Steel Soviet Union

The battle on the bridgehead opposite was already in full swing, comparable to the cannon fire on New Year's Eve.

In order not to arouse the alert of the SS on the opposite bridgehead, or cause the gang to jump over the wall in a hurry, they directly blew up the bridge preventively.

The main mechanized force of the leading division must be assembled and on standby at a starting position farther away from the Moltke Bridge. At the very least, it must be out of sight of the SS on the opposite side.

Avoiding the enemy's eyes is not without cost. If the main force of the leader's division wants to arrive and support the battlefield, it will naturally need more time to speed up the final journey.

Before the arrival of large-scale support, no matter how many anxious SS troops came from the opposite side in the dark and attempted to retake the bridgehead, they could only be faced by the lonely combat engineers alone.

Precisely because he knew this was the case, Kulbalov was anxious.

Malashenko originally wanted to come in person, but was stopped by Kulbalov who knelt down and hugged his comrade's thigh, begging him not to go for the sake of safety. The alternative he was given was to go into battle himself, Take personal command.

Knowing that the situation at the bridgehead on the other side was not optimistic, Kulbalov was now putting his hands on the turret, with half of his body exposed outside the turret, feeling the tremors and roars caused by the galloping IS7 heavy tanks under him, and looked at the scene in front of him. The BMP43 infantry tanks lined up in a queue are constantly advancing, and the mood in my heart can only be called extremely anxious.

"The infantry fighting vehicle will be on standby later, and my command vehicle will pass through first to open up an attack channel! After confirming safety, we can cross the bridge and wait for my order!"

Those insidious Nazi SS dregs have already turned the Moltke Bridge into a bridge filled with horse-blocking horses, barbed wire fences, vehicle wreckage, booby traps, trip mines, anti-infantry and anti-tank mines, just like in history. Super dump.”

There is only one purpose, to prevent any form of Red Army ground troops from passing through.

Obstacles and debris on the bridge can hinder progress and delay time, while various anti-infantry and anti-armor explosives can make the Russians afraid to charge. When mixed with the debris and debris, the effect is even greater. Times better.

It is indeed difficult to say that it is difficult. It is not known how much time will be wasted if the engineers go directly to the bridge to remove the explosives. Direct charging is not an option. It is not known how many people will die and how much equipment will be installed.

Malashenko had already foreseen that this would be the case. He predicted that according to the SS's "no bottom line" behavior, if the Moltke Bridge was not turned into a garbage dump, it would not be called the SS.

Therefore, our Comrade Lao Ma was already prepared. He gave a design plan and asked Comrade Karamov, the chief internal officer of the leadership division and the mechanical madman, to hand over something that is sufficient for one-time use according to this plan. Just like that - a minesweeper.

To put it simply, it is to temporarily attach a large metal shovel that is also an arrow cluster type to the front of the upper armor of the IS7's arrow cluster type car body and can completely cover the front projection of the hull below the nose. The IS7's temporary Transformed into a literal "war bulldozer".

Because of the unparalleled surging power of the IS7, this temporary minesweeper can not only be made large enough, but also thick enough to prevent various explosions, even if the final product weighs seven tons.

Sorry, but having more horsepower means you can do whatever you want.

"Put down the minesweeper!"

Seeing that he had driven the car to the bridge, leading the way, closed the turret roof, returned to the car, and took the fighting position, Kulbalov immediately gave a decisive order.

It is not difficult to install a simple fly-by-wire control device in the car, especially for a genius as interested as Karamov. After all, IS7 is a large enough land platform with strong enough potential, which means there is more room for upgrades and modifications.

After hearing the order, the driver pressed the button, and a huge metal shovel was lifted up from the front of the IS7 body. The mechanism was then released and lowered to the ground.

Bang——

The moment the seven-ton metal shovel was lowered to the ground, it made a heavy impact sound, and a shallow pit visible to the naked eye was created on the ground at the bridge head.

The IS7 command-type heavy tank, which made a screeching sound against the ground, continued to move forward. It pushed the minesweeper at full speed toward the Moltke Bridge, which was littered with garbage and explosives.

boom--

bump--

Boom——

Continuous explosions began to come from the front of the car. Kulbalov, who could feel the vibrations and explosions of the car, knew that this was the result of the minesweeper hitting various anti-infantry trip mines and booby traps set by the Germans. sound.

But an explosion of this magnitude is irrelevant, not even worthy of being scratched.

Not to mention damaging the IS7 itself, this anti-infantry explosive cannot even destroy the heavy minesweeper in front of the front of the vehicle.

As for the main threat - the anti-infantry and anti-tank mines scattered by the Nazis on the bridge, the situation is even better.

As long as you don't give it top-down pressure, this kind of pressure-detonating disk-type explosive will explode suddenly unless there is a problem with the fuse, otherwise it will be no better than the thing that is pushed around in curling. not too much.

The minesweeper pushed all the way against the ground directly scooped up these pressure-triggered anti-infantry or anti-tank mines along the root, and pushed them forward.

The arrow cluster-type minesweeper, which is pointed in the middle and swept back to the left and right sides along the middle part, scoops up these pressure-triggered mines without triggering the fuse, and then directly pushes them to the left and right sides as it advances. .

As a result, small-yield booby traps and trip mine explosives cannot harm the thick-skinned IS7 at all, and large-yield mine explosives cannot be triggered by the pressure fuse, and the straight ball is pushed to the side of the road and becomes useless.

The IS7 drove forward on the bridge and pushed flat. Behind it was a safe passage that had been completely cleared of threats, without damaging the bridge structure.

Continuing to drive to the center of the bridge, we encountered the wreckage of a troop transport truck that had been deliberately placed there and had its tires deflated.

Without saying a word, Kulbalov did not even change direction, and continued to direct the car to push the minesweeper and hit it head-on.

After installing the 7-ton minesweeper attachment, the IS7 is still powerful. The torpedo boat engine is running at full speed and turns on the maximum output power, spraying thick black smoke and rushing forward.

Boom——

A huge explosion that was much louder than the previous explosions suddenly came out. It was pushed forward and moved all the way. It was almost hit by the huge and sharp minesweeper, and the wreckage of the truck, which was cut in half, was directly blown up. The pieces flew away, exerting the last effect that he left to this world.

"It seems that the booby trap explosion also destroyed the nearby mines, Comrade Commander."

"Don't worry, keep going! Even mine explosions can't do anything to this minesweeper, don't worry!"

Indeed, as Kurbalov said.

It's okay for the German's anti-tank mine to blow up the fragile tracks, but if you let this thing blow up a seven-ton pure steel minesweeper, it would be too overwhelming. Even if it explodes close to the face, it won't hurt this heavy one. The minesweeper does little substantial damage.

On the other side, I saw that the command vehicle of Comrade Brigade Commander was progressing smoothly and was about to reach the bridgehead on the other side.

The following IS7 vehicles, which were also carrying minesweepers and had just arrived, set off one after another. They drove onto the bridge in the same way and began clearing obstacles and explosive disposal operations. Amidst the continuous explosions, various explosives and All debris and rubbish were swept away.

Most of the SS would never have imagined that the many complex obstacles they had deliberately set up for the Moltke Bridge would be solved by a group of 77-ton "super bulldozers" in such a mindless and brutal way.

After that, the group of SS troops on the other side of the bridge were still rushing towards the bridgehead, trying to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to retake the bridgehead. They must suffer the consequences.

The main mechanized force of the Leader's Division made a special trip to deliver bitter fruits to their doorsteps, and they were not allowed to refuse.