Chapter 2878 Super Bulldozer

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

In order not to alert the SS on the opposite bridgehead, or to cause this desperate group to directly blow up the bridge as a precaution.

The main mechanized force of the Leader Division must be assembled and on standby at the departure position farther away from the Moltke Bridge, at least to avoid the visual range of the opposite SS.

Avoiding the enemy's eyes is not without cost. If the main force of the Leader Division wants to arrive and support the battlefield, it will naturally take more time to speed up and complete this last journey.

Before the large force support arrives, no matter how many anxious SS troops on the opposite side rush out of the dark night and try to retake the bridgehead, they can only be faced by those isolated combat engineers alone.

It is precisely because he knows that this is the situation that Kurbalov is anxious.

Malashenko was going to come in person, but was stopped by Kurbalov, who almost knelt down and hugged the division commander's thigh and begged him not to go for safety. The alternative plan he gave was to go to the battle and command in person.

Knowing that the situation on the bridgehead on the other side was not optimistic, Kurbalov was now clinging to the turret with both hands, half of his body exposed outside the turret, feeling the tremor and roar brought by the IS7 heavy tank galloping forward, and watching the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicles lined up in front of him moving forward. His mood could only be called extremely anxious.

"The infantry fighting vehicles will be on standby later, my command vehicle will pass first and open up the attack channel! After confirming that it is safe, cross the bridge and wait for my order!"

Those insidious and vicious Nazi SS scum had already turned the Moltke Bridge into a "super garbage dump" filled with chevaux de frise, barbed wire, vehicle wreckage, booby traps, trip mines, anti-infantry and anti-tank mines, just like in history.

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

The obstacles and debris on the bridge can hinder the advance and delay time, while the various anti-infantry and anti-armor explosives can make the Russians afraid to charge, and the effect is doubled after mixing with the debris.

It is really tricky. It is unknown how much time it will take to let the engineers go directly to the bridge to remove the explosives. It is not a solution to rush directly. It is unknown how many people will die and how much equipment will be lost.

Malashenko had already foreseen this situation. He expected that according to the SS's "no bottom line" nature, if they did not continue to turn the Moltke Bridge into a garbage dump, they would not be called the SS.

Therefore, our old comrade Ma was well prepared and gave a design plan and asked Comrade Karamov, the chief steward of the leader division and the mechanical maniac, to hand over something that was enough for one-time use according to this plan - a minesweeper.

In simple terms, it is to temporarily add a large metal shovel of the same arrow-shaped type to the front of the IS7's upper armor, which can completely cover the front projection of the vehicle body below the upper armor, and temporarily transform the IS7 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 more than seven tons.

Sorry, high horsepower means you can do whatever you want.

"Put down the minesweeper!"

Seeing that the car has been driven to the bridgehead, leading the way, the turret cover has been closed, and returned to the car, Kulbarov, who was in the combat position, immediately gave a decisive order.

It is not difficult to install a simple electric control device in the car, especially for a genius like Karamov who is motivated by interest. After all, the IS7 is a large enough and potential land platform, which means there is more room for upgrading and modification.

The driver pressed the button after hearing the order, and the huge metal shovel that was lifted up and suspended in the front of the IS7 body was immediately 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 directly smashed a shallow pit visible to the naked eye on the ground at the bridge head.

The IS7 command-type heavy tank, which made a harsh friction sound against the ground, continued to move forward, pushing the mine-clearing shovel at full speed and pushing it flat on the bridge deck of the Moltke Bridge, which was full of garbage and explosives.

Boom --

Bang --

Boom --

Explosions began to come from the front of the car one after another. Kulbarov, who could feel the vibration of the car and the impact of the explosion, knew that this was the sound of the mine-clearing shovel hitting various anti-infantry trip mines and booby traps set by the Germans.

But this level of explosion is insignificant, not even worthy of tickling.

Not to mention damaging the IS7 body, this kind of anti-infantry explosive can't even destroy the heavy mine-clearing shovel in front of the car.

As for the main threat, the anti-infantry and anti-tank mines that the Nazis had scattered on the bridge, the situation was even more amusing.

This kind of pressure-detonating disc explosive, as long as you don't give it a top-down pressure, will explode suddenly unless there is a problem with its fuse, otherwise it is not much different from the thing that is pushed around in curling.

The mine-clearing shovel that pushed along the ground directly shoveled up these pressure-triggered anti-infantry or anti-tank mines along the roots and pushed them forward.

The arrow-shaped minesweeper with a sharp point in the middle and swept back to the left and right sides along the middle part, scooped up these pressure-triggered mines without triggering the fuse, and pushed them to the left and right while moving forward.

In this way, the small-yield booby traps and trip mines can't hurt the tough IS7 at all, and the large-yield mines can't be triggered by the pressure fuse, so the straight ball is pushed to the side of the road and becomes useless.

The IS7 that drove onto the bridge surface moved forward and pushed forward all the way. Behind it was a safe passage that was completely cleared of threats, and it was also under the premise of not damaging the bridge structure.

Continuing to drive to the center of the bridge, it encountered the wreckage of a troop transport truck that was deliberately placed there and the tires were deflated.

Without saying a word, Kurbalov continued to command the car to push the minesweeper and hit it head-on without even changing direction.

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

Boom--

A huge explosion that is much louder than the previous explosions suddenly came, and the truck wreckage that was pushed forward and almost split in half by the huge and sharp minesweeper was directly blown up and flew away, playing the last role it left to the world.

"It seems that the booby-trap explosion also exploded the mines nearby, comrade commander."

"Don't worry, keep moving forward! Even the mine explosion can't do anything to this minesweeper, don't worry!"

Indeed, as Kulbarov said.

The German anti-tank mines can blow up the fragile tracks, but if you let this thing blow up the seven-ton pure steel minesweeper, it is really too much to ask. Even if it explodes right in front of the face, it will not cause any substantial damage to the heavy minesweeper.

On the other side, seeing that the brigade commander's command vehicle was progressing smoothly, it was about to reach the bridgehead on the other side.

The subsequent IS7s, which were also carrying minesweepers and had just arrived, set off one after another and drove onto the bridge in the same way, starting to clear obstacles and deal with stupid bombs, clearing all kinds of explosives and debris in the sound of explosions.

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

After that, the SS on the other side of the bridge who were still rushing towards the bridgehead and trying to take back the bridgehead while the enemy was not yet firmly established had to bear the consequences.

The main mechanized force of the leader division sent them the bitter fruit of the special delivery that they could not refuse.