Chapter 1748: Indestructible
The commander's order, through the wire, spread to every position of the anti-aircraft machine gun position, the gunners who had been waiting for a long time, some couldn't wait, they had aimed at those tanks before, and sent the bullets out as soon as possible, special armor-piercing bullets, on the long bullet chain of the anti-aircraft machine gun, the silver armor-piercing bullet looked so eye-catching, because the armor-piercing bullet for the anti-aircraft machine gun chamber, the destructive effect is relatively strong, so the anti-aircraft machine gun did not use a soft bullet chain, but used a group of 10 rounds of hard bullet chain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After the armor-piercing shells entered the sequence of anti-aircraft machine guns, this was the first combat use, these gunners, at least more than 5,000 rounds of experience when they were training, but they were still very careful, did not use the continuous fire of the anti-aircraft machine gun, but carefully fired three points, the muzzle trembled slightly, and the three armor-piercing shells flew faster than the sound, flying towards the tank that was almost 1 km to 1.2 km away from them.
The U.S. attack force, a tank in the frontal position, the commander Tom is driving the tank, is rushing towards the position, at this time, there are still about 800 meters away from the forward position of Japan, here, it is unlikely that there will be weapons to threaten him, as long as you are careful of the tank trench, the infantry behind you, will find the tank trench in advance, and inform him that he only needs to maintain speed.
The battle itself is quite dangerous, but after the US military adopted a new method of warfare, for tanks, it was like a leisurely stroll, in the past seven days, the US army attacked dozens of times, and the final number of tanks lost was only 18, among the tank crew, only 12 people were wounded, only one was seriously injured, and none of them died.
Correspondingly, as the main attacking force, for the Japanese position, they can easily receive much higher merit than others, take Tom as an example, before today, he participated in 6 battles, respectively, made a lot of contributions, according to the US military upgrade method, today's battle, if you get credit again, he can be promoted to a level.
As a tank commander, he has been in the army for 5 years, all the way from a recruit to the position of sergeant, he is already the most senior among soldiers, and then he can be promoted from a soldier to an officer, even if it is the lowest second lieutenant, it is enough to embark on a different path, officers and soldiers are two different systems, as an ordinary person who has never studied in a military school, this is very important to him.
Tom stared at the front with all his attention, it seems that today's Japanese position is slightly different, but this difference, in Tom's opinion, is not a big deal, in 7 days, under the premise of occupying a large number of Japanese positions, Japan has not thought of a way to counteract, and the same is true today, such an open field, he must break through quickly.
"Raise the flag and let them follow up quickly!" Tom gave a simple order, as the highest rank among the 7 vehicles, his task is to guide the 7 vehicles, jointly impact the opponent's defense line, in order to achieve victory, although the US military did not install walkie-talkies and radios such short-distance contact equipment, but in the daytime attack, the flag is also the simplest, the easiest way to solve, even do not need people to go out, just show the flag, through the flag for simple communication.
Obviously, several other tanks, seeing the command of the command vehicle, did not move closer to the command vehicle, but increased their speed, from the original speed of 13 kilometers per hour to 17 kilometers per hour, and the follow-up infantry also began to run to catch up with the footsteps of the tanks in front.
It's going well, in Tom's opinion, maybe the bad feeling before, it's just an illusion, the opposite position looks relatively steep, it's on a hill with a relatively high slope, but it still can't stop the footsteps of the tank, as long as the infantry and the tank work together, it is very easy to complete.
In the rear, the rumbling artillery sounded, this is the second wave of artillery fire, after a few days of improvement, the US army in the artillery coverage has not been completed, began to attack, until the tanks and infantry, close to the opponent's position 200 meters, will stop the artillery fire, so there may be a certain danger, but can reduce the time for the preparation of the Japanese defensive line, this line of defense, has been suppressed by heavy artillery bombardment can not raise their heads, plus today is also the second attack, should be able to easily take it.
The U.S. artillery fire is very fierce and accurate, and the Japanese front line can not raise its head, the distance of 200 meters, although it is also in the range of the bazooka, but Japan can prepare less time, and it is easier to be attacked by the escorted infantry, in the past 7 days, dozens of attacks, the Japanese side, a total of more than 2,000 bazooka fighters, lost 1,800 bazookas, it is because of this.
