Chapter 1356： Mortar attack (1/2)

Compared with the mouse tank, the tiger tank is more compact. For example, the turret rotates faster, which means it can aim faster.

Hans quickly became proficient in the operation of the tiger tank gun. At this time, he and the other Tiger tanks of the 3rd company continued to march towards the battlefield.

Their goal is the reservoir in the east of the city.

There is the water source of the whole city. If you occupy it, all the defenders will die of thirst. After Hans proposed this idea, he received strong support from Lieutenant General Nikolaj Sopica and he sent it. The 7th Infantry Division, with the help of German tanks, advanced all the way to the reservoir.

The offensive intentions of the Romanian army were soon discovered by the defenders, and the defenders also set up numerous obstacles in the blocks they were advancing.

Fierce battles are constantly going on.

”Boom!” With the huge roar, the body of the tank trembled, and the turret was full of gunpowder smoke. The smoking device of the turret was operating at full power. After ten seconds, everything could be seen in the turret again.

”The target has been destroyed, you can move on.” Zwidi said.

Although in the past, Germany did not hold any military exercises with Romania, but now in the battle, the cooperation between the two sides has been quite tacit understanding.

The Romanian soldiers marched alongside the tanks to protect the German tanks from being approached by Soviet anti-tank fighters. At the same time, the tanks were clearing the firepower points in front of them and providing them with firepower support.

Now, the tank cleared a machine gun fire point in front, and the Romanian soldiers rushed forward immediately.

They avoided the route of the tank. Although there was not much joint training, there were no accidents such as crushing.

”Boom!” Suddenly, there was a violent explosion among Romanian soldiers, and several soldiers were blown up screaming.

Zwidi quickly searched for the target through the front observation port, while the explosion continued to occur.

”At nine o'clock, there is a Soviet mortar!” Zwidi shouted.

The turret turned, and Hans, in his sight, clearly saw a curved shell flying out just behind a building.

A huge red cross is painted on this building.

The Third Hospital of Osad City.

The mortar is solid and durable, good in quality and low in price, powerful in firepower and easy to learn and use. For the Soviets who adore artillery firepower, they produced a large number of such weapons. During World War II, the Soviet Army produced 348,000 mortars, which were one of the main fire suppression weapons.

To summarize briefly, the mortar is a powerful and low-cost infantry weapon. Compared with the rifled gun, its barrel is very thin, so it is quite light in weight and can quickly throw high-performance ammunition at short distances.

During the First World War, various mortars were used, but most countries only used light mortars of up to 82 mm.

The Soviet Union, which has always liked caliber, quickly aimed at this cheap and powerful weapon. They designed the 120mm mortar heavy mortar-M1938.