Chapter 254 Who Will Win?

Malachenko, who knew the weakness of the KV1 heavy tank's mobility very well, naturally could not give such a stupid order. However, the KV1, which used thick armor to resist the enemy's anti-tank firepower, could not withstand the terrifying 152mm gun. At this moment, the armor on his body became a useless burden. Malachenko felt disgusted and could not describe it in words.

"We are heavy tanks, Lavri! We can't do things like flanking attacks that only T34 can do!"

"Try to paralyze its turret steering machine or something else that works before this bastard fires next time, and fire at the seat ring where the turret and the body meet, quickly!"

The Red Army tank soldiers who took a resolute attitude to execute Malachenko's order without asking for reasons did not hesitate at all. They loaded the 76mm wind cap armor-piercing grenades into the gun barrel and roared out one after another, rushing straight towards the only weakness on the front armor of the KV2 heavy tank that could cause damage.

However, the accuracy of tank guns, which emphasize large-caliber and rough routes, cannot be compared with sniper rifles even with the assistance of high-magnification main gun scopes.

The larger the caliber of the projectile, the greater the wind resistance and cross-sectional area of ​​the full-caliber tank shells. There are many factors that restrict the shooting accuracy of tank guns, including many unpredictable interferences such as wind speed and wind direction, which will seriously affect the shooting accuracy of tank guns. The embarrassing result of aiming at the tank turret and finally hitting the body is the most realistic portrayal of tragedy.

The final result of the salvo firing of four KV1 heavy tanks, including Malashenko's car, was not very satisfactory.

The KV2 heavy tank with solid and heavy armor and extremely reliable easily deflected three of them at a shooting distance of 500 meters. The last 76mm wind cap armor-piercing grenade aimed at the turret ring and fired accidentally hit the left track.

The equivalent thickness of the track plate made of ordinary steel is obviously not enough to trigger the delayed fuse of the 76mm wind cap armor-piercing projectile. The wind cap armor-piercing grenade rushed all the way, penetrated the front end of the left track plate and broke one outer guide wheel and one road wheel, and finally got stuck in the second road wheel, losing kinetic energy and severely deforming. At the same time, the KV2 heavy tank with one track broken completely lost its mobility.

Malashenko originally expected that the shell fragments and explosion impact could paralyze the KV2 heavy tank's seat steering machine to cause the turret steering to be stuck, but he never expected that his own salvo attack could directly break a track and completely paralyze the opponent's mobility.

Malashenko, who had a stroke of luck on the ever-changing battlefield, was immediately ecstatic. The KV2 heavy tank, which also used a manual steering machine and a heavier turret, was much heavier and slower than the KV1 heavy tank. It was no exaggeration to say that the KV2, which had a broken track and was completely motionless, was an angry beast waiting to die.

"The track is broken! Quick! Everyone, move as close as possible! The KV2 turret steering machine speed can't keep up with our mobility!"

The KV1 heavy tanks that followed Malashenko's opening order and moved at full speed were not very fast, but the heavy and tall turret of the KV2 heavy tank turned slower than an old cow pulling a broken car, just a little slower than the full-speed lateral movement of the KV1 heavy tank that had already approached a distance of about 400 meters.

Realizing that the situation was getting out of hand, the German crew began to feel nervous and frantic. The KV2 armor that was strong enough to withstand the attack of the KV1 heavy tank at a distance of 500 meters did not mean that it was completely immune at a distance of 100 meters. The German tank commander, who was still a little unsure about this non-standard tank, immediately shouted in a cold sweat.

"We won't abandon the vehicle! Keep firing! Reload, reload quickly!"

"I'm already doing it! Damn it, was Ivan's shell designed by a psychopath? It's as heavy as a truck tire and it's in two parts. I'm going to kill this damn tank designer!"

"Aim, I've already aimed at him! Shells, put the shells in! Hurry up!"

In ordinary tanks, the loader usually holds the ready-to-fire shells and waits for the gunner to fire and then loads them immediately. However, the KV2 heavy tank with a 152mm heavy howitzer is exactly the opposite. Instead, the gunner who has already aimed at the target has to wait anxiously for the 152mm split ammunition to be loaded before firing.

The battle process is completely different from the previous combat experience and cooperation process, which makes the German crew, who are not very familiar with the KV2 heavy tank, cry out that they can't bear it.

The gunner, whose arm was almost dislocated, finally aimed at a KV1 heavy tank that was moving at full speed and was ready to fire. The loader who had just held the ramrod in his hand did not complete his work.

When the German loader holding the ramrod used all his strength, gritted his teeth and pushed the propelling cartridge with a 40-kilogram projectile into the chamber and closed the breech block.

The KV1 heavy tank, which took an irregular maneuvering route, once again threw off the continuous pursuit of the German gunner, whose wrist was already sore and weak, forcing the German gunner who was complaining to predict the possible route of the enemy tank again and perform the difficult aiming to calculate the lead time for firing.

The KV2, a heavy anti-fortification assault tank that is extremely unsuitable for front-line anti-armor combat missions, is now helping Malashenko and his tank soldiers.

The KV1 heavy tanks that kept moving in irregular routes around the broken-legged KV2 even avoided an attack from a 152mm concrete-destroying shell during the maneuver.

The 152mm heavy howitzer, which had a large ballistic drop and slow muzzle velocity due to the short barrel, was a nightmare experience for the German armored personnel who had never operated a tank main gun of this caliber before.

When dealing with the KV1 heavy tank that was stationary due to the previous firing attack, it was still possible to use the micro-scale sighting ruler on the main gun sight to assist in hitting the opponent with a large projection area.

But when the KV1, whose mobility was not bad enough to anger the heavens and people, and was barely qualified by the standards of heavy tanks, started running, the German armored vehicle crew, who had not received any professional training on the KV2 heavy tank, was instantly at a loss as to how to use the parabolic trajectory of this Soviet heavy howitzer to hit moving targets.

The German tank commander was immediately disheartened after missing the first shot. Facing Malashenko and his KV1 team that had already approached to within 300 meters, he had completely lost the will to fight. If he really waited until the next 152mm multiple-piece shell was loaded, he would not even have a chance to escape.