[烛光生存狂]-【战例】苏联ZIS-3反坦克炮的某个战例

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Through the Eyes of Tiger Killers (p. 193-95)

This verified personal account is by Red Army veteran Viktor Iskrov

Fighting in the 116th Guards "Order of Lenin" Artillery Regiment as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, on September 26, 1943 at the village of Shevchenko we encountered a column of German armor. The events unfolded in the following manner.

I was at the battalion"s CP with the commander of the 4th Battery, Senior Lieutenant D. S. Gaidaenko when we spotted a group of German tanks that were advancing toward the battery from the flank. Apparently, they had broken through our infantry defenses and were now going for us. I immediately contacted the regimental commander over the radio and asked for orders. His answer was short, "Act on your own!"

I left the chief of forward observers, Senior Lieutenant M. M. Yakovlev, at the CP, and we (Senior Lieutenant Gaidaenko and I) ran as fast as our feet would carry us to the 4th Battery. I recalled faces of all my family and my relatives. In my thoughts I said farewell to them all: to my mother (I did not yet know that she had been dead for over a year, dying of starvation in besieged Leningrad), to my wife Maria, and others. This was a very brief farewell. In front of us were the advancing German tanks and four ZIS-3 76.2mm field guns of the 4th Battery to stop them. The guns, camouflaged in the hedgerows at Shevchenko, were turned 90 degrees to the right to repel the assault.

Inexperienced or green gun-layers were replaced by experienced officers. I found a place on a hillock behind the battery to have a good view of the battlefield and so that my crews could see me. I told the crews to fire at the tracks and side armor, and ordered them to open fire only on my command, when I waved a small red flag.

Tanks appeared from behind the hills that were in front of us. One of the gun-layers, Sergeant Serdyuk, became unnerved and fired as soon as the tanks appeared on the hilltops. He missed, and the German tanks immediately spotted his gun. It was blasted with a direct hit. We found Sergeant Serdyuk's head lying some 15-20 meters from the gun after the battle. We were all very sorry about his death, but, in fact, he himself was to blame.

I saw the advancing German tanks very well. As soon as I saw that they started turning a little bit, exposing their side armor to us, I waved the small red flag, which served as a command for opening fire. After this, each individual crew fought independently. It was a real duel against the German armor. We knocked out four of them, including two Tigers. The Germans could not take this and started to retreat. Our losses were also high. Killed in this battle were Senior Lieutenant Semen Markin from Leningrad, platoon leader Lieutenant Vladimir Kolymagin, Sergeant Serdyuk, and ten privates and sergeants.

Markin was killed when the German tanks started to retreat and his 6th Battery opened fire on them, knocking out two tanks. The German tanks were returning fire as they retreated. An armor-piercing shell killed Markin at the firing position. The solid steel shell tore his body into two parts"body and head were one piece, and legs were another piece. This is how Lieutenant Markin died, having fulfilled his duty to the utmost. We used to talk with him for a long time, recalling Leningrad. He often told me, "I would like to meet a little Tiger! (that is, German Tiger tank.) I would answer, "When you become commander of the 6th Battery, you will get to meet your Tiger cub!" That"s exactly how it happened, but this was the last battle for Markin.

After the battle, the senior officer of the 6th Battery, Lieutenant Danilenko, called me and said, "We buried Lieutenant Markin right here, at the battlefield." I was outraged and ordered, "Immediately dig up the corpse, wrap it in a rain cape and transport it to the battalion HQ, and then to the regimental HQ, to bury him with full military honors!" This order was followed. Lieutenant Markin was buried in Svatovo in a mass grave. On the day of his death, the battalion received an order from the commanding general of our corps (1st Guards Mechanized Corps), General Major Russiyanov, about the promotion of Markin to the rank of senior lieutenant.

I did not even notice that during the battle the sleeve of my tunic (we had just received new uniforms) was torn into pieces by small fragments and a tiny fragment had become lodged under my skin.

Soon after the end of engagement I received a message that General Major Russiyanov was about to visit our battery. I was not surprised, as this general often visited the battlefield. He was always driving around in his Willys Jeep.

When he saw the nightmare at our positions after the battle"wounded screaming, dead lying right at the guns, some crew members torn apart by direct hits"General Russiyanov took off his cap, took a deep bow and, with tears in his eyes, said, "Eternal memory and glory be with the defenders of our Fatherland!" I, as battalion commander, tried to maintain military formalities, salute the general, and make an official report, but my nerves were so shaken by the battle that I did not succeed. Russiyanov, in turn, did not require any military ceremony at that moment. Right on the spot, on the battlefield, he handed Senior Lieutenant Gaidaenko and me medals, Orders of the Red Banner, and ordered me to recommend all the men of the 4th Battery for decorations.

1943年秋，苏军西南方面军已经推进至第涅伯河左岸城市扎波罗日外围。德军为了保住这个重要的桥头堡，向这里调来了装备有45辆“虎”式坦克的第506重装甲营。该部对苏军连续进行了数次反击，结果战至到9月26日，仅剩9辆能够使用的坦克。9月26日，506装甲营出动了全部的9辆重型坦克，在第9装甲师的部分坦克支援下，向对面苏军近卫机械化第1军发起进攻，试图消灭苏军的炮兵部队。

德军装甲纵队突破了苏军步兵的防线后，很快被苏军近卫炮兵第116团第2营营长伊萨科夫大尉和第4连连长盖伦科上尉就发现。他们看到，敌人的坦克正在向自己的侧翼迂回机动，试图将炮兵团包抄歼灭。伊萨科夫大尉首先用无线电向团长报告了情况并请求指示。团长只吼了一声“你自己看着办！”后便关掉了话筒。两位军官只好跳出营部掩蔽部向最近的4连阵地飞奔而去，那里的灌木树篱里正隐蔽着4门ЗИС－3加农炮。战士们按照伊萨科夫的命令紧张地挖起火炮驻锄，把炮管朝右转了90度，对准了来袭的德军坦克。军官和有经验的军士换下了新上阵的瞄准手，亲自操作火炮。伊萨科夫特别强调要射击“虎”式的侧装甲和履带，并要求部下看到自己挥动红旗后再开火

“虎”式正慢吞吞地翻越苏军阵地前的小丘，一个接一个的炮塔逐渐从土包后显现出来。这时4连的炮长谢德仑克中士等不及了。他焦急的开了第一炮，可是却没有击中。炮口烟暴露了他的发射阵地，德国坦克迅速回击，直接命中了谢德仑克的炮位，把他和火炮炸的粉碎。

首战告捷的德国人大意起来，他们稍微转了个弯，侧装甲完全暴露在苏军火炮的射界内。伊萨科夫连忙摇动红旗，各连进行了急促射，4辆德军坦克被击毁，其中包括2辆“虎”式坦克。德军承受不了这样的损失，开始后撤。这时，2营的6连从另一方向开火，又击毁了2辆坦克。撤退中的德军也进行了猛烈还击，第6连连长马雷金上尉被一发直接命中的穿甲弹打成两段，排长科洛马季和另外10名军士和士兵也牺牲了。在这次战斗中，德军付出了3辆“虎”式全毁、6辆受伤的沉重代价，至此第506重装甲营已没有1辆可以使用的坦克了

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