Chapter 535: Total Annihilation of Small Japanese Tanks
One, two...... A total of eight four or five tanks, under the blow of armor-piercing shells, ended their mission and rested in the rice fields.
Ueno Shinzi heard a huge explosion in front of him, he couldn't care so much, and then ordered his tank wing to keep shooting! After two rounds of shelling, his tank wing has lost fourteen tanks, which is not a small number, and you must know that his tank wing only has thirty-six tanks, which is not full. Fourteen were killed at once, and now there are only twenty-two left.
Thanks to a more advanced fire control system, the rate of fire of an amphibious tank in the first minute is at the level of 8-10 rounds, but this is only a theoretical rate of fire. In practice, there are many restrictions, the most of which is the time for the gun commander to find judgment. In general actual combat, due to the movement of its own tank, it is rare to shoot more than five rounds per minute, and it is normal to have about two rounds per minute, after all, the heavy artillery on the ground is completely different.
Each amphibious tank has three members, one drives in front, three people in the turret, the commander is in charge, and the gun commander is responsible for aiming and firing. In the past, such a preparation had to be supplemented with a loader, before the automatic loader came out. He is one of the most tired, the most physically demanding loading shells, that is, the work of the loader, in a small space, enduring a loud noise, the loader is waiting for the launch of the shell case is automatically withdrawn from the gun chamber, ejected from the hull, and then loaded with warheads, loaded with propellants, closed the door turn, physical exertion is very large.
At this time, a very peculiar scene appeared. The tanks that were vaguely surrounded in the middle, they were firing shells non-stop, frantically, most of them like fools, standing still, letting their tanks be destroyed at the next moment, as if they were just pulling a few more pads on their backs before they died. By this time, most of their tracks were stuck in the mud.
In fact, according to the performance of the Japanese Type 4 tank, especially the wide tracks, it is 600 mm, it stands to reason. It's better to walk in mud. But. Japan's tank artillery technology is really not even second-rate, and the huge recoil is enough to make the entire body stride back, and the huge vibration force is transmitted to the ground. Under the action of pressure and kinetic energy. The thirty-ton body got stuck in the mud.
And the 105-mm smoothbore gun on the Chinese amphibious tank. Although its recoil is not small, it is equipped with excellent shock absorption, and its recoil is before it hits the body. It was offset a lot. The pressure acting on the body and underground, is much smaller.
Seeing that the opponent was in an awkward position, Lin Zhonghang immediately ordered his troops to distance themselves and use the accuracy of his own troops to shoot from a long distance to deal with the Japanese Type 4 tanks.
Despite the non-stop attack of the Type 4 tanks, their shortcomings were also obvious, the second round of shelling, although the shells were fired at a distance of 900 meters, the hit rate was very low, an average of six shells, to hit a tank, so they were desperately moving forward to shorten the distance with the other side.
Ueno Shinzi on the command vehicle was disgraced, and just now his own tank fired six shells in succession, but did not hit a single tank, which was really a shame for the tank crew. And watching his tank forces shrink rapidly, he suddenly felt a burst of heartache. This was not the outcome he had envisioned.
Now that the two sides had entered a distance of within 800 meters, the artillery fire on both sides suddenly began to become intensive.
Lin Zhong gritted his teeth and swung the sight, and as he swung, the turret swung with it. However, just as he was about to continue aiming to confirm the target, a snowflake-shaped object appeared on the sight.
Broken, the helpless Lin Zhonghang abandoned the inoperable fire control system and used his own method again: visual aiming!
Sometimes, it's still your own eyes that can be relied on. Put your hands on the commander's periscope next to the sight, rotate the commander's periscope, and count the numbers on it.
"Azimuth XXX, distance 800, one armor-piercing projectile." The forest shouted.
The gunner then took aim with his periscope, adjusted the shooting elements, and completed the preparations before the shot.
"Launch!" The gunner pressed the firing button hard.
"Tom!" The huge shock shook them to the point of gastrointestinal disorder, and an armor-piercing bullet flew out of the barrel.
"Wing Commander, we can't be trapped like this, we have to find a way to move, we are tanks, not bunkers!" Ueno Shinzi was on the radio and heard such a voice.
Ueno Shinzi suddenly realized that he had made a serious mistake, where was there such a stupid commander of armored forces, who let his tank stay still and be beaten, and listened to the fight with the other party. The tank has to be in motion! But is there such a problem for these tanks to be able to move? How to quickly break the tank out of the mud is a question.
