artillery arc

Chapter 574 Hammer
Sitting in his new tank, Wang Zhong said to his old partner, the gunner Alexander: "This new tank is much more stable than the T34. When the T34 moves fast, even with a fur cap, the head will be covered with lumps."

Alexander's voice came from the headset: "Indeed. And the designers also took into account the convenience of changing equipment. The operating levers and other things are exactly the same as the T34. People who are used to driving the T34W can come in and drive it."

"No," the driver said, "It's different here. I'm crammed into the arrow-shaped bulge in front of me, and the space is much smaller!"

Even the Russians think the space is small, so it must be really small.

Wang Zhong: "Remember to tell Chief Engineer Kejing when you get back."

The new tank has eliminated the machine gunner and reduced the number of members to four. As a result, the new tank is slightly inferior in anti-infantry performance, after all, it only has the coaxial machine gun in the turret and the anti-aircraft machine gun on the top of the turret.

The advantages of this are also obvious. There are no holes on the front of the vehicle body, and the complete armor plate has stronger penetration resistance.

Chief Engineer Ke Jing has accumulated experience in heavy tanks. If he goes back to modify the design and concentrate the protection on the front, he may be able to create a 30-ton medium tank with an egg-shaped turret.

It would be a beautiful sight to think about the T54 fighting the Leopard.

However, Wang Zhong thought that the Tiger prototype had been destroyed by the vortex, and perhaps the Tiger would not appear at all. He wondered what the stimulated Prosen people would come up with.

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a bright red color in the bird's-eye view.

So he immediately grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Stop the car!"

The tank braked suddenly and stopped, and the slender 100mm gun shook up and down several times.

Ke Jing said that Yebao's scientific research team is reverse engineering the simple stabilization device on the United States Sherman tank, but the effect of the current imitation is not ideal and will only increase the weight of the tank, so he did not adopt it.

Anyway, most of the time heavy tanks stop to shoot, and there is no need to pursue high-speed movement and emergency stop shooting like medium tanks, so it should not have much impact.

Wang Zhong raised the telescope and posed, then switched to a bird's-eye view, watching the red-highlighted enemies busy at work on the battlefield.

"Strange." He said subconsciously, then quickly shut up.

The enemy was only active in the bunker and did not enter the trenches!

Could it be that the enemy is afraid that I will launch an artillery attack after entering the trench?
But this time I'm just eager to use the new tank!
The rapid advance of the Abawakhan Front brought many consequences, including the failure of heavy artillery to keep up.

It was exactly the same problem that Plossom's army encountered when the war just started in 914.

But Wang Zhong thought, the heavy artillery had not caught up, but the new heavy armor had caught up, so why not try out the quality of the new tank while the heavy artillery had not caught up, and then use the "Urban" cannon to send the exposed enemy bunkers into the sky.

Yes, the other T34s did not intend to launch an attack. They all stopped 2.5 kilometers away from the Plossen defense line according to Wang Zhong's order.

After observing for more than ten seconds, Wang Zhong was sure that there were only PAK40 and 88 guns on the enemy's position, and nothing more evil. If you think about it carefully, you can understand that so far, except for the vortex, the Proson people have not encountered any Ante armored units that the 88 guns and PAK40 cannot handle.

However, the small number of vortices makes it inconvenient to launch an offensive. The best you can do is to fire at the anti-tank gun crew in the wilderness.

After making sure that there was no danger in advancing in this way, Wang Zhong ordered by radio: "All units continue to stay where they are. Urban One, follow me and don't overtake me."

"Understood, Tsukasa... White Wolf Davarishi."

The commander of Urban I almost said Commander Davarich.

Wang Zhong patted the top armor of the turret: "Let's go!"

The tank started up with a roar, and its wide tracks rolled across the snowfield towards the position of the 16th Armored Grenadier Division, with Urban I following closely behind.

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"Damn it!" Schultz almost shouted, "Is that a red flag? That's a damned red flag! Rokossov is driving a tank we haven't seen before and is rushing towards us!"

The commander of the anti-tank artillery regiment said: "That's great. Once we get within the 2000-meter range - no, 1500-meter range, the 88-caliber guns will start firing, targeting Rokossov's new tanks!"

"Yes!" the operator answered loudly, and then began to turn the 88 gun, aiming the muzzle at the enemy, which was still a silhouette at this time.

The gunner asked in confusion: "What kind of tank is that? It looks like a giant turtle!"

"The Ants made something like this," Schultz said unhappily. "How can a new tank be made so quickly? Impossible. It must be another improved version of the KV series! No matter how much the KV is modified, it can't withstand the 88mm gun!"

The artillery commander: "Load the armor-piercing shells, quickly! Keep firing once you get into range. Even if it can block the first few hits, Ante's inferior armor will soon be penetrated due to metal fatigue!"

Schultz gave his position to the artillery observer and lay on the firing port of the bunker to look out.

The outline of the new tank can be seen clearly with the naked eye, and it really looks like a turtle.

Schultz suddenly realized that the tank's omnidirectional inclined armor was an excellent bulletproof shape.

I just don't know how thick the armor of this tank is.

