Chapter 420 Bribery

Speed ​​seems to be the key to the two troops rushing to Zhankoi.

But now the speed of the Soviet army seems not fast enough.

"We should buy more time!" Shulka said: "That is to speed up the march!"

"We can't do it!" Katukov raised his head forward: "We must follow the mine-sweeping tanks, otherwise we will risk losing the tanks and personnel!"

"Maybe we don't have to!" Shulka replied. "We have half-tracks!"

The advantage of the half-track vehicle is its good off-road performance, it has certain firepower and defense, and at the same time it is much lighter than a tank.

These advantages allow half-track vehicles to drive on snow without worrying about being stuck in it and unable to move.

After thinking about it, Katukov nodded in agreement.

As a result, a commando team composed entirely of half-track vehicles was formed. This commando team was divided into two teams, each team had 12 vehicles and a reinforced company, and they went forward along the fields on both sides of the road to outflank.

They didn't need to worry about enemy mines, because the German troops in front were laying mines and retreating in a hurry, which meant that they could not spread the mines very widely.

Facts have also proved that Shulka's analysis is correct. The half-track vehicle did not encounter many mines when it left the road... The reason why I say "not many" is because occasionally I can still run over a few mines, and these mines are not even German. Because it is a wooden shell mine of the Soviet Army, the kind that shoots out a lot of wood chips when it explodes, it was obviously placed randomly by the Soviet Army when they retreated.

Because these wooden shell mines are made of wooden shells, they are not very powerful, and the tires did not even blow up... But this may be because of the snow layer, the mines were buried before, and the snow covered them layer by layer. , There is a layer of snow between the tire and the landmine, so there is no problem at all when they run over it directly.

Only one half-track vehicle was blown off its tracks. This is probably because the half-track vehicle has not been maintained in time after driving for a long time, and it is relatively fragile.

Then, an hour later, one of the commandos caught up with the Germans laying mines on the road.

Needless to say what happened next, the commando immediately launched an attack.

The first thing to fire was the machine guns on the half-track vehicles. Although the accuracy of the half-track vehicles on the undulating bumper was not high, more than a dozen machine guns fired at the same time, and the German army still gathered on the road, including several vehicles carrying mines.

As a result, the bullets "squeaked" and quickly knocked down a large number of German troops.

A few landmines were also triggered... I don't know if it was triggered by bullets or because the German army who was laying mines was triggered by a sudden attack. After a few explosions, several German soldiers were blown to the ground.

Then the half-track vehicle slowed down, and the Soviet soldiers on the rear compartment jumped off the half-track vehicle that was still moving one by one and deployed their troops.

This is one of the training subjects for halftracks.

If the half-track vehicle stops completely, it is obviously easy to be hit by enemy artillery fire. If all the personnel are crowded on the half-track vehicle, on the one hand, it is so easy to be wiped out by the enemy, and on the other hand, the firepower is not easy to deploy... Even the half-track The car is not crowded with twelve people, but only one side can shoot at the enemy at most at the same time, and the other side has to stand up if they want to shoot.

So just like now, only two machine gunners and two submachine gunners were left on the half-track vehicle, and all the others got out of the vehicle to fight.

The reason for keeping two submachine gunners is that the halftrack can often rely on its armor and speed to charge close to the enemy. At this time, the submachine gunners can suddenly pop up and shoot a burst of fire.

Cossacks love this role.

This is also an advantage of the Cossack as a platoon leader. He has the right to choose his own equipment, just like he was a bazooka shooter when the troops were first equipped with bazookas.

"Comrade Cossack seems to be omnipotent!" said the instructor to Shulka: "He can drive a car, shoot a bazooka, and at the same time is an excellent submachine gunner!"

"I remember you objecting to him being a platoon leader!" Shulka said.

"I was wrong!" the instructor replied: "It turns out that you not only know how to fight, but you can also employ people. He is an excellent fighter!"

Shulka smiled and replied: "If you think he did this to become a good fighter, then you are wrong!"

"Then why?"

"It's for excitement, Comrade Instructor!" Shulka replied: "Some people are naturally adventurous, like excitement, and like the feeling of tension and excitement!"

The instructor thought for a while, then nodded his head as a comrade.

"You are right, Comrade Shulka!" said the instructor. "No wonder he always likes to cheer like a wild beast when he fights. Others are afraid of fighting, but he enjoys it!"

"It can be said that!" Shulka replied: "For a person like him, it may be the best destination to die on the battlefield, otherwise..."

Shulka said nothing next.

If he takes pleasure in the battlefield and killing people, one day the war will end and the world will be peaceful, and then his suffering will begin, because everything else is boring to him, so it is difficult to adapt to that life.

Of course, it's too early to think about this, at least the Cossack is a very useful soldier at this time.

As it is now, he even knows how to use the car's inertia.

It is said that it was a movement practiced hard by the Cossack and Uncle Alek, for which he pestered Uncle Alek for two days.

"I need you, Uncle Alek!" Cossack said, "I thought of a way to throw grenades far away on the battlefield, but it needs your training and cooperation!"

"You can find someone else!" Uncle Alek tightened his windbreaker and tilted his head to one side.

Uncle Alek is not the kind of person who likes to train. In his words, whether he died in battle or died of old age, his days are numbered, and he should drink more and sleep more.

"But only you have this skill!" said the Cossack, "I believe only you can do it!"

"Then you can teach others, don't bother me, comrade!" Uncle Alek was a little impatient.

Then, the Cossack took out the kettle, opened the lid and handed it to Uncle Alek. As soon as the aroma of the wine wafted out of it, Uncle Alek regained his spirits.

But Uncle Alek still insisted: "One pot is not enough!"

The Cossack gritted his teeth and said, "From now on, I will give you half of the daily ration!"

Uncle Alek's eyes lit up, he took the kettle and hugged it in his arms, and said, "This kettle doesn't count!"

"Of course!" The Cossack nodded heavily, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.