"Is this the end? I thought these Americans could survive a little longer..."
Although the U.S. armored forces did not surrender, in terms of the final result, it was almost like surrender. In the final analysis, they both lost their combat effectiveness.
In addition to Wittmann's No. 007 Command Tiger King charging across the road to intercept and kill the American troops, the situation faced by the Sherman used to block the road behind the street was not much better. It could even be said that it was even worse.
To be worse.
After realizing that the American tank on the opposite side was probably alone, and did not have the courage to come out on its own for a one-on-one duel.
The 112 King Tiger, which had already killed its sworn enemy, roared up again, driving the 700-horsepower gasoline engine transplanted directly from the Tiger One, driving this heavy steel body with a combat weight of nearly 70 tons.
Run forward and actively seek opportunities for combat.
Although it is a proactive attack, it does not mean that the opportunity for decisive victory will be handed over to the enemy.
The No. 112 King Tiger, which was obviously driven by a veteran crew, completely aimed its entire car body behind the building on the street where the M4A3E8 Sherman was hiding. Then the power was fully turned on, the accelerator was depressed to the bottom, and the muzzle was facing directly.
In the direction where the enemy might be hiding in front, they broke through the corner of the wall with a roar, and faced them directly with falling masonry debris all over them.
"Damn it, that Tiger King is coming! Fire, fire quickly!"
boom--
After all, the stationary one has the advantage of firing first over the tactical mobile one. Even if the distance between the two sides has reached the point of being close to each other, Sherman, who is braking still, can still take advantage of the King Tiger and roar from the muzzle.
The armor-piercing bullet fired had already hit the King Tiger before it roared.
Ding-ding——
call out--
It's not "armor-piercing, blasting, burning, all done instantly", but "hitting, ricocheting, flying, all done instantly". He is indeed a hero in the tank, but he just refers to the King Tiger on the opposite side.
The armor-piercing projectile, which was too nervous to aim carefully, and indeed did not have the opportunity to aim carefully, hit the base of the Tiger King's pig-nosed gun mantlet, and was instantly bounced away, pointing diagonally towards the sky and trailing tracer traces.
Like a shooting star in the sky.
The only damage caused was an innocuous gap in the mantlet of King Tiger's pig-nosed gun, and it was not even able to damage the barrel.
Sitting still here is just looking for death. In the turn-based attack game, if you miss a move, it's someone else's turn to take action. The commander of the US Army commander who commanded this Sherman didn't think he was strong enough to forcefully take over 88.
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"Run, you son of a bitch!"
"Load, reload, reload and you'll have a chance!"
The closer it is to the final moment of life and death, the person will tend to become more and more crazy and make some seemingly incomprehensible actions. For example, the driver and loader are muttering in their mouths at the same time, as if...
The bard-like singing buff can really bring you some kind of benefit.
The Sherman was doing his best to move and maneuver while the reloading was in progress. The reload was a high-speed armor-piercing projectile with a greatly increased penetration depth. It is said that this thing has the ability to break through the front protective armor of the King Tiger turret, but
It's just hearsay, I've never heard of anyone actually using this thing to successfully defeat the Tiger King and come back alive to tell the story of his tiger hunter legend.
At this point, we have no choice but to bite the bullet. At this point, we have no choice.
It was different from this Sherman, which was running like a rat trying to avoid the enemy's artillery line.
After crashing into the corner, the No. 112 King Tiger that came out of the surprise attack immediately stopped the car and stopped maneuvering. The heavy turret driven by the electric steering gear began to aim at the fastest speed, and at the same time, the car body was turned by the dual-stream transmission for use.
Aiming was completed as quickly as possible, and the fighting atmosphere in the car was also extremely tense.
"Aim at it, quickly! The driver will follow and help accelerate, don't let it go around to our side!"
Theoretically speaking, the King Tiger, which has strong armor and sharp cannons but a huge and bulky body, is best at sniping and killing US tanks one by one in a long-distance line.
, but I’m going to shoot one shot at a time, I don’t need to maneuver, and no matter how fast your maneuver is, it can’t be faster than my shells”, which is the tactical advantage.
It is really unwise to drive the King Tiger right in the face of the enemy's medium tank and blast the line.
But you have no choice in the current situation. Tank battles in the context of street fighting will inevitably involve fierce bombardment and close combat. The advantages of the strong armor and sharp artillery that the Tiger King is proud of are greatly offset and reduced, and the maneuverability is insufficient.
Jia's biggest shortcoming has been greatly magnified.
If the U.S. military vehicle crew performs reasonably, there is a chance that the current battle situation will be favorable to the U.S. military.
But as the saying goes, the most important factor that determines the outcome of a war is that people are not things. People's subjective initiative is always the biggest variable factor in war, no one.
The skilled and experienced SS crew tried their best. The turret and the car body rotated rapidly at the same time under the tacit cooperation of the gunner and driver, and under the unified command of the commander. The muzzle steering originally directed to the left was reversed by the dual-flow transmission.
With the blessing, the speed was doubled, and the black muzzle quickly aimed at the target at extremely close range at an unbelievably fast speed.
The aiming speed was beyond imagination, and could even catch up with the speed of the Sherman maneuvering at a high speed just a dozen meters away.
The lateral distance between the Chang 88 muzzle brake and the Sherman is rapidly decreasing, while the King Tiger's lateral body is constantly moving in the completely opposite direction to the Sherman's maneuvering direction with the support of the dual-flow transmission.
Turning, I saw that the distance from the maneuvering Sherman was getting farther and farther, while the main armor belt on the front of the car body, which represented the heading, was getting closer and closer to the Sherman.
Everything seems to be tilting in your favor, but sudden accidents often happen in an instant without warning.
"The engine is overloaded, I smell burning! We won't last long!"
After being attacked at the intersection, he urgently turned around to meet the enemy. Next, in order to ensure that the car body was facing the enemy head-on, he tried his best to forcefully collapse the corner of the wall without exposing his weak points. As soon as the corner collapsed, there was another burst of masonry and rubble.
The dual-stream transmission is maneuverable for in-situ steering.
Such a perverted and violent operation seemed to be reasonable and natural. The 700-horsepower gasoline engine transplanted directly from Hu Yi was finally overwhelmed and could no longer bear it.
Something in the power compartment was overheated, and a burnt smell filled the interior of the car.
The loader who was the first to smell this smell reminded loudly that there was no guarantee that the self-igniting fire would erupt from the power cabin in the next second, but the only one who answered him was the still calm and composed commander.
ordered calmly.
"Don't worry, continue! Keep turning and aiming, listen to my orders with your ears up!"