Chapter 134: Lost Contact (Supplement 2)
The open anti-aircraft gun cannot be called a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the full sense, in fact, it is just a two-legged anti-aircraft gun, and there is no closed turret, but after all, this can also provide a way to accompany the tank troops.
Now, the barrel of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is rapidly raised, and the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that has stopped on the spot is rapidly entering a combat state, and the squad leader of the artillery squad is standing at the rear, straightening his body, observing the sky with a telescope, trying to provide target indication for his anti-aircraft artillery.
But it didn't work, they couldn't see each other's planes, they could only hear sounds.
Why is that?
The other side must know that they have anti-aircraft artillery, so they deliberately use this extremely scoundrel way, their planes are flying in the valley next to them, and they are blind spots here, and when they appear, it will be a blink of an eye, and when they are not ready to fire, they will drop bombs and escape!
Yes, definitely!
The Soviet anti-aircraft artillery officers were extremely nervous at this time, their hands were rapidly shaking the high and low planes and the direction planes, listening to the sound of the planes, and in what direction the planes were in, they quickly turned around, and only in this way could they open fire immediately the moment the other side appeared!
The sound of the plane was getting closer and closer, and everyone's heartbeat was accelerating, and they knew that the battle would start suddenly.
"Boom, boom!" At this moment, explosions were already heard in the distance, but they did not see the enemy plane!
What's going on?
The squad leader of the artillery squad suddenly realized that he had made a serious mistake, in the mountains, there was an echo, and the direction they were aiming at just now was reversed!
And when they turned their anti-aircraft guns around, they saw only a few planes with inverted seagull wings, already flapping their wings in style, getting farther and farther away from them.
"Our tanks were not attacked, they hit the trucks behind us." A report came over the radio.
Varisyev's heart first relaxed for a while, and then he became nervous again, what, hit the truck behind him? Those are your own supplies!
The T-34 and KV-1 are both diesel engines, which are more fuel-efficient, but this does not mean that they do not burn fuel, especially in the mountains, their fuel consumption is greater.
Now, hearing that the supply convoy behind him was being attacked by a sneak attack, Varisiev frowned even more, at this time, he was in the middle of the marching column, and did not see the situation behind, if he went to the place where the sneak attack was taken, he would know the sinister intentions of the other party.
"Don't delay any longer, just keep going." Varisiev said.
It's only twenty kilometers from Qazvin, it's already noon, and they have to get there before dark, this damn mountainous area, it's a nightmare.
The tank units continued to advance, and behind them, at the mountain pass, more than a dozen tankers, blazing, blocked the way into the mountain.
Behind, the supporting artillery stopped.
"Damn it!" Major Ivan jumped out of his car, looked at the still burning car, and said: "Contact the division commander immediately, we are blocked behind!" ”
They drive cars, have no off-road ability, can only walk on the road, and dare not cross these fires.
"The 14th Howitzer Regiment calls the division headquarters, and the 14th Howitzer Regiment calls the division headquarters." In the command car, the radio soldier held the microphone and kept calling, but there was no echo from the radio.
"They went into the mountains, and the radio signal was blocked." Yakov couldn't help but say.
Short-wave radios, which propagate in a straight line, are easily blocked by the mountains, and now they have lost contact with the division headquarters!
"We need to put out the fire caused by these cars as soon as possible, push away the wreckage of these cars, and catch up with our troops, if we wait until it gets dark, we will be in trouble." Yakov said.
He looked at the sun that had begun to slide towards the west, a little anxious, in the mountains, it was the most vulnerable to ambushes, and this bombardment by the other party was absolutely unusual!
Extinguishing these fires? Ivan looked at the flames that burst out more than ten meters high, and wanted to extinguish them, how easy it was to say! Close is dangerous, only fire trucks work, however, they are combat troops, not logistics troops, where are fire trucks!
Ivan felt helpless, and the artillerymen behind him also jumped out of their cars one after another. Some have even opened the picnic dry food and eaten, since it has been blocked, it is not bad to take this opportunity to eat something!
They had no idea that danger was coming.
Time passed little by little, and seeing that the flames were still burning, Major Ivan's heart became slightly impatient, and at this moment, suddenly, Yakov shouted: "God, what is that?" ”
To the southeast of them, in the distant fields, black smoke rose from it, and needless to say, it must have been tank troops! And there's no shortage of them!
"Quick, quick, dismantle the cannon and get ready for battle!" Varisiev shouted loudly.
The M1938 152-mm gun is quite bulky, and each cannon is equipped with an artillery squad of seven people, and now, they have also discovered something, and quickly transferred the cannon from the marching state to the combat state.
"Quick, quick!" The squad leader shouted loudly, pulling the towing pin hard, separating the tow bar of the cannon from the car in front, and then, seven people shouted the trumpet, pushed the cannon, and turned the direction of ninety degrees!
At this time, the black smoke in the distance was getting closer and closer, and they could clearly see that those were indeed galloping tanks! Moreover, with sharp edges and corners, it is incomparably similar to the Panther tank of the Germans!
Could it be that the main armored forces of the Germans have already landed? It's horrible! In an instant, the faces of the Soviet tank crews turned pale.
"Don't be afraid, even the latest German Panther tank will not be able to stop our artillery fire and load armor-piercing shells!" Yakov shouted loudly.
Afraid of what? You can be artillerymen!
The 152 mm howitzer, as the name suggests, is mainly used to fire grenades, but this does not mean that it cannot fire armor-piercing shells.
Historically, when the Soviet Union found that it could not penetrate the German Tiger tank, it immediately put its own 152 mm howitzer on the tank and made up the SU-152, although it was ugly with a big head, but the firepower of this weapon was crazy, and it could penetrate 124 mm armor at a distance of 1000 meters, no matter what tank could not stop its firepower!