Chapter XXXVIII
Today, the "cannonball after-effect" of transfer students in a special period that is very popular in ordinary schools does not happen, because the eldest ladies of this school are very elegant.
The class that Willisa transferred to is much more elegant than the "Garden of Black Tea", because as long as you learn the battle lane, no matter how elegant you are, it is impossible not to bring a little fighting atmosphere, and Willisa entered a class where not many people reported the battle lane.
It's going to look a little more ordinary.
After class –
"Phew, St. Gloriana's course is a little more difficult than the truth, is there really a gap or am I used to listening to the Soviet-style course of the truth?"
With graceful movements, Dressa tweezed the books and stationery into the drawers, then placed the tablecloths and decorative vases on the table.
"The life of the eldest lady is really complicated."
At this moment, a young lady who did not seem to be so elegant compared to the other eldest ladies walked up to Willisa's table and said, "Candied fruit, do you have time to go to the chariot department now?" ”
"Vanilla, now?"
Willisa looked at the girl known as Vanilla with some confusion, Vanilla is also a member of the Crusader tank crew, a colleague of Cranberry, not that the school is too small, but that there are only a few tanks in this school.
"Yes, now, are you not free?" Vanilla tilted her head.
"No, it's just, I've only been here for a day, so I can't say anything...... What a coincidence? "Willissa really thinks it's too much of a coincidence.
"No, no." Vanilla smiled and waved her hand, "Lord Darjeeling has done all kinds of work for this matter, but he has not been able to recruit enough candidates to test the car. ”
"What? Did Lord Darjeeling manage to get a lot of good cars? Willisa said with a look of surprise on her face, but she was actually wary.
"No, because of the intervention of the Sanhui, it is difficult for Lord Darjeeling to do it, and at present, he has only purchased a few special chariots that slightly rub the rules of the Sanhui in the name of special vehicles for the exhibition." Vanilla bent down and whispered.
“…… Could it be the Churchill GC self-propelled anti-tank gun, or the Churchill Royal Sapper tank? ”
In Wellisa's mind, the Churchill tank is the strongest tank held by St. Gloriana's Female College, so in order to improve its combat power, it can only start from here.
When it comes to the Churchill tank that conforms to the rules of the battle lane, and there is still production, rather than a special tank that has to be specially built in order to obtain it, there are only these two slightly suitable ones in Huilisha's heart.
The Churchill GC self-propelled anti-tank gun, which is a square armored fighting compartment directly on the chassis of the Churchill heavy tank, and a 3-inch powerful gun is installed, I am afraid that only the British can think of this trick. It is no wonder that after the retreat from Dunkirk, Britain prepared for emergency production in response to the possible landing of German troops at any time. This shape is quirky and weird, and it can really be described as a strange work that came into being, and there is no record of participating in the war. But the 3-inch Mk.III. anti-tank gun was quite good.
The Churchill Royal Engineer Tank, equipped with a 290mm mortar gun, fires 40-pound shells, has a limited range, but is quite terrifying, just like the British version of the Assault Tiger, the initial version of this type of tank cannot pass the vehicle inspection, because the mortar is loaded outside the vehicle, which means that the fighting compartment is not closed.
But this sapper tank was later improved for the sake of tank crews to be safer, modified into a recoilless gun, and the loading part was moved to the turret, at this time the biggest problem was what to do with the gas ejected after firing the shell, of course, the engineer also had a way - just use the air guide to guide it out of the car? This design not only solved the problem of loading, but also saved the need to design a completely new turret, which was a rare good thing for the wartime production line.
However, the recoil jet produced by pushing the giant cannonball was not enough to cope with it, and at this time the British came up with another method, which was to load the shell and then load the sandbag counterweight, so that when the shell was fired, a large amount of gas was emitted backwards, pushing the sandbag away from the turret, and the jet gas could be used to push the sandbag to consume recoil.
After a series of modifications, this tank finally seems to be easier to use, but there are still some embarrassing problems - for example, part of the barrel is in the car, which is easy to burn when firing, and the concussion is still too large, and even makes the crew concussion and fractures, and the moment the cannon is fired, the back must be emptied, just like a recoilless gun, and as long as the barrel is raised to fire, the recoil air flow and sandbags will directly hit the hood of the vehicle's own armor, and then, the tank "self-detonates".
In the end, the British simply changed the direction of the exhaust of the air duct on the turret to upward, and finally the back of the tank and the hood were not in danger, but - the moment the cannon was fired, it was like releasing a fountain, and you couldn't see you when the enemy saw you?
In the end, the British could only admit that this plan was a mistake from the beginning, but those tanks did build a batch of them, and there was a combat record of killing the Panther tank in seconds.
And the above problems, in the combat vehicles reinforced with carbon coating, is still not a problem, after the carbon coating is reinforced, the shock absorption and heat insulation effect are good. As for the recoil, the air flow backwards may hit teammates, and upwards expose the problem of the target - such a powerful artillery will be on the verge of death, how can there be a perfect vehicle?
"It's amazing, I guessed half right, the new car does have the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank. Sure enough, the candied fruit likes the British chariot very much. Vanilla clasped her hands together in front of her chest, looking very respectful, "But the infantry tank crews are easy to find, Lord Darjeeling has already done it, the problem is the rest." ”
"What kind of chariot is so hard to drive?" Willisa tilted her head, wondering if there was any British chariot that was so difficult to drive?
The British should still pay more attention to ergonomics, and the British can still have a tank that requires more power than the T-34 and KV with hammers?
"Just check it out." Vanilla sold a pass.
"That's how you have faith in me?" Hui Lisha said suspiciously, just turned around to have this thing, temptation?
"Lord Rosego said that it may be more smooth to transfer to our St. Gloriana in the past six months, and she is a fan of imperial chariots." Vanilla said that in the world of war lanes and chariot competition, chariot enthusiasts basically have at least operational knowledge, which is basic common sense, otherwise they will be despised.
“…… No matter what kind of vehicle it is, I think this condition will be difficult to achieve. In this era, German fans and Su fans account for almost all of them, and the rest are beautiful fans. ”
"Yes, it's rare to see such a dedicated British fan as candied fruit." Vanilla laughed.
"I'm just not picky about other vehicles." Willisa slandered.
(To be continued)