Chapter 3079 Heavy Tank Vs. Bunker

A total of five IS7 heavy tanks aimed and fired at the same time. The huge 130mm full-caliber semi-armor-piercing projectiles roared out of the muzzle brake, hitting consecutive hits in a very short period of time, and penetrated the concrete outer wall one after another.

The Japanese troops guarding the bunker were still loading shells for the huge and heavy 150mm heavy artillery. The time-consuming and laborious manual loading greatly slowed down the progress.

As a result, five consecutive semi-armor-piercing rounds penetrated the concrete outer wall from all angles and blasted in. The Japanese soldiers in the bunker were still holding projectiles and propellant cartridges and were frightened and confused.

boom--

crackling——

"Ahhhhh!!!"

A Japanese soldier standing close to the wall was unable to dodge, and was directly hit in the upper torso by a semi-armor-piercing projectile that broke through the wall.

The huge kinetic energy cut the Japanese soldier into two pieces on the spot, leaving blood and flesh scattered all over the wall. He also fell heavily to the ground and let out a piercing and pitiful wail.

The Japanese soldiers who were luckier were not killed on the spot, but it was only temporary.

The semi-armor-piercing projectile that penetrated the concrete exterior wall successfully triggered the warhead delay fuse, and exploded in a short time under the adjusted shortened delay.

In order to avenge the destruction of our own IS7, the huge power of the explosion of five semi-armor-piercing rounds directly blew the roof of the Japanese bunker into countless pieces, and the stronger concrete outer wall was also damaged. .

How could the bunker, which had been half destroyed by a 500 kilogram aerial bomb, withstand such destruction? The walls collapsed and the room collapsed until the entire building collapsed.

No matter how many pieces of Japanese artillery and Japanese soldiers had been blown into pieces, they were all completely buried in the falling construction debris.

"Done, solved! Move on!"

With the experience and lessons learned from this sneak attack, the leader's attack force became more cautious in guarding against the resurgence of Japanese firepower.

When encountering a Japanese firepower point that seems to be not dead yet and may suddenly resurrect, there is no need to waste ammunition. Load semi-armor-piercing bullets and aim at the bunker to fire two rounds first.

At the same time, the remaining Japanese artillery pieces still hiding in bunkers and fortification bunkers began to make a last-ditch effort.

Realizing that the 105mm armor-piercing projectile was useless when fired, Chunchun listened to the sound, and got inspiration from the 150mm grenade that destroyed the IS7 from the front. Now even the Japanese 105mm howitzer began to load grenades and fire at the IS7.

The scene suddenly became extremely violent. The Japanese army, which was unable to retreat, relied on the heavy artillery in hand and the cover of fortifications, and actually started an artillery battle directly with the heavy tank troops of the leader's army who were attacking from the front.

On one side are high-explosive grenades, on the other side are semi-armor-piercing grenades.

The two sides went back and forth and fired at each other for a long time. The muzzle velocity of the Japanese howitzers was slow and the ballistic curve accuracy was poor. They were not designed for direct aim and level shooting, and were not equipped with special level shooting sights. How accurate they could be depended on. Many shortcomings in the gun crew's technology and feel were exposed one after another. ˜”*°•.˜˜.•°*”˜

Large-caliber grenades can indeed cause effective damage to IS7, but only if they hit the target.

It was the first time that the Japanese army's technical skills were level-firing at a tank target. The level of skill of the Japanese army did not reach the level of super performance. The grenades that were continuously fired had a direct hit rate of 50% in the 500-meter range, which was considered good.

On the other hand, the leader's IS7 heavy tank is not only equipped with a 130mm main gun with high penetration, excellent ballistic performance, high muzzle velocity, and large damage aftereffects, but it is also designed for direct-aimed shooting and is equipped with Specialized flat-fire optical sight.

Against those Japanese bunker fortifications that were as motionless as bastards, coupled with the elite IS7 crews of the Leader Army who fought at least for the second half of the Great Patriotic War, the hit rate was as high as over 90%.

There is another point that is even more fatal to the Japanese army - the reloading speed is too slow. Compared with the IS7, it is even more unacceptably slow.

The firing rate of the IS7, which uses a semi-automatic loader and dual loaders, is stable at an average of 10 seconds, and the first few rounds with the fastest firing rate can even reach 8 seconds.

The 150mm heavy artillery that poses the greatest threat to IS7 on the Japanese side has no mechanical loading support. It is also restricted in the narrow bunker and has limited space for the loader. The loading efficiency is further reduced compared with field artillery position conditions.

A 150mm grenade goes from loading the projectile to stuffing it into the cartridge and then closing the breech until the gunner completes the final precise aiming and firing.

The entire tedious process took less than 30 seconds to complete. This was already the fastest rate of fire that the bow-legged Japanese artillerymen could produce with all their strength.

As the battle continues and reloading continues, the reloading speed will become slower due to the decreasing physical consumption, and the time interval between firing will be further lengthened.

This also means that the time for the Japanese army to fire one shot is enough for an IS7 heavy tank to fire three shots in a row, and this does not take into account the numerical advantage of the leader's heavy tank troops.

Not only IS7 heavy tanks were firing on the battlefield, but more IS6 heavy tanks that followed also joined the battle.

As the 122 heirloom of the army artillery, there is no naval semi-armor-piercing projectile like the 130 naval gun available.

Fortunately, it is not impossible to use conventional armor-piercing shells to deal with the Japanese concrete bastard shells.

At most, the charge in the warhead is a little less than that of the IS7's semi-armor-piercing shell. If the target is a relatively spacious indoor space, it may lead to insufficient killing effect, and it cannot produce the "spectacular special effect" of the IS7 that blows up the entire bunker in an instant with one shot.

But if one shot kills the Japanese soldiers in the bunker and literally eliminates their combat effectiveness, then the armor-piercing shells fired by the 122 gun are obviously enough.

The Japanese army, who are looking for trouble, have really caused themselves a lot of trouble. They saw that no matter how hard they tried, the Russian tanks on the opposite side were still increasing.

Especially in the face of the high penetration and high damage effect of the heavy tank firepower of the leader army on the fortifications and bunkers, the Japanese army, which failed to destroy many tanks, suffered huge casualties and increased in a straight line.

The concrete fortifications that hoped to block the direct fire of the Russian tank guns did not work. The Japanese army seriously underestimated the destructive power of the Red Army tanks on the fortifications. Now it is too late to regret.

"Keep fighting! Knock off all those cement turtle shells and concentrate fire!"

No matter whether there are any survivors in the Japanese bunker or whether they are dead or not, the heavy tank troops of the leader army, who are annoyed by various resurrection fire points, will use heavy artillery to exterminate them. They will not stop until the roof of the Japanese bunker is blown off and the wall collapses.

Especially under the leadership of Kurbalov, who led the team to fight in person, the attacking troops of the leader army, which have received a huge morale boost, are fighting more and more fiercely.

The heavy tank troops in the rear bombarded the Japanese fortifications continuously, and the infantry troops charging in the front, with the support of infantry fighting vehicles, accelerated the speed of clearing the enemy infantry.

"Quick! Follow me! This way!"

Inviting his soldiers to speed up the offensive, Alsim, who led the way, rushed to the corner of the trench with the AK in his hand, and was the first to rush to the corner of the trench. He lay on the trench wall, poked his head out faintly, and immediately raised the telescope in his hand.

"Found it! This is the place, there's no mistake!"

Sorry guys, I had a party and drinks on Friday, so the update is late. I'll work overtime and write the second update.