Chapter 4 Tank Overturning
A stream of flames erupted from the rear of the bazooka, and then, holding a gorgeous tail flame, the rocket flew forward in a dashing trajectory.
It's a scene from TV, a great shot from a Hollywood blockbuster.
Unfortunately, this kind of lens, in practice, is not valid.
The rocket uses a fast-burning propellant, and by the time the rocket comes out of the bazooka, it has already burned out, with no tail smoke and no flame.
The reason why this RPG-7 rocket is powerful is because when it flies out of about ten meters, the second-stage booster will burn, and it will be burned in an instant, but it will accelerate the rocket to three hundred meters per second, and the huge energy brought by the speed makes this rocket have a better armor-piercing depth.
"Rockets! There are rockets on the right! Brake immediately! At this time, the commander's periscope, which happened to see that Mhammad was aiming with a bazooka and was about to launch, immediately shouted loudly.
It is impossible to see the rocket with the naked eye, however, it is possible to see the person who launched it, moreover, it is possible to destroy it.
If the loader hadn't died while operating the anti-aircraft machine gun, the anti-aircraft machine gun could have been used to break the man carrying the bazooka into several pieces.
Due to the discovery of an ambush on the top of the mountain, the tank moved very fast, almost reaching the maximum off-road speed, so it is almost impossible to dodge the rocket by accelerating, and if acceleration does not work, then you have to use another method, slow down!
After the commander shouted the brakes, the two men in the turret clung to the armrest of their seats at the same time.
The driver's instinctive reaction immediately pulled the left and right levers backwards.
For the tanker, the main operation is these two operating levers, when pulling halfway, it is steering, pulling to the end at the same time, and braking on both sides at the same time.
With the operation of the driver, the brake cylinder under the operating lever presses the hydraulic oil into the brake belt on both sides of the driving wheel, and the brake belt tightly hugs the driving wheel in a burnt smell.
With the stop of the driving wheels, the two tracks on both sides also stopped moving, but, under the huge impact, they actually slid forward.
Nearly forty tons of iron bumps came to a quick stop, and the people in the tank, although they were leaning on the seat belts and tightly tied to the seats, still felt like they had done a roller coaster, and their bodies rushed forward uncontrollably, and they were pulled by the seat belts, and they were strangled to pain.
At the top of the turret, the body of the dead loader rolled off the top of the turret with this braking.
Finally dodged that damn rocket, right? The commander's eyes, before he touched the periscope, felt a shock to the body of the car, and with a terrible sound came to his ears, and then, he felt that the whole body was extremely hot, and the temperature in the entire turret instantly rose by several hundred degrees.
Mhammad quickly ran over a distance, re-found the fast rock, and hid, the location where he had just been launched, had been discovered, and it was very dangerous to stay there.
After hiding, he quickly reloaded the other rocket he was carrying on the front end of the bazooka.
At this time, he quietly poked his head out, saw the burning tank, and successfully hit it again.
The rockets are uncontrollable, and the tanks are on the move, so when Mhammad launches the rockets, he maintains a certain amount of advance, and this amount of advance has to be determined in his mind according to the speed of the opponent's march and the time when his rockets arrive, or to put it more simply, by experience.
Mhammad had the right amount of advance, but he was aiming at the back of the turret, but as a result, he hit the front of the turret.
The war belonging to Mhammad has just begun.
Since the tanks of the tank company were all driving at high speeds, when the first tank braked suddenly, the second tank could not dodge, and as a result, it crashed into it.
The four tanks in the back stopped in time, one tank was killed in front, and on both sides were the guerrillas rushing over, it was obvious that this was a well-planned ambush by the other side.
With flesh and blood, dare to rush down like this and hit your own tank troops, these Afghan guerrillas, it is simply crazy. Belikov was eager to kill them immediately, but the peaks on both sides were too steep, and the turret turned around and found that neither the artillery nor the parallel machine guns could reach them for the time being.
The heroic tank soldiers, in the face of a dozen Afghan guerrillas, were helpless, which could not help but make Belikov very angry.
"404 report, 402 was destroyed, the front exit was blocked, I collided with 402, the cooling water in the water tank leaked, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out for a few minutes." The commander of 404 shouted.
Damn, the exit in front is blocked, what to do? Turning back? Or do you force your way through?
The T-62 does not have the ability to turn on the spot, that is, if the two tracks rotate in the opposite direction, the tank will rotate 180 degrees in place, and then it can quickly break away along the way it came. Now, the only way to achieve this is through a few combinations of guò forward and backward. Needless to say, whether the venue is allowed, even in terms of time, it is not allowed, and in a few minutes, the 404 will lose power due to engine overheating.
