Major Gavrilov was pleased with the effect of camouflage, and the soldiers were painted one by one as if they were corpses, such as blood on their faces, their uniforms were torn and "burned", there was a bullet hole in their helmets, and so on.

But Shulka thinks there's still a lot of missing.

After thinking about it, he shouted at the tank: "Comrade Fedosyev, can you burn something in the tank?" ”

"No, it's dangerous, we don't allow it!" Fedosyev replied.

Fedosyev was right, there were ammunition and some other flammable things in the tank, especially since the space was narrow, and if something was ignited, it could have catastrophic consequences for the tank.

"Why burn something?" Major Zahakavich asked suspiciously.

"If it's wrecked!" Shulka said: "There should be a little smoke!" ”

Major Zakhakavich nodded, then took off the helmet from one of the fighters and threw it to Fedosiev, saying: "When you are 'wrecked', burn something in it and douse it......"

"Yes, Major!" Fedosyev replied somewhat helplessly.

Then the tankmen took a moment to familiarize themselves with their tanks.

None of the six tanks, with the exception of tank No. 239, were their own.

This is an arrangement for the sake of synergy between tanks.

Tank lurking can no longer be arranged to follow the infantry through tank telephone coordination as before, which can easily be exposed.

On the other hand, the latent tanks need to act in unison, otherwise if they are out of sight, they will not know that they are already fighting in front of them, and they are still in a latent state with wreckage.

As a result, Major Zahakavich formed a latent unit with all the battalion's tanks equipped with radio equipment...... There were only six vehicles in the battalion, including Major Zahakavich's command vehicle.

Then they replaced all the soldiers of Fedosyev's tank company...... This is for better command, and if the new tank crews of each company drive the tanks into a unit, the commander may not be accustomed to the command of these tank crews because they do not understand it.

Although they were all driving T34s, each T34 had its own minor bugs or problems, so they needed a little time to familiarize themselves with and try out the communication equipment on the tank.

There is not much problem with the coordination of the infantry, they can look at the tank, and when the tank moves, it means that it is time to fight.

On the other hand, there will also be flares, unless they are lying there asleep while pretending to be a "dead body".

Later, Shulka found out that he was really asleep......

Leonev, who fell asleep, explained after the war: "I can't be blamed for this, Comrade Ensign, I just wanted to drink some wine to fight the cold, and I lay there motionless, and before I knew it, I fell asleep!" ”

Shulka couldn't help but feel funny, he remembered that this guy was so frightened by the battle that he couldn't close his eyes for several days when Kyiv was counter-encircled, but now he can sleep under the enemy's guns on the battlefield.

Of course, that's all for later.

Then the instructor does some ideological work for them.

"Comrades, I think you know the dangers and difficulties that lurk!" The instructor said: "Actually, the greater danger is not being exposed, such as being wounded, and the enemy's fire temptation, and even some other unexpected situation, you must remain in your original state and remain motionless. Otherwise, it is possible to expose our strategic intentions in advance and put the entire lurking force in danger......"

The fighters are all veterans, needless to say, understand, except for Antipunov.

"You're fine, right?" Shulka asked when he saw that Antipunov's face was pale and his expression was in a trance.

"No, no problem, Comrade Ensign!" Antipunov replied: "I just ...... I could have killed someone! ”

"Oh, when?" Shulka asked.

"At the time of attacking the building!" Antipunov said: "I'm not sure! I swear I didn't mean it, Comrade Ensign, I didn't aim and just fired a shot casually, but saw someone fall from above......"

"So, you're struggling with whether you should kill that enemy instead of the mission you're about to do?"

"Yes!" Antipunov nodded.

"A good start, Comrade Antipunov!" Shulka laughed: "There will be a second time!" ”

"No, there won't be a second time!" Antipunov replied.

Shulka patted Antipnov on the shoulder and walked away, believing that Antipunov did think so, but the battlefield could not help him.

It didn't take long for Major Gavrilov to tell Shulka: "The rocket artillery battalion is in position, they are half an hour ahead!" ”

The reason why the rocket artillery battalion arrived half an hour earlier was because the sappers followed all the way behind the 4th Tank Brigade to repair the railway, and by this time most of it had already been repaired. The rocket artillery battalion arrived here by train, and with them came enough rockets for a rocket artillery battalion to fire five salvos.

However, this does not seem to be very necessary, as this battle is likely to be only a few minutes from start to finish, and these few minutes can make or break the difference.

"Are you ready?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"Yes!" Shulka replied.

"Let's go, then!" Major Gavrilov shook Shulka's hand: "I am waiting for the news of your victory!" ”

The next second the battle began.

THE FIRST IS ARTILLERY PREPARATION, WHICH IS CARRIED OUT BY THE ARTILLERY BATTALION OF THE 251ST INFANTRY DIVISION TO SUPPORT THE 4TH TANK BRIGADE, PLUS THE MORTARS OF THE 4TH TANK BRIGADE...... THE "NO. 1" BRIDGE IS ONLY MORE THAN 300 METERS, AND MORTARS OF 50MM CALIBER AND ABOVE CAN REACH THE OPPOSITE BANK.

In fact, there is a little article in this, that is, to let the rocket artillery complete the test firing.

So the shelling at the beginning was a bit strange, three rockets flew to the opposite shore "woo-woo", and then exploded in its depth, a few hundred meters away from the target range.

Then there were three more shots, which were a few hundred meters away......

After five rounds, only two shots were fired at close range, and then the test fire was over, and all other artillery fire spewed tongues of fire into the opposite direction, and some of them were smoke grenades.

"Let's go!"

With the order of Major Zahakavich, the tank "rumbled" towards the "No. 1" bridge.

At the head of the pack was a company of eight tanks that was responsible for the cover mission...... Needless to say, what is meant by "cover", they are basically used to create tank wreckage and dead bodies.

And they don't just "make" it.

Major Zakhakavich gave them the task: "You must get as close as possible to the enemy bridgehead defense, and at the same time be careful not to block the road!" ”