Chapter 4 Tank Rollover
A flame erupted from the rear of the rocket launcher, and then, holding the gorgeous tail flame, walked the elegant trajectory, and the rocket flew forward.
This is a scene on TV and a wonderful shot of Hollywood blockbusters.
Unfortunately, this kind of lens is not valid in reality.
Rockets use fast-burning propellant. When the rocket came out of the bazooka, it had already burned, with no tail smoke or flames.
The reason why this RPG-7 rocket is powerful is that when it flies about ten meters, the second-stage booster will burn, and it will burn in an instant, but it will accelerate the rocket to 300 meters per second. The huge energy brought by its speed gives this rocket a better armor-piercing depth.
"Rocket! There is a rocket on the right side! Brake immediately!" At this time, the captain's periscope happened to see Mhamad carrying a rocket launcher and aiming for launch, and immediately shouted loudly.
It is impossible to see a rocket with the naked eye, but you can see the launcher and destroy it.
If the loader hadn't died while operating the anti-aircraft machine gun, he could have used the anti-aircraft machine gun to break the person carrying the bazooka into several sections.
Since the ambush was discovered on the top of the mountain, the tank started very quickly and almost reached its maximum off-road speed. Therefore, it is almost impossible to avoid rockets by acceleration. If you cannot accelerate, you have to use another method to slow down!
After the captain shouted for the brakes, the two people inside the turret grabbed the armrests on their seats tightly.
The driver's instinctive reaction immediately pulled the left and right operating levers backwards.
For tankers, the main thing to operate is these two operating levers. When pulling halfway, they turn and pull to the bottom at the same time, and brake on both sides at the same time.
With the driver's operation, the brake oil cylinder under the operating lever pressed hydraulic oil into the brake belts on both sides of the driving wheel. The brake belt was in a burnt smell and hugged the driving wheel tightly.
As the driving wheel stopped, the two tracks on both sides also stopped moving, but under the huge impact force, they actually slid forward flat.
The nearly forty tons of iron lumps stopped quickly. Although the people inside the tank were tied tightly to the seat with their seat belts, they still felt as if they were doing a roller coaster. Their body rushed forward uncontrollably and was held back by the seat belt, which made them feel so painful.
At the top of the turret, the body of the dead loader rolled down from the top of the turret with this brake.
Finally, he could dodge the damn rocket? The captain's eyes had not yet hit the periscope, and before he could reach the periscope, he felt the body tremble, and a terrible sound came into his ears. Then, he felt that his whole body was extremely hot, and the temperature in the entire turret instantly increased by hundreds of degrees.
Mhamad ran quickly for a while, found the fast stone again, and hid. The position he had just launched had been discovered, and it was very dangerous to stay there.
After hiding, he quickly reinstalled the other rocket he carried on the front of the rocket launcher.
At this moment, he quietly poked his head out and saw the burning tank, and he successfully hit it again.
Rockets are uncontrolled, and tanks are moving, so when Mhamad fires rockets, he maintains a certain amount of advance. The amount of this advance must be made in his mind at the speed of the opponent's movement and the time when his rocket arrives, or to put it simply, it is determined by experience.
Mhamad's advance was just right, but he was originally aiming at the back of the turret, but he hit the front of the turret.
The war belonging to Mhamad has just begun.
Since the tank company's tanks passed through at high speed, when the first tank braked suddenly, the second tank could not dodge, and as a result, it hit it.
The four tanks behind stopped in time, and one tank was killed in front, and guerrillas rushed over on both sides. It was obvious that this was an ambush carefully planned by the other party.
With his flesh and blood, he dared to rush down like this and attack his own tank troops. These Afghan guerrillas were simply crazy. Berikov wanted to kill them immediately, but the mountains on both sides were too steep. The turrets turned around and found that neither artillery nor parallel machine guns were reaching for the time being.
The brave tank soldiers were helpless in the face of more than a dozen Afghan guerrillas, which made Berikov very angry.
"Report 404, 402 was destroyed, the front exit was blocked, I collided with 402, and the cooling water in the water tank leaked, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a few minutes." The 404 commander shouted.
Damn, the exit in front is blocked, what should I do? Turn back? Or break through?
The T-62 does not have the ability to turn in place, that is, the two tracks rotate in reverse, and the tank will rotate in place by 180 degrees, and then it can quickly break off along the way. Now, the goal can only be achieved through a few combinations of forward and backwards. Needless to say, whether the venue allows it, it is not allowed in time. In a few minutes, the 404 will lose power due to overheating of the engine.
