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Volume 1 Pioneer of the Times Chapter 1241 Ace versus Ace (Part 1)

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    Chapter 1241 Ace vs. Ace (Part 1) A head-on battle between tanks focuses on three factors. One is armor thickness, the other is firepower intensity, and the third is tank speed. This is an objective factor, while the subjective factor is the tank.  The quality of the crew, or actual combat experience.  (Niu Wen Novel ~ Read Novel Online) Now, the tank soldiers of both sides who are fighting in the town of Nastarus are all first-rate in terms of quality. One side has participated in the "War of Asian Liberation" and the "Caucasus War".  War" and accumulated rich combat experience in the war. The other side has just been transferred from the African battlefield and has considerable experience in tank warfare.  After breaking into the town of Nastarus, the Chinese tank troops immediately launched an attack according to the combat plan, rushing to the west along the road that crosses the town, and quickly attacking the main traffic thoroughfares in the town on the other side.  The mechanized infantry also immediately dismounted to fight. This combat quality is real.  As for the German tank soldiers on the defensive side, they waited patiently for the intrusion of the Chinese tanks and remained calm until the bombardment stopped. They ambush where they should and appear in key positions when they should. This is also true.  fighting qualities.  Since the quality of both sides of the battle is not much different, the only objective factor that determines victory or defeat is the performance of the tank.  In terms of armor thickness, the German-made "King Tiger" is slightly better than the Chinese-made "Wild Boar". The thickest part of the armor plate on the front of the "King Tiger" body is 150 mm, while the "Wild Boar" body  The thickness of the armor plate at the top of the front is only one hundred millimeters. This is an old model. The armor thickness of the improved model has increased by fifteen millimeters, but there is still a gap compared to the "King Tiger".  In terms of firepower intensity, both the "King Tiger" and the "Wild Boar" are equipped with a tank gun with a diameter of 105 mm. The power is not far different. Therefore, in terms of firepower, both sides are at the same level. It depends on the performance of the fire control system. The firepower  The more advanced the control system, the higher the accuracy of the tank gun when shooting. The most critical things in the tank fire control system are the rangefinder and sight glass. Chinese tanks are equipped with domestic optical mirrors and instruments, and  China's optical mirror manufacturing technology was learned from Germany, which was a technology transferred from Germany to China before and after World War I. In addition, China introduced American technology and Japanese technology learned from the United Kingdom. Therefore, China's optical mirrors are now  The manufacturing technology of tanks and instruments is also at the same level as that of Germany. This is reflected in the fire control system of the tank, that is, the "Wild Boar" and the "King Tiger" have viewing scopes and rangefinders with similar performance.  In terms of speed, the "Wild Boar" completely beats the "King Tiger". After all, the "Wild Boar" is nearly ten tons lighter than the "King Tiger", and the engine used by the "King Tiger" is basically the same as the tank engine used by the "Wild Boar". In fact, both  It is improved on the basis of a special tank diesel engine with a turbocharger system made in China. The output power of the engine is the same, but the weight of the tank it drives is different, so the lighter tank must go faster, cross-country  Performance is also better.  The above three key factors that determine the victory or defeat of a tank. Taken together, the "King Tiger" has a clear advantage in armor, while the "Wild Boar" has a clear advantage in speed. An excellent tank commander will definitely win in battle.  Give full play to one's own advantages and attack the enemy's disadvantages.  It was precisely for this reason that Captain Otto Julius fired the first shot of his "King Tiger" into the power compartment of the "Wild Boar". The shell accurately hit the right side of the "Wild Boar", and  It penetrated the engine compartment and broke the gearbox in the power system, causing the high-speed impact of the "Wild Boar" to eventually lose power and collapse on the roadside.  But the problem is that the "Wild Boar" engine itself is still running, so it is still supplying power to the turret rotation system. Therefore, although the tank is lying down and cannot move, the tank's turret is still rotating, and the Chinese tank soldiers operating the tank are still rotating.  Immediately confirming the direction of the artillery shell, a counterattack quickly began. An armor-piercing shell was fired from the tank gun of the paralyzed tank and flew directly into the body of the "King Tiger" commanded by Captain Julius.  front.  But unfortunately, the shell did not hit the key position, but hit the upper part of the armor plate on the front of the "King Tiger" heavy tank commanded by Captain Julius, leaving only a trace on the armor.  After falling into a shallow pit, the shell was bounced away. Like the "Wild Boar" heavy tank, the "King Tiger"'s front armor plate is also arranged at an angle, which can increase the ricochet rate of armor-piercing projectiles. Facts have proven again  , this design is very practical. It is relying on this design that Captain Julius was able to buy time and calmly fire his second armor-piercing bullet.  This shell once again penetrated the engine compartment of the "Wild Boar" and immediately stalled the engine. Once the engine stopped running, it could no longer supply power to the turret. At this time, if they wanted to rotate the turret, the crew members of the "Wild Boar" tank  Must be started immediatelyUnlike the "King Tiger", the turret of the "Wild Boar" is not designed with a manual rotation device at all. The two tanks actually represent two different design ideas. The "King Tiger" pursues everything, while  The "Wild Boar" pursues production speed. Designing two sets of turret rotation devices will affect the production speed, and the manual turret rotation device will occupy valuable space inside the turret. In the eyes of the designers, it is not as good as directly behind the "Wild Boar" turret.  