Chapter 778

Historically, it was because of Hitler's love for heavy artillery that he finally came up with this kind of thing. Hitler liked thick and big things, such as naval guns of warships, he even wanted 800 mm, Dora cannons on land, Also so perverted.

The rat tank is also one of them. This tank has a dead weight of 188 tons and a 240 mm thick armor, making it an invincible existence.

Unfortunately, the Army Weapons Bureau is not interested in this.

In other words, they are not interested in anything that weighs more than 100 tons. No bridge can withstand this kind of thing. It is almost a serious challenge to drive all the way to the war zone.

This is a tasteless existence.

From this point of view, it was true, but Cyric was still pushing the project forward.

Now, the empire has sufficient funds to integrate the industry of the whole of Europe, especially the process of economic integration of the whole of Europe is about to start, and the European Central Bank will be formed. Germany's money bag has long been swollen.

Therefore, there is no problem in carrying out some pre-research, such as the rat tank, in Cyric's plan, it is actually a pre-research project, and even this project will not be put into actual combat when the war is over.

Looking at the experience of later generations, the use of composite armor and advanced tail stabilized armor-piercing shells is the right way for the development of tanks. Now, these technologies are all under pre-research in Germany.

At the same time, this can be considered a two-handed preparation. If these technologies cannot be developed and mature, at least the way of simply increasing the weight is no problem.

More water and more noodles, more noodles and more water, Germany has a strong enough chassis.

As long as Germany has the technology, it can be produced at any time when needed. This is the biggest advantage.

This is also the case in history. After the stumbling on the Tiger tank, when it developed to the Mouse tank, the electric transmission has matured. Unfortunately, Germany is also finished.

This kind of tank has no chance to appear on the battlefield.

And now, it's different.

The super-heavy rat tank appeared on the battlefield like this. In fact, until now, it is still a test product, which was directly pulled from the Porsche company's proving ground.

There are six members in the tank, and one of them is a part-time engineer. Once the tank has any mechanical failure, he will quickly eliminate it.

At the same time, their transportation this time was also very smooth. There are many rivers in the UK. Therefore, after being transported from Porsche to the shore and loaded into the ship, they almost reached the vicinity of London before unloading the ship and going ashore. Yesterday At night, when they arrived here, they immediately carried out an overhaul. After confirming that the entire machine was in normal condition, they started at dawn.

During the high-speed rotation of the gasoline engine, a steady stream of electricity is sent to the electric motor behind through the cable, and the driving wheel slowly rotates, driving the more than one meter wide crawler belt to move forward.

From the outside, it looks like a cruiser on the ground, with great momentum!

Inside the tank, the commander, Sergeant Rip, looked grim.

He wasn't a real fighter, or rather, he used to be a fighter. After two years in the armored division, he joined Porsche for the mundane and hard work of testing cars.

Sergeant was also his rank when he was in the army. In the company, everyone called him that.

After all, this is just a prototype car, and it is not equipped with troops. Therefore, the operators are also the company's test drivers. However, almost all of them have experience in front-line combat.

Now, back on the battlefield, everyone has a kind of excitement.

"Boom!" There was another explosion, and the front wheel successfully crushed a mine again.

Any weapon has weaknesses, even the current rat type, which will not be destroyed by any anti-tank weapons. It still has weaknesses. Once the crawler is blown off, it will stop completely.

In the front, the driver Kurt was even more careful. For him, how to pass the anti-tank trench in front of him correctly was his biggest challenge.

It can be said that his tank is three meters high, even if it falls, it will be fine, and the opponent's anti-tank trench is only two meters deep, but he does not want that kind of shameful thing to happen.

Now, the troops behind are all looking at their own, driving such a big guy who pulls the wind, if it falls, what a shame!

The entire position was temporarily calm, and almost everyone, whether it was Germany or the United Kingdom, was watching this behemoth.

During the First World War, when the British tanks appeared on the ground, I am afraid this is the scene, right?

The engine was rumbling, the crawler was still moving forward, and finally, the crawler in front had reached the anti-tank trench.

Although this tank is very heavy, the current weight has exceeded 150 tons, which is not much smaller than the historical 188 tons, but the width of the track has reached 1.1 meters! In this case, the ground pressure of the track is no greater than that of the Panther tank.

Under the immersion of the river water, the edge of the anti-tank trench has become a little soft, and under the rolling of the crawler, the soil rustled and fell into the river.

Then, the front car body was suspended.

The crawler was still moving, and the people on both sides were dumbfounded.

What are anti-tank trenches for? Of course, it prevents the opponent from passing through. Generally speaking, as long as the width exceeds half of the opponent's tank, the opponent will not be able to pass through, and it must fall off!

The German tank is only six meters long, so the British dug a four-meter-wide anti-tank trench, which is supposed to be enough. If the other side starts directly, it will definitely fall.

If the other party wants to fill this trench, but lacks something, the soil is piled up on their side! And there's water down there!

As a result, the Germans came out with such a big guy. This big guy is too long. He drove it directly, just like stepping over a small ditch!

In the eyes of everyone, this huge tank, with its front tracks hanging in the air, came over. Then, the front end of the car body came into contact with the opposite side, and the tracks clawed at the ground, struggling to roll it up.

At this time, the car body behind has come to the end, and it has once again become a situation where the back is suspended and the front is rolled.

The front is the soil slope, which is accumulated by the excavated soil. Now, the engine at the rear of the huge rat tank emits black smoke, and the crawler is directly rolled up!

The front end of the car body was raised, and the tracks at the back were immersed in the river water. In this way, the tank was still roaring and moving, and it had successfully crossed the anti-tank trench!

At this moment, the British commander on the opposite side shouted: "Fire, fire!"