Thanks again to the book friend for hunting Athena's tip.

Some netizens in the book group said that they could increase the air force, and this situation can be considered, but this plan will be delayed, because the historical mission has not yet brushed Nanjing, and others can not be written, but Nanjing cannot be left unwritten.

So please wait a little longer.

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The army that was engaged with Zhang Shixin's troops was not the troops of the Papal States, but the armored divisions of a minor principality.

Although it is said to be an armored division, because this is also considered the back of the enemy, the enemy forces in this area only have a certain number of various howitzers and corresponding armored vehicles, transport trucks, etc.

At the risk of being hit by shells, many towed artillery pieces operated on the spot under the influence of the members of the artillery crew, quickly turned the gun body, and then fired at Zhang Shixin's armored commando.

Vatutin, who was in one of the IS-7 turrets, was naturally well aware of the threat of these towed guns.

Although most of the enemy's towed guns may not seem to be of a large caliber, they are still a threat to them.

"Prioritize the enemy's artillery !!" Vatutin quickly gave his orders.

In fact, both tank guns, anti-tank guns and even howitzers constantly fired high-explosive shells at these artillery positions.

Even if the armor-piercing shell is a blasting armor-piercing projectile, the effect is very poor for the towed artillery, which is basically unprotected, not to mention whether it can hit or not, even if it hits the target, it will either directly penetrate the gun shield and break the barrel, or it will only bring a certain amount of damage to a small number of artillery crew members.

Many situations in the game are not realistic, such as using a high-piercing armor-piercing projectile to hit a warhead similar to a Grizzly Bear tank destroyer, and it is very likely to directly hit the piercing. Therefore, high-explosive shells are the best artillery for Zhang Shixin to counterattack weakly protected targets now.

At least when the high-explosive shell hits the barrel of the opponent's gun, the explosion effect can also effectively kill and destroy the target and people near the target.

At the same time, if an armor-piercing shell hits the barrel, it is difficult to break the barrel directly, at most it will cause some damage to the barrel.

Because the warhead of an armor-piercing projectile is easily ejected directly by the barrel due to the angle of injection. These cases do not include the fact that it is really difficult for the barrel to hit.

In fact, as mentioned in some documentaries, Soviet gunners sometimes have to undergo some training to attack tank barrels, but many people know very well how bad the hit rate of this method is.

If Zhang Shixin hadn't been afraid that the mobility of towing artillery was too poor, he would not have installed a large number of self-propelled guns in his direct troops on such a large scale.

The cost of self-propelled guns has always been very high. At the same time, there is a disadvantage that is not a disadvantage.

That is, under the premise of a large increase in mobility, the accuracy of artillery has been weakened a lot in disguise.

Because the engine of the self-propelled gun is running, the hull is also constantly vibrating, so this will affect the accuracy of the self-propelled gun.

Some people say that such a problem is actually not too big, but well, if you take 10 kilometers as a benchmark, a gun on top of a self-propelled gun may cause a slight error caused by vibration, and the shell will be deflected by tens of meters away, which is quite normal.

It can be said that if it weren't for the bug of Eagle Eye, Zhang Shixin would have known that self-propelled artillery actually has a lower hit rate than towed artillery.

Of course, those self-propelled guns with "technological eagle eyes" in later generations have a fairly small hit error value, which is also quite a matter of course.

Because, if satellite navigation, artillery shells use satellite signal positioning, etc., to deviate from a hundred meters away, then this is a strange thing.

In the world where Zhang Shixin lives, the hit rate of modern technology self-propelled artillery is a little higher than that of towed artillery (the gap is not too big, but in the case of taking into account the firing efficiency, the firing frequency of integrated self-propelled artillery is much higher than that of towed artillery. ）

But in a world similar to World War II, towed artillery hits much better than self-propelled guns.

So, on this premise, Vatutin had to give priority to striking those towed guns, and not self-propelled guns, which were relatively small in number.

But, despite this, Vatutin's troops suffered quite serious losses.

It's not that when they are fighting, they can't maneuver, but the opponent's towed artillery can shoot visually, and in this case, many tanks or tank destroyers are injured by mistake.

This can be seen from the fact that many encounters were shelled, and some even had the M18 "Hellcat" that was directly hit by a high-explosive grenade in the front of the hull and almost completely destroyed the vehicle.

