Chapter 157: Confrontation on the Western Road
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Although the battle had just begun, Chen Mo's arrangements before the battle had already seen the effect, at least the most threatening MT-25 was beaten away by Chen Mo's advance arrangement. The people in the seventh-level room are not stupid, so they naturally know what the situation would be if they let that MT-25 burst in just now!
On the opposite side, there are two self-propelled guns with a caliber of 155 mm caliber, let that guy smash it, and the consequences will go to it yourself!
However, it was precisely because of Chen Mo's advance arrangement that the MT-25 returned in vain, and now that Chen Mo was calling for support on the radio, those temporary teammates who were squatting still were no longer embarrassed to continue squatting.
Seeing that the two seventh-level heavy vehicles stuck in the church were about to rush over, Chen Mo said in a loud voice: "Squad leader, squad deputy, you two don't need to rush so forward, I'll let you two support, you two only need to be stuck at the edge of the B5 woods, your firepower is relatively fierce, and it is not easy to be lit up when you fire in the woods, your task is the two enemy seventh-level heavy tanks!" ”
As soon as Chen Mo said this, the squad leader and the squad deputy naturally stopped at the edge of the woods behind Coco, which was on the edge of the hillside, with a relatively wide field of vision, and could easily attack the two enemy heavy tanks that were lit up.
As soon as the two Tier 7 heavy tanks stopped, Chen Mo heard two loud cannon sounds, and two puffs of gunpowder smoke rose from the edge of the woods.
Judging from the appearance, the squad leader Tiger gun is not the kind of 105 mm caliber fifth-class gun, but should be the distant cousin of the famous 88 mm caliber KwK tank gun of the German Army during World War II, that is, the famous 88 mm Flak36 anti-aircraft gun.
There are a total of four types of artillery that can be installed on the Tiger's tech tree. They are 105 mm guns, 75 mm guns, and both 88 mm guns. Although the first two models have a large caliber, the wear depth is very low. Although the other is deep and high, the caliber is too small, so it can be ignored, and the two 88 mm caliber tank guns in the back are one of the main factors that make the Tiger tank famous all over the world.
Both 88 mm caliber tank guns are extended from the famous 88 anti-aircraft guns, one is the seventh-level KwK36L/56 tank gun, and the other is the eighth-level KwK43L/71 tank gun. KWK, which is an abbreviation of the German Kampfwagen-kanone, stands for tank gun. The sub-tables of 36 and 43 show that the development of these two tank guns was completed in 36 and 43, and the L/56 and L/71 respectively indicate that the body diameter ratio of these two tank guns is 56 times the diameter and 71 times the diameter respectively.
In the history of the real world, the main gun used by the Tiger is the KwK36L/56 88 gun, and the KwK43L/71 88 gun is the main gun of the Tiger King, but in space, the KwK43L/71 88 gun appeared on the Tiger tank tree, compared with the KwK36L/56 88 gun, the KwK43L/71 88 gun has a higher penetration depth. It also does more damage, and is the top tank gun of the Tiger style.
Hanging the KwK43L/71 Type 88 gun Tiger type, the theoretical maximum depth of penetration can reach 237 mm, and the theoretical maximum damage value can also reach 295. This is far more than the KwK36L/56 Type 88 gun, and the loading time is reduced to less than nine seconds.
As for the T29, an American Tier 7 heavy tank, it was at the end of World War II in the history of the real world. The Mi suffered a lot in their fight with the German Panzers, and the soldiers called the Tiger and the Tiger King the 'German Monster Chariots'. In order to counter the German Tiger and Tiger King, research and development began in March 1944.
in space. There are a total of three tank guns that can be installed on the T29 tank tree: the 76 mm M1A2 gun, the 90 mm M3 gun, and the top-of-the-line 105 mm T5E1 gun. The T29 of the squad deputy was obviously equipped with the 105 mm T5E1 tank gun.
This tank gun has a theoretical value of up to 245 mm of penetration and 420 damage, which is much higher than the Tiger 88 gun, but considering the caliber of the T29 tank gun, it is not surprising that there is this damage, however, the loading time of this tank gun has reached about 13 seconds, which is more painful.
In any case, the firepower output of the two tanks of the squad leader and the squad deputy is not small, and the penetration depth is enough.
Coupled with Chen Mo's SU-85, three cars with black guns, the situation is absolutely superior, and, after hearing Chen Mo's call for support on the radio just now, although the T-43 did not come, but the AMX1946 is rushing to the west road, once this French seventh-level anti-tank joins in, then the west road cannot be said to be impregnable, but it is by no means the enemy can rush over.
Although the 85 mm caliber tank gun on Chen Mo's car is not as deep as the seventh-level car in terms of penetration and damage, I can't hit you head-on, can I knock you on the side? Besides, with the concealment of my SU-85, Lao Tzu's black gun will fly out of you!
The two guns of the squad leader and the squad deputy accurately hit the enemy's two seventh-level heavy tanks, but unfortunately, these two guns did not bring any damage to the other party, after all, now the squad leader and the squad deputy are four hundred meters away from the two enemy tanks, and at this distance, it is really difficult to penetrate the Tiger and IS, which have a relatively high ricochet rate.
