Chapter 392: Precarious
"Boom-"
The rebel tank opened fire first, and in a strange whistling sound, armor-piercing shells grazed the turret of Choka's tank, knocking off the storage basket on the right side of the turret.
It's amazing, isn't it?
Lei Dong couldn't believe that the distance was only 500 meters, and the rebel tank actually missed!
However, Redon immediately understood.
The gunners of the rebels certainly did not adjust the firing table!
Prior to this, rebel tanks used high-explosive shells, and the trajectory of high-explosive shells was completely different from that of armor-piercing shells, and if the gunner used the ballistic table of high-explosive shells, but fired armor-piercing shells, it was possible to miss, and it was not surprising that the error reached one meter at a distance of 500 meters.
Don't forget, Joka's tank has been running wild.
In addition, the rebel gunners must be aiming at the right side of the turret, as this is the commander's position, and penetrating the turret will kill the commander.
It was also at this time that the rebel tank exploded.
What's going on!?
The point of explosion was behind the tank hull, and by the time Redon looked over, the power compartment had already caught fire, and the rebel tank had stopped.
Later, Redon saw a strong man carrying a bazooka not far behind the rebel tank.
It was too far away, and Redon didn't see the man's appearance clearly, but judging from his body, it must be Churkin.
It is certainly not government officers and soldiers who dare to carry AT-4 rocket launchers against main battle tanks.
If you want to talk about guts, there is really no one who can compare with Churkin, let alone Lei Dong, even the Iron Tiger, who has always been bold, is a little worse.
It's just that the battle is not over.
When the explosion occurred again, Redon froze for a moment, and then rushed out of cover.
It was Joka's tank that exploded!
It happened so suddenly that Redon didn't see it at all, and by the time he looked over, Joka's tank had stopped.
A fire broke out behind the car, and it seems that the power compartment was damaged.
Immediately after losing power, the tank stopped.
As Redon rushed out of cover and ran towards the tank, two men climbed out of the turret, presumably the commander and the loader.
It's just that they don't have tanks that can explode again at any time.
After dragging another companion out of the turret, the two men disembarked from the turret and attempted to open the hatch in the hull and rescue the driver trapped in the tank.
At this moment, four tanks rushed out of the smoke screen.
Not allies, it's rebel tanks!
Apparently, the rebels threw in a third attacking force, using the cover of a smoke screen, rushed to the position and appeared in the rear of Joka's tank.
It was the rebel tanks that destroyed the Choka tanks.
The rebel tanks were killed at this time, and they opened fire on Choka's tanks, only because the smoke screen that had filled the position had just cleared.
"Joka, get out of the tank!"
Jumping out of the trench, Lei Dong stopped and picked up the AT-4 bazooka he was carrying.
The rebel tanks are still 500 meters away, they just can't be delayed.
"Whoosh-"
Redon only took a rough aim and fired the rocket.
From such a distance, no one expected to be able to hit a tank moving at high speed with unguided rockets, and the effective range of the AT-4 was only 300 meters.
Rockets were fired, just to divert the attention of the rebel tanks.
After firing the rocket, Redon rolled down and returned to the trench.
A dense rain of bullets followed, enveloping the trench where Lei Dong was, but it did not pose a threat to Lei Dong in the trench, after all, the trench was close to one person deep.
Redon didn't stop, and ran towards a machine-gun position in front of him.
It's a preset position, and no machine guns are deployed, but Redon doesn't need a machine gun, he has a DF8SMG.
Judging from the sound of the gunfire, the rebels used the M2H heavy machine gun mounted on the commander's hatch, rather than the side-by-side machine gun next to the tank gun.
At least two heavy machine guns were firing.
That is, at least two tank commanders were exposed.
Although Re is not a sniper, but he is so close, Redon is confident that he will blow the head of the rebel commander.
Of course, you have to find a suitable position first.
To get up and fire at the rebels now is to send them to be a target for the rebels.
Fortunately, the preset position was more than ten meters away.
By this time, Joka had already rescued the driver.
The M1A1 was heavily damaged, the power equipment was destroyed, it was completely incapacitated, and the fire extinguishing system inside the tank was out of order.
It won't be long before the ammunition on the tank will detonate.
The rebel tanks were still advancing south, but the turrets were turned to the left, the muzzles were aimed at the fortifications on the defensive line, and the parallel machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were firing.
Obviously, the rebels intend to take the third line of defense in one fell swoop.
Actually, this is the last line of defense.
Quite simply, the defenders were all on this line, and if they were captured by the rebels, the defenders would simply not have the strength to defend the rest of the line.
Even if there were, it would not be possible to complete the deployment in time.
If this line of defense is broken by the rebels, there will be only one last resort, blow up the bridge over the Tigris!
Lei Dong didn't think about it so much, the rebels only attacked, and they had not yet occupied the defensive line, and the government officers and soldiers and operatives on the defensive line were fighting.
Posing and setting up the DF8SMG, Lei Dong took a deep breath.
He is really not a sniper, not even a sharpshooter, and his marksmanship can only be said to be average, but it is definitely above the average level of special forces.
Soon, Redon had his eye on the tank with three whip-like antennas in the tail of the turret.
It was a command tank, and normally, the commander of the command tank was a battalion company commander who was responsible for directing other tank operations.
Only now, that guy actually got out of the turret and was strafing the defenders on the line with the M2H.
Perhaps, he was just pointing a target for other tanks.
Quite simply, the M2H he controls is equipped with tracer rounds, and each time it fires in short bursts, which are then fired by other tanks.
This tactic is too old-fashioned!
However, there is nothing surprising that the U.S. military dismantled most of the critical equipment before sending these tanks to Iraq.
Moreover, this is only M1A1, not M1A2, and even less M1A2SEPv.3.
Compared with the M1A2, in addition to the lack of an independent sight for the commander, the electronic communication equipment of the M1A1 is also much worse, and it has not kept up with the pace of the digital age.
Otherwise, the US military would not have sold hundreds of M1A1s to the Iraqi Defense Forces in the form of selling.
Of course, this is not something that Redon needs to consider.
After waiting patiently for a few seconds, Lei Dong held his breath as the tank's turret turned, and then gently pulled the trigger.
"Bang-"
In order to improve accuracy, Redon opted for a single burst shot.
The sound of the gunfire is crisp and gives people a hearty feeling.
"Boom-"
The sudden explosion made Lei Dong dumbfounded, and he looked at the rifle in his hand in disbelief, feeling that he was dreaming.
A few hundred meters away, the turret of the command tank was blown up into the sky!
How is this possible!?