Chapter 786 Mobile Shooting

After struggling in the nightmare for almost a year, the new Panzer IV tank finally got a new gun that could destroy the KV1 head-on at regular combat distances.

Before the joy of being full of joy had passed for long, the Russians' updated heavy steel monster rumbled across the street and drove into the field of vision.

Faced with the embarrassment of the proud new main gun hitting the front armor of the opponent's vehicle body but being bounced off on the spot, the anger, despair and shock in the heart of the German armored commander at this moment can almost be imagined.

"Damn Russians! Damn heavy tanks! Why are our tanks always outdated in front of the Russians?!"

If it weren't for Malashenko, the little butterfly from another dimension, suddenly breaking into this timeline and flapping its wings, the German Panzer IV tank with the latest 75-caliber gun would be enough to deal with all types of Soviet tank units at this stage. Even if the armor is still too fragile, it at least has the ability to fight back and will not be pinned to the ground and left to be beaten.

But unfortunately, with Malashenko, a peaceful war traveler who wanted to survive the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet tank technology tree that had been tampered with beyond recognition was destined to become a nightmare for the German army.

If there was anything Malashenko hated most on the battlefield, it was the Germans who dared to use armor-piercing shells to provoke his beloved car. This was the most intolerable thing that concerned Malashenko's life. The idiot who dared to do so must be eliminated.

"Seryosha, change gears! Reduce the speed to less than 10 kilometers per hour and keep moving!"

"Iushkin, let me see if you can do what you usually brag about! Kill the few Long No. 4 tanks closest to the street!"

In World War II, old tanks without main gun stabilizers were almost unable to fire while moving, but everything was not absolute and there were exceptions.

The inability to fire accurately while moving is simply because the uneven off-road road surface will cause the main gun rigidly connected to the turret to tremble with the tank itself, and the main gun sight rigidly connected is of course no exception, just like a sniper running wildly cannot shoot and kill the enemy while moving.

But if the tank itself is moving smoothly and is very close to a stationary shooting state, accurate shooting while moving becomes possible.

Malashenko, who has rumbled past most of the ruins and craters, is now commanding his leading vehicle to be on a relatively flat urban road with no obstacles or ruins.

In this case, slowing down the speed further reduces the body shaking caused by high-speed driving. Combined with the good shock absorption and solid stability brought by the wide tracks and huge tonnage of heavy tanks, the probability of hitting the target while firing while moving is not absolutely accurate, but at least it is greatly increased.

The long-barreled Type 4 tanks hovering not far outside the street corner and turning their turrets towards him are the most worrying concerns for Malashenko at the moment.

Looking at the German armored forces, there is only one Type 4 tank equipped with a 75-caliber main gun in the sequence, which can threaten their IS1 prototype within the normal combat distance. These extremely threatening primary targets must be eliminated first, and keeping firing on the move is the bold tactic that Malashenko decided to try when he wanted to take both ends into consideration.

The distance between the Type 4 tanks at the street corner and him is about 300 to 400 meters. At this distance, firing at a tank-sized target in a parked state is absolutely a sure thing! If Iushkin can't hit it, Malashenko will throw this embarrassing guy out of the turret directly, kick out the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment to lead a Mosin-Nagant as an infantry.

But the problem is that the current state is to fire on the move. Although they have done things like bombarding German positions on the move before, that was at a distance close enough to use the main gun sight to see how distorted the expressions on the Germans' faces were, and the target of the bombardment was still a defensive position.

To be honest, even Malashenko herself was unsure about firing at tanks while moving at a distance of three or four hundred meters, because this was the first time for a young lady to get married! Now she could only pray that Iushkin, the guy who was known as the strongest gunner of the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment, could help. If she missed, she would not only be embarrassed, but also be caught by the Germans to fire another shot.

"Great armor-piercing bullet!"

"Iushkin! It's up to you, let those Germans see how powerful you are!"

"I know, I know! I'm going to beat the asses of these Germans!"

There is a Chinese saying called "The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is anxious", but if this saying is applied to the current IS1 prototype heavy tank No. 177, it has to be said differently, "The commander is anxious and the gunner is anxious", or even "The gunner is more anxious than the commander".

Iushkin, who was in charge of firing the gun, was under great psychological pressure. Having already killed dozens of German tanks, Iushkin knew very well that if he missed this shot, four or five German armor-piercing shells might be fired at him at the same time.

Among the four or five armor-piercing shells, one might hit a tricky position and penetrate the main armor belt of the tank, such as the cast gun shield on this prototype tank with a physical thickness of only 100 mm.

Although the semi-arc gun shield has a very high chance of ricocheting, the only place that can be penetrated 100% is the palm-wide horizontal area in the center of the gun shield.

But those who dare to risk their lives to repeatedly try their luck on the battlefield often end up with bad results. Iushkin, who has always had bad luck since childhood and has never won even when playing house games as a child, doesn't believe that he will suddenly have a great fortune. This shot must knock down the Type 4 tank that has been set in the sight scale on the spot!

Seryosha, holding the joystick and stepping on the accelerator and brake pedals, operated at high speed, forcibly reducing the speed of the tank in the shortest time and causing a violent shaking of the body.

The swaying No. 177 IS1 prototype continued to move forward on the wide street, so as not to fall into the headache-inducing low-speed turtle crawling state due to the slow engine speed after parking.

Iushkin, who was still holding his breath with the main gun sight in front of him shaking slightly, was unaware that beads of sweat dripped from his forehead along the brim of the tank cap to his nose bridge and continued to concentrate.

At that moment when the flow of time seemed to have slowed down countless times, Iushkin found the shaking pattern of the gun mirror in the current uniform speed state and adapted to this rhythm. He chose to believe in himself at this moment and finally acted decisively.