Chapter 17: The Collision of the Plains (4)

The enemy's self-propelled artillery did not expect that Zhang Shixin would actually risk a certain amount of losses and use his self-propelled artillery to strike a special blow at them at this time.

If Zhang Shixin knew that the other party had this kind of thought, he would definitely stretch out his middle finger and despise them: Let you continue to exist, the threat to me will be greater, aren't you talking nonsense?

When the self-propelled guns of the Osville Empire began to fire, the various self-propelled guns that had already anticipated their targets also let out their own angry howls.

150mm shells quickly flew at enemy troops at a distance, while self-propelled guns with a larger caliber targeted self-propelled artillery units that were closer to them.

A round of artillery fire was fired at a fixed point, and the results were quite good.

The Panther self-propelled guns have a relatively high hit rate, but because of the distance, even if some missed shells fall more than ten meters away from the target, the damage to the enemy is almost negligible.

This is because the power of the 150mm shell is a little weaker than that of the 203mm and 210mm shells. Fragmentation damage from sputtering is not very effective for self-propelled guns.

However, the reloading speed of one shell in about 10 seconds allows the Panther self-propelled gun to quickly shell again within a certain period of time.

Unlike tank fighting vehicles, self-propelled guns with larger calibers also have a problem to pay attention to when reloading. That is, to load the shell, it is often necessary to lay the gun flat.

Therefore, the reload speed of 10 seconds and the actual effective re-fire rate are two levels of things.

Reality is not a game, you can raise the barrel to the highest level and be able to reload the shell, which is not possible in reality.

Let me ask you, if a 203mm shell is stuffed from below, not to mention whether it can succeed, in terms of the degree of danger, such a situation is not allowed.

So, after the Panther SPG was loaded, the gunner again used the Hawkeye firing mode, and then applied the landing range to the enemy's SPG.

At the same time, some self-propelled guns can really only be considered automated mobile guns, and not pure self-propelled guns.

Of course, Zhang Shixin was referring to some self-propelled guns in the game,

Before coming to this world, Zhang Shixin's trumpet specialized in artillery, and he found a very interesting place, that is, how the T92 was loaded on the move.

If you take a closer look at the T92 template, it's clear. So, the T92 thing is strictly a mobile gun and not a self-propelled gun.

Self-propelled guns have a role, that is, they are used as assault guns in an emergency.

Strictly speaking, the T92 can't be loaded with shells without stopping, and you can still expect this thing to be an assault gun?

At the same time, the most deplorable thing about the T92 is the bayonet at close range, which is certain to die. Because its hull is too high, and because of the existence of artillery mounts, the T92 has no close-range self-defense capability at all. And even more so with a bayonet?

Therefore, the T92 in the system became a floating cloud, and the replacement self-propelled gun used the chassis of the M103, the engine was in the middle, the warhead was in the middle and rear of the hull, and the tail baffle was similar to the M40/43, but the fixing frame used three movable steel bars on each side to link to the hull.

Although the depression angle of this thing is limited by the gun carriage and is not at all, the lower hull ensures the combat capability of the new self-propelled gun.

It's about the same weight as the T92, but because it can use the M103's engine, it's much better than the T92 in terms of mobility.

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It was only when another round of shelling rang out again that the S-51 reloaded its shells.

This was followed by the 210mm GW Tiger P.

These two SPGs are slower to reload, but due to technological corrections, they don't have the same slow reload speed as the game.

But by the time they fired again, the Panther self-propelled guns were almost reloaded.

Although, the rate of fire of these two self-propelled guns is relatively slow, but there is one thing that the Panther self-propelled guns cannot match.

That is the power of a single shell.

Rather than saying that the Panther self-propelled guns rely on accuracy to fight, these two self-propelled guns rely on the explosion and splashing of shells to inflict heavy damage on the opponent.

For example, the power of the Panther self-propelled gun is about more than ten meters of effective killing radius, including fragmentation kills.

However, the killing radius of the 203mm-B-4 howitzer is more than 20 meters, and the power of the two is simply not a generalizable situation.

