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The Iron-Blooded Republic Volume 2 The Art of Power Chapter 896 The Red Tank¡¯s Final Song Part 7

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    "Armored troops, advance!"

    Just when Wei Lihuang's 22nd Army was in a bitter battle under the attack of the Soviet tank cluster, the 7th Armored Army commanded by Lieutenant General Zhang Zhonglin had 134 Cheetah tank destroyers, 67 Panther tanks, and 134 Stalkers.  The tank destroyers had already formed a standard wedge-shaped attack formation. 335 steel behemoths formed an assault formation with a frontal width of 8 kilometers, dragging smoke and dust all over the sky and advancing to the 22nd position at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.  behind the military defense line.

    "Tanks! Chinese tank clusters!"

    Seeing the billowing smoke and dust rising all over the sky, Konev, who was directing the troops to attack, took a breath.  The Chinese armored reserve actually appeared in front of him!

    Accompanied by the deafening roar of engines, the largest tank battle in the Battle of Moscow and the last tank battle in this world war - the Losino-Petrovsky tank battle finally reached its climax.

    Although he knew the odds were against him, Konev was still determined to face the Chinese tank group.  He immediately issued an order to adjust the formation, asking the tank group that was attacking the Chinese defense line to retreat, and spread out the same wedge-shaped offensive formation on the open plain north of the town of Losino-Petrovsky.  At the same time, he deployed some Su-76s and infantry to form a covering formation on his right wing.  While the Soviet tank cluster was busy adjusting its formation, the Chinese engineers, under the cover of the tank cluster, cleared the anti-tank mines they had planted in front of the position, clearing the way for the tanks to attack.

    At 9:30 a.m. on August 6, 1936, 134 Jaguar tank destroyers first crossed the defense line of the 22nd Army.  Use their 71 times caliber 88mm cannon to blast Soviet tanks 1,500 meters away!  Unlike the Stalker, which relies on cost-effectiveness to win, the total combat weight is as high as 45.5 tons (equivalent to three times the total combat weight of the Stalker, due to its complex structure and small production. The cost is more than six times higher). The Cheetah tank destroyer  It is a powerful weapon that is expensive to build, but has a decisive effect.  The power of its 71 times caliber 88mm main gun can only be described as excessive.

    In fact, the purpose of developing and manufacturing this heavy tank destroyer by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense is not to deal with the Soviet T-28 series or su-76 series, but to deal with the legendary Soviet heavy tanks.  According to earlier information obtained by the German intelligence service and the Chinese National Intelligence Agency, the Soviets began to design heavy tanks that could replace the T-28 as early as 1933 to defeat the increasingly powerful Chinese and German armored forces.  According to intelligence, in early 1935, several heavy tanks with a total combat weight of more than 50 tons and equipped with 85mm caliber cannons, 122mm caliber howitzers and even 152mm caliber howitzers were tested at the Kubinka weapons proving ground near Leningrad.  Trotsky was said to be very pleased with the test results.  Soviet weapons production departments were instructed to put these new tanks into production as quickly as possible.  But for some unknown reason, the Soviet heavy tanks did not show up until the Panther tanks and Jaguar tanks of the Chinese and German armies arrived at the gates of Moscow.

    After the war.  Only then did China and Germany learn that the Soviet T-100 heavy tank, which weighed 53 tons and was equipped with an 85mm cannon, had completed all design and testing work as early as the end of June 1935.  And it¡¯s finally finalized.

    But the production of the T-100 heavy tank has been repeatedly delayed.  Until China and Germany started dropping nuclear bombs on the heads of the Soviet Union, the T-100 heavy tank still had not been put into production.  The main reason for this situation is that Marshal Vacetis, the Soviet People's Commissar of Labor and Defense in charge of military production, opposed the investment of increasingly tight Soviet industrial resources into this super "waste" of resources and man-hours, and its performance was not great.  Go up to the T-100 heavy tank, which is reliable and has a very high failure rate.  He would rather continue to produce the Su-76, which consumes only about one-third to one-fifth of the man-hours and raw materials equivalent to the T-100, to cope with the increasingly tight situation.  And this opinion was also supported by Marshal Tukhachevsky. The armored forces that the Red Army Chief of General Staff could mobilize were already stretched by the end of 1934, and he was always worried about the insufficient number of tanks and armored vehicles.  Of course, I don¡¯t want to get a hefty 30% discount on the tanks that come off the factory production line every month.  In that case, probably 70% of the Soviet tank troops would directly switch careers to become infantry.

    in addition.  Since 1934, the biggest enemy of Soviet tanks on the battlefield is no longer the enemy's tanks or assault artillery, but the air forces of China and Germany.  According to statistics from the Soviet General Staff.  Of all the tanks and armored vehicles that were damaged on the east and west fronts, about 55% were destroyed by enemy aircraft. Moreover, the less maneuverable and large a tank is, the easier it is to be destroyed by enemy aircraft.

