The T-34-57 medium tank is equipped with a ZIS-2 57mm anti-tank gun. This anti-tank gun with a barrel length of 73 times the diameter is the prototype of the ZIS-4 tank gun.
This artillery can fire BR-271 armor-piercing projectiles weighing 3.14 kg at a muzzle velocity of nearly 1000 meters per second. It can penetrate 90 mm thick vertical armor at a distance of 1000 meters and still have 75 mm of armor penetration at a distance of 1500 meters. power.
The T-34-57 tank even earned the title of "tank hunter" due to its powerful anti-tank capabilities.
"It seems that they didn't find out where we attacked from just now, they just knew the general direction!" Monkey let out a sigh of relief.
As the second round of the T-34-57 tank was fired, it exploded less than 10 meters away from where the two tanks were. The explosion of fire directly exposed the Type I C tank turret hidden in the depression. The monkey opened his mouth wide and stared.
Is this enemy fire reconnaissance?
Seeing the T-34-57's turret turning towards her in the darkness, Li Qing broke out in cold sweat and kicked the back of the monkey's seat: "I'm going to run away..."
Monkey, who was still staring blankly at the barrel of the enemy's T-34-57, suddenly reacted and quickly stepped on the accelerator. Model I and C suddenly sprang out from the depression on the slope and flew down the slope.
No. C Type I had just run down the slope not far when an enemy shell flew over the tank's turret.
The monkey also broke out in a cold sweat and shouted loudly to Li Qing: "I'm going to hit it... Do you understand the suppression..."
Li Qing quickly rotated the turret, and then aimed at the T-34 tank parked in the open space like a goddess scattering flowers. The tungsten-cored armor-piercing bullet hit the tank body with a "ding-dong-dang" sound, seemingly without any effect.
Type I C made a sharp turn down the slope and suddenly disappeared into the darkness. The T-34-57's artillery had no target and could only blindly fire at certain possible places, as if venting its anger.
Inside the T-34-57 tank, the commander's eyes were fixed on the periscope, and his hands kept adjusting the direction. He could see nothing but darkness...
"The target has been lost, don't fight, the muzzle flash will expose us, and we must save some ammunition, damn..." the commander shouted loudly.
The loader stopped what he was doing and complained in a dissatisfied voice: "It's so dark and you can't even see where the enemy is. How can we fight? I just said we should bring a few flares over here!"
The commander ignored the loader's complaints and asked the driver loudly: "How is it? Can the tank still be driven?"
The driver's annoyed voice came: "I tried it. There may be a problem with the driving wheel on the right side, or the track may be broken. In short, there is a problem with the suspension system on the right side. As long as it starts, turn left. Gotta go out and check it out!”
There was silence inside the tank. It was undoubtedly very dangerous to go out at this time. There was darkness all around. No one could tell how many enemies were hiding in it!
After a while, a weak voice came from the gunner's position: "Could it be a coincidence? There was only that one German tank? I just don't know when that tank was hiding there?"
Several people in the tank followed the sound and looked at the gunner. Although it was too dark to see, their eyes still showed disgust.
The commander asked angrily: "In this wilderness, there will be an enemy tank blocking the road we are going to pass by? Do you believe this guess?"
"You mean, there are other ambush?" The driver was a little nervous.
"Probably not. This place is far away from the highway. No fool would ambush others here. We don't have a route ourselves. I guess they should be chasing us all the way!" the captain guessed, and had to say, The commander's guess was accurate.
"It's impossible. We didn't turn on our headlights all the way. At night like this, you can't see anything more than 30 meters away. And we were always paying attention behind us. There were no enemies chasing us at all." The driver retorted.
"Then how do you explain that there will be tanks ambushing us here? This place is already far away from the battle line. Maybe they have some technology or method that we don't know about..."
After listening to the commander's words, everyone fell silent in unison. There were too many things that they didn't understand and couldn't figure it out.
"Perhaps, we need to go out and check the tracks. Now may be an opportunity. The enemy has just been beaten away by us and may not come back for a while. If it can be repaired, we can leave this damn place before the enemy comes back. ..." the loader suggested gruffly.
"The enemy shouldn't have gone far yet... I saw it just now, they are very fast!" the gunner said softly.
The loader sarcastically spoke in the direction of the gunner: "You are the most useless person here. I haven't seen you hit the target accurately..."
The gunner was silent.
The commander stroked his forehead helplessly. The gunner was a new recruit, but the loader was a hard worker. The loader has always looked down on the gunner. The conflict between the two has been going on for a long time. Although the gunner usually looks very bookish, he is really life-threatening when he is ruthless. Otherwise, with the loader's big and thick appearance, he would not dare to just talk about it. A little cheaper.
The loader had no brains, and he was the only one who could talk nonsense on the battlefield. The commander had no choice but to change the subject: "Anyway, we can't stay here forever. It is very necessary to go out for inspection!"
"We can stay like this until dawn. Tank armor is our best protection. When dawn comes, we will know where the enemy is?" the driver retorted, saying he did not agree to go out now.
"We don't know what the situation around us is like, and the enemy has discovered us. Now we can do something during the night. We can't waste this time!"
"A lot of things can happen in one night. A grenade may kill all of us. Even if no enemy comes at night, if we really stay here all night, we may find our surroundings at dawn tomorrow. It will be surrounded by German troops..."
"How about we abandon the car and run away?" the driver suggested!
"Unless absolutely necessary, the honor of a soldier does not allow me to do such a thing. Stop saying this. This is our new tank and we must not allow it to fall into the hands of the enemy..."
"But, one of them has been left with the enemy..." The driver still didn't give up.
"That tank has been destroyed. I hope the enemy will not get more information... I will report this situation in detail, but I cannot accept this happening to my crew." The tank commander categorically warned the crew members. !
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