USSR 1941

Even so, Major Gavrilov still meticulously built fortifications with the second-line troops.

The 333rd regiment was ordered to build a defensive line along the railway.

The railway can be said to be the weakness of the Soviet army.

On the one hand, this is because a large amount of strategic materials and soldiers of the Soviet army need to be transported to the front line by railway. This prevented the Soviet army from blowing up the railway or laying mines and roadblocks.

On the other hand, the railway has a relatively solid roadbed. Unlike the road, it is full of mud, and cars and tanks are stuck and unable to move.

So it became the main object of contention between the enemy and us.

The order of the 333rd regiment was to build two lines of defense with an anti-tank firepower density of 20 units per kilometer on the front of the railway.

The anti-tank firepower mentioned here refers not only to anti-tank guns, but also to more than two dozen KV1 and T28 tanks that cannot be used in front-line operations due to their high failure rate.

This tank unit is also mixed, with various units, including the Fifth Tank Division, the 21st Mechanized Army, and so on.

Before the arrival of the 333rd regiment, they hadn't even been organized together. Instead, they fought independently... The organization of the Soviet army has always been chaotic, and to some extent, they are quite a part of the people. They are all optimists, and the enemy usually doesn't get nervous until they get close.

As Shulka saw, some tank soldiers still gathered behind the tanks and hid under the rain capes to play cards.

Another word to describe this is "nervous".

Major Gavrilov organized them into one unit and took the designation of one of his units: the 3rd Tank Battalion.

Of course, more than 20 tanks are not enough for a tank battalion, but it is better to use the battalion to command, because the first company has KV1 tanks, the second company has T28 tanks, and the third company has seven T26 tanks.

"How are the tanks?" Major Gavrilov asked Captain Akimke, commander of the tank battalion.

"Major!" Captain Akimke laughed: "If they are in good condition, then we won't stay here!"

Major Gavrilov was a little helpless, which also meant that most of these tanks could only be used as turrets.

"Don't worry too much, Major!" The captain comforted Major Gavrilov: "The enemy advances an average of 5 kilometers a day, which means they need at least five days to reach here!"

What the captain said may be correct, because judging from the battle situation on the front line, it is indeed the case. The Soviet army has built one after another anti-tank trenches in the front, and deployed anti-tank guns and tanks, which have made the attacking German army stand firm. .

In particular, the Soviet army also invested in T34 tanks... of course, the 1940-type T34/76, which is quite good in terms of armor, firepower, and maneuverability.

This even caused a "T34 crisis" in the German army, and all types of tanks owned by the German army were unable to penetrate the T34 head-on, which even caused a certain panic in the German army.

It is said that when Hitler knew this, he couldn't help being furious. He yelled at Canaris, the director of his military intelligence bureau: "It is now more and more clear that we not only underestimated the huge economic power and transportation power of the Soviet Union, but most importantly we also underestimated the Soviet Union. Their military power! We thought the Russians had only 200 divisions, but now they have 360 ​​divisions whose numbers have been identified. We thought that the Russian tanks were vulnerable, but they have high performance that all our tanks cannot match Tanks! All..."

The problem is that there are not many T34s equipped by the Soviet army at this time, and there are also shortcomings such as radio communication and the turret space is too small to accommodate two people, so the gunner must also serve as the commander of the vehicle.

In fact, the most important thing is that the tactics of the Soviet army using tanks were wrong, so they were still losing ground on the battlefield.

However, it turns out that the battlefield offense and defense can never be estimated by the average attack speed like Captain Akimke, especially for the German army who is good at penetrating and encircling.

This is the second night, Shulka and his subordinates are resting in the tent after a busy day... The tents on the front line are really not flattering,

Because there is rain and mud everywhere, and there are bugs and even poisonous snakes that crawl in from nowhere.

Because the weather is getting cold, these snakes like to hide in warmer boots or even under the covers, and then they will give you a hard bite when you have already tucked your feet in the boots... one of Shulka's recruits appeared this kind of situation.

He screamed in fright when he was bitten, but soon he laughed: "I can go back! I can get out of this damn place!"

This is because he knows that kind of snake, which is venomous but not lethal.

"Keep your voice down!" Shulka reminded him, "Otherwise people will think you were bitten on purpose!"

"Yes, Comrade Company Commander!" The recruit shut up.

Before he left, the instructor gave him some ideological work: "Don't talk nonsense when you go back, understand?"

"Understood, comrade instructor!"

Shulka knew what the instructor was worried about. He worried that the news that the 333rd regiment was on the second line instead of the front line would not be good for their propaganda.

But the actual instructor's worry was completely unnecessary, because soon Tula became the real front line, and it was a battleground for the German army.

"K hearts!"

"A pair of A clubs!"

...

This time Shulka also joined the card game, using the standard cards from Leonyev's belt.

This guy is a bit annoying, he has to let everyone wash their hands, otherwise he will not take out the cards even if Shulka orders.

But this seems to be right, otherwise the cards will be full of mud after a few hits and the game will not be over.

The bet was Ma Heyan, and Shulka was not used to the Soviets' calling... They called the face of the card before the suit, and if the Chinese were the K of Spades, they called the K of Spades.

This made Shulka a little unaccustomed, so he was fined several times for playing wrong cards. Seeing that his Ma Heyan was about to lose.

The others were very excited, and even cheered whenever Shulka lost a round, as if they had won a battle... They were very happy to see Shulka make a fool of himself. If everything is robbed, the casino can't make a lot of money!

Thinking of this, Shulka wanted to get up and beat them up... They all forgot that he saved their lives by showing off on the battlefield.

This time, Shulka caught another bad deck of cards, and the surrounding soldiers booed a while, waiting to see Shulka's joke, when the actor who was on guard outside ran in.

"Comrade company commander, there seems to be a situation!"

Shulka secretly thought that this guy had become enlightened this time, and knew to come to save him in this difficult time...but soon Shulka realized that this was not the case.

There were loud footsteps and shouts outside.

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