The Soviet army captured not only cars and supplies from the Germans, but also armored vehicles, barrel trucks and even a dozen tanks.
It is very rare to capture a tank from the Germans.
This was partly because the Germans always blew up their equipment before surrendering.
On the other hand, it is because the German army is attacking most of the time... In addition to the advantages mentioned in the German "offensive superiority theory", the advantage of attacking actually also has an advantage in terms of spoils.
Troops on the offensive do not need to worry that their faulty equipment will fall into the hands of the enemy, because the troops in the front are always advancing and the enemy is always retreating. If the faulty equipment falls behind, it can be slowly repaired at the rear.
The retreating troops were not so lucky. Their battle lines were constantly retreating, or it could be said to be fleeing.
So, once the equipment breaks down and needs to be repaired... then the first thing you have to calculate is whether you can repair it and escape before the enemy catches up.
Otherwise, forget about it and blow it up so it won't be left to the enemy.
A considerable amount of Soviet equipment was destroyed in this situation.
But as the saying goes, "everything turns," the Germans never expected that they would suddenly be the retreating party.
As a result, the German army, which was accustomed to not blowing up faulty equipment and allowing them to slowly repair it in the rear or even on the roadside, suffered a loss...
Shulka and his men seized three tanks on the roadside, two "Type III" tanks and one "Type II" tank.
The German mechanics and the tank crew were chatting while repairing the tank, or discussing the tank's malfunction, but this was not important.
The important thing is that when the car Shurka and others were riding in drove up to them, they still didn't notice anything unusual... Maybe they were too focused on repairing the tank, or maybe Shurka and others were riding in German-style cars and armored vehicles.
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This was actually done intentionally by Major Gavrilov, because he believed that if the vanguard used exclusively German equipment, it might have unexpected effects.
It turns out that Major Gavrilov was right.
The car stopped next to the tank, and then the German tank soldiers stared blankly at the Russian soldiers who jumped out of the car... At first, they even thought that these people wearing Russian military uniforms were evacuated prisoners, until they discovered these "
"The prisoner" had a gun in his hand and his eyes were full of murderous intent before he realized something was wrong.
They wanted to take the guns but it was too late, because the black holes of the guns were already pressed against their heads and they were all disarmed.
What's funny is that there is a mechanic under the tank. He doesn't know what is going on outside, and he is still complaining on the chassis while repairing the tank.
The thief stepped forward and kicked his exposed foot, and the mechanic cursed. Although the words were spoken in German that Schulka couldn't understand, he could vaguely guess that it was: "Don't bother me, it will be fine soon!"
Class words.
The Soviet soldiers burst into laughter. Only then did the mechanic realize that something was wrong. He slowly got out of the chassis and took a look... At some point, there were already Soviet soldiers standing outside, and all his own people were under control.
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"Continue!" Shulka said to the group of Germans in English: "Until the tank is repaired, if something happens... I can't guarantee what my men will do with you!"
A group of disarmed German mechanics could only continue their work until the tank started to drive.
Then, the Soviet army even drove German tanks ahead to explore the road.
This makes it even more invisible... The personnel are all hiding in the tank, and it is impossible to find out who is inside from the outside.
As a result, more and more tanks were captured. When the Fourth Tank Brigade arrived at Klin, it already had 18 German tanks, and the Soviet army drove them into Klin in a swaggering manner.
Kling's German troops received the news and prepared for battle.
After all, Kling is different from other German troops who are marching forward. The German army has a division-level headquarters here, and the SS Special Operations Team has also taken over the security and search of the city.
With a telegram, they knew that a Soviet army was attacking Klin.
The German army even sent reconnaissance planes and even an air force to bomb the 4th Tank Brigade marching on the railway... As visibility increased, the German air force also became active.
But of course, the weather is not good enough to bomb the tanks without any obstacles, especially the tanks on the ground have a method of camouflage: when they spot the enemy aircraft from a distance, they immediately stop and cover the tanks with canvas... From the sky to
It's hard to spot the location of the tank when you look down.
However, these are not the point.
The key point is that the Soviet army drove German tanks and armored vehicles into the Klin defense line formed by the German army as if there was no one around, and the German army had no intention of blocking it... They thought these were the defeated German troops.
After all, there is an armored division ahead, and it is normal for a dozen tanks and a dozen armored vehicles to escape back.
The sentries even stood up and saluted after removing the barricade for the tanks.
So the German army suffered a tragedy.
After tanks and armored vehicles broke into the German defense lines, they immediately charged at full speed and killed everyone.
Machine guns fired everywhere, knocking down the German soldiers in the trenches who had their backs turned to them in pieces.
Artillery shells were fired one after another, blasting the German artillery and anti-tank gun positions into the sky one by one, and the entire defense line fell into chaos.
Then, when the Soviet T34 tank appeared at the other end of the railway... the German defense line had collapsed.
Shulka did not participate in this battle. He was an infantryman, and it should be the task of the tank crew to drive tanks and armored vehicles into enemy positions.
Shurka only saw pieces of corpses lying on the German position, as well as various discarded machine guns, anti-tank guns and howitzers.
These anti-tank guns and howitzers were either blown into parts, or were knocked around by tanks or even crushed and twisted out of shape.
Of course, there are corpses and blood in various poses next to them.
The Germans originally had a chance to block the 4th Soviet Tank Brigade.
Because the position they chose was very suitable for a defensive battle... Except for a railway, there were farmland and vegetable fields on both sides. The Germans first opened the irrigation canal to turn it into a swamp, and they even deployed anti-tank lines in it.
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Then, there was a howitzer battalion on each side of the railway, with their muzzles pointed at the railway.
The anti-tank gun may not be able to penetrate the T34, but the large-caliber howitzer is not what it can withstand: if a 105mm-caliber shell directly hits a tank, it can kill the tank crew even if it cannot penetrate the armor.
The mistake of the German army was that they should not believe too much in what they saw: the tank was indeed a German tank, but the person driving the tank may not be German.