Chapter 118: The Uzan River Bridge

In this era, the industrial level of the Soviet Union is still very low, and it is absolutely a truth to look at a country's industrial base, to look at its automobile production, to look at a country's scientific and technological level, and to look at its development of large aircraft.

Under the backward industrial conditions of the Soviets, only light trucks such as the Gas-AA could be produced, which used a 40-horsepower four-cylinder gasoline engine with a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per hour.

However, the GAS-AA was the largest Soviet truck, and it could even be driven by kerosene in the early days of the Great Patriotic War, when the Soviet Union was severely short of supplies. On the basis of the Gas-AA, the Soviets further developed the Gas-AAA truck, the difference between the two types of vehicles is that the latter is three-axle, followed by a two-axle, which improves the load capacity, has off-road ability, and the engine used also increases the 2 horsepower.

This is a two-ton truck that the Gorky Automobile Plant began to mass-produce in 1935, and now it has been mass-equipped with the troops.

Ordinary infantry divisions are two-legged, if there is no train to ride, they all rely on two legs to walk, which is no different from the ancient army to fight, and the motorized infantry division, that is, equipped with a certain number of trucks, can take a truck for maneuvering, compared with two legs, the mobility ability is much improved.

The current 402 Infantry Division, riding on Gas-AAA trucks, can also advance hundreds of kilometers a day on narrow mountain roads, for example, now, they have to quickly reinforce the front line!

At the front of the infantry division was the reconnaissance company, and the company Andrei sat in a car at the front, looking into the distance with two eyes.

The car only had a rudimentary cab and no doors, which made it easier for people to get on and off, and it was also a simple treatment on the basis of the lack of raw materials, and Andrei had a turntable machine gun in his hand.

Although the rear has been occupied by the Soviets, there may still be some partisans to wreak havoc on them, and such people must be quickly expelled!

The car did not have running lights, this was for air defense.

The rear car taillights are all with a hood, which can only be seen by the car behind them, and cannot be seen from the sky.

Until now, the number of Soviet planes operating in northern Iran was still scarce, especially since there were no night fighters at all, and if they had driven here with their lights on, they might have been bombed by opposing planes.

The night wind blew, keeping the people in the car awake, and in the back of the car, the soldiers sitting in the compartment were already drowsy.

Time passed little by little, and the cars were bumpy on the mountain roads.

"Crunch!" Suddenly, the driver stepped on the brakes, and the tail lights flashed behind him, so the cars that followed behind all stopped, and the entire convoy stopped.

"What's going on?" The battalion commander in the back shouted.

"There's a big rock on the road ahead, we need to remove it first!"

When I walked to the front and saw it, I almost hit it, Andrei jumped out of the car and called out to the soldiers in the back compartment: "Quick, all come down, push the stones!" ”

This stone, which is a full man high, rolled down from the top of the mountain, and it is definitely not a natural phenomenon, someone must have deliberately destroyed it.

It seems that these so-called guerrillas have just that ability!

Andrei held the turntable machine gun, watching his subordinates shouting slogans and pushing stones together, he needed to protect the safety of his surroundings, if there were guerrillas who wanted to sneak attack at this time, then they had to ask him if the machine gun in his hand was okay or not!

Andrei's eyes looked at the dark mountains in front of him, and now, he could already hear the sound of running water, just in front of them, only two or three kilometers away, it was the Uzan River, which is a small river in northern Iran, because of the terrain, although the river is not wide, but it is definitely turbulent.

More than a dozen soldiers shouted trumpets and pushed the stones together, and at this moment, Andrei suddenly pricked up his ears, and he heard a rumbling sound, from the sky?

Could it be that the other side deliberately planted stones here to block their own way, and then bombed them with planes in the sky?

"Watch out for air defense!" Andrei continued to shout, and his men gave up pushing the stones and began to look for cover to take shelter for a while.

Andrei was not afraid, he climbed to a small hill and carried his turntable machine gun, if there really was a plane that dared to dive down, he could just use his machine gun to kill the other party!

The sound, getting closer, getting closer, but nothing can be seen.

Finally, Andrei noticed the black shadow in the sky, and in the haze, the wings of the black shadow seemed to be in the shape of an inverted seagull.

Well, the other party is still flying at level and has not dived, it seems that he has not found himself!

Andrei held his breath as he watched the plane fly over his head and fly away, not noticing him! At such a time, of course, he would not shoot into the air without knowing what to do and summon the other party.

Andrei breathed a sigh of relief, and then became nervous again, and!

Behind, another bomber flew over!

Fortunately, it flew away again.

At this moment, in front, a huge explosion was suddenly heard.

"Boom!" The ground shakes, and the sound of explosions won't be too far away from you! The night sky in the distance suddenly lit up, and it seemed that the other party had thrown a flare.

What are they doing? Your own troops haven't gotten there yet!

Andrei looked at the sky in front of him that was shining brightly, and the Stuka bomber that could be seen clearly was diving downward, and suddenly, he realized something.

Damn, these damn guys!

Andrei shook off his legs, ran forward quickly, held the turntable machine gun to his chest with both hands, and then to his shoulder, and as if he had gone crazy, he ran forward for a few kilometers.

When he turned around the foot of the hill, he suddenly saw clearly.

On the Uzan River, the bridge between the two mountains is gone!

The bridge deck was all blown up, the two piers that went deep into the water were gone, and the approach bridges on both sides were gone, and if it weren't for the countless broken concrete under the water, it would have been as if the bridge had never existed!

Putting down the machine gun, Andrei sat on the ground, looked at the rolling and flowing Uzan River, and scolded the other party's mother in his heart.

It's so damn damn that you blew up the bridge here! If you want to rebuild the bridge, it will be absolutely too late, because the mountain road can only accommodate one-way traffic, and there are too few places to meet cars, even if there are bridge-building vehicles behind, they will not be able to pass.

If you take a detour... That has to go around hundreds of kilometers, and what's even more terrifying is that those mountain roads, I'm afraid cars can't pass, they can only walk over!