artillery arc

Chapter 505 We Will Be Found Under the Ruins
Romanov's tanks were assigned to a place called Unnamed Hill.

When the tanks arrived, Prossen's tanks were rushing up the hill.

Romanov put down his binoculars and shouted in surprise: "I don't see any long-barreled Type 50s! They are all short-barreled Type s and Type s with short mm guns! We can kill them all!"

The gunner had experience from last year's battle, so he said, "Be careful, the Proson tank soldiers are very elite, they might break our tracks and jam our turret."

"Let's kill them all before that!" Romanov said confidently, "Turn the turret five degrees left, driver, shift gears, and move forward slowly!"

Tanks like the KV can slow down and fire while moving, which is more accurate and more responsive than emergency stop shooting, because the KV's gun barrel will shake up and down when it stops, and it has to wait until it stabilizes before firing.

The Plossen tank was still busy fighting with the infantry on the position and did not notice the approaching KV at all.

"Armor-piercing bullets, good!" the loader shouted.

The gunner opened fire without saying a word.

The shell hit the side of the Type 3 tank's turret in the blink of an eye, and the explosion engulfed most of the vehicle body.

"Good!" Romanov couldn't help but pound the turret cover, "Go on, turn the turret another 10 degrees left!"

As the turret began to turn, the loader's voice rang out in the inner line: "Armor-piercing shells, good!"

At the same time, the KV's machine guns began firing, and a barrage of tracer bullets crossed the trench and landed in Prossen's skirmish line, forcing the skirmish line that had just stood up to lie down again.

"Good! Good job!" Romanov praised as he also picked up the anti-aircraft machine gun on the roof, adjusted the sights, and fired at the Prosen people.

Amid the sound of machine gun fire, the main gun fired a second time.

The entire turret of the Plosson tank that was hit flew into the sky and flew more than ten meters before falling heavily.

At this time, the Prosens finally discovered the KV, and the 50mm gun of the Type tank immediately fired at it.

Because there was no time to switch ammunition, the first bullet that hit KV was a high-explosive shell, which cut Romanov's tank cap in half and broke the crossbar of the earphones.

Romanov was quick-witted and grabbed the earphone that was about to slide off with one hand, while continuing to fire the machine gun with the other hand.

The KVs of the 21st Heavy Tank Regiment have all been improved. In addition to welding additional steel plates to enhance protection, they are also equipped with the latest DShK machine guns. The machine guns also use the latest self-balancing gun mount, which requires very little force to control the machine gun to fire.

Romanov: "Keep turning left, the turret is aiming at our No. 3!"

Gunner: "I saw it! Commander, please come in! It's too dangerous to stick your body outside."

Romanov was about to answer when the high-explosive shell fired by the short-barreled Type 4 hit the tank's track, as if trying to break it with the explosion.

The shock wave of the explosion scratched Romanov's eyes and he could only shrink into the tank.

Then, because he entered the tank and didn't have any headphones, the roar inside the tank immediately made him frown.

Gunner: "Target destroyed! Please instruct the next one!"

Romanov: "What?"

"Next target!"

Romanov still couldn't hear, but he guessed what the gunner said and hurriedly looked for the target through the observation port in the commander's cupola.

"Turn left--"

"what?"

Romanov put the microphone to his mouth. "Turn left seven degrees! Type 7 is firing high-explosive shells at us—"

The next moment, the smoke bomb fired by No. 4 hit KV.

A large amount of white smoke was about to cover the entire view.

Romanov cursed: "Another smoke bomb! Sukabulie! Prosen people, just die with your smoke bombs! Move forward! Get out of the range of the smoke bombs! Turn the turret right, there is still vision on the right! Turn right 40 degrees, not 50 degrees!"

The turret started to turn right, but a second smoke bomb was fired.

Romanov: "Keep moving, and fire as soon as you get out of the smoke! The gunner is relying on you!"

"understood!"

The tank's engine roared, and Romanov leaned over the observation window, his eyes almost embedded in the narrow opening.

Finally, the smoke cleared—no, the tanks rushed out of the smoke.

Romanov: "Quick! Open fire! Before the enemy fires new smoke bombs!"

Gunner: "Fire!"

The gunpowder gas ejected from the main gun temporarily obscured the vision, but the gas was immediately left behind by the speeding tank. Romanov clearly saw that the hit Type 4 tank was smoking. Although there was no open flame, the Plossen tankmen were jumping out of the tank one after another.

Then a submachine gunner suddenly emerged from the trench and fired at the fleeing Plossen tankmen.

The gunner yelled, "The Plossoms are backing up! They're running away!"

Romanov: "Great! Great! Chase them and kill them all!"

As they were talking, KV drove to the highest point of the nameless hill.

The front suddenly becomes clear.

