blood of vietnam war

Chapter 160 five t62 (two)

The situation is extremely urgent.

The two t62s of the Vietnamese army slowly drove into the canyon one after the other, with a distance of tens of meters between each other... I think that even the length of this interval was carefully studied by the Yue Guizi before the war.

Why do you say that?

Although the firepower of the tank is large, there is a problem, that is, the tank gun has a certain elevation angle... For example, the maximum elevation angle of the T62 is only 17 degrees, which determines that it cannot hit places that are too high or too close.

To put it simply, if the Vietnamese Army T62 dared to drive into the canyon without any scruples without any infantry cover, then in the process, as long as any soldier jumped from top to bottom with an explosive bag, he could easily kill the enemy. It blew up.

But now...the two tanks are one behind the other, and the distance between them is tens of meters, so the tank gun and machine gun firepower of the latter tank can provide good cover for the former tank.

Moreover, the Vietnamese army also knew that the tank must be covered by infantry, and at the same time, it also understood that this was a rare opportunity for them to break through the canyon, so they once again organized troops to rush up behind the tank...

I knew exactly what would happen if we let them rush through the canyon. The other side of the canyon was the heart of our army, where there were regiments, wounded, logistics personnel, and the few artillery units of our army.Although there are two companies of troops (one reserve and one backup company) and a few tanks, I don't think they can stop the Vietnamese army's offensive with t62 as the forward, because compared with t62, our army's 59 Whether it is firepower, protection or fire control system, it is far from the t62.

For example, the 59 tanks in our army are equipped with 100mm rifled guns, while the t62 is a 115mm smoothbore gun.

Some people may think that rifled guns are better than smoothbore guns... Maybe this is the case in terms of firearms. Smoothbore guns are old things from the last century. Rifled guns are much better than smoothbore guns in terms of accuracy and range. The rifling can make the bullet rotate at high speed... Once the bullet rotates, it will fly more stably in the air, but the bullet of the smoothbore gun will keep rolling in the air, which affects the range and accuracy.

Not all tank guns are like that.

Just like a rifled gun, a rifled gun will also have a rifling engraved in the barrel, and the fired shells will rotate at a high speed... In this way, the fired shells will indeed be farther and more accurate, which also makes many countries in a period of time. Change the tank gun from a smoothbore gun to a rifled gun.

But... After changing to the rifled gun, another problem was discovered. The shells fired by the rifled gun are indeed farther and more accurate, but a lot of kinetic energy will be consumed during the high-speed rotation of the gun barrel, which is obvious. Reduced the armor-piercing ability of shells.Most of the opponents of tanks are tanks, and they usually fight at close range... So it becomes an unwise choice to sacrifice armor-piercing ability to improve range and accuracy, which are not so important.

Coupled with the high cost of rifled guns, difficult maintenance, and low service life (rifled guns with a certain base number of shells will be smoothed, and the barrel must be replaced)... etc., tank guns have changed from rifled guns to The smoothbore trend.

简单的说……也就是t62那115mm的滑膛炮与我军59中100mm的线膛炮比起来，那穿甲能力可以说是一个天上一个地下，再加上t62防护姓能等又优于我军59中，所以形势实在不容乐观。

Of course, I didn't think about this at the time.I only know that I can't just let the tanks of the Vietnamese army lead their infantry through the canyon, otherwise it will directly threaten our army headquarters and even attack the 217 highland where I am from the rear.

No matter which of these two situations is, it is very likely that the defense we organized in the pass area will fall apart.

But... what can I do?

Why should I stop this steel behemoth from advancing?

At this time, there was a new change in the battle situation. First of all, the Vietnamese army had already climbed the side walls of the two canyons. Obviously they wanted to climb higher and use the cover of the side walls to fight against our army, and at the same time, they could also cover the advance of T62.

Next, a third t62 appeared at the entrance of the valley... This t62 did not follow into the canyon, but drove up a slope built with gravel and logs at the entrance of the valley... This is an old trick of the devils , in order to allow tank guns with a very low elevation angle to reach high places... This T62 is completely used as a fire cover.

It should be said that this trick is very effective, no... the tank gun was adjusted for a while, and then with a few gunshots... several bazooka shooters from our army screamed and fell from the side wall of the canyon.

