Chapter 239: Morale

Shulka complained about the soldiers of the 251st Division as he followed the tanks, and their so-called "coordinated attack" was purely to make trouble for the 4th Tank Brigade.

For example, now, in order to save these officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the tanks have to advance to within 100 meters of the line, risking being destroyed by German anti-tank guns.

Fortunately, however, the Germans had lost their will to resist at this time, and fled in batches of their equipment, and the Soviets quickly occupied the defensive line.

"Keep going!" Major Gavrilov gave a loud order, and the troops continued to attack in depth towards the German positions.

The German army can be said to be defeated, especially like the German army, which is organizing an offensive rather than a defense from front to back, and even the German army because of the convenience of logistics or the easier passage of armored troops and mechanized troops, they also organize the Soviet people to build roads.

This allowed the 4th Tank Brigade to advance smoothly, but it advanced 10 kilometers in two hours, which incidentally eliminated two German artillery battalions and a logistics convoy.

The news soon reached the command of the German Fourth Army.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" The staff officer reported to Kruger: "We found the 4th tank brigade ......"

"They attacked?" Kruger, who was drinking hot coffee while looking out the window at the snowflakes in the darkness, turned around excitedly, put the coffee cup on the table, and said, "They've finally been fooled!" Where did they hit? Order the 106th Infantry Division to be ready for battle! ”

"No, Your Excellency Marshal!" The staff officer's face was a little ugly: "They are attacking not from the Volokolamsk direction, but from Klin!" ”

"Klin? You mean they attacked from Klin? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"The 4th Tank Brigade? Are you sure it's the 4th Tank Brigade? ”

"They weren't sure, but the tanks they saw were all T34s, at least a few dozen, attacking simultaneously along both road and rail directions!" The staff officer replied: "The target is Tver!" ”

Kruger couldn't help but turn pale.

There is no doubt that it is the 4th Tank Brigade, and there is no other unit that can have dozens of T34s.

Other words...... Those hateful Russians deceived him into thinking that the 4th Tank Brigade was in Volokolamsk.

After being stunned for a while, Krugteng stood up and walked to the map, looked at it for a while, and then ordered: "Order the 5th Engineer Battalion to reinforce Tver immediately!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" The staff officer answered and passed on the order.

On the other hand, Major General Rokossovsky also contacted the 32nd Army at this time.

The reason why the 32nd Army was not contacted until this time was mainly for the sake of secrecy...... The 4th Tank Brigade attacked from the direction of Klin, and the attack was unexpected, and once the news leaked, not only the 32nd Army could not save it, but the 4th Tank Brigade could fall into a trap.

By this time the telephone line with the 32nd Army had already been cut off, and Major General Rokossovsky could only order by radio: "Prepare for the attack on Tver, Comrade Anupryevich!" ”

"What? Attacking Tver? Major General Anupryevich, who was surrounded by German troops, was furious when he received the telegram, and he scolded despite the presence of other people: "These bastards, they will only sit in the office and give some inexplicable orders, why don't they come here to take a look?!" ”

As he spoke, Major General Anupryevich called back in an unceremonious tone: "Sorry, Comrade Rokossovsky, I can't carry out your order!" Because we are surrounded by twice as many enemies, we are trying to break through! ”

When Major General Rokossovsky called back, Major General Anufrievich realized that the commander of the army group was to blame.

"Attacking Tver is a breakthrough!" Major General Rokossovsky explained in a telegram: "The 4th Tank Brigade is advancing from Kling to Tver, and it is estimated that it will arrive in two hours. ”

Clint ...... They actually attacked from the direction of Klin? Major General Anupryevich couldn't help but be stunned.

Colonel Katukov, who was commanding the tank units at the front, couldn't help but laugh when he heard the news, and his originally tense face gradually relaxed.

"Comrade Commissar!" Colonel Katukov raised the phone in his hand and said to Commissar Fomin not far away: "Do you know? It's Shulka! 'Breakout Heroes' have come to our rescue! ”

There was a burst of cheers from the headquarters, they didn't even know the battle plan at all, let alone where the reinforcements were hit, and what the situation was, as long as they heard the name of the "breakthrough hero", they believed that they were saved.

Shulka, who was still moving along the railway, certainly did not expect that he would have such popularity, and even only by revealing his name could boost the morale of the troops.

He and his men were heading in a car in the direction of Tver.

The Germans, who were not at the German line for a considerable distance after the German line was breached, were sometimes temporarily organized even if there were German defenses.

Shulka even believed that these German troops were self-organized, since they didn't even have a radio station...... The absence of a radio meant that there was no way to communicate with the superiors, and the superiors certainly could not give orders to them.

They were logistics units scattered in villages along the route, as well as SS special squads.

As mentioned earlier, the SS Einsatzgruppen was in close anticipation of the Wehrmacht and was responsible for maintaining order and hunting down partisans...... Because the target group is the guerrillas, they have to be dispersed.

But it is precisely because of this that most of them only have light equipment.

The partisans, of course, could not have had tanks.

If there is any heavy equipment, it is mortars.

What could really pose a threat to the Soviet army was the anti-tank grenade, which the Soviet army called "parachute...... THIS GRENADE, WHICH OPENS A SMALL UMBRELLA AT THE TAIL AFTER THROWING, CAN BLOW THROUGH 150MM OF ARMOR, WHICH IS CERTAINLY NOT A PROBLEM AGAINST THE T34.

The Germans would hide in a row on the high ground next to the railway, each with one of these grenades in their hands, and throw them out when tanks passed below.

Two T34s of the Soviet army were blown up in this way.

It should be said that the courage of these German soldiers was commendable, because their approach could almost be described as suicidal.

The Soviets quickly opened fire on their hiding places with machine guns, then split into several groups to outflank them and kill them all in the jungle.

From this point of view, there are similarities between German soldiers and Soviet troops, and there are also examples of desperate battles against the enemy regardless of their own safety.

It's just that some people prefer to portray these examples as heroic, while similar examples of the Soviet army are described as madness and disrespect for life.

Shulka knows it doesn't really make much of a difference, because it's all about winning.