Red smoke suddenly began to emit from the central three-story area of the Capitol. Such an eye-catching emergency immediately attracted the attention of the remaining troops on King's Square at the foot of the Capitol who were preparing to face the enemy's desperate counterattack.
"A signal came from the top of the Capitol, red smoke! Requesting direct artillery support!"
"What!?"
Such an unexpected situation almost immediately reached the ears of Malashenko, who was also commanding the battle in King's Square.
At the moment when the Capitol building was about to be captured, a signal requesting direct artillery support suddenly came from the area near the roof. Not to mention that the people below did not dare to make independent decisions on such a matter, they had to quickly seek instructions from the nearest comrade, the division commander, even if it was
Malashenko, who boasts that he has never experienced any big storms, cried out when he saw it.
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The commander opened the periscope in his hand and saw with his own eyes the rising and floating red smoke from the top of the Capitol.
Various possibilities and problems flashed through his mind in an instant. Malashenko, who knew nothing about the specific situation in the building, had to make a decision quickly. Whether to fight or not depends entirely on the words of the division commander.
"Open fire, let 203 go up! Let's try it out with a shot first!"
Now, after experiencing all kinds of artillery attacks, it has become obvious how ridiculous the defense of this thing in the Capitol is.
When the 122 cannon is fired, there will be a sound, but when the 152 cannon is fired, it will be a pit.
Directly using TOS-1's level of firepower can indeed solve the problem.
However, it may lead to excessive problem solving.
The explosive yield projected by a salvo is far greater than that of a TOS-1 of a 152 howitzer battalion. If a round of 310mm heavy rockets hits the top of the Capitol, Malashenko is really worried about bombing his own troops.
Good or bad.
If a volley of fire were to hit and bury elites like the Alsim Company, Malashenko, who was furious in his heart, asked himself that he would have no place to cry at that time. The order was given by himself. You must not do it at this time.
Not admitting that it is too powerful and too saturated is sometimes not entirely a good thing.
However, Malashenko is not completely helpless. The leader division now has another new equipment between the 152 and 310 - the experimental ISU-203 self-propelled artillery.
This "super beast", which uses the IS7 body and chassis to carry the 203 giant cannon, showed its astonishing power when it first appeared in the battle against the Capitol.
Those solid German bunkers and bunkers on the Königsplatz that had managed to survive being covered by direct artillery fire were all destroyed by the direct and direct bombardment of this thing, one by one.
Ascend to heaven.
The few King Tigers and Jagdtiger parked at the foot of the Capitol building as fixed firepower points and bunkers, as well as the 88mm anti-aircraft guns and the Long 88 anti-tank guns with fixed mounts, have not tried to attack such a tall and powerful weapon.
Breaking through the boundaries, the "Russian behemoth" of IS7 opened fire violently, trying to destroy it.
Of course, the results were unexpected.
Even the most powerful and deep-penetrating Hunter Tiger 128 cannon hit the target with a heavy blow, which is nothing more than a crisp sound from the ISU-203 and a shallow crater in the main armor belt. At best, that's it.
until.
On the other hand, the ISU-203, which seemed to be offended, then turned its muzzle and fired a retaliatory counterattack, but without any suspense, it only took one shot to kill a 70-ton monster as powerful as a hunting tiger on the spot.
Restore to factory settings parts.
Are you kidding? That's a fucking 203 gun! It's a 203mm heavy cruiser-level direct firepower.
Not to mention hunting tigers, even if your German guy drives a rat over, it will be blown up to death on the spot and you will never remain paralyzed.
Not only the various armored vehicles and fortification bunkers at the foot of the Capitol, but also the sealed door of the Capitol, which was reinforced with various obstacles, masonry and concrete, was also unceremoniously "Slavic-style knocking" by ISU-203.
Just smash it open.
There is no doubt that this huge and intimidating self-propelled artillery is the undoubted absolute conqueror on King's Square at this moment. It is the "Soviet mechanical brother" who can make the enemy's liver and gallbladder split with the sound of the gun, and be humanely destroyed.
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And now, under direct orders from Malashenko.
Several ISU-203 vehicles that planned to head to the northern defense zone to meet the enemy immediately followed the order to brake and stop, and began to adjust the muzzle pointing within the allowed range of the left and right shooting range, and the giant muzzle brake of the same configuration as the IS7
The weapon immediately aimed at the target.
"Concrete destroying bomb! Quick! Load it immediately!"
Originally designed to demolish various front-line solid and permanent defense fortifications, it is natural for the B-4 203mm howitzer to be equipped with concrete destroying bombs. Now it is just an ISU-equipped with the same main gun.
203, following the Red Army's consistent "use principle", just put it into the car and use it.
The upper fighting room, which is extra lengthened and extends to the rear of the car body, has an unprecedentedly large volume space among all armored combat vehicles of the Red Army. It is large enough to accommodate the 203 giant cannon and allows sufficient recoil distance for the gun breech.
, and then plug a semi-automatic loader with the same design as the IS7 but larger size into the rear of the fighting room.
The larger size is true, but the larger shells are also true.
The semi-automatic loader of the IS7 can hold up to 6 rounds of ready ammunition and 1 round of ready ammunition, a total of 7 rounds; but in the ISU-203, sorry, 4 rounds of ready ammunition plus 1 round on the loading slide
There are only 5 rounds of ammunition in total.
Following the order from Comrade Commander, the two strong loaders immediately started their own work, operating the loaders on their respective sides, transporting the warheads and propellant cartridges onto the loading slide one after another, and aiming them at the loading rail.
Hold the "T" shaped ejector rod together and push forward together with the breech block.
Wow——
Bang——
"Loading complete!"
The breech block was closed and a shout rang out. The gunner, who had already pointed the black hole of the muzzle at the target, made a quick decision and pulled the firing lever next to the breech block to the end.
Boom——
The steel behemoth with a total combat weight of more than 70 tons sprayed explosive flames and suddenly reversed due to the huge uncontrollable recoil force. The powerful and heavy giant projectile broke free from the muzzle and headed straight for the target.
At the same time, at the target location where the artillery shells were about to arrive, the SS troops who not only did not run away but dared to fight back against Sulovechenko were still unaware of the impending destruction.
Da da da da——
Chug tug tug——
Crackling--
The roar of gunfire was like fried beans, accompanied by the ricocheting sound of bullets flying everywhere. Sulovechenko, whose position was exposed due to the sudden fire, was pressed tightly against the edge of the stand. Even if he moved slightly under the intensive firepower, he was facing
If you move even a little bit, you will most likely be killed instantly.
"Damn it! I can't control that much anymore. Rush with me! Cross the bridge immediately!"
Alsim, who was anxious to get angry, could only stare. Due to the blind spot in his field of vision, he could only hear the gunshots and could not hit the enemy. In desperation, Alsim was planning to lead the commando across the bridge to attack the Nazi thugs.
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But he never thought that a powerful and heavy iron lump would be one step ahead of him and had already arrived with a bang.