"Yes, a single weapon, general!" Qin Chuan explained: "But it can't be considered a single weapon. We need an 8-man team to control it. It's a bit like... a bazooka, but the range has increased!"

"Theoretically, the range can reach two thousand meters!" Colonel Slein added: "It's just that the hit rate of two thousand meters is low!"

"What is the thickness of the armor piercing?" asked Colonel Albridge.

"150MM!" Qin Chuan replied.

This data scared General Streck and Colonel Albridge.

"I heard it right, Lieutenant Colonel!" General Streck said: "You mean it can penetrate the armor of any Soviet tank, including their KV heavy tank?"

The front armor of the KV heavy tank reaches 110MM, which is even more than the 102MM of the Tiger Front Armor.

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan nodded confidently: "As long as you hit, you can undoubtedly break through!"

At this time, two soldiers came in from outside. Colonel Slain signaled them to come in and introduced: "General, Colonel Albridge, I know you must be interested in seeing it, so..."

As he said that, he nodded to the two soldiers, and they quickly opened it in the cover and set it up.

"As you see!" Colonel Slain said: "It is called ME63, divided into two parts, with a total weight of only 22.6 kilograms. Soldiers can carry them on the battlefield. In theory, two people can control it, one shooter and the other, but you know, we still need to cover and assist people!"

General Streck squatted down with interest, looked at the gadget on the ground, then shook his head and said, "I can't believe it can penetrate 150MM of armor!"

"Don't doubt this, General!" said Colonel Slain. "We've tried it. Its warhead is a rocket that will shoot high-speed, high-temperature jets after hitting the target. So, you won't want to give it a try here!"

General Strek and others couldn't help but laugh.

After asking the soldiers to put away the ME63 and left, Colonel Slein continued: "So, they sent us here, intending to surprise the Soviets!"

"It's right!" General Streck nodded and said, "If this ME63 is as perfect as you said... it's time to surprise the Soviets!"

Qin Chuan knew that ME63 was actually not perfect, but it should be enough to deal with tanks in this era, especially the Soviet army.

ME63 played a role the next day.

This was chosen by the German army because before that, the 48th German Armored Army was blocked 11 kilometers by the 5th Soviet Guard Tank Army... The 5th Soviet Guard Tank Army gathered 16 kilometers, and was located between the second line of defense and the third line of defense.

Moreover, the Soviet army chose a good blocking terrain. If the 48th German Armored Army wanted to continue moving forward, it had to pass through a two-kilometer-wide wilderness ahead, without any obstruction, and was completely exposed to the artillery fire on the opposite side.

So the 48th German Armored Army did not dare to act rashly.

On the one hand, this is because of the terrain, and on the other hand, it is because our own tanks are much smaller than the other. If we divide our troops and detour, the Soviet army will take the opportunity to launch a counterattack or defeat them from the front.

Simply put, it means "in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are irresistible."

This was indeed the case before, but after the 1st Infantry Regiment arrived... the 5th Army of Su Guards Tanks actually had no absolute strength, they just didn't know it.

Therefore, when the German army was about to bypass the Kovo Plain, Crafchenko, the commander of the 5th Army of the Sugu Tank, was a little surprised.

Krafchenko was an officer who grew up in the war. He graduated from the Vollongzhi Tank School and participated in the worst war...Sulfen War.

At that time, he was just a colonel in the mechanized army.

But because of his bravery in the subsequent wars and proper command, he has become a major general and commanded the most elite tank unit of the Soviet Union...the 5th Guard Tank Army.

"Will the Germans actually divide into two parts?" Krafchenko looked at the telegram and said in disbelief: "Don't they know how many tanks we have?"

In terms of division of troops, of course, the more troops have the advantage.

Political Commissar Andrivich replied: "The Germans are too arrogant. They think they can defeat us with their existing strength! Or, they have no way to go and can only do this!"

Andrivich's words make some sense, because the German army is interspersed with combat, and if they are not blocked, there will be only a dead end. Therefore, it is better to fight with the Soviet army than to wait for death.

But Crafchinko intuitively felt that things would not be that simple.

"Did the enemy have some ambush?" said Crafchinko. "I mean, did they get reinforcements last night?"

Andrivich looked in the telegram and replied with certainty: "No, no. Comrade Krafchinko, we have arranged scouts to monitor the transport roads. They did not find any tank reinforcements from the Germans, only cars!"

Krafchenko nodded.

He believed that this information was accurate, because the Germans had only one road in the transportation line. Although the Germans controlled this road, it did not prevent Soviet scouts from approaching close reconnaissance.

In fact, this road is 11 kilometers long, and the Germans cannot block the entire road into airtight in a short time. If necessary, the Soviet army can even blow up these roads and cause some trouble for the German engineers.

Therefore, the Soviet army could even master the number of German cars that entered the war zone last night, and of course they would not miss the tanks.

But Crafchenko was still worried. He thought about it and said to Andrivich: "Comrade Political Commissar, I think we should send planes to reconnaissance. Maybe they will get reinforcements from other directions!"

Andrivich had no objection.

In fact, it was Krafchinko's cautious style that made him not lose like other tank troops in the process of fighting against the German army... On the Soviet-German battlefield, Soviet tank troops were often not as bad as they were defeated, which could be said to be a victory.

But the reconnaissance result was the same. No German reinforcements were found. The German army divided an armored division from the Sfka Highway and tried to go around the side of the 5th Guard Tank Army, and seemed to want to attack the rear of the 5th Guard Tank Army.

After receiving this news, Krafchenko no longer hesitated.
Chapter completed!