A round of 412 grenade landed less than five meters away from the No. 3 pottery position. The reloader who was replacing the launch tube had quick eyes and hands. He pulled the gunner to lie down on the ground. Then the two of them did not bother to change the ammunition and raised their arms. I ran out with my butt rolling and crawling.
After firing the first shot of the counterattack, the gunner in the T55 tank conveniently operated the parallel machine gun next to the artillery and began to suppress fire in the distance. The machine gun bullet chain mixed with tracer bullets clearly gave the remaining friendly forces instructions to attack. Target.
The remaining three intact T55 tanks that had completed the turn immediately began to rotate the turret. The commander first confirmed the target again with his own П-1 periscope, and then conveyed the target to the gunner on the side, who had a 2-22 scope. , with two magnifications of 3.5x and 7x. Chinese website
After seeing clearly the position of the launcher, four movable and one immovable tank began to cover the fire. Although the shots of each vehicle were a little crooked in the first round of shooting, after correction , the second round of shooting accurately hit the bunker of the No. 3 launch team, blasting the launcher into the sky that had not had time to take it away.
At this time, the No. 124 TOW team had completed the third round of loading, and the Cuban tank was facing them motionless, making it a perfect target from heaven.
Three TOW missiles flew out again. The TOW missile with an armor penetration of 430 mm easily penetrated the T55 frontal armor which was equivalent to 250 mm. A T55 ignited its fuel tank after being hit. , and then it burst into flames and sprayed out bright fire, and the crew who had no time to escape were immediately buried inside the chariot.
The remaining two T55s were hit in the turret. One car survived the commander and driver, while the other car had only the driver with a bloody face climbing out with difficulty.
"Asshole, we're the only ones left!"
At this moment, the Cuban commander didn't care about safety. He got out of the turret and immediately saw figures flashing past in the distance. There were a lot of them, about two platoons!
"We have to get out of here, Juan, back up, back up, and get behind the wreckage of No. 5!"
The commander cursed and looked into the distance. He estimated that the enemy was reloading at the moment and would not give them much time. Fortunately, the wreckage of his teammates was not far behind them. It only took the driver less than ten seconds. Hide the car body behind the wreckage of friendly forces.
"Those who are still alive, gather with me. Let's get out of here. We can't continue to deal with it. They have too many missiles!"
The Cuban commander operated the anti-aircraft machine gun and fired randomly into the distance while shouting loudly to the surroundings. Soon, several surviving tank crew members came towards him.
"Are you the only ones left?"
"Looks like it!"
An armored soldier carrying an American submachine gun nodded.
"Damn it, I'll have the tank drive down the roadbed later. We'll retreat along the right side. You guys stay on my right side and help the wounded if you can. Once we leave the road, I'll release the smoke! Is there any problem?"
"Yes, the tracks of the No. 10 car are damaged and the turret is stuck. There are no other problems. The machine guns and artillery can operate normally, so do we have to tow it back?"
"Give up, we can't drag that thing away now, we have to keep it here!"
The Cuban commander knew the current situation very well. They didn't even know who their opponent was. The opponent had already launched ten TOW missiles, so it was not ruled out that they had more missiles. If his tank was forced to drag If the friendly forces leave, they will definitely be attacked as key points.
"Okay then, I'll ask them to evacuate!"
The Cuban armored soldiers immediately began to collect available weapons, and then gathered all the wounded who were still alive, and the remaining T55 tank took this opportunity to continue firing several high-explosive grenades into the distance. The commander did not expect that these few rounds of artillery shells could annihilate all the enemies. He just hoped that these few rounds of artillery shells could shock the opponents and prevent them from approaching easily.
After the surviving tank crews completed their respective tasks, the T55 tank immediately began to take action. Under the command of the commander, the tank drove down the road and then began to turn. During this period, the Cuban tank crews had been cautiously vigilant.
Looking in the direction of the attack, the anti-aircraft machine guns on the destroyed tanks can still be used. As long as the enemy makes any rash move, large-caliber bullets will immediately come to greet them.
However, the enemy's caution was beyond the imagination of the Cuban armored forces. After the T55 tank completed its U-turn, the enemy still showed no sign of firing, but they did not leave either. They were observing the situation from a distance and seemed to be waiting for them to retreat.
If there were infantry around him, the Cuban commander might still be thinking about attacking, but now, he could only activate the smoke grenades on the turret, and wait until the smoke grenades exploded, forming a large smoke curtain, and the T55 tank Then he loaded up all the survivors and withdrew at full speed toward the rear without looking back.
After seeing the place left, the commander of the Charlie unit was relieved, because they no longer had usable missiles in their hands. After the two spare bombs of Group 3 were covered by artillery fire, they were buried somewhere. , the silhouettes that the Cubans saw flashed, it was a bunch of people digging for launch tubes.
Both sides chose the most cautious approach because they could not figure out the details of the other party. One retreated and the other waited and watched. Only after the Cuban troops completely withdrew from the battlefield did Charlie's detachment begin to cautiously advance towards the battlefield.
Because they were not sure whether there were any people in the tanks that seemed to have been destroyed, Team Charlie fired a few more rounds of rocket launchers at the wreckage. It was not until the wreckage exploded again that they felt relieved, and when the scouts were about to prepare for the No. 10 vehicle When he was refilling his gun, his comrades on the side stopped him.
"That car!"
"What's wrong?"
"It seems the damage is not that bad!"
"Shouldn't there be a few more rounds?"
"fool!"
The teammate slapped the scout on the head, and then said with hatred.
"I mean that car looks like it still drives!"
"Can it be opened?"
Immediately, more than half of Charlie's team put down what they were doing and rushed to the tenth vehicle at the end of the team. Several people who knew how to drive tanks were not polite, opened the hatch and jumped out.
After some inspection, the detachment commander got good news and bad news.
"The good news is that the tank only has problems with the gearbox and turret. It will be no problem to drive it back to Kado!"
"What about the bad news?"
"The bad news is that the left track is broken and the guide wheel is stuck. If it is not repaired, it will not be possible to drive!"
"I understand, pick me up Overlord!"
