Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong sat in his new tank and said to his old partner, the gunner Alexander: "This new tank is much more stable than the T34. When the T34 moves forward quickly, even with a leather hat, its head is full of bumps."

Alexander's voice came from the earphones: "Indeed. Moreover, the designer also considered the convenience of changing the equipment. The operating levers are all the same as those of the T34. People who are used to driving the T34W can just come in and drive it."

"No," the driver said, "It's different here. I'm stuffed into the arrow bulge in front of me all by myself. The space is much smaller!"

Even Mao Zi feels that the space is too small, so it must be really small.

Wang Zhong: "Remember to tell Kejing's chief engineer when you get back."

The new tank eliminates the machine gun shooter and reduces the number of members to four. As a result, the new tank is slightly inferior in anti-infantry performance. After all, it only has a coaxial machine gun in the turret and an anti-aircraft machine gun on the top of the turret.

The benefits of this are also obvious. There is no hole in the front of the car body, and the complete armor plate has stronger penetration resistance.

With the accumulation of heavy tanks, Chief Engineer Kejing went back to change the design and concentrate the protection on the front. Maybe it would be a 30-ton egg-shaped turret medium tank.

When the time comes for the T54 to fight the Leopard, it will be picturesque just thinking about it.

However, Wang Zhong thought that the Tiger prototype had been smashed by the vortex. Maybe the Tiger would not appear on the scene. He didn't know what the stimulated Prossenians would come up with.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a bright red color in his bird's eye view.

So he immediately grabbed the phone and shouted: "Stop!"

The tank braked suddenly and stopped, and the slender 100mm gun shook up and down a few times.

Kejing said that Yebao's scientific research team was reverse engineering the simple stabilizing device on the United States Sherman tank, but the current imitation was not very effective and would only increase the weight of the tank, so he did not use it.

Anyway, most of the time heavy tanks stop and shoot, and there is no need to pursue high-speed movement and emergency stop shooting like medium tanks, so it should not have a big impact.

Wang Zhong raised the telescope and struck a pose, then switched to an overhead perspective, watching the enemies highlighted in red busy on the battlefield.

"Weird." He said subconsciously, then quickly shut up.

The enemy only moved in the bunker and did not enter the trenches!

Could it be that the enemy was afraid that I would launch artillery fire after entering the trench?

However, I am just anxious to use a new tank this time!

The rapid advance of the Abavahan Front brought many consequences, including the failure of the heavy artillery to keep up.

It was exactly the same problem that Plosin's army encountered when the war just started in 914.

But Wang Zhong thought, the heavy artillery has not kept up, but the new heavy armor has. So why not try to see the quality of the new tanks while the heavy artillery has not kept up, and then use the "Urban" cannon to destroy the exposed positions? Enemy bunkers are sent to the sky.

Yes, the other T34s did not intend to attack. They all stopped 2.5 kilometers away from the Proson defense line according to Wang Zhong's order.

After observing for more than ten seconds, Wang Zhong was convinced that there were only PAK40 and 88 guns on the enemy's position, and nothing more demonic or ghostly. If you think about it carefully, you can understand that until now, except for the vortex, the Prosens have never encountered an Ant armored unit that the 88 cannon and PAK40 can't handle.

The small number of vortexes makes it inconvenient to attack. At most, they can shoot against anti-tank gun groups in the wilderness.

After making sure that there was no danger in his advancing like this, Wang Zhong gave an order over the radio: "All ministries continue to wait where they are. Urban 1, follow me and don't pass me."

"Understood, Si...White Wolf Davarich."

The commander of Urban 1 almost said Commander Davarich.

Wang Zhong patted the top armor of the turret: "Let's go!"

The tank roared to life, and its wide tracks drove across the snowfield, heading towards the position of the 16th Panzergrenadier Division, with Urban 1 following closely behind.

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"What the hell!" Schulz almost shouted, "Is that a red flag? That's a fucking red flag! Rokossov is driving a tank we haven't seen yet and is rushing toward us!"

Anti-tank artillery regiment commander: "That's great. When we enter the 2000-meter range - no, enter the 1500-meter range, the 88-gun will start firing, targeting Rokosov's new tank!"

"Yes!" the operator responded loudly, and then began to turn the 88 gun, aiming the muzzle at the enemy who was still a silhouette at this time.

The gunner asked doubtfully: "What kind of tank is that? It looks like a giant turtle!"

"It's something created by the Ant people," Schulz said angrily. "How can a new tank be developed so quickly and just by blowing a breath? Impossible, it must be an improved version of the KV series! No matter what the KV Even if you change it, you can’t withstand 88 guns!”

The artillery commander: "Load the armor-piercing bullets, hurry up! Once you get into range, keep firing. Even if it can block the first few hits, Ant's inferior armor will soon be penetrated due to metal fatigue!"

Schultz gave up his position to the artillery observer and lay on the bunker's firing port to look out.

You can clearly see the outline of the new tank with the naked eye. It really looks like a turtle.

Schultz suddenly realized that the tank's omnidirectional sloped armor had an excellent bulletproof appearance.

