According to the German tank commander's idea, before the Soviet ball tank stopped firing, his tank could fire another shell. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened, and the other party fired a cannon while moving. The tank commander only felt that his tank had a sudden shock, and then he didn't know anything. His last thought in his life was: How could there be two cannons for the Russian monster tank?
The spherical tank bypassed the burning German tanks and continued to rush forward. Tanks of this era all need to stop to fire, but the spherical tank can fire while moving, which gives it a lot of advantages. In addition, it has two tank guns, which means that it fires at the same time as the German tank, and the chance of hitting is twice as high as the opponent.
Although the two sides were only fifty or sixty meters apart, the armor-piercing bombs fired by the German army at the spherical tank either empty or became a jumper. On the contrary, both guns of the spherical tank fired at one target at the same time. Even if one of the armor-piercing bombs was missed, the other could hit the target.
The ball tanks were like wolves rushing into the flock of sheep, and launched a unilateral massacre of the German tanks. Just as the German army was working hard to deal with the difficult ball tanks, the two T-34s, who were responsible for the cover mission, took the opportunity to shoot at the German tanks from the side, destroying one tank after another like a target.
A few minutes later, the tank team that rushed into the school under the smoke was completely destroyed. More than a dozen destroyed tanks were parked in the open space in front of the teaching building to burn. The German infantry following the tank saw that the situation was not good, so they dared not stay there, so they turned their heads and ran back. Seeing that all the German tanks had been destroyed, Lieutenant Varenra rushed forward with all his strength, so he saw that the German tanks had been destroyed, so he was willing to let the enemy infantry go easily.
There are two side-by-side machine guns on the front of the ball tank, and one on the side. After rushing into the German infantry queue, it began to shoot wildly. The monster tanks that even tank guns cannot be destroyed, German soldiers with only light weapons can handle it. They can only be like lambs to be slaughtered, being knocked down in a dense rain of bullets.
Seeing the spherical tank showing its power, a company of soldiers rushed out of the fortifications at the teaching building and the school's main entrance, followed the T-34 tanks coming from elsewhere, and launched a counterattack at the enemy.
This battle without any suspense ended soon. Except for more than a dozen smart German soldiers who saw that the situation was not good, they hid in the bullet crater and raised their hands to surrender as soon as the Soviet soldiers rushed up, the rest were either shot to death or crushed into meat sauce by tracks.
After the invading enemy was eliminated, the soldiers surrounded the ball tanks and carefully looked at the monster tanks that had established meritorious deeds. Some soldiers said with emotion: "If we can have a hundred such tanks, we will definitely be able to eliminate all the enemies attacking Stalingrad."
As soon as he finished speaking, it caused laughter from the soldiers around him. The company commander walked to him, raised his hand and slapped his helmet, and said unhappily: "Think about these useless things, quickly clean the battlefield and collect all the weapons you can use." Then, he turned around to face the onlookers and shouted, "And you, don't be too slow, clean the battlefield quickly, or the German shelling will begin again later."
When the commanders and soldiers of the first company were cleaning the battlefield, Wanya, who had finished counting the results of the battle, immediately called Sokov and reported excitedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, our results have been counted."
When the ball tank was fighting, there was still a lot of smoke covering the school, Sokov, who was standing on the rooftop of the club, could not see clearly the situation of the battle. At this moment, he heard the call from Wanya, and was a little nervous: "Comrade Captain, hurry up and tell me, what are our results?"
"In the battle that just ended, our army destroyed a total of nine German tanks, killed between 140 and 170 German soldiers, and captured fifteen people..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Captain." Sokov couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Why are there no accurate number of German troops killed?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Vanya smiled bitterly, and then said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, you don't know that many German soldiers were crushed into meat paste by our tanks, which made us unable to count the exact number."
"Okay, I understand." Sokov said: "Continue to report on our army's casualties?"
"Our army has no casualties." After blurted out, Wanya might feel that he was not expressing it accurately enough, and added: "It would be true that there was no casualties. A T-34 tank was destroyed by the enemy and all the members of the tank crew were sacrificed. In addition, the monster tank was hit by the German armor-piercing bomb seven or eight times, leaving several dents..."
