The problem of Katyusha was not difficult to solve. Major Zahakavich directly threw this problem to Rokossovsky... Even if it was difficult, it was Moscow's difficulty.
But this is not a difficulty for Moscow.
Rokossovsky reported this problem to Zhukov, who immediately organized manpower to collect information about nearby rocket launchers and dispatched an additional rocket launcher battalion to Tver.
"A rocket launcher battalion!" Major Zahakavich said: "They will arrive in two hours!"
Shulka and Major Gavrilov nodded.
You must know that the reason why four "Katyusha" rocket launchers are organized into a battery is because the power of four simultaneous bombardments can form a strike against the German army facing a frontal attack, causing a lot of casualties.
Something like this even happened on the battlefield:
Since the "Katyusha" was still classified as secret equipment at this time, it was still reported as an "unknown artillery piece" by the German army, which meant that the German army thought it was being bombed by artillery.
In order to allow the German army to continue this "misunderstanding", the Soviet army often did not notify the frontline officers and soldiers when sending rocket launchers to the battlefield.
As a result, once, four rocket launchers fired a salvo at the attacking German troops and drove them back. At the same time, the Soviet troops who were not notified were also frightened and withdrew from their positions after witnessing the huge power of this artillery.
This is probably the only piece of equipment that can defeat both enemy and friendly troops at the same time.
A rocket launcher battalion has 12 rocket launchers, which is enough to complete Shulka's lurking plan... After all, it is only to bomb the bridgehead defense line within a range of 200 meters.
The next step is the coordination and lurking preparations of the various units.
The first is the camouflage of the tank.
This is not a difficult task... Now that the T34 tank is fighting, the armor is full of bullet holes and scratches, and it looks scarred at a glance.
Major Gavrilov ingeniously asked his subordinates to get some paint.
"I saw a school on the road!" Major Gavrilov said to the guard: "Get some paint and someone who can draw!"
The guard responded and took some people there. After a while, he came with paints and a woman. She was the school's art teacher. She looked a little frightened. Her face was pale and she looked at the group of soldiers tremblingly. She didn't know what she was doing.
Did I do something wrong?
When the soldiers saw her, they cheered and whistled... This was a rare sight on the battlefield.
"Don't be afraid!" Major Gavrilov comforted her: "We are the Soviet army!"
"I know this, Major!" the art teacher replied: "But this is also a battlefield..."
"What's your name?" Major Gavrilov asked.
"My name is Yevgrasha, Comrade Major!"
"Yevgrasha, we need your help!" Major Gavrilov raised his head towards the six tanks parked on the roadside: "Did you see them? Six tanks, I hope you can take them
'Dressed' more like a destroyed tank... you know what I mean!"
Yevgrasha nodded.
"You have to move faster!" Major Gavrilov took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and said, "I can only give you one hour, can you do it?"
"Of course, Comrade Major!" At this time, Yevgrasha seemed to have calmed down, took the brush and paint from the guard and began to "dress up" the tank.
From time to time she adds a little "blood" here, some black spots there, and sometimes even draws a black hole on the armor...
Fedosiev looked at the black hole and couldn't help but exclaimed: "The painting is so good! I almost thought my tank had been penetrated by the enemy!"
"No, Fedosiev!" laughed the actor: "It was she who shot your heart with the arrow of love!"
The soldiers around him couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Fedosiev's face suddenly turned red, and he did not even dare to look directly at Yevgrasha... This seemed to be acquiescing to the actor's "complaint".
Shulka smiled knowingly. He did not expect that Fedosiev, who usually seemed carefree, was actually a shy young man.
Soon, Yevgrasha camouflaged several tanks, and they really looked impressive.
After thinking about it, Shulka said: "Comrade Yevgrasha, I think you still need to 'dress up' for us!"
Yevgrasha seemed to understand what these soldiers were going to do at this time. She couldn't help but look at Shulka in surprise, then looked at the bridge and asked: "Aren't you lurking on the bridge disguised as corpses?"
"You seem to know something about war!" This surprised Shulka.
"Of course!" Yevgrasha replied: "My brother is one of you, he should be in Volokolamsk now..."
"16th Army?" Shulka asked.
"Yes, how do you know?"
"We just came from there not long ago!"
"Have you seen him?" Yevgrasha suddenly became nervous: "He is from the 44th Cavalry Division. He has a scar on his forehead, right here..."
Yevgrasha pointed to the top of her right eye and said, "That was the injury he sustained during riding training last year. If you have seen him, you must have an impression!"
Everyone around was silent.
The 44th Cavalry Division was completely wiped out the moment the counterattack was launched... Of course not everyone died, but it is said that only more than 200 people from a division of more than 3,000 people came back alive, and there were many wounded among them.
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In other words, Yevgrasha's brother may have died, but she didn't know it yet... Of course she didn't know that her brother was fighting in the Soviet army, while she was in the German-occupied area.
However, even if she was not in enemy-occupied territory, it would be difficult for the Soviet army at this time to promptly notify her family members of her death in action on the front line.
"What's wrong?" Yevgrasha asked.
"No, it's nothing?" Shulka replied, then turned to his subordinates and asked: "Have any of you seen a cavalry comrade with a scar on his forehead? From the 44th Cavalry Division!"
The soldiers soon understood, and they took over Shulka's topic:
"No, Comrade Second Lieutenant! I haven't seen it before!"
"But a few days ago I met people from the 44th Cavalry Division. They were riding tall horses, majestic!"
"Yes, they are in Volokolamsk!"
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This made Yevgrasha feel relieved.
"I think you should prepare some things!" Shulka said: "Take your family with you. We will probably evacuate here before dawn... You should go back to Moscow with us!"
As he said this, Shulka asked Fedosiev on the tank: "Do you think so, Comrade Fedosiev?"
"Oh, yes!" Fedosiev's face turned red again: "Of course, I mean, I will find a place for you!"