Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 369 Soviet-Finnish War (21)

Although the Maus tank (I won’t give it another name for convenience, it can’t survive more than two chapters anyway) was paralyzed 800 meters away from the Mannoheim defense line and could not move, it was not useless.

Invulnerable, it served as a fixed fort there to support the charging Soviet army, which was quite detrimental to the Finnish army.

The Finnish anti-tank gun can only fire two rounds at most before moving its position quickly, otherwise it will be blasted into the sky by the Maus tank's 152mm or 2mm tank cannon. In a short time, the Finnish army had lost eight anti-tank guns, which was an unprecedented loss.

As a result, the anti-tank efficiency was greatly reduced. If it weren't for the Finnish soldiers holding the Panzerfaust 150 to resist desperately, the Soviet army's steel torrent almost broke through the Finnish defense line several times.

The fierce fighting continued until nightfall, and both sides were exhausted before they calmed down slightly.

The Maus tank that was still paralyzed and unable to move was a bit embarrassing. The Soviet army could not leave it alone and could only set up camp not far from it.

The two sides were just staring at each other a few hundred meters apart.

Lavlenkin in the Maus tank sighed deeply. After some investigation, they found that an important part in the motor was damaged. This part still has to be shipped from the factory, and it is quite troublesome to replace it. Even if they work all night, they won't be able to fix it until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

In fact, they all know that such a super tank is useless. Rather than building such a big thing that is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive, it is more cost-effective to build a few more ordinary tanks.

But this was a task personally ordered by the great leader Comrade Stalin, and they could only go ahead with it. They dared not have any complaints or objections. Even if they did, for the sake of their own lives and the lives of their families, they could only keep it in their stomachs.

Everyone in the Finnish Defense Line Command was equally depressed. If the big tank came closer, they might be able to destroy it with the Panzerfaust 150, but it just stopped at a short distance and acted as a fixed fort, causing them heavy losses. . By the end of the day, it had destroyed 17 anti-tank guns and several bunkers. If this continues, within two days, this line of defense will be unable to stop the Soviet army's steel torrent.

"How about sending a death squad to destroy it tonight?" Someone suggested.

"I don't think we can succeed." Lieutenant Colonel Hans shook his head. "The Soviets were obviously on guard against this move. They dug a trench in front of the big tank to guard it. We would only increase casualties by sending people there."

Just as everyone was racking their brains to discuss countermeasures, an order came from the Finnish Army's High Command, asking the frontline troops to shoot flares near the big tank in half an hour.

"Great!" Everyone was immediately elated. It seemed that the superiors had figured out a way to destroy that damn big tank, and immediately ordered the forward positions to prepare to launch illumination bombs.

Half an hour later.

"Bang - bang -" Several rounds of illumination bombs were fired into the sky, and the front of the Finnish army's position was suddenly illuminated by dazzling bright light like daylight. The flare not only has a sustainable burning illuminating agent, but is also equipped with a small heat-resistant parachute. The small parachute will open at a preset height, extending the duration of the flare. One flare can continue to burn for about one minute, illuminating a radius of 1 Target within a kilometer.

Facing the sudden light, the Soviet soldiers on the opposite side didn't know what the Finnish army was going to do, and they became panicked and alert.

I originally thought that the Finnish army was about to make a surprise attack, but after staring for a long time, I didn't see any big movement in the Finnish army's position opposite. They just fired illumination bombs into the sky from time to time.

A few minutes later, the roar of an engine was suddenly heard from behind the Finnish defense line.

"It's an enemy plane! Prepare for air defense operations!!"

The Soviet army hurriedly set up anti-aircraft machine guns. The roar came closer and closer, and through the light of the flares, they saw that it was an IL-2 attack aircraft. Although the Soviet bomber groups risked terrible losses and destroyed most of Finland's airports as much as possible, you must know that aircraft during World War II can take off as long as there is a relatively flat open space or grass.

"Fire!" The anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground fired wildly at the attack aircraft, leaving tracer bullets all over the sky. However, the shooting of these machine guns at night only had a little interference effect.

A flight formation of six IL-2 attack aircraft ignored the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground, flew directly over the Maus tank, and began to drop bombs. Each attack aircraft carries five 100kg napalm bombs. One bomb after another fell near the Maus tank. Because it was a low-altitude bombing, the accuracy was relatively high. The nearest one was only one meter away from the tank.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Following violent explosions, pillars of fire more than ten meters high were splashed near the tank. Flames were flying and smoke was rising into the sky. The raging fire engulfed the entire Rat tank in an instant.

Ordinary aerial bombs are over after they explode, but napalm bombs will continue to burn after they explode, just like volcanic lava flows. The more important point is that the amount of charge in them will explode the napalm into flying fire. piece.

Fire lumps like ointment fell on the nearby Soviet soldiers. The severe pain caused by the fire burning on their bodies made those soldiers desperately slap them with their hands. However, the more they slapped the fire, the bigger the fire became. Some of them burned all over their bodies. The flaming soldiers tried to roll on the snow to extinguish the fire, but the fire further intensified and covered their bodies with fire. Some of them, because there were more fire patches on their bodies, even more burned when they struggled. The block was thrown onto the comrades beside him, causing further secondary damage.

"ah……"

The burning napalm oil and human body fat burned, and countless Pyromen let out heart-rending screams, stumbling, struggling, and running, and the flames continued to be thrown to other people as they struggled. In order to seek help from others, the burning people who still have a trace of consciousness among the soldiers often rush towards crowded places, but instead draw the flames to more people.

"Quick, run quickly..."

After witnessing the tragic scene where their comrades' bodies were set on fire while trying to rescue their comrades, and seeing a comrade rushing towards them, the Soviet soldiers immediately screamed loudly and fled in the opposite direction.

If they had a choice, they would not be willing to abandon their comrades and run away like this, but now, they were stunned by what they saw in front of them.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, everything was over. When the struggling Pyromen fell down one by one, the Soviet soldiers who had been hiding far away dared to approach cautiously. They found that not everyone was burned to death, and many people were still alive. There was still a strong look of pain in the "charred" head of the human-shaped head and the pair of white eyes. Still making a hoarse cry.

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