Imperial Overlord

Fortunately, Karius was wearing headphones, otherwise the explosion just now might even affect his hearing.

But even with headphones on, his ears still felt uncomfortable. Karius closed the tank hatch and gave the order to fire smoke bombs.

"Shoot smoke bombs directly in front of us! The landing point is as close to the enemy's line of defense as possible! Quick!" He ordered loudly while adjusting his sitting position.

According to his order, Gunner Till immediately fired a smoke grenade. Although the landing point was not so accurate, it was not bad.

The huge white smoke blocked the view of the Soviet tanks and made the attacking German tank troops safer.

Soon, however, the flanking 3rd Company shouted loudly in their earphones, claiming that they had been violently counterattacked by Soviet tanks.

"...Enemies...Tanks...many..." On the radio, the sound of the 3rd company commander's report on the battle situation came intermittently.

The battalion commander of the 505th battalion frowned, because the battle had only just begun, and it was clear that the Soviets' defense was much stronger than he thought.

"Have you contacted the Air Force? We need battlefield support." The battalion commander turned his head and asked the officer beside him.

The officer nodded, covered the telephone receiver with his hand, and replied to his superior: "I submitted the application before the attack, and it is estimated that it will arrive in at least 10 minutes."

"There's something wrong with the situation, I sense danger!" The battalion commander stared at the direction of the battlefield where the white smoke was rising in the distance, and said a little uneasily.

Karjus gave the order to move forward on the front line. After all, it was not good to endure the bombardment of KV-2 tanks. He still wanted to solve the opponent and consider other problems.

However, it seems that the battle did not proceed as Karius had arranged. A Soviet T-26 tank suddenly burst out of smoke and approached the German tank quickly.

The opponent started to fight back so soon? In his mind, with a hint of disbelief, Karius also felt a hint of danger.

"If they are not new troops that haven't fought against us, then there must be some conspiracy!" Karius thought subconsciously in his mind.

A German Panther tank stopped advancing, aimed at the T-26 tank and fired calmly. At a distance of about 1,000 meters, it suddenly penetrated the opponent's armor.

Just like in the usual encounters, the Soviet tanks were easily penetrated, which somewhat calmed the German commanders.

But when the second Soviet tank burst out of smoke, Karjus finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

It was a Soviet tank he had never seen before, or a Soviet tank he had never seen in kind!

Through the commander's periscope, Karjus saw the distinctive Soviet tank, which also had a sloping front armor plate!

He has not seen the actual tank, but he has seen three views and renderings of this tank!

In intelligence analysis, this new Soviet tank, called the T-34, is a more threatening tank than the KV-1.

As soon as he saw the state of the other party rushing frantically, Karjus knew that if this thing was really as terrible as the intelligence described, it could definitely cause trouble for the German armored forces.

It can be much faster than the heavy KV-1 and KV-2 tanks, and the fast travel speed in the battlefield often means that this tank can be pulled into the distance between the two sides faster.

"Fire!" Karyus gave the order to attack, and the Panther tank, which had just stopped, immediately spewed a dazzling flame from the barrel of the gun that was covered with white record marks.

The armor-piercing projectile drew a straight line and rushed towards the distant target. Unfortunately, the projectile was obviously not the T-34 tank it was aimed at, but the T-26 tank beside it.

As a result, after the explosion of the T-26 tank, the T-34 tank approached quickly, seemingly half a minute faster.

"Quick! Aim at it! That guy is the same as the KV-1 tank, equipped with a 76-caliber gun!" Karjus was in a hurry, and it was too late to accurately express the caliber of the opponent's artillery.

You must know that the mouthful of the 76.2 mm diameter will waste too much reaction time. Karjus found that he did not have much reaction time to waste.

Because just as he shouted this sentence, two more Soviet T-34 tanks rushed out of the white smoke.

And behind the two T-34 tanks are at least 10 T-26 tanks. The speed of these tanks is very fast, so fast that the members of the German tank crew are terrified.

"Damn it!" Till saw a T-34 tank through the scope. The guy was almost as fast as a Panther tank, so he couldn't help but curse.

Three T-34 tanks attacked the German tank force frontally, and more T-26 tanks and KV-1 tanks also rushed out of the smoke bombs thrown by the German army.

"Reverse the car! Find a way to keep your distance! Don't let the enemy get close!" The commander of the 1st Company issued a battle order through the radio.

