Chapter 1367 The situation is really completely different from before
From the beginning of the battle to the present, Malashenko's Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division has certainly killed many enemies, but the casualties they have suffered are equally objective.
Compared with previous battles, Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division, which had unprecedented combat power, suffered much fewer casualties this time than before.
The losses in technical equipment were far from breaking out. The heavy tank unit was basically scratched. Several IS6 heavy tanks were lost and most of them can be repaired. The medium tank unit was damaged.
The losses on the other side were slightly greater. More than a dozen T3485s and the latest T44s were destroyed one after another, and most of them were destroyed by ammunition explosions and could not be repaired.
But there is one thing to say, Malashenko knows very well that large losses of medium tanks are absolutely unavoidable on the battlefield.
Compared with the elite heavy tank troops with strong armor, sharp guns, and extreme strength under his command, the T3485 and T44 can really only be regarded as thin-skinned existences. If the armor is not thick enough on the battlefield, they will be penetrated on the spot and die instantly.
The only result is that the real world is not the friction between magic and health bars in the game. The reason is that simple.
In the final analysis, there is nothing we can do about the relatively large losses of medium-sized tanks. Since we are equipped with such a tank, we must use it when it needs to be used. Treat the tank as a treasure, which is more valuable than a human being and cannot bear to use it. If you worry about the loss,
Comrade Lao Ma is not this kind of person at all, so if you lose, you will lose. It is impossible to say that no one will die in a war.
The medium tank will have to be used when it is time to use it, and Malashenko will not have the slightest worry about this.
On the contrary, the losses in the infantry were a bit beyond Comrade Ma's expectations. Of course, this unexpectedness does not mean that the casualties were too large to be expected, but that the losses and casualties dropped sharply compared to the past.
After several battles with varying conditions, the only divisional infantry unit under Malashenko, the Varosha infantry regiment, suffered much smaller casualties than previously expected.
According to past practice, if such battles are fought one after another, the casualties will definitely be huge. It is normal for the infantry to casually die between two and three thousand people. Even if there are tanks to cover the formation, the close contact after entering the position and trenches
War is also a direct confrontation between flesh and blood. You can kill the enemy, and the enemy can kill you using the same means.
Why is it said that hand-to-hand combat can best test the morale of an army? Because this fighting method will offset the gap between the advantages and disadvantages of equipment to the greatest extent. The weapons you can use are not only traditional light weapons, but also bayonets, clubs, and engineer shovels.
, any thing you pick up casually, even bite it with your teeth, can kill the enemy and bleed his throat.
A large number of casualties are unavoidable in such battles, and no matter how good the light weapons are, they can't avoid the constant pile of corpses.
Therefore, even if Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division was a well-known and heavily armored elite, in the past, whenever it defended positions and broke into enemy positions, the casualties of this infantry would still be the same as that of all other Red Army infantry units.
The geometric multiples skyrocketed upward.
If there is any difference, it can only be said that under the same combat situation, the infantry of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division will suffer smaller casualties. This is based on the larger number of automatic firepower and light weapons and equipment, and the
The inevitable result of the situation that the quality of the soldiers and combat experience are relatively better. It does not mean that Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division is invincible in the name of a loving father.
But this time, the infantry casualty report before Malashenko was indeed a bit magical.
Counting from the time when the gang of dead dogs who blocked the way of the Viking division were wiped out halfway, and the fighting has been going on all the way until now, Varosha's infantry regiment has only suffered casualties of just over a thousand people. And the vast majority of the soldiers are still alive.
They were all just wounded, and less than half of them were actually killed in battle. Such casualties would definitely make the news if word spread.
"Is this... a mistake? We have suffered more than a thousand infantry casualties so far? I'm not saying that I expect more casualties among our soldiers, but... this... you should understand what I mean, this
It’s just... just unbelievable!”
With the question mark on his face, Malashenko really couldn't believe that the numbers in front of him were real, but he lit a cigarette for himself, and the political commissar who had just started puffing away seemed to be in a different state.
"There is no doubt that there is something wrong with the report. I checked it three times and called Varosha twice for final confirmation. Do you know what Varosha told me on the phone?"
"...Stop being pretentious and just tell me."
Malashenko was obviously impatient and did not intend to continue to whet the political commissar's appetite on this matter. After spitting out the smoke ring in his mouth, he spoke leisurely.
"In the past, when our infantry rushed to the position and fought close combat with the enemy, they would always encounter Germans who came one after another, shouting and screaming, desperately resisting. This is true whether it is the Wehrmacht or the Wehrmacht.
Regardless of the SS, they are all the same. It can only be said that those brainwashed SS lunatics behave more like a beast than a human being."
"But now, Varosha told me that many soldiers told him that the enemy's will to resist was obviously different from before. Many enemy soldiers just huddled in their bunkers and fired empty guns to resist.
There are not nearly as many people resisting and rushing out to fight as before."
"More often, as soon as our soldiers rush to the enemy, they can immediately see the German soldiers who raised their hands to surrender. And did you know? Malashenko, the vast majority of the German soldiers raised their hands to surrender immediately
The soldiers are all just teenagers who are eighteen or nineteen years old, or even sixteen or seventeen years old, and the childish look on their faces doesn't even need to be asked about their age."
"Of course, the combat performance of individual soldiers is only one aspect. The most important thing is the absolute crushing of equipment. Many soldiers reported that after rushing to the position, they saw the German soldiers who were shaken by the shelling. These people
It was as soft as if there were no bones, it was difficult to hold the gun, and there were even bleeding from the ears, nose, and eyes."
"What I want to say is, Malashenko, do you remember how long it has been since we fought with such a huge advantage? Even in Kursk, the enemy had early to mid-term air superiority and technology.
The equipment is superior, and the troops are evenly matched but they are all elite."
"Then if you look at it now, I don't need to say more about how big the contrast is. Do you have to say something like this now: the situation is really completely different from before."