The power of the 128mm full-caliber high-explosive grenade is really not small. It hit the wall of the unreinforced apartment building where Sulovchenko was located, directly blasting a large and shattering hole in the not-so-sturdy wall.
Fortunately, because the troop density is not particularly high, it is even on the low side.
There were only two squads of combat engineers in the entire building, and they were distributed on different floors. Fortunately, they escaped unharmed.
The high-explosive grenade fired was more like a display of strength without locking the target, or a deterrent. Although no combat engineer was killed or injured, it destroyed a small apartment on the fourth floor.
It exploded to pieces.
The furniture, bed boards, iron frames and other things inside were blown to pieces and scattered in all directions. Various miscellaneous parts, including broken bricks and debris, poured down from the blasted gap like a flood. A huge amount of smoke and dust was released.
It was unclear whether it was caused by fly ash or an explosion. It only took a moment for it to sweep through the entire fourth floor corridor, like an earth dragon passing through.
"Damn it, Sukka! The German guy's 128 cannon is quite powerful!"
The hunting tiger is indeed not a piece of equipment that has appeared for the first time, but it is undoubtedly a very rare thing.
Because its production is rare, far less than that of the King Tiger, even the leader division, which has repeatedly fought against the elite German fire brigade, can count on one hand the number of times it has fought against the German troops equipped with hunting tigers so far.
Therefore, it is not unusual for Sulovechenko to be shocked by the terrifying power of hunting tigers. After all, they are rare. As the saying goes, the more rare the tiger is, the more strange it is.
What's important is how to deal with this thing. That's the most important thing right now.
The Germans' demonstration of muscle is already clear: I can hit your highest point on the fourth floor with one shot, so don't take any chances on the other floors below, waiting to be bombarded by the German 128**
Bar.
On the other hand, Sulovechenko really had no good solution.
The only anti-armor weapon that combat engineers can rely on is the RPG-1 super-caliber 100mm rocket-propelled grenade. It can also be called a "bazooka" in a smooth way. After all, everyone is used to it, so there is no need to take it so seriously.
As an armor-breaking weapon rather than an armor-piercing weapon, the biggest advantage of RPG is that the depth of breaking armor is not limited by the attenuation of the attack distance. For example, the chemical energy caused by firing at the enemy target at a distance of 200 meters and 2 meters
The penetration depth is the same.
But the problem is that the maximum calibrated effective range of the RPG-1 is only 200 meters, and it requires an experienced shooter who is familiar with ballistic trajectories to ensure a relatively high hit expectation against tank-sized targets at a distance of 200 meters.
But now, on the other side of the bridge are Hunter Tiger, King Tiger, and Number Four.
Not to mention two hundred meters, the distance Sulovichenko visually estimated must be at least 500 meters away.
The 500-meter distance is nothing to the German tank guns, which have always been famous for their accuracy. It is a distance at which as long as you are not blind, stupid, or stupid, you can definitely hit a target the size of a building. But the same distance, for
For the RPG-1, the only anti-armor weapon that combat engineers can rely on, it is an insurmountable barrier.
The situation has become very obvious. Combat engineers alone will definitely not be able to deal with the Nazi iron bastards on the other side of the river. If we continue to maintain the status quo, there will be no other possibility except to continue to be beaten passively in the building. We must quickly adapt to the situation and think of new methods.
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"Hey! Can you hear me? Let Alsim answer the phone. I'll call Comrade Company Commander!"
A wired telephone was installed between the two apartment buildings at the garrison to facilitate communication. This was equipment that the German army had originally left in the building, and now it happened to be convenient for Alsim and his party.
"What? If you have anything to do, tell me immediately!"
Alsim on the other end of the phone had obviously just returned to the building not long ago. His tone was irritable and a little breathy. He had obviously just run back from the streets where gunfire was everywhere.
"The Nazi iron bastards on the other side of the river are too far away! Our PRG can't reach it! There's nothing else we can use! We have to drive the IS7 to the river and fire a few shots at those Nazis! Shoot them down
Say it again!"
If armor-piercing weapons are of no use, they can only rely on armor-piercing weapons. Fortunately, Alsim's team does have them. They carry them with them. The three men parked downstairs are preparing to engage head-on with the group of German paratroopers who are making a comeback.
This is the IS7.
Pulling the 130mm Red Navy naval gun over a few times, not to mention opening the cans of all those Nazi tanks, at least it can attract their attention and have a suppressive effect on them, so that they will not be so arrogant and continue to hold the apartment here.
Lou kept jerking hard.
"The Nazi paratroopers are pressing up from the front again, and now the front also needs heavy artillery firepower."
That's not to say a direct refusal, but closer to explaining and reminding him of the situation. Sulovechenko's tone on the other end of the phone was even more impatient than Alsim's.
".I can't control that much anymore! The SS dogs are gathering on the other side of the river. I can see it clearly! Their infantry is ready to cross the river. You need to send at least two IS7s to guard a pontoon bridge each! Frontal
Let the infantry tanks carry the front! Otherwise we will have to get poked in the butt by the SS bastards first!"
The worst-case scenario did happen as Alsim had expected.
After calling the friendly SS troops on the south bank of the bridge for coordinated attack support, the Wehrmacht paratroopers who had been killed for less than 20 minutes came back again and were more prepared than the last time.
I don’t know where these guys got a few small mortars from. Listening to the whistling of the shells and the explosion after landing, I can tell that the top-breaking cannon is an 80mm small steel cannon. It is probably the heaviest in the hands of these paratroopers.
Support firepower.
Normally, the leader of the division would not pay attention to such a wretched thing as the 80mm small steel cannon. The shrapnel exploded by this thing could not even penetrate the side armor of a BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle, let alone a tank.
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But it's different now.
The thin-skinned BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle needs to guard the street leading to the pontoon without moving an inch. This means that the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle has basically no room for tactical maneuvers and can only be used as a temporary vehicle.
Fixed fire points and infantry bunkers.
At this time, even if an 80mm mortar hits the roof of the vehicle, the foreseeable result is that the crispy turret dome armor will be blown through, or the top armor of the vehicle body will be blown up. Although it cannot penetrate the turret.
The dome armor is thicker than the top armor of the vehicle, but it is still possible to destroy the optical sighting equipment, damage the gun barrel, kill the crew members due to overpressure, and make the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle lose its combat effectiveness and withdraw from the battle.
After all, it is a mortar shell with a thin wall and a high charge factor. The warhead charge is much larger than that of a barrel artillery shell of the same caliber. This is the advantage of not having to withstand the impact of high bore pressure. This is a mortar shell.
One of the inherent advantages of cannon fire.
If the BMP43 is subjected to a high-explosive grenade fired by a 100mm tank gun under the same charge amount, wouldn't it be necessary to rush into the street on the spot?
Due to the limitations of the combat situation and combat needs, the BMP43s could not be moved, and the probability of being hit by mortar shells doubled. Therefore, two more IS7s, the three IS7s that were the backbone of the firepower, had to be transferred.
Alsim, who was holding the phone in his hand, really wanted to scold her, but scolding her couldn't solve the problem. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and stomp his feet and speak.
"I know, let's bring two more infantry fighting vehicles over, and the support of four vehicles will be here soon! I'll contact you right away, hold on!"