Chapter 476

Khrushchev was relieved this time because the Germans had done him a big favor. The plane Stalin sent to deal with his special envoy was found by German fighter planes when it was close to the front airport. Four German air force fw-190d fighter planes easily broke the defense network composed of eight escort I-16 fighter planes and shot down Stalin's special envoy one kilometer away from the runway of the airfield. Unfortunately, until the end, the special envoy did not wait to welcome his own Soviet air force front-line troops.

Naturally, he couldn't wait. The situation on the front line was much worse than Stalin knew. A day ago, the Soviet air force was afraid to take off fighters to fight against the arrogant German air force. When the German Air Force bombed the village of tupos, the fighter pilots of the Soviet air force only dared to watch their compatriots trampled to death.

Relying on the complete radar detection network in the border area and the latest railway radar train, the German army could easily find and attack the Soviet aircraft that launched into the air, so that the loss of several flight units that the Soviet Union dared to fight was close to 100%. After the beginning of the battle, most of the Soviet fighter planes were destroyed on the ground because of the unexpected anti assault of the German army, and the Soviet air force lost a total of 3000 various aircraft in just a few days.

If Stalin knew that his air force was almost gone, he would not let his special envoy fly to the front to remove Khrushchev's military power. Of course, if he knew that Khrushchev and Voroshilov had withdrawn with the queen of the army warehouse, he would certainly let the special envoy take a sub branch of the criminal squad to the front line.

The captured Soviet kv-2 tank was soon surrounded by a group of experts from China. They began to calculate the data of the tank, and some news spread.

"Did you hear that? The Soviet tank used a 152 mm cannon The commander of tank 114, who was not very talkative at ordinary times, couldn't hold his breath this time: "Lieutenant, I heard that the tank can theoretically penetrate the front armor of the Tiger tank. Looking at that big guy, I felt for the first time that my tank was not very strong. "

Marcus was obviously not in high spirits. He and Ryan were assigned to the armored forces of leopard tanks from the beginning. Since nearly a year ago, they have been used to destroying the enemy's scrap metal with their own tanks. Their tanks are always the most advanced in the world. They are always the best in the world in terms of tank performance and driver quality.

Now, there is a tank that surpasses the tiger type in their hands. The front of the turret of this tank is thicker than the tiger type, and it is equipped with an unprecedented caliber 152 mm gun as the main gun of the tank. This makes the largest artillery caliber of only 88 mm German armored forces immediately feel a huge pressure.

So at this time, he felt that the engineers and technicians behind him should be shot. According to the normal development, the enemy used 152 caliber guns, and the German armored forces should use 203 mm guns anyway, right?

"Ryan! Don't you know the Fuehrer? Write a letter to him and say these idiot experts don't work! " Marcus said with a gloomy face: "the enemy's tanks are obviously more advanced than ours. Don't we have to die?"

"Shut up Ryan stares at Marcus, and then signals to everyone to be calm. He takes Alice and them to the group of experts who are meeting constantly.

"Hello, I'm the first Ryan to find this tank? Lieutenant Hardt He walked up to an engineer and said a polite hello.

"Ah, Lieutenant Ryan! Thank you for this, otherwise it may cause us more trouble. " The engineer looks thin, but friendly.

Ryan grinned bitterly, then pointed to the huge kv-2 tank not far away, and said, "this thing has caused panic to my subordinates. To tell you the truth, it's not easy to fight this kind of tank head-on. So I'm going to ask you professionals, is there any way to deal with this kind of monster? "

The engineer cracked his mouth and laughed. Then he called back an officer in charge of statistics and asked him to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the tank to Ryan.

"Obviously, the advantages of this tank need not be mentioned. The armor is very heavy. It's difficult for the 88mm cannon to deal with this thickness of armor at a distance of 1200 meters. The best distance to grasp is at least 1000 meters. I suggest you fire at this distance." The officer explained to Ryan after looking at the record.

"But the 152 mm cannon... Seems dangerous at a distance of 1000 meters." Ryan continued, frowning.

