Four Hundred and Seventy-Six Vast

Khrushchev was relieved this time because the Germans had done him a big favor. The plane that Stalin sent to dispose of his special envoy was discovered by German fighter jets when it was approaching the front-line airport. One kilometer away from the airport runway. It is a pity that until the end, the special envoy did not wait to meet his Soviet Air Force frontline troops.

Naturally, he couldn't wait. The situation on the front line was much worse than Stalin knew. One day ago, the Soviet Air Force did not dare to take off fighter jets to face the extremely arrogant Luftwaffe. During the indiscriminate bombing, the fighter pilots of the Soviet Air Force only dared to watch their compatriots being ravaged to death from a distance.

Relying on the complete radar detection network in the border area, as well as the latest iron radar trains, the German army could easily find and attack the Soviet aircraft that took off into the air, so that the loss of several Soviet flying troops that dared to fight was close to 100%. After the battle began, due to the unexpected counterattack of the German army, most of the Soviet fighter jets were destroyed on the ground, and the Soviet Air Force lost a full 3,000 various aircraft in just a few days.

If Stalin knew that his air force was almost gone, he would not have flown his envoys to the front to disarm Khrushchev. Of course, if he knew that Khrushchev and Voroshilov had retreated hastily with a large army, he would definitely ask the special envoy to bring a firing squad to the front.

The captured Soviet kv-type tank was quickly surrounded by a group of experts who came from China. They began to calculate various data of the tank, and some news spread like wildfire.

"Have you heard? The Soviet tank used a 152mm cannon!" The commander of the No. 114 tank, who is usually not very talkative, couldn't hold back this time: "Lieutenant, I heard that the tank is theoretically It can penetrate the front armor of the Tiger tank. Seeing that big guy, I felt for the first time that my tank was not strong."

Markus was obviously not very interested either, he and Ryan had been assigned to the Panther armored unit from the start. Since nearly a year ago, they have been used to destroying the enemy's broken copper and iron with the tanks they manipulate. Their tanks have always been the most advanced in the world, whether in terms of tank performance or driver quality, they have always been the best in the world.

Now, there is a tank that surpasses the Tiger in their hands. The front of the turret of this tank is thicker than the Tiger, and it is equipped with an unprecedented 152mm gun as the main gun of the tank. This made the German armored forces, which had a maximum artillery caliber of only 88 mm, immediately feel tremendous pressure.

So at this time, he felt that the engineers and technicians behind him should be shot. According to the normal development, the enemy has used 152-caliber cannons. The German armored forces should use 203mm cannons anyway, right?

"Ren! Don't you know the Führer? Write him a letter,

Just say these idiot experts don't work! "Marcus said with a gloomy face: "The enemy's tanks are obviously more advanced than ours. Isn't this telling us to die?" "

"Shut up!" Ren glared at Marcus, then signaled everyone to be calm, and he brought Alice to the group of experts who were constantly in meetings.

"Hello, I am Lieutenant Ryan Harder who was the first to discover this tank." He walked up to an engineer and greeted him politely.

"Ah, Lieutenant Wren! It's a good thing you came across this, otherwise it might have caused us even more trouble." The engineer looked thin, but he was very friendly.

Ren smiled wryly, then pointed to the huge kv-2 tank not far away, and said: "This thing has caused panic to my subordinates. To be honest, if we fight this tank head-on, it is not a big deal. It's an easy thing. So let me ask you professionals, is there any way to deal with this monster?"

The engineer opened his mouth and laughed, then turned around and called an officer in charge of statistics, asking him to explain the advantages and disadvantages of this tank to Rennes in detail.

"Obviously, I don't need to say much about the advantages of this tank. The armor is very thick. It is difficult for the 88mm cannon to deal with this kind of thick armor at a distance of 1,200 meters. The best distance is at least 1,000 meters. Shoot at a distance." The officer explained to Renn after looking at the records.

"However, that 152mm cannon... seems to be more dangerous at a distance of 1,000 meters." Ren frowned and continued.

"Don't worry, I don't think it's as dangerous as you think." The officer laughed: "The interior of this tank is very well preserved, so we clearly know the weakness of this tank."

