Chapter 31 Shelling from the Other Shore
The match between St. Gloriana College and Maple Leaf High School started at the same distance from the suburbs on both sides of the city, along the Pian Bei River, a river that runs through the city into the sea.
So, how to gain an advantage in the game looks clear – first, to seize the favorable terrain before the opponent reaches the front.
Darjeeling understands this very well, but she is not in a hurry, because the mobility of the infantry tank is really scummy compared to a group of steamed bun chassis combat vehicles in Maple Leaf High School.
What? You say that the limit of mobility in the battle lane is not a problem? Yes, that's not a problem, so the other person can do the same, right?
Since he couldn't keep up, he let the cruiser tank leave first, and he led the remaining half of the tank to make sure it was safe.
The convoy led by Darjeeling – the A43 Black Prince Infantry Tank, the A22 Churchill Mk.VII Infantry Tank, the A22 Churchill Royal Engineer Tank, and two A12 Matilda Mk.II Infantry Tanks, a total of five combat vehicles, slowly advanced along the main road closest to the coast, and drove safely out of the complex of buildings. Since this is the main road, it is only natural that there will be bridges.
"I didn't see any enemies." Orange and Huang Bai said in confusion.
According to the advance speed of the enemy's group of steamed bun chassis chariots, they should have arrived in the city here long ago, so are you going to set up an ambush somewhere? Or was the advance of the main forces slowed down by a handful of Valentine infantry tanks?
I have to say that the orange and yellow Baihao flag was erected well, and as soon as her words fell, the next moment, several shells came from the other side of the river, and they landed on the bank of the river and sent out a splash of dust, which was an armor-piercing shell.
"Ahh It's almost the familiar sound of the QF6-pounder gun. Darjeeling stood up with his teacup in his hand, opened the hatch and leaned out, picking up the binoculars.
"Spotting the enemy, on the other side of the river, 2 Valentine tanks, 3 Ram tanks, 1 Grizzly Bear tank - this is a flag car, for Maple Leaf, it's really a bold battle."
Orange and Yellow Baihao: "Lord Darjeeling, our chariot is also a flag chariot." ”
It was obviously a river bank, but the chariots on the opposite side had found coverhouses based on buildings, and played a reversing and telescopic style of play.
"The distance is close to 600m, and an attack at this distance is meaningless for our tanks. It's rude to ignore it, so let's respond. The whole vehicle of the team, based on the current formation, with the bridgehead as the center, is lined up along the river bank at a distance of 30m, and the 300mm cannon sang forward. Darjeeling sat back in the captain's seat, picked up the walkie-talkie and said.
The "300mm cannon mulberry" is a more Sven and domineering name based on data, and the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank drove to the bridgehead, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the opposite side of the bridge.
"Boom!" The moment the 300mm barrel spewed smoke, the huge shell even dragged some smoke and flew to the opposite side in an arc.
"Boom !!!" The explosion like a nucleus instantly covered the entire bridge deck, obviously there were quite a lot of lanes on the bridge deck, enough for 7 chariots to go side by side, but the explosion still completely covered this wide area, and the shock wave and smoke even bent the guardrail and poured above the river.
Thanks to the processing of the shells in the battle lane, if it was a real 300mm gun, the bridge would have collapsed, even if it was very strong!
"I didn't hit anything." Orange and Huang Bai said disappointedly.
"This super-large caliber gun does not have a straight trajectory armor-piercing projectile. With power comes a price. Darjeeling said.
Besides, the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank was not originally used to fight tanks, but was responsible for destroying fortifications, and was not designed to have a high shell accuracy. A terrible explosion struck a huge surface at a time, and any fortification was a puffy cloud in front of it, so just take a rough look.
The distance is farther, and the accuracy is even worse.
The last time the first shot knocked out a Sherman, it was by the impact of the explosion that caused it to tumble down an already unstable hillside, and the second attack did not hit the Sherman in the water, because the high pressure of the water generated immediately after the shell entered the water and exploded caused the tank to withstand the pressure to break down - the same principle as some torpedoes.
This time, the vehicles were hiding behind the building, revealing part of it, but the shock wave of the explosion was redirected by the building.
"However, judging from the data, among the combat vehicles held by Maple Leaf High School, there is no model that can withstand the storm generated by the explosion of this 300mm grenade, that is, it will be destroyed if it is directly affected by the explosion, even if it does not rely on the 300mm gun, half of our combat vehicles are also above the other party, and we have a certain advantage on the battlefield here." Assam is confident through data analysis.
"In that case, I think the building that was used as a bunker until then would have completely shattered and buried their chariot." Orange and Huang Bai smiled bitterly.
"Well, in this way, it's also a multiple-choice question for them." Darjeeling sipped black tea elegantly and said slowly.
"Multiple choice?"
"No, it's nothing, it's not enough to rely on just one tank output, let's shoot freely with all vehicles in this team." Darjeeling ordered.
In addition to the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank, which was still grinding to reload the huge 300mm shells, the guns of the other combat vehicles also fired at the opposite side.
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Maple Leaf High School, Lautrau side -
Compared with St. Gloriana, who was still chatting and drinking black tea in the car, the crew of Maple Leaf High School was almost frightened by the 300mm gun.
"So, what's that?"
"Delusion...... Not an illusion, right? ”
"It's certainly not a delusion! I'm going to be killed! ”
"How can the battle lane use such terrible shells!"
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In the radio station contacted, the pot exploded directly, and everyone's mood was very unstable.
Lautlao, the captain of the flag car Grizzly Bear Tank, had black lines on his brows, making her already black forehead even darker.
This Grizzly tank, using a large number of M4 Sherman tank parts, is one of the strongest tanks in Canada, but even with such a distance from the opposite side, the armor of this tank can hardly raise a trace of confidence.
Darjeeling gave her a difficult multiple-choice question –
The foundation of the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank is the Churchill tank, but it was an early Churchill tank, not the strongest model, with the gun of the flag car Grizzly Tank, if you rush across the bridge for a close attack, you can really destroy the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank, the Churchill Royal Sapper Tank has poor reloading speed and accuracy, even if it can cover the entire bridge, as long as it is on the verge of explosion, the Grizzly Tank will not be destroyed.
But if you leave the bunker of the building............
(To be continued)