Chapter 1549 Lost the Target
The gap between the two firings was only less than five seconds. Compared with the slow SU-152, the loading of the rat tank was simply against the sky.
And of course, because the Rat has two loaders!
The size of the rat tank is huge, and the internal space is correspondingly good. In this case, compared to the previous five-man tank, the rat tank is six-man, adding a loader.
Because 128mm shells are too heavy.
In later generations, despite the continuous development of various technologies, the caliber of tank guns has not changed much. Western ones are all 120mm caliber, which are manually loaded by humans. Correspondingly, Western tanks are very large and have sufficient space in the turret. Their tankers are also tall and tall.
The tanks in the East are about to be smaller, the turrets are also small, and most of the tankers are short. When the development of the 125mm tank gun, they began to use the automatic loader.
In other words, 120mm is already the limit of manual loading.
In this era, Germany did not engage in automatic loading, which is unrealistic, there will be various mechanical failures, and can only be loaded manually. For this, the solution adopted by Germany is to add a loader to greatly reduce their burden.
In addition to adding loaders, this tank gun inherited from antiaircraft guns has semi-automatic loading capabilities, which greatly reduces labor intensity.
And now, at this sudden crisis, the loader also showed great potential. The two of them, one loaded with the 128mm main gun and the other loaded with the 75mm secondary gun, just let the rat tank burst into the highest rate of fire. Come on, every ten seconds! (In the extreme case, it is not a bragging about the hero of East China, right?)
At this point, the entire rat-type tank's crew is simply a sophisticated machine, forming a perfect whole. The commander instructs the target, the gunner takes aim, the two loader continue to reload, and the driver follows to let the tank rotate and speed up the gun. Long pointed to the target, and the radio operator was helping to observe the situation around, and at the same time was ready to use machine guns to deal with the enemy infantry that might appear.
"Boom!" Another one, the third SU-152, was also destroyed. At this time, less than thirty seconds had passed, and it was full of fun. This kind of hot battle made Hans extremely incomparable. of intoxication.
There is no goal ahead.
The observation distance is too close, only a few tens of meters. As long as the opponent accelerates the horsepower and moves forward at a high speed, he can avoid the rain curtain.
"Go ahead, keep going," Hans shouted.
This is an encounter. When they are in contact with each other, both sides are in a marching state. A tank force in a marching state is basically lined up in a line.
Maybe it was the sudden appearance of one's own side, which frightened the other side. When the chariots in front were fighting, the ones behind had already turned around and ran away?
Hans, who was eager to continue to increase the victory, decided to move on, look for the Soviet tanks, and continue to kill them!
Hearing his order, Schmidt in front stepped on the accelerator. His accelerator was actually an electrical sensor. By stepping on the accelerator, the power supply was increased, thereby making the tank run faster.
The sound of the electric current came from the tail. In the stimulation of the electric current, the electric motor with powerful torque pushed the rat tank to accelerate. For a tank with a total weight of more than 150 tons, its power system can make it rush. To a speed of 38 kilometers per hour, this is definitely an amazing speed.
The SU-152 on the opposite side cannot run so fast.
The SU-152 is improved by using the kV chassis. It also inherits the poor reliability of the KV chassis. Various mechanical failures often occur. Moreover, the self-weight of the Su-152 exceeds 45 tons, which makes its cross-country speed even lower. It's pitiful, if the rat tank pursues it, it will definitely not run away.
The 1,800-horsepower engine of the rat tank squeaked, and the black smoke from the tail continued to rise, and in the drizzle, it went wild.
Bypassing the three killed chariots, it continued onward, along the road, but gained nothing.
In the drizzle, within the visual range, it was empty, the ground became muddy because of the rain, and the ruts rolled by the original tank tracks could not be seen clearly.
Does the other party only have these three? No, this kind of chariot will definitely not act together with three, there must be more, but I haven't found it myself, what's going on?
Could it be that when the other party was fighting with the three vehicles in front, he went around to both sides and wanted to kill him from behind? When Hans thought about it, he thought it was a crazy idea.
Generally speaking, when the opponent sees the mouse tank at first glance, they should choose to escape. After all, the mighty and majestic appearance of the mouse tank will make many people look scared.
The rear armor of the rat tank is also as thick as the front armor of a normal tank. It can be said that unless the track is broken, it is impossible to cause damage to the rat tank in any direction, even those terrible 152mm guns. Same.
The other party actually fantasized about going around behind him and then destroying himself? What do you dream of?
"Turn around and go back," Hans said. "Look at those Soviet tanks, are they looking for us behind us."
"Understood." Hearing Hans's words, Schmidt turned the steering wheel, and the huge rat tank turned a small and flexible bend on the road and began to return.
Like the Tiger Tank, the Rat Tank's steering is extremely flexible. If the steering wheel is full, it can also be turned on the spot.
At this point, they had already rushed out for half a kilometer, and where they had fought fiercely, the remaining Su-152s were waiting there.
Where did the Germans go?
Hearing the sound of the exchange of fire in front, they followed the order and immediately drove off the road, went around from both sides, and planned to go around the other side and behind to kill it.
However, when they went around, they found nothing, and the other party actually disappeared?
Only three destroyed SU-152s were left, staying in the light rain. All of this made them unbelievable. How fast should the other party's rate of fire be?
The light rain also troubled them, and they lost their target.
"Crench." Yakov opened his hatch, and in the light rain, he got out of the turret.
Soviet tanks, inheriting their usual characteristics, have a simple structure without any sound insulation measures. If the current self-propelled artillery is like this, it is rumbling inside, and it is impossible to hear anything. When he got out of it, he heard it vaguely. A huge roar in the distance.
The opponent's tank actually moved forward all the way?
This made Yakov can't help but admire the courage of the other party. Only one tank dared to continue to charge forward?