Chapter 1114: Tank Opener Joins the Battle (Plus 6)
Without air supremacy, no matter how powerful the tank forces on the ground are, they are useless.
The Soviet Union is a traditional army power, and what they advocate most is the army, and the air force is not taken seriously, and if you look at the Soviet establishment of later generations, you can also know that the Soviet army can do it by itself, and it absolutely does not need the air force to do it. For example, the army itself has accompanying artillery, all kinds of short-range missiles, which can be done by attacking the enemy without the support of the air force, and at the same time, they also have a variety of large number of anti-aircraft weapons, which can also be done to protect themselves.
At the same time, another reason is that during last night's surprise attack, the Soviet front-line aviation, almost instantaneously, was brutally wiped out to the ground.
Now, even if there are some planes left in the USSR, it is sporadic and useless, and the heads of the Soviets are almost open until the rear fighters are transferred to the front.
Now the Soviet tank units, which were busy on the offensive, apparently unaware of their other terrible enemy, were coming soon.
Major Webb washed his face with cold water, he felt much more sober, and although he had just eaten breakfast, the food in his stomach would consume nutrients in his blood in the digestion, and he felt sleepy, he still resolutely ran to his plane.
HS129, a specialized tank opener, although this aircraft can also dive bombing, can do a variety of bomber missions, but its most professional is still to attack the enemy's tank troops.
"Major, the shells are full, a hundred rounds, all armor-piercing incendiary shells." The maintenance attendant reported to him.
As soon as the plane comes back, they have to carry out all kinds of overhauls, maintenance, refueling and hanging bombs, and when the plane takes off, they have to repair those damaged planes, they have not closed their eyes for a long time, their eyes are bloodshot, but their motivation is still full.
This is a national war, and each of them is a screw in this huge war machine, and they must work hard, at least they don't have to shed blood and sacrifice, as long as they sweat.
Major Webb sat in his cockpit, started the engines on both sides, and then skied down the runway.
Behind him, one HS129 after another, all took off one after another, and flew over according to the direction of the radio call.
Twenty minutes later, Major Webb arrived over the battlefield, and by this time, he was already secretly crying out in his heart.
It was still too late, and when his plane rushed to the battlefield, his own tanks were already mixed with the opponent's tank troops, and the Tiger tanks at the front of his own side were even about to pass through the thick shock circle of the opponent's position, and then blossomed from behind, encircling the enemy's tank troops.
Although he was a little stunned, he still gave an order on the radio: "Attention, show me clearly before hitting, don't hit the wrong target!" ”
Although the two sides are in a melee, their own attack planes still have to participate in this kind of battle, so the most important thing is to prevent accidental hits.
In the sky, each tank is about the same, so in order to match the planes in the sky, the German tanks painted a big cross on the turret with black paint.
In other words, just dive and attack by following the enemy's tank that does not have a cross sign below!
Soon, Major Webb locked onto a horse tank, pushed the lever and swooped down low.
"Fire!" Andrenovich was on his own tank and shouted loudly.
He was lucky enough to hit the ground zero from a distance of one thousand meters, and then to the intersection of the two sides, and his tank was not actually hit by the other side, and then, he was in confusion on the battlefield, and he didn't know where he hit, and he didn't know where the other tanks were.
The whole battlefield was already in chaos, and he already had a foreboding in his heart, and the Germans were interspersed with their lines, perhaps to encircle them.
But there was no way, he could only rush forward and rush through the German tank positions, and he would be safe.
"Boom!" The 152-mm howitzer, with a loud roar, the entire hull was shaking, and the high-explosive grenade flew over.
After firing a dozen shells, finally, his shell had a success and hit the turret armor of a Tiger tank!
Wreck, be sure to wreck the opposing tank!
The grenade rushed away and smashed heavily on the armor of the Tiger tank, and in a huge explosion, the shock wave hit the armor.
The first thing it encounters is alloy steel, which is easily torn apart, and then it encounters something strange.
Alumina ceramic balls!
The Tiger tank, which has been fully equipped with composite armor, was originally intended to deal with armor-piercing shells, but now, high-explosive grenades have dried up this composite armor.
The 152mm grenade is quite powerful, the ceramic ball and the surrounding glass fiber reinforced resin were lifted off in the explosion, and then, there is the high-toughness inner bottom plate behind, and when the shock wave arrives here, it has no great power.
Gathered a few centimeters behind the main armor of the Tiger tank, unscathed.
At this time, the Tiger tank was aiming at a T-34 tank, and when it was hit, the members of the tank were furious and wanted to take out the sneak attack tank, but it was not their turn.
HS129, already swooping down from the sky, under the protection of thick armor, it can ignore any ground artillery fire, not to mention the armored forces of the Soviets, which do not take into account the sky overhead.
"Tom tom!" 3 40-mm armor-piercing incendiary shells, fired at the roof of the KV-2 tank.
After the replacement of new engines and improved maneuverability, the ammunition reserve of this aircraft was increased to 100 rounds, and in normal combat, in order to improve the hit rate, almost always used the method of firing in three bursts.
The thickness of the armor on the front of the KV-2 exceeded 100 mm, however, the top of it, was only 30 mm thick, and under the blow of 40 mm armor-piercing incendiary shells, 30 mm thick steel plates, were easily penetrated.
"Boom!" This KV-2 tank, all three shells hit the top of the turret, and then ignited the ammunition inside, and the attack of armor-piercing incendiary shells is more convenient, not only can pierce armor, but also burn.
No one came out alive, and the deputy battalion commander died with it.
The Soviet tank unit had been disrupted, and in the melee between the two sides, they were poorly commanded and could not communicate with each other, but they were constantly rushing forward with a momentum.
They did not realize that they had been divided and surrounded by the German tank forces.
Even within 10 minutes before the German attack planes entered the battlefield, they did not even notice an even more terrible enemy overhead, and at this time, the battlefield was already in chaos.
Major Webb pulled up his HS129 attack aircraft and continued to look for the next target.