Zhou Xiaobo was sitting in his beloved T34 tank, looking out through the observation hole to observe what was going on ahead. However, the front was filled with smoke and the visibility was not very high. He could only vaguely observe seven or eight hundred people through the observation mirror.
There are some figures shaking on the city wall meters away.
As the commander of this tank, Zhou Xiaobo deeply understands his responsibilities. Although Zhou Xiaobo was only a gunner a few months ago, as a tank soldier with more than a year of tank experience, he understands very well,
The tank commander is the soul of a tank and the leader of the tank crew. Therefore, the commander is often served by an experienced veteran tank soldier. His responsibility is to coordinate and direct the cooperation between the internal members of the tank, as well as the cooperation between the tank and external members.
For example, now, as the commander of the tank, he is now responsible for instructing the driver to accurately move the tank along a safer road, and also instructing the tank gun to adjust the angle, etc.
Although it stands to reason that he, who has only been a tank soldier for more than a year, needs another year or two of experience to become a tank commander, the army is expanding too fast, especially the armored force, which is now filled with a large number of tanks.
The new recruits, just like the tank he is commanding, except for the driver who is his old partner, the rest of the gunners, loaders and communications soldiers are all new recruits. Although they have gone through several months of assault training, they are still working together.
It is inevitable that I am still a bit unfamiliar, but there is nothing I can do about it. After all, time is too tight, so I can only get used to it slowly on the battlefield.
"Ma Dongchang, second gear into third gear, speed up!" Seeing the blurry front, Zhou Xiaobo was a little anxious and patted the driver Ma Dongchang's vest three times to signal to speed up. Ma Dongchang in front nodded to indicate receipt.
The tank equipped by the newly expanded 1st Armored Division is the famous T34/85 tank from another time and space. This tank is famous for its strong firepower, protection and mobility, but it also has shortcomings. The most important shortcomings are
It just inherits the silly, thick and black characteristics that Lao Maozi has always had. The environment inside the car is relatively poor. In addition to the smell of engine oil that fills the car with cold winters and hot summers, the noise of the tank is also not small, and the noise is even higher when the tank is traveling at high speed.
, so it is sometimes difficult for the tank commander to issue combat orders in a timely manner during combat, so the tank commanders came up with a way to remind the driver to use hand gestures when accelerating.
For example, just now Zhou Xiaobo patted Ma Dongchang on the back three times, which meant moving forward in third gear. Patting on the right shoulder meant turning right, patting the left shoulder meant turning left, patting the head meant making an emergency stop, and so on.
Under Zhou Xiaobo's command, the tank numbered 068 gradually accelerated and rushed towards the city wall. Zhou Xiaobo planned to use tank guns to bombard the opponent's city wall when it was 500 meters away from the city wall.
.Blow out the Japanese who were huddled behind the city wall. When the tank drove more than 500 meters away from the city wall, Zhou Xiaobo turned around and was about to say something when suddenly something seemed to hit the tank.
On the ground, the thirty-two-ton tank shook all over. The tank, which was originally traveling at a fast speed, suddenly bounced and stopped. The originally rumbling engine lost its sound. This also caused the tank inside the tank to tremble.
All the members rushed around in an instant.
Before Zhou Xiaobo could come to his senses, his head immediately hit the armor in front of him. Fortunately, he was wearing a thick tank cap, otherwise he would definitely have been smashed and bloody.
"No. He's been shot!" This was the first thought that came to Zhou Xiaobo's mind. He shook his still aching head and asked loudly: "Is anyone injured? Ma Dongchang, He Jin, Zhao Dongming, Lu Da
Liang, how are you, is anyone injured?"
After a while, Ma Dongchang shouted angrily from the front: "Sir, I'm fine."
"Report sir. I'm fine too...I'm fine..." Immediately afterwards, gunner He Jin, loader Lu Daliang and communications soldier Zhao Dongming also reported to him.
"Check the tank quickly to see if there is any damage!"
"Sir, the tank is intact!"
"It's okay!" Seeing that no one was injured, Zhou Xiaobo felt relieved. He immediately said to Ma Dongchang: "Ma Dongchang, start the tank immediately, Lu Daliang, load a high-explosive bomb immediately, He Jin
Search for the enemy’s location immediately!”
"yes!"
The members in the tank agreed one after another. Soon, Ma Dongchang started the stalled tank again, and there was another rumble in the tank, and then it continued to move forward.
At the same time, the gunner also shouted: "Report to the commander, the enemy's artillery position has been found, the distance is 520 meters, the position is 026."
"Okay!" At this time, Zhou Xiaobo also saw the Japanese artillery emplacement on the city wall through the periscope of the tank, and ordered loudly: "One high-explosive bomb, prepare to... release!"
"Boom..."
