Chapter 709： Expand quickly

Speaking of 88mm anti-aircraft guns against tanks, many people will take Rommel's example. On the battlefield in North Africa, when Rommel was about to be broken through the defense line, Rommel had an idea and ordered his men to level the 88 anti-aircraft guns. After successfully destroying the British tank, the danger was turned into peace.

Some people even took out Rommel's autobiography, saying that this method was definitely invented by Rommel.

However, the actual situation is not the case at all. Most anti-aircraft guns are designed to allow low-angle shooting, which is very simple.

The important thing is the shells! For airplanes, anti-aircraft artillery definitely does not need armor-piercing shells, high-explosive shells are suitable, especially the proximity fuze is a major improvement of antiaircraft artillery.

No anti-aircraft artillery will use armor-piercing bullets, and the aircraft is not a flying tank, either made of wood or aluminum. Where do you need armor-piercing bullets!

The German 88mm anti-aircraft gun was designed with anti-tank requirements in mind. The biggest plan is to develop armor-piercing shells specifically for anti-tank, and require each gun to carry a certain number for emergency. This regulation starts A big use.

Moreover, the scope must take into account the needs of anti-tank. The scale parameters of the air-to-air scope and the ground-to-air scope are different. The 88 gun has a binocular, which contains different scales to meet different needs. This is purchased by the German Army. When asked.

Therefore, pulling out the 88mm anti-tank gun as an anti-tank gun is not a pioneering work by someone.

However, it is not a specialized anti-tank gun after all! Its biggest disadvantage is its height and weight, which makes its survival in combat more dependent on its firepower and range rather than good concealment.

If it is a 50mm anti-tank gun, it can now be pushed back, but the 88mm anti-tank gun is not easy!

When this 88mm anti-aircraft gun was first developed, it was towed by ordinary trucks. Every deployment was quite complicated and hardly had the ability to deploy quickly.

Afterwards, under Cyric's instructions, this anti-aircraft gun was improved, and a new type 202 special trailer was developed specifically for this anti-aircraft gun.

In the past, the antiaircraft artillery used a single axle, which was towed by a truck in front of it and ran along with it.

And this kind of trailer has a parallel two-wheel structure, good off-road performance, the artillery will not bump, the muzzle faces the rear when towing, and is equipped with tire brakes and wheel gear fixing devices.

Normally, you need to support the tires and fix the trailer properly before you can fire. Otherwise, if you fire a shot, the tires will run, and you have to readjust the shots.

However, this trailer has been carefully designed so that it can be fired at a low angle on the gun, and its emergency anti-tank capability has been greatly enhanced.

The gun carriage has also been modified, making it easier to get on and off the gun carriage, entering and exiting positions more quickly, and the gun survival rate is greatly improved.

Now, when he sensed that the next round of artillery coverage might come, the artillery squad here quickly prepared.

There are 12 members in a squad, and now they are all preparing quickly.

Two soldiers in charge of driving the tractor, one commanded below, and the other, slowly reversed the tractor into the gun position.

At the same time, the other people were resetting the artillery. In a short time, they set up the wheels, fixed the cannon, and then connected the tractor to the towing hook behind the cannon.

boarding!

They jumped on this Ford 10-ton off-road truck, and then, amidst the rumble of the engine, the anti-aircraft gun was dragged towards the rear.

Here is a line of defense that Finland has built over several years. Various fortifications and bunkers emerge in endlessly, but there is no suitable bunkers for the 88mm anti-aircraft artillery.

After all, this weapon is not in their plan.

Otherwise, they would not have to go so far as to put the cannon directly in the bunker and fear nothing. Now, they can only retreat quickly through the road!

The enemy’s artillery coverage will not be too far, and will not exceed a depth of five kilometers at most, otherwise it will not have a continuous fire density. Now, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun trailers are moving quickly towards the rear of the position. .

Sure enough, half an hour later, the Soviets' artillery coverage began again! Countless shells landed on the main defense zone.

There was trembling everywhere, and countless fragments were flying horizontally, but the fortifications here were repaired sturdily enough, and such shelling could completely defend it!

Sitting at the back of the truck, Patty Buddha looked at the rumble of cannonballs in the distance, and felt in his heart that he had just thought about it. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to be exposed and wait for the cannonballs! If this kind of anti-aircraft gun is bombed again, it will be even more troublesome!

The artillery coverage lasted for almost half an hour, and after the sound of the opponent’s artillery ceased, the artillery squad started again!

"Quick, quick!" the monitor called.

When I just came here, the positions here were intact The roads were flat, but after one shelling, there were potholes everywhere!

The off-road truck with all-axle drive was moving on the road, around the crater, and the speed was quite slow, which made the squad leader anxious.

Finally, the antiaircraft artillery came to the position just before the gun position, the whole position was deformed, and the sandbags used for defense were staggered.

"Quick, quick!" The driver reversed and parked the anti-aircraft artillery trailer at the gun position. The squad leader couldn't wait to unload the trailer.

In the distance, the Soviet tanks rushed up again, still the terrible heavy tanks, rushing forward!

They want to copy the last successful experience, cover it with gunfire, and then quickly hit!

This time, it's impossible!

Although not as fast as a self-propelled artillery, the advantage of this trailer is that it can be fired on the artillery when needed!

Before it was too late to fold the tires and lock them directly, the artillery began to shake the barrels.

The signal soldier operated the rangefinder and quickly measured the range: "One kilometer, fast, fast!"

The opponent's tank was also fierce this time, sprinting towards this side at high speed!

"Wow, huh!" The armor-piercing projectile was loaded into the gun body, Pattyfo quickly used the direct sight to aim, and then pulled the gun rope!

"boom!"

After all, it was on a gun carriage, so it was not as stable as when it was directly erected. When firing, it was obvious that the gun body was shaking.

"Hit the target!" the soldier in charge of observing the impact point shouted loudly.

The accuracy of this anti-aircraft gun is very high!

The battle of blood and fire begins again!

The battle on the front line was anxious, and at the same time, the battle reports continued to spread to the rear. The great leader Stalin was quite dissatisfied with the performance of the front line!