Chapter 23 On the Importance of Weather Forecasting
The sky was already a little overcast, and dark clouds were gathering, and it was daytime, but it gave people the feeling that it was still dawning.
The sky became darker and darker, with strong winds and lightning and thunder! Even the occasional trees on the side of the road, and perhaps the wind in the mountains that are more likely to be accelerated by the terrain, are swaying sharply, and of course, it is certainly impossible to blow the chariot away.
Ignoring the strong storm, the chariot swarm drove into a rugged mountain road with a cliff on one side and a river below. The mountain road is spacious enough, enough for three chariots by the standards of the Chariot of Truth.
Soon, many people's fields of vision were occupied by a burst of white light, accompanied by another violent thunder comparable to artillery bombardment, and a torrential downpour fell on the head of the chariot, and large raindrops hit the armor of the chariot with a crisp metallic sound.
"Damn, visibility is less than 30m!" Willisa gritted her teeth and said to the below, "Comrade Nebria, is this all right?" ”
"No problem, okay, this rain makes me feel comfortable." Nibria grinned.
Nebria's words raised a few question marks on Willissa's head.
Suddenly, in the chariot cluster, it was also Huirisa who felt the rear, and there was a "clang" sound!
"Stop!" Katyusha shouted.
It turned out that Nona's IS-4 heavy tank turned out to be overturned! Of course, it wasn't a serious overturn, but it was just a big hole in the void that had been done in front of it.
To be precise, the soil is not imaginary, but the weight of the IS-4's Tiger King level and the relatively poor stability of the center of gravity, which is known as the "King of Rollover", made the IS-4 fall down like this.
The weight of 63t makes it difficult for other tanks to tow, or they will have to allocate more combat power for towing operations, but the condition of the mountain road shows that if they do this, other tanks can only wait here.
Unexpectedly, IS-4's debut in the main competition was so miserable.
"Nona, it's okay!" Katyusha worried.
"It's fine." Nona asked the crew to open the hatch and get out of the car to check in the pouring rain, and she also stepped out of the chariot by example and checked everywhere with the crew.
Katyusha remembered one thing, the now modified KV-2 and KV-122 are close to 60t and 70t respectively, and hurriedly confirmed, fortunately, they have arrived at the predetermined place and are safe and sound.
"It seems that it can be cleared with the existing tools, but it will take some work." Nona looked at it and said.
"I see. Nona, change cars. Without much thought, Katyusha immediately gave the order to swap IS-4 and IS-3 crews.
"You guys, get the chariot out and hurry up and follow, do you hear that?" Katyusha said to the crews that were selected to clean up the IS-4.
"Understood. Be sure to complete the task as soon as possible and strive to return to the team! ”x 4
The team did not complain because Katyusha asked them to do chores, and agreed categorically, and left IS-3 to get busy, while Nona and the others got on the IS-3 that was given up.
"Well, Lord Katyusha, our tank is too big, and we can't get through the IS-4 in the middle of the road." At this time, behind the IS-4, Nina, who was in charge of the KV-100 super-heavy tank with more than 5t, spoke.
The KV-5 is too big, and the posture of the IS-4 lying down is not very correct, it is a little crooked, which then occupies more space on the road, and the remaining space on the mountain road can just pass through a tank like the T-34 on the left and right, even so, you have to pay attention to the mountain on the side of the mountain road, and the tank passing by the river will also be slightly tilted, so-
Such a giant tank as the KV-5, don't even think about passing.
Do you want to push the IS-4 by force? No, in the current position of the IS-4, the barrel is still on the ground, and although it does not appear to be damaged at the moment, a strong push may actually damage the barrel.
"Nina, the slope here is not too steep, you drive into the river and follow us on." Katyusha's orders remained decisive.
"пohmatь (understand)!" Nina hesitated, but agreed, and ordered her driver to drive away from the mountain road and cautiously drive into the river below.
Maybe it's the reason for the heavy rain, the river is a little turbulent, not very clear but you can see the bottom, you can't see the silt at the bottom of the river, it's a tiled stone, you can walk the chariot, and the chariot with more than 100t doesn't have to worry about being flooded by the river, such a tall chariot doesn't have to worry about being submerged and can't move, the waterproof transformation of the chariot of truth is very good, and it's no problem to drive the tank as a submarine when it doesn't enter the water, not to mention this small situation now?
The KV-5 super heavy tank, which was originally less than 35km/h downhill due to the slippery road in the rain, left a clear white mark on the hard stone floor, leaving a clear white mark on the hard stone floor.
When the giant chariot fell into the water, it made a violent sound of water, which made the waves in the river even higher for a moment, and the river completely submerged the huge turret, except for the small machine gun tower on top.
Now that the road was finally open, Nebria started the chariot and continued to follow the vehicle in front, while the rear carefully bypassed the temporarily broken down IS-4 to keep up.
The KV-5 was in the water, and the small turret exposed was also against the current, following the "steel torrent" above. Only the group responsible for the "rush repair" of the IS-4 remained. Even in the pouring rain, those four people were trying, and this level of hard work was not common to the comrades of truth, but it was able to overcome it.
However, perhaps the IS-4 and KV-5, which were the ace chariots of Truth, were killed before they could meet the enemy, and although they were the same as usual, the crews of Truth had a vague negative atmosphere.
The IS-4's mobility is not bad, and whether it is firepower or protection, it is the best in the chariot of truth, -5 may have some problems with the design idea, and the overall data height may be high, but the actual cost performance is not so high, but the tall and majestic body can always give people a feeling of "reliable comrade", in fact, it is the chariot driven by "reliable comrade".
But now it's embarrassing to have this situation before it has even played.
"Comrades, are you scared because of this little thing? We are in trouble, and the enemy is even more troublesome! Persistence is victory! Katyusha's childish but powerful voice sounded again.
"Ula !!" x n
Perhaps feeling the self-confident appeal of the spiritual leader, the morale of the people was raised again.
"I'm going to go!"
Although it was difficult to open the hatch for a long time because of the heavy rain, and it would have been a little stuffy to do that kind of thing in the chariot, Katyusha still sang in the lead............
(To be continued)