blood of vietnam war

Chapter 170 Eight Death Zone

"Boom..." With the continuous bombardment of the Vietnamese army's large-caliber artillery, one round of shells passed through the mouth of the valley and entered the canyon.

The artillery used by the Vietnamese army at this time is generally the Soviet-style d-20 howitzer, which is our army’s 66-type howitzer. The caliber of this thing is 152mm...

What is the concept of 152mm caliber?

The 59th tank gun of our army is only 100mm, and the t62 tank gun of the Vietnamese army is only 115mm. In other words, the caliber of the artillery gun of the Vietnamese army is almost half larger than that of the tank gun.

The larger the caliber, the larger the shell, and the greater the lethality.

Some people may say that this caliber is only a few tens of millimeters larger, and tens of millimeters is only a few centimeters. How powerful can it be?

If it is only calculated by length, those few centimeters are really nothing, but the shell is cylindrical, and it is a big deal if it is a few centimeters larger in the circumferential direction... This is a bit like the bucket we use at home. The water that can be held by a few centimeters is almost multiplying.

Similarly, the charge of the shell is several centimeters larger, and the charge is also multiplied. Therefore, once the Vietnamese army shoots in, it is not comparable to tank guns... In an instant, the entire canyon is full of explosions and echoes. It was like a giant bell buzzing non-stop in our ears, and the vibration from our feet almost made us unable to stand still. Even though we were hiding in the second half of the canyon, we could clearly feel the shells The energy from the collision with the rocks made the entire canyon seem to tremble and tremble.

I couldn't help secretly rejoicing that Wu Zhijun's squad was called back early, otherwise, they would have been beaten to the bone by this artillery fire.

At this time, I faintly heard some different sounds in the gap between the bombardment, and soon realized that it was the sound of the motor of the tank... The tank of Yue Guizi came in!

I couldn't help but secretly praised in my heart: This Yue Guizi is really not a vegetarian, he even thought of this way to go deep into the canyon... You must know that the howitzer blasted towards the first half of the canyon, let's not talk about going out to defend, just It was difficult to even poke your head out to see the situation.

Some people may say that we are not around the corner?The Vietnamese army's shells don't turn around, do they?Why can't you probe to see the situation?

The reason is that the two walls of the canyon are mostly hard stones. When the shell explodes, the gravel and shrapnel will bounce between the two walls... So many gravels are shot into the corner along the canyon at high speed, just like me ... Even if you are hiding in the cave around the corner, you can still hear the whistling sound of the gravel flying past outside the cave.

However, these gravel and shrapnel can kill and injure personnel but cannot threaten the armor of the tank, so the Vietnamese tanks can take advantage of this time to occupy the first half of the canyon majestically.

However, I'm not too worried about the Vietnamese army's method. There are two reasons: one is that there are two tank wreckages blocking the exit of the canyon, so I don't believe that the Yue devils can quickly pass through.The other, of course, is that I have already placed directional explosives in various positions and kept their positions in mind, which is just in handy at this moment.

So he continued to nest in the cave and waited, waiting for the next move of the Vietnamese army.

Because I believe that the Vietnamese army will eventually need infantry to occupy when tanks cannot quickly pass through the canyon.Since infantry occupation is needed...then Yue Guizi's howitzers will definitely stop bombing for a moment.

Sure enough, the gunfire stopped after ten minutes, and I leaned out of the tank to take a look... I couldn't help being shocked: the Yueguizi's tank had already moved forward to the corner and even poked out the turret.It's just that I was a little surprised that the tank that came up this time was not a t62, but a light tank that was smaller than the 59 in our army...

Later I found out that it was an American m41 light tank, which was handed over by the Yue Guizi from the Yankees.

Although this kind of tank has thin armor and low firepower, there are too many jungles and paddy fields in Vietnam, especially in the rainy season, the muddy roads are definitely a nightmare for heavy tanks. On the contrary, light tanks are more suitable for the battlefield in Vietnam, so The U.S. military invested a lot here and equipped the South Vietnamese army with it.After the United States withdrew, the Viet Cong seized a large number of m41s from South Vietnam.

"Da da da..." The first shot was the anti-aircraft machine gun on the Vietnamese army tank. When the machine gun fired, it shot lines of fire on the rocks on the two walls like a crazy rainstorm, and the stones were smashed into pieces like tofu. fall down.

It's a pity...but I know that this anti-aircraft machine gun must be a random attack without a target. The reason is that the first half of the canyon has been filled with smoke and gravel dust after being bombarded by Vietnamese artillery. If you can still hit the target, then it can be called clairvoyance.

