"Comrade Commander, the 12th Tank Army requested reinforcements. They encountered a heavy tank battalion of Germany people, and the troops suffered heavy losses!" a staff officer reported.
Lieutenant General Romanenko couldn't help but twitch his lips. Although the 12th Tank Army was not the most powerful unit under 3rd Tank Army Corps, one German military tank battalion caused heavy losses to this tank army. It can be seen how powerful German armored forces is, and the next battle will undoubtedly become more difficult. It will undoubtedly be more difficult to defeat German armored forces.
"Order 15th Tank Corps, 179th Tank Brigade, to enter the battle! No matter what, we must entangle Germany people." Lieutenant General Romanenko ordered.
The battle has begun, and it is simply impossible to escape from the battle now. The only thing they can do is to continue to perform combat missions and hope that their combat plan will succeed.
"Yes, Comrade Commander!"
Russian 179th Tank Brigade is the unit that has been equipped with T-34 tanks. There are seventy tanks in the brigade, all of which are T-34 tanks that were just produced. Although this tank is just a medium tank, its performance is very good. In other words, the performance in all aspects is very balanced. Although the rear armor of the vehicle body is only 45 mm, the tilt angle reaches 60 degrees, which greatly improves the armor performance of the tank to a certain extent. The curved turret also has 52 mm of frontal armor. Such defensive power is naturally incomparable to German military's Tiger-Panther tanks. The 76.2mm Tank Cannon is pretty powerful. However, Russia is being developed to replace the T-34 tank with the 85mm Tank Cannon so that this tank can have more powerful firepower.
Carrying a big gun in a small body is undoubtedly a main idea of the Russia tank. Unlike German tanks which attaches great importance to defense, the first priority of Russian tanks is firepower. This makes the Russia tank's survivability on the battlefield very low. Once hit, it will often be directly destroyed. Unlike the German military tank, the armor is thick. If the combat distance is not too close, the armor will not be penetrated and it can survive on the cruel battlefield.
The reason why the T-34 tank is called the greatest tank is because the manufacturing process of this tank has been simplified and can be mass-produced on a large scale. This is also the reason why Russia in another time and space was able to produce tens of thousands of such tanks in just a few years. Even in this time and space, Russia's industry was severely damaged by the strategic bombing from Germany space. However, there is still no problem in producing 500 T-34 tanks in a month. However, due to time constraints, the Russian tank force cannot equip too many T-34 tanks and can only equip a very small number of troops with this new tank. Other troops are still equipped with T-26 tanks and BT-5 tanks. It's just that the performance of these two tanks is indeed too poor, so Russia has stopped producing these two tanks and switched to fully producing T-34 tanks.
In addition, the tank code-named IS is also under intense development. After owning a light tank like the T-34 tank, Russia also hopes to have a heavy tank that can truly compete with German military's 'Mighty Tiger' tank. However, because the development time is too late, it will take a long time to equip the troops.
After Lieutenant General Romanenko issued the order, the Russian troops 15th Tank Corps and 179th Tank Brigade joined the battle one after another. At the same time, Lieutenant General Romanenko also urged 4th Tank Army Corps to get them into the battle as soon as possible. Otherwise, when 3rd Tank Army Corps suffers heavy losses, they will not be able to deal with the Germany people alone.
"Attention all companies, reinforcements from Russians are coming. Reverse the vehicle, break away from them, and increase the distance!" The commander of the heavy tank battalion of German military issued the order after discovering that the Russian reinforcements had arrived on the battlefield.
On the battlefield, German military's 'Mighty Tiger' tanks began to reverse in order to maintain a combat distance. Destroy the Russian tanks while ensuring your own safety.
"Speed up and rush forward. As long as we can engage in a melee with the Germany people, we will win!" Russian 12th Tank Army Corps's commander ordered. Although they had lost half of their tanks, the entire tank army was still fighting desperately.
Russian troops 15th Tank Corps and 179th Tank Brigade finally arrived on the battlefield. 15th Tank Corps launched the attack from the front, cooperating with the 12th Tank Corps, while 179th Tank Brigade's 70 T-34 tanks attacked from the side.
"Boom!"
A 'Mighty Tiger' tank that was retreating shook violently. Then, the entire tank burst into flames. The armored soldier covered with fire climbed out of the tank and rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire on his body.
This 'Mighty Tiger' tank has thick armor. However, that refers to frontal armor. The side and rear armor are much weaker than the frontal armor. A T-34 tank used 76.2 mm Tank Cannon to penetrate the side armor of this 'Mighty Tiger' tank at a distance of 600 meters.
"God! There is also a Russians tank on the left. That is a new tank we have never seen before!"
"That's a T-34 tank! We've got information about this tank before!"
"Turn around, you can't face this tank from the side. Their 76.2mm Tank Cannon can destroy our side armor!"
After the Russian army's 179th Tank Brigade appeared on the battlefield, the German 88th Armored Division heavy tank battalion was caught off guard, and several 'Mighty Tiger' tanks were penetrated through the side armor.
The Russian army also discovered this situation and cheered. It seemed that they were about to win.
However, German military's heavy tank battalion immediately adjusted its formation and faced Russian 179th Tank Brigade head-on. Although the power of the 76.2mm Tank Cannon is not weak, it cannot penetrate the frontal armor of the 'Mighty Tiger' tank. On the contrary, a lot of them were destroyed by the 'Mighty Tiger' tank with the 88mm Tank Cannon.
The battle became more intense. After Russian 3rd Tank Army Corps's two tank corps and a tank brigade joined the battle, German 88th Armored Division's heavy tank battalion could only accelerate its retreat. If they are caught up by the Russian tank troops, they will definitely be wiped out.
However, German military's heavy tank battalion was not without reinforcements. In less than ten minutes, 881st Tank Regiment arrived on the battlefield. Two tank battalions and one Armored Battalion entered the battle. More than one hundred 'Panther tank' tanks were put into battle. Although the performance of the 'Panther tank' tank is weaker than that of the 'Mighty Tiger' tank, it can still crush Russian tanks.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As the German military tanks opened fire, Russian tanks were destroyed one after another. Not only the T-26 tanks and BT-5 tanks were destroyed, but those T-34 tanks were also beaten into piles of scrap metal.