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    The three words "Manchurian tiger" (there is no Siberian tiger in Russian, only Siberian tiger, so the Soviet Union borrowed the translation from Japanese intelligence) have become a lingering nightmare for the Soviet army.  You can even use an eyesore!  A thorn in the flesh!  to describe.  From the early days of the war when only a small number of elite troops were equipped, to the mass deployment of the main force two years later, the "Manchurian Tiger Scare" was not only spread among soldiers, but also officially appeared in Soviet intelligence and documents.  Lukin was blunt when reporting to Stalin: "The Manchurian Tiger tank poses no less of a threat to us than the steel monster that first appeared on the Somme. All known anti-tank weapons cannot effectively deal with it, and are even expensive and difficult to deal with."  The 57mm special-length cannon manufactured cannot penetrate the frontal armor." These words expressed the aspirations of the front-line troops.  In order to find a way to deal with it, the Soviet army has used manpower and material resources to carry out encirclement and suppression countless times, but so far they have not obtained a complete physical object.  Even if a huge sacrifice is made to surround some damaged ones, it will still attract indiscriminate bombing by the Chinese Air Force.  Just at the beginning of last month, Vasilevsky discovered that a damaged Manchurian Tiger was in a mudslide. It took thousands of people and several days to pull it out. However, when it was sent to Kazan, 20 people who were rushed there  Several Chinese dive bombers were destroyed on the train.

    "The Manchurian Tiger Scare" also forced the Soviet General Staff to form an anti-tank department to study tactics to combat it.  In a world war engulfing the human world, asking the general staff commanding an army of tens of millions to spend energy researching a tank to deal with the enemy is enough to prove the power of the "Manchurian Tiger".  So far, the Soviet army only knows that the front armor of the Manchurian Tiger has a large inclination angle, and the actual protection thickness is likely to be between 160 or 200 mm. It also uses advanced transverse engine, supercharger, shock absorption, hydraulic assist, etc.  Wait for new technologies.  Stalin also thought about simply imitating it, but firstly, there was no complete physical reference, and secondly, many technical reserves in the Soviet Union were insufficient.  You know, this kind of 'Siberian Tiger' main battle tank based on the later-generation 59d tank, even if Yang Qiu had accurate drawings, it still took seven years and thousands of technicians, including well-known foreign mechanical experts.  It was successfully developed.

    The Soviet tanks destroyed by it, and the defense lines broken by them, left the Soviet Union too late to wait for the technology in the laboratory, so it had to focus on naval guns. These are the Navy's 100 mm and 130 mm naval guns.  The bs-3 100mm naval gun originated from France and is a very powerful naval cannon.  Stalin originally requested that it be installed on the T34, but due to the long range and strong recoil of the naval gun, the T34 chassis could not bear it, so it had to be stuffed into the KV chassis.

    This is Bonov¡¯s car, the KV100 heavy tank.

    The kv100 is actually not a good tank, and even the Soviet army itself doesn¡¯t like it.  Because the KV tank chassis itself is very unstable, after the enlarged gun seat circle, problems such as the turret swinging when firing, poor accuracy, difficulty in ammunition loading, too slow turret rotation, and repeated chassis failures occurred.  Therefore, the Soviet army knew clearly that the T34/76 and T34/85 could not deal with the "Manchurian Tiger", so they had no choice but to continue production and at the same time build a batch of KV100 for emergency use.

    So when the night-fighting "Night Tiger" of the "Siberian Tiger" appeared in front of them and quickly destroyed three of their own tanks, you can imagine how nervous the recruits of the Soviet 45th Tank Brigade would be.  However, Bonov is still very confident, because the terrain and night here will force the opponent to engage in close combat, which gives him the opportunity to use numbers and infantry to destroy or even capture a complete Manchurian Tiger.  He was full of confidence, but the tank under his butt was very disobedient. The turret rotation speed was twice as slow as that of the T34, causing him to miss the opportunity to fire back immediately.

    "Boom." Taking advantage of the Soviet army's hesitation, the "Night Tiger" tank platoon fired again. The 85mm high-speed tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile easily tore through the armor of four T34s.  And almost as soon as the target was destroyed, the tank platoon, contrary to Bonov's expectations, quickly reversed and retreated into the dark forest.  "Charge! Davarisi! Kill them all!" Ponov thought that his opponent was retreating because he was weak and afraid of close combat, so he immediately ordered a pursuit.  "Boom, boom, boom." The shells flew after the reversing 'Night Tiger', but the T34/76 has been proven to be unable to penetrate the frontal armor of the 'Siberian Tiger' at zero distance, so the tank platoon is still very fast.  Disappearing into the black woods.

    "Pay attention to the search, they must not have escaped far!" The tank crews widened their eyes, and the infantry also used all kinds of darkness and various bunkers to expand the search range.  But Bonov didn't know that when he led everyone to search and advance in the darkness, the troops were being led into the circle of death little by little.  "Boom from the left!" As soon as a Soviet infantryman who came forward saw the black shadow behind the bush, a flash of light pierced his pupils, and then there was an explosion behind him.

    "Boom!" In the darkness beyond sight, a searching KV100 was hit by an armor-piercing projectile and exploded.  Bonov's heart suddenly shrank when he was 500 meters away, and a bone-chilling chill spread rapidly from the soles of his feet throughout his body.  He did not expect that the KV100 heavy tank, which he considered powerful, would die no slower than the T34 in front of the Siberian Tiger.  This is what the Soviet army is most dissatisfied with kv100.After stuffing a huge naval gun into the place, the KV chassis can no longer withstand thicker and heavier armor, and it also destroys its own structure, causing the protection capability to decrease instead of increasing.  Of course, the Soviet top brass, who have always spared no expense, would not tell the grassroots soldiers about these serious flaws.

