Chapter 476: Vast

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Khrushchev was relieved this time because the Germans helped him a lot. Stalin sent him to dispose of the plane that his special envoy was taking. When approaching the front-line airport, it was discovered by German fighters. The 4 formations of the German Air Force fw-190d fighter easily tore the defense network composed of 8 escorted i-16 fighters Stalin's envoy shot down a kilometer away from the airport runway. It is pitiful that until the end, the envoy did not wait to greet his frontline troops of the Soviet Air Force.
He naturally could n’t wait. The situation on the front was even worse than Stalin knew. The Soviet Air Force had dared not take off fighter planes against the arrogant German Air Force one day before, and the German Air Force was booming in the village of Tubos. During the indiscriminate bombing, fighter pilots of the Soviet Air Force only dare to watch their compatriots destroyed.
Relying on the complete radar detection network in the border area and the latest railway radar trains, the Germans could easily find and attack Soviet aircraft flying into the air, so that the losses of several flying units that the Soviet Union dared to fight were close to 100%. After the battle started, most of the Soviet fighters were destroyed on the ground due to the unexpected counterattack by the Germans. The Soviet Air Force lost a total of 3,000 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 by plane to the front to release Khrushchev's military authority. Of course, if he knew that Khrushchev had withdrawn with Voroshilov now, he would definitely ask the envoy to bring a execution team to the front.
The captured Soviet kv-2 tank was quickly surrounded by a group of experts from the country. They began to calculate the various data of the tank, and some news followed.
"Have you heard? The Soviet tank used a 152 mm caliber cannon!" The 114 captain of the tank, who usually doesn't like chewing the tongue, couldn't breathe this time: "Lieutenant, I heard that the tank theoretically It can penetrate the front armor of the Tiger tank. Looking at the big guy, I felt for the first time that my tank was not strong enough. "
Marcus was obviously not too interested, and he and Rennes were assigned to the panzer tank armor from the beginning. Since nearly a year ago, they have been accustomed to destroying the enemy's broken copper with their own tanks. Their tanks have always been the most advanced in the world, and they have always been the best in the world in terms of tank performance and driver quality.
Now, there is a tank that surpasses the Tiger in their hands. This tank has a thicker turret front than the Tiger, and is equipped with an unprecedented caliber 152 mm gun as the main gun of the tank. This made the German armored forces with a maximum artillery caliber of only 88 mm suddenly feel huge pressure.
So at this time, he felt that the engineers and technicians behind him should be shot. According to normal development, the enemy used 152-caliber cannons. Should the German armored forces use 203-mm cannons anyway?
"Ryan! Don't you know the head of state? Write a letter to him and say that these idiot experts don't work!" Marcus said with a somber face: "The enemy's tank is obviously more advanced than ours, this is not let us go Die? "
"Shut up!" Ryan glanced at Marcus, and then beckoned everyone to be restless. He took Alice and the two to the group of experts who kept meeting.
"Hello, I was the first Lieutenant Renn Harder to find this tank." He walked behind an engineer and greeted him politely.
"Ah, Lieutenant Renn! Xinxin is that you have encountered this, otherwise it may cause us more trouble." The engineer looked thin but friendly.
Ren smiled bitterly, then pointed to the huge KV-2 tank not far away, and said, "This thing caused panic to my subordinates. To be honest, if you face this tank in front, it is not a one. It ’s an easy thing. So let me ask the professional guys, is there any way to deal with this monster? "
The engineer opened his mouth and laughed, and then called back an officer in charge of statistics, and asked him to explain to Rennes the advantages and disadvantages of this tank.
"Obviously, the advantages of this tank needless to say. The armor is very heavy. The 88mm cannon has some difficulties in dealing with this thickness of armor at a distance of 1200 meters. The best distance is at least 1000 meters. I suggest you to use this Shoot at distance. "The officer explained to Rennes after looking at the record.
"But the 152mm caliber cannon ... it seems dangerous at a distance of 1000 meters." Ryan continued frowning.
"Relax, I don't think it's as dangerous as you think." The officer smiled: "The interior of this tank is very well preserved, so we clearly know the weakness of this tank."
