On the other side of the bridge, the front-line soldiers of the Soviet troops, who had begun to rout, had approached one of the main roads they had to retreat through. If it's crazy for Ryan to attack with two tanks on the other side of the bridge, the 111 tank and one tank in two platoons on the other side will be exhausted.
A kilometer in front of them, there are burning wrecks of tanks. Some of these Soviet tanks are old-fashioned T-26, others are advanced T-34. They want to get close to and recapture the bridge, but their efforts have proved futile.
The Soviet soldiers rushed to the German positions like the tide, and the German positions also withstood the test of the tide. In the attack like the waves, they were as tough as rocks, and they didn't move under the waves. German machine gun positions efficiently slaughtered the Soviet soldiers who rushed up the road. In some places, the bodies of Soviet soldiers even began to pile up in the second layer.
"It's not so good! We need support! I've run out of grenades. They're still attacking. Damn it No. 111 tank was left on this side of the bridge. The original plan was just to defend a little, but I didn't expect that the Soviets came so fast and fought so firmly to escape.
Because of the internal structure of a Tiger tank, it can not carry too much ammunition. In another time and space, the German Tiger tank is square and upright, and the loading wheel adopts the advanced torsion bar structure, so it can load more ammunition.
It's a pity that the driving members of this world's Tiger tanks enjoy different treatment. Their tanks have better bullet avoidance shape, more practical speed and off-road performance. Generally speaking, their defense performance has been improved a lot, and their reliability has also been improved to a new height... But the cost is that the shock absorption structure used by this tank is relatively outdated, It takes up a lot of internal space of the tank, which makes the missile carrying capacity of the Tiger Tank less than that of the leopard tank.
Because anti tank operations are mainly aimed at enemy combat vehicles, the shells of Tiger tanks are mainly armour piercing shells, especially since tungsten alloy armour piercing shells came into being, which limits the total number of grenade shells carried by Tiger tanks and does not improve much in dealing with infantry.
In fact, this defect is not a fatal weakness under the same conditions, and in the subsequent improvement of tiger king tank, Christie damping of tiger type tank is replaced by torsion bar damping which has been mature and will be used for decades in the future, saving a lot of internal space for tiger king tank.
But unfortunately, the soldiers of 502 heavy tank destroyer battalion have not used the better tiger king tanks, so they have to use Tiger tanks to face the almost endless attacks of Soviet infantry and tanks. The other side may have thousands or even tens of thousands of people. The attack of this scale is obviously too heavy for hundreds of German soldiers.
No. 111 tank group, which was in the front position, ran out of its last grenade, and then had to retreat from the Bush where it was hiding, because the more and more accurate artillery fire of the Soviet tanks had begun to threaten it, and the best option for No. 111 tank was to shift its position.
The only tank in platoon 2 that followed Ryan to the bridge is probably envious of those bad companions on the way at this moment. After all, they don't have to fight in such a fierce battlefield. In any case, it's a very happy thing.
In order to cover the retreat of tank 111, the Tiger tank also opened fire frequently. An armor piercing bullet hit a T-34 tank that wanted to rush up. However, the shell of the 76mm cannon on another T-34 tank also penetrated the mound and hit the front armor plate of the 2-row Tiger tank.
"111. I'm hit! I got hit in the car. " In the earphone, the captain of the Tiger tank in Row 2 screamed nervously. He knew he had not been punctured, but the clang inside the car body really made everyone nervous.
In the tanks of World War II, there were no very easy-to-use automatic fire-fighting devices. The probability of those automatic fire-fighting devices being easy to use was not very high. It is easy for a tank that has been punctured to be killed. In most cases, the crew in the tank will either jump out of the car immediately or be baked into a lump of coke.
It's not that there's no chance of escape, it's just that it's a little short. In a few minutes, you have to open the hatch, get out of the tank, and then escape the oncoming bullets, jump out of your chariot and find a suitable place to escape - it's not a simple job.
