Chapter 459: Steel Collides
The speed of the sound is very slow, so you can only see a fireball coming out of the muzzle of the cannon on the opposite side, black smoke rising, only when the distance is close, the shells come almost at the same time as the sound, other than that, the shells arrive first, and the sound is still behind!
At a distance of a thousand meters, this has completely upended the understanding of the French tank crew. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When firing a grenade, it is normal to hit a few kilometers, but when firing armor-piercing shells, in this era, almost all of them are within 500 meters, and if they are far away, there is no accuracy at all!
Needless to say, in this era, even in later generations, those old tanks without advanced shooting and sighting systems, such as the 59 tank, have a normal firing distance of less than 500 meters. (The 105 guns are not counted.) )
Now, a thousand meters away, the tanks of the Germans, are about to open fire? This is a bluff, right?
This thought only lasted in their minds for a second, and a thousand meters away, the S-35 tank, which thought it was safe, suddenly seemed to be hit hard by something, and its hull trembled backwards, and then there was a loud bang.
In fact, in recent years, Germany has been developing advanced armor-piercing shells, but after all, there is no threat for the time being, and the existing blunt-tipped steel-core armor-piercing shells are enough to destroy almost all tanks.
Therefore, they are now using ordinary armor-piercing shells, and once new ammunition is delivered, it is easy for the opponent to imitate it and cause more damage to the German tank.
The rotating blunt-nosed armor-piercing projectile touched the armor of the S-35 tank, and the blunt head provided a positive effect, and under the huge impact energy, it directly penetrated the main armor of the tank.
Even an ordinary armor-piercing projectile, at a distance of 1000 meters, can penetrate more than 100 mm, and the French tank will not be able to stop it at all!
Compared with the power, what is more terrifying is its accuracy, which is a distance of a thousand meters, and in this instant, it killed the tank on the opposite side, and in an instant, the last sanity of the French tank crew was lost.
Where is this war, this is simply sending to death!
Hang up reverse gear and keep running!
The S-35 tank in front was frightened by Nespel's attack, and De Gaulle in the back suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his head.
The Germans, already coming, can they still block each other?
"Order, attack the left flank of the opponent!" De Gaulle said through gritted teeth.
When you can't penetrate the opponent, you have to go around the opponent's side, this is the common sense that every armored soldier should know!
After all, the armor of the tank cannot be the same thick everywhere, otherwise the tank is an iron lump and cannot move at all, the tank is used to charge into battle, so the armor on the front is always the thickest, and the side armor is thin.
If you can't penetrate the front, hit the side!
With his order, the troops of the Type B continued to advance, and they turned to the right in unison, intending to attack from the opponent's left flank.
However, the tank troops of the S-35 are still collapsing, after all, the tanks that are still burning are living examples, their tanks can't block the blows of the other side, they stay here, and they are also sent to death.
For this kind of work, let the more sturdy Type B tank come!
Just as the Type B tanks continued to advance and prepared to surround from the side, the German tanks on the opposite side were already increasing in number!
One, two, three, when the leading tank troops, had already crossed the bridge, Nespel did not continue to wait, the battle that belonged to him, just began.
Charge, rush up, take out the tanks of the French!
It's a clash of steel and steel!
Nespel listened to the rumbling of his own tank, calmly ordered, eight hundred meters ahead, two deviations to the right, Type B tank, fire!
"Boom!" The tank guns roared again.
At this time, the opposite tank suddenly braked suddenly, and as a result, the shell splashed down in front of the opponent's hull without causing any damage.
The other party is also experienced!
In fact, even in the later generations, if there is a tank battle, the hit rate will not be very high, for example, 50% of the hit rate is an impossible number, don't look at the computer's starting hit rate, it will be greatly reduced in actual combat.
In this era, the hit rate of tanks is even lower, and the phenomenon that is often seen is that in the midst of the battle between the two armies, the tanks of both sides gallop vertically and horizontally, constantly stopping, firing, and shells flying sideways, but at the end of a battle, hundreds of shells are fired, and the wreckage of more than a dozen tanks may be left.
In comparison, the hit rate of the German tank crews was already quite high, however, this was not entirely the case, and when they met a cunning opponent, their hit rate began to decline.
In this case, Nespel had long been prepared, and he did not care: "Blunt armor-piercing bullets, loading." ”
This time, the sides were already very close, and at a distance of six hundred meters, Nespel's tank opened fire again.
The roaring shell, drawing a graceful arc, flew over, and at the same time, the tank on the opposite side also opened fire!
In this era, the tank gun that can penetrate the Panther tank has not yet appeared, and in the face of the shells fired by the opponent, Nespel did not dodge at all, and in his field of vision, the target tank burst into flames in an instant.
Hit again!
Nespel was very satisfied, and the shells fired by the other side, I don't know where they flew, they didn't feel anything.
"Rush, keep rushing!" De Gaulle continued to shout loudly: "Come any closer, and we will surely be able to penetrate them." ”
With the destruction of the Type B tank, the will to fight here was also broken, and now, thanks to the inspiration of de Gaulle, this is the most tragic battle of the French armored forces!
However, just after de Gaulle had finished shouting, the roar behind him disappeared.
"What's going on?" De Gaulle bowed his head and shouted inside.
"Engine failure!" The tankman shouted loudly.
The engine failed, which made de Gaulle's face change suddenly.
The tank had a huge weight, for which French engineers specially designed the engine, which was initially 250 horsepower, and later increased to 307 horsepower, which was enough to drive the tank to the design speed.
However, the reliability of this engine is quite poor! Under the usual careful maintenance, there are still various failures, and now, on the battlefield, it has broken down again.
Worst! A tank that has lost momentum, that's a live target for the opposing side!
With the loss of the power system, the power supply was also interrupted, the radio contact was lost, and the surrounding B tanks had a sense of foreboding.
What's going on? Their command car actually stopped leaving, and they didn't give orders, could it be that General de Gaulle was going to run away? If he's going to run away, the others are still fighting fart!
Moreover, where is this fighting, it's simply a death shot, okay?
Finally, a Type B tank stopped, and then, began to go backwards.