However, this fierce artillery fire, for the bunker installed, not to mention the stupid and thick 155 mm naval guns of the US army, even if it is more than 12 inches, may not be able to reach him, not to mention, this part of the bunker is built in the core part of the entire defense line, at least 1,600 meters away from the first-line position, the Japanese artillery fire, has not yet completed the coverage of the first line, and does not extend to the rear, and there are very few shells that fall around the rear bunker.
On the entire 7-kilometer or so defense line, the U.S. military looked for more than 12 breakthrough points, and the previous few days of continuous gains made the U.S. military attack very arbitrarily, in their opinion, as long as an hour or two later, a large number of Japanese troops were annihilated, although it was impossible to occupy a large number of Japanese positions in a short period of time as previously expected, and greatly annihilate the Japanese army, but the accumulation of victories again and again, before the arrival of winter, to take Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is no problem, if you take advantage of the victory to pursue, Liberating half of Alaska is not necessarily impossible to think about.
The U.S. military doesn't know that behind the glitz, there is a huge crisis, not to mention that the Japanese are already preparing a crazy Sakura plan, an armored force of at least 5,000 vehicles, about to cross the Rocky Mountains, from the weak link in the middle of the United States, attack the hinterland of the United States, even on the battlefield now, the crisis has appeared.
Anti-aircraft machine gun, even if it is designed to deal with aircraft, but used to fight tanks, in addition to a slight inconvenience in action, is really the biggest nemesis of the tank, more than 5 kilometers of range, at this point, it is simply a nightmare for tanks, and even compared to ordinary artillery, the barrel of the anti-aircraft machine gun is smaller, and it can be placed in a fixed line of defense, or even in a bunker, which increases his protection, relatively speaking, the tank speed, in front of the rate of fire of the anti-aircraft machine gun, that is a fart.
The tank is on the move, Tom looks closer and closer to the position, there are still 400 meters, the artillery coverage is about to end, they can follow the rehearsed routine, rush to the opponent's position, complete this battle, is imagining, he felt a shock all over his body, as if not hit by a sledgehammer, what is wrong, it seems that for a moment, the thinking has also slowed down, is it impossible to be attacked, this is in the safe tank, even if it is hit by heavy artillery, it is not like this.
The night enveloped him at this moment, Tom's mind was just here, and then it gradually dissipated, he died, he didn't understand the moment he died, his fatal wound was in the chest, unlucky him, he was directly hit by an armor-piercing bullet, after penetrating the thin defense of the tank, the armor-piercing bullet still kept flying, and after Tom's chest appeared a big hole the size of a basketball, he continued to fly forward.
This is a 25mm armor-piercing bullet from an anti-aircraft machine gun, after easily passing through the papier-mâché defense of the turret, directly hitting Tom's body, passing through his chest, killing a machine gunner behind him, and after passing through a layer of steel plates and two people in a row, the armor-piercing bullet still did not lose kinetic energy, passed through the tank, punched the tank in half, and then hit the infantry following behind, killing at least 4 people with one shot, showing incomparable ferociousness.
The armor-piercing projectile that hit the tank is just one of many, when the anti-aircraft machine gun is flat, the elite gunners can shoot with three points, the main target they aim at is the fuel tank, but 3 kilometers away, it is a moving target, it is a very difficult thing to accurately hit the mailbox located in the middle of the tank, most of the aiming is only at the tank itself, on the premise of determining that it can hit the tank, in consideration of accuracy and damage.
In fact, among the nearly 200 anti-aircraft machine guns, because of the different positions, some anti-aircraft machine guns installed in other areas did not have a firing angle, and only 120 of them fired, and each of them fired at 3 points, and only 20 shots finally hit the fuel tank, and the hit rate was only less than 5 percent, but the final effect was amazing.
The armor-piercing bullet is fired in the chamber of the anti-aircraft machine gun, and the power is very amazing, even if it does not hit the critical part of the fuel tank, as long as it is the right tank, it is basically a crossing, the tank of the US army, to a certain extent, the space is limited, and the layout is quite close, and the people inside are concentrated in the interior Under such a penetration, it is no problem to kill two or three people, most of the tanks that were hit were killed by the driver, because their position was above the fuel tank, therefore, the first time, Hundreds of tanks were beaten to a halt, among which those who were hit by the fuel tank, the high temperature brought by the high-speed flight of the armor-piercing projectile, at the moment of penetrating the fuel tank, made the fuel tank burn explosively, and suddenly a tank with strong defense, in an instant, became a raging torch, the high temperature brought by fuel burning, melted the tank, not only quickly the tank burned into a scrap metal, but it was also difficult for the people inside to escape. (To be continued.) )