I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 32: Bloody Battle at Hill 137.2 (Part )

When he saw the opponent's black muzzle pointing straight at him, Lin Chen could even see the cruel smile of the commander in the German tank.

As long as the other party steps on the pedal, you will definitely die.

However, this position is too far away from the anti-tank firepower on both sides and is unlikely to provide effective support.

Although Hunt was still working hard to reload, how could you be slow in such a one-on-one duel?
Lin Chen could only close his eyes in despair and wait quietly for death to come.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise from a tank explosion.
"Hey, it clearly exploded, why am I not dead?" Lin Chen looked outside through the observation port, and it was the enemy tank that exploded, how was this possible?

But he didn't have time to think about these things now. Since he survived, he had to support Captain Chekov and others as soon as possible.

The muzzle roared again. The enemy's offensive on both wings was already very stalemate, and Lin Chen's surprise attack made the situation even worse.

"For victory! Ura!" Instructor Chakzin shouted loudly and led the team to launch a counterattack.

Lin Chen also opened fire at full power, with crazy output.

Facing the German army's on-the-spot blocking, the Soviet soldiers were very brave.

A seriously wounded young soldier lay on the path of the advancing German tanks. His legs were broken but he didn't even make a sound. When the tanks drove up, he used his last bit of strength to detonate the anti-tank grenade under him.

Another assault gun had its tracks hit by an anti-tank rifle and lay on the side of the road.

Under pressure from all sides, the German army, having lost its armored cover, finally began to panic and turned around to retreat outside the village.

The morale of the Soviet army was greatly boosted, and they pursued and annihilated the enemy with all their might.
In the end, under the blocking of Lin Chen's side, except for a very small number of enemies who escaped, most of them were annihilated, and more than 20 prisoners were captured.

"Lin, I sincerely apologize for my previous arrogance and rudeness to you. You are an amazing warrior!" After the battle, Captain Chekov came over and gave Lin Chen a warm hug.

"Now I finally understand why the division commander said you are a hero. It's true that you are even more famous when we meet in person!" Instructor Chakjin also let go of his reserve and walked over to shake hands with Lin Chen.

But Lin Chen did not feel the slightest bit of joy now, instead he felt extremely sad.

Because not long ago, after he crawled out of the tank, he found that there were only two soldiers left of his soldiers, and the others had died gloriously.

In particular, in order to protect Lin Chen's tank, four soldiers rushed forward and died together with the enemy as "human bombs".

The two soldiers who survived told Lin Chen that they were just ordinary soldiers, but Lin Chen was different. He was a combat hero who could drive a tank and sniper, and his role on the battlefield was much greater. He must be protected at all costs.

"They are all great, and they are worthy of being the great warriors of our Red Army! You don't have to feel too bad. We have sacrificed too many outstanding sons and daughters in this Patriotic War. Maybe one day Comrade Chekov and I will fall, but our motherland will produce more 'Chekovs' and 'Chaksins'. This war will definitely end with the destruction of the FXS elements and our victory."

Chakjin patted Lin Chen on the shoulder, then strode away.
Because the long-awaited reinforcements had finally arrived, he still had a lot of things to do and was not allowed to waste time here.

After a short rest, Captain Chekov sent someone to inform them: the defense would be handed over to the brother unit, and they had to rush to the Verkhovsky 137.2 Heights for defense.

The "March 34th" collective farm was quite a distance from the destination. In order to recruit personnel in time, all the people boarded the nearby T76/ tank regiment.

This tank is an early version of the famous T34 medium tank, but even the early version is excellent enough (here and below are early models, T34/85 did not appear until the middle and late stages of the war). It almost perfectly combines the "magic triangle" (speed, armor and weapons).

The diesel engine is very durable and can handle almost all extreme weather conditions, and the wide tracks can easily handle autumn mud and winter snow.

The revolutionary sloped armor allowed the front of the tank to easily handle direct fire from most German tank guns at the time.

A 76.2mm main gun makes its firepower outstanding.

What excited the Soviet army most was that the production time of this type of tank was much shorter, it could be mass-produced, it was relatively easy to maintain, and the failure rate was low.

But it also has disadvantages.

such as:

First, the combat efficiency is poor. Since the T34/76 is a two-man gun, this means that the commander has to serve as the gunner. The sight optics are poor, there is no ejector, and the combat efficiency is extremely low. It is said that a T34 can only fire three rounds a minute.

Second, in the early T-34 tanks, only the company commander had a radio.

Third, the suspension takes up too much space, making the internal space even smaller.

However, compared with its advantages, these were not really a big problem during the war. This tank has always been an effective weapon for the Soviet army against the German armored forces until the emergence of new tanks such as the T34/85.

So when Lin Chen, Hunt and others sat on the sturdy T34 tank and "drank the northwest wind", everyone was still in a very happy mood.

With the help of tanks, Lin Chen and his men finally arrived near Hill 137.2 before dusk. When they learned that Lieutenant Colonel Jiasamize's 1378th Infantry Regiment had all been killed in the repeated attacks of the German th Armored Division, they all expressed their willingness to launch a counterattack on the hill despite the fatigue of continuous fighting.

With the support of the elite tank regiment, Captain Chekov led his troops and other brother troops to destroy the invading enemy with great ease.

The defensive positions on Hill 137.2 were restored, and Verkhovny Kumsky remained firmly under the control of the Soviet army.

This high ground is actually just a small earthen slope, but it is a bit similar to Mamayev Kurgan in Stalingrad. It is also the commanding height of Upper Kumsky, so it became the focus of contention between the two armies.

The white snow on the high ground had long been turned black by artillery fire, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers of both armies and the destroyed armored vehicles of the German army were piled up in a haphazard manner on the slope.

The blood dyed the entire high ground red!
Since everyone was exhausted, they had no energy to collect the bodies or clean up the battlefield.

So this dinner was almost eaten among the corpses.

After nightfall, the temperature dropped to minus 20 degrees.

Since there was no order to retreat or change guard, everyone could only spend the night in the frozen trenches holding their guns. Although there were some military blankets and other cold-weather supplies, the weather was too cold.

Lin Chen's hands and feet were a little numb from the cold. If he was not seriously injured, he would not be qualified to hide in the tank to rest.

He, Hunt, and two other soldiers snuggled together, using their body temperature to keep each other warm.

On the battlefield, comrades-in-arms are brothers who have shared life and death with you!
(End of this chapter)