Steel Soviet Union

"Aimed!"

"are you sure?"

"Maybe."

"Then fire!"

A group of ordinary German infantrymen who were second-rate in operating anti-tank guns could not even be sure whether they had aimed. The gunner, who was under great psychological pressure and gasping with uncertainty, sent out the armor-piercing projectile ready to be fired in the breech. In the barrel of the gun, the Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile with a muzzle velocity exceeding one kilometer per second immediately rushed straight towards the Soviet tank that was already in front of us.

The final sprint distance of less than 500 meters was fleeting for the Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile with a muzzle velocity as high as one thousand meters per second. It hit the Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile on the solid upper armor plate of the T3457 tank and immediately The collision caused a burst of fierce friction and the sparks bounced away.

The Soviet tank crew driving this T3457 tank felt nothing except the slight tremor and huge echo of the tank.

The Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile, which has extremely high vertical armor penetration capabilities, is powerless when faced with sloped armor. The extremely high vertical armor penetration value is useless in the face of sloped armor. The Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile that does not have the effect of being capped is as good as ever. The ground cover T34 tank is once again completely immune.

German soldiers from the launch of Operation Barbarossa to the present are very aware of how abnormal the T34 tanks in the hands of their rival Soviet forces are. Sometimes, in order to destroy such a basic medium tank commonly equipped by the Soviet army, it was even necessary to fire a dozen or more rounds repeatedly. The German temporary artillery team, which was not too shocked when the armor-piercing bullets were ricocheted, immediately began to reload.

"These Russian tanks are simply monsters. Why can they always deflect our armor-piercing bullets!?"

He hurriedly loaded the gun while not forgetting to complain in a bad tone. He couldn't understand how the Soviets, who were derogated as an inferior race by the German propaganda department, could build such a tank with amazing performance. They knew nothing about the principles of tank attack and defense. The hearts of these ordinary German soldiers were full of complaints and confusion.

"Reload, reload quickly! There's no time to talk nonsense. Once the shot fails, keep firing. We will definitely destroy those Russian tanks!"

He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but at the same time he did not forget to cheer for his subordinates.

The German infantry squad leader, holding an MP40 submachine gun in his hand, was also unable to understand what was so good about those Russian tanks. The professional explanation terms used by his own armored soldiers sounded like nothing to him, a military academy graduate who graduated from the infantry major. As obscure as the Bible, the reason why this German infantry squad leader has never blurted out has actually been attributed to the serious dereliction of duty of domestic weapons engineers.

The PAK38 anti-tank gun, which had been loaded again in a hurry, once again sprayed out blazing muzzle fire. The Soviet tank group that rushed towards the German position did not fight back but relied on its strong armor to continue to defend.

The T34 medium tank, which is far more maneuverable than the KV1 heavy tank, has a strong forward speed.

The sight of the T3457 tank gunner's sight that was driving in the cross-country snow was shaking as if he had Parkinson's syndrome. Opening fire at will while driving cross-country at full speed was a waste of shells with no hit rate at all. Iushkin, who was shaking as if he had been electrocuted, had no intention of firing back before stopping the car.

The German soldiers, who kept popping up in twos and threes like rats from the mottled positions, began to find more and more relatively intact anti-tank weapons and began to enter a defensive posture.

Putting aside for the time being, how much blocking effect these anti-tank guns with missing arms and legs and even one tire blown off could play, the Soviet aircraft group hovering in the sky and constantly launching attacks on the ground quickly noticed this. Condition.

They dared to attack the comrades on the ground under their own noses. To the bad-tempered Soviet pilots, this behavior was tantamount to a slap in the face without any cover-up.

Before taking off, they basically drank some vodka to warm their bodies against the severe cold in the air and to strengthen their courage. The drunken Soviet pilots faced the on-the-spot slap in the face of the Germans on the ground and just chose to do it. Another wave of precise point-to-point air strikes rushing toward the exposed German anti-tank batteries immediately roared with death.

Dong dong dong——

Da da da--

Almost at the same time as the roar of the 20mm Schwark cannon equipped on the IL-2 attack aircraft, a group of unexpected German fighter jets swooped down from the sky and exploded with the volleys of their rival Soviet fighter jets. Lieyan announced the arrival of his own emergency appearance.

They were urgently summoned by the almost wailing calls for help from the German ground troops.

This group of Luftwaffe pilots, who had just finished their ground support battle this morning and had to return to the airport to rest, were so busy that they couldn't even take a sip of hot water, received an order to go out urgently again.

A group of German BF109F2 fighter jets, approaching at full throttle, entered the battle first at an extremely fast level flight speed.

As soon as they arrived in the airspace of the war zone, they saw that their own ground troops were being bombarded indiscriminately. The anxious German fighter groups did not care to fight with the Soviet fighter groups that had an absolute high energy advantage in the sky for battlefield air supremacy. At the moment, The most important thing is to rescue our own ground forces from a situation on the verge of collapse. This is also the order received by this group of German fighter pilots who usually look down on the ground forces with their noses in the sky.

Unprepared for the barrage fire that dived straight from the sky at six o'clock behind them, the Soviet attack aircraft group, which was launching another round of ground-licking attacks, was immediately shot down by the intensive incoming firepower. The coming earth fell down with an attitude that it could not pull up.

The reason why the Soviet La-3 fighter group hovering in the sky did not join the ground attack was to wait for this moment to arrive.

The Soviet fighter formations met their opponents and immediately pushed the throttle to full throttle without hesitation, swooping down from the blue sky where they had an absolute energy advantage at altitude. Compared to the MiG-3 fighter jets, the La-3 type was better at low-altitude combat. The fighter jet immediately fought fiercely with the German BF109F2 that had succeeded in one blow.

Berezin and Schwack sang together, MG151 and MG17 in total.

The fighter formations of the Soviet and German armies, which had been fighting until the very beginning of the battle, did not hold back any power at all. The tracer barrages flying in all directions almost completely ignited the air at an altitude of less than a thousand meters. A life-and-death battle involving air and ground finally ushered in. The climax of grinding flesh and steel.