After listening to Wanya's report, Sokov said to Bere, who was standing aside, "Comrade Colonel, please inform Lieutenant Varianla and immediately withdraw the ball tank."
"Retreat?!" Be Lei asked in confusion: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the ball tank has just achieved such great results. It can be left in the school and continue to deal with the invading German tanks. Why should it be withdrawn?"
"A enemy's assault force was completely wiped out. Do you think the enemy will have no reaction?" Sokov saw that Bere didn't understand what he meant, so he explained to him: "They will definitely use heavy artillery to bombard, or send airplanes to bombard. The ball tank may be able to block the armor-piercing bombs fired by the enemy tank, but can it withstand the bombing of heavy artillery and aircraft?"
"Uh, this doesn't seem to be possible." Bilei couldn't stay any longer when he thought that the ball tank might be destroyed by enemy shelling or bombing. He quickly turned around and walked towards the radio operator, and said, "I will notify Lieutenant Varianla to withdraw immediately."
While Bere and Lieutenant Varrenla were contacting, Sokov said to the microphone: "Comrade Captain, in order to prevent the possible revenge of the Germans, the ball tank will soon be withdrawn. To stick to the school's mission, you can only complete the one company and the tanks in a row. Do you understand?"
From the battle that had just ended, Vanya saw the power of the ball tank and understood that once the Germans knew about the existence of this kind of killer, they would definitely find a way to destroy it. Therefore, it is the wisest choice to withdraw it at this moment. He quickly replied: "I understand."
"Also," Sokov continued to remind: "Let the soldiers seize the time to clean the battlefield and collect as many weapons and ammunition as possible. After all, our brigade has a large amount of German equipment and cannot get supplies from the rear, so they can only be replenished through seizure."
Although the war in other areas was fierce, Cui Kov was still worried about the Red October Factory. Once the German army broke through the factory, the tank would only take a few minutes to rush to his command department. Therefore, when he had time, he called Sokov and asked straight to the point: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, how is your situation there? Is the defense line stable?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Sokov guessed from Cuikov's tone that the counterattack of the attack today was not going well. He felt that it was necessary to report the victory he had just won to the other party, so that Cuikov would not be too depressed: "We just smashed the German attack on the school and destroyed nine German tanks and an infantry company."
"What, have the nine German tanks been eliminated and one company of infantry?" After hearing Sokov's report, Cui Kov felt unbelievable. But he thought about it that Sokov used more than 40 T-34 tanks in the Red October Factory and sent him an excellent tank commander like Colonel Bere. It was reasonable to achieve such a victory. He nodded and asked casually: "How is the casualties of our army?"
"A T-34 tank was destroyed by an enemy tank, and all the crew members were killed." Sokov said heartbrokenly: "Otherwise, we will win."
Cui Kefu was stunned and silent for a while before he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, what do you mean is that you have achieved such great results and you have only lost one tank?"
"Yes," Sokov replied affirmatively: "If this tank was not lost, I can proudly say that we have wiped out the invading enemy without any casualties."
Through Sokov's report, Cuikov suddenly had a new idea. Since other attack areas were not going well, can Sokov's troops be turned around if they were put into battle? Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, if I order your troops to attack the enemy's defensive positions immediately, do you think it's possible?"
The smile on Sokov's face gradually disappeared. He knew what Cuikov's words meant. If it was in the final counterattack stage of Stalingrad, he would have agreed without hesitation when he heard Cuikov's question. But the counterattack on the moment was an attack that was destined to end in failure. If he threw his troops in, he could only lose his troops in vain. Before the counterattack Japanese attack came, he could only take the remaining defeated soldiers of the infantry brigade and stand on Mamayev's post to watch the friendly forces make achievements.
Seeing that Sokov had not answered for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied with him. He coughed heavily and asked in a stern tone: "How about it, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov? Do you think you can perform this task?"
Chapter completed!