"Don't worry, I don't think it's as dangerous as you think." The officer laughed: "the interior of this tank is very well preserved, so we clearly know the weakness of this tank."

As he said, he pointed to the kv-2 tank: "the artillery is really powerful, but the aiming device is very backward, and the accuracy can not be guaranteed in the distance of 700 meters, so the probability of this tank hitting you from 1000 meters is not high, and then its shells are packed separately, so it takes at least 20 seconds for this tank to shoot again after firing."

Ryan nodded. He guessed that compared with the 88mm caliber gun on the Tiger tank, the 152mm caliber tank gun of the Soviet Union is too big. If the cannonball is not split packed, it is impossible to load it in a small tank, so the firing speed is a weakness of this big guy“ Another problem is the turret steering mechanism of this big guy. Because its turret is too heavy, the rotating mechanism originally designed for the KV-1 tank becomes too powerful. The aiming and adjustment of this tank are very slow, which is unbearable. I think that if the people who drive this kind of tank are not crazy, it must be the people who design this kind of tank. " The officer turned his lips“ I might have guessed part of the rest Ryan took a look at the tracks and wheels of the tank, and then began to talk about what he had seen and heard: "the mobility of this tank must be very poor, right? I saw with my own eyes that it was stuck on the roadbed and couldn't climb the slope. It's so slow that I think their driver didn't eat The officer nodded and gave Ryan a thumbs up: "you guessed right, the speed of this tank is not much faster than that of the Tiger tank, and it's very easy to stall when changing speed and turning... Do you have any questions to ask now?"“ When shall we get a new tank? " Ryan asked without thinking“ New tank? Don't even think about it. " The officer was stunned, and then laughed: "there is a plan to add welded steel plates to Tiger tanks to improve the protection level. As for upgrading... You have to wait for a long time." The original design intention of the Tiger tank is to find a delicate balance between the main performance of "firepower, protection and mobility". Under this premise, the Tiger tank also integrates the concept of logistics support simplification, many parts can be used with leopard tank, and adopts mature and reliable structure and equipment. For example, the engine of Tiger tank is the pinnacle of German mechanical industry design. This kind of engine not only has high output power, but also is stable. The most important thing is that this engine is very reliable and durable. This is also the reason why the German army has always maintained a very high tank availability. The failure rates of leopard and Tiger tanks are very low, and the tiny to negligible failure repair is mostly caused by too many impurities in the fuel. In fact, the leopard tank and Tiger tank, which have been designed with so much effort, have initially formed the rudiment of modern main battle tank. In several important indexes, these German tanks have maintained a horrible to heinous balance. If we want to increase investment in one index, the price will be a substantial decline in other performance indexes. So when he learned that the Soviet Union had invested kv-2 tanks in the battlefield, akado did not have the slightest surprise and fear. He knew that there was a deviation in the direction of the Soviet Union's exploration in the development of tanks, and it would not be long before they would return to the old way - they would not be "graduated" until they began mass production of T-34 and Stalin tanks. To put it another way of thinking, the main German tanks are leopard and tiger. These tanks have the power of World War I even against the heavy tanks of the Soviet Union. Of course, they are not in a hurry to replace new weapons and equipment. The "tiger king" tank, which is equipped with 105mm caliber guns and night vision devices, is still in the design finalization stage, There's no need to disrupt your pace for a bad kv-2“ Believe the Fuehrer, he values weapon innovation more than you think. " The officer looked at Ryan, who was no longer talking, and said, "it's irresponsible to give you a tank that can only be stopped for maintenance after driving for tens of kilometers." Ryan nodded, then looked back at Alice. "Did you hear that?" Alice nodded unkindly“ Then go back and tell Marcus about it! " Ryan grinned with pride. At this moment, he was like a child under 20 years old. Alice knew that she was being pulled as a microphone, so she began to chase her captains, and they ran back to their tanks one by one. That de * Guan looked at the two people who ran away. It seemed that he was longing for them. It took him a long time to come back to himself. Then he shook his head, put his hands behind his back and sighed with emotion, "young, how nice."