Chapter 167 The first meeting of the three artifacts
In this war, the first large-scale tank battle seemed like a unilateral kill. The terrifying one-two-millimeter tank gun of Stalin 2 heavy tanks ejected long flames again and again. The shells cut through the air with a sharp roar like a meteor, easily breaking through the armor of Sherman tanks, turning the latter into burning flames.
These are simply two opponents of different levels, heavy tanks against medium tanks, one, two, two millimeter guns against seven, six millimeter guns. Those helpless Sherman tanks can only rely on slightly faster speeds and desperately circling to the flanks, hoping to avoid the opponent's heavy front armor attacks relatively weak sides.
But unfortunately, the battlefield is not a fantasy in American blockbusters, and the maneuverability of the 44-ton Starlin 2 is not comparable to that of the 70-ton Tiger King. Almost the same number of battles have no hope of victory. They can only watch their own tanks, with the impact of armor-piercing bombs, one after another, and burning Sherman everywhere on the battlefield, while there are very few Starlin 2 destroyed by them.
Under the bombardment of the most terrifying tank guns of this era, the Pakistanis quickly suffered heavy losses and left nearly a hundred burning wreckage and fled in a hurry.
The torrent of steel from the Indians rushed straight into Lahore.
"When you have to lead the enemy's armored troops into the city, the bazooka I gave you can easily destroy their tanks. Now is the decisive battle. As long as you drag the enemy on the Western Front, we can drive straight into the counterattack on the Eastern Front. Now we are fighting for will."
Yang Feng waved his fists and said to Ayub Khan.
Indeed, this was the decisive moment, and Jinnah knew this very well. Just after the defense line was broken, the Pakistani army quickly contracted into Lahore City, and Jinnah even shouted the slogan to turn Lahore into the second Stalingrad. At the same time, in the eastern front, nearly 200,000 Mingba-A coalition forces also launched a full-line counterattack on the Tianzhu army attacking Kolkata. In order to support this battle, Yang Feng even transferred all the remaining bombers to the front line, including the latest meteor brigade purchased. He also flew directly to Karachi to help the Pakistani people defend their sky.
This batch of meteors was directly drawn from the Air Force by the British government and sold to the Netherlands, and then resold Yang Feng. Their arrival not only alleviated the dangers facing Jinnah, but also had an extremely important significance. The military aid route from the Soviet Union to cross Pakistani airspace and directly into India was completely cut off because there were twenty-four night fighters in this batch of aircraft and meteors equipped with radar.
The cut-off of this route means that the Nehru Air Force's losses will never be resurrected in an instant, because the fighter jets he lost before flew directly from the Soviet Union to India. But they must be transported in sea later. It is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also assembled and tested after being transported. In addition, they have to be always worried about the attacks of the Ming submarines on Soviet merchant ships.
Yes, Yang Feng's submarine war had already begun. The Molotov was moving in the southern waters of Java, where he used passing Soviet merchant ships as targets for training sailors. So far, six of them had sunk. The Soviet Pacific Fleet stationed in the Port of Chilaza could only escort the merchant ships in a hurry. This was also the reason why they returned to the port.
In addition, the Kunlun aircraft carrier formation, which was visiting San Francisco, was also ordered by Yang Feng to set sail and return home immediately, preparing to participate in the war against India.
The countries that had been attracted to the Palestinian battlefield immediately stared at the subcontinent again. After all, the scale of the war there was not the same level as the subcontinent battlefield. Stalin 2 beat Sherman up, jet fighter jets showed their power, strategic bombers were scrubbing the floor, and infantry fighting vehicles were surprised. These were all worth studying. On the Palestinian battlefield, the backward guns and cannons have a far-reaching research value.
Not to mention anything else, the actual performance of a jet fighter alone is worthy of many people taking it seriously. Because of its excellent performance on the battlefield, the little vampire is becoming the darling of the arms market. De Havilland has been a little ruthless in accepting orders recently. In history, their fighter jets have sold more than 3,500. According to the current situation, it is possible to break through 5,000.
The business is so prosperous that even the Americans are jealous of them.
Immediately afterwards, another news that shocked all countries came out on the battlefield of Lahore. The Indians suffered heavy losses in street battles, especially their most powerful weapons, the Stalin heavy tanks, were beaten by Pakistani soldiers. In just a few days, more than half of the Stalin tanks turned into torches on the streets of the city.
What causes this result is only an inconspicuous weapon.
