Rise from the sword

Chapter 642

Early November.

The battle that took place in the South China Sea caused huge waves in the Republic of China, and in the upper echelons of the devils.

Even if it's just a small battle.

Only one torpedo boat, one old destroyer, and one troop carrier participated in the battle.

but.

The former means that it has finally begun to set foot in Deep Blue. Coupled with the news that the Kaohsiung was sunk, the whole country was greatly encouraged. For a while, the common people turned their eyes to the ocean.

The latter means that the most powerful navy in the Empire of Japan has also encountered challenges.

Even if it's just a small challenge.

But it is foreseeable that the opponent this time is very difficult, not even weaker than the pressure brought by the United States.

just.

In the mainstream view of the world, this is just a small wave, and few people pay attention to it.

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early december.

Eastern line.

Ocean storms on the western front, arctic ice and snow on the eastern front.

At this time on the eastern front, the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the branches of the trees were covered with ice crystals. The half-meter-deep snow seemed to cover all traces, and the world was only white as far as the eye could see.

call··

There was silence all around, only the cold wind howling.

Suddenly, the roar pierced the silence, and five planes passed by at low altitude. The roar of the propellers even suppressed the howling of the cold wind, and the clearly visible cross under the wings revealed a ferociousness.

The plane quickly disappeared.

It's like a fuse.

Soon, the silence was broken, explosions, gunfire, one after another, and more and more intense.

"Damn it, hurry up."

Not long after the plane left, on the ground, a group of people wrapped in white windbreakers came out of the snow, and one of them, who seemed to be the commander, shouted loudly:

"Hurry up and start the tanks. The regiment commander ordered us to immediately support the front line. The Germans over there are attacking."

Following his order, a group of people quickly ran to the tree not far away. Several people waved their shovels and lifted the snow layer and white film, revealing a ferocious T34 tank.

At the same time, a large number of people dressed in the same clothes popped up all around at the same time.

These people waved military shovels and moved one after another. After a while, a dozen tanks appeared out of nowhere in the snow. If you climb up and look at this time, you can see that the tanks around here are like rabbits. Emerge from the snowdrifts.

The total number is over one hundred.

"Gasoline, pour it directly."

"ignition."

Near a tank, the commander touched the bandaged head and directed the crew to work.

The captain's tone was very grumpy at this time.

It was early morning at this time, and today was a rare low-temperature weather. The temperature was already minus [-] degrees. As soon as people took a breath, they all turned into ice balls.

It is not an easy task to start the tank in this weather.

Although insulation measures have been taken, and according to the regulations, the tank must be started every three hours, but the weather is too cold today. At this time, the diesel in the mailbox will be frozen, and the oil will also be frozen.

Before starting to start, the fuel tank and lubricating oil need to be heated with fire to melt the lubricating oil and diesel inside.

With the size of the tank and the current temperature environment, this is not an easy task. In addition to the subsequent start-up time of the tank engine, even if they are an elite team that has been battle-hardened, it will take about fifteen to twenty-ten minutes to prepare time.

The only thing that comforted the commander was that all crews needed to do this, and the commander's order also took into account the difficulty of starting, and the troop assembly time was half an hour later.

There is plenty of time.

Just as the captain with a bandage on his head disliked the clumsiness and slow speed of his men, and personally held a torch to bake the gearbox and fuel tank, a tank next to him made the sound of an engine, and then, the tank Just bang bang bang bang to the assembly point.

This scene left the tank squad stunned.

The two squads belonged to the same tank platoon, and they cooperated with each other and competed with each other.

The two crews almost moved together, starting the tank together, and starting and stopping the engine at night together. Why is their tank still a popsicle, and everyone else's is rumbling?

And without even burning it, it just started up so simply?
"Why can you start?"

The squad leader with a bandage on his head asked directly.

He couldn't understand.

"Fuel."

The commander of the tank standing on the turret made a joke, left a word and then drove the tank to the assembly point.

"Fuel!"

The squad leader with a bandage on his head stared straight at the position of the fuel tank where the icicle hung, and fell into deep thought.

He remembered something.

They belong to the same tank platoon, and they are also in the same combat team. They cooperate with each other to fight. There is almost no difference between the two. No matter the tank model, supplies, crew training, tank maintenance are exactly the same, and the combat never breaks away from the team.

The only difference is the day before yesterday.

They marched here and camped here. His teammate's tank ran out of fuel, and the lubricating oil needed to be replenished. They happened to find a single damaged German transport vehicle, and seized some spare fuel and lubricating oil. Seeing that it was diesel, they added it .

Several barrels were seized at that time, and his teammates left four barrels tied behind the tank for backup.

The squad leader still remembered that there was a line of big numbers on those exquisite and sturdy oil barrels, -50.The lubricating oil does not have other logos, but the packaging is also beautiful and strong.

Gonna get some German fuel when I get a chance...

The squad leader secretly wrote it down in his heart.

Today was exceptionally smooth, only twelve minutes after burning the fuel tank, the tank engine started successfully, and the squad leader wearing a bandage drove his t34 to the assembly point.

With the assembly of the tank squad leader, more than five tanks fought in this ice and snow field.

As the largest battle in human history, it is difficult to describe the tragedy of the Eastern Front in one or two words, and it is not easy to even describe it.

Especially at this time.

This different moment.

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noon.

The sound of artillery fire on the battlefield suddenly decreased a lot.