Because of visual firing, at a slightly long distance, the shell did not hit the target aimed by the gunner, and it was possible to fly directly to the rear for a distance and directly hit the M18 "Hellcat" formation, which is considered the second echelon.

The M18 "Hellcat" that was hit directly by the armor module in front of the hull was simply not able to withstand the impact of a high-explosive grenade exceeding 105mm.

Many M18 "Hellcats" still have the front of the hull pierced, and then violently explode kinetic energy, tearing the front of the hull directly.

In such a situation, it is impossible for the driver to survive.

Some shells were forcibly detonated by the ceramic steel plate of the armor module due to the problem of the angle of entry, but even if the third layer of the base plate was not penetrated, it added up to less than 30mm of remaining armor thickness, which could not resist the kinetic energy of the explosion at such a close range.

In such a situation, the driver was also not shocked to death, but was directly killed by the kinetic energy of the explosion after tearing the armor plate.

It can be said that the M18 "Hellcat" in such a situation, even with the addition of an armored module, is also not able to easily face the power of the grenade.

Many M18 "Hellcats" did not completely lose their combat capability, but in the case of the death of the driver, the damage to the gearbox, and the serious destruction of the driver's position, they were only able to temporarily break away from the large forces.

There were also some shells that hit the turret of the M18 Hellcat, and although it was said that the shield was a bit thick, the vehicle would not be completely destroyed, but the crew members were either killed or injured compared to the wingman crew members who were hit in front of the hull.

Suffice it to say that in this case, these M18 "Hellcats" can be considered completely incapacitated.

Some of the M18 "Hellcats", which were lucky, were not directly hit, and the shells fell at a certain distance near the vehicle, and these M18 "Hellcats" did not suffer great damage.

Even if the shells are relatively close, the damage caused by them is greatly reduced. Drivers are rarely killed directly, and other members and relatively important positions are rarely directly injured. Because the explosive power generated by these shells is effectively dispersed and absorbed by the armored module.

Engines, gearboxes and fuel tanks are also rarely damaged because they are protected.

But the suspension system is still a disaster.

After all, the armored module, as well as the armored skirt, are two different things.

It is impossible to expect the M18 to hang the load-bearing capacity and hang the armored skirt.

Not to mention the two things together.

It can be said that Zhang Shixin spared no expense to add some armor modules to his troops, and under the same circumstances, effectively guaranteed the survivability of the M18 "Hellcat".

Zhang Shixin was also in the midst of a bunch of system prompts, comforting himself speechlessly: "Even if the battle damage is less than half, it's good." ”

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Unlike the M18 Hellcat, the IS-8 and other tanks with decent armor protection have very good damage reduction from the armor module.

An IS-8 was about to move forward after the cannon was fired, and a 120mm high-explosive grenade fell more than two meters in front, except for the damage to the tracks, the driver and the gearbox in the first position were not damaged because of the protection of the armored module.

Of course, this situation is of course due to the armor module, and more importantly, the thickness of the armor of the IS-8 tank itself is not too weak, which plays a certain protective role.

The E main battle tank, which launched a charge with the IS-8, also suffered similar artillery fire counterattacks, but the E main battle tank with a better mobile surname has a relatively small probability of being hit.

Zhang Shixin was quite helpless in the face of this kind of serious battle damage caused by a strong attack.

After all, in such a situation, many self-propelled guns with relatively poor mobility surnames have difficulty reaching a relatively good firing position without a certain amount of time.

At present, the self-propelled artillery units that are carrying out artillery support are mainly self-propelled rocket artillery rebuilt from the chassis of some medium tanks and mobile artillery formations based on the Lorraine 155-50/51 and 263 projects.

As for the other self-propelled guns, since the battle has been going on so far, their shelling range has exceeded the effective range of the Eagle Eye skill, so they are now constantly advancing slowly.

Of course, they can also provide fire support according to the telegram from the front, but well, Zhang Shixin did not dare to blow up the assault formation in front of him.

Because the artillery bombardment is carried out according to the shooting of the elements, under this charge tactic, it is simply a gamble on the lives of friendly troops.

