"What did you say? Sacrifice three hundred? Injure more than a thousand???"
Obviously, Malashenko's tone sounded very unbelievable.
In fact, it’s no wonder that since the troops under his thugs began to form combat engineer units, Malashenko, who had witnessed the fierce combat effectiveness of this group of macho men in Stalingrad, has been taking control of this rare but extremely elite unit.
Heavy infantry is used as a decisive force that can tilt the balance of victory or defeat in a battle.
I want to know if the leader or Malashenko is serious about it?
The method is very simple, see if the combat engineer troops have entered the battle.
If the combat engineers have not yet appeared on the battlefield, it may mean that Malashenko does not intend to take the lives of the Germans who are entangled in person. He may just beat them casually and drive them away like flies. The Germans
There is still a chance to retreat and escape here.
It may also be that it is not yet time to send out combat engineer troops to determine the outcome with a single blow, and Malashenko is still waiting for the final critical moment to arrive, waiting for the best moment before deploying combat engineer troops to send the Germans on their way.
No matter how you say it, at least for now without seeing the combat engineer troops, this can be considered lucky for the German army, because even if you die, you will not die immediately, at least there is still some life and a chance to look forward to.
But if you see the combat engineer troops under the leadership division rushing over and riding on your face, then congratulations, it means that you are really not far from the road. Unless as a German soldier, you still
The troops that you are part of and are fighting with the Leader's Division are really capable of defeating Malashenko and the fierce men under his command, but the result is another matter.
The methods used on the battlefield may be slightly different under different circumstances, but Malashenko's great reliance on combat engineer troops remains unchanged.
Even if it is a severely overstaffed corps like the Leader's Division after the completion of the synthetic reorganization, as an elite combat engineer unit of the heavy infantry among the Guards infantry, the entire division only has two battalions in total, which adds up to less than 2,000 troops.
There are less than 3,000 people.
Moreover, these nearly 3,000 people are not a pure combat force. After excluding non-frontline combatants such as medical and health care, logistics support, communications, command and security, etc., the real combat force is less than 2,000 people.
But now, Lavrinenko came to tell Malashenko.
Our combat engineers have now suffered more than a thousand casualties, both dead and wounded. Although the vast majority of them were injured and only a small part were sacrificed, Malashenko could still clearly understand after hearing these words.
Understand what exactly this means.
"What happened!? How could the casualties be so high!? There was no problem in the coordination and coordination of the various arms of the two waves of attacks. Tanks and self-propelled artillery followed up very quickly, and infantry fighting vehicles came close to cover. This
How come there are so many casualties!?"
The battle to annihilate the Second Grossdeutschland Division was indeed fought fiercely and quickly. If it were replaced by another Guards unit, it would definitely not be able to achieve the same effect as the Leader Division.
But one thing is that Malashenko, who has been on the front line conducting combat command, has seen every link of the entire process from the beginning of the attack to the destruction of the Grossdeutschland Division, and he has seen it all like a treasure.
There was no problem with the tactical command, and the coordination and dispatch of technical equipment was also perfect. In particular, the connection and cooperation between the various arms was not to be said to be seamless, but at least from Malashenko's perspective, there was no big problem.
Everything seems to be fine, so why the hell is it still like this!?
Malashenko couldn't understand, and there seemed to be a suppressed evil fire in his heart that couldn't be released. Seeing this, Lavrinenko had to tell his good brother everything he had learned about the situation he had just gone down to.
The superior confided it.
"There are many reasons, but the main reason is that the combat engineers served as the main infantry accompanying the two waves of attacks, and the main offensive tasks were all on their shoulders."
"Our follow-up of the infantry units is very fast. As you said, there is no problem with coordination. But there is still a gap between the time when the combat engineers enter the enemy's position and when the large infantry units follow up and join the battle.
Although the period is short, it is still there.”
"And during this gap period, combat engineer units need to shoulder the task of protecting tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and advancing forward to clear out enemy infantry. They must not only hold on, but also advance. They happen to be
The first wave of infantry units that rush into the enemy's position is exactly when the enemy in the position is strongest, has the most intense firepower, and has the most intense resistance."
"Added these circumstances together, the casualties will be like this."
"When I went down just now, I learned a lot about the actual situation. Many combat engineer soldiers even ran out of ammunition. The automatic fire rate of fire is too fast and the ammunition consumption is too high. The combat engineer itself is a single soldier.
A heavy infantry unit with a high survivability rate and good at fire suppression and assault."
"Many soldiers have no choice but to pick up the weapons dropped by the dead enemies from the ground and use them. The Germans' broken guns are much worse than ours. In this way, the advantage of light weapons is gone, and it is equivalent to fighting with the Germans.
On equal terms, the casualties are further magnified. In addition, the combat engineers themselves are the first infantry unit to enter the battlefield. Even if the follow-up units follow up, the combat engineers are still advancing all the way with superior firepower, making the fastest progress.
Of course, it is also the one that faces the enemy’s firepower most directly.”
"In short, it is a combination of multiple reasons that led to this result. The responsibility...I think the responsibility does not lie with you, nor does it lie with the command of our division. After all, this is the first time after our synthetic adaptation
There are many things that I haven’t fully explored yet and I am not very familiar with. With the experience and lessons learned this time, I think I will be able to avoid similar situations from happening again next time.”
Lavrinenko was afraid that Malashenko would take the responsibility on himself. After all, as the highest commander of the division, Malashenko had never left the frontline battlefield. If there were too many casualties in the command troops, he, the division commander, would definitely be responsible.
Those who are directly responsible are the same even if there is a cause.
Malashenko also frowned and fell into silence for a while, but his head kept thinking about where the shortcomings were and how to summarize and correct them. The next step was already on the string, and he had to attack the skeleton.
What should we do in a division battle?
There is not much time left for Malashenko to think. Rather than analyzing and summarizing the reasons, it is obviously more important to do what to do in the next battle. This is also something that Malashenko must solve.
"More than half of the combat engineers' combat troops have suffered casualties. They cannot be used in the next battle until the critical moment."
"As the notice continues, the combat engineers will all enter a state of rest and rest, and let Kulbalov and Varosha keep an eye on the treatment of the wounded, so as not to cause a lot of disabilities due to untimely treatment. Without my order, the combat engineers will
No one is allowed to be transferred. In addition, let the political commissar know about this matter and he will know what to do next."