It is simple to install a backup generator in the counterweight box, which not only effectively utilizes the counterweight box, but also provides additional protection for the rear side of the turret.  While the Chinese "Wild Boar" was turning on its backup generator, Captain Julius fired two more armor-piercing shells at the heavy tank.  The third shell hit the armor above the "Wild Boar" body. The fourth shell accurately hit the front of the turret of the injured "Wild Boar" and penetrated the armor plate, destroying the pitch of the tank gun.  In just a few seconds, the tank gun of the "Wild Boar" hung down powerlessly. In terms of combat effectiveness, this heavy tank had been damaged.  Captain Julius did not intend to just let go of the heavily damaged Chinese heavy tank. He gave the order to the ammunition man to load artillery shells again. This time he planned to use a concrete destruction bomb to reload the damaged tank.  The heavily damaged tank exploded internally, detonating the shells in the tank. In order to ensure that the target was penetrated from the side, Captain Julius also ordered the driver to drive the tank to the front and shoot from a more ideal position.  At the same time, the battle-damaged "Wild Boar" tank did not surrender. The tank crew opened the hatch, quickly took the wounded to evacuate the tank that had become a target, and quickly rushed to a two-story building on the roadside.  , and then the sound of submachine gun shooting came from the small building. Apparently, a battle broke out between the Chinese tank soldiers and the German infantry guarding the small building.  Of course Captain Julius will not pay attention to the Chinese tank soldiers who have lost their tanks. What he cares about is the abandoned "Wild Boar" tank in front of him. That is his goal and honor.  However, just as Captain Julius commanded his "Tiger King" to drive forward, a dull crashing sound suddenly came from the back of the turret. This sound was too familiar. Captain Julius was in East Africa.  This is how the few "Tiger" heavy tanks that were damaged in the battle withdrew from the battle.  "Captain, we were hit by an enemy on our side and behind us." Captain Julius heard the shouts of the ammunition hand in the earphone, but he did not find any bullet holes in the turret, and no one under his command reported that any comrades were injured, so  , his first reaction was that the shell bounced off the tank's armor.  It must be admitted that in combat, luck is also very important many times. The crew of this "Tiger King" was very lucky.  "Facing the enemy rotating turret head on" Captain Julius quickly gave the order to turn the tank around, because the rear armor plate of the "King Tiger" is the thinnest and cannot wait for the enemy tank to fire the second shot. Otherwise, the first shot will be fired.  After the second shot, the German tank crews would no longer have such good luck.  The engine of the "King Tiger" heavy tank immediately roared. One side of the track was braked, and the other side of the track turned rapidly. It immediately spun in place, and the asphalt pavement on the road was immediately crushed to pieces. At the same time,  , the tank's turret rotates faster than the car body. Before the car body completes the turn, the turret has already turned to the diagonal rear direction.  The commander's sight turned faster than the turret, so before the turret turned to the appropriate position, Captain Julius had already seen another "Wild Boar", just around the corner from his "Tiger"  "King" is only two hundred meters away. At such a close distance, it is hard to believe that the shot just now was actually missed.  "Don't wait for my order and fire continuously." Captain Julius gave the order to the gunner. In this kind of close-range frontal combat, whoever has more firepower will survive.  Because the tanks on both sides were so close, Captain Julius even saw the pattern on the turret of the Chinese heavy tank. He was surprised to find that the most eye-catching thing on the pattern was not the short horizontal bars representing the achievements, but an approximate picture.  The pattern of a warship, that pattern was so large that one could aim and fire at the pattern.  Did that tank or tank commander ever destroy a warship?  Or is that not the pattern of a warship, but just the outline of a warship?  Unless he could get closer, Captain Julius would not be able to confirm his guess.  At that moment, Captain Julius suddenly remembered the newspaper he had read a long time ago, which once introduced a battle between Chinese tanks and British destroyers during the "War of Asian Liberation", and the final result of the battle  It was the British ship that sank, and the Chinese Army Tank Force created a tank that sank the warship.It was a miracle of technology, and created a tank ace, who also personally starred in a movie describing the battle between tanks and warships.  Is it really the Chinese tank ace?  This idea excited Captain Julius. If the facts were as he suspected, then today's tank battle would be an ace versus ace battle.  But at the same time, Captain Julius also had a question. If the opponent was a Chinese tank ace, why was the shell that just hit the back of the "King Tiger" turret blown away?  The thickness of the armor plate on the rear side of the "King Tiger" turret is not enough to withstand large-caliber armor-piercing projectiles from a distance of two hundred meters. At this distance, experienced tank operators will not make aiming errors.  These thoughts just flashed through Captain Julius's mind. No matter what, he had to fire first, otherwise, his "Tiger King" would become a target for the opponent's shooting, and it would also be a stationary target.
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