148 Mighty tiger tank
Facts have proved that not only Wittmann, the German armored soldiers are very courageous, or rather crazy.
After listening to Wittmann's plan for the night attack, the other three tank commanders agreed without thinking.
"It's crazy, but I like it!" "Ha, to deal with a French battalion in a mere battalion, let alone a night attack, so what if you swagger?" "What? Platoon commander, you said they don't have anti-tank guns? What a pity, I could have heard the 'ding dong' sound..."
These are the original words that the other three captains said after listening to the plan.
After everything was ready, the four tanks were divided into two groups, and in the faint moonlight, they staggered toward the woods beside the village. From here, they could avoid the deep and shallow trenches in the village.
However, it is said that it is a forest, but in fact, there are not many trees still standing in it.
"Car No. 3 and No. 4, have you arrived at your location?" Wittmann, who arrived at the sortie position, asked the other two cars by radio.
"Hey, we're here." The commander of Car No. 3 smiled and said, "Have you just arrived, platoon leader? It seems that we are faster this time."
"Oh, man." Wittman also laughed, "Let's see who can break through the Frenchman's camp faster, los! los! los!!!"
Following Wittmann's order, the four tanks turned on their headlights at the same time, and the engine power reached its peak. The huge tanks roared and rushed towards the French barracks.
Following the charge of the four tanks were more than forty German soldiers. Originally, they did not intend to join the night attack, but when they saw the four tanks supporting them, they changed their minds.
Because the four tanks in front of them were something they had never seen before.
This type of tank looks like an enlarged version of the No. 4 tank. Like the No. 4 tank, the turret and body armor are designed with a large inclination angle, and the shape is relatively low. As for the main gun, its main gun Obviously not the same 75mm tank gun as the No. 3 and No. 4, it's thicker.
It is Germany's new heavy tank - the No. 6 tank, but people prefer to call it another name, the Tiger tank!
In addition to using the 88mm anti-tank gun as usual, the Tiger tank of this generation is different from the original version in other aspects.
In terms of armor, the Tiger tank of this generation has reduced the thickness of the armor and adopted inclined armor, which greatly reduces the weight of the whole vehicle without reducing the overall protection ability of the vehicle, thereby improving the mobility of the vehicle and reducing the The failure rate of the vehicle also makes its appearance low.
In terms of power, it gave up the original 700-horsepower 12-cylinder Maybach hl/230 engine and chose a 650-horsepower hl/210.
Although at first glance, the reduction in horsepower will make the Tiger, which was originally criticized for its maneuverability, even worse.
But in fact, the new Tiger has greatly reduced the weight of the car because of the use of inclined armor, so that the new Tiger equipped with a 650-horsepower engine has not only not weakened in mobility, but even completely abused the 700-horsepower old Tiger.
Finally, the biggest change is the suspension problem of the Tiger.
The new Tiger does not use the staggered road wheel torsion bar suspension like the old Tiger, but uses a double-layer/multi-layer independent vertical coil spring suspension system similar to the later Merkava 3.
Although the Tiger with this suspension system has made some sacrifices in terms of member comfort, it has made great progress in more aspects such as battlefield repair, production speed, and rare metal consumables. .
This completely cured the tiger's Achilles' heel.
In fact, not only the tiger-style suspension has been replaced, but the suspension of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks is also different from the balanced spring suspension of the previous generation. In this generation, all German tanks under 30 tons have adopted the "Stalker" style. Balanced leaf spring suspension.
The leaf spring suspension system is simple in construction, cheap and easy to produce, and has excellent reliability.
Of course, the shortcomings of leaf spring suspension are also obvious. The diameter of the road wheel is small, the movement stroke is short, the support is too rigid, and the bearing capacity of the single-group suspension system is too small.
However, the flaws are not concealed. The balanced leaf spring suspension is the most suitable for German medium and light tanks.
Speaking of which, Geise, who had seen the tiger-style, changed his previous cautiousness and decided to go to the French military camp with a small number of soldiers. rush out.
So, while the four Tigers roared towards the French camp, more than 40 German soldiers followed suit, and the originally quiet night suddenly became full of shouts of killing.
The French army did not expect that the German army, who still had two digits left in the fight, waited for reinforcements at the last minute. What they did not expect was whether the reinforcements were still a big killer such as the Tiger type, and what they did not expect was that the total number of troops was less than six points of their own. One of the German troops even dared to launch a night attack on themselves.
Of course, even if they think of it, there is nothing they can do. After all, without the anti-tank guns, they can't do anything like tigers.
Well, even if their four anti-tank guns hadn't been blasted into the sky, they wouldn't be able to stop the Tiger. After all, even if the 25mm small water pipe was attached to the Tiger's face, it wouldn't be able to penetrate the Tiger's front armor.
However, the French army is the "world's No. 1 army" after all, and they still have the combat literacy they should have. In the face of the fierce night attack of the German army, the French troops on the periphery immediately began to fight back against the German army, and bullets were poured into the German army like rain. , however, the effect achieved, in addition to hitting a few unfortunate Germans, was a burst of beautiful music (the sound of bullets hitting the armor).
Compared with the French who "played music", the German attack was much more powerful. Four 88mm anti-tank guns fired high-explosive grenades all around, turning into four death-spreading gods of death, while the German infantry suffered huge casualties. , so more than half of the people were carrying mg42 and mp40, and the bullets were sprinkled around without money. Soon, the French army's guard troops on the periphery were swept away.
However, the security forces are security forces after all, and their task is to send sentries to the large forces behind them, and such a violent exchange of fire allowed them to complete their tasks well.
"What?! What?!" Bruno was awakened by the sound of the exchange of fire, he got up from the bed in a panic, quickly put on his clothes and ran out of the tent.
"Batch commander! The German army is counterattacking! Run!" Ben Shamin ran from the place where the fire was exchanged, but he didn't stop when he passed by Bruno, and ran straight in the direction of France.
Bruno was an excellent commander. He quickly calmed down and judged from the intensity of the gunshots. Although the troop that attacked him had a lot of firepower, the number of troops was not large, and most of them were the Germans who had been killed by him. remnants.
"What are you running for?! Stop and fight back on the spot!" Bruno stopped a few French soldiers who wanted to run, and shouted loudly, "You are so embarrassed when dozens of German troops attack at night?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he understood that his soldiers were not fleeing because of the German soldiers, because a tiger smashed through a tent in front and rushed out, and the anti-tank grenades thrown by the French soldiers could only be heard. ring.
Is that an anti-tank grenade? Are you sure it wasn't a cannonball? This was Bruno's last thought before taking an 88mm high-explosive round with his face.