Reversing while hitting is also one of the tactics used by Germany. The Soviet army's charge at all costs often collapsed before the German army's back-and-forth counterattack.

"Erich, back up!" Karius found that the distance between the two sides was close to about 900 meters, and decisively issued the order to back up.

While he was reversing, a 1st Company Panther tank stopped and opened fire, firing a shell.

The shell did not hit the advancing T-34 tank, but just wiped the side of the T-34 tank and flew into the distance.

Obviously, the shell just hit the T-34 tank, but because the angle was too small, the shell bounced, and it looked like it was flying past the opponent's armor.

The streamlined shape allows the T-34 tank to obtain a good level of defense. Although at a distance of 1000 meters, it is still unable to effectively defend against the shooting of the 88 guns, if you are lucky, you can still look forward to the appearance of ricochet.

"It's fast! And it looks like the armor is thick!" The commander who fired the fire shouted loudly in the intercom, and then the Panther tank, which was parked and fired, reversed again and started to back up.

In any case, the Soviet Union put in new tanks, which did create a lot of psychological pressure on the officers and soldiers of the German tank force.

Not long after the German tanks started to reverse, the shells of the KV-2 tanks in the distance whizzed past again and landed not far behind the German tanks.

Several artillery shells fell in one breath, which indeed made the commander of the German armored force very confused: should we risk being destroyed by howitzers, or should we risk the risk of continuing to fight with enemy tanks?

"Continue to retreat! KV-2 has no vision, and our smoke bombs are not scattered!" Pressing the throat communicator, Karjus loudly reminded his comrades in arms.

Just when he reminded, a KV-2 tank shell fell and hit the body of a Panther tank at once.

"Boom!" The huge explosion blew off the engine cooling grille behind the Panther tank, and completely reimbursed the engine inside.

Even more tragically, the gasoline was ignited by the heat from the explosion of the shell, and the tank burst into flames.

The commander of the other Panther tank who retreated behind this tank saw what happened with his own eyes, and was so frightened that he forgot to implement the process of notifying the friendly forces of the destruction.

Although the hit of the KV-2 tank depends entirely on belief, sometimes the power of belief is really an existence that cannot be ignored.

Even if the probability is extremely low, on the ever-changing battlefield, it will not be surprising for anything to happen.

After a long while, the commander of the vehicle who witnessed the destruction of an army tank came back to his senses, held down his throat communicator, and shouted loudly: "Bastard! I saw that the No. 121 tank was destroyed! I saw the 121 The tank was destroyed!"

Although this is not the first tank lost by the Drop 505 heavy tank destroyer battalion in the Soviet-German war, the loss of being destroyed by an enemy tank really shook the hearts of every German tank commander.

"Stop!" Karjus knew that whether he chose to reverse or park at this time, he might be hit by the same shell as the KV-2 tank lottery.

So he simply ignored the threat of the KV-2 tank and began to concentrate on dealing with the target in front of him.

Gunner Till accurately aimed at a fast advancing T-34 tank, and then pressed the firing device.

"Boom!" Tank No. 111 fired a shell that directly hit the T-34 tank.

The distance is about 800 meters, and the armor-piercing projectile just took a moment to hit the armor of the T-34 tank.

The huge impact caused the armor-piercing projectile to tear open the body steel plate of the T-34 tank, smashed the parts inside, and flew into the body of the T-34 tank with countless shrapnel.

According to information, the German 88mm caliber cannon can penetrate the armor of the T-34 tank at a distance of about 1000 meters.

Therefore, even with a very good bullet-proof shape, the T-34 tank is still unable to compete with the Panther tank equipped with an 88mm caliber cannon. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

In this case, Karjus followed the previous tactical arrangement and fired at a distance of about 800 meters, which is a very sure breakdown distance.

Affected by the unfortunate luck of the first shell, Karyus chose a relatively conservative distance before firing.

In theory, the German 88mm caliber cannon can penetrate the armor of the T-34 tank at a distance of about 1500 meters.

The armored T-34 tank moved a few meters forward by inertia, and then a black smoke came out and stopped on the road ahead.

Another T-26 quickly rushed past the destroyed T-34 tank and continued to approach the location of the German tank.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer, and some T-26 tanks even started to stop and fire on the German tanks.

Because the number of KV-1 tanks and T-34 tanks is relatively large, the Panther tank group of the 505th Independent Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion can only retreat slowly while firing back.