Chapter 348 Soviet-Finnish War (15)

The BF-109F pilots used this "rogue" tactic to deal with Soviet fighters, which made the Soviet pilots so angry that they stamped their feet and their blood pressure soared. They cursed the other side as cowards who were shameless and dared not fight head-on.

But their own aircraft performance was not as good as others, and they could not do anything no matter how much they blew their beards and glared, and they could only die one after another with hatred.

In this way, the Soviet escort fighter group was completely consumed along the way, leaving only more than 200 bomber formations.

When the bomber group was about to arrive in Helsinki, they were intercepted by another batch of BF-109Fs, which were also equipped with machine gun pods. Although the additional machine gun pods would affect the maneuverability of the fighters, even if it affected them, they were much more flexible than the bulky bombers.

One by one, BF-109Fs nimbly shuttled through the bomber's defensive machine gun firepower, shooting them down one by one with large-caliber machine guns.

On the other side, the Soviet Seventh Army on the opposite side of the Mannoheim Line also launched a new offensive. Looking at the tanks rushing over, the Finnish soldiers were stunned. "Oh my God, what kind of tank is that?" He knew most of these tanks, T-26 and BT-5. However, among these tanks, there were some unknown tanks, which looked taller and had thicker gun barrels. Judging from the way they moved forward on the tracks, they were also heavy.

In the observation post of the Mannoheim Line, a German was introducing the Soviet tanks rushing over to the surrounding Finnish officers. "That is the Soviet's latest KV-1 heavy tank. Our 50mm anti-tank guns can't penetrate their armor. It's time to use the 'secret weapon'."

The secret weapon he was talking about was the "88mm Raketenwerfer 43 recoilless gun".

The anti-tank gunners on the Finnish defense line were nervously staring at the Soviet heavy tanks that were slowly approaching from a distance (it could only be slowly, the maximum speed of the KV1 off-road vehicle was 12km/h). It looked like it weighed at least 40 to 50 tons, and they couldn't help but worry whether their tank guns could penetrate the enemy's armor.

At this time, a communicator hurried over and conveyed an order. "The regiment commander said to wait until 300 meters before shooting. You don't have to worry about that heavy tank. Someone will take care of it." After leaving this sentence, he continued to run to the next anti-tank position.

Several anti-tank gunners looked at each other. "Is there a new anti-tank gun?"

The squad leader said disapprovingly. "Who cares? As long as we can destroy these damn bear tanks. Load and prepare to fire!"

The power of armor-piercing shells is related to distance. The closer the distance, the higher the speed, and the deeper the armor penetration. In other words, their Pak38 50mm anti-tank can also penetrate the armor of KV1 at a close enough distance. But after all, the enemy was a group of tanks, so they couldn't get too close, otherwise they could only fire one shell at most and be crushed by the enemy's tanks.

"T-26 in front, 450 meters... 400 meters... 350 meters... 300 meters, fire!" Following the squad leader's order, the gunner pulled the gun rope hard. As a ball of flame sprayed out of the muzzle, a T-26 on the opposite side instantly exploded into a pile of scrap metal.

But they saw that the heavy tank next to the T-26 stopped, and at least a 70mm muzzle was slowly aimed at this side.

"Damn it! Get out of here!" The squad leader just yelled, and before he had time to turn around, there was a loud noise not far from them, and then the heavy tank exploded violently.

Several gunners looked in the direction of the loud noise at the same time, and saw a large cloud of white smoke rising slowly, and the diameter of the smoke seemed to be at least ten meters. "What is that? Such a big noise?!"

The basic principle of the recoilless gun is to balance the recoil by the momentum of the high-temperature and high-speed gas generated by the tail of the shell and ejected from the tail of the gun. Therefore, this gun will make a very loud noise when firing, which will seriously damage the gunner's hearing. Therefore, according to the German battlefield regulations, when the gun is firing, the gunner must wear earplugs or try to cover his ears.

Another disadvantage is that the tail flame is too long. According to actual combat, the German airborne troops stipulated that when the gun is fired, the rear 50-100 meters is a dangerous area, and ammunition and gunners are not allowed in this area, which greatly restricts its use.

This time, the commander of the Soviet Seventh Army, Gorelenko, deployed a battalion of 24 KV-1 heavy tanks. This was also the first time that the KV-1 appeared on the battlefield. Under the stimulation of the war, when various technical problems were still unresolved, the KV-1 tank could not wait to be mass-produced, and first equipped a heavy tank battalion. This tank battalion was transferred to the Leningrad Military District and participated in the Soviet-Finnish War.

As the commander of the KV-1 tank battalion, Lomonosov was extremely excited. After all, in his opinion, the KV-1 is the most powerful tank in the world. Even the German jackal tank is no match for it.

The diesel engine at the rear was rumbling. His heavy tanks were scattered in the team. Next to a heavy tank, there were five or six light tanks, and behind them were the infantry.

The Finnish defense line was right in front of him. Lomonosov had already imagined the scene of his tank breaking through the Finnish defense line and crushing those flooded soldiers.

"Boom!" At this moment, a T-26 tank in front suddenly exploded.

Almost at the same time, Lomonosov also discovered the exposed anti-tank position on the opposite side. Although these anti-tank guns are well concealed, once they open fire, they will expose their hiding places. Now, one shot from our side will destroy the opponent's anti-tank gun position! "Stop! At 11 o'clock, 300 meters, an anti-tank gun, fire!"

The tank gunner had just aimed the muzzle at the anti-tank gun position when a huge crash and explosion sounded from their front armor. Then Lomonosov felt something as hot as hell magma splashing on him, and couldn't help but let out a miserable scream.

The 88mm hollow charge armor-piercing shell hit the front armor of the KV1 fiercely. The metal jet generated by the explosion of the conical charge inside the armor-piercing shell blew towards the solid armored steel plate at 25 times the speed of sound. The high temperature and high speed made the armor at the impact point flow around like an ice surface blown by hot air, and a tiny hole was easily blown out in an instant. The metal jet, which had not yet exhausted its power, accompanied the metal droplets it brought out, swept across the interior of the tank like a scorching bullet and hit the shell behind it.

"Boom!" The 76mm shell exploded violently, and the high-temperature and high-pressure gas instantly stirred up a piece of flesh and blood in the entire turret. There was no complete human body inside, and all of them became like charred meat.

The high-pressure gas drilled into the seat ring of the turret, which was not sealed tightly, and then the gas began to vent.

If you look from the outside, you can see that with a loud bang, hot flames and black smoke came out from the seat ring of the turret. With the explosion, the turret was lifted up half a meter high, and then fell heavily.

There couldn't be a living person inside!

"!!" The attacking Soviet army seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, looking at the blown-up KV-1 tank with disbelief. Before they could recover from the shock, there were loud bangs one after another, and KV-1 tanks exploded one after another.

In less than a minute, a battalion of 24 KV-1 tanks were completely wiped out!