Chapter 1721 Long live the Tiger King!

The minefield can no longer be counted on, and all that can be relied on next is the defensive power on the position.

But a practical problem before us is that the 122 heirlooms equipped on the Red Army's heavy tanks alone cannot pose much of a threat to those King Tigers.

Ordinary full-caliber armor-piercing bullets would be ineffective against this thick-skinned King Tiger, unless the Germans got close enough or the Red Army tanks drove out of their positions and took the initiative to attack, shortening the exchange of fire between the enemy and ourselves. The distance is enough to penetrate the main armor belt on the front of the King Tiger turret. Otherwise, all the full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles will only make a sound and be of no use.

Unless you sincerely hit the tracks with the sole purpose of breaking the Germans' legs, the existing anti-armor firepower in Malashenko's hands would not be enough to stop these huge and bulky King Tigers from continuing to crush them.

Even though he holds the last trump card in his hand: the first batch of experimental discarding sabots produced by Kogin, Malashenko really feels that the role this thing can play now is too limited.

If the distance is a little further, the accuracy will be extremely poor, and the trajectory of the projectile will be as random as peeing. What's even more annoying is that the stock of this thing is really too small, there are not many rounds in reserve at all, and every time you use it, you will lose one.

After shooting intermittently until now, the number of this thing on hand has almost dropped below a hundred rounds.

The last time I fought against the Hunting Tiger, the gang of turtles under my command were only interested in using it for fun and did not stop the brakes at once. The precious armor-piercing shells were wasted in the first actual combat by excessive firepower and fierce bombardment. Nowadays, Comrade Lao Ma really gets angry when he thinks about this bloody thing.

But it was useless to get angry. The most urgent problem at the moment was to quickly deal with the group of tiger kings slowly pressing towards the position. At this moment, Malashenko could not care about anything else.

Do you want to use armor-piercing sabots now?

This thought flashed through Malashenko's mind. Based on a rough judgment with the naked eye, the distance between the German leading tank and the position must be at least about 500 meters.

Recalling the touching accuracy of the last time he used discarding sabots, Malashenko felt a chill in his heart. He finally shook his head and gave up the idea.

At a distance of 500 meters, even if it is a monster like the Tiger King, which is wide and fat and easy to aim, the bloody accuracy of the armor-piercing shelling projectiles will still "impress the Soviet Union."

Moreover, there are not enough discarding sabot armor-piercing bullets to squander at will. We must ensure that this thing is used to its full potential and can cause enough effective damage to the enemy. Waiting and then using it is the best decision that has no choice at the moment. .

"Each vehicle crew immediately loads high-explosive bombs! Wait for my order and be ready to switch to armor-piercing bombs at any time!"

The armor-piercing projectile just makes a shallow hole when fired, and simply listening to the sound has no effect. But if it is fired as a high-explosive projectile, it may be able to use AOE damage to blow up the Kraut's tracks, damage the Kraut's gun barrel, and destroy the Kraut's tracks. Removing the fragile sighting equipment, in short, achieving any of these can make the German's broken car lose its combat effectiveness and be forced to withdraw from the battle. ˜”*°•.˜˜.•°*”˜

If you are lucky enough, you can even use the overpressure damage from the face-to-face blast to get into the car through the gaps and cause substantial damage to the Kraut's crew members, which will have a better effect.

However, to achieve such an effect, relatively speaking, it depends on luck. At the very least, you have to send high-explosive bombs to the front of the Kraut's turret to explode, and rely on the downward spread of the overpressure impact to get into the vehicle from top to bottom to kill the Kraut armored soldiers.

If a shot got stuck on the King Tiger's strongest armor plate on the front of the car body, then I'm sorry, the King Tiger's front armor is a large piece of solid iron plate without even a weld, so it can't bear the impact of overpressure. It's a set, and being able to blow up the track by luck is already the best result that Malashenko expected and is worthy of burning incense.

After receiving the order from the comrade of the division commander and in combat status, the vehicle crews immediately took action. The vehicle crews that had loaded armor-piercing projectiles immediately aimed and fired and emptied the gun barrels. The loaders followed the orders conveyed by the commander to remove the high-explosive projectiles, along with the propellant powder. The canisters are loaded together and ready to go.

The crew that happens to have no ammunition in the gun barrel directly skips the first step of clearing the gun barrel. The loader puts down the armor-piercing projectile and directly loads it with high-explosive projectiles.

Soon, the high-explosive projectiles with powerful destructive chemical energy in the fire roared towards the Tiger King who were slowly approaching in a show of force with thick armor.

Boom boom boom——

Violent concussive explosions occurred one after another, and the German army, who did not expect that the Russians on the opposite side suddenly changed their ammunition, was caught off guard.

As the saying goes, the first bird will be shot.

The King Tiger that rushed at the front of the team became the target of concentrated fire for seven Red Army gunners.

Six of the seven 122mm high-explosive bombs hit the target at a shooting distance of 500 meters, and the remaining one exploded on the ground next to the Tiger King's track. It was barely considered a near miss and could still be fired. Do some damage. The huge fire and flames instantly enveloped the huge German tank, almost completely enveloping it and disappearing.

After the first shot was fired, the Red Army gunners stared at the target through their respective main gun sights, waiting for the results that would soon appear.

When the fire and smoke that exploded in an instant slowly dissipated, the ferocious steel behemoth shrouded in it finally revealed its true appearance again.

A track was blown off, and the armor on the front was covered with several shocking large holes that had not been penetrated. The anti-magnetic coating on the front of the entire car body was almost completely destroyed and fell off in the huge explosion impact, even like a fishing rod. The muzzle brake on the long and narrow barrel has disappeared, and the entire King Tiger is like a drunken tramp lying motionless on the roadside.

Obviously, six rounds of 122mm high-explosive bombs hit the target, causing unimaginable damage to this rough-skinned King Tiger.

It is true that the armor was not penetrated and there was no fire or explosion, but this does not mean that this King Tiger can continue to fight.

The loss of the muzzle brake and the damage to one track were enough to force the King Tiger to withdraw from the battle, not to mention the life and death status of its crew members were still unknown.

But the situation of this most unlucky King Tiger does not represent the experiences of all King Tigers after being beaten.

Just as Malashenko had guessed before, some King Tigers that were only shot in the upper armor could continue to move forward and enter the battle after the explosion flames dissipated. The chemical energy explosion damage failed to penetrate the thick upper armor of the Tiger King. Due to the deviation of the impact point, it was unable to destroy the tracks and the walking device. It only blasted a shallow crater and caused partial armor collapse.

The German armored soldiers in the car did indeed suffer a huge explosion impact. They felt that their whole bodies were shaken weak and their ears hurt. The car was shaking like a baby rocker under the heavy bombardment of the Russian cannon.

But fortunately, their King Tiger still has combat effectiveness and can continue to move forward. This unprecedentedly powerful heavy tank has indeed provided them with the capital to fight the Russians that they dream of. "Long live the King Tiger!" can best represent it. The true state of mind of the vast majority of German armored personnel at this moment.