Chapter 689: Breakthrough

"Hell, they hit me." With a piercing crash sound from the hull of the car, Zhang Tianyi realized that he had been shot, and it should have been hit from the right side of the front armor, but it did not penetrate because of the angle and distance. "Run, hurry." Zhang Tianyi ordered to speed up immediately, and at the same time looked for the opponent's firepower point through the observation port.

"They've hid it so well." A long barrel sticks out from behind a low dirt slope in the field of vision, and smoke from the muzzle indicates that the gun has just been fired. Immediately, Zhang Tianyi began to shake the handle with the gunner to turn the turret. BUT BEFORE THE 37MM GUN COULD TURN, A STRING OF SHELLS FLYING FROM THE SIDE LANDED EXACTLY BEHIND THE DIRT SLOPE, AND WITH A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, THE MUZZLE OF THE ANTI-TANK GUN DROOPED.

"I was robbed by someone else." Zhang Tianyi said a little depressed. Originally, Zhang Tianyi found that there was no need to be depressed about this matter at all, because in the subsequent battle, there were too many targets for them to hunt. With the firing of the first anti-tank gun of the Russian army, like a basin of water poured on boiling oil, the first large-scale battle between tanks and anti-aircraft guns officially began at a distance of more than 350 meters. THE 47MM AND 57MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY CONSTANTLY SPOUT TONGUES OF FIRE, WHILE THE 37MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS OF THE CHINESE ARMY FIRED STRINGS OF SHELLS LIKE MACHINE GUNS, REPEATEDLY SWEEPING THE RUSSIAN POSITIONS.

In addition to anti-tank guns, Russian mortars and mortars also began to fire, and although the probability of a direct mortar hit the tank was extremely low, the large-charge high-explosive shells could still cause serious damage to the infantry accompanying the tank. IN THE FACE OF THESE TRICKY MORTARS, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE 37MM TO HIT TARGETS BEHIND COVER, EVEN WITH CURVED PROJECTILES. If you shoot at a direct point, the ammunition is too powerful to destroy.

Under the leadership of Zhang Tianyi, a platoon of 4 tanks did not directly insert into the opponent's defensive line, but kept wandering around the edge of the defensive line. The number of Huaxia armored forces is limited, there are not many tanks deployed per unit width, and some tanks have been parked 800 meters away, supported by 37MM artillery from afar, so Zhang Tianyi has considerable space to maneuver. What happens when you attack a moving target from 400 meters away? Although the tank was much larger than a single infantryman, it was attacked by anti-tank guns that were only aimed at three points and one line, and did not even have a scope. This accuracy is indeed worrying. Moreover, the battlefield is full of smoke screens, and it is quite difficult to aim.

"At 10 o'clock, 800 meters away." At this time, mortars and assault guns, located in the center, took on the task of gnawing bones. The anti-tank positions on both flanks of the Russian army were improvised. IT'S OKAY TO BARELY BLOCK THE MACHINE GUNS, BUT IN THE FACE OF SHORT-BARRELED 75MM GUNS AND 120MM HEAVY MORTARS, THE SIMPLE CIVIL FORTIFICATIONS ARE LIKE PAPER. WITH THE ROAR OF TWO 120MM HEAVY MORTARS, SEVERAL COLUMNS OF SMOKE MORE THAN 7 METERS HIGH ROSE FROM THE RUSSIAN ARMY POSITIONS IN THE DISTANCE! THE EXPLOSION OF THE 30+ KG HIGH-EXPLOSIVE GRENADE DIRECTLY TORE A 57MM ANTI-TANK GUN AND THE NEXT GUN CREW TO PIECES. It turned into a mass of scraps of minced flesh and blood.

Not only anti-tank guns were destroyed. Even the machine gun bunker next to it was blown into a blank field, and a large number of weapon fragments and corpses were scattered within a radius of several tens of meters. "Put your hand in the soil and grab a handful of dirt to find some shrapnel. The entire surface of the land was dyed black and red, black was the product of the explosion of explosives, and red was stained red with blood! Afterwards, a Russian prisoner said with palpitations.

"An anti-tank gun at 2 o'clock, destroy it." Zhang Tianyi said as he shook the turret. TEN SECONDS LATER, THE 37MM RAPID-FIRE GUN FIRED A POINT, AND A STRING OF SHELLS RUSHED OUT OF THE CHAMBER IN 3 SECONDS. Flying towards a target not far away, a puff of smoke enveloped the entire gun emplacement. "There was a machine-gun bunker at 1 o'clock 200 meters. Hurry up. Before the gunner could point the gun at the target, the driver, who was sitting in front of the left side of the vehicle, had already fired a long shot from the light machine gun on his right, knocking down the shooter next to the machine gun.

THIS ARTILLERY BATTLE DID NOT LAST LONG, THE NUMBER OF TANKS OF THE HUAXIA ARMY WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT OF THE OPPONENT'S DEFENSE ARTILLERY, AND THE 37MM AUTOMATIC GUN HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF RATE OF FIRE, AND THE PROJECTION VOLUME WAS EVEN MORE ONE-SIDED. ALTHOUGH THE HIT RATE OF THE HUAXIA TANK IS STILL NOT HIGH, THE 37MM GUN CAN QUICKLY COMPLETE THE FIRING PROCESS, WHICH IS NATURALLY MUCH FASTER THAN THE RUSSIAN ANTI-TANK GUN THAT NEEDS THE FIRST SHELL AFTER ONE SHOT. The gun of Tank No. 1 is chain-fed! Under the blow of the tank rapid-fire gun and the supporting fire behind it, the Russian army's counterattack fire was quickly destroyed, but the absence of anti-tank guns does not mean that the Russians have no other means, and they still have "ultra-close-range anti-tank weapons".

