Chapter 271: Artillery Battle

"The defensive position has been erected."

"Understood."

The hatch at the top of IV was opened, revealing half of Miho's body.

Looking at the Hessian chariot that was getting closer and closer in the telescope, Miho's expression became more and more solemn.

Arriving at the highlands so long in advance, Oarai naturally won't do nothing.

All the vehicles were half-buried in improvised defensive positions, and their bodies were leaning forward quite a bit in order to shoot at the enemy below.

Although the strength of the soil is not as strong as armor steel, it can also reduce some of the kinetic energy of the shell, which can effectively protect the vehicle.

"Everyone, get ready to fight!"

With that, Miho entered the chariot and closed the hatch on the roof at the same time.

Hesshorn, as the attacker, had nine chariots, including eight rank 8 vehicles and one level 7 vehicle.

Having said that, Maho didn't choose the more powerful Tiger King as his chariot, but chose a Tiger style, and I can only say that we don't understand the belief in the Tokuba.

Oarai, who is the defender, also has nine chariots, including three Tier 8 and three Tier 6, one Tier 5 and one Tier 4.

However, Oarai has the advantage of terrain, and the two sides can barely be considered able to fight.

The upper armor of the Tiger King is not very thick, only 150mm, and its main protection is brought by the inclination. Shooting from above can greatly weaken the effect of inclined armor, which is one of the reasons why Miho chose Heights 207 for the decisive battle.

Even though Oarai had already established a defensive position, Maho did not hesitate to attack.

"It's faster than expected."

After Maho finished speaking, she pressed the microphone in her throat.

"With Tiger Hunting as the core, the BCDE squad will be deployed on the left side in turn, and the FGJK squad will be deployed on the right side in turn, forming a goose marching formation and preparing to attack."

"Yes!" ””

Hesse's troops quickly completed the change of formation and began to attack Oarai's position.

Maho's Tiger Style did not participate in the attack, but stood on guard at the foot of the mountain to prevent his teammates from being blown up in the attack.

Heavy tanks started up and slowly drove up the hill with the roar of their engines.

Not to be outdone, Oarai immediately attacked.

"Start shelling!"

After Miho gave the order, the chariots that had already aimed at the target launched an attack one after another.

The guns roared, and the impact of the guns kicked up a lot of dust, and the whole scene looked quite spectacular.

Despite the long distance of enemy vehicles and the heavy armor protection, it is difficult to attack effectively. But the shells don't cost money, if you can knock one out, you can make money.

Oarai's attack didn't destroy any of the vehicles on Hesse, but at least it was imposing, wasn't it?

"Team B, Team F, fire smoke grenades ahead."

"Understood!" ”

Maho is not stupid, so naturally he will not let the chariot stupidly rush up and receive shells.

The Tiger Kings of Hesse have all been modified, and all of them have been retrofitted with smoke grenade launchers.

The two Tiger Kings on either side of the Tiger Hunter immediately fired smoke grenades in front of them, and a large amount of smoke instantly covered the convoy of Hesse Peak.

Miho naturally saw all this through the captain's periscope.

"Smoke...... It's worthy of being a sister. ”

Miho's reaction was quick and she immediately made a corresponding decision.

"Squads, switch high-explosive bombs and disperse their smoke!"

"Yes!" ””

The sound of the cannon soon sounded again, and high-explosive shells of various calibers burrowed into the smoke one after another, and explosions sounded one after another.

The smoke was quickly dispersed, but immediately a new vehicle fired smoke grenades, filling it up again.

The path up the hill is not a straight path, but a relatively straight platform for each climb.

When the chariot is driven to this platform, it is limited by the elevation angle, and it is impossible to attack the chariot above. The vehicle, which has already manually increased the depression angle above, can attack the top of the vehicle on the platform at this time.

Even the King Tiger has a top armor that is only 40mm thick, so it is very easy to penetrate.

It was with this in mind that Maho used smoke bombs.

Under the cover of smoke, the chariot of Hesse successfully passed through the first platform and continued to press up to the position of Oarai.

"The chariots of Hesshorn have broken through the first line of defense!"

"It's not good to go on like this!"

Seeing that Hesse easily defused his own tactics, the crew of Da Wash was a little panicked.

"Don't be nervous, Hesse's smoke bombs are limited, and they won't last long."

Hearing Miho's words, the people of Oarai were a little relieved.

Although she said so, Miho actually didn't know the bottom in her heart.

First of all, the troops on Daxi Mountain will definitely not be able to defeat Hesse Peak, and if you have to say it, it is actually only those few chariots that can penetrate the Tiger King from the front, and none of them can resist the Tiger King head-on.

If you really want to fight, I'm afraid that within a few **** washes, this side will be all killed.

According to the plan, the Super Pershing of the pigeon group and the E-25 of the turtle group would flank the chariot from the flank and flank the Hessian chariot.

But the plan could not keep up with the change, the pigeon group was dragged by the medium tank of the Hesse, and the turtle group did not know where to run, in any case, it did not appear.

If it really doesn't work, Miho can only choose to break through, and the flag car must not be destroyed.

However, as Miho said, Hesse quickly ran out of smoke bombs and could no longer give smoke a new life.

Even so, the smoke bombs had fulfilled their mission well, and by the time the Chariot of Hessian reappeared in the field of view of the Oarai Crowd, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to 400 meters.

Gunners with a little common sense can easily hit the target at this distance.

The chariots of Hesse Peak invariably stopped, and they adjusted their muzzles one after another, obviously wanting to start an artillery battle with Oarai at this distance.

The first to fire was the Hessian Tiger, which was not equipped with a 12.8 cm Pak.44L/55 anti-tank gun.

After all, the damage effect is not calculated in the battle lane, and it is very unfriendly to all kinds of large-caliber artillery, so Hesse Peak equipped this Tiger Hunter with the Tiger King's 8.8cm KwK.43L/71 tank gun.

Compared to the Pak.44, the KwK.43 had a faster reload speed and better trajectory. With such a good gun, why should the Pak.44 with ammunition divisions?

The modification of the Hessian Peak is naturally in line with history, and the production capacity of the 12.8cm Pak.43L/55 gun in history could not keep up, resulting in 20 Hunters being forced to install 8.8cm KwK.43L/71 guns.

After the tiger hunt, the Tiger King of Hesse Peak also attacked. (To be continued.) )