Chapter 722: 722 is further away

 Chapter 722722 is further away

  Sometimes weapons that are too advanced are not always a good thing for frontline soldiers. A sharp reduction in participation is actually a very serious problem.

 Turning a battle into a beach landing game is every soldier’s dream, because life is the most important thing.

 The reduced sense of participation is also a really boring thing: for example, Liu Guozhu at this moment feels that the battle in front of him is a bit boring.

 He didn’t even make too many decisions, he just helped the gunner find the next target, and then looked for another target after the gunner fired...

To them, this game is like a super-realistic beach landing game. They are fixed on a turret and use a powerful artillery to destroy the swarming enemies.

"Missed!" When the gunner saw that his cannon had missed the target, he shouted regretfully. His tone was not even tense, but full of regret.

As the tanks of the Dahua troops directly ahead were destroyed one after another, the angle between them and the tanks of the enemy's attacking troops gradually increased.

 So aiming becomes difficult because the advancing speed of the enemy tank must be calculated in advance. As a result, their shells began to miss, and it took almost two or three shots to destroy a target.

  After all, they do not have a crosswind sensor or a ballistic computer. All operations need to rely on the gunner's personal shooting experience and the 5x magnification precision sight in front of him.

 This is a technical job. Anyone who has played shooting games knows that it is very difficult to shoot the gun in advance through the scope.

  Because you have to judge the distance between the opponent and you as quickly as possible. This is an empirical task. You need to refer to the scale on the scope and compare it with the actual size of the target to quickly calculate an approximate distance.

On modern main battle tanks, this work is usually done instantly by a laser rangefinder, but in this era it is the little head behind the gunner's eyes that does this work.

 After determining the distance, then estimate the advance by referring to the relative speed of the opponent. This also requires experience and calculation, and also relies on the experience of the gunner to operate freely.

 Just like an old player in a shooting game, the moment you open the scope, you start shooting based on experience. The probability of hitting the first shot is not high, and corrections all rely on experience.

What's more, it is impossible for the enemy to maintain a constant forward speed. Even passive deceleration or steering caused by terrain factors will affect the hit rate of the artillery shells after they are fired.

Who knows whether these advancing Dahua tanks will slow down because of a rock in front, or suddenly change their direction in order to avoid friendly forces...

 In short, it is basically impossible to blow away an enemy tank with two cannons. If you can do it, you can only say that you are lucky.

The only situation where hit accuracy can be guaranteed is when the two sides are relatively stationary, so attacking an enemy tank heading directly in front of you has the highest hit rate.

 Under normal circumstances, gunners and vehicle commanders will first fire at enemy tanks facing their own tanks, because they are easy to hit and can also eliminate the target that poses the greatest threat to their own tanks! After all, those targets that are difficult for you to hit are also difficult for them to hit!

So for a World War II-era tank, the rate of fire is actually a very important performance indicator. Therefore, the IS-2 tank that uses separate ammunition is definitely not a good tank. Its rate of fire can simply be described as a scam.

Furthermore, it only has a pitiful 28 rounds of ammunition. Excluding the ridiculous calibration consumption, it is estimated that only one-third of the shells can actually hit the target.

This means that the IS-2 tank's sustained combat capability is extremely poor. The only reliable winning tactic is to use a 122mm caliber gun to kill in one hit.

However, combined with the Soviet tank tactics that already had an advantage in the middle and late stages, the IS-2 relied on high defense and thick blood to resist the line and cover the T-34 to submerge the Germans, so these shortcomings were not obvious in actual combat.

 Liu Guozhu's crew members are all veterans. They have experienced the War of Qi State, and their cooperation has become quite tacit. The gunner has a lot of actual combat experience. After changing to the Panther tank, he also conducted a lot of actual combat shooting training, so his skills are quite good.

He calmly adjusted the turret of the Panther tank, re-aimed at the target, and pointed the slender barrel at the Dahua tank in the distance again.

The next second, he stepped on the pedal again and fired out a cannon, accurately hitting the body of the Dahua tank.

 Another ball of flames, another Great China Empire tank paralyzed on the battlefield. Because the 75mm long-barreled artillery is so powerful that it can directly penetrate its target at any angle.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer. The Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle hidden on the flank that had not opened fire suddenly fired a shot, destroying the Dahua tank that was trying to approach the village in a roundabout way.

This completely disrupted the position of the Dahua tank unit, because they had already encountered a powerful and ridiculous opponent in the front. The Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle that opened fire at this time became the last straw that broke the camel's back. .

