Chapter 1401 Germany's New Approach

The tanks are gone, and the howitzers are gone. In the past few days, the 238th Division has fought quite brutally. As the main force of the entire Rokossovsky cluster, they are almost using their lives to write their loyalty to the Soviets. of.

This is also thanks to the swampy area here, it is difficult for the German tank troops to rush up, and the protection of those screw cars is insufficient. In the past few days, almost all the German screw cars are madly charging here. , while they bombed with anti-tank guns, grenades, and even holding packs of explosives.

They blocked the Germans' charge again and again, and they themselves bleed.

The entire 238 Division has suffered more than half of the casualties, and they are still holding on.

Division Commander Koloa was in command with Rokossovsky in a makeshift headquarters.

"Our casualties are too high, can't we replace other troops?" Coroa was worried.

Troops are constantly retreating from the openings they are supporting. If these troops stay, they can let themselves breathe a sigh of relief, but now, there is no such order.

Although this is your own position, you can't just let your side light up like this, right?

"These retreating troops are rushing to set up a new line of defense behind us. We can't let the Germans rush to Moscow in one go. Koroa, you have to stand a little higher and have a global perspective. , otherwise, you can only be a division commander." Rokossovsky said.

Yes, a group of troops have withdrawn, but they will not stop here. They have a more important task, which is to lay out new lines of defense.

You know, now from Smolensk to Moscow, it is already empty. If the Germans attacked Moscow in one breath instead of encircling and destroying themselves, I am afraid they would be able to drive straight in and hit Moscow in one breath!

They have to rush to deploy a new line of defense, and they will never stop here. At the same time, Rokossovsky is also very strange. Why don't the Germans bypass here and drive straight in?

This has something to do with the Germans' strategy. If they rush to Moscow in one go, the Germans can do it, but if they don't consolidate the rear, they will face endless troubles on the supply line. Germany's airlift capability can supply a division. No problem, but if the whole cluster is, it's not enough.

Leaving Smolensk behind him and pushing forward is quite risky.

On the other hand, Germany's strategic goal, attacking Moscow is one, but destroying the living forces of the Soviet Union is also another goal. As long as the Soviet army is eaten as an organic land, it can accumulate advantages for the final victory.

"If we keep fighting, our troops will collapse," Coroa said.

Generally speaking, when the casualties of the troops exceed one tenth, the morale of the troops will be low. If half of the casualties are gone, it will definitely collapse. Although they are still insisting, they may just be waiting for the last moment to crush the camel. Just a straw.

Coroa was worried.

"We have to keep going," Rokossovsky said. "We have no choice."

After speaking, Rokossovsky looked at his watch: "No, in the past, the Germans have already started to attack. Why is there no movement today?"

The Germans' artillery, rockets, and bombers in the air should have been greeted one after another, but now there is no movement!

Just then, the phone rang.

"Hey, what happened on the ground?" Koloa asked when he picked up the phone.

An anxious voice came from inside: "Commander, the Germans have used sappers and are filling the swamp!"

Hearing this, Koloa's expression changed immediately.

In the swamp, there was only one road in the middle where tanks could pass, so Germany could not open a wide attack surface, and the only road had already been blocked.

If the main German tanks can't come up, then their firepower is not strong enough. It is impossible to win the position here with only screw trucks.

And now, the Germans actually fill the swamp!

When Rokossovsky brought Koroya and others to the front line, he saw a scene that he would never forget.

There are thousands of German all-wheel drive ten-ton Ford trucks!

They were carrying materials for filling the swamp, some gravel, some soil, some branches, some straw, and trucks rumbled slowly forward.

They are filling a hundred meter wide passage!

The six-cylinder diesels were rumbling and they were all driving backwards as they approached the work surface.

In this era, most trucks only have two small circular lenses. This small lens is just to look at the rear when driving normally. When reversing, just look at this small lens, and the field of vision is limited. too small.

Therefore, when reversing, you have to use other methods.

Like now.

The driver is standing outside the cab.

Yes, just outside.

They opened the car door, stepped on the pedals at the door, pulled the steering wheel with their right hand, and held the handle outside the car with their left hand. As for their heads, they were all exposed to the outside of the carriage, and the view from this side was clear.

In the cab, the accelerator lever was pushed to the middle position, and the engine rumbled. Just now, they put on the reverse gear, adjusted the accelerator, and after starting, the body came out flexibly, and operated the steering wheel with one hand. Step back steadily.

(Probably most of the readers have never seen the old Jiefang, the first-generation car in China, which is this kind of small round lens. At that time, many people backed up. The front wheel was run over to death. This is the way of reversing in that particular era, and the hero of East China still remembers it fresh.)

The one-hundred-meter-wide working surface requires twenty trucks to back up together. Their wheels rolled over the road that had just been paved, and then came to the working surface behind.

"Lifting the bucket!" With the shout, twenty trucks turned the bucket up almost at the same time, and all the stuffing behind it rolled down.

After the twenty vehicles were unloaded, they started to move forward, and the other twenty trucks easily inserted through the gaps between their bodies and continued to fall backwards.

Almost like the assembly line in the factory, in a short period of time, you can see their work surface, and they are rapidly advancing towards their own position!

Only the Germans have enough resources to come up with such a method, and they have to forcibly fill a road in the swamp!