After four hours of brutal fighting, whether it was the defensive counterattack T34 tank group or the No. [-] tank group that was attacking with all its strength, they all stopped their tracks and opened the hatches.

The crew walked out of the hatch to smoke a cigarette and rest.

During the period, refueling refueling, reloading reloading, maintenance maintenance.

But this is only temporary.

It can be expected that more intense battles will inevitably be brewing in the future, and it will not stop even at night.

"We must seize the fuel and lubricants from the Germans later."

Somewhere, the tank commander with a bandage on his head was doing minor repairs, while gritting his teeth and looking at his teammates in the distance,

Today, their battles are interspersed with the edges, blocking the flanking enemies and protecting the flanks of the main force. They were lucky along the way and did not meet the enemy, so they did not engage in battle, so all ten tanks were intact at this time.

Not even one that broke down completely for mechanical reasons.

Even the other companies had few non-combat losses, only one engine was damaged, which could not be repaired in the field and required major repairs in the rear.

This had to make all the company commanders, and even the head of the group, sigh with emotion.

Today's luck is good.

Everyone is well aware of the performance of their own tanks.

In the past few days, it has been temporary maintenance on the battlefield. Today, it was started under such a bad weather environment, and it continued to maneuver for four hours. Even if there was no battle, only one car broke down. It is good luck.

But also accumulated to see a lot of small problems.

Regardless of small problems, they will become big problems, so at this time, all the car crews are doing emergency maintenance to eliminate minor faults and avoid breaking down when they are going to fight.

But among dozens of tanks in several companies, there is one that stands alone.

After ten minutes of simple maintenance, the train crew passed the inspections of the company and regiment headquarters, and it was in surprisingly good condition, with almost no problems, and there was almost no black smoke from the exhaust pipe.

For a while, everyone was amazed.

This is a rarity.

Both the head of the regiment and the commander of the company came to learn from the experience and planned to give a commendation to the whole regiment.

Naturally, the reason was discovered.

"Good clean diesel."

"The quality of this lubricating oil is also really good."

Looking at the new diesel oil pumped out of the oil barrel and the last bit of lubricating oil left in the barrel, the technicians in the regiment who were called were dumbfounded.

Pure diesel oil has less impurities, complete combustion and less damage to the engine.

Better lubricating oil can also better protect structures such as gearboxes.

The diesel in front of me is clear and transparent, with almost no impurities. Looking at it from a little distance, it is no different from water. It is very different from my own diesel, which is full of impurities and turbid in color.

So is lube.

The lubricating oil in front of me, even in the weather of more than minus 30 degrees, is clear and transparent without turbidity, and has good fluidity. My own lubricating oil has long since settled into a lump in this weather.

Can't compare.

"Minus fifty, this number."

Seeing the markings on the oil barrels, the technicians were even more surprised.

During this period, diesel was not widely used. Mainstream tanks and trucks in Europe and the United States used gasoline. There was a lack of market and demand, so naturally there was no motivation for research. Therefore, the anticoagulation technology of diesel was not advanced in this period.

Nowhere near gasoline.

But in polar bears, because of the demand, research is a bit more than in Europe and the United States, but due to insufficient technology, the results are very limited.

"What does it mean?"

asked the captain on the side.

The rest of the platoon leaders also watched eagerly.

People who can be tank commanders are all intellectuals. Everyone has already guessed what this - fifty means, but they are not sure.

"It can be used in an environment of minus [-] degrees without freezing."

The tone of the technician is affirmative.

Wow... For an instant, the audience was in an uproar.

Everyone knows what that means.

Then, soon, everyone in the regiment had a goal, to seize the fuel and lubricants of the Germans, and even if they encountered German tanks, they had to pump fuel from the mailbox.

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in the afternoon.

Fighting broke out again, and it was more intense than in the morning.

For playing tanks, both sides are top masters, experienced and seasoned.

Interspersed, detoured, divided, surrounded.

Tanks fought one after another, and on this vast winter plain, the two sides brought back the mobility of the tanks to the fullest, which also promoted the development of the battle to a more intense situation.

at this time.

The bandaged commander also encountered the enemy.

"Armor-piercing rounds."

Amidst his shouts, an 85mm armor-piercing projectile was stuffed into the barrel.

boom····

The muzzle of the gun swept across, the fireball burst, and the armor-piercing warhead galloped towards the opposite No. [-] tank at supersonic speed.

This was just a small battle, coupled with the superiority in numbers, it ended quickly.

after an hour.

"The German guy isn't as powerful as the legend says."

In the car crew, a new member expressed doubts to his own car captain, the one wearing a bandage.

This is a novice who just came out of the academy.

According to legend, the German tankers are very elite and extremely difficult to deal with, but today, it seems that it is not the same thing at all.

"The old German tanks were very difficult to deal with, don't be careless."

The captain's tone was serious.

He is a veteran. He has been driving tanks for several years. He has fought against the enemy many times and knows how powerful his opponents are. Generally speaking, if he wants to deal with a German tank, he needs two of his own tanks together.

In many cases, it is not only the performance of the tank, but the gap between the vehicle group.

but today

The driver paused and said:

"However, the German we encountered today seems to be a novice."

But the captain also had some doubts in his heart. There seemed to be a lot of novices in the Germans this time, and they were a little new. After meeting them, he made a lot of mistakes in reaction and response, otherwise he would not be eliminated so easily.

(End of this chapter)