Chapter 1846 Killing the Iron Dragon

The powerful 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile penetrated the fragile front armor plate without any suspense, and rushed into the front of the vehicle with a strong residual kinetic energy that was far from being completely exhausted.

The armor-piercing delay fuse that was successfully fired immediately detonated the projectile warhead charge. For any German active tank below the King Tiger, it can easily achieve a 122 full-caliber armor-piercing projectile warhead charge that is absolutely accurate.

It is no exaggeration to say that the extremely destructive damage aftereffects brought by the large caliber are the nuclear bombs of the tank main gun armor-piercing projectile.

And when all 13 such armor-piercing projectiles are effectively penetrated and poured into the front of the locomotive from different entry points without exception, the consequences that will follow are imaginable.

It is like an elephant swallowing a string of grenades into its stomach in one bite, and then thunders explode in its stomach thirteen times.

The locomotive, which was still running normally, exploded from the inside out. From the penetration holes, the train smoke duct and any gaps that could spray smoke, there burst out not only the thick black smoke, but also the dazzling and hot orange-red flames.

The internal space of the locomotive is large, more than ten times that of the tank.

But correspondingly, since the internal space of your locomotive is large enough, I will use the overflow power that is more than ten times the aftereffect required to destroy a heavy tank to send you to the sky.

I am not afraid that a wave of volleys will not kill you, but I am afraid that your fragile body like paper can't withstand such power, and a wave of volleys will directly blow you apart, which is a bit lacking in interest and not satisfying enough.

Malashenko thought so from the moment he made up his mind to take action, and of course he did so in the end.

The immediate consequence of a volley of 122 full-caliber armor-piercing shells was that the front of the German armored train was instantly blown up, the top of the head was cracked, and the additional armor plates covering the entire front of the train were twisted and deformed from the inside out, and broke on the spot. All kinds of unknown parts and fragments flew around like flowers scattered by fairies.

After a rain of metal fragments and parts scattered everywhere, the armored train, which had not yet fully accelerated, was finally stopped from continuing to accelerate and escape, but it did not brake on the spot.

Trains are not ordinary family cars, and the braking distance is calculated in kilometers.

Even if it has not yet completed acceleration and is still in the starting stage, the destruction of the front of the train responsible for providing traction power cannot stop it on the spot. The entire armored train that has been running slowly on the rails seems slow, but in fact it contains powerful kinetic energy that even a heavy tank collides in front of it and cannot stop it on the spot.

The twisted and deformed locomotive that was hit by a volley of gunfire had already derailed, and the wreckage fell on another rail on the side and caught fire.

The remaining rear carriages that had somehow been disconnected from the locomotive had not stopped yet, and were still moving forward with the remaining power potential energy.

The half-section of the locomotive wreckage that was lying across the track became a fatal obstacle. The rear carriages that followed closely behind were affected by it, and a sharp metal friction and collision sound was made on the spot. In a flash of sparks, they followed the footsteps of the locomotive wreckage and were squeezed out of the rails, becoming a headless and derailed armored train.

The entire headless dragon-like carriages at the rear derailed collectively, which happened in a split second before they could react.

The first few carriages that suffered the most severe impact energy not only derailed, but also overturned, and in the blink of an eye, they were lying on the roadbed with a loud metal collision.

All of the above sounds long and long, but in fact, it all happened in less than ten seconds.

Most people have only heard of train derailment, and they have never had the opportunity to see it in their lifetime, let alone directly at the scene of the accident, witnessing the whole process from beginning to end from the perspective of a bystander.

To be honest, the derailment and overturning of such a mighty and visually impactful armored train was indeed shocking enough to make most of the Red Army tank soldiers who were the "originators" of all this speechless for a while.

Malashenko, who still kept holding the radio transmitter, had a calm face without any obvious emotional changes and fluctuations.

Such a result was completely expected. It would be a miracle if the German armored train could withstand the heavy tank cluster and rush out.

For Malashenko, this result is acceptable. It is not the worst.

The worst case scenario that Malashenko expected was that the entire train would derail and overturn. The treasures in the freight cars would be like porcelain that was broken off the shelf and fell to the ground. It was so devastating that it was heartbreaking to look at it.

Fortunately, the current reality is much better than the worst result that Malashenko expected.

The overturned cars were only the first three cars, including the overturned front of the car. The long dragon-like cars that had not yet been completed were derailed and were in a mess on the roadbed or other rails next to them, but at least these main cars did not overturn.

As long as the carriage did not overturn, it means that the treasures transported inside would at least not experience too violent sudden shocks or even rollovers.

There may be some unavoidable losses of fragile items, such as porcelain or glass products.

But those metal utensils and objects such as paintings should not be a big problem. The derailment of the carriage without overturning should not completely damage them. Malashenko, who thought so in his heart, finally felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, the task is done, and I should be able to report to Vatutin now."

However, just when our old comrade Ma was muttering in his heart that he finally had the face to report to Vatutin, a completely unexpected change suddenly took place at this time.

Boom——

A sudden and loud sound of artillery interrupted Malashenko's thoughts. Malashenko, who had not expected the sound of artillery, immediately looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw a derailed combat carriage lying on the track bed, driving the turret on top of the carriage, with smoke coming out of the muzzle, preparing to fire again at the combat engineers who rushed onto the platform and were about to go down to collect corn.

"Damn it! These damn fascist bastards are looking for death! They still plan to resist at this time!"