(It’s embarrassing. After some popular science among netizens, I found out that the correct way to fire a Tiger tank is to fire from a distance, rather than charging at the hard steel;
So what! You can’t blame me, you can only blame the director of Uncle Sam’s house for making blind shots just to brag~)
There is no such thing as a good thing in the world where you only beat others but don't get beaten yourself.
Soon after, the Tiger tanks' counterattack began, and from the very beginning, the tank crews on the soldiers' side were taught a very memorable lesson.
In a huge explosion that shook the entire battlefield.
It was a Tiger tank that had been fired upon by five artillery shells from its opponent and hit by two of them. At this moment, it finally opened fire to counterattack.
The embarrassing or painful result was that the thick and long barrel of the Tiger tank fired an 88mm shell.
It achieved brilliant results and directly hit the M4A1 tank that was the furthest away.
That is, because after the tracks were blown off, it now had to be used as a fixed fort, and it was the one that fired at this place.
At the moment it was hit by the artillery shell, the M4A1 Sherman tank's side thickness was 38 mm, and its vertical armor was cleanly penetrated by the opponent.
At most a second later, a huge explosion occurred in the tank.
It was probably an armor-piercing warhead that hit the tank. In addition to detonating a large amount of ammunition inside, the Sherman tank still had more than half a tank of gasoline left, which was also ignited by the explosion at this moment.
The gasoline that burned easily turned the M4A1 into a huge burning torch in the blink of an eye. The five-person crew was definitely not saved.
Damn it! During World War II, Uncle Sam’s house was famous for its ‘Lonson lighters’, and it certainly lived up to its reputation.
At the same time, facing the enemy, you can't defeat the opponent from the front, and you can't break the opponent's defense; but if the opponent comes over with a casual shot, you can kill them like a turkey.
In the ears of Ashtray and others, they heard Lao Yang and Lieutenant Don Collier almost at the same time. The commands they issued at the same time may be different in tone, but the meaning is the same:
"Dog, dog, dog! Go around and kick this guy's turtle shell from behind~"
It has to be said that the new tactics proposed by Lao Yang and Lieutenant Don Collier, after emergency adjustments, had no flaws in theory.
The German Tiger tanks, because they paid too much attention to frontal protection, naturally neglected the rear armor, leaving most of the rear armor only 80 mm thick.
There are even some weak spots, only 60 mm.
At the same time, the overall weight of the Tiger tank is 56 tons, while the Sherman only weighs 34 tons. One belongs to the category of heavy tanks, and the other belongs to the category of medium tanks.
Comparing the two, they are both on a different level.
Therefore, the medium tanks driven by Lao Yang and others should be more flexible in movement.
In short, combined with all the above, it is really possible for the remaining four Xie Mantou to go around the back of the Tiger tank and hit someone at a key part.
After reaching such a consensus, the four Sherman tanks accelerated their speed to extremely high speeds and were directly upgraded to the highest level.
Amid the roars of their respective captains, the four drivers, including Ashtray, cheered up one after another.
Driving his car, he drew a huge arc from the left and right sides, and all went around the back of the Tiger tank.
On the German side, the tank soldiers who are qualified to drive Tiger tanks are without exception the elite.
The commander of the Tiger tank saw the actions of Lao Yang and others changing the way the tank moved forward, and he understood the opponent's tactics almost instantly.
In this way, he would naturally not let the relatively fragile tail of his Tiger tank go.
In this way, he was easily exposed to the muzzle of the M3 tank gun held by the tank driven by Lao Yang and others.
Amidst a series of high-pitched roars from his mouth, the driver in the car group also started to use the 700-horsepower, or seemingly only 690-horsepower, Maybach HL230 P45 high-speed gasoline engine.
The output power is instantly increased to the highest level.
In the following time, this big 56-ton vehicle started to rotate following the four Shermans with unexpected flexibility.
Under the crazy maneuvers, he just didn't want to expose his relatively fragile tail weakness.
While dodging, he also turned his 88mm tank gun and kept firing at the opponent, making the sound of "rumbling~" the gunfire continue to resound on the battlefield.
In short, from this moment on, they were like a tiger facing a pack of wolves, and they started fighting crazily.
Just from the internal communication sounds on the radio station of the soldiers, which are full of strong personal emotions, one can hear the intensity and thrill of such a battle:
"Coin, adjust the muzzle 5 degrees to the left and fire! F**K, why did it miss again? This guy's maneuvering is actually not slow at all."
"Lighter, turn left quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, you damn fast hide, he will lock you soon."
"YES! Thanks to Brother Su, I finally hit his head. Isn't it useful to attack from behind? Why can't I penetrate them? This turtle shell is too hard."
