Chapter 1134 Tank Snorkel (Plus 1)

When it was dark, finally, the roar of the engine broke the silence.

In the past few hours, the soldiers of the armored division were busy in the rear. They carried out routine maintenance on the tank, adjusted the tracks, cleaned the gun chambers, and when these were finished, they also carried out some additional projects.

For example, plug the gaps on the tank, plug the gun barrel tightly, and wrap it with a rain cloth. into the vehicle body.

Right now, they're just waiting for one thing.

In the armored division, the number of trucks is several thousand to be able to supply the armored division's offensive needs, and this time, the convoy transported not ordinary fuel and ammunition, but some special large pipes.

"Quick, get to work!" Modlin, the commander of the 5th Armored Regiment, the main force of the Viking Division, shouted loudly to his subordinates.

The big pipe on the truck was more than one meter thick and five meters long. Several people carried the pipe and slowly came to the side of the tank.

In field conditions, there are only a few cranes, and in order to assemble these large pipes quickly, manual work is required.

At the top of the pipe, there are four holes, through which four iron wires are inserted, and then the pipe can be erected by pulling it.

"Slow down, slow down!" The commander of each tank was instructing, looking at the erected pipe, slowly lifted the tank's turret, and then reserved it with the top of the canopy above the turret Down position, exactly facing.

Under the tube, there is a rubber spacer with a ring of screws on it. Now, everyone is turning the screws quickly, and with a constant creaking sound, the tube has been installed in place.

Then, the four iron wires at the top were fixed to the four corners of the tank body, and the tube could finally be fixed securely!

At this time, the tanks looked very strange. The thick pipes turned the tank queue into a forest of thick pipes.

"Our scouts have already conducted reconnaissance along the river bank. Five kilometers downstream, the river is open, the water depth does not exceed five meters, and the flow rate is not too fast. Our tank troops can pass." The division commander Felix arrived. The 5th Armored Regiment said to the regiment commander Modlin: "At nine o'clock in the evening, our tank troops rushed over and opened a river bank position, so that the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles behind us could cross the river, and then, today, At night, we will defeat the Soviet army on the opposite side!"

"Yes, Commander, please rest assured, we will not be afraid of this little river, and nothing can stop our progress." Modlin said: "Although we are not Germans, our will to fight is not. Worse than any army."

Felix nodded, with a very solemn expression on his face: "The empire will not forget any warriors who fought bravely for the empire."

They are going to cross the river. Although they have undergone similar training in the past, but now, they will still face great danger, and even when there is danger, they will not have time to escape at all.

However, no one is afraid!

One after another, the tanks started rumbled. Guided by the motorcycles of the scouts in front, they went downstream. After walking for 20 minutes on a ten-kilometer road, they saw a wide and calm river.

"Attention, in the event of danger, immediately start the escape operation. It is not shameful to abandon our tanks at this time." After giving the order on the radio, Modlin began to climb up from the inside of the turret.

The pipe is just installed on the upper end of the hatch above the commander's head, so when they entered the tank, they drilled into the turret from the hatch on the other side, and now, the commander of each tank opened his own The hatch at the top, and then began to climb up.

The inside of this huge tube is large enough for one person to pass through. When climbing up, Modlin left the upper half of his body exposed, and then shouted loudly to the bottom: "Go ahead, enter the water!"

At this time, the driver in front checked the hatch cover above his head again, and it was well sealed. Inside the tank, a dim light was on. The driver stepped on the accelerator and shifted to first gear. .

Can a tank cross a river? The answer is yes, and the current device is said to have been developed under the proposal of the head of Cyric, referring to the principle of the submarine's snorkel, through this thick tube, to allow the tank to obtain fresh Air.

However, tanks are different from submarines after all. For example, tanks will not float, they can only advance at the bottom of the river.

This requires the bottom of the river to be very strong. If it encounters a soft place, once the tank sinks into it, it will stop completely. At this time, the personnel on the tank can only survive on their own.

At the same time, the depth of the river water cannot exceed the height of the ventilation pipe, otherwise the ventilation pipe will be submerged by the water, and the people inside will not have a good end.

Of course, there is another point, that is, the tightness of the tank.

Tanks are land warfare weapons, and there is no seal at all. Even in later generations, in order to pass the nuclear, biological and chemical battlefield area, the tank is still not completely sealed.

In this era, tanks are even worse. For example, when the driver of the tank observes the front from the inside of the tank, he does it through a slit in the front. If he encounters the most unfortunate time, the machine gun bullets fired by the other side are intact. If you pass through the slit, you may kill the driver behind.

Now, all the gaps around the tank are blocked. They use some devices at hand to seal, and even drip wax on it. Even so, when the tank body enters the water, there are still many The gap, slowly see through the water.

It is impossible to completely seal it.

The driver is still driving the tank cautiously. Now, the entire tank has been completely submerged in the water, and he can't see anything, but he can still feel that if he suddenly hears the engine behind him start to struggle, or even risk stalling, It means that the following situation is complicated, the car is stuck, and you must quickly adjust the direction to avoid it.

The rest of the people inside the tank are watching carefully, looking at the gaps around, if the water in the gap suddenly increases, or even flows in, then they must use whatever they have at hand to block it!

At the top of the snorkel, Modlin was tasked with commanding the entire vehicle. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and the stars were shining brightly above. MP40, with the help of night vision goggles, he looked at the river ahead.

Soon, the surrounding river water submerged the snorkel, and the height was less than one meter. The entire tank seemed to be submerged in the river water by sea turtles, leaving only Modlin, as if sitting on a bathtub on the river. Go forward the same.

Onward, Vikings!