Experience on the battlefield tells me that this kind of blind shooting without a target, although the bullets are scary in pieces, the possibility of hitting yourself is very small.So I didn't think much about it, and as soon as I raised my gun, I leaned out and aimed at the Vietnamese tank.

In the next second, I saw a figure in the smoke below who was firing an anti-aircraft machine gun on the tank and fired wildly into the canyon, so I pulled the trigger decisively... After the "bang" gunshot, there was more dust There was blood, and the sound of the machine gun stopped abruptly.

"Squad leader three!" I yelled into the walkie-talkie.

"Here!" The scholar's answer came from the intercom.

"Dynamite No. [-], get ready!"

"Yes!" The scholar responded, and responded after a while: "The No. [-] explosive is ready!"

I didn't speak anymore, but quietly watched the Vietnamese tanks continue to move forward...Because the narrow path in the canyon, the Vietnamese tanks had to slow down at the corner, so this location is undoubtedly a good place to place directional explosives , and this can also be said to be an important military position for the second half of the defense... No, if the Vietnamese army tanks successfully occupy the corner of the canyon, then they can use tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to bombard our defensive positions. I'm afraid that this canyon will be destroyed.

It is precisely because of these reasons that a considerable part of my directional explosives are arranged near the corner, no... No. [-] explosives are not far in front of the Vietnamese tanks.

Seeing that the m41 drove to the position of the explosive, I yelled into the intercom: "Detonate!"

As soon as I played the sound, I heard a loud "boom!"... By the way, the explosives I buried under there were originally used to deal with T62, so I buried dozens of catties, but now it explodes. A light tank... So the tank exploded almost at the moment when the explosives exploded. I knew that the ammunition inside the tank was detonated, and the whole tank quickly turned into a ball of fire. The entire canyon is a piece of red.

However, this did not seem to be able to stop the Vietnamese army's offensive, and soon another tank appeared around the corner, it was still a light m41... It completely ignored the light tank that exploded into a ball of fire and continued to drive forward. There was a harsh sound of steel rubbing against the wreckage of the tank and continued to move forward.

What surprised me is...all of this seems to have been planned by the Yue Devils. The Vietnamese Army seems to have known that we have explosives or landmines to blow up the first few tanks in the row, so the tanks at the front are the light tank.

In other words, the tanks of the Vietnamese army knew that they were going to die when they came in, but they still drove in like this...

It’s just that I was surprised, but the movement of my hands did not stop. Following my order, a boulder weighing more than ten tons fell from the top of the tank... with a "boom", it hit the top of the m41.

It is said that the thickest part of the m41 tank's armor penetration is only 31mm, and the thinnest bottom is only 9mm, so the whole body is deformed when the boulder hits it from a high place, even if the people inside are not shocked to death. I'm afraid that it will be caught by the deformed car body and die half-life.

I secretly thought that now there are two tanks and a large boulder... The tanks in the back can't stand it, but I didn't expect the tanks following behind to shoot at the front without saying a word...

With the bombardment of the cannon, it didn't take long for the boulder to be broken into several pieces to get out of the way, and then the tank continued to move forward, trying to push the tank in front into the ditch beside the road... This ditch was originally the small river, because The river has been cut off, so now it is a ditch more than one meter deep.

This is the same time I saw such a style of play, and even used tanks to fill it... Did the devils keep having so many tank wrecks that they couldn't get through?

But this trick seems to work, because I also have limited directional explosives, especially around the corners... because they can't be placed too densely, after blowing up two anti-tank ones, the rest is almost anti-infantry.

"Squad leader!" I immediately yelled into the walkie-talkie: "The bazooka is ready!"

"Yes!" Wu Zhijun responded and rushed up with two soldiers carrying bazookas.

The weakness of tanks, especially light tanks without night vision capabilities, when entering this canyon is that the angle of view is too narrow to prevent infantry from approaching from a blind angle. In addition, light tanks have thin armor, so the bazooka is basically accurate as long as it approaches and shoots. Will not let go of such a good opportunity.

However, the Vietnamese devils are not fools. After the tank, they followed up with a large group of Vietnamese infantry soldiers. They took advantage of the armor-piercing cover of the tank to come out and sweep all kinds of weapons into the canyon...

They wanted to prevent our bazooka shooters from getting close to the tanks, but unfortunately... I had already arranged explosives nearby, so as I gave an order, a piece of rubble exploded on the top of the canyon, only to hit the tank. Those Vietnamese infantrymen screamed incessantly.

Soon, the corner of the canyon became a death zone for Vietnamese infantry and tanks. (To be continued.)