The 210mm shell is a little more powerful, but the increase in power is not as significant as that of the 203mm high-explosive grenade.

Despite this, the enemy's self-propelled artillery units, as long as they were two to three meters away from the crater or close to the crater, could not escape with the weak armor of the self-propelled guns.

Often a 203mm grenade explodes, as long as it does not deviate too far, the enemy's self-propelled guns must have suffered some damage.

As for the case of a direct hit......

It's okay if the car body wasn't blown up, and the crew members didn't die directly in this situation, Zhang Shixin will definitely give the order to capture this guy alive, because his luck is too good.

It's like a cannonball exploding in the middle of a crowd, have you ever heard that there are still people alive in the crater?

So, a direct hit on the enemy's self-propelled guns, even some of the infantry units responsible for vigilance were blown to a bloody blur, not to mention the members of the vehicle crew not far from the explosion point?

In this case, the combat effectiveness of large-caliber artillery is often higher than that of small-caliber artillery.

Because it is powerful enough to destroy everything that stands in its way in front of the shells.

Similar to the game, everything that blocks the trajectory of the projectile will be shattered by the cannonball.

Although Zhang Shixin had never tried such a situation in reality, he remembered that when he used to play games, he fired on a mountain map, and waited for several seconds without seeing any movement around the target, but after another second or two, he was surprised to find that a burned IS-7 appeared in a bush on the hillside. The system also indicates that the IS-7 was destroyed by him.

So, luck is also important in the game.

Zhang Shixin still remembered that the IS-7 player was still scolding him, Zhang Shixin took advantage of the time to reload, and replied: "You blocked the trajectory yourself, what do you care about me?" Also, whoever asked you to not bring a fire extinguisher deserves to be burned to death. ”

In fact, it is better to play self-propelled guns without looking at the results of the shelling, and after firing the guns, quickly move the place, which is a suitable self-propelled artillery player.

At the same time, it doesn't matter a dime whether you look at the hit or not. If you hit, you can hit, and if you don't hit, you can see it in vain.

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The opponent's self-propelled artillery units were attacked, and naturally it was not without reaction.

Many self-propelled guns started one after another in the first round of shelling, but the shelling formation they arranged was too dense, and sometimes, two vehicles that had not communicated collided together.

Some even smashed the barrels into the hull of the opponent's vehicle, piercing the opponent's weak armor plates. When some self-propelled guns quickly pulled out of the barrel, they actually found the barrel or the muzzle, and there was blood slowly dripping.

The self-propelled artillery units of the Oswel Empire were in disarray, but a round of shelling was not a great loss for a large number of self-propelled guns. However, in contrast to this situation, many of the remaining self-propelled guns were transferred quickly, but they were unable to move due to various factors.

After the start of the second round of shelling, the self-propelled guns, whose tracks were broken due to the collision, reversed a short distance, and one side of the hull sank into the ground and could not move again at all. At this time, a 210mm grenade fell between two self-propelled guns not far apart......

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Zhang Shixin just let his self-propelled artillery units fire four or five rounds of salvos, and then let them find the enemy's tank fighting vehicles for artillery shelling.

Although the enemy's self-propelled artillery units were not completely wiped out, they were at best inflicted heavy losses. But Zhang Shixin had to let the self-propelled guns directly bombard the advancing Oswel Imperial armored clusters.

On the one hand, although there is a factor of tight front, on the other hand, it is very fatal, that is, the T-54/55 and Type 59 of the first line of defense do not have many shells.

Some of the tanks hiding behind the low mounds were able to replenish the shells of the armored vehicles that had been hiding next to them, but many more were able to retreat while fighting, and in this case, Zhang Shixin had to use concentrated artillery fire to hinder the enemy's advance as much as possible.

The first line of defense, which was already somewhat irresistible, became more and more difficult to defend because of the gradual retreat of most of the tanks.

There was a squad of Type 59 that was holding back for a while to replenish ammunition as they retreated for a while to replenish their ammunition, and they seemed to have no idea that the first line of defense was almost untenable.

They continued to stay where they were.

