The Rise of the Third Reich

Major Schwarzenegger was startled when he heard the words coming from the earphones.

Hundreds or thousands of vehicles! ? This is a tank battle! Is the Soviet Red Army crazy? We have "Tiger", "Rhinoceros" and so many No. 4 H-types here. What can the Soviets use to defeat them? How many T-34/57s can they have? And even the T-34/57 can't hit the "Tiger". At most, it can only hurt each other with the No. 4 H-type.

Just when Major Schwarzenegger was feeling strange, an order from Major General Kruger, commander of the 1st Armored Division, came through the earphones: "Tiger tanks and Rhino tank destroyers conduct long-range artillery fire and destroy the Russian T-tank tanks 1,500 meters away." -Type 34/57. The remaining vehicles are suspended..."

It's "Rhinoceros"'s turn again!

Major Schwarzenegger quickly picked up the intercom and gave the order to advance to the 37 "Rhino" units under his command. Then he ordered the driver of the half-track vehicle he was riding in to drive the vehicle forward.

When we got to the front, we found a slightly raised slope to park the vehicle. Schwarzenegger once again raised his telescope and began to search for targets. Countless T-34s and KV-1s appeared in the eyepiece, perhaps hundreds or even thousands. The formation of these tanks was relatively loose, and there were many Soviet infantry advancing on foot between the tanks.

Many of them were carrying a large-caliber rifle with a long barrel, which should be an anti-tank gun. Others have a weapon on their shoulders that is very familiar to Major Schwarzenegger - the Panzerfaust anti-tank grenade launcher!

Obviously, facing the huge threat from German tanks, the Soviets copied the "Iron Fist" (which is a low-tech weapon that cannot be troubled by the Soviet military industry) and has issued them to the troops. These Russians He is really good at learning!

After turning his attention away from the Soviet infantry, Major Schwarzenegger began to carefully search for T-34/57 tanks among the rumbling Soviet tank clusters. This kind of tank has a thin and long barrel. From a distance, it looks like a needle has been inserted into the T-34 turret, so it is very easy to find. But Schwarzenegger searched for a long time and found no sign of a T-34/57.

There were actually no T-34/57 tanks. All that appeared on the battlefield were T-34/76 and KV-1 tanks. Are the Soviets crazy? They want to use T-34/76 and KV-1 against Tiger tanks?

boom! boom! boom……

While Major Schwarzenegger was wondering, a Tiger tank had already opened fire. A row of artillery shells roared across the battlefield and hit the Soviet tank group 1,500 to 600 meters away. Immediately, several T-34s were hit, and the huge explosion instantly swallowed up the green-painted Soviet tanks.

Seeing the majestic attack of his own tanks, the doubts in Major Schwarzenegger's mind immediately disappeared without a trace. He also quickly ordered the Rhino tank destroyer under his command to join this battle that was like target practice.

On the battlefield, Tiger tanks and Rhino tank destroyers opened fire one after another. The 88mm cannon also showed great power at a distance of about 1,500 meters, hitting accurately and hard. Immediately there were dozens of burning wreckage on the battlefield. However, the remaining Soviet tanks did not flinch and instead began to accelerate. At the same time, the Soviet infantry following the tank began to charge with a roar, shouting: "Ula! Ula!"

The air on the battlefield suddenly became hot!

Although the Red Army was brave and tenacious, the powerful firepower of Tiger tanks and Rhino tank destroyers still dominated the battlefield. No matter how fast the charging Soviet tanks moved, they could not avoid the extremely precise German shells. Soon, there were more and more tank wrecks on the battlefield!

However, the Soviet Red Army still fought to the death, regardless of casualties, and surged forward like a tide.

The slogan of "Ula! Ula!" on the front line was shouting loudly, but behind a forest in the woods commanded 16 ZIS-2 anti-tank guns (and 7 85mm anti-aircraft guns by the 9th Motorized Anti-tank Artillery Regiment) However, Yakov Dzhugashvili, who was personally controlled by the regiment commander Makarenko) knew that the T-34/76, KV-1 and accompanying infantry who were risking their lives to fight the enemy were actually all It was the bait thrown by Front Army Commander Vasilevsky!

What was actually used to attack the German armored clusters were more than 200 ambushed T-34/57 tanks and hundreds of ZIS-2 anti-tank guns and 85mm anti-aircraft guns!

As long as the GC communist fighters who are being beaten in front can lead them under the muzzles of the T-34/57 and ZIS-2 85mm anti-aircraft guns before they are eliminated by the Nazi enemies, then the German armored group will be killed even if it does not die. The serious injury is difficult to treat.

