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The Third Empire - Chapter 190

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:59:17 AM


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In history, the Soviet Union sent T-26 tanks to participate in the Spanish Civil War. This kind of tank can easily penetrate various tanks in Germany and Italy when facing each other on the battlefield.

After all, in Germany at that time, only tank I was the main force. This kind of tank was also designed based on the "Vickers" tank. However, tank I took machine gun as the firepower and could not be compared with the T-26 with 45mm tank gun!

The firepower of T-26 is not only much higher than that of I, but also higher than that of II, reaching or even exceeding the level of 38t and early III. It is quite a loss to fight with such tanks.

The first attack of the Italian army was thus defeated. The T-26 established its position with an easy victory on the battlefield. If this kind of tank retreated in this way, it would be an absolute victory.

Unfortunately, facing the one-sided battle, the Soviet soldiers were obviously very excited. They continued to drive their tanks and wanted to take this opportunity to break through each other's positions.

"Hold on, hold on!" Watching the noodle army retreat one after another, Jose, the commander of the new central army, shouted at his troops.

Originally, he thought victory was in sight, so he came up to observe and direct the battle himself. However, seeing that the noodle army retreated one after another, he knew that if this continued, the retreat would turn into a complete failure.

This is absolutely intolerable to him. It can be seen that hundreds of Italians are retreating, and now, if his central army retreats with him, General Franco under the rage will certainly dismiss him!

No refund, no refund!

Jose stood on the position, holding his pistol: "commander, if anyone retreats, kill him immediately! Anti tank gun, get ready for me! "

Anti tank gun! Jose is confident that he can persist until now. Just a few days ago, he finally got a batch of anti tank guns for his central army through his good relationship with Chirac!

The number is not much, only 20. It is the latest pak35 37mm anti tank gun transported from Germany!

This anti tank gun is quite famous throughout World War II. Germany has produced more than 20000, which is the main anti tank equipment of the German army in World War II.

The biggest feature of this gun is its lightness. As a light gun, the total combat weight is only 432kg. The gun runs on two large wheels equipped with pneumatic tires. It is not laborious to operate the gun only by relying on the manpower of the gunner squad, even without car traction.

Now, anti tank guns have been pushed up quickly. As soldiers of the national army, their fighting will is a little stronger than that of the Italians.

On the other side, tanks were rumbling up. Obviously, the Soviet tank soldiers planned to work hard and completely beat back the enemy on the other side.

Unfortunately, they miscalculated. They simply did not know that tanks would take a great risk to break through the enemy without the company of infantry.

Moreover, one of the biggest shortcomings of T-26 tank is that its protection is too weak. Although it has 45mm artillery, which is enough to lead this era, its armor is only 15mm!

Now, stimulated by the victory just now, the Soviet tankers want to rely on their tanks to completely defeat the enemy!

Open the gun door and insert 37 mm shells. The Spanish Gunners barely suppressed their inner tension. They watched the opposite tank getting closer and closer, and then pulled the gun rope hard.

"Boom!" The light anti tank gun even bounced at this moment. At the same time, 37 mm shells flew opposite!

Missed!

The opposite tank is still rumbling up!

What should I do? What should I do?

Keep loading!

They continued to load shells in a hurry. If there were not a supervision team behind them, they would have run away!

The second shell was stuffed into the gun chamber, and then the gunner aimed at the tank in front again. At this time, the other party had rushed to a distance of 150 meters!

"Boom!" The anti tank gun continued to roar. At such a close distance, it was almost straight to the past anti tank gun, and there was no possibility of deviation!

The body of the oncoming T-26 suddenly trembled, and then there was a loud bang.

At the junction of the turret and the car body, flames came out with black smoke, and the ammunition in it burst! Then the turret separated from the body and was thrown aside.

succeed!

Seeing that the ferocious T-26 was destroyed, the Gunners of the anti tank gun were encouraged and no longer afraid. They continued to load and shoot!

The battle went on quickly. A minute later, the T-26 tanks opposite retreated. They left three burning tanks and retreated.

"Victory, victory!" The soldiers of the anti tank gun couldn't help shouting.

Victory?

Looking at everything on the battlefield, Jose couldn't be happy anyway.

Your side is attacking! As a result, the enemy did not break through the position, which is a victory?

At most, it's a draw, but it's easy to explain. The reason for the failure is the retreat of these Italians!

That night, Franco held an emergency military conference.

"The progress of our battle is really not smooth. We must be fast and conquer Madrid at all costs!" Franco said that originally, the goal he set for the Central Corps was to seize the garden house park today, forcibly cross the mansanarez River tomorrow, and occupy the university city within a week.

But now, among other things, the central army alone is too disappointing!

"The main reason is that our friendly forces are too weak." Jose said, "as soon as the Soviet tanks came up, they retreated."

Jose's words immediately made the Italian generals present blush. Before they said anything, Franco opened his mouth: "Jose, what are you talking about? Don't make excuses for your own failure, you fool! "

Franco is angry? Angry at yourself? In an instant, Jose felt full of grievances. The Italians were too weak?

"It's ourselves. We didn't expect that there were tank troops in Madrid." General Mora said, "the fire of T-26 tank is too fierce. It's difficult for us to parry. If only our German friends could come up."

General Mora's words made everyone feel the same. Today, he was beaten by a small Soviet tank! If there is a German Panther 2 tank, it will greatly reduce the positive pressure. If you feel the pressure, you will become the opposite international column!

German friends? Jose suddenly reacted that the Italians were also friends and came to help. Franco would never say that others were ineffective in fighting. Otherwise, what if they led the team and ran away?

Therefore, we can only put the responsibility on our own side!

Damn it, these noodle armies, with 50% of the fighting capacity of the vulture corps, would not be like today! Jose sighed incomparably.




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