"Ah! Damn it, we were hit in the head, avenge us, boom~"
"No! The Cowboys are looking for you. Hurry... brothers, avenge the Cowboys and the others."
"Lieutenant, we can't continue beating like this. This thing is far more flexible than we thought. We have to find a way to make him stop for a while; only then will we lock its big ass and then hit it hard.
Guy.
That's it! I'll find a way to make it stop for a while, and you should seize the opportunity."
"The ashtray, find an opportunity to hit me later, even if it stops for a few seconds."
"That's it now, Lao Yang, there are others, hurry up, I'm going to hit you. Damn it! Your head is bleeding because of the big trick, are you okay~"
"Good opportunity, fire, hit... Damn it, why? I can't even beat this grandson to death~"
Among the above fierce conversations, roars, and various methods of communication, it all showed that such a Tiger tank was far more difficult to deal with than they imagined.
This made Yang Dongli and the others understand one thing clearly:
Back on the Volgograd battlefield, the crew of the German Panzer IV tanks were faced with the KV-2 heavy tank they were driving that could not be beaten or hit.
In my heart, I felt such a depressed feeling that could even be described as despair.
What the heck! Last time I tortured a German stick, and now the German stick tortured me back. Is this situation considered retribution?
******
When four Sherman tanks were mixed with that Tiger tank, whether it was the infantry of the Central Continent team or the German army.
Suddenly, I realized that I couldn't get involved in such a battle between tanks.
At least until he kills the opponent's infantry, he cannot intervene in a battle of this level.
But it was impossible for them to stop and watch the show idly.
So they could only fight infantry against infantry, fighting each other desperately.
As for the combat effectiveness in this area, with the strong combat effectiveness of the Central Continent team, even if there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, they can still be crushed.
There was an explosion of "Boom~".
The crew of the last anti-tank gun on the German side was thrown out from behind the gun mantlet by an 81 mm caliber mortar.
In the past, these German artillerymen were hiding behind a gun shield. Whether it was snipers or heavy machine guns, they were unable to kill them for a while.
However, when Bianrou and others adjusted the mortars, the good days of these German sticks came to an end.
Immediately, the last German gun firepower point was killed.
There were still about 20 German soldiers left, and they found that their own personnel were easily killed by the opponent in a very short period of time, just like hunting rabbits.
Especially the junior officers, including all the non-commissioned officers, were all killed one by one by the opponent's snipers.
As a result, their fighting courage completely disappeared, and they could only drop their weapons and raise their hands.
The only battle left on the entire battlefield is that one Tiger tank and three Sherman tanks, still fighting each other.
I raised my sleeves and wiped it because an M24 long-handled grenade was beside me just now and it exploded not too far away.
As a result, the kicked up sand hit his face, causing blood all over his face.
Then, he stretched his neck and looked at the men of the tank battle group.
He cursed: "What time has it been? Why are everyone still standing there dumbly doing? Zhuye, Poluo, you two gathered these prisoners together and guarded them well.
Lang Qing, King Kong, go and help Black Chinese Medicine Doctor and Lao An treat the wounded.
The rest of the people come with me to help. Don't worry about the bazookas, recoilless rifles, anti-tank grenades, and explosive charges.
Regardless of whether it’s useful or not, if we greet each other together, we won’t be able to kill him, but we will also scare these turtles to death~”
In Hu Biao's words, a group of flesh-and-blood bodies from the Zhongzhou team rushed towards the behemoth with various anti-armor weapons that had no effect.
Even the bacon gave up the 81mm mortar.
Together with NEO and Dahuyou, they worked hard to lift up an overturned 37mm anti-tank gun.
He pushed hard towards the battlefield, preparing to use this German stick weapon to attack the Tiger tank.
As they said, if such a group of people work together, how can they handle a mere German Tiger tank?
A minute later, Jason half-knelt on the ground, half-opened and half-closed eyes passed the mechanical ruler, desperately trying to lock on to the Tiger tank.
In another direction, a large group of people including Hu Biao, Mad Dog, Xi Ling, Po Luo, etc. were firing desperately at the Tiger's observation port.
Of course they knew what to say about a tank that was moving at high speed and erratically.
The infantrymen wanted to use their firearms to smash the small observation opening above, and then cause harm to the crew members inside. The probability was extremely small.
But their real purpose was not to cause direct harm to the crew of the Tiger tank.
It's just to create more conditions for Jason and others who now hold various anti-armor weapons in their hands.
As for the plan to have AT, Xu Feng and others rush onto the Tiger tank, find a way to open the hatch, and kill the crew members inside?
Damn it! Just forget it.
The three surviving Sherman tanks kept firing at the Tiger tanks with shells and bullets; it had no effect, and instead ricocheted off the tanks.
Under such a situation, no one dared to get closer than a few dozen meters to the Tiger tank.