Observer reports: "2000 meters! The enemy has passed the -meter mark!"

"Fire!" the artillery commander shouted.

The 88 gun opened fire. The gunpowder gas that failed to escape from the bunker irritated Schultz's nasal cavity, but he didn't care about that. He lay on the shooting window and stared at the flying shells.

The muzzle velocity of the 88 gun is very fast, and it can fly a distance of 2000 meters in a short time.

Schultz watched helplessly as the shell hit the front of the tank, was bounced off, and drew an arc toward the sky behind the tank, not knowing where it would land.

"Failed! Reload quickly!" Schultz urged loudly, even drowning out the voice of the artillery commander.

The loader yelled, "Over!!"

Artillery commander: "Fire!"

The second shot was fired, and this time it hit the turret, but was also bounced away in a shower of sparks.

Schultz had a bad feeling, but he still urged the gunners to reload.

Although the fortress was in chaos, the artillery observer was still dutifully reporting the distance: "The enemy has passed the 1500-meter target!"

Schultz: "Stop it! Oh, and hit the tracks. Aim for the tracks!"

Gunner: "The snow is too thick, the tracks are almost blocked by the snow! Let me fire one shot and see!"

While the gunner turned the crank to operate the cannon, the loader finished loading the next round and shouted, "Over!"

The gunner opened fire.

Schultz saw the shell hit the snow before hitting the tank, bounced twice on the ground, and then exploded, creating a column of snow and mud in front of the new tank with the red flag.

At this time, the tank stopped.

Schultz shouted in surprise: "It went through!"

Then he saw the tank turret turn towards him.

Immediately afterwards, the muzzle blew up the snow on the ground, suddenly obscuring the shape of the tank.

Schultz fell directly to the ground.

The next moment, the shock wave generated by the explosion sprayed in from the firing port, knocking down the gun team's mirrors.

The artillery observer who was observing through the artillery telescope screamed and covered his eyes, probably because his eyes were poked by the edge of the eyepiece.

Schultz lay on the ground for a second before he looked up and found that the bunker was safe and sound, except for dust falling from the ceiling.

The artillery commander climbed up and said, "Don't be afraid, keep operating the 88 gun! At this distance, the enemy can only see a thin line through the firing port. The Ants can't hit us with their poor artillery skills! Keep firing!"

Loader: "Over!"

Gunner: "The enemy's artillery fire raised so much dust that I couldn't find where the enemy was!"

The artillery commander: "Then fire a shot at the snow and fog, hitting the position just now, betting that the enemy has not left."

Gunner: “Yes!”

The 88 gun fired again.

And perhaps because the enemy tanks passed the 1200-meter mark, the PAK40s owned by the anti-tank regiment also opened fire, with shells continuously firing into the snow and fog.

The shooting lasted for three minutes, and Schultz shouted: "Stop! Everyone stop! Maybe the enemy tank has been destroyed and Rokossov is dead!"

The sound of shooting gradually subsided.

The snow fog that had just blocked the view was now gradually falling, and the new turtle-shaped tank was once again exposed to everyone.

It just stayed there motionless.

Schultz swallowed.

Suddenly, the tank started moving, thick smoke came out of the exhaust port, and the steel tracks began to turn again.

The moment it started, without any order from Schultz, all the anti-tank guns fired at it like crazy.

Armor-piercing shells were constantly being bounced off, leaving at most a string of sparks on the tank.

The artillery commander suddenly shouted: "Hit the turret ring! Jam its turret! And find a way to break the tracks! Anyway, stop him!"

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"Oh shit!"

Wang Zhong had just woken up from the coma caused by the concussion when he heard the gunner shout: "Our turret ring is stuck, and the turret can't turn!"

Wang Zhong: "Don't be afraid, move forward! Our main purpose is to attract fire from the Urban I behind us! The enemy's armor-piercing shells can't do anything to us, but the Urban I only has this level of defense from the front! If it's hit from the side, it's over! Move forward!"

The driver growled, as if that would make the car go faster.

Wang Zhong hid in the turret and judged the distance based on the bird's-eye view map. Finally, he shouted, "Stop! We are 450 meters away from the enemy. If we get any closer, we might be penetrated! After all, they are 88mm guns and PAK40s!"

The tank stopped.

Wang Zhong turned on the radio and shouted, "Urban One, I leave it to you! I just fired that shot to show you the position of the 88 gun!"

"We see it! We're aiming! Aiming complete, we're firing!"

Wang Zhong heard the distinctive roar of the 500mm caliber rocket as it took off.

Unfortunately, I had almost no upward vision, so I couldn't see the giant rocket taking a high-altitude trajectory.

He could only see the moment of falling.

The next moment, a fireball soared into the sky.

Wang Zhong thought of the classic line from the "Fallout" series: If you see a mushroom cloud, please give your thumbs up. If the mushroom cloud is smaller than your thumb, run quickly. If the mushroom cloud is bigger than your thumb, give up, you can't escape.

Then Wang Zhong raised his thumb, not to judge the size of the mushroom cloud, but simply to give a thumbs up.

(End of this chapter)