"It's like this every time. In the end, you have to raise your hands and surrender, but these German guys have to do something for you every time to resist. As you said, how do you say that? Uh.
....I have to take off my pants and fart every time. Now that I think about it, this description is really appropriate. I am serious.”
After the battle, Malashenko did not return to Kulbalov's brigade headquarters. Instead, he led his soldiers to the nearest forward position, which was the defense zone of the 267th Infantry Division, and began to assist in the defense.
At the beginning, he did not send his troops to the 267th Infantry Division defense area to assist in the defense. That was because Malashenko knew about the suddenness of the leader division, which had only arrived in the war zone not long ago.
Judging from the German's intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities, coupled with the current 44-year military defeat and the overall decline, Malashenko has reason to believe that the German is unaware of the arrival of the leader's division and has no idea that he is in person.
There is such a ferocious armored giant parked behind the enemy's defense zone.
At this time, you need to use your intelligence gap to take advantage of it, and make a covert attack to catch the Germans off guard. The reality is that Malashenko did exactly that, and his first victory in the battle was a good start in the East Prussia campaign, without giving the leader
The division and even the entire Third Belorussian Front were disgraced.
Furthermore, after a covert surprise attack, the only advantage of the asymmetric intelligence gap has been used up. Malashenko knows that the Germans on the opposite side who suffered such a big loss must now also understand that the group on the opposite side is pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.
I'm afraid the Russians are quite difficult to mess with. The so-called garrison of an ordinary infantry division here is just a fishing trick, at least that's what the German commander seems to think.
Therefore, Malashenko felt that it was unrealistic if he wanted the Germans to be stupid and easily repeat the old plan of making dumplings in front of the position.
So, Malashenko simply stopped acting, and directly led his troops to help defend the 267th Infantry Division. Anyway, you German guy knows about it, so I will just leave it here and wait for you.
Because of this, after the bloody battle just now, the 267th Infantry Division's defense area suffered heavy casualties. Instead of weakening, its strength increased significantly. In particular, the anti-tank firepower of the position was greatly enhanced.
Those is6 and is4 heavy tanks with strong armor and powerful guns are simply mobile steel anti-tank bunkers in terms of position defense. As long as some parking bunkers for heavy tanks are slightly repaired, for example, digging a not too complicated one
Make pits and build mounds of earth to hide the behemoth-like body of the heavy tank behind the civil fortifications to reduce the hit area.
Then this is definitely a qualified positional anti-tank firepower point, and its combat efficiency is definitely much higher than those of ordinary anti-tank guns. The thick armor is completely indestructible to ordinary German direct-aiming support firepower, which is comparable to
Those ordinary anti-tank guns with human flesh on the mantlet are much stronger.
"It always feels weird to park a tank behind a slope and use it as an anti-tank gun, like a target. We should maneuver to find fighters and capture the enemy's weaknesses, so as to maximize the results, don't you think?
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The front one complained about the German gunman surrendering, and the back one complained that it was too incompetent to use a heavy tank on the ground as an anti-tank firepower point. In short, Iushkin, this kid, couldn't stop talking. He was sitting next to the car with him.
Malashenko, who was leaning back and lighting a cigarette, just replied casually.
"The 267th Division lost a lot of anti-tank guns, and they themselves are very short of heavy equipment. If we don't leave some heavy equipment to help, when the Germans come over in the next wave, they will only have anti-tank guns left to follow them.
Those crappy cars of the Germans are fighting. Some people have to do something, and we are the most suitable now."
"...Uh, okay, you're right. I just feel that our own vehicles are not enough now. Let's divide the troops into a group of them. If the Germans come over again, they won't have enough mobile troops.
That’s not good.”
Think about yourself first before helping others, Iushkin said, and there is really nothing wrong with that. If you help others until something goes wrong yourself, then that is indeed a big problem.
"Don't worry about this. Varosha has already assembled half a brigade. This guy can assemble his troops very quickly, even faster than that man can assemble his troops. Now we have pieced it all together and there is one
Multiple brigades and three artillery battalions are available, and the overall strength of the leader division has now returned to approximately 70%, which is enough to have fun with those fascists."
Varosha really wanted to ask who "that man" Malashenko was talking about, but Comrade Commander didn't give him a chance. After taking the last puff of cigarette in his mouth, he stood up and left, going down to inspect the position and the situation of the troops.
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Iushkin wanted to follow him and join in the fun, but he didn't expect that before he could take a step forward, a big hand from the turret behind him pressed his shoulder tightly, preventing him from moving.
"Hey, I caught you! Don't try to slip away this time. Come over and help load the shells. There are not a single round left in the turret ammunition rack. They are all gone. You will have to be busy for a while."
It has been about three or four times in a row. After the battle, when Artyom's vehicle needs to replenish its shells, Iushkin can't be found, or he is sleeping soundly. You go up and ask him to help.
To work, he also said that he had a stomachache, a headache, dizziness and discomfort, and he needed to take a rest first, so he just didn’t work.
But Iushkin couldn't run away this time, Artyom had already caught him on the spot.
"Can't you and Sergey do it together? Do you have to bring me along?"
Iushkin still kept talking and complaining, although the movement of his feet no longer meant to chase Malashenko.
"Stop talking nonsense, you are the only one who likes to be lazy when working. One of Sergey and I is picking up the cannonballs on the turret, and the other is passing the cannonballs under the car, so who is going to move the cannonballs over? Huh? The cannonballs run to the car on their own with long legs.
Are you waiting for us to move? This is originally a job for at least three people. Hurry up, the Germans may come over again soon, so let’s hurry up sooner rather than later.”
"Those German guys were beaten out of their shit, and they did it right away. I don't even dare to fight them again if I don't have the guts..."
The muttering trio of Iushkin, Artyom, and Sergey began to work. Replenishing ammo for the is7's 130mm cannon is indeed not an easy job, especially since this gun has a high rate of fire.
, a large consumption main body, coupled with the huge 130mm artillery shells, even the large size of the is7 cannot hold many rounds, so supplementary artillery shells after every battle are almost necessary.
The driver, Seryosha, who didn't need anyone to help him yet, was holding his own small wrench, tapping on the guide wheel in front of the car body, and looking at the road wheel, which was busy repairing.
The is7, which is indeed overweight, has the inherent disadvantage of low average trouble-free hours of running gear, so Seryozha, who has gradually become familiar with the performance and conditions of the car, must be cautious and conduct more inspections.
On the other side, Malashenko, who had just arrived at the battlefield ruins on the position, also began his inspection.