I just don’t know how thick the armor of this tank is.

The observer reported: "2,000 meters! The enemy passed the two-thousand-meter target!"

"Fire!" the artillery commander shouted.

The 88 gun fired, and the gunpowder gas that failed to escape from the bunker irritated Schultz's nasal cavity, but he didn't care about that. He lay on the shooting window and stared at the flying shells.

The muzzle velocity of the 88 gun was very fast, and the distance of 2,000 meters was passed in a flash.

Schultz watched the shell hit the front of the tank body, was bounced away, and drew an arc to the sky behind the tank, and he didn't know where it would fall.

"It didn't work! Reload!" Schultz urged loudly, even drowning out the voice of the artillery commander.

The loader shouted: "Over!!"

The artillery commander: "Fire!"

The second round was fired again, and this time it hit the turret, and was still bounced away in a string of sparks.

Schultz had a vague bad premonition.

But he still urged the gunners to reload loudly.

Although the fortress was in chaos, the artillery observer was still dutifully reporting the distance: "The enemy has passed the 1,500-meter target!"

Schultz: "Stop it! Oh, hit the tracks, aim at the tracks!"

Gunner: "The snow is too thick, the tracks are almost blocked by the snow! I'll try to fire one shot!"

While the gunner turned the crank to operate the cannon, the loader finished loading the next round and shouted: "Over!"

The gunner opened fire.

Schultz saw that the shell hit the snow before hitting the tank, bounced twice on the ground, and then exploded, blowing out a column of snow and mud in front of the new tank with a red flag.

At this time, the tank stopped.

Schultz shouted in surprise: "It's penetrated!"

Then he saw the tank turret turn towards him.

Then the muzzle blew up the snow on the ground, and the tank's body was suddenly covered.

Schultz lay down directly.

The next moment, the shock wave generated by the explosion sprayed in from the firing port, knocking down the gun telescope.

The artillery observer who was observing with the gun telescope screamed and covered his eyes, probably because he was poked in the eye by the edge of the eyepiece.

Schultz lay on the ground for a second, then looked up and found that the bunker was safe and sound, but dust kept falling from the ceiling.

The artillery commander climbed up: "Don't be afraid, continue to operate the 88 gun! At this distance, the enemy looks at us, and the firing port is just a thin line. The poor artillery skills of the Ants can't hit us! Keep shooting!"

Loader: "Over!"

Gunner: "The enemy's artillery is too dusty, I can't find where the enemy is!"

Gunner: "Then fire at the snow and fog, hit the position just now, and bet that the enemy has not left."

Gunner: "Yes!"

The 88 gun fired again.

And maybe because the enemy tanks passed the 1,200-meter mark, the PAK40 owned by the anti-tank regiment also opened fire, and shells continued to shoot into the snow and fog.

The shooting lasted for three minutes, and Schultz shouted: "Stop! Everyone stop! Maybe the enemy tank has been destroyed, and Rokosov is dead!"

The shooting sound gradually subsided.

The snow fog that had just blocked the view was gradually falling, and the turtle-shaped new tank was exposed to everyone again.

It stopped there motionless.

Schultz swallowed his saliva.

Suddenly, the tank started to move, a lot of thick smoke spewed out of the exhaust port, and the steel tracks began to turn again.

The moment it started, without Schultz's order, all anti-tank guns fired at it like crazy.

The armor-piercing shells were constantly bounced off, leaving a string of sparks on the tank at most.

The artillery commander suddenly shouted: "Hit the turret ring! Jam its turret! Then find a way to break the track! Anyway, stop him!"

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"Damn it!"

Wang Zhong had just woken up from the coma caused by the shock, and heard the gunner shout: "Our turret ring is stuck, and the turret can't turn!"

Wang Zhong: "Don't be afraid, move forward! We are mainly to attract firepower for the Urban I behind! The enemy's armor-piercing shells can't do anything to us, but Urban I only has this defense strength on the front! If it is hit on the side, it's over! Move forward!"

The driver roared, as if this would make the car go faster.

Wang Zhong hid in the turret and judged the distance based on the bird's-eye view map. Finally, he shouted: "Stop! We are 450 meters away from the enemy. If we get closer, we may be penetrated! After all, they are 88 guns and PAK40!"

The tank stopped.

Wang Zhong turned on the radio and shouted: "Urban No. 1, it's up to you! I just fired that shot to show you the position of the 88 gun!"

"We saw it! We are aiming! Aiming completed, we fired!"

Wang Zhong heard the unique whistle of the 500mm caliber rocket when it took off.

Unfortunately, he had almost no upward vision and could not see the giant rocket on the high-throw trajectory.

He could only see the moment it fell.

The next moment, the fireball soared into the sky.

Wang Zhong thought of the classic line in the "Fallout" series: If you see a mushroom cloud, please give a thumbs up. If the mushroom cloud is smaller than your thumb, run quickly. If the mushroom cloud is larger than your thumb, give up, you can't run away.

Then Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up, not to judge the size of the mushroom cloud, but simply to give a thumbs up.