"They stopped! I took aim!" The gunner sitting in front reported what he saw to Liu Guozhu behind him. The next second, the body of the Panther tank shook slightly. It was the vibration caused by a 90 mm caliber artillery shell hitting the armor on the front of the Panther tank. The muzzle velocity of this shell was quite low, so it was easily bounced off the sloping armor. The shell left a dark scratch on the armor, and then it flew to nowhere.

Soon, the gunner responded to the enemy who opened fire on his tank. The Leopard tank fired a cannon and penetrated the Dahua tank that was parked there to reload its shells.

The Dahua tank's gasoline engine exploded. The violent explosion and expanding flames engulfed the crew members inside the tank, and none of them escaped.

The power system of the Tang Guobao tank equipped with a new diesel engine is quite safe, has large torque and is not prone to explosion. The only drawback is that the central transmission shaft is maintained and all the power is not rear-mounted.

However, this slight flaw is actually not serious, because in theory it only increases the overall height of the Panther tank, but it balances the center of gravity in a sense.

Of course, the overall rear-mounted power package is the mainstream trend, so the Leopard tank is also the last tank with "mellow German blood" produced by Tang Mo.

“Are we being hit?” The electromechanical operator sitting in the front row was a little nervous. In theory, his seat was the most dangerous place on the tank.

If a shell happens to hit the curved shield of the Panther tank and hit the bomb nest area below, it is very likely to penetrate the hatch above his head and kill him.

 The place where he was sitting was still directly in front, and the upper armor was one of the most vulnerable parts of the tank to be hit, which was very unsettling.

What's even more depressing is that, in order to find some work for him, he has a window in the front armor. This is also the only opening in the armor on the front of the Panther tank: he has a heading machine gun, and he usually has to control the machine gun. To kill the enemy…

"Yes, we were hit...but the tank is fine!" Liu Guozhu looked at the situation on the battlefield through the gap in the tank's observation window.

 He saw that the enemy tanks had begun to reverse, and the infantry following the tanks were also retreating. These Dahua soldiers dragged their wounded comrades and retreated like the tide.

Liu Guozhu breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that in less than an hour of fighting, they had almost exhausted all their ammunition.

 The Panther tank has a total of 79 rounds of artillery shells in reserve, and they just fired a total of 63 rounds. To be honest, this number is already amazing.

 The battlefield was littered with burning tank wreckage, none of which belonged to the Tang Dynasty. After the Air Force achieved an exaggerated 200-0 record, the Tang Army also began to show its prowess.

Just now, in this narrow tank battle, more than 50 Dahua tanks were destroyed. It can be said that more than one integrated tank battalion was annihilated by a tank and an armored reconnaissance vehicle of the Tang Army.

Just this Panther tank commanded by Liu Guozhu destroyed at least 35 tanks, which can be said to be an extraordinary performance.

On average, less than two shells destroyed a tank. This number is definitely worth bragging about. This is mainly because in the initial stage, the formation of a dozen Dahua tanks rushing forward was too dense and the angles were very high. Okay, so let Liu Guozhu’s crew improve the hit rate.

 Later, the fighting distance between the two sides was shortened a lot, and this allowed Liu Guozhu and the others to take a big advantage.

Liu Guozhu stared at the enemy troops retreating away and muttered absently: "They are retreating!"

"Hurry up and replenish the ammunition..." The loader, who was already so tired that he was almost humanoid, was the poorest person in the car who had the least human rights. He has no energy to speak now. Just now he loaded 63 rounds in one breath.

His military uniform was soaked with sweat. At this moment, he was slumped in the tank, unwilling to even stand up.

"You take a rest, and ask the electromechanical operator and driver to replenish ammunition with me later." Liu Guozhu also knew that his loader had just risked his life, so he comforted him.

The company's ammunition replenishment truck is coming, but they have to retreat to the other side of the village and find a hidden place to replenish the spent ammunition - this is a regulatory requirement, in order to prevent enemy shelling.

By the time Liu Guozhu and the others had replenished their ammunition, the main force of the tank battalion had arrived, and they had brought an entire combat team with them.

Then the Tang army launched a counterattack, broke through the defense line of the Dahua army, which suffered heavy losses, and captured the villages farther west in one fell swoop.

The battle continued until nightfall. The commander of the Dahua troops who rushed over found helplessly that after their counterattack, they were even further away from Wangchun City...

The first update will be made today. I will make up for today’s update tomorrow. Sorry.

 (End of this chapter)