He pointed to the kv-2 tank while talking: "The artillery is indeed very powerful, but the aiming device is very backward, and the accuracy cannot be guaranteed at a distance of 700 meters, so the probability of this tank hitting you at a distance of 1000 meters It’s not high, and its shells are loaded separately, so it takes at least 20 seconds for the tank to shoot again after firing.”

Ren nodded. He guessed this. Compared with the 88mm cannon on the Tiger tank, the 152mm cannon of the Soviet Union is bigger. Loading, so the rate of fire is a weakness of this big guy.

"Another problem is the turret steering mechanism of this big guy. Because of its heavy turret, the rotation mechanism originally designed for the kv-1 tank has become unable to do what it wants - the tank's aiming and adjustment are very difficult. Very slow, unbearably slow. I think, if the person who drives this tank is not crazy, then the person who designed this tank must be crazy." The officer pouted.

"I may have guessed part of the rest of the question." Ren glanced at the tank's tracks and wheels, and then continued to talk about his experience: "The mobility of this tank must be very poor, right? Saw it stuck on the base and couldn't climb the slope. It was so slow I thought their driver wasn't eating."

The officer nodded and gave Ren a thumbs up: "You guessed it right, the speed of this tank is not much faster than pushing a Tiger tank forward, and it is very easy to stall when changing speeds and turning... Do you have any questions now?"

"When will we get a new tank?" Ren asked directly without thinking.

"New tank? Don't even think about it." The officer was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "There is a plan to add welded steel plates to the Tiger tank to improve the level of protection. As for the replacement...you have to wait. It's been a long time."

The original intention of the design of the Tiger tank was to find a delicate balance between the main performances of the tank, such as "firepower, protection, and mobility". Under this premise, the Tiger tank also epoch-makingly incorporated the simplified concept of logistics support, and many parts It can be used in common with the Leopard tank, and uses mature and reliable structures and equipment.

For example, the engine of the Tiger tank can be said to be a work designed by the German machinery industry. This engine not only has high output power, but also is stable. The most important point is that this engine is also very reliable and durable. This is also the reason why the German army has always maintained a very high availability rate of tanks. The failure rates of the Leopard and Tiger tanks are very low. In most cases, the faults that are so small that they can be ignored are due to impurities in the fuel. caused more.

The Leopard and Tiger tanks, which have been designed after so many years of tempering, have in fact initially possessed the prototypes of modern main battle tanks. In several important indicators, these German tanks have maintained a terrifying and heinous balance. , if you want to increase investment in a certain indicator, the price you pay is a significant drop in other performance indicators.

So when he learned that the Soviet Union had put kv-2 tanks on the battlefield, Accado was not surprised or scared at all. He knew that the direction of the Soviet Union's development of tanks had deviated, and it would not be long before they would return to their old ways. Come on - it won't be "graduation" until they start mass producing t-34s and stalin tanks.

To change the way of thinking, the main tanks currently equipped by the German army are Leopard and Tiger. These tanks are capable of fighting even against Soviet heavy tanks. Of course, there is no rush to replace new weapons and equipment. Equipped with 105 mm caliber The "King Tiger" tank with artillery and night vision goggles is still in the design and finalization stage. There is no need to disrupt your pace for a kv-2 that is not in the climate.

"Believe the head of state, he values ​​weapon innovation more than you can imagine." The officer glanced at Ren who stopped talking, and persuaded: "If you really drive a few tens of kilometers, you can only stop. It is irresponsible to hand over the tanks that have been repaired to you.”

Ren nodded, then looked back at Alice: "Have you heard everything?"

Alice nodded sheepishly.

"Then go back and explain to Marcus and those guys!" Ren laughed triumphantly. At this moment, he looked like a child under 20 years old. Only then did Alice realize that she was being pulled as a microphone, so she started chasing and beating her commander, and the two of them ran back to their tank one after the other.

The German officer looked at the two people who ran away, and seemed to be looking forward to it. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, then shook his head, put his hands behind his back and sighed, "It's so good to be young."