The terrain on the side wall is complex and it is difficult to quickly change positions. The reason why our army's rocket shooters were spared before was entirely because the elevation angle of the T62 tank gun could not reach it.At this time, the Vietnamese army had a tank on the slope. Although the tank gun was not very accurate, it would stir up a piece of gravel when fired at a large position. In addition, when the rocket launcher was launched, the tail would carry A long flame, which will undoubtedly become an obvious target on the infrared imager of the Vietnamese tank... So several anti-tank firepower points of our army were quickly shot down one by one.

As soon as the bazooka was knocked out, the Vietnamese tanks that entered the canyon became even more arrogant. They stepped up their horsepower and drove forward as if seeing victory, followed by groups of infantry...

As for me, it seems that I can only watch them like a sharp knife piercing the heart of our army along the canyon.

However, I quickly thought of a question: Did the Vietnamese army tanks rely on infrared night vision devices to advance in this canyon?And...just as the flames of a rocket launcher can emit infrared rays, can other flames also emit infrared rays?

Thinking of this, I immediately yelled behind me: "Incendiary bombs! Incendiary bombs... Find me some incendiary bombs right away, move fast!"

"Yes!" Wu Zhijun replied, turned his head and got into the tunnel.

In other words, at this time, the Vietnamese army's offensive on the 217 slope is also accelerating, in order to cooperate with the Vietnamese army's offensive in the canyon, so at this time, only Wu Zhijun's soldiers who are responsible for transporting ammunition are really free.

After a while, a box of incendiary bombs was lifted up.

It was lucky to be able to find it, because we had integrated the ammunition depot before that, and shipped a batch of mortar shells to the mortar troops in the middle zone. It was only because of lack of time that we did not transport all the shells.

At this time, I didn’t dare to be negligent. I grabbed a cannonball, pulled off the transportation insurance, and knocked on the nearby stone... When I was about to drop it, I found that there was a bend not far in front of the first t62... ...so I quickly changed my mind and ran forward grabbing the shell.

Wu Zhijun and another soldier carried the shells and followed behind...

Thinking about it afterwards, my action at that time was really too dangerous. At this time, the incendiary bomb in my hand had already canceled the transportation insurance and launch insurance. It is possible to trigger the bomb in my hand... This is not a joke. The incendiary bomb in my hand will explode and my life will be endangered. It may also cause the whole box of incendiary bombs behind me to explode... I'm afraid it will blow up our position into a flaming mountain so that the Yue devils can easily get it.

So every time I think of this moment, I break out in a cold sweat... I almost became a sinner through the ages.From this point of view, my experience on the battlefield still needs to be strengthened.

Fortunately, none of this happened... I quickly ran to the corner of the canyon, and the Yuejun T62 rushed forward with full horsepower. Just as it was about to enter the corner, the incendiary bomb in my hand was thrown go out……

With a bang, the incendiary bomb landed on the top of the t62 impartially and burst into flames. In an instant, the entire tank was burned like a fireball, and the explosives it fired The incendiary agent quickly spread to the Vietnamese army behind them, only burning them all screaming in chaos.

It should be said that if the t62 was only hit by an incendiary bomb, the damage would be very limited.

The reason is that the volume of the mortar shell is limited, the incendiary agent it can carry is also very limited, and it will spread a lot when it explodes, so it looks scary. In fact, the incendiary agent sticking to the tank is only enough to burn for a few seconds ( The reason why the incendiary sticks to people or in the forest will burn for a long time is because it is flammable), and most of the tanks at this time use non-flammable diesel engines (gasoline engines are easy to burn when hit), so the objective It is said that the incendiary bomb cannot blow up the Vietnamese tank, otherwise I would not have to expend so much effort.

However, my purpose is not to blow up the tanks of the Vietnamese army, but to affect the sight of the tanks...

Doesn't the t62 have infrared night vision?So what happens to it if I give it too much infrared?

It might not be a big problem at other times, but it's just that you can't see it for a while, and it will be visible again when the flame is extinguished.

But the problem is... At this time, the Vietnamese army tanks had increased their horsepower to enter the curve, and the path in the canyon was originally small. At this time, they suddenly lost sight and the outside of the tank caught fire for no reason... ...which is absolutely fatal to it.

It should be said that the driver of the Vietnam Army is still very qualified. He stepped on the brakes soon after he reacted... This can be seen from the tank that decelerates rapidly.

However, he was still a step slow after all. There was a small river next to the path, and the river was full of soft soil and sand, which couldn't bear the weight of the tank at all.

So... I watched the tank tilt slowly, and it didn't take long before there was a "wow", which stirred up a wave and rolled into the small river.

This tank is smart enough to know that it will jump into the river if it catches fire... (To be continued.)