It wasn't until daybreak the next day that Major Gavrilov sent out a reconnaissance team... At this time, the reconnaissance was much safer. On the one hand, the visibility was high, and on the other hand, it was impossible for the Germans to have a rear cover force to stage an ambush at this time.
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Sure enough, no accident occurred, and the reconnaissance team received news via the radio that the enemy had retreated.
Although this was already expected, the whole army still cheered.
Captain Akimchik squeezed through the crowd, shook hands with Shulka, and said, "I'm glad to fight with you, Comrade Second Lieutenant. You defeated the enemy very simply!"
"I am also happy to fight with you, Comrade Captain!" Shulka said: "Your tank crews are all brave!"
The performance of Captain Akimchik's tank soldiers really surprised Shulka... Originally Shulka was worried that they would not be able to perform their tasks well due to their careless appearance, but the fact was completely opposite. They were on the battlefield.
There is no ambiguity at all, it can even be said that you face death calmly.
For example, when tanks block a railway, even though the KV2 looks majestic and rushes into the enemy tank group like a tiger rushing into a herd of sheep, killing many people, it is one-on-one and is almost destined to end in a vehicle crash and casualties.
From the beginning, they knew that it was almost impossible for them to drive the tank back. At worst, the Germans would cover it with a batch of artillery shells and cripple the KV2.
This is also true, none of the crew members of the two KV2 tanks survived.
From this point of view, tank crews are actually much more dangerous than anti-tank gunners, even though they are protected by thick armor.
"This is our duty, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" Captain Akimchik replied calmly, as if he had completed what they were supposed to do.
"go ahead!"
Under the command of Major Gavrilov, the troops lined up and moved forward.
After the battle is won, it does not mean that everything will be fine next. The next thing to do is to occupy the original position and clean up the battlefield.
This is not as simple as imagined, because there are various traps, barbed wire fences and landmines on the position... It is obviously impossible for Qian Jing not to clear these, especially the landmines, otherwise he will not feel at ease walking on his own territory, because
You're not sure if when you step on it, it will blow you up into the sky with a "boom".
Therefore, each of the soldiers held a branch and stood a few meters apart from each other, testing and moving forward like blind men. However, this was only effective against the Soviet army's own mines... If it was the German "S" type jumping mine, its flying
The fired steel balls can also be fatal.
Therefore, from time to time, there will be a "boom" on the advance line, followed by a burst of screams, and then another sound...
However, the soldiers were used to it, and they continued to move forward without even looking back. The wounded would naturally be treated by follow-up medical soldiers, and the vacant positions would be filled by others.
Shurka sighed secretly in his heart: No one would want to be injured or even die when they are already victorious, but the battlefield is like this, it never cares about what you think or hope for.
"I'm curious, Comrade Company Commander!" The veteran asked as he moved forward to detect mines next to Shulka: "Without those reinforcements, would you be helpless? I mean, are we going to experience a failure?"
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The actor on the other side laughed: "Do you want to experience failure, Comrade Matvey?"
"No, of course not!" the veteran replied: "I'm just curious to know who can defeat our comrade company commander!"
"So!" Shulka smiled: "Do you really think we have reinforcements?"
The soldiers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The veteran stopped and asked Shulka: "What do you mean, comrade company commander? We have no reinforcements?"
"No, of course!" Shulka replied: "But our reinforcements only have one tank company and ten anti-tank guns!"
By this time the Germans had retreated, so there was no need to keep it secret.
"Then there was a constant sound of motors last night..."
"That's just them circling!" Shulka revealed the answer.
The soldiers were all stunned, and then laughed "hehe".
The actor said to the veteran: "Comrade Matvey, you just wanted to know whether we could defeat the enemy without reinforcements, and now you have the answer!"
The old soldier spread his hands and replied: "So what? You were also deceived, weren't you?"
At this time, there was an explosion a hundred meters away. The soldiers lowered their heads slightly, and then continued to move forward.
The mine detection work took more than two hours to complete, and then it was time to dig trenches again, pull out barbed wire, and deploy firepower.
After finishing, the group of people almost fell down from exhaustion. Although it was muddy and still in the rain, the soldiers just wrapped their raincoats and leaned against the mud trench and fell asleep.
Reinforcements arrived that afternoon.
The reason why they were able to advance was because the German troops had given up on Pusilo... The main German forces gave up attacking Tula, and Pusilo naturally lost the value of holding on, so the Branfenburg troops disappeared again.
Lost in the darkness.
Shulka also had to admit that such a force was indeed a headache. They came and left as they pleased in the Soviet-controlled area, as if they were in an uninhabited area, but the Soviet army had no good way to deal with them.
The reinforcements came by car, with a total strength of one regiment, carrying 15 anti-tank guns.
These anti-tank guns are not enough to organize a defense, so even if they arrive, they will not have much effect.
But of course that doesn't matter now.
When these reinforcements came up, their eyes widened when they saw piles of battered or trapped tank wreckage beside the railway.
It is said that Major Toslav, who came for reinforcements, asked Major Gavrilov with disbelief when he took over the defense: "Are those really the tanks you destroyed? Or were they the wreckage they dragged back from the front line?"
Major Toslav believed that at least some of these tank wrecks were left behind after battles with other units.
"Oh, yes!" Major Gavrilov replied: "They were all dragged here by the Germans from the front line, 133 in total..."
"How did you do it?" Major Toslav asked: "133 tanks, and you only have a few dozen tanks!"
This is indeed hard to believe. After all, the German armored forces had a record of defeating more than a thousand Soviet tanks with more than a hundred tanks.
"It's very simple!" Major Gavrilov replied: "Aim, then fire, and that's what they will do!"
The soldiers around him couldn't help laughing.
This does not mean that Major Gavrilov does not tell the opponent about his combat experience, but that these tactics will not be clear for a while.
What's more, not all troops can fight such a battle and win!