"All sharp to the right, keeping the track spinning." Eventually, Ueno came up with a solution. But all this, it was already too late, his tank wing, only five tanks remained, moreover, the way back was blocked.
"Rush over and kill the hateful Shina." Ueno finally gave a seemingly sensible order.
"Boom..."The five Type 4 tank drivers who had finally gotten rid of the mud had been waiting impatiently, and the tanks that could move were finally no longer passive and launched their own counterattack.
"Anything that can move, knock it out for me!" Lin Zhonghang was also ruthless, and six of his tanks were also killed, four of which were still reimbursed with people and vehicles. He had never suffered such losses, even in a harsh landing battle, he had never lost so many tanks at one time.
The remaining ten tanks against the Japanese tank wing once again launched a high-density attack. Dense artillery fire, exploding in a six-two-four tank.
Despite the detached mud pit, the driver of the Type 4 tank suddenly felt that the huge Type 4 began to be uncontrollable, and there was no lever, but the body of the car involuntarily leaned to the side, and the foot stepped on the accelerator, and the body did not follow the acceleration. This is because although they have climbed out of the mud pit, due to the high pressure on the mud when they get up, the crawlers are deep and now in the mud. Even if there is no problem walking in the field, the body will lose a certain balance due to this reason.
In fact, the Type 4 tank is already very lucky, because of the existence of the city, this is not a swamp in itself. The mud in the rice fields is also a layer of soil, and the bottom is actually solid sand, otherwise they would not be able to get up.
In contrast, amphibious tanks require the ability to walk in mud because of their own construction, because in a landing battle, not every place is a beach, and sometimes it is inevitable to walk in the sea mud for a while. In the field, although the amphibious tank is also laborious to walk, it is not so much that it loses control, and the advantage of maneuverability and agility is once again unmistakable.
Two amphibious tanks, already centering on the position of the Type 4 tanks, spared a circle and appeared on the side of the Japanese 79 Tank Wing. The other tanks also completed the flanking attack on the remaining five tanks.
"Azimuth XXX, distance 850, one armor-piercing bullet." Lin Zhonghang shouted again.
The gunner hurriedly turned his bearings and pressed the shell launch button. At this time, the captain of the 79th Tank Wing on the opposite side, Ueno Shinzi, also completed aiming, and the same armor-piercing ejected the chamber and flew towards the forest mounted car in front of him.
The two shells hit the ground at the same time, and the shells fired from the forest hit the front of the Type 4 tank impartially, and even the armor as thick as 50 millimeters was almost as papier-mâché. The armor-piercing bullet pierced directly, and in the car, Ueno Shinzi, who was giving the order to fire the shell, felt a violent vibration, followed by a heart-rending pain, and his eyes also saw a thick and large iron rod piercing his body, (sweat!) Don't think about it, don't think about it) After he was about to make a normal physical reaction to the severe pain, his consciousness had disappeared. Because the entire tank was completely destroyed in the explosion and turned into a burning "fire tank".
And the hanging in the forest was not easy, although because of the distance, the accuracy of the shell was not very high, but it was only almost hit him. The armor-piercing projectile that exploded next to the tank brought a lot of shock to the tank, and it was still a sudden one. The unprepared crew had a close encounter with the nearest armor, and despite the helmets and the armor on the inner walls of the tank that had a protective layer to counteract the collision, they also felt a gold star on their heads. However, fortunately, he was not injured, and the vertigo recovered immediately.
A sudden encounter ended in less than five minutes, at this moment, the 36 latest Type 4 tanks of the Japanese 79th Tank Wing were all wiped out, and all 36 tanks, except for two that were damaged and incapacitated, were all destroyed.
Of the twenty-four amphibious tanks, nearly eight were lost, four of which were completely destroyed, and the crews of the other four were saved. However, apart from the grief that should have been felt because of the death in battle, it did not dampen the hearts of the armored soldiers in the slightest, because they won. Killing more than 30 of Japan's most advanced tanks is a proud achievement.
In all fairness, in this encounter, if the two sides were completely equal, especially in terms of fire control systems, and if the other side was not trapped in the mud, even if the amphibious armored battalion could win the 79th Tank Wing, it would have killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800.
It's just that in war, how can it be fair. If you don't use advanced weapons, you have to use a revolver to play cowboy heads-up with the other party one-on-one, which is not a so-called hero, but a stupid 13 brain-dead move. (To be continued......)