The wrecker infantry cleared the way in front, the tanks advanced in the rear while taking cover, and occasionally fired a few shots in the direction of tracer bullets fired by the infantry.

At this time, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade was accustomed to such battles against infantry and tank coordination, even the ability to fight at night was very difficult at this time.

Mines were cleared and barricades were pulled...... These things seem more convenient to implement at night, since the wrecker infantry can operate in the dark and will not become a target for the enemy as it is during the day.

And then there's the barbed wire.

This is not difficult, just cut from both ends, tie the lanyard and you can drag it away from the side.

Even experienced veterans use these barbed wire fences to clear mines, dragging bundles of barbed wire with slings over suspected mines, and the weight of the barbed wire is enough to detonate anti-infantry mines.

As for the anti-tank mine, this thing is not sensitive, and even a whole person standing on it cannot detonate it...... If you can detonate it, you won't be able to blow up the tank, so you just need to find it with a spur and dig it out, and collect the tank that can also be used against the enemy.

Then there were anti-tank trenches.

However, this anti-tank trench is not actually an anti-tank trench.

In fact, there is no certain standard for anti-tank trenches, because the tanks they have to deal with are not the same length and obstacle crossing capabilities, so the requirements are also different.

If you are dealing with the kind of tanks that can't even get through the concrete piers, the anti-tank trench only needs to dig a small hole, and ironically, such a tank dares to claim to be the first in Asia in modern times.

As a rule, anti-tank trenches are more than half the width of the body of the tank being targeted.

For example, the German army has to deal with the Soviet T34 tank, and the T34 tank is 6.1 meters long, so the anti-tank trench must be more than 3 meters anyway, otherwise the tank can mostly cross as long as the front and rear weight are the same.

The depth is determined by the height of the tank's tracks and obstacle clearance, which is generally about three meters.

The anti-tank trenches built by the Germans were sufficiently wide, about four meters, but only two meters deep, and some of them were covered with snow.

These are the information that Katukov received from the front.

Katukov also breathed a sigh of relief for this: "Their anti-tank trenches can't stop us, the depth is not enough!" ”

After a pause, Katukov added: "Maybe it's because of the frozen soil, they can't finish it in a short time!" Although they persecuted the people of Zhankoi to dig for them! ”

It can be seen that Katukov is most worried about this anti-tank trench.

This is actually understandable, because all this stuff is the most troublesome thing about anti-tank trenches...... If they can successfully construct an anti-tank trench that meets the requirements, coupled with the slippery ice, snow and frozen soil, it will be difficult for the tank to cross.

At that time, it will be necessary for sappers to work under enemy fire, and they can only advance from a few parts of the construction, which is easily attacked by the enemy's concentrated fire.

Because of this, Katukov secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this information.

But Shulka doesn't think it's that simple.

Even if the Germans did not complete the anti-tank trench due to time constraints, they would have had time to withdraw to Zhankoy to organize street fighting, after all, they also knew that an anti-tank trench that could not hold the enemy tanks was not much different from nothing.

But the Germans did not do so, and they still chose to hold on to this line.

This may indicate that they have other things to rely on.

Shulka raised his binoculars and looked at the front line, where flares were coming and going, and every now and then a few balls of fireballs exploded.

Soviet tanks are crossing anti-tank trenches under the light of flares...... As Katukov said, anti-tank trenches can't stop them.

But at this moment, suddenly a T34 was hit and turned into a fireball.

At first, Shulka thought it was just an accident, as I said before, any accident can happen on the battlefield, a large-caliber howitzer just hits, or an anti-tank gun or something.

But Shulka soon realized that something was wrong, because the T34 tanks that were crossing the trench were destroyed one after another, and some of them even the entire turret was overturned and fell more than ten meters away.

KATUKOV, APPARENTLY NOTICING THIS, COULDN'T HELP BUT CURSE: "FUCK IT, 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS!" ”

"NO, IT MAY NOT BE AN 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN!" Shulka said: "It's night, and the 88MM anti-aircraft gun is huge!" ”

Katukov quickly understood what Shulka meant.

ALTHOUGH THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN COULD PENETRATE THE T34 AT A DISTANCE OF A KILOMETER, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE GUNNER COULD NOT SEE THE TARGET AT A DISTANCE OF A KILOMETER IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT.

IF THE DISTANCE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THE GUNNER TO OBSERVE THE TARGET, THEN THE HUGE BARREL OF THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WOULD NOT FOLLOW THE SHAPE, AND IT WOULD SOON BECOME A TARGET FOR SOVIET FIRE.

"What could that be?" Katukov asked suspiciously.

"I don't know, Colonel!" Shulka said: "But I think this is probably the reason why the Germans dared to build a defensive line against us in the field!" ”

Katukov couldn't help but be stunned, raised his telescope again and looked ahead, but saw nothing except for the T34 that was destroyed a few more.

"Colonel!" At this time, the correspondent who was standing by the phone shouted in this direction: "Comrade Zakhakavich call! ”

Katukov immediately put away his binoculars and ran up to take the microphone.

"What? Are you sure? ”

"Do you know what model it is?"

"Withdraw the troops and postpone the attack!"

KATUKOV, WHO PUT DOWN THE PHONE, LOOKED AT SHULKA AND SAID: "YOU'RE RIGHT, SHULKA, THAT'S NOT AN 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, BUT A TANK, A TANK FOR THE GERMANS!" ”

"What, tank?" Shulka was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

"Yes, tank!" "We found them, they were hidden in tank bunkers, you know, the bodies were below the ground, only the turret was exposed, they were painted white to blend with the snow, and then ...... It was they who wrecked our tanks! ”

"How far?" Shulka asked.

"About three hundred meters!"

"Where's our tank?" Shulka asked again: "We've already found it, why don't we destroy it?" ”

"There's nothing we can do about it!" "We couldn't wreck it, it was a new tank, we don't even know its model," Katukov said! ”

Shure probably knows what kind of tank it is.

If you can destroy T34 and T34 is helpless against it, then there is only "Tiger type".

But as far as Shulka knows, the "Tiger type" entered the war for the first time in Leningrad only a few months later, but now it has appeared in Zhankoy.

Shulka thought that this might be because of Shulka's existence, so the defense of Moscow was fought better than it should be, so Hitler urgently sent the immature "Tiger" to the battlefield.