During this period, there were few updates due to school matters and some personal matters. Now it has finally come to an end, and the three updates will resume as normal starting tomorrow.
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Soon, the Soviet army, under the cover of fighter planes, circled the river again and advanced along the ice... There were no obstacles in the river and it was flat, making it safer for the troops to advance here.
Kubil couldn't help being stunned after hearing the news that the Russian troops had landed, and then a few drops of cold sweat quickly broke out on his forehead.
German generals may be good at fighting "Blitzkrieg", but they are usually not good at defending against "Blitzkrieg".
In fact, "blitzkrieg" can be said to be impossible to defend against because it always looks for the enemy's weaknesses to break through.
If you want to prevent "blitz" it seems there are only two options:
One is to have a fast mobile force. This mobile force is faster than the enemy, so it can rush in front of the enemy to block it, entangle it and then surround it.
Of course the German army has such mobile units, especially the enemy equipped with "Matilda" tanks.
But it is a pity that it is Tver, and it is obviously too late to transfer from other places.
Another method is to guard every place airtight. The German army obviously does not have such preparations and certainly does not have so many troops.
Only then did Kubil realize that things were not as simple as he thought.
"General!" the adjutant suggested: "We should bring up the Sixth Armored Division!"
The 6th Armored Division has been deployed by Kubil on the second line ten miles away from Tver... This is partly because the Russian army has new equipment that can deal with tanks, and Kubil does not dare to put armored troops into battle easily.
On the one hand, it is because it is difficult for tanks to function in street battles, especially because the mobility of German tanks cannot be used at all.
"No!" Kubiler shook his head: "Even if the 6th Armored Division is brought in, it will not help. They will either be exposed to enemy aircraft or they will be destroyed by their new equipment!"
At this time, the Luftwaffe no longer had the advantage, which made the German army very passive. Although the Soviet pilots were not very skilled in bombing, they had a numerical advantage... This also frightened the German armored forces.
"But we have no other troops to stop them, general!" the adjutant said anxiously: "Are we just going to let them run rampant in our defense line until they run out of bullets?"
After thinking about it, Kubil said: "Tver Bridge, Charlotte, their goal is the Tver Bridge, send people to guard it immediately!"
"Yes!" the adjutant responded and immediately conveyed the order.
Kubil's judgment was correct, the target of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade was indeed the Tverskaya Bridge.
The reason is simple. Although the Tver Bridge has been blown up, the newly built railway by the German army is only 200 meters away from the Tver Bridge, and there is a road 500 meters away on the other side.
In other words, if the Tverskaya Bridge is captured, the railways and highways can be controlled with artillery from a commanding position, which means that the German transport lines to the Northeast Fourth Tank Army are blocked.
Therefore, although Tver was already short of troops at this time, the German army still dispatched two infantrymen to the Tver Bridge.
Just like before, the German army deployed troops on the broken bridge body and both sides of the Tver Bridge. If the enemy launched an attack on the bridge, they would be attacked from three sides just like they faced the Volga Bridge.
However, things once again caught the Germans by surprise.
Just as the German troops were guarding the bridge and waiting for the Soviet troops to arrive, the Soviet tanks once again left the river and came ashore, and then "rumbled" along the road towards the front of the bridge to launch an attack.
As a result, all the firepower deployed in the bridge openings on the side of the bridge was ineffective, and the German army could still only rely on simple buildings and sandbag fortifications to resist the Soviet tanks.
This is the advantage of tank troops, they can choose their own direction of attack at will.
Of course, this offensive direction is beneficial to the Soviet army and detrimental to the German army.
This is the German army's "offensive superiority theory"... As things turn, the Soviet army, which is the main offensive, will certainly not give up this advantage.
Shulka led his troops and advanced behind the tanks.
The German army panicked and fell into chaos.
This is normal, because this is not only a problem of miscalculation by the German army, but also a problem of improper distribution of their firepower and troops... Of the two German battalions, first of all, one battalion was unable to come for reinforcements on the other side, and most of the anti-tank artillery was deployed on the other side.
The bridge cavity was turned into scrap metal.
In other words, the German army could only use anti-tank grenades, explosive packs, etc. to block the Soviet attack.
The German army did exactly this. Although they knew that there was no possibility of victory due to the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, they still did not retreat or escape.
This may be because they knew the importance of the Tver Bridge, or it was an order from their superiors... In any case, they raised their weapons in the snow and organized a commando team to charge towards the Soviet tanks with explosives.
But this is obviously in vain.
Several "Matilda" tanks stopped, adjusted their muzzles slightly, and then "boomed" a few times, blowing up the German sandbag fortifications into the sky, along with the German troops hiding behind the sandbags.
They were thrown violently into the air and then fell down, even under the bridge.
Several German soldiers carefully jumped between the craters holding anti-tank grenades.
Compared with explosive packs and cluster grenades, anti-tank grenades still pose a certain threat to tanks. After all, they still have a throwing distance of more than 20 meters.
Therefore, if the Soviet army did not find them hiding in the bomb crater and the tank moved forward, it would probably allow the German army to succeed.
But at this time, all the Soviet soldiers were veterans, especially those who followed Shulka from Brest to this place. They had already grown into the elite of the army during the six months of fighting.
Therefore, there was no need for Shulka to give orders. They consciously divided into several small groups and crossed the tanks to meet them... Of course, they could no longer hide behind the tank armor at this time. The crater was a blind spot for the tank's firepower. If they continued to advance, they would only be blown up by anti-tank grenades.
This ending.
That means tanks can't do anything about it.
But it is easy for infantry to solve this problem. They only need to lock a crater, then approach the target at a waist, and when they are about 40 meters away from the target, they light a grenade and throw it...
Anti-tank grenades can only be thrown twenty meters, while hand grenades can be thrown fifty meters, so there is no solution at all. The German army can only be passively beaten.
Some fast-moving German soldiers will jump out as soon as the grenade is thrown into the crater, hoping to escape the explosion range of the grenade.
But there were several "Poposa" submachine guns waiting for him outside, and with just a burst of gunfire, the German anti-tank teams were annihilated one by one in the snow.
Then, the tanks crossed the German bridgehead and drove onto the bridge.
Although the bridge was blown up in the middle, once the tanks drove onto the bridge, it was like setting up a fort at a high place, and the surrounding German troops were passively beaten.