"404, go around from 402, rush forward out of the valley, pay attention to the bazooka beside it." Berikov ordered.
"However, there are boulders on both sides, and the road in the middle is blocked by 402, so we can't get through." The 404 chief shouted anxiously.
"It must pass, this is the order." Berikov insisted.
They are tank soldiers, not infantrymen. If 404 is allowed to drop their chariots, then a few of them will be caught by the Afghan guerrillas and killed them.
After closing the hatch and looking through the periscope alone, the vision was not good, and it was quite dangerous to go around the front. However, the 404 crew also knew that this was the order they had to follow.
I just bumped into the destroyed tank No. 402, but I didn't lose anything. This is already very lucky. Now, I hope to keep this luck. The tank crew of No. 404 was praying in my heart.
After falling back a little, the driver of the 404 did not care that the red light of the engine was overheated, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. In the huge black smoke, the tank rushed towards the huge rock beside it.
If the speed is fast, it will be a violent impact. If the speed is slower, it will not be able to rush up, which is difficult to grasp.
When the driver was still one meter away from the boulder, the driver released the accelerator and pulled the operating lever on the left.
Reduce, turn, go up!
When the impact was heard, the driver stepped on the accelerator to the bottom again, and at the same time, the lowest gear was hung.
Although tanks seem to be able to rush around and be invincible, in fact, tanks are not allowed to go anywhere, and tanks will also overturn.
Now, the driver of 404 is challenging the limit.
As I felt the tank's tracks and came into contact with the boulder, the driver drove at full speed. Now, I just need to go up!
With the roar of the engine, the tracks grabbed the boulder and did not slip and went up smoothly.
The driver breathed a sigh of relief. The engine was running overheated, but as long as you could persist, walk through this section of the road and leave the valley, it would be safe.
"Ga, gaga." At this moment, suddenly, a strange noise came from the engine compartment behind.
Oops, the engine is hot, it seems that the piston has stuck to the cylinder! Then, the driver saw the engine tachometer in front of him, dropped sharply, and then stopped at zero.
The engine stops turning!
At this time, the center of gravity of the tank had not yet completely climbed to the boulder. Therefore, the T-62 at this time seemed to be a seesaw, wanting to press over, but it did not go over.
"Be careful!" the car leader shouted, they had already felt the body tilting.
"Boom!" A violent tremor made T-62 have an intimate contact with the ground.
The car body turned ninety degrees, and the left side touched the ground, and the entire car body came across.
The people inside were hit twice in a row, especially the captain, whose head hit the sight and suddenly fell into a coma.
"404 overturned." Tank No. 405, which was following behind 404, originally wanted to follow up, but when he saw the tragic situation of 404, he did not continue to follow him and reported to the company commander from the radio.
Berikov knew something was wrong with losing two tanks in succession.
This damn valley!
The guerrillas on both sides also approached at this time.
The guerrillas approached, and at the same time, the height was lower, so they could use a parallel machine gun to deal with them.
"Get back and use a parallel machine gun to eliminate the guerrillas on both sides." Berikov shouted in the radio: "Call the infantry detachment, call Jalalabad, we need support."
His tank company lost two tanks, and the single No. 413 may not escape the fate at this time.
Although Berikov was very unwilling to give up, his company was actually attacked by several guerrillas, but now he had no other way to ask for help from the superiors. It would be better to send helicopters to bring elite scouts and kill all these guerrillas!
With Berikov's order, the tank's turret rotated, and at the same time, spit out flames to both sides.
Several guerrillas who rushed to the front were immediately swept by machine guns and fell down.
The people behind immediately fell to the ground and looked for cover nearby.
In their hands, they were holding some homemade bottles.
These tanks are their targets.
"Dang! Dangdang!" Berikov heard the sound of metal collisions outside in the turret. He knew that the other party was using a rifle to shoot his tank.
Outside the tank, there were thick steel and ordinary bullets, and I wanted to hit his tank? Are these guerrillas crazy?
The four tanks, without steering, were in reverse gear and retreated all the way.
While retreating, he continued to attack these guerrillas with a parallel machine gun.
Suddenly, Berikov discovered that he could not see anything in his periscope.
Damn it!
Berikov will not forget that there was a sharpshooter in this guerrilla team, and that sharpshooter actually cunned his periscope.
This probability is very low.
The commander had no periscope, and the turret was spinning all the time. Berikov didn't believe it, the other party would be so lucky.
Chapter completed!