The second echelon of Prosen waiting in the distance suddenly came into Romanov's sight.

"Sukkable!" Romanov muttered.

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Lieutenant Colonel Hansen of the 14st Armored Battalion, th Armored Division, th Armored Corps of Plosson was observing the nameless hill from his command tank and clearly saw the second Type being destroyed.

He picked up the receiver, adjusted the radio, and asked, "First Company, what happened? What destroyed your tanks one after another?" The radio immediately responded, "Battalion Commander, it's a KV. It looks like it has additional armor plates welded on it. We can deal with it."

"If you can't handle it, back off."

"We can handle it!" The captain of the first company was very tough.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen: "I understand. I'll leave it to you. But given your weapons and equipment, it's not shameful to retreat in the face of KV."

The reason why the first company was sent to attack was that they were equipped with old vehicles, so they would not feel bad even if they were lost in the battle. The No. 3 and No. 4 vehicles in the second echelon were all new vehicles equipped with long-barreled guns.

That’s right, even the Type 50 was replaced with a new vehicle with a mm gun, and all of these vehicles have the ability to directly penetrate the KV tank head-on.

Of course, the commander of the first company just reported that the KV has new welded armor, so the 50mm gun may not be able to penetrate its front.

But Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was confident in the long-barreled gun on the No. 4.

At this time, another Proson tank was destroyed on the top of the nameless hill.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen picked up the microphone, but after thinking about it, he put it down. He decided to trust his company commander.

Another Type 3 was destroyed, and Lieutenant Colonel Hansen just watched through binoculars.

He saw members of Unit 3 jump out of the vehicle and run backwards, but they were all knocked down by the Ante submachine gunners who jumped out of the trenches.

Even so, he remained unmoved, and just silently counted the time it took for the KV to reload. When Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was the commander of an armored company last year, he had faced the KV tank and was well aware of the performance of this behemoth.

He finished the count quickly, but no new tanks were destroyed.

It seems that the company commander chose to release smoke to block KV's vision.

Correct determination—Lieutenant Colonel Hansen thought so.

In order to get out of the smoke, the KV had to get close to the tanks of the first company so that it could surround it, break the tracks, and jam the turret ring.

Just as he thought this, another friendly tank was hit.

He picked up the microphone again.

However, the tanks of the 1st Company began to retreat, which meant that the company commander also judged that if they continued to fight this KV with their own strength, the losses would be too great.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen looked at the long-barreled No. 210 with tactical number next to him and said, "William! Shoot with your car and try to take out that KV with one shot."

The commander of vehicle No. 210 gave a thumbs up, held the microphone on his neck and said something, and the tank's turret began to rotate and the elevation machine began to rise.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen continued to look at the top of the hill through his telescope.

Because the friendly engine noise was too loud, he couldn't hear the KV's engine.

Finally, the green tank appeared.

No red flags.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was vaguely disappointed, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Rokossov was already the commander of the front and would not drive a tank at the front himself.

He raised his right hand and signaled to car No. 210.

The long barrel of No. 210 was aimed at KV.

"Shoot!" Lieutenant Colonel Hansen chopped down with his hand like a guillotine.

Car 210 opened fire.

The armor-piercing bullet hit the front armor of KV like lightning, leaving a flaming circle on the armor.

The next moment, the engine compartment at the rear of the KV exploded, and an orange-red fireball rose up.

Immediately afterwards, flames emerged from the tank turret ring and surrounded the turret.

No tankers jumped out, at least not yet.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen turned and nodded to the captain of vehicle No. 210, who took out his kettle and took a sip of water.

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When Romanov woke up, his first reaction was that he felt very hot.

He looked to the side and saw that the entire tank was already red.

The gunner and loader fell in the turret, motionless, their uniforms stained red with blood.

After understanding the situation, Romanov picked up the only submachine gun in the tank and climbed out of the turret through the hatch that he had not had time to close.

The first thing he saw was a Proson soldier approaching the tank, so he raised his submachine gun to shoot, but when he pulled the trigger he found that the gun was not loaded.

He pulled the bolt handle and fired at the Prosen from the turret.

The next moment, a rifle bullet hit him in the forehead.

Romanov leaned back, using his last bit of willpower to fight against the tendency to fall. At this moment, he and his chariot were like a statue.

His hands were the first to lose strength, and the submachine gun slid onto the tank with a dull sound.

Romanov wanted to shout, wanted to curse the Prosen devils, wanted to say goodbye to his wife far behind, but the evil bullets hit him one after another.

He finally rolled off the turret and fell on the burning engine radiator cover. The fire caused his muscles to spasm and he rolled passively.

He rolled down to the battlefield with his face buried in the mud.

The half of his eye that was exposed was wide open, looking at the burning position.

(End of this chapter)