Chapter 17: The Peak of Continuation: The Chariot with its Head Held High
"Alina, can machine gun bullets make smoke screens?" Willisa asked when she saw the smoke rising from the machine-gun impact point on the opposite side, because the loader should be the most attentive to the type of ammunition.
“…… No," replied Nina, who was outcropping outside, "The soil here is completely different from the 'swamp' over there, and a bullet can stir up a lot of smoke and dust." ”
So why don't you just spend so much and wait for them to run out of bullets...... It doesn't seem to have that much to spare-
Bullets from the higher firing points swept over, splashing a burst of sparks on the turret of the IS-2M!
"Boom!" Then a 76.2mm shell came with light!
"Boom!" The smoke from the explosion smoked the IS-2M into a black mark.
"They want to destroy the barrel first?" Willissa seems to have noticed her opponent's purpose.
Nina: "Стрелять [shooting)!" ”
Considering that the T-28 without additional armor was not thick, Alina had already loaded the grenade, and Willisa aimed at the middle of those several points of fire - it must have been the position of the combat vehicle and detained the firing machine.
The point of fire was all silent for a moment, and the shells rushed into the dust—
"Boom!" The violent explosion dispersed a large amount of dust, and then, revealing the true face of the T-28.
Yes, it didn't hit, but how did this blunt heavy tank, which was even longer than the hull of Stalin's tank, dodge?
Now I see, the T-28 is actually erected!
The T-28, supported by the tail, stood up, the driving wheels touched the ground, and only two wheels drove the chariot to move, and then rotated forward and backward, very nimble to avoid the shelling.
The "jumping" action witnessed by Willisa before was also this, but at that time the T-28 had cover, which covered the back half, and I saw the front half, which really looked the same as the "jumping" of the tank.
I don't know if it was because of inertia, but the T-28 "stood" on the spot with the drive wheels and turned around again before "lying down", which was actually restored to its original state.
"Is the track coated with carbon as well? Stand? Willisa muttered.
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Continuing with the high school aspect –
"It's still been discovered, but this technology that has been passed down from generation to generation is not something you can crack if you see it. A powerful vehicle is a powerful vehicle—" Lily said, giving the order instead, "Tulta!" ”
"Boom!" The T-28 returned fire, and the 76.2mm grenade was again fired at the massive 122mm barrel directed towards itself.
However, the IS-2M only deflected by a small angle and the grenade pointlessly exploded in the main armor.
"Vice-Captain, but it's a fact that we don't have enough firepower and armor." said the gunner.
If you had just used the same gun as Stalin's tank, then this gun would have worked, no, in that case, you could have destroyed the opponent directly with armor-piercing shells.
"I know that the technique that can be continued is the hand and the heart, even the inferior horses will not lose to them, continue to release the smoke screen! The ammunition of Stalin's tanks could not consume ours! This is the weakness of the powerful tank of the Soviet system! ”
The T-28 has a larger hull than the IS-2 and much smaller ammunition, so it has plenty of ammunition to spare.
"Is it such a war of attrition?"
Lily: "No! ”
The machine guns of the two machine gun towers and the main turret of the "Tutu Tutu Tu ............" once again spat out tongues of fire and unleashed barrages in different directions, stirring up dust around them.
"That's not right! Switch to smoke bombs this time! ”
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In terms of the School of Truth——
"Nina, there are only eight grenades left. Do you want to continue to disperse? Alina reported to Nina.
This may seem like a lot, but it may not be enough to face a cunning opponent.
"Drive in. Close combat. Nina ordered.
Even if there is dust, it can be seen at a very close distance, and the T-28 can barely penetrate the four sides of the IS-2M, as long as you are careful not to show your weaknesses, and the opponent needs to stop and aim for some time if you want to aim at the weak point where the projection is not large, which is enough to deal with.
At the same time, at very close range, the opponent cannot attack the tracks, and can only hit the turret with a good arc.
Yelyusa hung up the middle block and let the chariot slowly move forward, while Nina also looked around with tears in her eyes, hoping to spot the T-28 first.
The machine guns have stopped, it can't be that they have slipped away to flank the IS-3, right?
After a while, there was no movement.
For another moment, there was still no movement.
Nina was about to contact Nona—
Suddenly, the chariot leaned forward!
Yelyusa slammed on the brakes, and the further forward lean of the chariot stopped.
"Captain Nina, this seems to be a cliff. It's loose underneath, and it's dangerous to move it again. Ye Liusha said.
"What?!"
This time it was really not the fault of the organizers' topographic survey mistakes, and the ground here was also bombed in advance by the High School.
The steep slope under this cliff probably won't make the chariot roll, but it probably won't be able to go up, especially because the barrel will stick to the ground.
"Willissa turns the barrel back! Shift your center of gravity back and watch out for enemy vehicles! Always ready to shoot, grenade reloading! Nina gave several orders in succession.
She knew that after winning the scheme, the opponent actually wanted to throw her chariot below.
Willisa heard the engine of the enemy car and began to amplify it, spinning the turret in that direction!
"Boom!" A 76.2mm shell came and was deflected by the tilted turret, which also made the IS-2M shake again! But it hasn't slipped down yet.
Willisa aimed that side, and the shadow of the T-28 rushing straight into it had already appeared, fire!
At the moment when the 122mm D-25T gun roared, the T-28 stood up again, and with a turn, it almost staggered Willissa's shot.
The reason why it was "almost" was because of that shell, and Willisa counted the opponent's action in advance.
"Boom!" The grenade exploded on the skirt of the T-28! Crashed tracks and several load-bearing wheels flew out of the flames.
Unfortunately, it was not destroyed, although the thickness of the armor on the skirt and suspension should not be able to withstand the attack of 122mm grenades, but there is a distance between the skirt and the real side armor, if you use not armor-piercing shells, but grenades and armor-piercing shells, then this air will greatly attenuate the power of the shell, and the judgment device will add this to the judgment. But—
"It worked!" Nina clenched her fists happily so that the T-28 was lying on its stomach.
Even if the T-28 still has a chance to fire on itself next, judging from the results after being shot just now, it is impossible for the T-28 to shoot down the IS-2M after two or three more shots.
However, Nina was immediately frightened again and quickly retracted into the car.
"Hey, hey, they're crazy, you're not Christie hanging, wait, wait............" The first thing that made a sound was that she saw the T-28 chassis magnifying in the scope, and immediately turned on the turret motor to turn the turret.
(To be continued)