BXBX NOVEL Chapter 350: "road sign"
The reason is that the battle was separated for a period of time, and even the wounded Germans froze to death in the cold snow.
Or kill yourself...
Those were some wounded German soldiers who were unwilling to be frozen to death. They were abandoned in this world of ice and snow and lost hope of survival.
They really had no hope of surviving, because not many German prisoners with healthy limbs could go back alive after the war, let alone these wounded who needed care.
So, they get together and detonate a grenade.
This can be seen from their piles of corpses, and Shulka can even imagine their scene at the last second: several people gathered in a circle, gathered their heads in the middle as if they were sharing dinner, and then ignited the grenade , Watching it "buzz" smoke, and then "boom"... everything is over.
As for the other wounded who still had a glimmer of hope or could not even commit suicide, they could only shiver in the cold wind, then gradually lost consciousness, and soon became frozen.
No one can lie down in the snow for an hour at such a low temperature.
This also shows that the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade has been in the past for some time.
"Guess where the 2nd Brigade went?" Antipunov, carrying a sniper rifle, followed from behind.
He was originally the second echelon, as I said before, the snipers should follow behind.
But because the vanguard is too slow, the second echelon can catch up on foot.
Shuerka looked at his watch and replied: "If there is no accident, Daqi is 20 kilometers ahead of us!"
"Twenty kilometers?!"
Soldiers around cast doubtful glances at Shulka.
"This is not true, is it!"
"We were thrown off twenty kilometers by them?"
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"Almost!" The veteran replied: "We have been marching for more than an hour!"
This distance is easy to calculate:
Because the T34 uses wide tracks, and most of the tracks are equipped with anti-skid teeth... This kind of anti-skid teeth is very convenient to install. When the tracks of the T34 tank were produced, there were small holes on the track plates without guide teeth. Engineers All you have to do is to install sharp teeth like climbing shoe soles on these track shoes with small holes, and then the tank can run smoothly on snow or even ice.
Therefore, the average speed of T34 off-road can reach 25 kilometers per hour.
On the contrary, the "Matilda" tank cannot be equipped with anti-skid teeth temporarily because there are no small holes reserved on the track, which makes it barely reach a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.
It has been more than an hour since the start of the war, so the distance between the two is at least 20 kilometers.
"So they are already attacking Tver?" asked the instructor.
Shulka nodded.
Tver is only 20 kilometers from Klyn.
But of course, the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade will not simply attack Tver from the front... The advantage of winter is that the rivers and swamps around Tver are frozen into hard snow and ice, and infantry and even tanks can attack from any direction.
"The attack seems to be going too well!" said the instructor.
The request given by the superior was to take Tver within three days, but now it took just over an hour to reach Tver... At this speed, it may only take half a day to achieve this goal.
"Comrade Captain!"
At this moment, the actor walking in front called out to Shulka.
Shulka and the instructor stepped forward to see that it was the frozen body of a German soldier.
It wouldn't be surprising if it was just a frozen corpse, and it's all over the place.
The strange thing is that these corpses were inserted into the snow by the Soviet soldiers in front to make road signs: it even had a decent looking rifle on its back, holding the other hand in one hand and pointing in the direction of progress, with arms A white cloth was hung on the top, and on it was written in blood: "Go this way, comrades of the 1st Brigade!"
The soldiers suddenly laughed:
"I never knew the comrades of the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade were so humorous!"
"They came up with a good idea, Fasis came to guide us!"
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"Hey!" said the veteran, "Don't you think this is a mockery of us? This road sign...they mean we're going too slowly and we're afraid we'll get lost!"
The soldiers were silent for a while, but they couldn't help laughing.
Shuerka didn't smile, he raised his head and asked several guards to put the body down and remove the white cloth.
Anyway, the soldiers are innocent, they are more just following orders, so they shouldn't be treated like this, especially the corpses.
On the other side, as Shulka and others estimated, the Second Guards Tank Brigade had indeed reached Tver.
As soon as they arrived at Tver, Colonel Lavlenkin, commander of the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade, couldn't wait to give the order to attack.
"They are finished!" Lavlenkin shouted to his subordinates through the walkie-talkie: "Destroy them before the 1st Guards Tank Brigade arrives!"
The reason why Colonel Lavliankin emphasized "before the 1st Guards Tank Brigade" arrived was because he hoped to surpass the 1st Guards Tank Brigade through this battle... This can be said to be Lavlenky's wish, or it can be said It is the goal of the whole brigade.
The reason why they are the "2nd Brigade" is because their military achievements are not as good as the "1st Brigade".
And it's not just inferior, it can even be said to be far behind.
The combat exploits of the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade, to be precise, the combat exploits of all other tank units, were all on the defensive line to firmly block the German attack.
But the 1st Guards Tank Brigade... They are god-like existences in this battle. Not only did they defeat the German armored forces one after another, they even sank nearly a hundred tanks to the bottom of the lake in Volokolamsk.
Originally, Colonel Lavlian Jing thought that he would not be able to keep up with the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, so he gave up this idea.
But luck suddenly fell on the head of the 2nd brigade: the 1st brigade was replaced with British and American tanks, and the 2nd brigade was equipped with T34.
It was no secret to the Soviet army that Lavlengin knew what was going on with the British and American tanks, because their data had been transferred to the commanders of other tank units.
"This is our chance!" Lavlentin said to his subordinates: "A chance to surpass the 1st Brigade!"
"Comrade Colonel!" The staff officer handed the phone to Lavlentin: "Comrade Rokossovsky!"
"Colonel!" Rokossovsky's slightly worried voice came from the other end of the phone: "You are advancing too fast, you should wait for the 1st Brigade! Comrade Katukov is worried that there will be some problems. Think the enemy may be prepared!"
(end of this chapter)