It's cruel and frustrating.

To put it bluntly, these covering troops are "cannon fodder", they rush to the front to die, and they have almost no hope of coming back alive.

Even so, they were given tasks by their superiors and told them how to die......

But Shulka again had to admit that Major Zakhakavich was right about his orders.

If the wreckage of the tank is not close enough to the front, it means that the hidden troops will not be able to lurk forward.

If the tank wreckage blocks the bridge deck, it means that the sleeper tank cannot pass through.

The troops slowly advanced in a long snake formation.

Originally, this was a marching formation, which was not suitable for attacking, but because it was attacking the bridge deck, it was only possible to do so.

The tanks moved forward with the sound of motors, and there were already a few tanks in front of them that had driven up the bridge deck, and then they picked up speed...... As I said before, they should try to get as close to the front as possible.

But the Germans were clearly not going to let them get their way, a few flares rose into the air, and then there was a burst of artillery "boom", and immediately a tank was destroyed.

It was a horrific sight, and Shulka and the others' tank then passed through the wreckage of the tank, and saw a hole in its frontal armor that was almost the size of a soup bowl...... On the outside, there was still not much damage, but the inside was already a blur of flesh and blood and was broken.

As the tanks continued to move forward, flares rose into the sky, and the terrifying sound of anti-aircraft guns was heard.

Perhaps because of nervousness, all the tanks seemed to start scurrying, and they had long since lost sight of the infantry behind them, slamming on the accelerator and charging forward as fast as they could...... This was actually planned before the battle, and the tanks really had to leave their infantry behind in order to be able to break through the enemy lines.

Otherwise, advancing while covering the infantry would only allow the anti-aircraft guns to destroy them one after another on the road.

At the same time, it is not necessary to cover the infantry, in fact, the wreckage of tanks can be used as cover for the infantry.

But of course, it was difficult for a tank to successfully cross the bridge with such a charge, because there were not only anti-aircraft guns on the opposite side, but also many anti-tank gun positions.

Major Michael, who was on the armored train on the other side, began to get excited.

"Let's all move!" Major Michael commanded loudly with the microphone.

The equipment on the armored train was so advanced that Major Michael's commands could be transmitted to each car through a microphone and amplified like a horn.

Of course, Major Michael can also give orders for certain carriages, such as anti-aircraft gun carriages, if necessary.

"Those Ivan are attacking!" Major Michael said: "They intend to break through our line of defense with dense tanks, be sure to hold steady and pay attention to your goals!" ”

For the commander of an engineer battalion, Major Michael's command was still in place.

He even refused orders from his superiors.

Colonel Finn ordered Major Michael to place the armored train across the bridge every time he fought.

"So that we can fire all four guns at the same time!" Colonel Finn said: "And against the flanks of the enemy's tanks with large areas and weak armor!" ”

"No, Colonel!" Major Michael replied, "I don't think it's a good choice. Because we know that the Volga bridge has guardrails, so while we can indeed face part of the tank side, the guardrails will reduce this effect, and these guardrails may even divert our shells from the target! IN ADDITION, THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CAN PENETRATE THE FRONTAL ARMOR OF THE ENEMY TANK AT A GREATER DISTANCE, SO WE DON'T NEED TO FACE THE ENEMY'S SIDE ARMOR AT ALL! ”

Colonel Fein was speechless, and at the same time a little embarrassed, for he found that the commander of the engineer battalion in front of him did not seem to know anything about the war as he thought.

"So, how do you think we should face the enemy?" Colonel Finn asked rhetorically: "Crashing into the enemy in your armored train?" ”

The officers around him couldn't help but laugh.

"No, Colonel!" Major Michael replied: "Our armored train will move back and forth at the bridgehead!" ”

With that, Major Michael drew his pen as an armored train, moving back and forth on the railroad tracks in front of the Volga bridge, and continued: "We have four anti-aircraft guns, two on the left and two on the right. The movement of the train back and forth allows them to shoot alternately, which prevents the armored train from being covered with artillery fire by the enemy's mastered position, and at the same time it is easier to control the artillery fire from the front and block the bridge deck! ”

The conference room fell silent for a moment.

Major Michael proved to be right, this tactic was more efficient and safer in blocking the bridge deck, but it was a test of the coordination of the various units of the armored train...... For example, it is inappropriate for an armored train to move while the gunner is aiming at the target.

However, this did not seem to be a problem, and the engineer battalion used the communication equipment in the armored train to communicate with each other and cooperate well, which made the armored train seem to be a unit, roaming on both sides of the bridge and between the two bridges, constantly killing and damaging enemy tanks.

Even the flares were fired by armored trains, as well as machine guns and mortars...... The entire armored train is quite an arsenal.

Major Michael shouted excitedly in the periscope while observing the Russian tanks rushing up on the bridge deck: "That's it, boys, fight beautifully!" Let them see that we are not just an engineer battalion, we can deal with more than partisans......"

Finally, the battlefield was quiet again, and the Soviets retreated like a tidal wave, leaving only patches of corpses and the wreckage of tanks in various postures.

One of the surviving tanks tried to turn around and escape, but was quickly blasted into a fireball on the orders of Major Michael.

The fireball was right next to Shulka's lurking position, and the flames from the engine explosion even burned around him, and one of the sleeper warriors was ignited, and he couldn't help but scream and roll around, but no one could save him, and the flames were still burning on him......

Soon, at last, he stopped moving, and collapsed a few meters away from Shulka, who could even see the fingers he had pressed hard into the bridge because of the pain, and several of his nails had been snapped off.

"This idiot!" Shulka couldn't help but curse in his heart.

He scolded the commander of the tank.

It was a tank on a cover mission, and he was clearly timid at the last moment, or realized that there was no point in continuing the charge with only one tank left...... He was right, there really was no point in continuing the charge, because by this time the lurking tank was already lurking.

However, he should not run away.

He should have parked in place and pretended to be a wrecked tank.

Obviously, he stubbornly thought that he was on a cover mission and that he could be transformed into a lurking member.

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