USSR 1941

The effect of the camouflage satisfied Major Gavrilov. The soldiers were painted like corpses one by one, such as blood smeared on their faces, military uniforms were torn and "burned", and there was a bullet hole in the helmet, etc. wait.

But Shulka thinks something is missing.

After thinking for a while, he called to the tank: "Comrade Fedosiev, can you burn something in the tank?"

"No, it's dangerous, we don't allow it!" Fedosiev replied.

Fedosiev is right, there are ammunition and other flammable things in the tank, especially if the space is narrow, if something is ignited, it will probably have disastrous consequences for the tank.

"Why do you want to burn something?" Major Zakhakovic asked suspiciously.

"If it is destroyed!" Shulka said, "It should smoke a little!"

Major Zakhakovic nodded, then took off the helmet from a soldier and threw it to Fedosiev, saying: "When you are 'destroyed', burn something in it and pour it Destroy..."

"Yes, Major!" Fedosiev replied helplessly.

The tankers then took some time to get used to their tanks.

None of the six tanks were their own except for the No. 239 tank.

This is an arrangement for coordination between tanks.

Tank lurking will definitely not be able to arrange to follow the infantry to coordinate with the tank phone as before, which is easy to give away.

On the other hand, the lurking tanks need to act in unison. Otherwise, if they are out of sight, they will not know that the attack has already started ahead, and they will still pretend to be wreckage in the lurking state.

Therefore, Major Zakhakovic formed the tanks equipped with radio equipment in the entire battalion into an ambush force... There were only six tanks in the whole battalion, including Major Zakhakovic's command vehicle.

Then they replaced all the soldiers of the tank company Fedosiev... This is for better command. If the new tank crews of each company drive tanks to form a unit, the commander may not be able to Understand that these tank crews are not used to commanding.

Although they are all driving T34, each T34 actually has its own little problems or problems, so they need a little time to get familiar with and try out the communication equipment on the tank.

There is no big problem with the coordination of infantry. They can watch the tanks. When the tanks move, it means that it is time to fight.

On the other hand there will also be flares, unless you lay there and fell asleep while playing "dead body".

Later, Shulka found out that someone was really asleep...

Leonyev, who was asleep, explained after the battle: "It can't be my fault, Comrade Second Lieutenant, I just wanted to drink some wine to fight the cold, and then lay there motionless, and fell asleep without knowing it!"

Shulka couldn't help but find it funny. He remembered that this guy couldn't sleep for a few days because of the fright of the battle during the anti-siege of Kyiv, but now he can fall asleep lurking under the enemy's gunpoint on the battlefield.

Of course, these are things for later.

Then the instructors do some ideological work on them.

"Comrades, I think you are aware of the hidden dangers and difficulties!" The instructor said: "In fact, the greater danger lies in not being exposed, such as wounds, enemy fire probing, and even some other emergencies. The original state remains motionless. Otherwise, it is possible to expose our strategic intentions in advance and put the entire latent army in danger..."

The soldiers are all veterans, and it goes without saying that, except for Antipunov.

"Are you okay?" Shulka asked seeing Antipunov's pale face and dazed expression.

"No, no problem, Comrade Lieutenant!" Antipnov replied: "I just... I probably killed someone!"

"Oh, when?" Shulka asked.

"During the attack on the building!" Antipunov said, "I'm not sure! I swear I didn't do it on purpose, Comrade Lieutenant, I just fired without aiming, but I saw someone fall from above... "

"So, what you're struggling with is whether you should kill that enemy instead of the mission you're about to perform right away?"

"Yes!" Antipunov nodded.

"A very good start, Comrade Antipunov!" Shulka laughed: "If there is a first time, there will be a second time!"

"No, there won't be a second time!" replied Antipunov.

Shulka patted Antipunov on the shoulder and walked away. He believed that Antipunov really thought so, but the battlefield was not up to him.

Not long after, Major Gavrilov told Shulka: "The rocket battalion is in place, and they are half an hour ahead of schedule!"

The reason why the Rocket Battalion arrived half an hour earlier was because the engineers followed the fourth tank brigade all the way to repair the railway, and most of it had been repaired by this time. The bazooka battalion came here by train, and with them there were enough rockets for a bazooka battalion to fire five volleys.

However, this does not seem to be very necessary, because this battle is likely to be only a few minutes from the beginning to the end, and these few minutes can determine success or failure.

"Ready?" asked Major Gavrilov.

"Yes!" Shulka replied.

"Then let's go!" Major Gavrilov shook Shulka's hand: "I'm waiting for news of your victory!"

The battle started in the next second.

The first is artillery preparation, which is carried out by the artillery battalion of the 251st Infantry Division responsible for supporting the fourth tank brigade, plus the mortars of the fourth tank brigade... The "No. 1" bridge is only more than 300 meters, 50MM and Mortars of the above calibers can reach the opposite bank.

In fact, a little fuss has been made, that is, to let the rocket launcher complete the test firing.

So the bombardment at the beginning was a bit strange. The three rockets flew towards the opposite bank with a "woo-woo-woo" and then exploded in its depth, departing from the target range by several hundred meters.

Then there were three shots, and it deviated a few hundred meters...

After five rounds, only two rounds hit within the specified range, which was the result of firing at close range, and then the test firing ended, and other types of artillery fire spewed flames towards the opposite side, some of which were smoke bombs.

"Set off!"

Following the order of Major Zakhakovic, the tanks "rumbled" to the "No. 1" bridge.

Walking in the front is a full-stacked tank with a total of eight tanks acting as a cover mission... Needless to say what is "cover", they are basically used to make tank wreckage and dead bodies.

And they are not just "manufactured" casually.

The task assigned to them by Major Zahakavic is: "You must try to get as close to the enemy's bridgehead defense line as possible, and at the same time, be careful not to block the road!"