Chapter 863: M46 Patton
Li Yong only had five shells in his hand, which the Americans had specially equipped in order to guard against the attack of the imaginary Chinese armored forces, and probably also estimated the Suzhì of the South Korean soldiers, so they only gave five shells. ※%top※%point※%small※%say,www.
In the eyes of the Americans, these soldiers who were indiscriminately pulled by the government of the Republic of Korea in the face of the attack of the Chinese, whether they can fire the artillery is still between two and a while, and it is good if the shells can be fired out one or two rounds, and five rounds are too much, shame, damn the Koreans, it is better to equip them with only one shell.
The types of ammunition for recoilless guns are divided into armor-piercing shells, armor-fragmenting shells, and high-explosive grenades designed to kill and wound personnel.
The luck of the squad was good, the five shells captured were all armor-piercing shells against armored targets, otherwise even if his heart was higher than the sky, Vice Minister Li could only pinch his nose and cry. (Military history records that the 352nd Regiment of the 118th Division of the 40th Army captured a recoilless gun when it broke through the Imjin River)
Set up the gun, load the ammunition, adjust the high and low firing range and launch angle, and aim the side armor of the M46 steadily, a series of actions were completed in a few minutes, and the next thing to do was to wait for the news of the three guard platoons.
The waiting time is extremely long, every minute seems so difficult, Li Yong raised his wrist from time to time to look at the time, the second hand Kaka Ka Ka sounded softly, and the time was close to midnight.
The third campaign was launched at seventeen o'clock in the afternoon, that is, the fighters began with a breakthrough through the Imjin River. It has been seven hours of continuous marching and fighting, and the meal is eaten in advance. Don't think about drinking water, the water in the kettle has long been frozen into ice. Some soldiers threw away the kettle in order to lighten their burdens when they were in the way of marching, scooped up a handful of snow and put it in their mouths when they were thirsty, and took out a few fried soybeans from their pockets and chewed them when they were hungry.
Fried soybeans are a good thing, you can eat them while marching, and you don't waste time, this is still Li Yong's special preparation before the departure of the troops, in order to save the emergency, some soldiers at that time still did not understand, did not understand why the brigade commander especially loved fried soybeans. Li Yong is not a prophetic immortal, this is based on the experience obtained from the materials of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, fried soybeans can not only add to the belly but are not afraid of freezing, no matter how cold the day is, they can be eaten at any time, and it is indeed the favorite of the volunteer soldiers who are not effective in logistics support.
Is it hard? It's hard, but it's nothing, and the next battle is the real feast.
Time passed little by little, and in a few minutes it was New Year's Day in 1951. It is the day of the Westerners to celebrate the festival, and the festival is good, with the strong production and transportation capacity of the United States, even if it is on the cold Far Eastern battlefield. Soldiers on the front lines of the U.S. Army can also eat canned turkey and drink champagne, but it is not our Chinese holiday. It has nothing to do with the detachment, according to the words of Deputy Commander Han Xianchu, the former enemy commander. Damn American imperialism is not a good thing, but the God-Emperor should not be a bad person. Let's give the enemy a big gift when they celebrate the holidays.
Li Yong, who was lying on the snow, felt that the cotton clothes on his body had no effect, and there was no difference between being naked and naked, what about it, it was too cold.
Steady, steady, the hand must not tremble, wait a minute and count on this hand to destroy the enemy's tanks.
In order to provide a little heat to the stiff arm, Li Yong had to put his right hand from the hem of the cotton coat and put it on his belly to keep warm, so that the belly warmed the arm that had a big effect.
This is a special code pre-stipulated, and the three blowing sounds mean that Li Yuming has reached the attack position in concealment, because the place where they are lurking is too close to the enemy, and they may be discovered by the enemy when talking with walkie-talkies, so it is stipulated that the blowing sound is used to indicate that they have arrived at the designated position.
All three guard platoons were close to the range of the grenades, and it was up to them to see what their anti-tank teams were doing.
Li Yong was overjoyed in his heart, what he was most worried about was that the team would be discovered by the enemy when they were approaching, so that he could only change the sneak attack to a strong attack, and the strong attack would have to pay a price.
The personnel of the squad were smaller than those of the opponent, and it was not suitable for a strong offensive operation unless it was absolutely necessary, but fortunately, the British soldiers of this battalion devoted all their minds to rushing to transport supplies, and they worked under the bright lights, so they did not have the slightest awareness of the soldiers of the squad crawling in the dark.
Put the huge body of the M46 into the aiming aperture steadily, take a deep breath, hold the breath, hold the breath, don't rush, be steady, steady, and gently pull the right index finger down with a gentle movement.
