Speed seems to be the key to the two troops rushing to Chamkoy.
But now the speed of the Soviet army seems not fast enough.
"We should buy more time!" Shulka said: "That is, speed up the march!"
"We can't do it!" Katukov raised his head forward: "We must move forward behind the mine clearing tank, otherwise we will risk losing the tank and personnel!"
"Maybe we don't have to do this!" Shulka replied: "We have half-tracks!"
The advantage of a half-track vehicle is that it has good off-road performance, it has a certain amount of firepower and defense, and at the same time it is much lighter than a tank.
These advantages allow the half-track vehicle to drive on snow without worrying about getting stuck in it and unable to move.
After thinking about it, Katukov nodded in agreement.
As a result, a commando team composed entirely of half-track vehicles was formed. This commando team was divided into two teams, each team had 12 vehicles, which was a reinforced company, and they moved forward along the fields on both sides of the road to outflank them.
They did not need to worry about the enemy's mines, because the German troops in front were hurriedly laying mines while retreating, which meant that they could not spread the mines very widely.
Facts have also proved that Shulka's analysis is correct. The half-track vehicle did not encounter many landmines when it left the road... The reason why I say "not many" is because it can occasionally roll over a few mines, and these mines are not even German.
It was laid, because it was a Soviet wooden shell mine, the type that shot out a lot of wood chips when it exploded. It was obviously laid randomly by the Soviet army when they were retreating.
Because these wooden shell mines are made of wooden shells, they are not very powerful, and the tires did not even burst... But this may be because of the layer of snow. The mines were laid before, and the snow covered them layer by layer.
, there was a layer of snow between the tire and the mine, so it rolled over directly and there was no problem at all.
Only one half-track vehicle had its tracks blown off. This was probably because the half-track vehicle had been driven for a long time without timely maintenance and was relatively fragile.
Then, one of the commandos caught up with the Germans who were laying mines on the road an hour later.
Needless to say what happened next, the commandos immediately launched an attack.
The first thing to fire was the machine gun on the half-track vehicle. Although the accuracy of the half-track vehicle on the ups and downs was not high, more than a dozen machine guns fired at the same time, and the German troops still gathered on the road, including several cars carrying mines.
So the bullets "clacked" and quickly knocked down a large number of German troops, which also triggered several mines... I don't know whether it was triggered by the bullets or by the German troops who were laying mines because they were panicked by the sudden attack.
, after several explosions, several German soldiers were knocked to the ground.
Then the half-track slowed down, and the Soviet soldiers on the rear carriage jumped off the half-track that was still running one by one and spread out their troops.
This is one of the training subjects for half-track vehicles.
If the half-track vehicle comes to a complete stop, it will obviously be easily hit by enemy artillery fire. If all the personnel are crowded on the half-track vehicle, on the one hand, it will be easily destroyed by the enemy, and on the other hand, the firepower will not be easily deployed... even if the half-track vehicle
It is not crowded with twelve people in the vehicle, but at most only one side of the vehicle can shoot at the enemy at the same time. If the other side wants to shoot, they must stand up.
So just like now, there were only two machine gunners and two submachine gunners left on the half-track, and the others all got off to fight.
The reason for retaining two submachine gunners is that the half-track can often rely on its armor and speed to get close to the enemy. At this time, the submachine gunners can suddenly pop up and fire a burst of fire. If they are closer, these submachine gunners can also throw grenades.
Cossacks liked this role.
This is also an advantage of Cossack as a platoon leader. He has the right to choose his own equipment, just like he was a rocket launcher shooter when the troops were first equipped with rocket launchers.
"Comrade Cossack seems to be all-powerful!" the instructor said to Shulka: "He can drive, fire a rocket launcher, and is an excellent submachine gunner at the same time!"
"I remember you were against him being the platoon leader!" Shulka said.
"I was wrong!" the instructor replied: "It turns out that you can not only fight, but you can also use people. He is an excellent warrior!"
Shulka smiled and replied: "If you think he does this to become an outstanding warrior, you are wrong!"
"Then why?"
"It's for excitement, Comrade Instructor!" Shulka replied: "Some people are born to like adventure, excitement, and the feeling of tension and excitement!"
The instructor thought for a moment, then nodded to express his comradeship.
"You are right, Comrade Shulka!" the instructor said: "No wonder he always likes to cheer like a wild beast during battles. Others are afraid of fighting, but he enjoys it!"
"You can say that!" Shulka replied: "For people like him, dying on the battlefield may be the best destination, otherwise..."
Shulka did not say the next words.
If he takes pleasure in the battlefield and killing people, and one day the war ends and world peace begins, his pain will begin, because all other things will be boring to him, so it will be difficult to adapt to that kind of life.
Of course, it's too early to think about this now. At least the Cossack at this time was a very useful soldier.
Like now, he even knows how to take advantage of the car's inertia.
It is said that it was a move that Cossack and Uncle Alek practiced hard, and he even pestered Uncle Alek for two days for it.
"I need you, Uncle Alek!" said the Cossack: "I have thought of a way to throw grenades very far on the battlefield, but it requires your training and cooperation!"
"You can find someone else!" Uncle Alek tightened his windbreaker and tilted his head to one side.
Uncle Alek is not the kind of person who loves to train. In his words, whether he dies in battle or old age, he doesn't have many days left to live, so he should drink more and sleep more.
"But only you have this skill!" Cossack said: "I believe only you can do it!"
"Then you can teach others not to bother me, comrade!" Uncle Alek became impatient.
Then, the Cossack took out the kettle, opened the lid and handed it to Uncle Alek. As soon as the aroma of wine wafted out from the inside, Uncle Alek became energetic.
But Uncle Alek still insisted: "One pot is not enough!"
The Cossack gritted his teeth and said, "I will give you half of the daily ration from now on!"
Uncle Alek's eyes lit up, he took the kettle and held it in his arms, saying, "This kettle is not included!"
"Of course!" Cossack nodded heavily, and the corners of his mouth twitched several times with pain.