However, at this distance, these tanks on your own defense do not have to worry about being lit up by the enemy, and after the MT-25 is retracted, there is no express car rushing towards the opposite side! Maybe the enemy's express cars have run to the east road, after all, the territory of the east road seems to be much larger than the west road!
Since there is no express train to light up, then let's take advantage of the fact that they haven't approached yet, but the black gun is strong!
The 88 gun of the Tiger is obviously the top-of-the-line 88 gun. Less than nine seconds of reload time is enough for Tiger to exert its most powerful striking power! And although the SU-85 on Chen Mo's side couldn't penetrate the front of the two seventh-level heavy tanks, Chen Mo insidiously aimed the gun mirror directly at the money leading wheel of the enemy tank! Lao Tzu can't beat your armor. Can't you beat your tracks?
With Chen Mo's SU-85 less than six seconds of loading time, before the squad deputy T29 fired the second shot. Chen Mo had already fired two shells, one of which accurately hit the tracks of the IS, and immediately broke the IS there!
The second shell of the squad leader tiger also hit the IS that was broken, and this cannon did not ricochet again, but directly hit the crotch of the IS, and this cannon directly took away more than 210 points of IS210 HP! However, this is obviously not a concern compared to the IS health of up to 1230 points.
The enemy's two Rank 7 Heavy Tanks were obviously also stunned by this sudden blow, and with their field of vision, if they did not get close to a distance of two hundred meters. There was no way to see the own tanks squatting in the woods with black guns, and if they wanted to enter a distance of two hundred meters from their current position, in this kind of large plain without any shelter, at the speed of these two heavy tanks, the distance of nearly two hundred meters was definitely an impassable moat!
As if seeing that his teammates were being attacked, and unable to fight back because they couldn't light up the enemy, an enemy German seventh-level mid-tank 'Black Panther' got out from behind the two heavy tanks, relying on its speed to try to approach the western hillside in order to light up the enemy tank that was shooting black guns on the hillside.
The 'Black Panther' tank is the famous 'Black Panther' medium tank in World War II in the history of the real world. Second only to the "Tiger" heavy tank in World War II German tanks, it is the best single performance (excluding the engine) tank in World War II.
The history of the real world. The birth of the Panther tank can be described as a twist and turn. In late June 1941, Germany launched the famous Operation Barbarossa and began its invasion of the Soviet Union. At that time, the original German tank tactics and performance were more maneuverable, and less emphasis was placed on firepower and protection. In the early days of the 'Blitzkrieg', its performance was acceptable, but it entered the Soviet battlefield. In the face of the T-34 and KV-1, which were powerful in Soviet firepower and armor, the German tanks I., II., III., IV., as well as 35t and 38t were facing passive beating. In addition to stepping up the improvement of tanks III and IV, Guderian and other generals strongly demanded the development of new tanks at the end of 1941. On November 25, 1941, Hi~Teller ordered Daimler-Benz, MAN and other companies to develop a 30-ton tank to fight the T-34/76, and Rheinmetall was responsible for the turret of the new tank.
In March 1942, Daimler-Benz first built a prototype based on the previously rejected VK3001 prototype, called VK3002 (DB), while MAN completed their VK3002 (M) prototype design in early February 1942, and on May 11, 1942, the VK3002 prototype was named "Black Panther".
On May 14, 1942, when extensive testing of the two prototypes was complete, Hitler decided to adopt the MAN design, while the Daimler-Benz prototype was rejected on the grounds that it had many problems, but in July 1942, MAN built two prototypes, only one of which had a turret installed, and extensive testing showed that there were still many technical problems. In late 1942, MAN built another 20 "pre-production" tanks, known as the 'Panther'/A, later known as the 'Panther' D1 tank.
In December 1942, an improved version of the 'Panther' D appeared, and the Panther D made its initial appearance during Operation Bastion in July 1943, with the 'Panther' D equipped with the 51st and 52nd Panzer Battalions. However, due to mechanical failures (especially the gearbox, transmission, suspension, and engine), many Panther-type tanks were damaged before or during the battle. Of the original 250 Panther-D tanks, only 43 remained by August 10, 1943. At that time, the German director of the armored forces, Heinz . Guderian later commented: "They were too prone to fire, the fuel system lacked adequate protection, and due to inexperience, lost some of the crew." ”
In August 1943, after improvements (such as the gearbox), a new model was created, the 'Panther' A, a powerful weapon with increased firepower and protection compared to the D. In the Battle of Normandy, the Germans used the largest number of Panther-type tanks, and in this battle, the Germans lost 400 Panthers of various types.
Improvements to the Panther continued and in March 1944, Germany built the first Panther G tank, the most mass-produced of all models. In the same year, Germany developed the 'Black Panther' F tank, and the night combat type 'Black Panther' appeared later.
In general, the Panther tank from the development to the most finalized shape, although it has not taken a long time, but it has really gone through ups and downs, a total of seven models have appeared before and after, not counting the Panther II., camouflage Panther, Cheetah tank destroyer and other models derived on the basis of the Panther. It is precisely because of all this experience that the Panther is an excellent Tier 7 medium tank!
Now Chen Mo's goal is to knock out this headache-inducing seventh-level mid-tan! (To be continued......)