At the same time, there is also a point, that is, the mobile surname is relatively poor, and even a self-propelled gun that can be called a turtle crawl, even if it is close to missing, that kind of power is not something that this fairly primitive armor module can withstand.

Just like about a meter outside the 203mm crater area, the high-explosive shells of the black gold charge can directly shock the crew of quite modern tanks to serious injuries or even direct death...... Dreaming is more practical.

Therefore, Zhang Shixin could only let the reserve troops advance together with the tactical artillery formation.

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Zhang Shixin summarized the subordinate artillery formations into three aspects according to their operational significance.

The first, naturally, is the lack of mobility of towed artillery units. In fact, Zhang Shixin did not let his summoners use towed artillery on a large scale, first, the mobility of towed artillery is relatively poor, and second, the caliber of towed artillery is relatively small, although many models of towed artillery are directly converted from self-propelled guns. However, according to Zhang Shixin's knowledge, the towed artillery has the largest caliber and has "combat experience", I am afraid that it is the American 240mm-m1 artillery.

And more towed guns, it's 150mm or 155mm or something like that. Of course, Soviet towed heavy guns were generally 152 caliber, and some models were 203mm. It's like the 203mm-B-4.

In fact, many of the guns used in self-propelled guns were directly modified from other artillery.

For example, smaller caliber guns are generally improved with the same type of towed guns and placed on the corresponding tank chassis to become self-propelled guns.

Larger caliber ones are used as prototypes for adaptations such as railroad guns.

Therefore, many models of self-propelled guns are, in fact, self-propelled guns capable of moving on their own. (Spit yourself up again, aren't you talking nonsense?) ）

As for whether there is a model of artillery specially developed for self-propelled guns?

Yes, but the number is extremely rare, like the American M68 "Atomic Annie" self-propelled gun, which should have been specially developed for this purpose.

As for the 2A3 self-propelled gun that Zhang Shixin is currently using, the 420mm gun is an improvement from the Soviet-grade 420mm main gun that was "aborted" in the Soviet Union.

Anti-tank guns are generally improved from tank guns, so the surname of anti-tank guns is generally much better than the prototype tank guns.

Of course, it is not without the example of some self-propelled guns, which directly use the prototype gun as an anti-tank gun. Just like the American tank destroyer in World War II, its artillery is a real tank gun. Therefore, Zhang Shixin knows very well that this is the main reason why the Americans regarded these types of tank destroyers as tanks in the first place.

After all, since it is with a tank gun, then is this still a pure tank destroyer?

It can be said that towed artillery is limited to its mobility and combat efficiency, and the caliber is not as numerous as that of self-propelled guns, nor does it have the mobility of self-propelled guns.

But towed artillery has one advantage that self-propelled guns do not have, and that is the relative accuracy of hits.

With the same specifications of towed artillery, under the same gun crew, the shooting accuracy of the towed gun is more accurate than that of the self-propelled gun, after all, there is no subtle chassis vibration like the self-propelled gun.

It's just that towed artillery does not have a large caliber of self-propelled artillery, after all, towed artillery also needs to be done by hand, the caliber is too large, the gun body is too heavy, and the members of the artillery crew want to push it to the front line, and even carry out it is quite difficult or even impossible to do it.

For example, if the 420mm 2A3 self-propelled gun is dismantled and converted into a towed gun, it will lose its combat significance.

First, the artillery crew could not push, second, the shells were too heavy, and the loading could only be completed with the help of ammunition loading vehicles, and third, the artillery carriage must also be specially made, while ensuring a certain reliable surname.

Therefore, towed artillery does not have the conditions to be able to carry out high-power like self-propelled guns.

The second type was summarized by Zhang Shixin as mobile support artillery. Such a gun must be a self-propelled gun, and the requirements for mobile surnames are quite high, in addition, the caliber is too large to complete the loading alone, and the self-propelled guns with too little ammunition reserve are not in this category.

If the caliber is too large and cannot be reloaded alone, in fact, the same problem, after all, a cannonball with a large caliber cannot be reloaded on its own, because the cannonball cannot be loaded by human hands.

Although Zhang Shixin's artillery unit generally has a special artillery vehicle, it is not possible to waste more time by needing to replenish artillery shells all day.

It can be said that the self-propelled artillery models that can be selected for Zhang Shixin in this aspect in the system are more than a dozen back and forth.

