Chapter 328 "Road Sign"

Go any further, and there aren't even German wounded to clear.

The reason is that the battles were separated for a period of time, and even the wounded Germans froze to death in the cold snow.

or commit suicide...

Those were some wounded German soldiers who were unwilling to be frozen to death. They were abandoned in this ice and snow field and lost hope of survival.

They really had no hope of surviving, because not many of the German prisoners with healthy limbs could go back alive after the war, let alone the wounded who needed someone to take care of them.

So, they got together and detonated 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 "squeak" smoke, and then "boom"... everything is over.

As for the other wounded who still had a glimmer of hope or couldn't even commit suicide, they could only shiver in the cold wind, then gradually lost consciousness, and soon became frozen to death.

No one can lie down in the snow for an hour at such low temperatures.

This also shows that the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade has been in the past for some time.

"Where do you think the 2nd Brigade went?" Antipunov, carrying a sniper rifle, followed up from behind.

He was originally in the second echelon, and as I said before, snipers should follow behind.

But because the vanguard was too slow, the second echelon could catch up on foot.

Shulka looked at his watch and replied, "If there is no accident, Daqi is 20 kilometers ahead of us!"

"Twenty kilometers?!"

The surrounding soldiers cast doubtful glances at Shulka.

"This is not true, is it!"

"We were thrown off twenty kilometers by them?"

...

"Almost!" replied the veteran, "We've 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. These track shoes with small holes are equipped with tines like the soles of climbing shoes, 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, because the "Matilda" tank has no small holes reserved on the track, it is temporarily unable to install anti-skid teeth, which makes it barely reach 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.

"That is to say, they are already attacking Tver?" asked the instructor.

Shulka nodded.

Tver is only 20 km 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 offense seems to be going too well!" said the instructor.

The request given by the superior was to take Tver within three days, but now Tver has been reached in just over an hour... 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 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 there were lots of them along the way.

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 thought of a good idea, Faxis came to guide us!"

...

"Hey!" said the old soldier, "don't you think it's a mockery of us? This road sign...they mean we're going too slowly for fear we'll get lost!"

The soldiers were silent for a while, but couldn't help laughing.

Shulka didn't laugh, 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 don't deserve to be treated like this, especially the corpses.

On the other hand, 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're finished!" Lavlengin 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" arrives is because he hopes to surpass the 1st Guards Tank Brigade through this battle... This can be said to be Lavlianky's wish, or it can be Said to be the goal of the whole brigade officers and soldiers.

The reason why they are the "2nd Brigade" is because their military exploits 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 units 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 came to the 2nd brigade: the 1st brigade was equipped with British and American tanks, and the 2nd brigade was equipped with T34.

It was no secret to the Soviets that Lavlentin knew what was going on with the British and American tanks, since their data had been transferred to the commanders of other tank units.

"This is our chance!" Lavlengin 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!"