"404, go around 402 and rush out of the valley, pay attention to the bazooka next to it." Belikov ordered.
"However, there are boulders on both sides, and the road in the middle is blocked by 402, and we can't get through." Captain 404 shouted anxiously.
"Gotta pass, it's an order." Belikov was holding on.
They are tank men, not infantry, and if 404 is allowed to drop their tanks, then a few of them will be caught by the Afghan guerrillas and killed.
With the hatch closed, the line of sight was not good just by relying on the periscope, and it was quite dangerous to go around the front, but the 404 crew also knew that this was an order they had to obey.
I was very lucky to have just hit the destroyed No. 402 tank and not lose anything, and now I hope to keep that luck alive. Tank crew No. 404 prayed in their hearts.
Backwards a bit, the driver of the 404, ignoring the red light of the engine overheating, stepped on the accelerator to the end, and in the huge black smoke, the tank rushed towards the boulder on the side.
If the speed is fast, it will be a violent impact, and if the speed is slow, it will not be able to rush, and it is difficult to grasp.
When he was still a meter away from the boulder, the driver released the accelerator and pulled the left lever.
Slow down, steer, go up!
When the impact was heard, the driver pressed the accelerator all the way down again, and at the same time, the lowest gear was engaged.
Although the tank seems to be able to go on a rampage and be invincible, in fact, the tank cannot go all the way, and the tank will also overturn.
Now, the driver of the 404 is pushing the limits.
After feeling the tracks of the tank and making contact with the boulder, the driver turned on full power, and now, it was time to get up!
With the roar of the engine, the track grabbed the boulder, did not slip, and went up the lì.
The driver breathed a sigh of relief, the engine kept overheating, but as long as he could hold on and walk this way out of the valley, it would be safe.
"Quack, quack." At this moment, suddenly, there was a strange sound in the engine compartment behind.
Oops, the engine is hot, it seems, the piston is already sticking to the cylinder! Then, the driver saw the engine tachometer in front of him, dropped sharply, and then stopped at zero.
The engine doesn't spin anymore!
At this time, the center of gravity of the tank has not yet completely reached the boulder, so the T-62 at this time, as if it was a seesaw, wanted to press over, but did not pass.
"Be careful!" The captain shouted, they could already feel the body tilting.
"Boom!" There was a violent shudder, and T-62 made a close contact with the ground.
The body of the car turned ninety degrees, the left side touched the ground, and the entire body turned sideways.
The people inside were hit twice in succession, especially the commander, whose head hit the sight heavily and suddenly fell unconscious.
"404 rolls over." Tank No. 405, which was following 404, wanted to follow, but seeing the tragic situation of 404, he did not continue to follow, and reported to the company commander from the radio.
Having lost two tanks in succession, Belikov knew in his heart that something was wrong.
This damn valley!
The guerrillas on both sides also rushed closer at this time.
The partisans approached, and at the same time, the altitude was lower, and they could be dealt with with parallel machine guns.
"Stand back, use the machine guns in parallel, and eliminate the guerrillas on both sides." Belikov shouted over the radio: "Call the infantry detachment, call Jalalabad, we need support." ”
His tank company lost two tanks, and the single No. 413 was probably doomed at this time.
Although Belikov was very unwilling, his company was actually attacked by several guerrillas, but now, he has no other way but to ask for help from above, it is best to send a helicopter over, bring elite scouts, and kill all these guerrillas!
At Belikov's command, the turret of the tank rotated, and at the same time, to the sides, tongues of fire were spewed.
Several guerrillas who rushed to the front were immediately swept by machine guns and fell.
The people behind immediately fell to the ground, and at the same time, they looked for cover nearby.
In their hands, they were holding some homemade bottles.
These tanks, that's what they're targeting.
"When! Dangdang! Belikov was in the turret when he heard the sound of metal clashing outside, and he knew that it was a rifle that was shooting at his tank.
Outside the tank, it's all thick steel, ordinary bullets, and you still want to hit his tank? Are these partisans crazy?
Four tanks, without steering, the driver hung in reverse gear and went all the way back.
While retreating, they continued to fight these partisans with side-by-side machine guns.
Suddenly, Belikov found that he could not see anything in his periscope.
Damn it!
Belikov will not forget that in this partisan detachment, there was a sharpshooter, and that sharpshooter actually slyly knocked out his periscope.
This probability is very low.
The commander has no periscope, the gun commander is still there, and the turret is always rotating, so Belikov doesn't believe that the other party will be so lucky.
Because Belikov's periscope was broken, he did not see that the partisans outside, although lying down, were still crawling forward, holding some glass bottles in their hands.