On a narrow street in Lahore, a Stalin tank was slowly moving in, and from time to time it used its one-two-millimeter main gun to spray flames forward, creating a new ruin. On both sides were large numbers of Indian soldiers holding Mosinna dry rifles and Poposa submachine guns, and even a new type of rifle that no one had seen before. It had a large arc magazine that sprayed hot bullets forward from time to time.
Well, this is the AK47 that was officially put into production last year. The Soviet Union itself only had a small amount of equipment. This time, it invested a thousand pieces on the battlefield in India, with the purpose of using human lives to test it.
As for weapons, the best way to test performance is to go to the battlefield.
No matter how gorgeous the data is, it is useless. The lives of people on the battlefield have the most say.
In fact, Stalin was treating this war as his new weapon test site, just like the Spanish Civil War back then.
"Arson!"
Suddenly, a terrifying scream sounded in the Tianzhu army, because at this moment, a shrill whistling sound came over, and the dense explosion instantly swallowed the small army. The firepower was as fierce as a volley of a 105mm artillery company. But in fact, there was only a very small and simple rocket launcher on a small high ground in the distance. After firing twelve rockets, four Pakistani soldiers hurriedly left with the rocket launcher.
Well, this is a Type 63 107mm rocket launcher.
The Pakistanis are very clever to use the simple weapon given to them by Yang Feng in urban street fighting in Lahore, and even treat it as a heavy weapon for sneak attacks. It is too light, even if there is no vehicle, a few people can drag it wherever they want, and it is even more convenient than small-caliber infantry cannons. If necessary, they can even be dismantled and moved to the rooftop and on the wall of Red Fort. In short, there is no place that cannot be visited.
However, small-caliber infantry cannons will not have a second chance to fire when facing tanks. This kind of rocket launcher can instantly pour twelve heavy rockets onto the enemy's squad, and then drag it to escape before the enemy tank aims.
This is the most standard ambush.
Less than half a minute after the Pakistani artillery left, the crew of the Stalin tank also woke up from the shock of the 107mm rocket's close range explosion, and quickly found the attacker's position from the gradually dispersed smoke. Then the turret turned and a one-two-mm grenade hit instantly. Unfortunately, before the shell fell, the Pakistani soldiers dragging the rocket artillery disappeared into the bunker under their feet.
"keep going!"
The Tianzhu officer who was injured by the shells, waved his submachine gun with one hand and said with a gloomy face that this round of artillery bombardment caused him to lose nearly one-third of his soldiers. Such ambushes often occur in this city. Such sinister rocket launchers have suffered all the hardships of the Tianzhu infantry.
Around him, the surviving soldiers were shot and silently dragged the dead bodies aside, leaving some people to take care of the wounded, and the rest continued to attack forward. Fortunately, they had an invincible tank, which was a powerful heavy tank that guaranteed their confidence.
However, just as the Stalin 2's steel track turned again, a fire suddenly shot out from a ruin nearly fifty meters ahead.
"Battlehot!"
In the terrifying scream of the Indian officers, the flames hit the front of the Stalin 2. The explosion sounded immediately. The metal jet generated by the explosion of the conical charge inside the armor-breaking bomb blew towards the solid armored steel plate at twenty-five times the speed of sound. The high temperature and high speed allowed the alloy steel at the impact point to flow around like the ice surface blown by hot air. In an instant, a small hole was easily blown out on the armor of one hundred millimeters thick. The metal jet that had not yet been exhausted, accompanied by the metal droplets brought out by it, swept across the inside of the tank like a scorching bullet. Then the Stalin tank stopped again and rolled out of the smoke.
"This kind of thing will turn the tanks in street fighting directly into mobile coffins."
Not far from here, several officers in Soviet costumes were watching this scene silently, and one of them, who had the star in the telescope, said.
"It won't take long, we will have our own." Another general next to him shrugged.
"And as far as I know, our scientists seem to have found a good way to deal with armor-piercing bombs. Although this metal jet has extremely strong armor-piercing ability, it is only for homogeneous armor. If composite armor made of multiple materials is used, the armor-piercing ability of the metal jet will be greatly weakened. The development of this aspect has begun. I believe that in more than five or six years, we will see this armor-piercing tank."
The general then added.
Obviously he knows more things.
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion suddenly came from the front, and then he saw the turret of the Stalin tank flying into the sky. On the background of this scene were two silver twin-engine jet fighters.
Chapter completed!