After a moment of silence, Shulka said: "I heard that when conquering a defensive line that is difficult to break through or hoping to surprise the enemy, latent tactics are often used, right?"
"Yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded: "lurking in front of the formation can shorten the distance of the attack, 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 provide fire cover to the forward positions.
The result is that groups of infantrymen rushing forward will be blown over by groups of infantrymen, and then have to pass through the enemy's machine gun fire... Such a charge proved to be unfeasible during World War I.
Therefore, a common method used by infantry is to send a small team to lurk in front of the enemy's trench. Sometimes the distance is frighteningly close. There are dozens or even several meters in front of the position. Even the voices of conversations in the enemy's trench can be heard.
Lie still.
Then when the battle begins, it will be different. These soldiers lurking in front of the enemy's positions will throw grenades into the enemy's trenches as soon as possible and then rush into the trenches to cause chaos to the enemy. The follow-up troops will take advantage of this to rush forward.
"But, what's the use of this?" Zahakawicz asked doubtfully: "Using this tactic to lurk? It's a bridge, there is no cover or any place to hide..."
"The wreckage of the tank!" Shulka interrupted Major Zahakavich and said, "There are still dead bodies!"
Then Major Gavrilov and Major Zahakavich understood.
Major Gavrilov nodded and said: "This is indeed a way, hiding behind the tank wreckage or pretending to be a dead body, but it is too dangerous..."
"No, this won't work at all!" Major Zahakavich objected: "So what if we can successfully lurk, they still can't break through the defense line, and the enemy only needs two machine guns to block them on the bridge!
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"I'm not talking about just infantry lurking!" Shulka said: "There are also tanks!"
"Tank?" Zahakavich and Major Gavrilov looked at Shulka in confusion.
They knew that infantry was lurking, but this was the first time they had heard of tanks lurking.
"Yes, tanks!" Shulka explained: "Just like infantry can be disguised as dead bodies, tanks can also be disguised as 'dead bodies'!"
Zahakavich and Major Gavrilov couldn't help being stunned.
It took quite a while before Major Gavrilov seemed to react.
"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 at a distance of one hundred meters, and the shells of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun are very valuable.
, I don’t think they would easily use it to verify whether a tank wreckage is real!”
"But we also have to face armored trains when charging!" Major Zahakawicz 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 pass the bridge in a few minutes!" Shulka replied.
"That's right!" Major Gavrilov immediately drew a picture on the ground: "We should coordinate the 'No. 1 Bridge' and the 'No. 2 Bridge'... When the 'No. 1 Bridge' is finished lurking, immediately
Attack on the 'No. 2 Bridge'. This way, the armored train can be transferred to the 'No. 2 Bridge', so we have a few minutes!"
Major Zahakavich was silent for a while, and then said: "This is a way, but... the enemy's anti-tank guns, those surrounding the bridgehead, will also pose a great threat to our tanks!"
As mentioned before, German anti-tank guns are not useless and can still penetrate T34 within one hundred meters.
This distance is not worth mentioning on other battlefields, because the T34's machine guns and artillery have already blasted them into the sky, and the infantry responsible for covering them can also use mortars to suppress or even blow them up.
The problem is that the Soviet army cannot deploy its offensive forces along the narrow bridge deck, and it must pass quickly.
In this way, these anti-tank guns will pose a great threat to the T34 that is advancing all the way and cannot stop to aim and shoot. Even from a distance of 100 meters, it can be said that one hit is accurate, and it can hit with just a single aim.
"So we need a kind of artillery!" Shulka picked up a piece of wood, drew a semicircle around the bridgehead, and said: "This kind of artillery can densely cover the enemy's bridgehead position with shells about two hundred meters in a short time.
Each position renders the enemy's anti-tank guns ineffective for a short time...and then our lurking troops can rush across the bridge!"
"Katyusha?!" Major Gavrilov and Major Zahakavich 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 instant explosive power of the "Katyusha"... A "Katyusha" has 8
There are two guide rails, and one rocket is hung above and below each guide rail, that is, there are 16 rockets. These 16 rockets can be launched within 7 to 10 seconds, which means that two rockets are fired in almost one second.
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Of course, one rocket with 16 rockets is still not powerful enough, but what if there are two, three or even more? And they will be densely smashed into a small area... Although the accuracy is very poor, it is like a saturation attack.
A random attack can turn that area upside down, and it can be done in a short time.
As a result, the German bridgehead defense line within two hundred meters of the bridgehead will be paralyzed for at least a short time. If they want to recover, they will have to redeploy their firepower. Even if the German army is well-trained and prepared, it will only take a few minutes.
time.
But it only took the Soviets a few minutes for their tanks and infantry to rush in front of them...
Major Gavrilov set his sights on Major Zahakavich.
Major Zahakavich was the supreme commander of the 4th Tank Brigade at this time, and was also more familiar with tank operations. His views were the most convincing.
"I agree!" Major Zahakavich nodded and said: "This plan does have the possibility of success, but we need to do two things: first, there must be enough 'Katyusha', and second, all units must cooperate closely.
, each link and step 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 to win!"
Major Zahakavich is right. The most important thing about this plan is coordination, which is precisely what the Soviet army lacks.