Steel Soviet Union

The reason why the entire vehicle crew was able to withdraw unharmed despite being heavily bombarded by naval guns is not only due to the extremely abnormal armor protection of the IS7, but also has an inseparable relationship with the Japanese naval guns themselves.

The Akizuki-class destroyer itself is designed for full-time air defense missions. The main gun with an elevation angle of up to 89 degrees has been compromised in caliber in order to weave an air defense barrage at a high rate of fire.

The caliber of 100 mm is destined to have little damage effect. Even when firing high-explosive grenades, the warhead charge of the projectile is only 950 grams, which is less than one kilogram of warhead charge.

Against a terrifying Slavic steel behemoth like the IS7, it is already good to be able to shatter the sights and force the IS7 to withdraw from the battle, so what else do you need a bike for?

But there is one thing. The Akizuki-class 100mm main gun with limited destructive power from a single shell has a high rate of fire due to the positioning of the anti-aircraft gun.

An electric loader is installed in the large enough naval gun turret space, and the maximum rate of fire of a single gun can reach 15-19 rounds per minute.

The ultra-long barrel with a diameter of up to 65 times and a full 7 kilograms of propellant not only allow the muzzle velocity to exceed the kilometer per second mark, but also can send the shells to an altitude of 10,000 meters to explode during air defense operations. This is also the case for the Japanese army. One of the few anti-aircraft guns capable of threatening US heavy bombers.

Even if there is only one turret left available, it can still maintain a relatively high firepower projection. The continuous whizzing of 100mm high-explosive projectiles quickly made the offensive troops of the Kurbalov Division realize their power.

Boo hoo hoo——

Boom——

Rumble——

The feeling of being constantly bombarded by Japanese naval guns is not pleasant. Even because both IS6 and IS7 have super high maneuverability, it is difficult to be directly hit by Japanese destroyer naval guns whose hulls have already tilted and are still intensifying during maneuvers.

But continuing to be bombed was not an option. He didn't fire on the turret immediately. He just thought that the turret had lost its combat effectiveness. When he saw this scene, he immediately picked up the radio at hand and gave an order.

"Cars 113, 121, and 122, concentrate your firepower and knock out that damn turret! Load grenades and blast directly!"

Before setting off, the battalion commander who led the attack had received news that the Japanese destroyer's turrets had basically no armor protection. He knew that bombarding this junk with armor-piercing shells would likely cause over-penetration and would not have any ideal destructive effect. He simply ordered to fire directly with grenades.

After receiving the order, the three IS7 vehicles immediately separated from the large mobile force and quickly maneuvered to a firing position away from the firing line of Japanese naval guns. They parked, aimed, and prepared to fire.

Faced with the question of whether to attack the three vehicles that had separated from the main force, or to continue bombarding the main force, the only remaining Japanese naval gun turret chose the former, and therefore had to bear the blow caused by the latter.

"Load high-explosive bombs! Target Japanese destroyer turret, the last one! Gunner, prepare!"

"Loading completed!"

"Aimed!"

"Fire!"

boom--

Boom boom——

The three IS7s fired continuously with muzzle flashes surging. The powerful and heavy 130mm high-explosive grenades broke free, roared out from the fierce muzzle flashes, and headed straight for the target.

To hit the stationary target of a warship turret that is already within a kilometer range and is bigger than a tank, it is completely easy to capture the three IS7s. None of them missed the target and all hit it.

The turret, which has no other effective protection except 13mm anti-fragment armor, cannot withstand the fierce bombardment from the Red Navy's 130mm naval gun.

The side of the turret was torn into two holes on the spot, one of which was hit by two shells almost simultaneously.

The raging and spreading explosion flames poured into it, and instantly convected into a terrifying fire storm in the fully enclosed turret.

The more than ten Japanese soldiers in the turret became "stewed meat with big knives" on the spot, and the flame storm wrapped the high-speed fragments directly into one piece. After roasting and peeling, only a pile of burnt and lumpy human tissue remained in the turret. The turret that had been able to fire at a high rate of fire just now was now a piece of scrap metal.

"Continue! Load high-explosive bombs and fight again!"

It is impossible to determine whether this thing was really destroyed, or whether it turned into a "resurrection firepower point" after being replaced, and it just temporarily lost its combat effectiveness.

Seeing this, the battalion commander, who was leading the team non-stop, directly ordered three IS7 vehicles to carry out another round of shelling to ensure that the broken turret given to the Japanese devils was completely removed.

The three IS7s that were originally planning to perform supplementary shooting immediately executed the order. With the support of the semi-automatic loader, the firing rate of up to 10 seconds per round was fully utilized. The reloading of the gunfire came in the next second.

Boom boom boom——

Another three 130mm high-explosive grenades went straight to the target, but this time it was not as simple as hitting the surface of the turret.

The turret, which had been torn open by two large gaps in the previous round of shelling, was directly filled with three roaring projectiles that struck again, and then exploded.

The unfinished emergency bombs placed in the turret became the main culprit of the explosion. The power of a total of 32 rounds of 100mm high-explosive bombs that exploded simultaneously was not surprising.

The next second, I saw that the top of the entire turret was directly blown through by a powerful explosion. Various debris and debris, together with the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who had been killed, were thrown into the air like a volcanic eruption.

That is to say, the weight of the double-mounted turret was too large, up to 5 tons, and the unarmored protection was too fragile and was directly blown through, releasing most of the explosion pressure. This resulted in the turret not being directly lifted off the hull. , rising into the air.

As a result, Nagano Koji's command ship lost all main gun firepower.

Two of the four twin-mounted turrets were destroyed by self-propelled artillery, and one was destroyed by the belated Katyusha rocket launcher. The last one was directly taken away by three IS7s that concentrated fire for two rounds and last-ditch damage.

Witnessing with his own eyes the violent scene that shook the whole ship when the last turret exploded, Nagano Koji, who was already gnashing his teeth with anger, had no time to think more, let alone his bleeding injuries. He only heard a shout that he had been removed from the ship. came from the deck below the bridge.

"Enemy plane! The enemy plane went straight up and down!!!"

Nagano Koji, who felt a chill down his back when he heard the roar, quickly looked out along the broken window frame. Only then did he realize that Russian fighter planes had flown into the sky at some point, and there were dozens of them, roaring and swooping down with weapons under their wings fully loaded.

No matter how arrogant and conceited Nagano Koji is and he persists to the end, the cruel reality of how things have developed to this point is enough for him to understand that the final destruction will not come at any other moment but at this time.

"Damn Russians! Damn artillery! Damn planes!!!"