The Cossack's injuries were not in the way, but Shulka's kick was not light, which made him limp when he walked.

But that's just it, and this can hardly be considered an injury on the battlefield, especially in the Soviet army.

The bigger problem was that the bridge deck was blocked by enemy artillery fire, and several tanks were destroyed on the road, and soon the bridge deck was littered with tank wreckage and the corpses of Soviet soldiers.

Major Zakhakavich and Major Gavrilov ran up from the rear, leaned out with binoculars and looked across for a while before retreating.

They called Shulka before hiding in a section of ruins.

"It's an armored train!" Major Gavrilov said.

"AND ARMED WITH 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS!" Major Zakhakavich added: "Only such a gun can penetrate the T34 at a distance of three hundred meters!" ”

Armored train ...... Shulka was no stranger to the term, but he hadn't taken it to heart.

Because Shulka knew that this was a backward piece of equipment, like a battleship slowly becoming obsolete.

Needless to say, the reason is that it is too dependent on railways, too large and difficult to hide, and in the absence of air supremacy, it is basically the target of the enemy's air power.

The battleship was almost in the same condition...... Before the advent of aircraft carriers, naval warfare basically relied on the warships themselves, so the thinking of "cannon giant ships" was correct.

However, with the development of aircraft carriers, naval warfare has become a contest between the carrier-based aircraft of the enemy and us, and the battleship's artillery is almost useless, and the heavy armor is not much different for bombers, but because of its size and weight, it is easy to become a target for bombers.

As a modern person, Shulka is habitually ignoring things that will be eliminated.

But as a warrior of this age, Shulka found it impossible to ignore them.

For example, now, the Germans have air supremacy and use it to guard the bridge deck, so this armored train has become a sharp weapon.

"Do you see how many verses it has?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"Twelve knots!" Major Zahakavich seemed to have studied this, and he turned on a flashlight as a light source, and then introduced as he drew it: "An armored train like this usually has the front of the power locomotive in the middle, which reduces the risk of losing power from enemy attacks, and next to it there is a coal and water carriage to store coal and water and supplies." Further out, there will be command cars, anti-aircraft fire cars and anti-armor cars. It is usually symmetrical on both sides to facilitate back and forth combat and command! ”

The last sentence is more difficult to understand, simply put, if the two sides are symmetrical, the armored train will be the same whether it will go this way or that end, and the combat units will be the same, so it will not be so complicated to command.

"Can it be blown up by artillery fire?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"It's difficult!" Major Zakhakavich shook his head and said: "They are all covered with armor, and it is difficult for artillery shells to damage them...... If it doesn't hit the power car directly, in principle, it can be driven! ”

Shulka understood what Major Zahakavich meant.

The train is composed of one carriage, the other carriages are not critical, it doesn't matter if they are hit or even penetrated, the whole carriage is thrown away, the other carriages are still connected together, and they still have combat effectiveness, and they can still stop the 4th Tank Brigade from advancing.

"What's more!" Major Zakhakavich continued: "The armored train is a mobile unit, and it will be difficult for us to grasp its location and destroy it!" ”

Major Gavrilov nodded in agreement, for example, before he could see clearly, the armored train retreated into the building and disappeared under his nose.

This if it is covered with artillery fire...... It's just a blind fight without a goal.

"Comrade Zakhakavich!" At this time, the signal corpsmen reported: "The attack on Bridge No. 2 was blocked, they found the enemy armored train!" ”

Major Zahakavich glanced at Shulka and the others, and then said: "This is the advantage of the armored train, it can block two bridges on two fronts with its own speed!" ”

"What if we attack both bridges at the same time?" Major Gavrilov asked.

Major Zakhakavich shook his head and said: "Unless we can break through the enemy line in a few minutes!" ”

A few minutes...... It's almost impossible.

First of all, the bridge deck is narrow, only about 20 meters wide, barely enough to accommodate three tanks to advance side by side.

In fact, usually when attacking, three tanks do not dare to attack side by side, because it is easy to block the bridge deck and cause trouble for yourself.

As a result, the impact of the Soviet offensive was obviously insufficient.

SECONDLY, THE GERMANS DID NOT RELY ENTIRELY ON THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS OF ARMORED TRAINS...... They would certainly have deployed a lot of anti-tank guns at the bridgehead on the opposite bank, and these tank guns were aimed at the bridge deck from all directions, and as soon as the tanks came ashore, these anti-tank guns would concentrate their fire on them.

After thinking about it, Shulka said: "If it is difficult to destroy the armored train, can we consider destroying the tracks?" ”

It is well known that armored trains rely heavily on rails, and starting from the rails is to hit it by seven inches.

But this idea was quickly rejected again by Major Zakhakavich.

"It's possible to destroy the rails!" "The problem is that the Germans also understand this, so they definitely have spare rails, and most likely more than one!" said Major Zahakavich! ”

Major Gamarylov agreed: "It is conceivable that they may also have sappers and timber for the construction of rails, and while the armored trains have spare rails, the sappers repair the railways, and so on...... We'll be locked down here until dawn! ”

Needless to say, what would happen at dawn was that the German "Stuka" bombers swooped down one after another and blew up the Soviet T34s.

Then, Major Zahakavich and Shulka and others tried one way after another, but they were soon overthrown one by one.

For example, Major Zakhakavich reported the situation to Rokossovsky, hoping that the 32nd Army would flank the Germans and put pressure on them.

But the reply I got disappointed everyone.

"The 32nd Army is already attacking the enemy!" Rokossovsky replied: "But they are running out of ammunition, and it will be difficult to break through the enemy's lines to help you!" ”

Before that, the 32nd Army could not break through the enemy's lines, and now, of course, it can't do it.

Another example is Major Gavrilov's suggestion to build a pontoon bridge and attack it elsewhere...... But not to mention that time does not allow, and the pontoon bridge can also be easily blown up by enemy artillery fire.

Not to mention that the pontoon bridge was blown up by artillery fire, it was very dangerous to cross the tank from the pontoon bridge, not to mention that when the pontoon bridge was erected, the Germans could also put the rails on the opposite side and blockade them with armored trains.

So the war came to a dead end.