Rise from the sword

Chapter 687 We need tanks, we need anti-tank guns, we need ammunition...

"The enemy is coming."

On the eastern front, dense shelling sounded one after another, which meant that the artillery groups of both sides were fighting.

In the defensive position of a certain company of a certain regiment, a company commander held up a binoculars and looked at the tank group that was rushing at high speed about [-] kilometers away, and issued a warning to his subordinates.

"Ready to fight."

After the words fell, the platoon leader and squad leader began to mobilize further.

The soldiers entered the bunker one after another, pulled the bolt, set up the machine gun, unscrewed the anti-tank grenade safety, and took out the latest anti-tank rocket launcher provided by foreign countries from the wooden box.

On the flanks of the position, the battalion's anti-tank guns also lifted their barrel camouflage.

"Ten cars."

During the period, the company commander also saw the number of enemy tanks rushing from a distance, no more, no less, exactly ten, and more than 60 infantry behind the tanks. Judging from their clothes, it seemed that most of them were the servants of the German Devils-Lomaria troops.

He couldn't help but swallowed hard.

The enemy has ten tanks, and his company, including him, only has 110 men, which means that eleven of his men have to deal with one tank and six infantry.

He doesn't have any important positions here, which can be seen from the fact that the German devils' servant army is attacking.

But still came a full ten tanks.

They are all the main No. [-] tanks.

It can be inferred from this that other positions encountered enemy attacks similarly, and each company-level position is also the size of ten tanks.

Are there so many enemy tanks?
This is just the servant army!

The company commander swallowed hard again, he felt very bad about the future direction of this battle.

The marching speed of these tanks is very slow. It seems that the tank crew is a bit inexperienced, but the infantry-tank coordination is very standard, and the formation is also standard, obviously trained by the Germans.

boom boom boom

At a distance of three kilometers, the artillery fire from the rear opened fire, and dense shells fell on the company's position, setting off patches of dust, and many trenches and foxholes were destroyed.

The company commander judged from the sound and the explosion that this was a 120mm mortar, and his own regiment was also equipped with it, but the enemy's firepower was very dense, and the number of their regiments alone was equivalent to three regiments.

Fortunately, the accuracy is not very good.

Clearly inexperienced.

At the same time, the own regiment's mortars also fired, and the shells fell behind the enemy's tank group or on the artillery position.

But compared to the enemy, their own artillery fire is sparse, and the firepower density is only one-sixth of the opponent's, and after fighting for a while, they seem to be suppressed by the opponent's superiority in numbers.

Of course, it may also be due to insufficient ammunition.

Although the amount of ammunition is not something a company commander can know, but from the analysis of the number of bullets and grenades distributed to the troops, the company commander is very clear that his own logistics supply has caused a big problem.

When the tank was [-] kilometers away from the position, the enemy stopped shelling, but it seemed that due to lack of experience, the tank did not launch a straight line shelling, and was still advancing slowly.

Taking advantage of the interval, the company commander counted his casualties.

Although the enemy's shelling accuracy was poor, the firepower was strong and the ammunition was sufficient. His company lost a squad, five people lost their combat effectiveness, and many recruits were frightened by the artillery fire.

Since it is not the main position, it is natural to be stationed here
By the way, the company commander and officers at all levels boosted morale, and the recruits also recovered, picked up their guns and looked at the enemy angrily.

boom·····

At a distance of one kilometer, the enemy tank still did not fire, but the gun barrel had been straightened. At this time, the regiment's anti-tank gun fired, and a shell accurately hit the front of a tank's turret.

And it happened to be the tank opposite their company position.

The tank just stood there.

"Hit."

In the camp, someone cheered.

It's a pity that after ten seconds, the tank started up again, and the company commander with the binoculars could see clearly that the tank's turret was only wiped off, which had no effect on the combat effectiveness.

"waste."

The company commander spouted Slavic trash on the spot.

After obtaining a large number of No. 45 tanks in June last year, not to mention the No. [-] and No. [-] tanks, the Germans have completely dismantled even the three tanks, so that the [-]mm anti-tank gun with the highest output of the beard has been greatly reduced on the battlefield. .

But in the past, their own armor force had an absolute advantage, and there were very few large-caliber anti-tank guns. As for the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun and the 85 anti-tank gun, they were powerful enough, but production was difficult, and the production capacity was seriously insufficient. Only a small number of elite troops were equipped.

As a last resort, the bearded man could only use the ZIZ2 76 field gun to make up the number.

A large number of second-line troops are equipped with this kind of artillery, with an average of only two per regiment.

The armor-piercing power of this kind of artillery is also good. AP shells can penetrate 500mm armor at [-] meters, but now it is a distance of one kilometer. This distance obviously cannot penetrate the slightest tank turret.

Of course, there are a dozen or so 45 anti-tank guns, but even the flanks of these guns need to be penetrated at close range.

