Chapter 678: Tank No. 4
"Any questions?" WU YUHANG SAW THAT ABNER WAS STUNNED AND DIDN'T SPEAK, SO HE COULDN'T HELP ASKING: "THE FRONT ARMOR OF THE GERMAN'S NO. 4 TANK IS 80MM, RIGHT?" ”
"That's right!" Abner replied. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"That's good!" Wu Yuhang was taken aback by Abner's surprise, and then he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he was sure that the data was correct.
"Then ......," Abner continued, "Colonel, how are you going to stop the German tanks with bazookas?" ”
Wu Yuhang didn't answer, he casually took the rifle from the guard, waved his hand at Abner as he walked, and said, "Just go out and have a look!" ”
The two of them walked out of the headquarters one after the other, found a spot, and slowly poked their heads out, raised their binoculars and looked at the battlefield.
Dozens of German tanks drove forward in an orderly manner, followed by groups of German infantry, including dozens of armored vehicles...... The German army's fighting style is very similar to that of the Japanese army, that is, it is courageous, and sometimes it can even be described as "stupid".
On the armored car, the German officer wore an obvious high-brimmed hat and commanded the soldiers around him to advance, and from time to time raised a telescope to look ahead.
These German officers naturally became the main targets of the expeditionary force snipers...... So one German officer after another was killed in the armored car.
Colonel Dande was commanded by the lieutenant colonel when he was killed, and the major was commanded when the lieutenant colonel was killed, and they were all very high-profile as if they were afraid that the enemy would not know that they were officers.
Later, the snipers of the expeditionary force became disinterested in those officers, because they found that no matter how many officers they killed, they could not affect the command of the German army, and those junior officers would come up one by one...... Since it is not possible to effectively disrupt its command, it is pointless to kill the officer.
But the commander of the German tank did not dare to poke his head out...... The tank's ability to perceive the outside world is poor, and German tank commanders tend to stick out their heads to observe the situation outside the tank and direct the tank in battle.
This can indeed compensate for the shortcomings of the tank and direct the tank to react quickly, but after all, there are only a few tank crews in total and each of them has their own duties, which obviously does not apply if the enemy has snipers to suppress it.
Then, as the German tanks got closer, the show began.
After a burst of artillery, clouds of smoke rose from the battlefield...... It was a smoke grenade fired by the expeditionary force.
Smoke bombs, accompanied by the smoke and dust of the battlefield, soon covered the battlefield in a hazy light.
It is true that smoke grenades will also obscure the view of the expeditionary force, but the expeditionary force is located in the trenches and is itself in a dark place, and it is even more difficult for the enemy to detect the smoke bombs.
The Germans, on the other hand, were on the contrary, they were in the open, and their goals were still large...... The behemoth of the tank is ahead of the curve, and it is easy to spot even if there is smoke.
To make matters worse, it was more difficult for the German machine gunners and gunners inside the tank to observe the outside situation, and the driver was in a similar situation, so the speed of the tank slowed down, and the sound of gunfire and artillery was much weaker, as if it was cautiously moving forward on tiptoe.
But even this was useless, and after a while, there was a "chirp", and a cloud of smoke came from the trenches of the expeditionary force like a torpedo in the sea to the German tanks, and then a ball of fire exploded with a "boom...... The light of the fire was so bright in the hazy smoke that the tank hobbled forward for a while, then stopped and never moved again.
Then there was a screech characteristic of bazookas, and then there was a series of loud noises, and the German tanks turned into flames one after the other.
It should be said that it was not so easy for a rocket launcher to hit a tank, because it had to fire within 100 meters...... This thing has too much wind bias, and even if the target is a big guy like a tank from a hundred meters, it will be difficult to hit.
The problem of shooting at a hundred meters is...... The German cover infantry could easily see the bazooka shooter, and the bazooka shooter was carrying a big gadget and had to stick out his upper body to aim, which was a good target for the German infantry and even the machine gunners in the tank.
But after the smoke bombs, everything is confusing, coupled with the cooperation and cover of the rocket launcher shooters and the snipers and mortars of the expeditionary force, so you can aim at the target with relative confidence.
This scene only stunned Abner.
The bazooka thing was like a burning stick in the hands of the British army, because few British soldiers dared to use a bazooka to pick up an enemy tank at such a close distance...... You must know that it is a tank, even if it is slow, it has a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour, and the distance of 100 meters is less than a minute, which can almost be said to be a shot that cannot stop the tank in front of you.
What amazed Abner was how the Chinese army could hit such a high hit rate with such a poorly accurate bazooka...... Almost one in every two shots, which is a whopping 50 percent hit rate.
Abner asked this question after the war, and he even wondered if the bazookas used by the Chinese army were upgraded or equipped with special sights.
Wu Yuhang just smiled and said: "Without it, only familiar hands!" ”
Of course, Abner didn't know what he meant, but later he learned that it turned out that the Chinese army had fired too many rockets in the Pacific theater, so he had a feeling for this bazooka...... As soon as you copy it in your hand, you can feel the wind speed and direction, and you will know the flight trajectory of the rocket.
Therefore, not only did they not have any special sights, but some soldiers even thought that the sights were inconvenient to carry and increased their weight, so they simply gave them back.
In fact, this time the tank group of the German army was not as easy as it seemed on the surface, and the fighters were still under pressure.
The main reason is that they used to fight Japanese tanks, but now they have replaced them with German tanks...... This refers to the German tank No. 4.
The No. 4 tank on the Germans at this time was the H\J type...... THE ARMOR OF THIS TANK IS VERY SPECIAL, ITS 80MM THICK ARMOR IS DIVIDED INTO TWO LAYERS, WITH A LITTLE GAP IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH IS THE SO-CALLED "SPACED ARMOR", AND THE SIDE ARMOR AND REAR ARMOR ARE ALSO COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF ARMOR ON THE OUTSIDE.
This design is clearly aimed at the metal jet of the rocket...... When the metal jet hits the thin armor, it is shot out in advance, because there is a gap in the middle, so that the hot metal jet spreads to the surrounding area and then hits the main armor, so it gradually weakens the armor-piercing ability of the rocket.
THEREFORE, IN THIS BATTLE, DON'T LOOK AT THE ARMOR OF THE GERMAN TANK NO. 4, WHICH IS ONLY 80MM, WHICH IS FAR LESS THAN THE PENETRATION DEPTH OF THE ROCKET, WHICH IS 100MM, BUT THE ROCKET CANNOT DESTROY TANK NO. 4 WITH TWO, THREE OR EVEN MORE SHOTS.
Fortunately, the number of No. 4 tanks is not large, only five, otherwise this battle is afraid that Maherama will be lost.