The powerful and heavy 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile penetrated the fragile front armor plate without any suspense, and rushed into the front of the car with a strong residual kinetic energy that was far from being completely exhausted.
The armor-piercing delay fuse that was successfully fired then detonated the projectile warhead charge. It can easily penetrate and kill any German tank in active service below the King Tiger. Each shot is an unambiguous 122 full-caliber armor-piercing projectile.
The amount of charge in the pill warhead is not limited.
It is no exaggeration to say that the extremely destructive damage effect brought by the large caliber is the nuclear bomb in the armor-piercing projectile of the tank main gun.
And when a total of 13 rounds of such armor-piercing projectiles were all effectively penetrated and poured into the front of the locomotive from different injection points, one can already imagine the consequences that would follow.
It was like an elephant eating a bunch of grenades in one mouthful, and then thundering in its belly thirteen times in a row.
The locomotive, which was still running normally, suddenly exploded from the inside out, bursting out from the punch holes, the train flue, and any gaps where smoke could be ejected. Not only was the thick black smoke, but also the dazzling heat.
Orange-red flames splashed everywhere.
The internal space of a train locomotive is very large, more than ten times larger than the internal space of a tank.
But correspondingly, since the space inside the front of your car is large enough, I will send you to the sky with overflow power that is far more than ten times the aftereffect required to destroy a heavy tank.
I'm not afraid that a volley of fire won't kill you, but I'm afraid that your body, which is as fragile as paper, can't withstand such power. If a volley of fire hits you, you will be blown to pieces. That would lack some interest and not be enjoyable enough.
This is what Malashenko thought from the moment he made up his mind to take action. Of course, this is also what he actually did in the end.
The immediate aftermath of a wave of 122 full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles was that the front of the German armored train was instantly blown open, the sky cover cracked, and the additional armor plates covering the entire front of the train were torn from the inside out.
It was twisted and deformed by the explosion, and it collapsed on the spot. All kinds of unknown parts and fragments flew around like a goddess scattering flowers.
After a rain of scattered metal fragments and parts, the armored train, which had not yet fully accelerated, was finally stopped from accelerating to escape, but it did not brake on the spot.
Trains are not ordinary family cars. The braking distance is measured in kilometers.
Even though it has not yet completed acceleration and is still in the initial stage, destroying the front end of the train that is responsible for providing traction power cannot stop it on the spot. The entire armored train that has been running slowly on the railway track seems to be slow, but in fact it contains even
Heavy tanks collided in front of it, but their powerful kinetic energy was unable to stop it on the spot.
I saw that the twisted and deformed locomotive lying on the spot after a wave of volleys of fire had derailed, and the wreckage overturned on another rail on the side, catching fire.
The remaining rear compartment, which had somehow decoupled from the front of the car, had not stopped yet, and was still pushing forward with the remaining power and potential energy.
The wreckage of the locomotive, which was half way across the track, became a fatal obstacle. The rear carriage that hit it immediately was affected by it, making a harsh and explosive sound of metal friction and collision. In a burst of lightning sparks,
In the splatter scene, the train immediately followed the lead of the wreckage and was forcibly squeezed off the track, turning into an armored train without a head and derailed.
A whole train of carriages behind them derailed en masse, and it only happened in the blink of an eye when there was no time to react.
The first few carriages that suffered the most serious impact not only derailed, but even rolled over in a more terrifying manner. In the blink of an eye, they were lying on the track bed with a loud sound of metal collision.
All of the above sounds long-winded and seems very long, but in fact it all happens in less than ten seconds.
Most people have only heard of train derailments and have never had the opportunity to see it with their own eyes, let alone be directly at the scene of the accident and witness it from the beginning to the end from the perspective of a bystander.
the entire process.
One thing to say is that such a majestic and domineering armored train with a strong visual impact derailed and rolled over. It was indeed shocking enough to shock the vast majority of the Red Army tank soldiers who were the "initiators" of all this. For a moment,
Speechless.
Malashenko, who still held the radio transmitter in his hand, had a calm expression on his face, without any obvious emotional changes or fluctuations.
Such a result can be said to be completely expected. It would be a fucking weird thing if the German armored train could carry a group of heavy tanks and rush out.
At the moment, this result is indeed acceptable to Malashenko, and it has not reached the worst level yet.
The worst-case scenario that Malashenko imagined was that the entire train derailed and rolled over. The treasures carried in the freight cars were scattered all over the place like porcelain that had been smashed from the shelves.
It hurts so much that I can't bear to look at it.
Fortunately, the current reality is much better than the worst outcome Malashenko expected.
Only the first three carriages, including the overturned locomotive, were rolled over. The number of subsequent carriages in a long line of carriages that I have yet to estimate were derailed and were stuck on the track bed or other nearby rails.
It was a mess, but at least the main carriages didn't fall over.
As long as the carriage does not overturn, it means that the treasures loaded and transported inside will at least not experience too violent a sudden shock or even roll over.
There may be unavoidable losses of some fragile items, such as porcelain or glass products.
But those metal utensils and portraits and other objects should not be a big problem. The mere movement of the carriage derailing but not turning over should not completely damage it. Malashenko thought so in his heart, and now he has finally recovered.
A big stone fell to the ground and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, the errand is done. Now I should be able to deliver the errand to Vatugin..."
However, just when Comrade Lao Ma was thinking that he finally had the nerve to give Vatugin the good news, a completely unexpected change suddenly occurred at this moment.
boom--
An unexpected and loud sound of artillery blast forcibly interrupted Malashenko's train of thought. Malashenko, who had not expected the sound of the cannon at all, immediately looked in the direction where the sound of the cannon came from and subconsciously looked around.
I saw a derailed combat carriage lying across the track bed, driving the turret installed on the top of the carriage. Green smoke was rising from the muzzle, and it was ready to open fire again at the combat engineers who rushed to the platform to collect corn.
"Damn it! These stupid fascist bastards are looking for death! They are still trying to resist at this time!"