At this time, although the tanks of this group of mustache servants were inexperienced, after all, they had been under the hands of the Germans for so long, and they had some strength. They turned their muzzles and aimed at the position of the anti-tank guns.

A company was attacked by ten tanks. It is conceivable how many tanks a regiment will face.

In the face of absolute numbers, even if these servants are seriously inexperienced, they only lost two No. 76 tanks. After five were injured and lost their ability to move, two 45 anti-tank guns and a dozen [-] anti-tank guns were destroyed. .

Then the remaining tanks continued to charge towards the position.

A large amount of resources were poured down, and after receiving the benefits, the combat effectiveness of these servants increased sharply, and they were tough and did not hesitate at all.

"Ulla."

The company commander looked at the nine tanks that continued to charge, and only lost one of the tanks in front of their position. He carried an American-made 'bazooka' and jumped towards the tank under the cover of smoke bombs.

True.

The rocket launcher from RPG2 is very powerful, and the hollow charge only needs 100 meters to penetrate the front of the No. [-] tank.

Even the No. [-] tank produced by the system.

But the German is no fool.

To deal with shaped energy armor-piercing projectiles, you only need to help with a few sandbags or add some track interlayers to greatly strengthen the defense capability. This principle can be understood by any weapon technician with a certain level, and the 330-horsepower diesel engine is full of power. It is also capable of installing more Multiple outer layers of protection.

As a result, it takes about 50 meters to effectively kill, or flanking shooting is also fine.

However, the firepower network formed by the nine tanks and the infantry behind made the chances of shooting very few. As for the anti-tank grenade, there was almost no chance for this thing.

This is not a peninsula mountain, nor is it night.

Only three and a half hours later, the regiment's position was breached by a group of tanks, but there were also nearly twenty Panzer IV tanks left on the position. It looked like a lot, but in fact it was only two companies.

As this is only a fringe position, the second-line troops, but it also reflects the epitome of the entire battlefield.

On the first day when Xiao Huzi ordered the attack, he advanced [-] kilometers. Big Beard's first position on the entire eastern front was completely broken. On the second day, Big Beard was not reconciled and pushed the reserve team to launch a counterattack. The cluster was nearly encircled and wiped out.

Thanks to the support of the air force, a hole was opened, otherwise the remaining mobile power would be gone, but a lot of weapons and equipment were also lost.

But Mustache's attack still did not weaken at all, and the five-figure No. [-] tank group swarmed in.

At this time, an emergency telegram from the front line came to the bearded man.

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"Our soldiers need tanks, cannons, shells, medicines, and food."

The pipe tapped on the table, and the bearded man spoke gravely.

The core reason, or even the only reason, for the defeat on the front line was due to weapons and equipment and logistical supplies. As for the mistakes in command, after the war has been going on for so long, the command level has rarely made general mistakes.

The reason why it failed so miserably was that it underestimated the enemy's armor strength.

It was really unexpected that even a servant army like Lomaria was equipped with a large number of tanks, several times as many as its own, with an armored regiment exceeding a hundred.Throughout the Eastern Front, the number of enemy tanks reached five figures, and they were all Panzer IV tanks.

Troop mobile force machine gun.

The logistics supply is also very sufficient. According to intelligence personnel and aerial reconnaissance, tens of thousands of heavy vehicles and tracked transport vehicles transport ammunition, fuel and other materials for these troops in the rear.

If you want to block such a force, you must have mobile armor clusters of the same level, not to mention [-], at least [-] main tanks, powerful anti-tank firepower, and sufficient logistical supplies.

After all, the enemy not only has strong armor, but also has strong logistical supplies, which can repair or replenish lost tanks in time.

"The Siberian Railway was cut off, and we have no ability to open it for a short time. The Arctic Ocean route is also threatened by enemy aviation. The transportation capacity is only half of what it was before, and the Black Sea route was cut off."

said one general, his tone low.

The little devil suddenly went north, attacked the Far Eastern Army, and cut off the Siberian Railway, but his own side was helpless.The Germans bombed the Arctic Ocean, greatly reducing the traffic volume of the route, Gibraltar was cut off, the Allies lost most of the Imperial Sea, most of the boots in Europe belonged to the Germans again, and the Black Sea route was impossible to go.

There was a long silence in the arena.

"According to reports from the front line, the weapons they provide have excellent performance, especially the anti-tank guns."

After a long time, a general broke the silence:

"And their trucks, with high horsepower and low failure rate, are very suitable for the battlefield."

Leader Li exchanged a lot of 48-caliber 75 anti-tank guns that were modified on the No. [-] tank. The performance is relatively mediocre. The only advantage is that it is light and easy to maneuver. However, thanks to the excellent tungsten alloy shells and high chamber pressure, the armor-piercing performance Excellent.

It can directly penetrate the 1000mm armor of the No. [-] tank at a distance of [-] meters.

Because it is almost useless in the country, it is sold to 'allies'.

In the conference room, everyone's eyes lit up, but everyone fell into silence.

Stuff is good, but the price of these things...

(End of this chapter)