There was a dull sound of artillery, and an 85mm high-explosive bomb flew out of the barrel of the T34 tank, hitting a wall stack on the city wall with a sharp roar.
"boom……"
With a loud noise, the bricks on the wall stacks were blown away by powerful high-explosive bombs, and many shattered wall bricks flew in all directions.
The sudden explosion blew up the Japanese troops on the city wall to ashes. Although it did not directly hit the No. 1 gun position, the masonry fragments flying everywhere still beat several Japanese soldiers on the No. 1 gun position to bloody pieces. One was hugging him from behind.
When a shell came, the loader who was about to load was hit in the face by a brick flying from the plate. The hard brick smashed his face to pieces. The loader didn't even have time to scream.
He fell headlong to the ground and died.
The power of this high-explosive bomb was so great that even Tsuneo Matsubara, who was more than 20 meters away from the No. 1 gun position, was hit by a piece of exploding gravel and made a crisp sound on his helmet.
"Damn Chinese!"
Tsuneo Matsubara gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "At gun positions No. 2, 3 and 4, immediately aim at the Chinese tanks in front, replace them with armor-piercing shells, and fire them all!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The other three Type 41 mountain cannons that had been prepared for a long time immediately sprayed out tongues of fire forward, but the tank just learned the lesson after being hit once. He used the terrain in front of the city wall to start a snake-like maneuver, and the tank moved along the
Winding forward along an irregular route, two of the three artillery pieces missed, and only one hit the tank. At this time, the tank had already driven more than 300 meters away from the city wall, and it was ready
Its outline could be seen clearly, but what surprised Matsubara Tsuneo and his gunners was that the shell bounced off when it hit the front armor of the tank. The tank that had been hit by a bullet continued to swagger towards the tank.
It came forward and fired a shot on the way forward. This shot accurately hit the No. 1 gun position, not only blowing up the artillery, but also destroying the seven or eight people who were busy surrounding the artillery.
The Japanese gunners were blown to pieces.
"Bagaya Deer!"
Seeing this scene, Tsuneo Matsubara felt that the anger in his heart was aroused. He came to the No. 2 gun emplacement nearby, pushed away the gunner who was taking aim and shouted: "Go away, let me do it! Armor-piercing bullets, prepare."
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After saying that, he put his eyes close to the sight, and kept shaking the wheel in his hand to adjust the muzzle. When he heard the loader's cry after loading, he immediately stood up and pulled the gun rope.
"Boom..."
There was a dull cannon blast, and a 75-caliber armor-piercing shell flew towards the tank that had been charging at the front like an arrow.
"Bang..."
There was a loud sound, and the armor-piercing projectile hit the front armor very accurately. Because it was enveloped in a puff of dust and smoke, the shape of the tank could not be seen clearly. There was another loud "bang" sound on the front armor, but the result was
Ling was so angry that he almost vomited blood. The armor-piercing bullet was bounced away again.
"how so?"
Looking ahead at the tank slowly emerging from the dust and smoke, Tsuneo Matsubara's heart sank to the bottom of his heart. Just now, the reason why the first shell was bounced was that it was too far away, and the second shell was deflected accidentally.
To deceive myself, but if three shells in a row were deflected, it cannot be said to be an accident. This has definitely shown that this mountain cannon, which captain Nomura Maolian and himself have given high hopes to, can already say something about the tank in front.
There is no use for it at all.
"Your Majesty, Major, look at the Chinese chariot coming over!"
At this time, the observer on the side pointed forward and shouted tremblingly. At this time, more than two hundred meters in front of them, a steel monster slowly revealed its figure.
The observer looked ahead and shouted again: "Amaterasu, this...is this the Chinese chariot we are going to deal with?"
This is an extremely large tank in the eyes of Tsuneo Matsubara and others. The semicircular turret, the large chassis and the huge gun barrel all show the powerful power of the opponent. Its appearance makes people accustomed to seeing their own side.
The Japanese soldiers in the "small and exquisite" tank were stunned with fear.
"Oh my God, this...is this a Chinese chariot?"
A soldier pointed at the tank ahead and was so frightened that his voice began to tremble.
Just when the soldier was talking, the tank braked and the entire tank stopped. At the same time, the huge turret also began to rotate, and the huge barrel with a cold light slowly pointed towards our side.
Location.
"No, everyone, get down!" Tsuneo Matsubara was the first to wake up from the shock. When he saw the muzzle of the tank in front pointing towards him, he immediately knew that something was wrong. He shouted and immediately jumped out of the battlements.
Then he moved away, and then threw himself on the ground with a standard dog-eating movement. When he just touched the ground, he heard a loud bang, and another cannonball exploded on the city wall. This one landed very accurately.
On the No. 4 gun position, when the smoke cleared, Matsubara Tsuneo saw the Type 41 mountain gun originally standing behind the battlements and the ten gunners around it, as if they had evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace...
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