Chapter 362： Routine maintenance

"Quick, quick, quick!" On a wide plain, company commander Heinz said loudly, looking at his men.

Tank soldiers look majestic. In fact, tank soldiers are the most bitter and tiring. It's like seeing spiders make a web every day, and there is food. No one sees spiders knowing the web every day.

Tanks must be routinely maintained every day.

Now, Heinz's tank company is maintaining their tanks.

The five-person driving system is quite suitable. Five people can maintain the tank to reduce labor intensity.

As the platoon leader, Wittmann is no exception. At this time, he and his crew are maintaining their tanks.

Several people smoked a long cannon brush to clean the barrel.

The barrel has been lowered to the lowest level. When the barrel is at a depression angle, the length of the barrel depends on how long the barrel is, and even more than one meter long.

This cannon brush is made of steel. There is a group of cleaning brushes in front, just inserted from the muzzle. Then, a few people shouted and stuffed the cannon brush inside, and then turned it while outwards. Pumped.

As soon as the gun came out, a puff of black smoke rose up, and those that flew out were the residues of the gun.

Although advanced propellant is used, there is still a lot of gunpowder inside the high-pressure tank gun. If it is not cleaned up in time, the next time it is fired, it may explode due to excessive resistance.

Once it’s not enough, put it in again, the second time, the third time, and it’s over until the cannons are clean.

A few people sweating profusely, put the cannon brush aside, and then adjusted the tightness of the track.

The track of the tank is very important. It is precisely because of the track that the tank can crawl on the ground. At the same time, the track is made of high-strength steel.

Even so, the track often has various problems, just like the chain of a bicycle, it needs to be adjusted after a long time of use.

Too loose or too tight is not good.

If the track is too loose, it is easy to loosen the track when the tank is turning, and if it is too tight, the track is easy to break once it is pressed against a hard object.

In normal training, if the track is not suitable, it will break down at best, but on the battlefield, once the track has a problem, it almost means death. No one will ignore these.

Every day, after a long-distance attack, routine maintenance must be carried out. This is related to their life and death on the battlefield!

In addition, check piece by piece. If the track cracks, it must be replaced immediately!

At this time, on each Panther tank, there is a row of spare tracks hanging in front, which can be used as additional armor, and can be changed to the tracks at any time when needed.

Changing the tracks is even more laborious, with sledgehammers and iron drills waiting together.

"The track is just right, there is no need to adjust." The driver shouted to Wittmann.

The track is just right, which is really good news, so next, you can relax.

Lying behind the Panther 3 tank, feeling the residual temperature of the engine, is the most pleasant time. Now, there is one last thing left, waiting for the arrival of the supply truck to replenish ammunition and fuel!

Here, it belongs to the Fuhuodawa region.

Not far away is the slowly flowing Vistula River, and ten kilometers to the south is the besieged Polish army.

In the triangle of the Bug, San and Vistula, the Waffen-SS armored divisions caught up with the retreating Polish troops and surrounded them.

But now, to eat these Polish troops in one go, there are still some difficulties, especially after the offensive begins, there will definitely be Polish troops to break through, which is the most unfavorable.

Therefore, they have not launched a total offensive for the time being.

At the same time, the fighting over the past few days has frightened the Polish army. Their cavalry is not an opponent of tanks at all, and their infantry is a lamb to be slaughtered. After discovering that they were surrounded, the Polish army was desperately digging fortifications and turned to defense on the spot.

So, it's a stalemate, of course, it won't be long.

The tank troops rushing all the way, after completing their routine maintenance and refueling, will launch a general attack at most tomorrow.

The Poles were frightened and stupefied. If they had just encircled them, they would still be able to escape part of it. After all, the German tanks were weak in chasing after them.

Sitting behind his tank, leaning on the turret, Weitmann silently lit a cigarette and started smoking.

In between battles, smoking a cigarette tightly is already the greatest enjoyment.

He looked not far away. Heinz, the company commander, was standing on a tank, observing the surroundings with binoculars. Heinz was planning the battle for tomorrow.

As a company commander, there are more things to be responsible for, and for Wittmann, what he prefers is to rush up and kill the opponent!

This behavior of Wittmann is often criticized by the company commander. In the eyes of the company commander Wittmann can only be a tanker, not a more suitable commander of the armored unit. After becoming a platoon commander, the company commander has to take care of all the tank operations.

As for Wittmann, once he became addicted to fighting, he would easily put this education behind his head. Wittmann rushed forward, and later, his tank platoon followed him, which often evolved into this situation.

Under this kind of impact, the Polish army is often collapsed, and Wittmann rushes through the opponent's position, then turns around and encircles the opponent.

In his eyes, the battle against Poland is as simple as that. Of course, if you encounter a strong opponent, there are other tactics, and he is still looking forward to it.

He was smoking a cigarette comfortably, and suddenly, Heinz shouted: "Alert, prepare to fight!"

alarm!

Just in the north of one's own side, there was an open and boundless land, suddenly there were countless dust flying, it must be a troop marching!

The distance is too far, I can't see clearly here, it may be a cavalry unit supported by Poland!

alarm!

At this moment, all the tanks quickly jumped on their own tanks. Except for a few that were disassembling their tracks, the rest of the tanks were all launched rumblingly.

The advantages of the diesel engine are fully demonstrated, which is quite fuel-efficient. Although they are waiting for refueling, the remaining fuel in the tank can still run dozens of kilometers, which is enough to cope with an unexpected encounter.

Wittmann's tank rushed to the front again, the rear engine rumbled, and Wittmann's eyes stared at his high-power sight.

What's the one from earlier? If it is a Polish cavalry, they can be crushed by a machine gun!

In the field of vision, the target gradually expanded, and finally, the silhouette of the opponent could be seen, also a tank!