USSR 1941

No wonder the Germans didn't know how the Soviet T34 crossed the river.

This is exactly what Shulka prepared to achieve the suddenness of the battle.

A river is a place where you can make a fuss. The Soviet army guarded the river, and the river was full of mud. At first glance, it didn't look like a place where tanks could pass.

In addition, the bridge was blown up by the Soviet army, so the German army was very relieved to build a position on the other side of the river, because they did not think that tanks could quickly cross the river, and they did not build anti-tank trenches or lay anti-tank mines.

In fact, another reason why the Germans did not build anti-tank trenches was to prepare for the next day... Tanks cannot cross the anti-tank trenches, whether it is their own tanks or the enemy's tanks, which will undoubtedly hinder the next day's attack. causing a lot of trouble.

However, what the Germans didn't know was that Shulka had already asked engineers to build several underwater bridges.

An underwater bridge, as the name suggests, is a bridge under water.

The construction method is not difficult, you only need to lay steel beams and steel plates under the water, and some are even welded in sections on the shore and then submerged in the water to connect them... The advantage of being near Moscow is that there will never be a shortage of these steel materials and welder.

The difference between the underwater bridge and other bridges is that its bridge deck is about half a meter underwater.

Usually no one builds bridges like this, but like I said before, there is a difference between thinking on the battlefield and in peacetime.

The advantage of it on the battlefield is that it is impossible to observe the different bridge from the surface, and it is even difficult to find it when you walk in front of it. Only when you take a step into the water do you find that there is such a thing.

After hearing about the "underwater bridge", Rokossovsky came to inspect it and let the tank go back and forth on it several times.

Convinced that it was indeed feasible, Rokossovsky smiled and said to Shulka: "They should give you a medal, Comrade Shulka... You even let the tank float forward in the water!"

When Rokossovsky said so, Shulka felt that it was true.

But of course, this is not the invention of Shulka. At this time, China, because there is no air supremacy to worry about the bridge being blown up by enemy planes, has already widely used this kind of underwater bridge to ensure the transportation supply line... It can let Japanese pilots find The exact location of the bridge is not available.

Just having an underwater bridge is not enough, the Soviet army has done similar tricks on the opposite bank.

The sappers dug one floor down near the river bank,

Then lay solid stones and logs to allow the tank to pass through, and then spread a layer of mud and join it perfectly with the side.

Therefore, in the eyes of the German army, it seemed that the rivers and mud that tanks could not pass through, but on the map of the Soviet army, there were roads leading directly to the front of the German positions.

In the evening, when the German army finished building fortifications after a day's battle and planned to stop and rest, the Soviet offensive began.

As soon as Rokossovsky gave an order, the tanks drove out of the bunker one by one under the cover of the sound of gunfire and drove onto the "underwater bridge". In less than ten minutes, more than fifty T34s drove Crossed the creek and rushed towards the German positions.

If there's one downside to this offense, it's that the fighters inevitably get their boots wet as they cross the "underwater bridge."

Shulka was also one of them. He felt a biting cold as soon as he stepped into the river, but the feeling disappeared soon, and he didn't know whether he was numb from the cold or because of the tension of the battle.

The tank rushed all the way to the enemy's trench with green smoke, and a few flares hit the enemy's direction, illuminating the panicked faces of the enemy... They obviously didn't know how to fight this battle, because they were facing almost A T34 where all anti-tank weapons are ineffective.

T34 advanced to a range of about 100 meters from the enemy's line of defense and stopped.

Now that the war has been fought, everyone has figured out the performance of the equipment of the enemy and the enemy. The T34 is almost invincible from a hundred meters away, so they will not be so stupid as to drive the tank in front of the German army so that their anti-tank guns can play a role.

Then, the tank gun adjusted its firing direction, and with a "boom", a German machine gun position was blown up into the sky.

The tank machine gun also rang out, and the bullets swept across the enemy trenches like a gust of wind, crushing the German soldiers unable to lift their heads.

At this time, the Soviet soldiers hid behind the tanks and fired mortar shells into the German trenches...

This is a completely disproportionate battle.

Although the German army is the defender, it should have an advantage in such a local battle according to common sense.

The problem is that the cover of the German army is only trenches and sandbags, but the Soviet army is like a T34 with iron shirts and gold bell covers.

Without worrying about being destroyed by the enemy, the tank guns and machine guns of the T34 can suppress everything the enemy has without pressure, so the Soviet army quickly seized the commanding heights of the battle.

When the mortar shells blew up the German army, the German tanks drove up from behind one after another.

Major Zaha Kavic originally hoped to launch an attack in the second half of the night.

Major Zakhakovic had this idea because he knew German tanks.

"The enemy's tanks can't stand the cold!" Major Zakhakovic said. "If we attack in the second half of the night, at least half of their tanks will not be able to start! And that's when they are fast asleep..."

"No, Comrade Zakhakovic!" Major General Rokossovsky interrupted Major Zakhakovic without even thinking about it. He asked back: "Does our tank have a chance of winning against the enemy's tank?"

"Of course, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Major Zakhakovich replied: "They cannot penetrate our armor from a hundred meters away, but we can use them as targets!"

"So..." Major General Rokossovsky spread his hands.

Then Major Zakhakovic understood right away.

First of all, the Soviet army did not have time to launch an attack in the middle of the night... The Supreme Command requested that the original position be regained before 2 o'clock in the morning the next day.

Secondly, if the enemy tank does not pose a threat to the T34, then whether it is frozen or can be activated should not be considered, because even if it can be activated and can be driven on the battlefield, it is only a "target".

Rokossovsky's judgment is correct, just like what is happening now, the enemy and our tanks are shooting at each other at a distance of 100 meters, which is obviously another tragic result for the German army... Tanks drive up , destroyed one by one.

And some of those destroyed tanks exploded or ignited, and they became "torches" erected in front of the defense line one by one, illuminating the surrounding German defense lines and even the tanks that followed.

So, the T34 adjusted its muzzle again, and ruthlessly fired rounds of armor-piercing projectiles at the German tanks.

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