USSR 1941

   Chapter 652 SU152

   With a bang, the No. 1 car driven by Major Duden smashed through the fence and entered the target area.

  Major Duden originally thought that what appeared in front of him should be cannons and teams of panicked artillery, but he didn't expect that this was not the case. A black thing stood in front of his periscope.

At this time, the infantry from behind fired a flare in this direction. Under the snow-white light, Major Duden found that it was a tank. It was not smaller than the "Number Six" he was driving, but the barrel was smaller than the "Number Six". Much thicker tank. (Note: Major Duden mistook the self-propelled artillery for a tank when observing in the periscope)

   "Tank!" Major Duden shouted: "One o'clock position, change direction, aim..."

  Maj. Duden these orders are correct, it first informs the crew where the enemy tank is, then orders the driver to change direction to interfere with enemy aiming and firing, while ordering the gunner to aim.

  If on other occasions, self-propelled artillery or assault guns are against tanks, then self-propelled artillery and assault guns are not opponents of tanks at all.

  This is mainly because the turret of the tank can be rotated, so it can be rotated while advancing to aim at the approximate direction...Accurate aiming usually needs to stop the vehicle, but if it is a close combat and the target is very close, it can also be based on feeling.

   On the contrary, assault guns and self-propelled artillery can only be aimed by turning the body, which is much clumsier than tanks.

  But this is not the case at this time. This is actually a trap set by the Soviet self-propelled artillery for the German tanks. They have even adjusted the angle of the muzzle to the position where the tank will appear...

  The reason why it can be adjusted in advance is because the Soviet army has observers on the roof to observe the direction of the German tanks.

  Even self-propelled artillery can adjust its orientation and prepare in time according to the direction and position of enemy tanks.

Even Shulka is confused at this point, because the Soviet army’s communication equipment is very backward, and more importantly, it is in short supply. At this time, even the mainstay of the tank, the T34, can only be equipped with a radio in the command vehicle. Of course, the self-propelled artillery does not have a radio. .

  In this case, the coordination between the Soviet observers and the self-propelled artillery must pass through the infantry, that is, the observers first call the infantry, and then the infantry tells the self-propelled artillery the enemy's position.

   Not only will there be a lag, but there may also be mistakes. For example, Alinsimovich may mishear or have to shout several times to hear clearly.

More importantly, the self-propelled artillery itself has the problem of coordination difficulties. For example, aiming usually requires the driver and the gunner to complete: the gunner controls the high and low firing angle of the gun, and the driver needs to control the horizontal displacement. If one of the driver and the gunner If there is a problem, it will not be possible to aim at the target at all.

However, when Shulka was observing from a high place, he found that the steering of these self-propelled artillery was very timely. For example, when the German tank turned a corner on the other side, the self-propelled artillery in the wall also adjusted its muzzle... So, when the German army The moment the tank broke through the wall, the muzzle of the self-propelled artillery was facing the enemy tank.

It was later that Shulka learned that Captain Alinsimovich had a different method of coordination... After the infantry received the blink, instead of shouting to inform the gunner, they used a flashlight to shine a bright spot on the wall, which represented the The location of enemy tanks on the other side of the wall.

  Thus, the gunner and the driver can perfectly coordinate and turn almost simultaneously at the first time.

  From this point of view, it is correct to let Captain Alinsimovich serve as the commander of this self-propelled artillery battalion.

   It is precisely because of this that the fate of the German "Tiger" tank was determined.

   "Speed ​​up!" Major Durden yelled.

   This command is also correct, because the acceleration can get rid of the tank being locked by the enemy's muzzle faster.

   But it was too late, only to hear a loud "boom", a shell escaped from the self-propelled artillery and hit the "Tiger" without accident.

   It should be said that this shell was not fatal, at least on the surface.

  The reason is that the 152MM caliber ML-20 artillery is a heavy howitzer of the Soviet army. Its range reaches 17.2 kilometers. In actual combat, it is towed by a heavy tractor. Therefore, the armor-piercing projectiles it uses have not yet been developed for equipment purely used as long-range fire reinforcement.

The results of grenade targeting infantry hitting tanks are often scary but actually cause little damage to tanks...Howitzer shells are hollow and contain explosives. After hitting the armor of a tank, it is a bit like an egg smashing Like a stone, the shell first shatters and then explodes.

  This is also one of the reasons why solid armor-piercing ammunition should be used against tanks, otherwise the effect will not be ideal.

Therefore, the target of this 152MM caliber artillery is not actually a tank, or it is not just a tank... After the shell hits the tank and explodes, it hits its flanks and rear supplementary infantry like a hurricane around the tank. I was staggering.

On the other hand, because the caliber of the 152MM artillery is too large, its shell weighs 43.6 kilograms. The shell of this weight is fired by the artillery at high speed and hits the armor hard, and then the explosive inside explodes... hiding in the tank The person was immediately shocked to the point of death or injury.

  So the "Tiger Type" also lost its combat effectiveness at that moment.

  The SU76 hiding in the building took another shot on the flank at the right time... The 76MM artillery has armor-piercing shells, and at the same time, the SU76 is light in weight and fast. Captain Alinsimovich used it as a mobile force to fight against the German army.

  Only hearing a "boom", the "Tiger Style" swayed heavily and then stopped moving again, and a wisp of green smoke could be seen faintly from the flank.

   This does not mean the end of the battle, but the beginning of the battle.

  Submachine guns protruded from the buildings on both sides, shooting wildly at the German army who was about to rush in through the gap in the wall.

The German army tried to attack inside at first, but a few minutes later, when the 152MM artillery was reloaded and the muzzle was adjusted to align with the gap, there was another "boom" shot... a burst of flames and smoke burst out immediately outside the wall, and with it The corpses of German soldiers flew up together, and it took a long time for pieces of stumps to fall from the sky like rain.

  Because the first one destroyed was the German command vehicle... Maybe it was luck.

   Therefore, the "Tiger Types" in other directions still did not realize that this was a trap, and rushed in one after another with full power and led the infantry.

   As a result, needless to say, after the sound of the guns, the "Tigers" were paralyzed within the wall, and the corpses of German soldiers were scattered everywhere around them.

  At this time, Colonel Doppler was still calling on the walkie-talkie again and again: "Major, report the situation, report the situation!"

  (end of this chapter)