The tanks have been shot out and howitzers have disappeared. In the past few days, the 238th Division has been fighting quite cruelly. As the main force of the entire Rokosovsky cluster, they are almost using their lives to write their loyalty to the Soviets.

Thanks to the swamp here, it is difficult for the German tank troops to rush up, and the screw cars have insufficient protection. In the past few days, the German screw cars have almost been charging here frantically, while they use anti-tank guns, grenades, and even packed explosives to blow up.

They blocked the Germans' charges again and again, and they themselves were bloody.

The entire 238th Division had more than half of the casualties, and they were still persevering.

The division commander Koroa was commanding with Rokosovsky in a temporary command center.

"We have too much casualties, can't we change to other troops?" Koroya was worried.

Forces were constantly retreating from the holes they supported. If these troops stayed, they could breathe comfortably, but now, there was no such order.

Although this is our own position, we can't just let our side exhaust it, right?

"These retreating troops are rushing to set up new defense lines in the rear of 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." Rokosovsky said.

Yes, a group of troops have withdrawn, but they will not stop here.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

You know, from Smolensk to Moscow, it is already empty. If the Germans did not attack Moscow in one breath, they would probably be able to go straight in and attack Moscow in one breath!

They were rushing to deploy new defense lines and would never stay here. At the same time, Rokosovsky was also very surprised. Why didn't the Germans bypass this place and drive straight in?

This has something to do with the German strategy. If you rush to Moscow in one go, the German can do it, but if you don’t consolidate the rear, you will face endless troubles on the supply line. Germany’s air transport capacity will be fine, but if it is the entire cluster, it will be far from enough.

It would be quite risky to leave Smolensk behind you and then move forward.

Another point is that Germany's strategic goal is to attack Moscow, but to eliminate the vitality of the Soviet Union is also another goal. As long as the Soviet army is eaten up in an institutional way, it can accumulate advantages for the final victory.

"If we continue to fight, our troops will collapse." Koroa said.

Generally speaking, when the troops suffer more than one-tenth of their casualties, their morale will be low. If half of them are gone, they will definitely collapse. Although they are still persisting now, they may just wait for the last straw that will crush the camel.

Koroa was worried.

"We have to stick with it," Rokosovsky said. "We have no choice."

After saying that, Rokosovsky looked at his watch: "No, in the past, the Germans had already started attacking, why didn't they move today?"

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

Just then, the phone rang.

"Hey, what happened on the position?" Koroya asked as he picked up the phone.

An anxious voice came from inside: "Teacher Commander, the Germans and the others used engineers and were filling the swamp!"

Hearing this, Koroya's face changed.

In the swamp, there is only one middle road that can pass through tanks, so that Germany cannot set up a wide attack surface, and the only road has long been blocked.

If the main German tanks cannot come up, their firepower will not be strong enough. It is impossible to seize the position here by relying solely on screw cars.

And now, the Germans actually fill the swamp!

When Rokosovsky brought Koroya and others to the front line, he saw a scene that he could never forget again.

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

They carried materials for filling the swamps, some were sand and gravel, some were soil, some were branches, some were straw, and trucks were rumbling and slowly moving forward.

They are filling a passage a hundred meters wide!

The six-cylinder diesel engine was rumbling, and when they were about to reach the working surface, they drove backwards.

In this era, most trucks only have two small round lenses. This small lens is just to look at the situation behind when driving normally. When reversing, only looking at this small lens will make the field of view too small.

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

For example now.

The drivers are all standing outside the cab.

Not bad, just outside.

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

In the cab, the accelerator rod was pushed to the middle position, and the engine rumbled. Just now, they hung up the reverse gear, adjusted the accelerator, and after starting, their bodies came out flexibly, and operated the steering wheel with one hand, and the car steadily backed backwards.

(Maybe most readers have never seen the first generation of automobiles in China, which is the small round lens. At that time, many people reversed the car. This was the way, and of course there were also unlucky ones, such as accidentally falling off and being crushed to death by the front wheel. This is the way to reverse the car in that particular era, and the hero of East China still remembers it freshly.)

The working surface of a hundred meters wide requires twenty trucks to reverse together, and their wheels crush the road that has just been paved, and then come to the working surface behind.

"Rise and turn the bucket!" With the shouting, twenty trucks flipped the bucket almost at the same time, and all the stuffings pulled behind them rolled down.

After these twenty cars were unloaded, they began to move forward, and the other twenty trucks easily penetrated through the gap between their bodies and continued to fall backwards.

Almost just like the assembly line in the factory, in a short time, they can see their working surface quickly advancing towards their own position!
Chapter completed!