a visual distance of the naked eye.