So if the tank crew in World War II is hit, the first reaction is to jump out of the tank and escape. In this case, if you are hit by shells frequently, it will affect the judgment of the moment when you are punctured.
If you are not very confident in your tank, maybe the first reaction of the tank group of the 2nd platoon is to abandon the car. But now they are also cautious of reversing, hoping to get out of the dangerous bunker.
Two German tanks moved backward, proving that the German defensive positions were compressed, and that some German soldiers defending in foxholes are now more miserable. They were overwhelmed by the concentration of Soviet bullets, and Soviet forces began to approach the core of German defense positions.
Above the sky, a stuka-2 attack plane swooped down, and two 20 mm caliber machine guns followed the crowd attacked by the Soviets, highlighting their own hot tongues of fire. Shells hit the ground, forming two straight lines of gravel flying through the crowd, leaving two long blood roads.
The stuka-2 plane came back from the bridge. After throwing its own ammunition, it was preparing to return. As a result, it saw the fierce fighting on the bridge side and launched a bloody ground washing attack with dive and machine guns. Yes, to wash the earth, to wash the earth with blood and soul, to turn the once fresh life on the earth into dust and soil. What a proper adjective, what a figurative metaphor“ It's time to come! The result is now The commander of tank 111 looked at the collapse of the Soviet attack in front of him, showing a look of relief. He didn't know how long his defense line would last, and how long it would take for those distant reinforcements to arrive. Before everyone gets enough rest - of course, in this case, no one feels like they have enough rest. If possible, we all hope to have a rest for three days, three nights or more. The Soviet attack began again. This time, many tanks arrived along the road, and then a new round of attack started again. Although they were not the elite of the Soviet army, they had a strong desire to escape, so they fought against each other, hoping to open a way to escape, so that they could escape. In order to survive, human beings can often burst out more powerful forces, so these non main Soviet forces still beat the rhythm of German headache“ Boom Another armor piercing bullet hit the target. A Soviet tank caught fire and exploded. The crew was lucky this time. They jumped out of the tank and ran away. Another tank passed the wreckage of the tank and continued to attack the German position“ damn! We need reinforcements! We need shells and more tanks. " The captain of the second platoon yelled in his headphones. There are less than 20 shells left in his tanks. If the enemy continues to attack, the German tanks may be forced to withdraw from the battle because they will soon have no ammunition“ Boom At this time, a shell hit the back of the Soviet tank, and the huge explosion lifted up the whole tank. This sudden attack made the Soviet people confused, because they all saw the attack coming from behind them“ I think you need reinforcements? " In the earphone, in the earphone of the tank commander in the second row, a familiar sound sounded“ They're back! " The commander of tank 111 yelled in his headphones. The other tanks in the second row rushed out from behind the Soviet offensive troops. Four tanks with several armored vehicles cut into the Soviet troops like sharp knives“ ha-ha! Welcome back Just now already some despairing 2 platoon tank commander this time unrestrained loud smile way: "we cover your two wings, you can use the fastest speed to come to us."“ I don't think we need your support at all. We have our own support force behind us. " On the other side, with a large number of German grenadiers, the four tanks that broke down and left along the way attacked along the kilometer. Most of the Soviet troops where they passed had surrendered. After all, it was not comfortable to be surrounded. It was obviously not the situation that the Soviet troops could cope with being caught between two sides“ Ryan! The stragglers are here! Nine tanks, a lot of them! " 111 tank commander in the joy, did not forget to give the bridge side is struggling Renn and others“ Come and help us if you are not busy! There are too many Soviets! We didn't attack well Ryan didn't speak. Marcus's voice came from the earphone. It seems that they play very hard, because Marcus, who has never been nervous, seems to be in a bit of a hurry when he talks. Looking at the ammunition that he was about to see the bottom, the crew of car 111 seemed helpless. He had to press the throat phone to answer again: "my ammunition is running out, so I can't go to help you immediately."“ That's really good news. " Marcus said with a wry smile: "because we are in the same situation, the ammunition is about to run out! Hey... On the right, someone's shooting at me on the right