Chapter 1,433 Confrontation 2
Chapter 1433 Confrontation 2
1300 meters! Under the surprised eyes of the Japanese armored troops, the German armored troops stopped suddenly at almost the same time, and then launched the first round of attacks! Round after round of 75MM armor-piercing bullets roared towards the target in the distance. A moment later, a series of exploding light spots appeared among the Japanese tanks.
boom! A ball of flame suddenly burst out from the connection between the turret and the body of an MK1 tank. The armor-piercing bullets were accurately arranged in this fragile part. The impact of the impact caused a large number of metal fragments to peel off from the body, and in the narrow space An indiscriminate attack was carried out inside the car body. Three of the six people in the car died on the spot, and the other two people were also severely injured.
Before the Japanese could recover, the second and third rounds of attacks had already followed. The interval between attacks in each round is only about 7 seconds! Although continuous attacks may not necessarily penetrate the armor of the MK1 tank, the continuous attacks still pose a great threat to the Japanese armored forces.
Accompanied by the sound of the track company shattering, a MK1 tank stopped 1,200 meters away. One of the two MK1 tanks next to it had a turret stuck, and the other had a gun hanging low, which seemed to be a cannon. There is a problem with the rack.
And when the distance was shortened to 1,000 meters, the 75MM armor-piercing projectile of the Wolf tank could finally penetrate the frontal defense of the MK1 tank! Almost at the same time, two huge fireballs rose up in the Japanese tank formation. A 75MM shell successfully penetrated the armor belt on the front of the vehicle. The sharp warhead and the ensuing flames and fragments easily penetrated the armor behind. The members of the group were torn into pieces, and by the way, they set a fire on the ammunition piled behind the car body!
Another tank was penetrated through the turret, and the dense shrapnel and flames directly turned the huge tank body into a large oven. In less than 1 second, the entire car body was blown apart.
The battle between the two sides can be described as one-sided. By attacking in advance from a long distance, the German tank platoon successfully paralyzed at least four Japanese tanks beyond the opponent's effective range. When entering the life-and-death line of 1,000 meters, intensive and precise firepower quickly slaughtered Japanese armored units at extremely high speeds in a very short period of time.
"Hurry up and fight back, kill those guys, otherwise we will all die!" A Japanese tank commander roared hysterically, his hoarse voice resounding throughout the tank, and a loader quickly put a 6-pound shell into the barrel. In the middle, a red fire flew out from the slender muzzle and flew towards the target in the distance. Soon, the remaining Japanese tanks fired dense shells at 700 to 900 meters.
"This shooting level is really bad..." When the first wave of Japanese counterattacks arrived, everyone, including Rommel, breathed a sigh of relief. The entire attack process is messy, almost a simple direct aim. For 99% of tank crews, shooting pays attention to two points. The first is the stability of the attack platform. Except for a few who can hit the target by feel. In addition to BT,
All tanks must stop when attacking and wait until the artillery is stable before firing. Otherwise the shell will definitely float. And the second point is ranging! There are two types of ranging. One is that you know the specific height of the target and then determine the distance between the two sides based on the reference coordinates in the sight, and the other is to determine the target through continuous correction.
But Japan…. Most tank crews shoot while moving, so that's good. This part of the attack can almost be ignored. The other part of the attack seems too rapid. It is certain that the 57MM gun has a high rate of fire, but such a high rate of fire makes it too late for the gunner. Measuring the distance, so it's pretty much a fool's errand.
Some Japanese tanks began to release smoke screens, but unfortunately, they obviously did not notice the wind direction. The smoke screens released by the front row tanks directly blocked the view of the tanks behind them. Then, under the influence of the wind, they were still exposed to the sharp attacks of the German tanks. …….
"This can't be called a battle!" In less than 1 minute, Rommel's crew fired 10 rounds! Successfully destroyed at least 3 targets! To be honest, he has never seen someone like this, just like a wild boar, pointing directly at the hunter's shotgun... There is no efficient smoke screen cover, nor constant emergency stops to disturb the opponent's aim. Just like queuing up and being killed easily... A series of explosions came from outside the tank, and the Japanese tanks not far away turned into burning iron boxes under precise bursts of fire. Although there were more tanks behind, but to be honest, Rommel had no idea at all. Don't be afraid of them!
"Damn it, are all the things made by the Germans monsters?" As the distance got closer, the hit rate of the Japanese MK1 tank's 57MM artillery also skyrocketed, and shells hit the front armor plate of the Wolf tank. , the reinforced frontal armor is still powerful enough, and because it is made of cast steel plates instead of willow knots, the defensive strength is greatly improved, and it will not cause the steel plates to deform, rivets to shoot out, and the armor plates to fall off under continuous blows. .
Bang, a 6-pound shell hit the Wolf tank's wide front armor. The hard armor directly smashed the warhead into pieces. There was a crisp sound and scattered shrapnel fragments, and a shallow dent appeared. On the front side of the steel plate. Rommel's tank was worse. It seemed that the opponent determined from the whip antenna on the back of the tank that it was a command tank, so they began to concentrate their firepower attack. Shells landed intensively on the front hemisphere of the Wolf tank. Shoot out a series of fires. Feel the vibration of the car body and the jaw-dropping noise produced when it hits. Rommel was surprisingly calm.
"It's been more than a year, and the British still don't know how to change." The skilled smart tank retreated backwards, opened the distance again, and repeated the previous aiming and shooting. Once again, another MK1 tank was reduced to a pile of burning ruins. In the frontal battle just now, Rommel's platoon easily blocked an attack with more than twice the Japanese strength by taking advantage of its performance advantage.
On the side, the Japanese Renault tanks also showed their disadvantages in the battle. There are two types of Renaults, one is equipped with a 37MM artillery, and the other is simply equipped with a machine gun. The French people have a conscience. There are very few Renaults with this kind of machine gun. However, the artillery version of Renault still can't beat crickets!
So far, there are two reasons why the French Renault can still appear on the battlefield. The first reason is that the French do not expect this thing to fight armored warfare. The 37MM gun can only hit machine gun bunkers. The Western Front is solidified. Therefore, both sides More defense still relies on rapid-fire cannons. Another reason is that this thing is cheap, easy to produce, and meets the current industrial level of France. In the same situation, the Cricket tank is also somewhat outdated, and the 2-pounder gun is too weak, but it is still in heavy service in the German army.
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