Chapter 345 Molotov Cocktail

The Soviet fighter planes flew over the 1st Guards Tank Brigade for the first time.

This is a prerequisite for armored forces to operate... tanks have the advantages of firepower, protection and mobility, but at the same time they also have the disadvantage of clumsy target response, which makes them a good target for enemy aircraft, or even a target. Pass.

This is also one of the reasons why the German army attaches great importance to the development of the air force. Air supremacy is a prerequisite for "blitzkrieg".

Therefore, the German "blitzkrieg" could not be played in the latter part of World War II, not only because of the heavy losses of the German army and the decline in quality, but also because the Luftwaffe lost its air supremacy due to the large-scale investment of American fighter jets, bombers, and transport aircraft.

Once the air supremacy is lost, the mobility of the armored troops is a joke. They are always blown up more than half of them on the way to the target, and when they arrive at the destination, they are already defeated and unable to fight.

At this time, the Soviet Air Force had the advantage, and the Supreme Command also valued Tver's willingness to provide air assistance to the 1st Guards Tank Brigade. Of course, Katukov would not give up this opportunity.

More than 20 Soviet fighter planes provided cover over Tver and even to the west, and there were about 100 fighter planes on standby. Once the German fighter planes were dispatched, they would be intercepted by Soviet fighter planes.

On this basis, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade immediately launched an artillery attack on the railway.

In fact, the Soviet army has always been able to bomb the German railways.

Such as long-range artillery fire, bomber bombing and so on.

The helpless thing is that the days in Moscow are long and the nights are short at this time, and 15 hours a day is night.

Moreover, the German army organized a large number of Soviet civilians to do labor, and the railways were repaired as they were bombed, so the blockade with artillery fire and bombers was not effective, especially the German Air Force, which was at a disadvantage but had the advantage of a single aircraft quality... The German Air Force was at a disadvantage because Due to factors such as cold weather and insufficient fuel, the lift-off rate has been greatly reduced, but they still have advantages in fighter performance and pilot quality.

But it's different now.

The railway is only two hundred meters from Tver, and it is under the Tver bridge... The railway was built on the river.

Soviet tanks and even light mortars could easily blow it up.

To make matters worse, the German army was unable to repair it. Anyone sent to repair it would undoubtedly be suppressed by Soviet firepower.

As a result, the transportation of the German army was simply cut off.

The most tragic ones are actually those German troops who were deployed in the bridge hole of the Tver Bridge.

Most of them are machine gunners and snipers, as well as anti-tank artillery. When they went down, they were hoisted into the bridge hole by ropes.

But the occupation of the bridge means that they have no escape route, and the distance between the bridge hole and the river is tens of meters. If there is river water in the river, it is fine, and they can escape by jumping down, but it is frozen. Ice.

As a result, the German army in the bridge hole was caught in a dilemma.

The actor poked his head out and looked down. With a "bang", a bullet flew up and knocked his hat away. It bounced off the bridge and rolled in the opposite direction for a certain distance before falling to the bridge. Down.

The surrounding soldiers "coaxed" and laughed.

"Run after your hat, Okunev!"

"I heard you used to hide the box of horses in your hat?

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This is indeed the actor's habit, because the temperature is too low. If you put the horse box in the iron box and put it in the jacket pocket as usual, the result is usually too cold to open.

This is intolerable for an actor.

So he put the tobacco in a small cloth bag and put it in the top of the hat.

In his words, it can keep warm and feel the smell of tobacco all the time. More importantly, you don’t have to worry about the shredded tobacco being frozen into powder like ice cubes whenever you want to smoke.

At this time, the actor regretted it too much, and watched helplessly as the hat with the shredded tobacco flew under the bridge and disappeared without a trace.

"These sons of bitches!" the actor gritted his teeth in hatred.

He hesitated for a moment, and then quickly ran to the carriage... The carriage is the standard configuration of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, and each company is equipped with one or several vehicles to transport supplies.

Horse-drawn carriages may be low-end equipment elsewhere, but this is not the case in Soviet winter.

The reason is that the car needs fuel, it will freeze hard to start in low temperatures, and the wheels will get stuck in the thick snow and cannot move, etc.

At this time, the carriage is more convenient, because it only needs to replace the wheels with sleds, and then it can run fast under the drag of the horses, and even because of the use of sleds, the load capacity is not low.

The actor took out a Molotov cocktail from the carriage, lit it with a "bullet lighter", and then quickly leaned out and threw it into the bridge hole below. With a sound of "Peng", a big fire ignited in the bridge hole.

The screams followed, and the German soldiers in the bridge hole could not escape... At first they could hide on the other side of the bridge hole, but the fire would spread between the ammunition boxes.

In fact, the more important thing is those German soldiers who were set on fire. Surrounded by the flames, they had already lost their minds in the extreme pain. At that time, people always ran to their comrades in reflex, hoping to get help, so they quickly lost their minds. There were fires everywhere, and there was the sound of ammunition exploding.

Unable to bear the pain, some German soldiers simply jumped down from the bridge hole, and then fell onto the ice of the river with a bang.

Shulka couldn't see how they fell to their deaths, because the flames on their bodies were still burning, and all they could see were clouds of black smoke.

This is a wake-up call for others.

Before that, it was not easy for the Soviet army to attack the enemies in the bridge hole, because they would be shot by the enemy below as soon as they aimed their probes like the actors did before... Easy to aim, because if you are not careful, you will fall under the bridge.

But it's much easier to throw Molotov cocktails like an actor.

So without saying a word, the others took the Molotov cocktails from the carriage and lit them, then threw them down the bridge hole one after another.

During this period, some German soldiers shouted anxiously: "No, no, don't do this, we surrender!"

But this is of no avail. The Soviet army who performed interspersed missions did not keep prisoners. They had no energy and conditions to accommodate prisoners. Captives would not only distract the soldiers' energy, but also present many uncertain dangers, such as when it was dark, and when the Germans attacked.

As a result, Molotov cocktails were thrown down one by one, screams rang out, and soon the whole bridge was full of flames and thick smoke, and German soldiers with fire heads jumped from the bridge hole one by one.

This cruel scene made the nearby German soldiers tremble with fear.

"They deserve it!" the instructor said beside Shulka: "This is what happens to the invaders!"