Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 358 Soviet-Finnish War (17)

After leaving the field kitchen, the team made a large circle and came to a remote road to ambush.

After waiting for more than half an hour, a convoy came from a distance, with ten trucks driving on the narrow road. At the front of the convoy, leading the way was a BT-5 fast tank.

Due to the recent appearance of Finnish guerrillas everywhere, the Soviet logistics troops have been frequently attacked and had to strengthen the armed escort of logistics convoys.

The biggest feature of the BT tank is that it uses a "Christie" type mobile device. There are 4 large-diameter road wheels on each side, plus vertical or horizontal coil springs, which are very distinctive: Another feature of this mobile device is the integration of wheels and tracks. It can be driven on either tracks or tires. When traveling on crawler tracks, the power of the engine passes through the gearbox, reducer and driving wheel, driving the crawler ring forward. The maximum speed at this time is 52 kilometers/hour. When driving on tires, the tracks should be removed and stacked neatly on the fenders. The power of the engine will eventually drive the last pair of road wheels and push the tank forward. The maximum speed at this time is 70 kilometers per hour.

Judging from the standards of the 1930s, whether it is tracked or wheeled, tanks can run very fast, which fully demonstrates the specialties of "fast tanks". However, Soviet tankers rarely used tires (road wheels) to drive. Conversion from tracked to wheeled takes 30 minutes for 2 crew members, and conversion from wheeled to tracked takes 40 minutes for 2 crew members.

Members of the squad who were in ambush at the front of the road set up an anti-tank rifle.

During World War II, although all countries produced various types of anti-tank rifles, the most useful and effective anti-tank rifle was Lao Maozi's PTRD-41. It is a simple, powerful single-shot bolt-action rifle with a simple structure (each unit of the PTRD rifle requires relatively few maintenance and other parts, only an integral cleaning rod, a nipple brush, a screwdriver and a key). Tank rifles (the penetration depth of vertical armor at 100 meters and 300 meters is 40 mm and 35 mm respectively, and the penetration depth of armor plates with an angle of 30 degrees at 100 meters and 300 meters has also reached 30 mm and 27mm, this result is better than some 20mm anti-tank rifles, such as Japan's Type 97 20mm automatic cannon).

Mao Zijia also has a PTRS-41 five-shot semi-automatic anti-tank rifle, but the semi-automatic is heavier and often jams, so it is not very popular.

In fact, Finland also has a pretty good anti-tank rifle. 20mm caliber, maximum range of 5 kilometers, and can penetrate 12mm steel plate from 1000 meters away. However, the total weight of this gun is as high as 7kg (the PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle weighs only 25kg), and it is known as the "elephant among guns" in the military; it is not suitable for carrying by such a highly mobile detachment.

Therefore, Yanik built a batch of PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles to support Finland. There were two anti-tank rifles in this team.

A standard anti-tank rifle team consists of at least two soldiers, one shooter and loader, and another person responsible for observing the designated target. Looking at the approaching motorcade, the observer holding the telescope said. "From a distance of one hundred meters, BT-5, fire at any time." The front armor thickness of the BT-5 fast tank is 13 mm. At this distance, bullets can easily penetrate its armor.

"boom!"

The shooter's right index finger, which had already been on the trigger, pulled it instantly without hesitation.

The recoil of the PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle is proportional to its power. The strong soldier was shaken by the huge recoil coming from the shoulder. The 5 mm tungsten core armor-piercing bullet accelerated from the spiral rifling through the long barrel. , instantly burst out with flames and deafening gunshots.

The tungsten-core armor-piercing bullet that easily penetrated the 13mm armor instantly smashed the unlucky Soviet pilot's head into a rotten watermelon on the ground, and then turned into a terrible stray bullet, which jumped several times in the narrow interior, directly It penetrated the chest of the gunner from the back, who didn't react at all, and then burst out from the front of the chest like an alien larvae, leaving a huge wound the size of a bowl. The huge impact kinetic energy of the 5mm tungsten core armor-piercing warhead was It was considered to be completely consumed.

One shot passed and the BT-5 fast tank, which killed two people on the spot, slowly stopped like a wild boar that had been slapped. The tank that seemed intact on the outside was already filled with the smell of blood. Only the remaining The commander hurriedly opened the hatch and prepared to abandon the vehicle and escape, but as soon as he leaned out, a ball of blood mist burst out from his chest and slid softly into the tank.

"Stop! Enemy attack!" The convoy that followed immediately braked and stopped one after another. Just as the truck at the rear was about to reverse, there was a loud noise and the hood was blown off by a huge force. The engine was instantly disabled and black smoke was emitted.

Now the front and rear were blocked, and the entire convoy could not move. The Soviet troops in the car could only jump down and hide on both sides of the car, pointing the Mosin-Nagant rifles in their hands at random.

"Hmph, have fun with them!" The team leader sneered and installed a silencer on his SVD sniper rifle. Aim at a Soviet soldier in the distance and pull the trigger.

puff! The gun equipped with a silencer didn't make too much sound, and the Soviet soldier in the distance was seen clutching his thigh and screaming.

The team leader ordered. "Just injure them, not kill them."

On the battlefield, in order to win, should we kill the enemy or injure him?

More and more research in later generations shows that on the battlefield, it is better to kill the enemy than to injure the enemy.

To explore the reasons, the first is assistance on the battlefield. Usually on the battlefield, when a soldier is injured, his companions will not give up on him. In order to help him leave the battlefield, it is often necessary to mobilize several nearby soldiers to assist him. This is equivalent to reducing the strength of several soldiers on the other side at once.

The second is follow-up treatment. Injured soldiers need to consume a large amount of logistics resources (medical treatment, medicine, stretchers, etc., which consume a lot of logistics transportation capacity) during the rear medical treatment or evacuation process, thereby crowding out normal logistics operation resources. If a large number of injured people appear in a short period of time, the capacity of frontline medical treatment may be exceeded.

The last thing is morale. When you see your companions being killed by the enemy on the battlefield, you will feel fear. But just imagine, when you see your comrades who have been with you day and night die in an instant, and when you face the enemy again, do you run for your life or pick up a sword and chop at the enemy? Most people on the battlefield will often choose the latter. This is what is called red-eyed killing.

But if you are just injured, on the one hand, you must take care of your injured comrades, resulting in a loss of combat power. On the other hand, if the injured person vigorously plays up the enemy during the treatment of the injury, it will not only waste resources, but may also affect the morale of the army.

Of course, "injuring the enemy" can only be achieved when you have a complete advantage like now. If you still want to only injure the opponent when the enemy is evenly matched or in a fierce battle, then you may be the unlucky one.

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