In later generations, an anti-tank artifact was circulated on the Internet, known as the "anti-tank bamboo pole". This thing is a bamboo pole with an explosives bag strapped to the front. (The so-called warhead is said to be an anti-tank mine.) This kind of Dongdong, which is useful in the eyes of Japanese feces, was actually drummed up by the Russians in this plane, but it was turned into an "anti-tank wooden pole." "The front is not tied to a mine, but an explosive bag, adhering to the principle that the Russians have always emphasized power, I don't know if this thing can blow up the tank, but within the radius of the bamboo pole, it is estimated that the infantry using this thing should not be able to run. In addition to this kind of thing, there is another thing that is "possible" for anti-tank, which is a cluster grenade, and the production method is also very simple, find 7 grenades, remove the long handles of six grenades, and then trap around one grenade. And now, after losing the war defense artillery, the Russians can only use this kind of thing to fight tanks, and in fact, this anti-tank method of the sea of people has really caused certain trouble to the Chinese armored forces.

A small group of Russian soldiers suddenly rushed out of the trench at one end, quickly approaching a No. 1 tank only more than 30 meters away from the trench, and this tank did not find this group of attackers because of the problem of vision, the machine gun of the tank in the rear hurriedly turned to shoot a point shot, 5 explosion points scattered in the queue of attackers, and the seven or eight Russian soldiers who rushed in front of the bomb were blown up with flesh and blood, and then with the turn of the hull, the machine gun in front of the car made a sound like tearing oilcloth, The machine-guns with an extremely fast rate of fire form a funnel-shaped barrage that knocks down several enemies who try to approach from the flanks. But this was already the last step that a friendly force could do, and finally a Russian threw a cluster grenade in his hand on the rear of the tank's engine cover, and with a loud bang, the tank stopped with a thud, and then puffs of smoke began to rise from the rear of the hull. Twenty seconds later, a loud bang was heard, and the engine compartment at the back of the tank was blown away, and streams of flames poured out of the breach.

The loud sound was like a trumpet, and a large number of Russian infantry then burst out of the trenches in an attempt to destroy the rumbling steel monsters using cluster grenades and "anti-tank sticks". "Signal, mortar intensive!" Even if Zhang Tianyi was the first to react, as soon as he finished speaking, he pulled up the submachine gun placed next to the commander's seat and opened the top cover and rushed out, and the remaining few tanks in the rear also reacted, they slowly reversed while using all their weapons to block this wave of crowd charge, many tank commanders picked up the attached submachine guns and opened the hatch on the top of the turret to expose half of their bodies and shoot at the soldiers who rushed towards the tank. And the driver almost turned into a full-time machine gunner, and the operator strafed the Type 1902 general-purpose machine gun in front of the car. And the gunner didn't care about saving ammunition, and in just 20 seconds, a row of 25 shells was exhausted!

The short-term explosiveness of the armored forces is really strong. Shells and machine-gun bullets rained down on the entire trench. Explosions and bullets formed a wall of fire that pushed forward. "We don't need to aim at all, as long as we know that the shells on my belt can kill all the enemies 50 meters wide in front of us." At that time, a Chinese tank commander said. In less than 1 minute. THE HUAXIA 1 TANK FIRED NO LESS THAN HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF 37MM HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS AND THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF BULLETS, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF RUSSIAN OFFICERS AND MEN WERE TORN TO PIECES BY THE RAIN OF BULLETS AS SOON AS THEY CLIMBED OUT OF THE TRENCHES. The Heavy did not spare any bullets, and in less than half a minute he ran out of a chain of 250 rounds.

The sea of Russian troops who had just launched a charge was directly repelled by the rain of bullets, and the craters and dismembered corpses turned the entire battlefield into a Shura field. The charge of more than 200 people was broken up in less than 1 minute in an instant. The rest of the Russian soldiers either lay dead in the trenches and let the commander kick and beat without moving, or even fled directly backwards, and the whole scene suddenly became chaotic.

"Originally, they had a chance, and our split second burst came at a price, and we shooters needed to take out a chain or cartridge belt from the ammunition depot at the rear of the hull. Then bullet in a tight space. And the infantry in the rear did not follow in time, and the Russians' divisional fire was still very effective. Our elite troops were held back, but the other side hesitated, they concentrated on the front line and did not immediately assault, but were exposed to our artillery fire! After the war, Zhang Tianyi commented

With 2 flares rising into the sky, the heavy mortars in the distance once again fired, they aimed at the already crumbling defensive line, and concentrated their firepower to attack the Russian army behind the position at the most rear, and a piercing scream came from the air. The sound of cannonballs piercing the air was linked. The artillery of the Chinese Army tried their best to ensure that the shells landed in a relatively short period of time, and almost simultaneously several shells smashed on the already loose positions. More than 20 kilograms of artillery shells directly ignore the protection of temporary fortifications and trench systems, trenches, civil fortifications, war defense artillery, materials and even living people are all equal in the face of artillery fire! The trench was destroyed in its entirety, and the soldiers hiding inside were either shattered to pieces or buried alive by the violent explosion, and individual people were shattered in their lungs by the blast wave. He could only lie on the ground and wait for death slowly, and his seven orifices were bleeding with turbid blood. The facial expression was hideous, and even the eyes were protruding from the violent impact. And after a short volley of artillery, the armored units that had already been loaded with ammunition quickly charged under the cover of the following infantry, quickly clearing the remaining remnants of the enemy.

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