The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The tank engine roared, and exhaust gas with a strong smell of gasoline and hot heat was discharged from the rear. Then with the sound of "advance", the fifteen tanks were divided into three groups and pushed forward with the infantry.

Perhaps it was because the Soviet army was relying on them, so they were not in a hurry to open fire... Anyway, the armored trains could easily repel the Germans when they came up, so they did not need to risk a head-on confrontation with the German tanks, guns, etc.

But that doesn't mean the Germans will let them go.

Qin Chuan and others followed the tank. Once they discovered where there were sandbags and gun muzzles set up by the Soviet army, they would contact the tank through the phone behind the tank...

"One o'clock position, three hundred meters of sandbags, sandbag fortifications!"

Then the tank turret will turn to the designated position with the sound of mechanical gear rotation. After taking a while to adjust, it will make a "boom" sound, just like an elephant sneezing with all its strength, and then its long trunk Shells were ejected from it and fired at the target, and then the sandbag fortifications that the Soviet army had worked hard to build were blown into the sky.

Sometimes the target is the machine gun position in the building, sometimes it is the anti-tank gun position... At this time, Qinchuan discovered that the threat of Soviet tank guns to the German army was not as great as imagined.

The main reason is that anti-tank guns need to be at a distance of one hundred meters to penetrate German tanks. At this distance, the tall gun base and thick artillery-like barrel of the anti-tank gun are difficult to miss.

So the German machine guns and MP43 always greeted it immediately... At this time, it was difficult for the anti-tank gun shooter to survive, because the PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle had high rifling, long gun body, and a total length of more than two meters.

Needless to say, there will be problems with using such a long gun... When you set up this gun at a high place and want to aim at the target, the gun body is too long, which makes the gunner have to hold out his chest to aim the gun. By pointing at a target at a certain angle, it's almost like saying to the enemy: "Shoot, I'm here!"

Therefore, anti-tank gun shooters often died without even being able to fire a single bullet, and they fired one after another... There was no way, the Soviet army had no other more suitable anti-tank equipment, until the German army used rocket launchers or tanks The cannon blasted it completely into the sky.

While the German army was advancing steadily, there were several "click-click" sounds in the air, or the armored train was very heavy, and the steam locomotive was running very hard, and the sound of bursts of steam was like a The giant was breathing heavily.

Soon the sound became louder and louder, and the frequency became slightly more cheerful and relaxed... Then everyone knew that the armored train was coming.

Sure enough, after a while, a harsh brake sound was heard, and the terrifying figure of the armored train appeared between several buildings. Because it was too big, it was impossible to get a full view. Several turrets were like the eyes of a giant beast. Staring at the Germans.

Then, after the car stopped, suddenly a large number of bullets and artillery shells poured towards the German army like a gust of wind, especially the four 76MM tank guns. Each tank was paralyzed and unable to move.

The first group of German troops retreated, and then the armored train moved to the third position, which was the position preset by Qin Chuan and others... This was somewhat unexpected. Originally Qin Chuan thought it would continue to be like before. It moved down one position after another, but unexpectedly it went directly to the third position on a whim.

As soon as the armored train came to a stop and before it had time to fire, Colonel Slaine gave the order... Several explosions and a cloud of smoke and dust were immediately heard in the building.

Then, the building slowly tilted to one side, getting faster and faster, and finally collapsed, covering the armored train and causing large amounts of dust to rise again.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet. The Soviet army obviously didn't expect the German army to have this trick, so they were so surprised that they forgot that this was a battlefield. The German army... they wanted to know if the big guy had been subdued by smashing the building down like this. .

Qin Chuan poked his head out from behind the tank and looked forward, only to see the vague appearance of an armored train among the ruins... After all, this guy was armored, with reinforced concrete inside, and the top was designed with an arch. It is pressure resistant, so you can imagine that most of the components inside are still intact.

The problem is that after being hit like this, the tracks were blocked by cement blocks, and there were also many bricks and tiles pressed down on the armored train, making the already heavy armored train even more overwhelmed.

The driver inside seemed to want to drive the armored train out, but he only heard the sound of steam inside, then squirmed a few times, and then there was no more sound.

"Soldiers, what are you waiting for?" Colonel Slain shouted: "Kill them all!"

The German soldiers seemed to react, and then started moving the tank forward again.

At this time, the Soviet soldiers had no confidence because they lost the armored train.

But even so they did not dare to retreat.

On the one hand, this is because of Stalin's Order 227 issued before this, on the other hand, they have no retreat... As soon as the railway station was captured, the German army almost surrounded Karachi, with Dunton to the west. River, the German 6th Army is attacking fiercely, and to the east and south is the 21st Armored Division.

In desperation, the Soviet soldiers could only raise their hands one by one and become prisoners of the German army.

So everything has two sides... Order 227 and the "Punishment Battalion" may make some Soviet troops resist tenaciously, but at the same time, they will increase the number of surrenders exponentially.

The reason is simple. In some cases, the battle situation cannot be changed, and sacrifice or persistence becomes meaningless. For example, the Soviet army in Karachi was poorly prepared for being attacked from both sides. What was even worse was the serious lack of anti-tank equipment... They were used as coastal defense forces, and most of their equipment were air defense equipment and landing equipment. Armored trains were temporarily sent from Stalingrad for reinforcements.

If it were in the past, they could also choose to escape and become part of the defense force of Stalingrad.

But after Order No. 227, taking a step back means that the station will be sent to a "punishment camp", which means that it will be branded with shame... It would be much better to surrender.

Because the former is both shameful and life-threatening, while the latter is shameful but at least you can save your life.

As a result, more Soviet soldiers chose to surrender.

Of course, Qin Chuan didn't need to care about these. He immediately turned his attention to the armored train buried in the ruins. I was thinking... maybe this thing can still be used after digging it out. The Soviet equipment is rough but durable.