USSR 1941

After being silent for a while, Shulka said, "I heard that lurking tactics are often used when conquering difficult-to-break through lines of defense or when hoping to surprise the enemy, isn't it?"

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded: "Ambush in front of the formation, it can shorten the attack distance, especially when the artillery is not enough to suppress the enemy!"

If the artillery cannot suppress the enemy, it means that the enemy can use artillery to cover the forward positions with firepower.

The result is that teams of infantry will be blown up by teams of infantry when they rush up, and then they have to pass through the enemy's machine gun fire... Such a charge was proved to be unfeasible during World War I.

Therefore, the usual method used by the infantry is to send a small team to sneak up in front of the enemy's trenches. Sometimes the distance is frighteningly close, just a dozen or even a few meters in front of the position, and even the voices of the enemy's conversations in the trenches can be heard. Lying still.

Then it will be different when the battle starts. These soldiers lurking in front of the enemy's position will immediately throw grenades towards the enemy's trenches and then rush into the trenches to cause confusion to the enemy. Follow-up troops will rush up at this time.

"But, what's the use of this?" Zaha Kavic asked suspiciously: "Ambush with this tactic? It's a bridge, there is no cover and no place to hide..."

"Tank wreckage!" Shulka interrupted Major Zakhakovic and said, "There are still dead bodies!"

Then Major Gavrilov and Major Zakhakovich understood.

Major Gavrilov nodded and said, "This is indeed a way, hiding behind the wrecked tank or disguising as a dead body, but it's too dangerous..."

"No, this won't work at all!" Major Zakhakovic objected: "Even if we can successfully hide, they still can't break through the defense line, the enemy only needs two machine guns to block them on the bridge! "

"I'm not talking about infantry lurking!" Shulka said, "There are also tanks!"

"Tank?" Zakhakovic and Major Gavrilov looked at Shulka suspiciously.

They knew about infantry lurking, but this was the first time they had heard of tanks lurking.

"Yes, tanks!" Shulka explained: "Just as infantry can be disguised as dead bodies, tanks can also be disguised as 'dead bodies'!"

Zakhakovic and Major Gavrilov couldn't help being stunned.

After a long while, Major Gavrilov seemed to realize it.

"It is a bold plan, and it is indeed feasible!" Major Gavrilov said: "Even if the enemy has doubts... other anti-tank equipment does not pose a threat to the T34 from a hundred meters away, and the shells of the 88MM anti-aircraft guns are very valuable. , I don't think they would easily use it to verify that a tank wreck is real!"

"But we also have to face the armored train when we charge!" Major Zahakavic frowned: "I mean, even if we succeed in lurking... it will be difficult for us to break through the enemy's bridgehead defense line!"

"If the lurking is successful, we may be able to cross the bridge in a few minutes!" Shulka replied.

"That's right!" Major Gavrilov immediately drew a picture on the ground: "We should cooperate with the 'No. 1 Bridge' and the 'No. 2 Bridge'... When the 'No. 'Bridge Two' will attack. This will divert the armored train to 'Bridge Two' and we'll have a few minutes!"

Major Zahakavic was silent for a while, and then said: "This is a solution, but... the enemy's anti-tank guns, those around the bridgehead will also pose a great threat to our tanks!"

As I said before, the German anti-tank guns are not useless, and they can still penetrate the T34 within 100 meters.

If this distance is on other battlefields, it is not worth mentioning at all, because the machine guns and artillery of the T34 have already blasted them into the sky, and the infantry responsible for covering can also suppress or even blow them up with mortars.

The problem is that the Soviet army cannot deploy its offensive forces along the narrow bridge deck, and must pass quickly at the same time.

In this way, these anti-tank guns will pose a great threat to the T34, which is unable to stop and aim and shoot all the way forward. Even at a distance of 100 meters, it can be said that one shot is accurate, and it can be hit by just aiming.

"So we need a kind of artillery!" Shulka picked up a piece of broken wood, drew a semicircle around the bridgehead, and said, "This kind of artillery can densely cover the enemy's bridgehead position about 200 meters away in a short time." Each position disables enemy anti-tank guns for a short period of time...then our sleeper troops can charge across the bridge!"

"Katyusha?!" Major Gavrilov and Major Zakhakovic said in unison.

Indeed, only "Katyusha" can complete this task.

Other artillery may have greater power and better accuracy than the "Katyusha", but no artillery can have the instantaneous explosive power of the "Katyusha"... A "Katyusha" has 8 There are two guide rails, one rocket above and below each guide rail, that is, there are 16 rockets, and these 16 rockets can be launched within 7 to 10 seconds, that is to say, two rockets are fired in about one second. .

Of course, the power of 16 rockets for one rocket is still not enough, but what if there are two, three or even more? And smash them densely in a small area... Although the accuracy is very poor, just like a saturation attack, a random smash can turn that area upside down, and it can be done in a short time.

In this way, the German army's defense line at the bridgehead within 200 meters from the bridgehead will be paralyzed for at least a short period of time. If they want to recover, they will have to redeploy their firepower. Even if the German army is well-trained and ready, it will only take a few minutes. time.

But the Soviet army only needs a few minutes, and their tanks can rush to them with infantry...

Major Gavrilov set his sights on Major Zakhakovic.

Major Zakhakovic was the supreme commander of the 4th Tank Brigade at this time, and he was also more familiar with tank operations. His views were the most convincing.

"I agree!" Major Zakhakovic nodded and said, "This plan is indeed possible to succeed, but we need to do two things: one is to have enough 'Katyushas', and the other is to cooperate closely with each other. , the steps of each link must be completed within three minutes, as long as there is a problem in one link... we may suffer heavy losses and lose the chance of victory!"

What Major Zahakavic said is right, the most important thing about this plan is coordination, and this is exactly what the Soviet army lacks.

Of course, it also requires luck.

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