When he thought that the Germans' all-powerful Tiger tank was about to suffer misfortune, Yakov not only felt relieved, but also became eager to try, hoping that the time to beat the Tiger would come soon.

"Shell attack! Take cover quickly!"

Just when Yakov stretched his neck in anticipation of the Tiger tank coming soon, someone suddenly shouted again, and then there was the whistling sound of ear-piercing rockets piercing the air.

It turned out that the Germans suddenly launched a rocket attack! However, Yakov's mood seemed even more excited, because he had long been accustomed to the smell of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, so how could he not notice that the impact points of the German rockets this time were very scattered! This shows that the German rocket launcher attacks are harassing in nature, and the purpose is to disrupt the Soviet tank clusters fighting on the front line... Perhaps the Soviet tank clusters on the front line are about to retreat, and the Germans are preparing to pursue them!

"Comrade Artillery Director, look over there, our people are withdrawing!"

After a while, someone shouted. Yakov quickly leaned out of the bomb shelter where he was, raised his binoculars and looked forward. I only saw many T-34 tanks lined up in a loose line, heading towards me quickly. Many of the vehicles had infantry on them. I don't know how many people and vehicles there were.

"Faster, faster, faster!"

On the other side of the battlefield, Major Schwarzenegger was desperately urging his "Rhino" to pursue it at full speed. The battle just now was really exciting, with hundreds of tanks and tank destroyers firing at the same time! The Soviet tanks were shot and burned like targets.

That was really an overwhelming advantage. The Soviet T-34 and KV-1 were no match for the "Tiger", "Rhino" and No. 4 tanks. In less than an hour and a half, the menacing Soviet tank group could not bear the huge losses and was defeated, leaving hundreds of burning tank wreckage on the front line of more than ten kilometers long!

But Soviet tanks, especially their T-34 tanks, are really fast when escaping. Not to mention the Tiger tanks, even the No. 4 H-type tanks couldn't catch up with them.

Although Major Schwarzenegger kept urging, the speed of Rhino destroying tanks was there. Now we are driving cross-country, and the limit is 20 kilometers/hour. There is no way to catch up with the T-34, which can reach cross-country speeds of 40 kilometers/hour. Moreover, when the Soviet tanks retreated, many Red Army infantrymen used "iron fists" and anti-tank guns to block them desperately.

The "Rhinoceros", which had poor anti-infantry capabilities, did not dare to rush too fast. In desperation, it had no choice but to let the No. 4 H-type and the half-track vehicle carrying the armored grenadier go first. As for the Tiger tank, it could only lag behind and eat dust - the Tiger tank's lack of maneuverability was undoubtedly revealed in today's tank battle.

However, being slow also has the advantage of being slow, at least it is not easy to be ambushed.

"Why isn't it a Tiger?" Yakov Dzhugashvili couldn't help but muttered as soon as he saw the German tank group chasing the Soviet tank group through the telescope.

All that came were No. 4 H tanks and half-track armored personnel carriers. There were hundreds of them in the crowd.

I don't know if it's because I discovered that there are many small patches of woods ahead (it turned out to be a large forest that was cut down like this), which is an easy place for an ambush. All No. 4 H-types slowed down at the same time to about five or six kilometers per hour. The following half-track armored vehicles stopped, and the German grenadiers on them jumped down one after another, holding automatic carbines and carrying MG42s, and scattered around the slowly moving No. 4 tank.

Has it been discovered?

Yakov's heart sank, and he visually checked the distance again, and found that the front row of the German tank cluster was less than 1,000 meters away from him.

"Comrade Artillery Director, Comrade Commander ordered to fire!"

Just when Yakov became nervous, the order to fire was given.

"Fire! Aim...fire!"

Following Yakov's order, the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun closest to him fired first, and then using the sound of the gun as an order, the remaining dozen ZIS-2 anti-tank guns also fired. On fire. Almost at the same time, anti-tank anti-aircraft guns and T-34/57 tanks lurking throughout the battlefield also started firing.

The entire battlefield was suddenly filled with smoke. Dozens of No. 4 tanks rushing in the front row were hit by bullets and set on fire almost at the same time. Then there was another round of artillery fire, and more No. 4 tanks emitted thick smoke.

Vasilevsky's ambush seemed to have achieved some success, but it was still far from a complete victory.

Because the hit No. 4 tank and the German grenadiers did not panic, some grenadiers began to throw smoke tubes in front of the tanks that were not hit, as if they wanted to protect the tanks with smoke. The tanks stopped on the spot, raised their barrels, turned their turrets, aimed at the woods ahead where there might be an ambush, and began to fire high-explosive shells.