Chapter 1414: Tank Duel
The Tiger is the most powerful tank of World War II, with a single gun capable of penetrating tanks including the T34, M4 Sherman, Churchill, etc., and the 88mm gun makes it a steel monster that terrifies the Allied armored forces in World War II.
Historically, the Tiger tank was also equipped with the T34-76, the maximum effective range of the 88mm main gun was about 2000 meters, and it was able to penetrate armor up to 112 mm thick at 1400 meters, while the Soviet T34-76 had to penetrate the Tiger side armor at 500 meters.
Even the T34-85 medium tank, which was born in response to the Tiger in the late Soviet Union, was equipped with an 85mm main gun. Theoretically, it is possible to penetrate the frontal armor of the Tiger at a distance of 500~450 meters, but the battlefield has proved that the Soviet army's 85mm main gun can only damage the Tiger at a distance of about 100 meters, and it is only a wound, whether it can be destroyed or not depends entirely on luck.
The thickness of the armor of the T34-85 is not as good as that of the Tiger, the artillery performance is slightly worse, and the fire control technology is even worse, so it can only be said that it is a reluctant battle, but unfortunately Germany due to the problem of resources, the manufacture of weapons is excellence, resulting in the inability to produce in large quantities, and the T34 flooded the Tiger tank with a torrent of tanks.
Although the Germans captured a large number of Soviet tanks in the early battles, the latest model of T34-85 was not put on the battlefield for a long time, and the number was limited, so among the large number of tanks equipped with the island army, the T34-85 accounted for only a very small part, and there was only one in a dozen or even dozens of vehicles.
Black Tiger gave an order, the Tiger tank roared forward, and opened fire decisively at a distance of 1,500 meters, and two shells in a row hit the target, but what is strange is that the enemy tank did not return fire or flee, Black Tiger thought that they felt that the distance was too far and did not want to waste ammunition, and ordered the gunner to fire two more rounds to completely destroy them.
After two shells, the enemy tank was almost beaten into a pile of scrap metal, and the Tiger tank continued to move forward even more unscrupulously, and the enemy hiding in the shadows began to fire, and the light and heavy machine guns and machine guns opened fire one after another, so that the tiger-like frontal armor clanged and only sparks burst out, but these were just scratches and did not play any role.
Immediately, the enemy's anti-tank guns and rocket launchers also joined the firing ranks, clanging and striking the Tiger all around, but still useless, the heavy armor of the Tiger tank is not at all destroyed by this level of artillery fire, unless they have large-caliber guns, mortars, or aircraft support.
And this is a gang of rogues, it is almost impossible to have these firepower, the Tiger tank rushed directly to the entrance of the village in a starlight, and the Black Tiger ordered the driver to crash into the nearest house at the entrance of the village and rush in.
The tiger stepped up the throttle and roared forward, seeing that it was only a hundred meters away, and suddenly, the driver exclaimed: "Division, two wings, two wings, look at the two wings, enemy tank!" ”
The black tiger opened the observation port and scanned left and right, and suddenly his face changed drastically, only to see more than a dozen tanks on the left and right wings outflanking, and the distance was less than a kilometer.
They rushed into the enemy's tank nest, and the village still doesn't know how many tanks and how many infantry are hiding from the enemy?
What to do? Dozens of tanks fired at the same time to hit the Tiger's flank armor, how could they beat the Tiger into slag.
And the reason why the enemy has not yet opened fire is that, on the one hand, they have not yet entered the effective firing range, and on the other hand, it is estimated that they are really short of ammunition and do not want to waste too much.
"Rush, rush to the village!" Between the lightning and flint, the black tiger decisively gave the order, at this time it was too late to retreat, the speed and flexibility of heavy tanks are not as good as medium tanks, if you want to escape, I am afraid it will be too late, only to rush forward, use the houses in the village to block the enemy's sight, and open up the distance to fight guerrilla warfare with them.
With a deafening roar from the 700-horsepower Maybach power, the Tiger tank pushed forward with its head held high, effortlessly pushed against an adobe wall, passed through the house, and missed the two tanks that blocked the way into the village road.
Only then did the black tiger find that the houses in the village had basically been hollowed out, and the shape of the houses had not changed, but the front and rear walls had been torn apart, and the trees supported the houses from falling, and the tanks had driven into the house, no wonder they could evade the high-altitude reconnaissance of the reconnaissance plane.
Although there are a lot of tanks, not many can be driven, and it seems that they were forced to hide here because of the lack of fuel.
The few enemy tanks that occasionally appeared in the room of the house showed their figures, fired two shots at the Tiger tank, and immediately retracted.
Whether it is for the Soviet puppet army or the little devils, the battlefield performance of the Tiger tank is absolutely indelible for them, and they do not dare to confront the Tiger head-on.
At this time, the gunners and loaders of the Tiger tank became the busiest people, firing shells "knock knock" out.
To be able to become the gunner of the No. 1 tank, the tactical literacy is definitely the highest in the division, and if the shells seem to be fired quickly but almost missed, as soon as the fire passes, there will inevitably be an enemy tank lying on its stomach.
The village began to be chaotic, with the sound of cannons, gunfire, and explosions, and countless enemies scurrying along the road, many of them lame, with their arms hanging and gauze tied, and many more soldiers holding * and carrying bazookas, with the help of poor protective bunkers, firing at the tigers, and even soldiers throwing at the tigers*.
And these people naturally have people to deal with, the Tiger tank is also equipped with two MG34 general-purpose machine guns, one in the front right, operated by the telegraph soldier, and the other in the commander's position in the upper left, operated by the commander.
The two machine guns fired at the same time, one on the left and one on the right, and the 7.92mm bullets were spilled out in a fan shape, and everywhere they went, there was no blood and rain, corpses were everywhere, and even worse, they were directly picked up by the tanks and crushed into pulp by the tracks.
The tank had just entered the middle of the village, and the fifteenth tank, which had entered from the east, had also rumbled in.
Perhaps the enemy did not expect that both tanks of the Nationalist Army would use the tactic of roundabout outflanking, so there was no fortification on the east side, and the No. 15 tank basically went straight into the car.
The whole village has been killed by them, and the convergence of the two tanks has given them more confidence, they can take care of each other, cooperate with each other, occupy the middle position and sweep through, so that the enemy does not dare to appear in their field of vision.
But this is not a long-term solution after all, the tanks on the outskirts of the village will definitely outflank them again, and it will be very bad for them to get close.
The Black Tiger decisively ordered to break through to the south, protruding the village around the direction of the entrance to the village, and attacking from the rear of the enemy.
In this way, you can not only avoid the danger of being surrounded by the enemy, but also effectively flank the enemy, try to distance yourself from the enemy, and make full use of the advantages of the Tiger's powerful long-range firepower and thick frontal protection against the enemy.
Soon, the two tanks broke through to the south one after the other, with No. 1 opening the way in front and No. 15 being responsible for breaking the rear, cooperating with each other to rumble forward.