Chapter 275 Unable to Penetrate

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded instantly, and with the explosion, the M1 tank turret flew high!

What with the pressure relief plates and compartment designs? Western tanks store most of their shells in the rear compartment of the turret, which makes operation easier and also balances the gravity of the gun barrel. Now, the M1 tank has finally experienced the pain of a secondary explosion!

As the 3BM32 easily entered the turret, the heat from the metal detonated the ammunition in the tail compartment, which contained four tank crew members. At that moment, their bodies and heads were crushed by the high pressure generated by the explosion. In this way, the four men went to see their emperor and were then cremated.

The turret weighing more than ten tons was blown several meters high before falling down heavily.

The battle has just officially begun!

"Attack!" Yakliyev, commander of the 67th Regiment of the 14th Guards Tank Division, shouted loudly on the radio. He was also rushing to the front, and the first victory just now was achieved by his tank!

The 67th Tank Regiment was a meritorious team that once defeated the island nation's 7th Division near Kushiro. The commander of the 67th Regiment, Tikhonov, also made military achievements and was later transferred to the Moscow Military District.

The new commander, Yakliyev, was once the deputy commander of the 67th Regiment. Now, he is even more motivated to fight. At the same time, he is very satisfied with the advance arrangements made by his superiors.

Although the Soviet tanks were powerful, they also had flaws, especially in night battles. They simply could not compete with the M1 tanks equipped with infrared imaging devices. Moreover, the current situation was that the Japanese attacked and we defended. The Japanese would definitely use their night vision advantage to launch an attack at night! So, after careful discussion, a new plan was born.

In the most likely location for the enemy, that is, in the south and west of Kushiro, they piled up "tanks" with mud and then plugged in portable infrared headlights. These were prepared after nightfall, and after daybreak, the mud was flattened so that they would not be discovered.

This is the bait to lure the Japanese into falling for it. Once the Japanese discover our tank cluster with their night vision advantage, they will definitely pounce on us and launch an attack!

The real tank troops were lying in ambush on the flank, waiting quietly.

Just during the day today, the Chi Army's spies discovered the unusual movement of the Baikang defenders in the south. At night, when they discovered that the Baikang defenders were moving out, they were on high alert, waiting for the island country's army to attack.

Sure enough, the Japanese fell into the trap set by themselves!

The islanders' tank troops advanced quietly in the dark. Although the roar of the engines could be heard, their true location could not be determined. Just after the islanders launched the attack, tracer bullets exposed their targets, and the attack of the 67th Tank Regiment officially began!

With tracer bullets indicating the target position, they began to march for several kilometers. They did not turn on the infrared headlights at all and relied entirely on the opponent's targets to guide them. They did not turn on the infrared headlights until they were about two kilometers away. Before the islanders could react, the attack had already begun!

"Boom!" Another armor-piercing bullet flew over, and where the fire reached, another M1 tank exploded violently.

"The threat is in the east, hurry, counterattack!" Just after Aoki Fuji gave the order to stop advancing, he was ambushed. He immediately ordered his tanks to turn their guns around!

At this time, it was too late to adjust the direction of advance. The turret of the M1 tank turned ninety degrees to the right. In this fierce battle, the tank soldiers of the island country also demonstrated their highest level of training. For them, it was to constantly load, aim, and shoot until they were hit!

"Boom!" At this moment, the well-trained crew of Aoki Fuji had completed the turning of the turret and aimed. Then, an armor-piercing shell flew over, determined to destroy the Soviet tank!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was already close to 600 meters! The armor-piercing bullet could fly over in less than half a second.

The sharp depleted uranium alloy projectile was able to drill through more than 400 millimeters of homogeneous armor during the test. Aoki Fuji fully believed in the power of his own tank gun!

The depleted uranium armor-piercing projectile M833 flew accurately to the turret of the opposite tank. Just as it lowered its head and used its pointed head to drill inside, something unexpected happened.

"Boom!" I didn't expect this tank turret to be so fragile! Just when it exerted a little force, a small-scale explosion occurred!

The airflow from the explosion instantly shook the armor-piercing projectile, but it continued to drill forward, and unexpectedly, it encountered another small-scale explosion! This explosion occurred three times in total!

In fact, the time was quite short, in less than 0.1 second, the brick-like reactive armor on the outside, which actually had three identical reactive armor unit modules inside, exploded one after another. Each unit had a steel ejector plate and back plate, which moved in the opposite direction during the explosion, and the thickened steel shell on the outside, which kept moving up and down, so the M833 was depressed.

If these steel plates did not move, then it could just drill through them directly. However, now these steel plates are constantly moving up and down, which means that it has just drilled through the steel plate in front, and this steel plate is moving downward again, continuing to hinder it from flying forward, so it has to continue drilling!

If the armor-piercing rod is not strong enough, under this shearing effect, the armor-piercing rod may be cut into several pieces like ham! Now, the depleted uranium armor-piercing rod is still drilling inside, but the energy attenuation is quite severe!

If there was no such thing outside, it could easily tear open the main armor of the T-72, drill inside, and detonate the T-72's ammunition. But now, after passing through the explosive armor, it drilled forward less than half the distance and could not drill any further!

The armor-piercing rod was still inserted outside. The crew of this T-72 tank felt that their turret was hit, but the next second, there was no sign of being destroyed. The crew members were immediately happy. Soviet tanks are the most powerful! At close range, the most advanced tank guns in the West cannot penetrate their main armor!

"Hurrah!"

"Keep shooting!" the commander shouted loudly. Under the operation of the gunner, the automatic loader stuffed the shells into the tank gun. Next target!

"Baga, can't penetrate!" In the night vision goggles, he clearly saw that this time it was a real target. At a distance of 600 meters, the armor penetration depth of the M833 should be 500 mm! It can't penetrate the Soviet tanks! How thick are the Soviet tanks? At this moment, his confidence disappeared without a trace. Qing Mu Teng had a vague premonition that not only could his side not complete the mission this time, but they were afraid that they would all be written off here.

Just then, an even more terrifying sound was heard outside.