There is no information, even the map is a railway traffic map provided by the train station.
It’s not surprising that this situation would happen. Before the war, no one would have thought that the enemy would threaten this place... This is Moscow!
As for intelligence, everyone was thinking about defense, no one wanted to attack, so regarding the deployment of the Lutheran army between Klin and Tver, they were blind as if they were blind.
Usually at this time, the troops should conduct some capture operations and obtain some useful information from the prisoners, such as how many German troops are along the way, where they are stationed, etc.
However, capturing prisoners is usually done at night, and the 4th Tank Brigade obviously does not have so much time.
So the plan is very simple:
"We are divided into two parts!" Major Zahakavich said: "The first battalion of tanks attacked along the railway, and the second battalion attacked along the road!"
Schur was the 1st Infantry Battalion, and they were responsible for cooperating with the 1st Tank Battalion, so they went to the railway.
The battle started in the evening before it got dark.
We chose to attack at this time in order to buy as much time as possible... The sky will get dark soon, so we don't have to worry about the enemy's air force when the tanks attack.
Leading the charge were soldiers of the 30th Army... Stationed in Klin were the 251st Division, troops of the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Needless to say what they originally did, Shulka, Major Gavrilov and others had seen how powerful these people were in Kiev.
The troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also one of the reserve forces, with a total size of 330,000. Under normal circumstances, they do not need to go to the battlefield, but when Moscow is about to be captured and there is a serious shortage of troops, they cannot manage so many.
However, while they may have great power in the rear to investigate and even arrest, interrogate, etc. on the battlefield, they do not have any privileges when facing the enemy on the battlefield.
Not only did they not have any privileges, they were also used as a pavement for the 4th Tank Brigade in this battle... Rokossovsky contacted Zhukov. A plan like this would of course require the approval of the Western Front Command.
Zhukov was very satisfied after seeing this plan, and then ordered the 251st Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stationed in Klin from top to bottom to cooperate with the 4th Tank Brigade to fight.
Then as soon as the cannon fired, the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs shouted and rushed towards the enemy position.
For some reason, Shulka couldn't help but feel a sense of pleasure when he saw this style of painting, especially when the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs passed by the tank, and each of them looked with envy at Shulka who was hiding behind the tank and preparing to attack.
Ka and others...not to mention how relieved they are.
The veteran even shouted at those people: "Stop dawdling, the Germans are waiting for you ahead!"
The surrounding soldiers burst into laughter, which only made the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs turn pale with anger, but they were helpless. They couldn't stop and punish someone they didn't like during the charge. If that was the case,
The first is that they will be treated as if they are avoiding combat.
From this, Shulka knew that he was not the only one who felt that sense of joy.
Zahakavich even intentionally waited a little longer before giving the order to move forward. This can also be said to be retribution for the usual domineering behavior of the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Then, when gunfire and artillery fire broke out from the front and the fighting became fierce, the 4th Tank Brigade divided into two parts and set off.
Zaharvich personally commanded a battalion to break through from the railway, which was obviously the main direction of attack.
What was blocking the front was a German field trench. The officers and soldiers of the 251st Division rushed forward like a wave, but they were beaten down again and again.
It can be seen that they fought very bravely, but their combat effectiveness and tactics are not to be praised... Shulka and others followed the tank and observed as they advanced. They could clearly see that the machine gun fire was not in the right position and the mortar target was not right.
It is clear that it was basically an unorganized and random firing, which directly caused the German machine gun fire to knock down the charging soldiers in pieces.
However, it seems that these people cannot be blamed. If the 333rd Regiment did not know this after fighting one battle after another, I am afraid it would be similar to them.
Then, when the tank continued to move forward and saw piles of corpses, the wounded fell to the ground and screamed, and the frightened soldiers crawled around on the ground, Shulka's previous gloating mentality suddenly disappeared.
There is no trace, replaced by the same hatred and hatred.
"Get down!" Shulka shouted: "Get out of the way and let the tanks get up!"
I don’t know whether they heard Shulka’s cry or were beaten severely by the Germans and spontaneously moved out of the way. The 4th Tank Brigade was soon at the forefront.
"Follow the tank and wait for orders!" Shulka waved his hand to the almost frightened officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
This time Shulka was sure that they heard his cry, because they conveyed the words one after another, and a crowd of people quickly gathered behind the tank.
The tank "rumbled" forward, and several rounds of illumination bombs were fired into the air to illuminate the enemy's defense line. Then the tank found a good position, stopped, and aimed at the enemy...
This is fighting. The infantry knows when the tank needs vision, and the tank knows when the infantry needs firepower. There is no need for orders between them, but a kind of understanding.
The infantryman following the tank shouted into the microphone to find a target for the tank: "10 o'clock direction, two hundred meters, the enemy's machine gun firepower point!"
Then the tank's muzzle slowly moved towards the designated position, and then the German machine gun fire exploded into the sky with a "boom".
The role of following the infantry and tank telephones in night battles is obvious... The tank's external perception is inherently poor. If the outside world is pitch black, then advancing and fighting will basically be in the dark.
But with the tank phone, this has obviously been avoided to a certain extent. It can even be said that the tank phone has more advantages in this regard than every German tank equipped with a radio for communication.
The reason is very simple. Radio communication in the tank only solves the problem of coordination between tanks, but it is difficult to coordinate between infantry and tanks.
The "tank phone" is just the opposite. It is more difficult to use it to coordinate between tanks. In the middle, a tank sends a message to the infantry, the infantry sends a message to the infantry of another tank, and then the infantry sends a message to the tank. This complex process is not only slow.
There may also be errors due to unclear expression.
However, the coordination between infantry and tanks is achieved in one step: in the dark night, the tank driver only needs to follow the infantry to "advance", "turn left" and other commands to drive. Even if he cannot see anything, he can still drive the tank to the destination.
Advantageous location.
Even when shooting, you can quickly find the target by following the infantry.