Whew, a dazzling bright light suddenly lit up in the dark night, and an orange-red flame spewed out from the tail of the recoilless cannon, and the tail flame more than ten meters long instantly melted the snow in the place where it passed, and the grass and trees were all scorched.
An armor-piercing shell was fired at high velocity from the muzzle of the gun at an initial velocity of about 500 meters per second, and it took less than a second to make close contact with the huge M46 body.
Boom, only at a distance of less than a hundred meters, the conical warhead charge warhead of the armor-piercing projectile tore through the side armor of the M46, and the shaped jet generated when the high-explosive exploded entered the bullet hole, and the high temperature of several thousand degrees made the tank crew in the car become coke without reacting.
In the darkness of the night, the M46's massive body shook only slightly, giving the illusion that the high-speed shell had no effect at all.
What is the pause? That is, in a few seconds, the high-temperature jet ignited the fuel in the car and caused the explosion of ammunition, the confined environment made the huge body of the M46 become an iron-shelled coffin filled with explosives and oil, and the turret of the tank weighing more than a ton together with the 90-millimeter gun "boom" was lifted out more than ten meters away, this car weighed more than 40 tons, and the latest model of the US Army's M46 Patton was completely destroyed.
The recoilless gun is a sharp weapon for infantry anti-armor, light weight and easy to carry, an infantry squad can be easily operated, but no matter what weapon has both sides of the front and back, the recoilless gun provides convenience for the infantry at the same time because of the long tail flame and is easy to expose its own firing position, therefore, the opponent's counterattack fire is also easy to kill the exposed anti-tank team.
From this feature, the Americans also have a certain reason for equipping the defenders in the South Korean-army bunkers with only a few shells.
Li Yong was well aware of this characteristic of the recoilless gun, and after the first armor-piercing shot, he led the soldiers to quickly shift the firing position, and he did not want to destroy only one tank and be killed by the tank guns on the other two tanks of the enemy or the parallel machine guns on the vehicles, such a deal was not suitable.
The new launch point was selected in advance, only a few dozen meters away from the first launch point, behind a small earthen bag, Li Yong and the fighters of the demolition team did not rejoice too much after destroying the first tank, but with the help of trees and weeds as a cover, the artillery and people quickly transferred, the sooner the better.
Perhaps a little stunned by the sudden attack, the remaining two tanks did not use various means to find the location of the anti-tank group as Li Yong expected, but looked a little flustered, the turret rotated around, and the roar of the engine was louder, but a minute or two passed, and the two tanks did not fire a single shell or bullet.
According to Li Yong's understanding, the enemy's tank corps seems to be a little too slow to react to the battle, this is not like a well-trained army, why is this happening? Could it be that the United Nations-Army wants to be friendly to the volunteers? Of course, this is, but now Li Yong is not in the mood to consider the feelings of the United Nations-Army, and he must hurry up and prepare for the next attack.
In the new firing position, the recoilless cannon with the tripod only faintly exposed a cannon barrel, which is called the three holes of the cunning rabbit in terms of tactics.
Enemy attack, enemy attack, the attacked area that was rushing to transport supplies was in chaos, and the destruction of M46 was like pouring a barrel of boiling oil into a pile of grasshoppers, and soldiers were skewering around.
The battle began with Li Yong's anti-tank group, and while the recoilless guns were fired, the five Maxim heavy machine guns of the machine gun squad began to cover the entire rush of supplies with firepower.
"Boom, boom, boom," the veteran shooters of the machine gun squad knew that the best time to destroy the enemy's living forces in large numbers while the enemy was in disarray, and all opened fire at maximum rate of fire.
The five Maxim heavy machine guns, occupying a favorable position, condescended from a distance of about 100 meters, firing frantically at the British soldiers in the fan-shaped encirclement, and the bullets swept past like a violent wind.
Within a minute, the area of the attack, which had been as bright as daylight, had become a living hell, with corpses, debris, soldiers fleeing in search of a hiding place, and a vehicle that had been hit and caught fire.
"It's the Chinese, the Chinese, damn it, turn off the searchlights, cars, why are the headlights of the cars still on, bastard, do you want the Chinese-Chinese machine guns to drill a few holes in your head."
It has to be said that the British battalion reacted very quickly, and after the initial panic, it gradually stabilized, and the soldiers began to use the fire to counterattack under the shouts of commanders at all levels.
The British are a volunteer military service system, and there are many veterans in the army who have served for a long time, and these veterans did not blindly panic after the attack on the troops, nor did they panic when they saw the corpses like the recruits, but fought back on the spot. (To be continued......) I527