Chapter 1195: 'Pathetic' Support
Not only Andrei, but all the members of the Soviet army did not have any good feelings about this battle. After all, that fierce battle in the rain was for them. The impression is too impressive.
On the German side, although not as disgusted as the Soviet army, there was also a somewhat unstable atmosphere. After all, this defensive operation is not too much in terms of troops, and it is almost a back-to-back battle mode, which makes it difficult for people to have a sense of steadiness.
Strange to say, generally speaking, although the squad of Trode and Andre is an important combat force, because of their particularity, the above generally will not assign such a dangerous task to them. After all, although the Soviets and Germans have begun to cooperate in many aspects, if something really happens to Andrei's side, it will be difficult for the German army to explain it.
I just don't know if it's too short of manpower this time, or if the task given to Trode by mistake was sent to them by mistake, but from now on, this battle is still inevitable.
As for Andre, although he is full of reluctance, he also knows the facts on the battlefield, which cannot be explained according to reason. Sometimes, he has to do things that he doesn't seem to have any basis for.
Although he was still very reluctant, at this time, he also had to go to study with Trode how to defend the bridge. Whoever put him back on the defensive job was completely behind the bridge, and this time it was the complete opposite.
Although we know that the last defensive battle behind the bridge was already quite difficult, this time their defense in front of the bridge is bound to be even more difficult. With one less bridge as a buffer, both enemy artillery and tanks will be put to better use.
In addition to the most basic fortifications such as trenches and earthen fortresses, a tunnel was dug for tanks at the joint request of Andrei and Trood. However, considering the amount of work, there is still no way to allow the Tiger to pass through this tunnel, so in this operation, the Tiger will be used as a special existence, professionally defended in the rear area.
The number of infantry who defended with Trood is not too much, but not too much. However, since there were no fortifications at the front of the bridge, a lot of time was wasted during such a large-scale construction. It's just fortunate that during this time, the enemy has not attacked.
It seems that, at least on this point of intelligence, the Germans can still guarantee a pitiful degree of accuracy......
It should be mentioned that this operation was an emergency deployment, so it was not possible to assign some heavy artillery to Trode, but as compensation, a group of self-propelled guns would be at the disposal of Trode, which is an extremely rare phenomenon now that Trod has lost the ability to intervene with other troops.
This group of self-propelled guns consisted of three 'Panther' self-propelled guns, which were new guns with the chassis of the Panther medium tank as a modification, which only recently appeared on the battlefields of the German army on the Western Front. On the Eastern Front, Trode had never seen anything like it.
As a new self-propelled artillery of the German army, the Panther self-propelled artillery inherited the two self-propelled guns of Cricket and Wild Bee, which were far less influential than the German army, but they surpassed the first two in terms of performance.
The Panther self-propelled gun with a 150mm gun, although there is no hint compared to crickets and wild bees in terms of caliber, but due to the double diameter of the strengthened main gun, its shooting accuracy will naturally be more guaranteed. From this point of view, its design ideas are completely different from the design ideas of the Soviet self-propelled guns at that time.
It's just that whether the performance in exchange for this rising cost is really suitable for the current battlefield mode remains to be tested. Trode, on the other hand, had the honor of being one of the first to examine him.
However, seeing that Trode was relieved that he had been assigned three self-propelled guns, Andrei did not shy away from showing a sneering expression. He laughed at the fact that Trode and the Germans were so petty that they had only sent such a minimum of long-range weapons for such an important defensive operation. You must know that in his troops, but with a wave of his hand, there are patches of artillery support.
André wasn't entirely right, but he wasn't entirely bragging. In fact, in a unit like Andrei, a combat hero, the artillery support that can be given is naturally much more than that of other troops, and like many unknown troops, it may not even be as good as Trode's current treatment.
But in any case, in terms of long-range artillery, the Soviets have begun to completely crush the Germans, which is an undeniable fact for anyone......
Although self-propelled artillery may not be as fierce and destructive as traditional heavy artillery, it is difficult for traditional artillery to be effectively protected in the face of Trode's current shortage of major generals, but self-propelled artillery is a dexterous unit that can perform some extreme tasks.
Compared to Andrei, although Trood is only the captain of a mere tank squad, he uses self-propelled guns much more often than Andrei. Although it may not be as good as the professional level, Trode's changeable thinking is still enough to make these regular units play unconventional tactics.
Compared to long-range firepower, the Trood are not so shabby in terms of anti-tank capabilities - in addition to their exceptionally strong squad, the infantry who came here to defend themselves also carried several anti-tank guns. Although they did not have the well-known 88mm guns in the German army, these 75mm anti-tank guns were more than enough to deal with the current Allied vehicles.
After all the fortifications had been distributed, Trode and André began to survey the perimeter. Although the mission this time is only to defend the bridge, neither of them is the kind of person who can confine themselves to a small area, and they know enough about the surrounding situation to allow them to find more ways when they are passive.
But since it has come to this point, then there is no reason for Tlord and Ender to continue to stay together, and the two of them did not say much to each other at all, and walked away from each other in the opposite direction. At the same time, the two of them did not forget to bring their respective followers - Trana and Xia Bing.