Shulka and the others did not know this, they only knew that they were attacking along the river, and it was very successful, and after more than half an hour they reached the Volga bridge.

The Volga bridge was once blasted by the Soviet army, and most of the bridge deck collapsed, but the river had not yet frozen, so there was no trace of ruins in the river...... A section of the bridge that collapsed had sunk to the bottom of the river.

The Germans built a defensive line here.

This was entirely to be expected by Shulka.

Because on the one hand, the German army reacted quickly, and on the other hand, the broken bridge was covered by piers and remnants of the bridge deck, and these things were quite strong, which could withstand Soviet artillery fire and even aerial bombs, especially those bridge arches, which were a natural pillbox after putting a few sandbags.

The Germans did exactly that, and they even hoisted several anti-tank guns into the arch of the bridge to get ready.

In addition, there is a line of defense consisting of pontoon bridges before the broken bridge.

Of course, this was not built by the Germans, but after the bridge was blown up, the Germans built it for the use of cars, but as the river froze, these pontoon bridges were also frozen.

This was a perfect line of defense for the Germans, with condescending fire on the remnants of the bridge and natural anti-tank trenches made of pontoon bridges on the river...... Unless the Soviets blew it up, it would not be possible to cross the pontoon bridge in front of it with the climbing ability of the "Matilda".

Kubil intended to hold off the Soviets here, because he thought it was time for "moderation".

So, he immediately hung up the phone and reported to Marshal Lugar.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Kubil said nervously: "The Russians have penetrated our line!" ”

"What do you mean?" Marshal Luger asked suspiciously: "You told me not long ago that you could block their attack!" ”

"They have found a hole in our defenses, Your Excellency Marshal!" "The river, the river has always been the weak point of our defense...... It was a river before that, and not so long ago it was in a semi-frozen state, and we could not deploy troops on it, but now it is completely frozen, and it is now a flat avenue, with almost no obstacles and obstacles, and the Russian tank forces are attacking along it! ”

Marshal Luger was taken aback when he heard this, then turned his gaze to the map, looked at it for a while, and then said in shock: "Stop them, General!" Block them no matter what, otherwise the 4th Tank Army will be finished! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" Kubil replied, "That's exactly what I did!" ”

After hanging up the phone, the corners of Kubil's mouth showed a smile that was not easy for others to detect.

Everything is under his control, and Kubil is happy with the result.

First of all, he believed that the defense line of the Volga bridge would be able to hold back the Russian attack, because it would be effectively surrounded on three sides, and if the Russian army dared to attack the bridge, it would soon be surrounded in the river.

Of course, Kubil will not eat this Russian army so quickly.

Secondly, he believed that with such a threat, the Fourth Tank Army and even the Supreme High Command would be shaken.

Kubil was right.

Field Marshal Lugar put down the phone and reported the news to Hitler as soon as he put it down.

When Hitler received the information, he was so anxious that he walked around his desk, and then ordered: "Order the air force to be ready, strike at this Russian army at dawn, and destroy them!" ”

This may indeed be an option, and although the German Air Force is no longer superior, the Soviet Air Force cannot hold the sky over the 1st Guards Tank Brigade around the clock.

At the same time, there was nothing over the river and there was no cover, and the German air force only needed to concentrate its forces and launch a surprise attack, and it was still possible to push back the Russian army or make it suffer heavy losses.

However, what Hitler and Kubil did not expect was that the Soviet troops suddenly changed the direction of their march.

That is to say, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade went ashore and launched a lightning offensive against the houses on the east side of the river.

In fact, this is normal, no one is stupid enough to continue jumping in knowing that there is a trap ahead, this is actually the strategy of the German "blitzkrieg", they often bypass the enemy's strong fortifications to attack weak points during battle.

The same was true of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade at this time.

On the east side of the river was the weak point of the German defenses, and the main town of Tver was on the west bank of the river.

The east bank had few buildings and were mostly dilapidated and unsuitable for defense, so it was natural for the Germans to concentrate their forces on the west bank.

At this time, the sky was just hazy, and the tanks drove out of the river with the sound of "rumbling" motors, and then covered the infantry to break into the houses......

As mentioned earlier, the East Coast is less and generally low, and quite a few of them are still wooden houses.

These were not much of a threat to the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, which opened fire on houses from a distance of 100 meters, and the houses were blown up in all directions when they heard the sound of "boom".

"Matilda", although it lacks firepower, is more than enough to use it to attack wooden houses.

Matilda also has the advantage of having a lot of wheels and a slow speed...... Slow speed is a disadvantage, but there are two sides to everything, and disadvantages can also be advantages.

For example, the impressive speed of the Matilda makes it very stable when driving, so it can fire with a certain degree of accuracy while firing.

This also made it a tank that could fire on the move, in addition to the "Sherman" tank.

So, along the way, the houses were blown up with tank guns, then on the bazookas, and closer enough were grenades thrown into the windows, and by the time the Soviets saw the houses, there were only bloody corpses or struggling wounded inside.

Of course, if the building hasn't been blown up, the infantry will occupy it and defend it temporarily.

They didn't want a sudden German attack on the tank units from behind.

Shulka saw almost no living Germans along the way, and he only saw soldiers on either side rushing in with submachine guns after throwing a grenade into the building.

Then came gunshots and screams, and occasionally German begs for mercy.

But begging for mercy did not bring the mercy of the Soviet army, and then there were undoubtedly a few more gunshots...... At this time, the Soviet troops were interspersed, which meant that they could not take prisoners.

The Luftwaffe was flying over the battlefield at this time, but they turned around and did not find their target...... They received information that the enemy was on the river, but by this time the river was empty.

Although the pilots were soon informed that the Soviets had entered the residential area, they could not do anything because they could not distinguish between friend and foe.

At this time, the Soviet fighters, who had been waiting in the air for a long time, suddenly swooped down, and another fierce air battle began in the sky above.