Chapter 1693 Purifying the Bad Tiger (Part 1)
There were actually many Red Army tank soldiers who had thought of using armor-piercing discarding sabots to fire a few shots at the Germans in advance, but due to the order of the division commander, "You can't penetrate at this distance, rush up and go around the side", everyone who habitually obeyed the division commander's instructions did it without hesitation.
Moreover, this was still on the battlefield, there was no time and no reason to question the division commander's orders.
This is a basic requirement and a must-do in any army in the world that enforces orders and has strict military discipline. If everyone questions the orders of their superiors, there is no need to fight this battle, just surrender directly, not to mention that Stalin's First Guards Tank Division, in the name of the leader, is still one of the best elites.
So strictly speaking, Comrade Lao Ma should actually take the blame for not remembering to use armor-piercing discarding sabots to hit the Jagdtiger until now, and this blame cannot be shaken off anyway.
But even if the division commander wants to reflect on his sins, he has to wait until the battle is over. There is no time to think about these trivial things on the battlefield. No matter what, it is still the top priority to deal with this group of German bastards in front of us.
That is, after Malashenko ordered the use of armor-piercing shells, a huge change that could subvert the war situation began.
Boom——
There are more than one IS6 heavy tanks with armor-piercing shells in the barrel. Although it is impossible to fire such rare armor-piercing shells with open mouths, only a few shells were issued to each of the elite crews with the highest combat performance in the division, and they were kept as trump cards at the bottom of the box until the most critical moment.
But this rare number still cannot stop the determination of those elite tank commanders to "use it when it is necessary". If you keep something in your hand that cannot give birth, it will be a pile of shit even if you hide it. It is better to take it out as soon as possible to try its power and have a plan in mind. At present, this group of heavily armored German monsters are obviously the best targets.
The armor-piercing shells whistled out of the muzzles of the guns with flickering fire, and the distance was only a hundred meters. It took only a blink of an eye from firing to hitting the target. As for the accuracy that was criticized, it was no longer a problem at a distance of only a hundred meters.
The sturdiness of the vehicle body could withstand the heavy armor of any active tank guns and anti-tank guns of the Red Army, but it seemed to be a paper-mache thing when facing the new armor-piercing shells.
The armor-piercing shells with cores easily tore through the armor and poured into it, just like a red-hot knife cutting butter. The crews who fired at their respective targets were of course not aiming at the same target.
Some armor-piercing shells went straight to the front of the vehicle body, just like Malashenko's first firing attack just now.
Some were aimed at the main armor belt on the front of the Jagdtiger's most heavy fighting room. Even if they couldn't penetrate it, they had to try it.
Everyone knows that if you try, you may not penetrate, and if you don't try, you will never know whether you can penetrate. Moreover, most tank soldiers, except Malashenko, know nothing about the Germans' new monster tanks, let alone how to arrange the weight of its armor defense and where the thickest armor is.
But the result that came in a flash was that the front of the Jagdtiger's body and the front of the fighting room were like paper and could not withstand the terrible kinetic energy impact at all. After a hole was drilled that was much smaller than the previous 122 gun penetration hole, the armor was penetrated on the spot.
"No ricochet! It seems, it seems to have penetrated!"
"Keep loading and don't stop! Keep observing, the Germans may still move!"
There are two purposes for applying tracer paint to armor-piercing shells. One is to facilitate the observation of the trajectory and the final impact point, and to perform the second round of correction and calibration if the first round missed, so as to improve the accuracy of the hit.
The second is to confirm with the naked eye whether the armor-piercing shells have ricocheted. After all, the trajectory of a ricochet bullet that points obliquely to the sky or pierces the earth in an instant is indeed extremely dazzling and dazzling.
The absence of ricochets probably means that the probability of penetrating the enemy's armor is a little higher. At least the worst result can be directly eliminated by naked eye observation. Even if it does not penetrate, it is more acceptable than a ricochet.
The commanders of each vehicle, who were unsure, loudly ordered to speed up the reloading, to ensure that if the German's broken vehicles were not dead and moved again, they could make up the second shot in time at the fastest speed, not giving the Germans a chance to breathe.
The immediate success of the division commander's shot just now was a randomness that could not be avoided. No one dared to guarantee that this new, unreliable armor-piercing sabot shell would definitely penetrate the German's frontal armor. The truth that it is better to be safe than sorry will never be outdated.
But what surprised almost all the experienced and cautious commanders was that those huge German monsters were hit by several shots almost at the same time, and some were even as many as four or five shots. There was no one who made any movement after being hit, let alone fighting back.
Although no Jagdpanzer was blown up by the explosion of ammunition, some Jagdpanzers began to emit hot black smoke soon after being hit. The black smoke pouring out from the closed car was just like someone's cooking with the lid on and the food was burnt.
At the moment when the Red Army tank commanders were holding their breath and not daring to divert their attention, and were about to shout excitedly, a more exciting scene suddenly took place before that.
"It worked! The new armor-piercing bullets worked! We penetrated! The Germans are abandoning their vehicles!"
Perhaps it was because they were injured and unable to move, or perhaps they were just completely stunned when their armor was penetrated.
The surviving German armored soldiers in the car were obviously half a beat slower in abandoning their vehicles and escaping. The first unlucky guy who escaped the car the fastest was ten seconds after the car was penetrated.
Those who were able to run out and escape were undoubtedly lucky, while those who were burned by the fire halfway through the run and swallowed up their hopes fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant like riding a roller coaster.
"Ah! Ah! It's hot, so hot! Water, who has water!!!"
He almost rolled over from the back door of the fighting room where the flames were jumping to the ground. This unlucky German, whose whole body was engulfed by the scorching flames, looked like a ghost because his body was covered with leaked gasoline and his clothes were ignited.
A veteran with a little battlefield experience knows that this kind of person is simply not saveable.
Even if they are rescued, they will be severely burned all over their bodies, black as carbon. They may not be able to wear clothes or speak, and can only lie in bed to maintain their basic life state, like a living dead.
In this era when medical technology is not as advanced as in the future world, the remaining life of such people can only be calculated in hours.
The final fate waiting for them is either death from organ failure or various serious infections complicated by severe burns.
Living is 10,000 times more painful than dying, which is the last time of such a person before death.
But the more painful time is, the more delicious the fruits of victory are for the soldiers who are eager for revenge. It is undeniable that human nature has a dark side. Even such cruel and painful wailing like hell on earth can make many Red Army tank soldiers holding sighting equipment watch with relish.
"Machine guns stop firing, don't worry about them, let these bastards burn slowly! I love to see the German sticks being purified by flames."