Chapter 2591 Telephone Modification
"Where is the sniper? Who has seen him!?"
Holding his head and the helmet that was shaking because it was not tied, he shrank behind the closest Black Panther 2 to seek cover. Alsim, who had no time to catch his breath, immediately asked loudly. At this point, it was obvious that there was no need to hide any more.
"Eleven o'clock, on the left window sill on the second floor of the red building!"
The voice of an unknown soldier had just sounded and had not yet landed. The infantry company commander, who had taken the wired telephone microphone from the phone box behind Black Panther 2's buttocks and held it tightly in his hand, immediately spoke loudly.
"Eleven o'clock, on the left window sill on the second floor of the red building! Repeat, the red building at eleven o'clock, on the left window sill on the second floor, fire immediately!"
Ka-ka-ka--
Before the company commander finished speaking, the little head of Black Panther 2 driven by the electric steering gear had begun to turn rapidly, and aimed at the target before Alsim stuck half of his head out to watch.
"High-explosive shells are good!"
"Target, the left window sill on the second floor of the red building! Fire!"
Boom--
The 75mm super-long fishing rod main gun instantly sprayed out hot flames. Although the caliber of the gun was small, the grenade projectile with extremely high initial velocity due to the super-high diameter ratio of the barrel hit the target in almost no time. ˜”*°•.˜˜.•°*”˜
Boom--
Before the sound of the gun could spread, the sound of the wall collapsing and the house collapsing followed.
Although the power of the 75mm high-explosive grenade is small, it is "small" compared to the 122 heirloom of the Red Army's heavy tanks.
If you really compare it with the common explosives on the battlefield, then this solid 75mm full-caliber high-explosive grenade is not small at all. Not to mention the outer wall of an ordinary civilian house, even a slightly thinner field fortification bunker can be blown up to the sky with one shot.
And the "building quality" is far from the solid German-style residential exterior wall like Stalingrad, and now it can only be blown up into brick and stone fragments.
Not only the marked left window on the second floor, but also the entire balcony was "annihilated", and a huge gap has been torn in the entire second floor building exterior wall, just like a prey that has been torn off a piece of meat by a lion or tiger, and the huge wound is directly exposed to the outside, which is shocking.
You ask what happened to the German inside?
Then we can only say that the person should still be there, but fragmented, provided that the fragments can be found to prove that he "should still be there".
As early as when this batch of brand-new Black Panther IIs was seized from the SKULL Division and decided to keep them for his own use, Malashenko decided to make some adaptive improvements to these captured tanks, which were not many in number but might be entrusted with important tasks in certain future combat environments.
This improvement does not mean replacing a more powerful main gun and increasing firepower, nor does it mean replacing a more powerful engine to make it more powerful.
The core project of the so-called adaptive improvement is actually only one: to add a two-way wired telephone connection between the inside and outside of the vehicle to this batch of Black Panther II.
Similar improvements have long been implemented on the Soviet-made tanks of the leader division and have been proven to be reliable and highly practical. The soft bonus of combat effectiveness brought by greatly strengthening the instant communication between the tank crew and the infantry outside the vehicle is personally felt, obvious, and widely praised by the soldiers.
In the past, it was very troublesome for the infantry outside the vehicle to exchange battlefield information with the tank crew inside the vehicle.
Most of the time, the hatch of the tank in combat status is closed and the tank soldiers will not stick out casually. This situation is especially reflected in the street fighting battlefield, which is the most challenging and requires the most effective interaction of instant information between the inside and outside of the vehicle.
In the field environment, the tank commander may also open the tank hatch and stick his head out a little to get a better view, and can also hear clearly what the infantry outside is shouting and what kind of support and cover he is requesting.
But this is almost impossible in a street fighting environment. The ubiquitous building commanding heights and possible attacks in the shadows will kill any tank commander who dares to show his head at any time. This is no joke.
As early as the Battle of Stalingrad, Malashenko had personally experienced that too many German tank commanders died in street fighting because they did not understand street fighting at the beginning and habitually showed their heads to scout like in field battles. Later, they learned a lesson and dared not stick their heads out again and serve as targets for the ubiquitous Red Army snipers.
But the final result was that they did not know how to cooperate with the infantry outside the vehicle in street fighting, nor did they know which direction the infantry outside the vehicle could see but the tank soldiers inside the vehicle could not see. As a result, they lost sight of one thing and even fought blindly.
In the end, the infantry was completely annihilated or fled because they could not get effective cover and support, and the armored soldiers did not even know that their own infantry had fled, and were abandoned alone on the battlefield. Either they were easily destroyed by the Red Army, or they were forced to come out of the tank and surrender.
The mistakes made by the enemy should not be repeated.
The bloody lessons are the most worthy of reference, whether they are our own or the enemy's.
Malashenko, who has the advantage of being a time traveler, certainly knows how to do it. The seemingly simple method of hanging a wired telephone box on the rear of the tank fundamentally solves the problem of tank coordination for the leader division.
This simple battlefield transformation does not even require the tank to be driven to the rear for factory upgrades. The comprehensive logistics support team led by Karamov can handle this kind of trivial matter.
It is also because it can be done without much effort, and actual combat has proved that it is indeed effective and helpful.
All of these brand-new Black Panther IIs captured by the Leader Division were required by Malashenko to be upgraded with wired telephones.
The telephone receiver in the car is placed next to the commander, and the wired telephone receiver outside the car is behind the tank, protected by a small iron box that is small and thin, but is indeed made of armored steel.
If the infantry outside the car needs anything, they can directly open the small iron box to take out the microphone and call the tank soldiers in the car to "call people" for support.
Conversely, if the tank soldiers in the car need anything or encounter any problems, they can also call the infantry behind the car at any time. The improved two-way wired telephone has a ringing setting, and the sound is not small. The principle is also very simple, just like the old-fashioned electric bell in school.
As long as the infantry outside the vehicle or the armored soldiers inside the vehicle did not have donkey hair plugged into their ears, they would be able to hear the ringing and answer the phone to communicate immediately.
It can also be said that it was this seemingly insignificant upgrade that cost the life of the German sniper who was ambushing and shooting from behind.
Otherwise, the German sniper should have at least had time to move and escape.
The Red Army tank soldiers, who had poor real-time information exchange and limited vision inside the vehicle, probably had not yet found his position, let alone fired a shot at him.