Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1523 Tank Battle

The new tanks of the Eighth Route Army stopped one by one after finding a suitable position... The reason for finding a suitable position is that the tanks of this era do not have a bi-stabilization system. If you want to engage in tank battles, you must stop on a level ground as much as possible And the tracks on the left and right sides must not run over objects and become unbalanced. Simply put, it is to keep the body level, otherwise the rotating turret will be misaligned when aiming at the target.

The Devil "Tiger" took the lead in this regard. After receiving the infantry warning, they took the first step to seize the position and prepare for aiming. Some even had armor-piercing shells installed.

Based on his own judgment, Major Fukada directly gave detailed orders to his subordinates: "The target is about 850 meters away, and all units are free to shoot!"

"Boom!" There was a burst of gunfire, and the "Tiger Type" fired shells at the Eighth Route Army tank first.

In tank battles, it is usually the first to fire to take advantage, because if the first shot can hit the target, it means that your side will lose a few threats immediately. Even if the first shot misses, the second shot can also be offset in advance If the amount is corrected, the second shot will be much more accurate than the enemy's first shot.

In this round of fighting, the side that fires first will definitely have an advantage.

However, what surprised Major Fukada was that after the smoke from the shells passed, he found that the enemy tanks were all safe and sound!

"What's going on here?" Major Fukada observed the target carefully through the binoculars, and said to himself with an incredible tone while watching: "This is impossible, these tanks... are at most medium tanks, and their armor Can it withstand the 88 guns of the 'Tiger'?"

It wasn't until Major Fukada saw an armor-piercing projectile with the tail blown like a chrysanthemum embedded in the front of one of the tanks' armor that he had no choice but to believe it.

In fact, even the "Tiger" tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets may not be able to penetrate the thicker armored T44 at this distance, let alone the devil's armor-piercing blasting bullets... Devils have a kind of obsession with this kind of armor-piercing bullets. It is always hoped that the AP shell will kill the enemy tank crew after penetrating the target's armor, although this is pointless.

If this kind of armor-piercing blasting projectile can penetrate the target, its lethality is quite large... There is not much difference for the tank, because after the solid armor-piercing projectile penetrates the tank armor, the debris produced is enough to kill the internal occupants, even if you are lucky Debris didn't get into the cockpit because of the hit site, but is a tank that can't move still a threat on the battlefield?Isn't the tank crew the target of the infantry after climbing out?

If it can't penetrate, this kind of armor-piercing explosive shell is meaningless, and it will even reduce the armor-piercing ability.

Such shells are only useful in one situation: against enemy turrets or bunkers.

Because turrets and bunkers are easily penetrated, solid armor-piercing projectiles cannot cause heavy casualties to enemies hiding in them, but this is not the case with armor-piercing explosive projectiles.

However, it is the devil himself who has more turrets and bunkers.

At this time, this kind of shell can only barely penetrate half of the armor of the T44, even though the distance between each other is only more than 800 meters.

The distance of more than 800 meters was carefully calculated by the commander of the tank battalion, Xia Zhijian, or rather analyzed.

This is what he told Wang Xuexin: "If we have a laser range finder that can accurately measure the distance to the target, we should avoid the distance target being an integer!"

Wang Xuexin agreed without thinking.

The reason is obvious, the laser rangefinder can still accurately calculate the distance of the target to improve the first hit rate of our tanks, but the enemy tanks have difficulty in estimating the distance because the distance is not an integer.

Therefore, it was wrong for Wang Xuexin to propose a distance of about 1000 meters from the enemy in the combat plan... Wang Xuexin simply thought that the enemy could not penetrate our tanks at this distance, but our army could. Isn't that a sure win?
But Wang Xuexin did not consider one point: even if the armor-piercing projectile fails to penetrate the tank, its vibration and energy transmission may be enough to injure, temporarily deaf or even sacrifice the tank crew inside. Even if the tank crew can resist it, whether the T44 can resist it No failure?And can the newly developed laser rangefinder be able to withstand it?

Therefore, we should not simply think about whether it can penetrate, but also consider whether the enemy can hit.

Then Xia Zhijian analyzed: "There are scattered residential buildings in Shagou Town. Due to this, it is difficult to have a battlefield with a distance of more than 1000 meters, so it can only be less than 1000 meters. After field inspection, I think more than 800 meters is feasible!"

Xia Zhijian's suggestion is of course correct.

The main reason is that the Eighth Route Army does not know the penetration data of the Devil's "Tiger", so it is worried that it will be penetrated by it within 800 meters. If this happens, it will be too uneconomical.

At the same time, Wang Xuexin also realized one thing: his command only looks at the data, which is a bit out of touch with the actual battlefield situation. In the future, he needs to communicate more with the frontline troops to learn more about the environment.

Xia Zhijian's suggestion played a big role, because although the devil's "Tiger Type" fired ahead of the Eighth Route Army, only 23 of the 3 shells hit, and none of the 3 shells penetrated.

At this time, Major Fukada realized the seriousness of the problem: If the Eighth Route Army’s new tanks cannot even penetrate the “Tiger”, does that mean that its artillery has also been upgraded to be able to penetrate the “Tiger”?Otherwise, why did the Eighth Route Army tanks stop at this distance?

Thinking of this, Major Fukada grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Go ahead, go at full speed! Immediately!"

Major Fukada's order was correct. In fact, there is not much room for retreat when tanks confront each other head-on.

Because it needs to turn and turn around to retreat, this process will expose the weak and large side armor to the enemy's muzzle, and then the rear armor.

Therefore, the real retreat should be to rush at the enemy tank at full speed.

In this way, on the one hand, you can bayonet the enemy tanks at close range so that your own armor-piercing bullets can also penetrate the enemy tanks. On the other hand, it is possible to pass by the enemy tanks and then find a chance to withdraw from the battlefield.

However, it was too late...

As soon as the "Tiger" body moved, the Eighth Route Army tanks let out a "booming" sound, and Shaozuo Fukada could clearly hear a "clang-keng" sound.

Major Fukada knew right away that something was wrong, that was the sound of an armor-piercing projectile hitting the "Tiger".

Not to mention whether the enemy's armor-piercing projectiles can penetrate the "Tiger Type", this hit rate can also drink a pot of imperial chariot soldiers.

Taking a closer look, Shao Zuo Fukada's originally hopeful heart immediately turned cold... Looking around, there are already eight "Tigers" standing still and unable to move. I don't know if they were penetrated or because of a malfunction. .

But judging from the black smoke faintly rising from the hatches of their tanks, they were probably shot through.

"What kind of chariot is that?" Major Fukada's expression suddenly turned pale: "It can not only block the 88 guns of the 'Tiger', but also penetrate the armor of the 'Tiger'!"

(End of this chapter)