If Kubile had known early on that his opponent was the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, he would not have dared to be so arrogant as to think that everything was under his control and even intentionally let go, intending to use the 1st Guards Tank Brigade to force Hoppner or even
Hitler.
But who could know this? The 1st Guards Tank Brigade is the famous "t34 unit", but the unit in front of me uses clumsy British and American tanks!
But the battlefield is like this, and there is no regret medicine.
Kubil could only admit that he was unlucky and immediately ordered the 29th Infantry Regiment to prepare for battle. In addition, he urgently transferred the 6th Armored Division to Tver.
Of course, Kubiler would not forget to warn the commander of the 6th Armored Division, Lucas.
"Remember the Russian 1st Guards Tank Brigade?" Kubil asked.
"Of course!" Lucas replied.
"They are the ones in Tver!" Kubil said: "That is, they are your opponents!"
"What? Shouldn't their tank be a 't34'?"
"I don't know why, but they are indeed the 1st Guards Tank Brigade!" Kubile replied: "Although they don't have 'T34', they are equipped with new equipment. This may be the reason!"
Lucas did not answer, not sure whether it was because he agreed with Kubiler's words or because he felt the pressure of facing the 1st Guards Tank Brigade.
"Is there any problem?" Kubiler asked.
After thinking about it, Lucas replied: "I'm not afraid of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, General, especially the 1st Guards Tank Brigade that uses British and American tanks. I have confidence in my men, and I have confidence in my men."
We also have confidence in our tanks. However, we know nothing about the enemy’s new equipment, how should we deal with them?”
"That's right, Major General!" Kubiler agreed with Lucas' analysis: "So, I asked people to collect some information about these new equipment."
"information?"
"Yes, obtained from the 7th Armored Division!"
Lucas immediately understood that there were survivors in the 7th Armored Division, and they could indeed provide some useful combat information.
"I will send you this information right away!" Kubiler said: "You can discuss with your subordinates on the way to deal with it, or some possible tactics!"
"Okay, General!"
This is exactly what Lucas did. After receiving the information, he immediately actively discussed countermeasures with his subordinates.
They even got a lot right about the bazooka.
"We think it is a short-range equipment!" said a tank soldier colonel: "Because they used close combat when fighting the 7th Armored Division, and at the same time they did not fire until our tanks entered the range of 100 meters... This shows that
The range of this new weapon is probably only a hundred meters!"
"We know that it is a rocket!" Another officer said: "Because many people have seen its wake and unique whistle. But it is impossible for an ordinary rocket to penetrate our tank head-on.
Armored. And quite a few of the tanks that were hit were ignited or detonated. This is very similar to the situation when our anti-tank grenades hit the target! In other words, this kind of rocket is likely to ignite our anti-tank grenades.
Tank grenades on rocket thrusters!”
(Note: The German PWM anti-tank grenade uses the conical charge principle.)
"So, they can throw anti-tank grenades a hundred meters away?" Lucas expressed shock.
This was already fatal, because the German army could only reach a distance of 20 meters by manpower.
Although it seems that there is not much difference, the difference between 100 meters and 20 meters is only 80 meters.
But those who have been on the battlefield all know that in actual combat, sometimes just a little range issue may affect the entire battle or even the war.
For example, the change from front-loading rifles to rear-loading rifles caused troops using front-loading rifles to suffer almost massacres.
Another example is the process from muskets to rifled guns, which has another one-sided and bloody ending.
But now the enemy has the range advantage, at least in terms of anti-tank equipment.
The officers were silent for a while and then said: "So, we think we should try our best to avoid close combat with the Russian tank troops. As long as we keep a distance of one hundred meters, our tanks will be safe!"
If Shulka heard these analyses, he would probably sigh at the quality of the German army.
Rocket launchers are nothing new to modern people, and it is normal to know these properties.
However, it is not easy for the German soldiers who have never been exposed to rocket launchers or even heard of them to guess almost exactly what they were based on their performance on the battlefield.
Even the tactics chosen by the German army were correct...not to engage in close combat with enemy tank troops, but to keep at least a hundred meters away, etc.
But they have overlooked one point. The rocket launcher can be said to be an artifact in street fighting, especially in the anti-tank direction. Even modern and much more advanced tanks often cannot escape the "claws" of rocket launchers in street fighting, let alone this.
The tank of the era.
However, this cannot be said to be "ignored", because the information they received was that the rocket launcher relied on the cover of tanks to launch attacks. On the other hand, it was almost a nightmare for pure infantry to face tanks in this era, so they took it for granted that the Soviet army was still the same.
Will choose the way of fighting with tanks covering rocket launchers.
The 6th Armored Division drove to Tver with confidence. On the way, they also spent some time conveying news and inferences about the enemy's new equipment to the tank crews.
More than an hour later, they finally arrived at Tver, met up with the 29th Infantry Regiment, and then eagerly launched an attack on Tver.
The reason for "can't wait" is because the German officers made another judgment: If you have to keep a distance of more than 100 meters from the enemy at all times and fight in the streets, it is best to fight the enemy during the day.
Needless to say, the reason is that it is difficult for a tank to keep a hundred meters away from the enemy at night. It would be good to be able to see the enemy clearly from fifty meters away.
On the other hand, tanks have poor external perception capabilities, but this is not the case for infantry.
Therefore, German officers have reason to believe that if they choose to fight at night, German tanks will be a good target for the enemy's "new equipment."
This judgment is also reasonable and correct.
On the other hand, it is because the daytime is very short...if you look at it back and forth, half of the seven hours during the day has passed.
In other words, if the German army wants to defeat the 1st Guards Tank Brigade during the day, it must launch an attack as early as possible.
The Soviet troops dispersed near the Tver Bridge.
They had learned from air force reconnaissance planes that the German armored divisions were coming here, so they dispersed the troops, especially the rocket launchers, into the buildings.