Chapter 1437 Funeral Bells

After knowing the weakness of German tanks and the penetration distance, the T3485s did not stand still and start a shooting game with the Germans.

Even if the firepower output was basically equal, the T3485 was at an indisputable absolute armor disadvantage compared to the German Panther or King Tiger. On the contrary, it had a greater advantage in mobility and was worth making good use of.

Dali Ge once said: "If I don't move, then I am not a turtle?"

No one wants to be a turtle, no one who has a little brain, can think, and understands things, naturally including the Red Army medium tank soldiers who drive these T3485s.

Compared with the Panther 2 and King Tiger, the T3485s, which are particularly good at mobility, quickly maneuvered. Although they were not as fast as the wind in the muddy wilderness. But just by the scene of the flying tracks rolling up large pieces of mud, you can see how fast it is. This is basically the case with tank racing these days.

After a round of shooting, the T3485s entered a high-speed maneuvering state. Even when they were moving, they continued to fire, trying their best to aim at the German turret while moving at high speed.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult to accurately hit, penetrate the armor, and destroy the German Panther 2. There is no doubt about this.

But the Russian armor-piercing shells that kept passing by the turret with a sharp wind-breaking whistle, or hit the ricochet near the penetration position, making a ping-pong metal collision sound, really brought unimaginable psychological pressure to the SS armored soldiers who were already nervous in the car.

On the one hand, they had to maintain a high degree of concentration and maintain precise operation to continue the combat state without being distracted, and on the other hand, they had to be nervous for the next armor-piercing shell that flew from nowhere, and after a "bang" metal collision sound, it would tear the turret armor and pour into the tank, blowing everyone in the car to pieces and turning them into a bloody paste.

It is impossible to say that there is no psychological pressure. At best, it is just the difference between everyone's will and mentality, and the size of the impact is different.

Of course, there is another situation derived from this, that is, the SS armored soldiers in combat are a little flustered, and even make operational errors. This inevitably delays time and misses the opportunity. The fleeting precious opportunity will not stay in place and wait for you.

The probability of the main guns of the German army missing the target and the shells missing the target at close range began to soar. The T3485s who seized the opportunity and rushed to the last 100 meters did not implement any extra tactics so far. This is no longer necessary.

The T3485s who cut into the shortest straight-line distance began to rush towards their closest targets. The purpose was nothing else but only one, to deal with the German side armor and hit the soft spot that was most easily penetrated.

The German tanks, who had already noticed the opponent's intention, also responded quickly. The two tracks under the double-stream transmission began to drive the heavy vehicle body and turn the course at a speed visible to the naked eye. They tried their best to keep the strongest main armor belt on the front of the vehicle body facing the enemy at the fastest speed, and the turret was also rotating and accelerating to point to the enemy to ensure that they could fire at any time.

This scene seemed familiar, but the last time it was the German army that took the initiative and almost forced Malashenko, who did not have a double-stream transmission system and could only turn the vehicle body slowly and lamely, into a dead end.

Things change, and it's your turn today.

The Viking Division, which has always been domineering and brutal, probably didn't expect that there would be a day when they would be ridden by the Russians and be in a mess.

The speed of turning the vehicle body on the spot with the double-stream transmission is very fast, but the speed of the T3485 running at full speed and rushing at close range is even faster than this!

Even after destroying several T3485s at this face-to-face distance, the SS armored soldiers were most reluctant to see the enemy's close-range flank, which finally happened as expected.

"Aim at the belly of the Germans! Shoot!"

"Fire!"

Boom --

The biggest problem with the previous generation of Panther 1 was that the side and rear armor defense was too weak, so weak that even the Red Army's light tanks could easily penetrate it when they got close enough. This was too fragile for the main medium tanks that could not face the enemy all the time, so fragile that it was almost unacceptable.

According to the improvement requirements put forward by the Wehrmacht, the Panther 2's body was indeed strengthened in the side and rear armor, at least it would not be easily shot by some BT fast tanks like before.

But in front of the latest 85 gun of the T34, the enhanced defensive armor was still the same as having nothing, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as ineffective.

The 85mm wind cap armor-piercing bullet easily tore through the side armor of the Panther 2, smashed the wind cap, and then poured into the interior of the vehicle.

Similar to the ammunition rack layout of the previous generation Panther 1, the ammunition rack of the Panther 2 is still concentrated on both sides of the vehicle body, and the 75mm fixed ammunition is neatly stacked on the left and right sides of the centrally placed loader within reach.

Loading is indeed convenient, but when the ammunition explodes and flies, the output is also uniform and much more convenient.

The moment it penetrated the side armor of the vehicle body, it hit the 85mm armor-piercing bullet on the ammunition rack behind it and exploded the ammunition in an instant.

The surging torrent generated by the ammunition explosion rushed through the tank like a fire dragon, igniting the fuel tank inside the vehicle body, inducing the powerful fuel explosion, and tearing all five SS armored soldiers in the vehicle to pieces in the blink of an eye.

From the moment the T3485 successfully circled around them, it would be difficult for the SS armored soldiers to face the enemy head-on and turn the disadvantage around.

Even if the double-flow transmission rotates the vehicle body faster, it is absolutely impossible to be faster than the speed of the T3485.

One after another, the T3485 circled around the German tanks that looked extremely clumsy. The exhausted German Panther 2 and King Tiger simply gave up the target closest to them and began to attack the T3485s that could complete the aiming in the shortest time, to rescue their comrades, and at the same time hoped that others could do the same to them and help each other.

At least, doing so will not waste time in vain, which is better than being led around in circles by the Russians like a dog.

At this point in the war, it cannot be said that the German army has no hope of winning. If it can maintain the status quo and continue to persist without collapse, it can even be said that the German army has a good chance of winning.

However, the premise of all this is that no other Red Army troops rush to the battlefield urgently, which is what the German army has always been worried about.

But sometimes what you fear most often comes true, and reality is so playful and cruel.

The roar of diesel engines from the rear, like the mechanical sound of thousands of horses galloping, became the last funeral bells heard by the German army before their death.