In fact, in their position, they simply can't advance or retreat. So they went silent by radio after they had finished replenishing their ammunition.

Zhang Shixin naturally knew that several squads of tanks had adopted radio silence.

They want to use their lives to delay the advance of the enemy.

Zhang Shixin was helpless about this, but he could only accept the actions of his subordinates.

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"General, our self-propelled artillery units have suffered heavy losses!" A telegraph operator relayed a telegram to the commander of the armoured forces for information.

The commander of the "......" armored unit slapped the table angrily, he naturally knew very well that it was because he underestimated the enemy that he would cause such a situation.

It's just that the next moment, he got a "good news": "The enemy troops, who had been stubbornly defending, were gradually retreating under the cover of artillery fire." ”

He saw this as a good opportunity, he let the troops of the front line break through the enemy's defensive lines as much as possible, and he could not delay more time in this place.

This order was quickly conveyed to the troops at the front.

Receiving the order, the Oswel Imperial armored forces bypassed the destroyed and wounded wingman and continued to launch assaults.

Zhang Shixin naturally discovered the other party's move, but he couldn't do anything about it for the time being, because he was behind the warhead of the hunting tiger, receiving a box of 128mm shells.

But he knew that the tank troops who volunteered to stay, as well as a small number of infantry, would not allow the other side to break through the first line of defense so easily.

Zhang Shixin knew very well that the current opportunity to replenish ammunition in a more calm manner was obtained by the troops in front of him in exchange for their own lives.

Because it's not just the Tiger Hunter tank destroyer that he is driving, but other tank fighting vehicles need to be reloaded.

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A group of medium tanks rushed up to one of the relatively low mounds, hoping to better fire at the retreating enemy.

However, when they rushed up the steep slope, they were surprised to see that on the other side of the mound there were six similar tanks and two armored vehicles, as well as some infantry.

Before they could fully react, they saw the tanks quickly turn their turrets and raise their barrels.

And the infantry quickly ran back to the armored car.

The commander of one of the medium tanks smiled coldly and thought, "How else can you expect these armored vehicles to save your life?" ”

But before he could give the order to shoot those armored vehicles, the muzzle of a Type 59 tank was already aimed at his tank, and a second later, the commander saw the muzzle of the tank flashing, and he wanted to say something, but before he could put his idea into practice, he noticed a sharp pain in his chest......

The commander of the other tank, seeing that the muzzle of a Type 59 was aimed at his tank, hurriedly kicked the driver hard, meaning to let the driver drive the tank into it at full speed.

The next moment, the commander saw a flash of fire from the muzzles of the opposing tanks, and almost at the same time, the two tanks collided together.

The Type 59 tank was knocked back a few meters, and at the same time, after two "bang" and "bang" sounds, the gun barrels of both tanks broke because they both hit each other's turrets.

However, the Type 59's turret lid was opened, wearing a black military uniform carved with an Elven Dragon cockade and an AK74 assault rifle in his hand, and a flipped out turret, followed by several crew members who also turned out the incapacitated Type 59 from elsewhere.

Among them, the driver had several blood marks on his head, apparently as a result of the collision.

The commander also wanted his crew not to get out easily, but the flames burning inside the car forced him to give the order to abandon the car.

It is clear that just now the other side's shot hit the gearbox of the tank, although they also had fire extinguishers, but now it will not help.

"Grab your weapons and get ready for battle!" As soon as the commander finished speaking, he grabbed the submachine gun next to him, and then opened the turret roof with the other.

It's just that after he opened the top cover of the turret, before he could make the next move, a grenade was thrown in appropriately......

Before he could react, the grenade exploded......

Other tanks also crashed into the nearest tank, but at this time, the infantrymen who had entered the armored vehicle, carrying a thick and long tube in their hands, were clearly aimed at them with something that was not a good thing......

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Zhang Shixin looked at the first line of defense, the disappearing symbols one by one, and felt very painful in his heart, but he also knew very well that things had come to this point, and he could not let those troops who were willing to stay in place be called back.

After the signal of the last infantry disappeared, Zhang Shixin knew that next, he would face more and more bad battle conditions.

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