In addition, another point that needs to be explained is that unlike the previous battlefield in Hengyang, the bazooka used was still the most original model.
Nowadays, the bazooka carried on the shoulders of the fake foreign devil is the improved M1A1 model. Specifically, it has improved the barrel and battery, and added a grip performance.
Make this thing safer during use.
It's a pity that this improved type has no improvement at all in terms of ammunition power.
So, when Jason finally successfully locked onto the relatively fragile butt of the Tiger tank, he decisively pulled the trigger on his fingertip, allowing the battery to successfully ignite the rocket in the barrel, causing it to "swoosh"
Just flew out.
In the end, this rocket, which everyone was expecting, accurately hit the Tiger tank's big butt.
It is a pity that the bazooka rocket launcher was originally an extremely useful anti-armor weapon that was used to defeat Japanese tanks one by one on the Hengyang battlefield.
Apart from blasting a blackened crater on the Tiger tank, it didn't seem to have any effect.
With a sound of 'Bah~', Jason spat out a large mouthful of saliva in frustration.
The main reason is that he clearly remembers one piece of data, that is, anti-armor weapons such as bazooka rocket launchers can penetrate 120 mm thick tank armor.
The result? Even the 80mm big butt of the German Stick Tiger tank couldn't be penetrated.
Is it that the 120mm data is watered down, or is the quality of German tank steel too good?
With great depression in his heart, Jason turned to face Fat Paper who was lying on the ground on one side, avoiding the bazooka's tail wing and shouted:
"Fat paper, keep loading the bullet, I don't believe you can't blow open this turtle shell."
As depressed as Jason is, there is actually the fierce girl Bai Xiang.
Thanks to her richer experience in the use of the M18 recoilless gun.
Therefore, after most of the Zhongzhou team began to attack the Tiger tanks, she immediately threw away the M2 heavy machine gun she was holding and picked up an M18 recoilless rifle.
Not to mention! This lady's accuracy with the M18 is quite good. After a shell passed by, it hit the target directly.
The only pity is that not one shot penetrated the soul.
To be precise, there was not even a big hole in the Tiger tank's body; it turned out that the M18 recoilless gun was just a small tank that could bully the Japanese.
For others, it means shooting machine gun bunkers and armored vehicles, which are relatively weak targets.
Anti-tank matters are no longer difficult for everyone.
Later, Bianrou and the others also seized an opportunity and fired a shell at the Tiger tank; however, the result was still quite disappointing.
At one time, the M3 tank gun, bazooka, M18, 37mm anti-tank gun, and other large and small gun barrels were added to the light and heavy firearms.
In response to the incoming attacks, the shell of the Tiger tank made a "ding-dong" sound as it continued to hit, making the scene a lively one.
But excitement is still excitement, and it won’t work if it doesn’t have any actual effects.
Instead, an armor-piercing round fired back by the Tiger tank plowed a deep scar into the side armor of an M4 tank, almost scrapping another Sherman.
Lao Yang and others who were in the tank at that time heard the harsh sound of metal friction reaching their ears, and almost peeed in fear.
Under such circumstances, Hu Biao became anxious.
When he was about to rush over with a bundle of anti-tank grenades in his arms to see if he could throw them onto the Tiger tank, the company commander pulled him out.
With a speechless expression on his face, he cursed:
"You guys, why are you so stubborn? If you can't penetrate this thing's armor, then blow up its tracks. This thing will become a target after it loses its mobility."
"Oh, oh~" Hu Biao reacted quickly and responded quickly.
Then, Jason was about to hit the Tiger tank's big ass again.
Hu Biao shouted loudly: "Old J, blow up its tracks for me."
At Hu Biao's shout, Jason instinctively adjusted the launch angle of the bazooka on his shoulder and fired a rocket.
This time, Jason still successfully hit the target.
Let a huge ball of fire explode on the left track of the Tiger tank.
Finally, with a loud "click" sound of steel friction, the Tiger tank came to a stop; the ferocious Tiger lost its most feared speed.
Suddenly, Hu Biao thought of the possibility of repairing it for his own use after capturing it.
It's a pity that he didn't wait for him to shout out such an idea and inform the other people on his tank.
The crews of the remaining three Sherman tanks had successfully locked onto their targets, and in a very short period of time, they fired at their rears one by one.
In the end, a shell from the M4A2 finally penetrated the defense of the tank from the back, turning it into a huge fireball.
With great regret in his heart, Hu Biao raised his hand and shot the Tiger tank commander who had just climbed out, killing him with one shot as he climbed out.
In fact, if you look carefully, Hu Biao did a good thing.
Because the commander's entire back was on fire during this process; shooting him to death would be considered a relief.
Hu Biao did this just out of respect for a strong opponent.