"It's shameless ......" Even Trode, who had a lot of strange tactical schemes, couldn't admit that Paulus really had enough tricks after seeing the chaos in the rear.

Take, for example, the tactic of using flares to distract the enemy, but on the surface, it's not a great tactic, and most qualified squad commanders can come up with this and similar methods without much effort. However, this simple tactic is also full of loopholes, because without knowing the signal signs prescribed by the enemy at the time of the current mission, even an officer who has served in the enemy army for a long time will not be able to send the wrong information selected to the enemy, and the other point is that it is very likely to reveal his position when firing, which is completely worth the loss.

Paulus's approach, however, effectively avoids the second risk and minimizes the barrier of the first one, all thanks to a delayed launch module. Generally speaking, flares are fired by flare guns, but there are also simple flares that can be fired by simply pulling the lead. The flares used by Paulus this time are modified from the second type, they are tied together individually or multiplusely, and a delayed ignition device is attached to the side, so that the flare can be fired in an independent environment.

Paulus ordered his subordinates to throw him at a distance when retreating, so that they could effectively interfere with the enemy's troops - although they did not know the enemy's signal recognition method, but the various colors and types of signal flares would inevitably have a certain information that was set in advance by the Soviet army, and even if it was really not, they could use these to interfere with the signals emitted by the real Soviet army. In order to prevent the firing of flares and the enemy to capture their own movements, and increase the interference with the enemy. Each delay device has a different set time, which means that some flares that are dropped first may explode later, which is completely untraceable.

Trode knew that it was a gadget of this magnitude, if he didn't count the time, if he assigned two or three people to Hans to help. It can also be made. But he himself is completely different, no matter how long he is given, if he hadn't seen this effect with his own eyes, he probably would never have imagined that there would be such a tactic.

Although this tactical scheme is simple and practical, it can generally only interfere with the enemy in the rear, and has little influence on the enemy in front of you. But fortunately, it was still dark now, and as long as Trode and they didn't turn on the headlights, the Soviets could only spot them at a very close distance. On the German side, two tanks equipped with FG-1250 Sparrowhawks opened the way, and everything went relatively smoothly.

But unlike when they came, the Soviets were in a state of complete confusion and alert, even if Trod and they were advancing in the dark, the huge contingent of sixteen tanks could not be hidden, and Trode was now glad that Paulus had not given the order to disperse and break out, if that were the case. I really don't know what to do. But Trood also knows that although the number of tanks is large. The possibility of being detected is much greater, but they have maintained their combat effectiveness, although they are now behind enemy lines, but most of the enemy is scattered patrol troops, no matter which direction they encounter, it is impossible for them to be their opponents. Moreover. The last hurdle they had to pass through, the Soviet defensive line, would certainly not be able to pass through without heavy troops, and in the present general situation, they certainly could not expect their friendly troops to come to meet them, and everything had to be solved by themselves.

"Directly ahead, a patrol of two BA-27 armored vehicles was found!"

"Just kill them!"

Again encountered a Soviet patrol. This time, Paulus was not polite to the Soviets, and directly ordered a dead hand. Since it was only two weak armored vehicles, there was no need to deform the team, and it was enough to let the IV. with the FG-1250 'Sparrowhawk' at the head complete the task alone. Although he only ordered to destroy two armored vehicles, this showed that Paulus was ready to play hard with the Soviets, and after reading the map, Trode found that this place was still far from the Soviet army's defense line, and he was a little worried, if he fought head-on with the Soviet army at this time, how to go such a long way behind.

Under the direct attack of the two No. IV tanks at the beginning, the two old BA-27 armored vehicles were destroyed in an instant, and the embarrassed crew members climbed out of the scrapped vehicles and hit the sky directly with the only white flare in their hands, hoping to provide their teammates with information about the German army, but their hopes in exchange for their efforts were still disappointed. Because the cunning Germans actually made up two flares of other colors immediately after they fired this flare, so that it was no different from the flares used to interfere around.

"Damn Germans!" Faced with this situation, the disgraced Soviet soldiers had no choice but to beat their chests and feet, and even if they ran to inform other friendly troops, the Germans would certainly not know where to run. In desperation, they began to fire at German tanks with pistols. Theoretically, such an attack would have been ineffective against the tanks, and if it had been Trood, they would have turned a blind eye, but Paulus's men immediately swept them down with MG-34. This is due to two reasons - 1. The soldiers who fire are likely to attract other soldiers, so that they are likely to fall into the encirclement. 2. Although the tanks themselves are not afraid of bullets, except for the two tanks led by them, the FG-1250 'Sparrowhawk' they use is an expensive and fragile piece of equipment, if they happen to break it, not to mention that it is difficult to deal with it, even this operation will be greatly affected.

Although there was chaos all around, infantry and chariots were scurrying around in no order. But the brief battle at Trod attracted the attention of some of the Soviets, and now several patrols were already approaching them, and most importantly, they were in the center of the city, unaware of the situation...... (To be continued.) )