Chapter 1269: From the Beginning of the Bombardment (Supplement 2)
The trucks brought in large round rollers with threads on them, and when the equipment arrived at the 56th Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 17th Armored Division, everyone looked at them with curiosity.
Guderian and Dietrich also watched, and in fact, it was precisely when they heard about these devices that they came to inspect the 17th Panzer Division. Now, they are worrying about crossing the river, and if they have such a device, it will play a very powerful role in crossing the river.
There were also engineers who came with the car, commanding the soldiers to install, remove the wheels of the original car, and then install the bracket, install the screw rod, and install the transmission shaft at the tail, and it took half a day for the entire infantry regiment to be installed.
There is a violent aesthetic, and looking at this unique monster-like device simply subverts everyone's perceptions.
The car needs wheels to walk, and the track can also be regarded as a variant of the wheel, but now, this screw rotates horizontally, perpendicular to the direction of wheel rotation.
It relies on an inclined plane to be able to move forward.
"The operation is the same as the operation on the water, especially the steering, which is carried out by the different rotation of the screws on both sides, so it is necessary to rely on the water propulsion propeller operating rods on both sides to adjust to different positions to steer."
"Moving forward and going backwards, can our car turn on the spot?" The head of the regiment, Leo Harder, asked.
This should be similar to tanks, can it also be implemented this way? It would be cool if it could.
"In that case, the ground will be stirred into, and I advise you not to do that." The engineer said.
The engineer's answer drew a burst of laughter, and before the big war, everyone was able to maintain a good attitude, which is the morale of the elite troops of a hundred battles.
Guderian was also very interested, especially since he knew that this vehicle was also the product of the opening of the head of the Sillik, so he admired the head of Sillik.
At the beginning, Guderian, as a member of the Wehrmacht, would rather retire from the Wehrmacht than follow Ciric, and he saw Ciric's talent at that time, and now, under the leadership of Ciric, the empire is moving towards glory.
The encirclement of Smolensk is just a solid step, and then, they will run long distances and go south to encircle Kyiv, which is an even more glorious battle, and Guderian can't wait.
The opinion was put forward by him, and he was keenly aware of the benefits, and now that he has surrounded and annihilated Kyiv, he will be able to feel more at ease when fighting Moscow.
A day passed quickly, Guderian was entangled in military affairs and had already left, and Dietrich, who was in charge of the entire armored group, was on the front line to watch the battle across the river, which was a template, and if it went well, this tactic would be promoted on a larger scale in the future.
The other side is still quiet.
Guarding this place was an infantry regiment of the 16th Army, which was transferred to Smolensk in support of Kyiv to fill the defensive void here.
The movements of the Germans on the opposite side did not hide from them, and there was even a soldier who knew how to swim through at night, risking his death to swim over, and saw some tanks and bridge-building equipment.
"They're going to build bridges, and when they get to our swamps, that's our chance." The regimental commander Victor said: "We are not afraid of how many tanks they have. ”
The construction of an artificial swamp was the brainchild of Victor, who was under a lot of pressure when ordered to defend it, he had no effective anti-tank weapons under his command, and if the Germans crossed the river from here, he would have no effective means of defense at all.
After that, he had an idea and adopted this method, if the other party wants to build a bridge, then at least there must be a beachhead on this side, and his own side is a swamp here, even if only people walk in, they will fall into it, not above their knees, tanks come over, they also have to be trapped, they are all live targets, they are here, even if they only use the most ordinary Mosin Nagant rifles, they can hold the line.
Now, the Germans on the opposite side have been preparing for two or three days, about touching, it's time to cross the river, right?
Just as he was thinking about it, Victor saw puffs of black smoke rising from the opposite side, and he was immediately startled and shouted: "Shelling, hurry, enter the bunker!" ”
The black smoke that was rising was the Germans on the other side who were firing, and what he didn't know was how powerful this weapon really was.
In the black smoke, rockets rose into the air, this is the Ciric pipe organ, a weapon specially used for facial killing!
On the one hand, it is possible to rely on a large number of rockets to carry out a covering strike and kill a large number of defenders on the opposite side, and on the other hand, it is also to detonate a minefield, and if the opponent lays mines, the rockets can detonate them.
Dense rockets flew to the opposite side, over the Dnieper, over artificial swamps, directly to the line of Soviet soldiers in the back.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The earth is trembling, the steel is burning, this is the scene of rocket cover blows, there are violent explosions everywhere, and only the strongest bunkers are able to block the blow of the rockets.
Countless Soviet soldiers screamed that they had come from the Far East, and this was only the first battle, and it was unforgettable for them.
Those who were lucky enough to hide in the bunker, listening to the screams outside, were shocked, and they knew that those comrades outside were dying in a terrible state.
"Smack!" The machine gunner Yuri had almost just gotten into the bunker, and behind him, something flew by, and when he turned his head, he saw half of his arm, and on his finger, there was a ring on his head, which was his loader, just married, Yuri often saw his ring, and did not expect that as soon as the battle began, he was killed.
Yuri felt his stomach churn.
The entire position was as if it had been plowed over, and under such a blow, the defensive positions of the Soviets were already crumbling.
Finally, the attack stopped.
Victor looked at the panicked soldiers around him and shouted loudly: "Comrades, the time has come to test us, after the shells, the Germans will attack, let's take up arms and fight bravely, we watched the Germans struggle in the swamp, and then use our bullets, one by one, to destroy the enemy and avenge our fallen comrades, long live the Soviets!" ”
The swamp in front of the Germans could not break through, and it was the end of the Germans! Thinking of this, the surviving fighters finally stopped being afraid, and they ran towards the position with their rifles.
At this time, in the river, there was already a force crossing the river.