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 things can be made. The Soviet army was guarding the river, and there was mud everywhere on the river. 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 Germans felt relieved to build a position on the other side of the river, because they did not believe that tanks could cross the river quickly, so 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 could not cross the anti-tank trenches, whether they were their own tanks or enemy tanks, which would undoubtedly hinder the attack on the next day.
Brings a lot of trouble.
However, what the Germans didn't know was that Shulka had already asked his engineers to build several underwater bridges.
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 underwater. Some are even welded in sections on the shore and then sunk into the water to connect... The advantage of being near Moscow is that there is never a shortage of these steel materials and steel plates.
welder.
The difference between the underwater bridge and other bridges is that its bridge deck is about half a meter underwater.
Normally no one would build a bridge like this, but as mentioned before, thinking on the battlefield is different from that in peacetime.
Its advantage on the battlefield is that it is impossible to observe the strange bridge from the surface. It is difficult to find it even when you walk in front of it. Only when you take a step into the water do you realize that there is such a thing.
After Rokossovsky heard about the "underwater bridge", he came here to inspect it and let the tanks walk back and forth on it several times.
After being convinced that it was indeed feasible, Rokossovsky smiled and said to Shulka: "They should give you a medal, Comrade Shulka... You even made the tank float forward in the water!"
When Rokossovsky said this, Shulka felt it was really similar.
But of course, this is not Shulka's invention. At this time, China, because it had no air supremacy and was worried about the bridge being blown up by enemy planes, had already widely used this kind of underwater bridge to ensure transportation and supply lines... It allowed Japanese pilots to find
The exact location of the bridge is not available.
An underwater bridge alone was not enough. The Soviet army made similar moves on the other side.
The engineers dug a layer down near the river bank, then laid it with solid stones and logs to allow the tanks to pass through. After that, they spread a layer of mud and joined it perfectly with the side.
Therefore, in the eyes of the German army, it seemed like a river and mud that tanks could not pass, but on the map of the Soviet army, it was a road leading directly to the front of the German position.
In the evening, when the German army was planning to stop and rest after a day's fighting and construction work, the Soviet offensive began.
Rokossovsky gave the order, and under the cover of gunfire, the tanks drove out of the bunker one by one and drove onto the "underwater bridge". Within ten minutes, more than fifty T34s drove by
Crossed the river and rushed towards the German position.
If there is any shortcoming in this attack, it is that the soldiers will inevitably get their boots wet when passing the "underwater bridge".
Shulka was also one of them. He felt a biting coldness as soon as he stepped into the river water, but he soon stopped feeling it. He didn't know whether it was because he was numb from the cold or because of the tension of the battle.
The tank rushed towards the enemy's trench with green smoke, and several rounds of illumination bombs were fired in the direction of the enemy, illuminating the enemy's frightened faces... They obviously didn't know how to fight this battle, because they were facing almost
All anti-tank weapons are ineffective t34.
T34 advanced to a range of about a hundred meters away from the enemy's defense line and stopped.
By now, everyone has figured out the performance of the enemy's and our equipment. The T34 is almost invincible at a distance of one hundred meters, so they will not be stupid enough to drive the tank in front of the German army so that their anti-tank guns can take effect.
Then, the tank gun adjusted its shooting direction, and with a "boom" a German machine gun position was blown into the sky.
The tank machine guns also fired, and the bullets were like a gust of wind, sweeping past the enemy trenches and suppressing the German soldiers until they could not raise 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, according to common sense, it should have the advantage in such a local battle.
The problem is that the German army's cover is only trenches and sandbags, while the Soviet army is like a T34 with an iron shirt and a golden bell.
Without having to worry about being destroyed by the enemy, the tank guns and machine guns of the T34 were able to suppress the enemy without any pressure, so the Soviet army quickly seized the commanding heights of the battle.
When the mortar shells blasted the German troops into howling like ghosts, German tanks came up from the rear one after another.
Originally, Major Zahakavich hoped to launch an attack in the latter part of the night.
Major Zahakavich came up with this idea because he knew about German tanks.
"The enemy's tanks can't stand the severe cold!" Major Zahakawicz said: "If we launch an attack in the middle of the night, at least half of their tanks will not be able to start! And that's when they are sleeping soundly..."
"No, Comrade Zahakavic!" Major General Rokossovsky interrupted Major Zahakavic without thinking. He asked: "Do our tanks have any chance of winning against enemy tanks?"
"Of course, Comrade Rokossovsky!" Major Zahakavich replied: "They can't penetrate our armor from a hundred meters away, but we can use them as targets!"
"So..." Major General Rokossovsky spread his hands.
Then Major Zahakavich understood immediately.
First of all, the Soviet army did not have time to launch an attack in the middle of the night... The Supreme Command required that the original position be recaptured before two 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 whether it can be activated should not be taken into consideration, because even if it can be activated and driven onto the battlefield, it is just a "target".
Rokossovsky's judgment was correct. Just like what is happening now, enemy and enemy tanks are shooting at each other face to face a hundred meters away. It is obviously another tragic result for the German army... Tanks are coming up one after another.
, destroyed one by one.
Some of those destroyed tanks exploded or ignited, and they became "torches" erected in front of the defense line, illuminating the surrounding German defense lines and even the tanks that followed one after another.
As a result, the T34 adjusted its muzzle again and fired armor-piercing bullets ruthlessly at the German tanks.