He said and pointed to the kv-2 tank: "The artillery is indeed powerful, but the aiming device is very backward, and the accuracy is not guaranteed at a distance of 700 meters, so the probability of this tank hitting you at 1000 meters. It ’s not that high, and its shells are then packed separately, so this tank wants to shoot again after firing, at least 20 seconds. "
Renn nodded, and he guessed this. Compared to the 88mm caliber cannon on the Tiger tank, the Soviet 152mm caliber tank gun was too large, and it would be impossible to use shells in small tanks without sub-packing. Filling, so the rate of fire is a weakness of this big guy.
"Another problem arises with this big guy ’s turret steering mechanism, because its turret is too heavy, so the rotating mechanism originally designed for the KV-1 tank becomes powerless-the tank ’s aiming and adjustment It ’s very slow, and it ’s unbearably slow. I think, if it ’s not the people who drive this tank that are crazy, then the person who designed this tank must be crazy.
The officer pouted.
"I may guess a part of the remaining questions." Ryan glanced at the tank's tracks and wheels, and then began to talk about his experience: "Is this tank's maneuverability also very bad? Am I? Seeing it stuck on the roadbed with my own eyes, I couldn't climb the slope. The speed was so slow that I thought their driver didn't eat. "
The officer nodded and gave a thumbs-up to Rennes: "You guessed it, this tank's speed is not much faster than pushing the Tiger tank forward, and it is very easy to turn off when changing speed and turning ... Do you have any questions to ask now? "
"When are we going to replace with new tanks?" Ryan asked directly without thinking.
"New tank? Don't even think about it." The officer was stunned, and then laughed: "There is a plan to add a welded steel plate to the tiger tank to improve the protection level. As for the replacement ... you can wait. It's been a long time. "
The original intention of the design of the Tiger tank is to find a delicate balance between the main performances of the three tanks of "firepower, protection, and maneuverability". Under this large premise, the Tiger tank is also epoch-making into the simplified concept of logistics support. Many parts can be used in common with leopard tanks, and have adopted mature and reliable structure and equipment.
For example, the engine of the Tiger tank can be said to be the pinnacle of German machinery industry design. This engine is not only high in power output, but also stable. The most important point is that this engine is also very reliable and durable. This is also the reason why the Germans have maintained a very high tank availability rate. The failure rate of both Leopard and Tiger tanks is very low, which is so small that it can be neglected for repairs. In most cases, it is because of fuel impurities. Too much.
Leopard tanks and tiger tanks designed in such a thorough manner, in fact, have initially possessed the prototype of modern main battle tanks. On several important indicators, these German tanks have maintained a terrifying to heinous balance. If you want to increase investment in a certain indicator, the price you pay is a sharp decline in other performance indicators.
So when he learned that the Soviet Union had put the kv-2 tank on the battlefield, Akado was not surprised or scared at all. He knew that the direction of the Soviet Union ’s exploration on the road of tank development had deviated, and it would not take long for them to return Come on the old road-when they start mass production of t-34 and Stalin tank, it is considered "graduation".
Put another way of thinking, the main tanks equipped by the German army are the Leopard and Tiger. These tanks have the power to fight even the heavy tanks of the Soviet Union. Of course, they are not in a hurry to replace with new weapons and equipment, equipped with 105 mm caliber The "Tiger King" tank with artillery and night vision is still in the design and finalization stage, and there is no need to disrupt his pace for an unclimatic kv-2.
"I believe the head of state, he valued weapon innovation more than you think." The officer glanced at Ren, who was no longer talking, and persuaded: "If you really drive a few dozen kilometers, you can only stop It ’s irresponsible to hand over the tanks for maintenance.

Ren nodded, then looked back at Alice: "Have you heard?"
Alice nodded embarrassingly.
"Go back and explain to the group of Marcus guys!" Rennes smiled proudly, and at this moment he was like a child under 20 years old. Only then did Alice know that she was being used as a microphone, so she started chasing her captain, and the two ran back to their tanks one after the other.
Officer Nade looked at the two who ran away, and he seemed to be yearning for a long time. He recovered for a long time, then shook his head and sighed with his hands behind his back. "Young, it's so good."