The last type is classified by Zhang Shixin as a tactical self-propelled artillery.

Such self-propelled guns do not have to pursue maneuverability too much, but the power of the artillery naturally becomes the focus.

Rather than saying that the most powerful mobile support artillery model in Zhang Shixin's imagination is the American M53/55, and the tactical self-propelled gun is the GW-VIII "Mouse" (in fact, the official name of the mouse tank in English and German should be MAUS, this ...... Let's think it's a Chinese habit. The latter's 600mm super-large caliber gun is the most powerful artillery caliber that Zhang Shixin can choose in the system.

Of course, Gustav's 800mm gun was the most powerful gun, but the chassis of the Mouse tank could not withstand the recoil of this gun. After all, this thing is a railroad gun, not a more conventional artillery.

Of course, the P-1000/P-1500, which is known as the largest tank program in history, is not a big problem to carry Gustav, but the tank itself is quite a problem.

The road may have collapsed because of the weight of the car, let alone let this one go off-road.

Even if the idea of an engine or suspension system can become a reality, the biggest problem is that the tank cannot move effectively.

If the E series is still not criticized by too many people because it is an upgraded version of the current "zoo" in Germany at that time, but the P series is already more YY than several floating cloud HT in the C series.

After all, the King Tiger, Panther II and even the Rat tank can appear, so as an upgraded version of the E-series program, their viable surnames are quite reasonable.

But the P-series ...... It's not nice to say, I'm afraid the stick won't say that the P series is our plan, hehe.

So, in this case, Zhang Shixin has a speechless feeling about the P-1000/P-1500 in the system, just ask, can you buy it, but you find that the things you bought back have no value, for Zhang Shixin, will Zhang Shixin accept such a thing?

Zhang Shixin, who had already transformed the Mouse tank into a self-propelled gun, naturally had no interest in this ultimate heavy tank.

If the rat self-propelled gun is Zhang Shixin's most powerful conventional artillery, then the 2A3 is Zhang Shixin's most powerful unconventional artillery.

After all, the ease with which six nuclear shells took out Wendell City was enough to illustrate the strongest means that Zhang Shixin could take in certain situations.

As for nuclear weapons, which one is stronger...... It depends.

When Zhang Shixin unlocked the Major General, he also unlocked a powerful ...... It's not a big deal, but Zhang Shixin knows that this thing really can't use a weapon.

If nuclear radiation can turn an area into a no-man's land, and poison gas can wipe out most of the life in a large area, then this thing is the thing that kills who uses it.

This thing is a biological weapon.

In fact, biological weapons do not only refer to viruses and other things, but also any bacteria, virus progenitor carriers, are biological and chemical weapons.

It can be said that the danger of biological and chemical weapons is more dangerous than the first two, because such weapons, under special circumstances, can easily exterminate most creatures.

Therefore, if we talk about the power of the three strategic weapons, the power of biological and chemical weapons is not very good, but in fact it is the most harmful.

Zhang Shixin can imagine a sentence to describe the power of strategic weapons:

If you want to do sabotage, nuclear weapons are the best, if you want to kill, poison gas will not let you down, if you want to make a genocide, biological weapons are the best choice.

It can be said that, as Sinia said, the things in the system can't be bought without Zhang Shixin, only Zhang Shixin can't think of it. Of course, as long as the system thinks that this thing is in line with Zhang Shixin's contract principle.

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When the forward troops basically destroyed the artillery units that the other side thought were relatively safe, and Zhang Shixin had to feel quite distressed about his battle losses, the enemy's reinforcements finally arrived.

Zhang Shixin knew that his troops could crush the same number of armored troops, of course, this was Zhang Shixin's advantage of taking advantage of the gap in scientific and technological levels.

However, Zhang Shixin knew that he could not spend too much time with the other party here, so he had to order Vatutin to entangle the enemy, and then give an order to Dimitri's second formation to support Vatutin.

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When more and more tanks were rolling over the wreckage of the destroyed artillery and the corpses of the enemy, constantly firing a cannon at the enemy in one crater after another, and then closing the distance and firing again, Zhang Shixin did not imagine that this battle would become a large-scale armored confrontation battle. (To be continued.) )