USSR 1941

  Chapter 109 Surrounded

  The rain fell from the top of the head "squeaking", and the shells exploded nearby, always causing pieces of mud to splash around, or blood.

A fighter plane broke through the rain and swooped down from the sky, firing a row of bullets with a "da da da" sound. The rain of bullets caused a burst of screams and **** rain among the Soviet soldiers. It must be an ace pilot of the German army. He judged the altitude of the plane almost by feeling or a little blurred shadow on the ground and then launched an attack.

   However, is it necessary to take such a big risk to attack infantry?

  Shuerka couldn't take care of these at this time, because his attention was all focused on the rain curtain ahead, and there were also bursts of "rumbling" sounds from the tank motor on the opposite side.

  Different from the previous tank battles, at this time the German armored regiments were inevitable... because their task was to block Kyiv's possible breakout army.

  Of course, this is somewhat misplaced in terms of order or task targeting:

  General Kleist issued this order when he thought that the Soviet Ninth Army was not in Kyiv.

  If this is the case, then this order is of course correct, because the 11th Armored Regiment is fully capable of blocking any breakout army, including the powerful Soviet 5th Airborne Brigade.

  The problem is that this is the 9th Soviet Army, a Soviet 9th Army with more than 500 tanks.

  If Admiral Kleist knew this, he would certainly not let the 11th Armored Regiment defend head-on. He would use the high mobility of the German armored forces to adopt flexible tactics as before.

   It's a pity that Kleist is commanding the 1st Armored Group on the east bank of the Dnieper River at this time to pursue and kill the Southern Jiangsu Front Army and advance towards Romne. He has not yet received the battle report from Kyiv.

   Colonel Eberhard is not Kleist, he only knows that his mission is to fight back all the Russians who dare to break through, otherwise he will humiliate his mission.

  So...

An armored battalion of the German army led a battalion of infantry bravely to meet the Soviet army who could not see the end. They didn't know how many people there were in the enemy, they only knew that the sound of the motors of the opponent's tanks rushed towards them like a tsunami .

  The exact number is 43 tanks of an armored battalion of the German army against 112 tanks of the 131st Motorized Division of the Soviet army.

  In the other direction, as they were rushing to reinforce the Second Armored Battalion, they were stopped by 200 tanks from the 35th Tank Division breaking out from the southwest.

  In Shulka's eyes, it was the black gun barrels that gradually protruded from the rain curtain, and then the German tanks appeared in the sight of the Soviet soldiers.

   "Stop!" Captain Venyakov shouted.

   "Stop going!"

   "Stop going!"

  …

   This order was quickly conveyed by the followers to the Soviet tanks, and then the Soviet tanks stopped one after another to form a neat line of steel defense in front of the position.

  This is unimaginable before, although it is just a simple command.

  The German tank soldiers seemed to have noticed this too, so they immediately became nervous. Several tanks opened fire without waiting for the order, and then other tanks also fired at the Soviet tanks one after another.

  With the sound of cannons, shells flew from the German camp.

With a few "booms", several Soviet tanks were pierced and paralyzed on the spot, and even one tank was detonated, and the entire turret was blown away. The tank that originally looked like an iron shield has become There was a pile of scrap iron and flames, and the Soviet soldiers who followed were knocked upside down by the parts and iron pieces ejected from the explosion. roll over.

  Shuerka secretly said lucky.

  The T26 light tank played by the Soviet army, against the "No. 3" of the German army.

   In terms of performance, T26 is definitely not as good as "No. 3".

  The front armor of the former is only 15MM thick, and its firepower is a 45MM caliber gun, while the "Phase III" tank has 37MM thick armor and a 50MM caliber tank gun. It can be said that both protection and firepower are significantly better than the Soviet T26.

If the weather is clear and the line of sight is good, the 10.5-ton T26 is certainly no match for the 20-ton "No. 3" whose 50MM cannon can penetrate a 78MM vertical steel plate at a distance of 500 meters. It can be said that there is no pressure on the T26 with only 15MM armor.

  The problem is... the visibility at this time is less than 100 meters, and this distance is an advantage for the T26, because its 45MM tank gun can also penetrate the armor of "No. 3".

  This is also one of the reasons why the Soviet army used T26 instead of T28 medium tanks: under the firepower of the enemy's "Pan 3" tank, the 30MM armor thickness of the T28 medium tank has no difference.

  So, I only heard an order: "Fire!"

   "Boom!" After a burst of explosions, several "No. 3" tanks on the opposite side also had black smoke rising from the shock.

  Although the quality of the Soviet tank crews was low and the hit rate was not high, they had a large number of tanks, and they did not suffer a loss under the situation of "casting a wide net to catch more fish".

  This has already made the German army a little desperate, because everyone knows that the same casualties mean failure for the German army when they are at a disadvantage.

   But what makes them more desperate is yet to come:

  With the waving of the signal flag, the Soviet tanks were divided into three parts...the front continued to confront the Germans, and the tanks on the left and right flanks led the infantry to continue to outflank the German flanks.

This surprised the German commander, Colonel Eberhard. According to his experience, Soviet tanks cannot effectively command and coordinate, but at this time they can flexibly divide troops to outflank, and even the infantry and tanks can be closely linked. …If it weren't for these familiar tank models, he could hardly believe that this was the Russian tank force he had defeated.

   "What happened?!" Colonel Eberhard asked in the walkie-talkie: "The Russians suddenly seem to know how to fight!"

   "We underestimated the enemy, Colonel!" The adjutant replied from another tank: "This is a well-trained force, and there are many more tanks than us!"

   "What about the second battalion?" Colonel Eberhard asked.

   "The Second Battalion is in a battle!" The adjutant reported: "They are entangled by the enemy and cannot escape!"

   This is a mistake in the German intelligence. The Second Battalion was not surrounded by the enemy, but surrounded by more Soviet troops.

   "We are surrounded!" the gunner shouted at Colonel Eberhard: "Your order, Colonel! What should we do?"

Sweat dripped from Colonel Eberhard's forehead. He knew that it was impossible to retreat at this time, because unless the reverse gear was used, turning around would mean exposing its weak rear armor to the enemy. Almost like suicide.

   After thinking for a while, Colonel Eberhard gave the order: "Everyone, move forward at full speed! Repeat the order and attack the enemy frontally!"

  (end of this chapter)