    The exploding kv100 suddenly turned into a daredevil that triggered the mechanism. At the same time as the fire lit up, more than a dozen fireballs lit up in the darkness one after another.  "Boom." Just like a volley of guns, in just a short moment, 9 T34s and 2 KV100s were destroyed and set on fire at a very close distance.  "Damn it! They can see us! Retreat, disperse and retreat!" Although Bonov didn't know how his opponent penetrated the darkness and canopy to see clearly, his experience was a hundred times stronger than that of Japan, and his bullets were perfect.  Fa's reality told him that his opponent could clearly see the position of each of his tanks.

    In fact, he thought too much about the ¡®Night Tiger¡¯. Even with active infrared night vision devices, the maximum detection distance of the Night Tiger Camp at this time was only a few hundred meters.  But as the destroyed tanks burst into flames and exploded, and the view in the forest improved, 14 Night Tigers from the Night Tiger Company of the 2nd Armored Division of the National Defense Forces immediately rushed out of their hiding places and rushed towards the 45th Tank Brigade.  "On the left, there is a car on the left! Quick, remind Kalkin to be careful!" In the faint firelight, Bonov saw a dark shadow on his left side flashing, and quickly asked Yurikin to notify several KV100s retreating there.  "Comrade Brigadier, the radio is broken." Yurikin reminded him quickly.

    "Damn it! It must have been done by the Chinese!" At this point, any idiot can understand that the collective malfunction of the radio station must be caused by the opponent.  "Let them follow me." Ponov handed the signal gun to Yurikin and asked him to get out and signal.  As soon as the hatch cover was opened, the two T34s on his right were hit and stopped.  "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Bonov was so angry that he kicked the tank.  Who would have thought that the forest that he considered the best terrain for ambush a few minutes ago would become his own grave.

    "Comrade Brigadier, you should come and take a look. Damn it! We are being massacred!" Yurikin got out of the cabin and was completely stunned.  Looking around, the terrifying "Night Tiger" tanks were like a group of ghosts hiding in the darkness, suddenly firing from the darkness beyond his sight, and then reversing back into the darkness.  Shooting, reversing, firing, and reversing again occasionally hit the target, but you can only watch them merge into the dark forest with sparks.

    In just half an hour, a company of 14 "Night Tigers" used the cover of the woods and darkness to achieve an impressive score of 0-47 with the help of night vision goggles.  "Retreat, retreat to the east grassland!" Bonov's eyes were red and he immediately fired three signal bombs.  Seeing the signal flare, the panicked Soviet 45th Tank Brigade finally calmed down and quickly retreated to the open grassland to the east with the infantry. When Bonov's KV100 heavy tank took the lead in rushing out of the forest, he saw hundreds of tanks under the moonlight.  Several dark figures were approaching quickly from a few meters away.  "Fire! Boom!" This time, his KV100 fired ahead. The 100mm integral capped armor-piercing projectile cut through the 400-meter void and accurately hit the front turret of a "Siberian Tiger".  A scene that drove Bonov crazy appeared. The hit "Siberian Tiger" only paused and then blasted a T34/76 that had just emerged next to it.

    "What on earth are they made of?!" Colonel Ponov and the Yurigins were both dumbfounded.  They don't know that the frontal protection of the Siberian Tiger not only exceeds 200 mm, but the actual protection thickness of the turret exceeds 250 mm.  And in the distant mainland of China, technicians have replaced the "Siberian Tiger" that he considers to be very powerful with a 105mm main gun, full BDD armor, skirts and protective grilles, and are preparing to be sent to the Korean Peninsula for final actual combat testing  .

    "Comrade Brigadier, look quickly." Yurikin pulled the sluggish Ponov hard, pointed to the southeast and shouted in horror.  At the end of his finger, a dense black shadow rolled in like a flood.  "Open artillery, bombardment, bombardment." Dozens of "Siberian Tiger" main battle tanks slammed into the remaining Soviet troops with an extremely ferocious attitude.

    "Let the anti-aircraft machine gun trucks and fire-breathing tanks come up to increase the firepower! The rest of the troops continue to pass, we have no time to waste." In the command vehicle, Sun Liren was not interested in eating up a tank brigade with less than a hundred tanks. What he wanted to do now  , taking advantage of the night to advance quickly under the "cover" of the air force.

    After receiving the order, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion's four quadruple 12.7mm anti-aircraft half-track vehicles that resembled M16s quickly caught up with the multi-purpose engineering tank company.  The four-mounted 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun has average performance against aircraft, but against infantry, it is like a 'combine harvester'.  Under the fire of 16 heavy machine guns, the Soviet infantry without the protection of tanks simply became a target. The thick 12.7 mm semi-armor-piercing bullets could cut off trees, penetrate the soil, and kill them hiding behind.

    Seeing that the infantry suffered heavy casualties under the attack of bullets and gasoline, with both legs broken, and lying dying next to the wreckage of the tank, Bonov remembered something. Because the radio was damaged, he had not had time to notify General Kilponos.  But he has no chance!  Under the suppression of 6 electronic warfare 5 electronic jammers, 25 kilometers northeast of Lake SarekopaThe forest area outside connecting the Turgai Plateau seems to have been wiped off the earth, quietly.  By three o'clock in the morning, Sun Liren's 2nd Armored Division and the 29th Motorized Rifle Division that arrived later had entered the plateau through the forest area, heading towards Kokshetau, 300 kilometers northwest
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