    Although the decision of Vacedis and Tukhachevsky should be correct from a strategic perspective, for Konev and his tank crews who personally commanded the battle on the front line in a Su-76,  What they want most now is probably dozens of T-100 heavy tanks that can compete with the Jaguar tank destroyer.

    "Cheetah, it's a cheetah! Back up in the middle, both sides?Don¡¯t move!  "At first sight of the huge size of the Leopard tank destroyer, Konev made the most correct decision. His own tanks and assault artillery in the middle of the wedge formation reversed, while the two wings remained stationary and continued to use 76.2  mm or 57mm cannon to bombard the Chinese Cheetah. This method of play is the experience gained by Soviet tank soldiers after repeated battles with Chinese and German tank destroyers. It is to take advantage of the tank destroyers' shortcomings of small firing angles to attack them from the flanks.

    "However, tanks of this era cannot fire while retreating, and the 71 times caliber 88mm gun is too powerful.  Even at a distance of 2,000 meters, it can easily penetrate the front faces of the T-28/1935 and Su-76. In fact, at a distance of 2,500 meters, the 88mm tungsten steel armor-piercing projectile is still very powerful, but the accuracy of the shelling will be different.  Because the distance is too far, the range is greatly reduced. In order to save ammunition, China's Cheetah tank destroyers and Panther tanks usually will not attack moving targets 2,000 away.  However, for the Soviet tanks that began to retreat from a distance of 1,500 meters from the Cheetah, the distance of just a few hundred meters was definitely a fatal journey.

    Boom boom boom

    With loud noises, fireballs suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Each fireball meant that a Soviet tank had been destroyed and everyone was killed!  After just four rounds of shelling, there were more than 120 burning fires on the battlefield.

    "Attention all Panther tanks. Attention all Panther tanks. Attack from the right wing and carry out artillery fire from a distance of 1,000 meters!" Lieutenant General Zhang Zhonglin, deputy commander of the 7th Armored Corps, is also an expert in tank warfare who has been in Central Asia and Siberia for four years.  Of course, Konev's tricks couldn't stop him.  When he formed the wedge formation before, he had already reserved a hand and placed all 67 Panther tanks at the end of the wedge formation to serve as a reserve.  When the Leopard tank destroyer bombarded the Soviet tank group with its 88mm cannon, he ordered all the Panther tanks to quietly move to his right wing and formed a small wedge-shaped assault formation.  Seeing that the middle of the Soviet tank cluster began to retreat, he immediately ordered the completed Panther tanks to attack, rushed to about 1,000 meters in front of the left wing of the Soviet tank cluster, and opened fire.

    Seeing sixty or seventy Chinese Panther tanks rushing towards his left wing, Konev knew that his left wing was about to suffer disaster. However, at this time, he had no time to make any major adjustments, so he had to bite the bullet and attack.  His left and right wings issued assault orders at the same time, hoping to use his left wing to entangle the Chinese Army's Panther tanks and give his right wing a chance to break through the left wing of the Chinese Army's tank cluster - at this time, he already roughly knew the Chinese Army's tank cluster.  In terms of quantity, it is still far less than their own.

    A fierce tank battle soon began. The trouble was the 67 Panther tanks of the Chinese army. Their 75mm guns with 70 times the caliber were enough to observe 140mm thick armor at a distance of 1,000 meters. No Soviet tank could withstand it.  It can afford such a blow, but at this distance, the main guns of the Soviet su-76 and t-28/1935 cannot hit the 80mm armor steel arranged at an angle on the front of the Panther tank.  The only way is to attack the Black Panther's firepower and wait until within 500 meters or even 300 meters before firing.  As a result, the commander responsible for commanding the left wing of the Soviet tank group immediately ordered a charge.  "For the motherland! For Russia! Ula! Go ahead!" These Red Army soldiers who were supposed to be internationalists are now shouting the slogan "Long live Russia" and launching a desperate attack. Perhaps in their minds, the Soviet Union and the Soviet gcd  Has it been completely abandoned?

    "Back off, back off now, keep the distance." Seeing the Soviet tanks rushing forward to fight, the Chinese Panther tanks began to reverse, trying to keep themselves at a safe distance.  At the same time, the left wing of the Chinese tank cluster composed of 134 Stalker tank destroyers chose to defend on the spot when faced with the Soviet tanks that also rushed over. Their 48-caliber 75mm cannons penetrated  The frontal armor with a 55-degree angle between the force and 60mm is already somewhat inadequate in the current war. It can no longer provide a safe distance for the Stalker tank destroyer. However, every Stalker tank under the control of the Chinese armored forces  The destroyer is still a powerful killing machine!  (To be continued)
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