USSR 1941

The problem was quickly resolved by Shulka.

The method is actually very simple. Since the quality of the Soviet army has not yet reached the level where the whole army can carry out cold gun campaigns and move freely like the volunteer army, it should not expect to be in place in one step, but should be gradually released.

The specific operation is not difficult: a company has three platoons, and at any time two platoons are kept in the original position for defense, and the other platoon is liberated to scatter around the front line for sniper warfare.

Of course, Shulka will conduct some necessary training for these troops before they disperse.

At this time, the cadet unit can play a role. They are assigned to each company in groups of two, and then take turns to conduct on-site training and guidance to the liberated platoons.

If there is any difficulty, it is that it is still daytime at this time, and all the actions of the Soviet army need to be completed behind the ruins.

Fortunately, the supplies of the German army are not as sufficient as those of the US military during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea... If the US military finds a target or even a suspicious target, they will use a bunch of shells to destroy the target.

But the German army, if there is no relatively important target or building to blow up, they usually do not use artillery fire but rifles and machine guns.

This is determined by the difficulty of supply, and the German army must save it: the weight of a box of bullets is one round of shells, and it is usually impossible to solve the problem with artillery fire without a few continuous shots.

Therefore, the German army usually does not use shells for problems that can be solved with bullets.

This provides an opportunity and space for Shulka to implement this tactic.

Dimitri was a little worried about this, he hesitated and said to Shulka: "Captain, my soldiers are not outstanding in quality, they..."

Shulka knew what Dimitri was worried about.

NKVD troops have relatively little military training, and their military quality is even worse than that of ordinary Soviet infantry.

Of course, this refers to the Soviet regular army, not the temporary troops that were expanded after a few days of training.

However, the individual quality of the German army is much better than that of the Soviet army, and of course it is better than that of the NKVD troops.

In this case, it seems that it is not a wise choice to let the Soviet army and the German army fight face-to-face sniper battles.

Insufficient marksmanship, experience, tactical actions, etc. may cause the Soviet army to lose to the enemy in the "cold gun movement".

One of the reasons why the "Cold Gun Movement" of the volunteers on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea was carried out smoothly and achieved great results was that the volunteers were veterans from the anti-Japanese battlefield, while most of the US military were recruits with no combat experience.

"Be confident in yourself, Comrade Dimitri!" said Shulka. "It's also a training!"

Dimitri seemed to understand something, then nodded slightly and stopped talking.

What is winning and what is losing?

If it is only judged by the number of casualties, then the low-quality Soviet army may lose in the "cold gun campaign" against the high-quality German army.

But if you judge from the strategic direction... the Soviet army with strong mobilization ability can win two soldiers for one enemy.

What's more, there is a saying: "The battlefield is the best school."

In Shulka's view, the future direction of the Soviet army is not to defend Stalingrad, but to gradually improve its own quality and the command level of its commanders in the battle on the battlefield.

This is what I said before. The Soviet-German war was actually a contest between the quality of the two armies: the quality of the German army declined because of a large number of veteran casualties to supplement recruits, while the Soviet army had a large number of recruits on the battlefield. Became a veteran, the situation of the same commander is similar.

When the quality of the Soviet and German armies reached a certain point of balance or close to balance, no matter whether it was Stalingrad, Moscow, or anywhere else, the German army would not be able to defeat the Soviet army, which had home court advantage and strong mobilization ability.

Therefore, the turning point of the Soviet-German war was not actually a certain battle or a certain point in time, but the invisible quality behind the battlefield and the optimization and coordination of various arms.

To put it simply, the German army taught the Soviet army how to fight, taught the Soviet army how to coordinate its various services, and taught the Soviet commander how to command.

Now, Shulka is forcing the Soviet army to "study". If there are more casualties than the enemy, then it is right to "pay tuition".

Taking a step back, even if the "cold gun campaign" is not carried out to face the German infantry, the low-quality Soviet army will have greater casualties in any battlefield against the German army using any tactics.

So this has nothing to do with the application of tactics.

Then, the command quickly got busy.

The implementation of tactics has increased the command difficulty of the headquarters, because on the one hand, they have to command the troops to fight, on the other hand, they have to coordinate and rotate the sniper troops, and in addition, they have to timely count the casualties of the sniper tactics.

But all of this was made easier by the telephone connection and the intervention of the cadet troops.

In fact, the command of the sniping is basically in the charge of the cadet troops, and the statistics are no exception... Shulka doesn't quite believe the statistics of the Soviet army, especially the NKVD troops.

This is not to say that Shulka did not believe in Dimitri. In fact, Shulka was a little surprised by the honesty shown by Dimitri. Colonel's.

What Shulka didn't believe was the other officers, who had become accustomed to falsely reporting victories, which was not even under Dimitri's control.

Shulka didn't want these fake statistics, so he asked members of the cadet troop to count and report directly to him.

The performance in the first battle was quite good. The casualty ratio of each unit and the enemy was basically the same, and several units were even lower than the enemy.

But Shulka knew that this did not explain the problem.

First of all, this is because of the participation of student troops... The quality of the Soviet army may not be high, but the students are selected from thousands of elites, especially excellent snipers like Vasily.

The second is that the German army was not prepared.

The Soviet army took advantage of the tactics... Three platoons of the entire defense line were drawn out to attack, but the German army knew nothing about it. It is impossible to organize a sniper operation of the same scale in the first place.

Not to mention that the Soviet army was fighting with cold gun troops and cold artillery troops.

In this case, it is not surprising that the Soviet army can gain an advantage, even if the quality of the German army is better.

However, Shulka knew that this was only temporary, and once the German army reacted and understood what happened, they would take corresponding countermeasures.

Sure enough, more than an hour later, the battle suddenly became more intense, and the casualties of the Soviet army began to rise sharply.

"Suspend all activities!" Shulka ordered: "Wait for dark!"

Shulka made the Germans depressed, just like the opponent suddenly called a timeout during the game, and then it was another environment at night.