"All units maintain their firepower output and focus their fires on high-threat targets first! Oskin, it's your turn to take the stage. Stop those fascists!"
Alexander Povlovik Oskin, this is the "treasure" that Malashenko named, and he is also a supplement to the few important people who did not ask for equipment.
This Slavic superman who once drove a T3485 bicycle to kill three German King Tigers in the existing history, and then escaped unscathed, pretending to be forced to run away, was transferred by Malashenko in a "demand" manner.
After joining the leading division, he is now the captain commander of the medium tank battalion of the 1st Heavy Combined Guards Brigade.
That's right, Comrade Lao Ma got a promotion from lieutenant to captain as soon as he was transferred.
"Don't worry, I think you can do it, then you should do it. Give yourself some confidence, I, Malashenko, rarely make mistakes. This applies to you too, do your best."
There are no unnecessary criticisms. The reason for promotion is so simple and crude. The promotion from lieutenant to captain is made by the division organization leading the division. There is no need to ask for instructions from above. In other words, it is just a word from Comrade Ma.
thing.
"The last time he said this to someone was probably to Comrade Kalashnikov. Comrade Division Commander has a bold personality and always speaks directly. It may take you some time to get used to it, but it doesn't matter. It's right to lead the troops entrusted to you.
His greatest reward."
Comrade Oskin, who stuck to his post as commander, still has the words that Comrade Deputy Division Commander said to him echoing in his head, and the beads of sweat on his forehead unknowingly slid down again, leaving a longer trail of sweat.
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"I have to prove myself and prove that I have the ability to lead this army. I didn't get all this through a backdoor relationship!"
He does not mean that.
A newcomer who was transferred to lead the division was directly given the position of battalion commander as soon as he arrived. He was also favored by the division commander and comrades. He sat calmly. It would be false to say that the person involved was not under any psychological pressure, even if it was someone else.
Even if you don’t tell me, you have to wonder: Behind the scenes, I don’t know how many people are questioning whether we went through the back door and relied on connections. It may be a lost relative of our senior comrade.
Comrade Oskin, who was quite uneasy, went to carry out Malashenko's order with such a state of mind.
But don’t think that this will disturb his thoughts and affect the battle. A fierce man like him who can fight from 1941 to 44 in one breath and survive with all his body parts is a ruthless character.
Oskin, who has been favored by Malashenko and entrusted with important tasks, certainly knows what he should do now.
"Go at full speed! Go along the reverse slope of the lowland. Don't give the Germans a window to shoot. Don't stop without orders. Charge!"
The terrain of the battle is indeed an endless snowfield, which is extremely suitable for large groups of armored soldiers to spread out and engage in decisive battles on the plains.
But the plain does not mean "leveling it to the bottom". If you really want this effect, you should build a concrete platform covering an area of 100 square kilometers to fight. That is the real "leveling it to the bottom". You can play with it as you like.
I had been observing the terrain as I followed the large force forward. Although I was a little confused that the division commander did not ask the medium tanks to lead the way, I couldn't fully understand the tactics of the leading division that were completely different from traditional tank units.
, but Oskin has always felt that sooner or later there will be a time when he will play, and it is always right to observe the terrain and keep it in mind.
Now, it happened that his previous terrain observation came in handy.
It is not the best choice to head towards the interception direction of the Germans, nor is it a wise move to stand in the middle of the line of fire of your own heavy tanks against the German vehicles.
Oskin, who was directing his medium tank battalion to advance at full speed, was advancing rapidly along the undulating slope of the reverse slope.
There was no other purpose than to avoid the Germans' line of fire and sight.
Even if the Germans could see something in their panic, at most they would see enemy tanks that were speeding off-road behind the incline of the slope, rising and falling erratically, and the corner of the turret might be exposed from time to time. If you want to hit the straight ball,
When the beating is in progress, if the German guy is not an Aryan superman and seizes the shooting window to complete the kill, he really would not be able to do this.
The heavy tank group led by Malashenko maintained strong fire suppression in place. The German troops who tried to make a side attack were still maintaining relatively high-speed horizontal maneuvers. It seemed that they were about to achieve success. After suffering huge losses, they were almost ready to gain something.
time, but sudden surprises are always unexpected.
"Tank! Another Russian armored unit, oh my god... that, that's our Panther??? with a red star painted on the turret???"
The white IFF stars are too inconspicuous in winter. Since we are going to use captured vehicles, we have to avoid accidental attacks by friendly forces and make the IFF stars more eye-catching. So we just paint them directly on the basis of the white and green winter camouflage.
Go up with a red star that will slightly destroy the camouflage effect.
With the white and green camouflage background, the huge red star is indeed quite eye-catching, but it is the huge red star on the turret that really shocked the German armored soldiers.
"Black Panther II, so many Panther IIs! Behind them is the Russian T43, what's going on?!"
"Shut up! Attack quickly, that's the Russian's captured car! We're about to be flanked by two sides!"
"I was hit! Fire and abandon..."
boom--
Suddenly leading the team to accelerate from the reverse slope to the uphill position, Oskin fought his way out without giving the enemy a chance.
The moment the car stopped, it was the opportunity to fire. The Black Panther II's super-long fishing rod barrel sprayed out flames. This full-caliber armor-piercing projectile, which was not so confident, finally accurately hit the target. At a distance of less than 500 meters, the leader of the vehicle was killed.
Two dozen German Panthers of the same model blew up the car on the spot, and the scene was full of flames.
"Each vehicle crew is in combat position. Quick! Attack the flanks of Fascism immediately and open fire with armor-piercing shells!"
One after another, the Panther 2s came out of the reverse slope to stop, and together with the slightly slower T43 behind them, they responded with maximum firepower output towards the enemy who was absolutely sure of hitting the target.
The German tanks, which were still maneuvering at high speed and pointed their turrets in the direction of Malashenko's main force, were completely unprepared for the surprise attack coming from the other side of the car body behind the turret from the opposite direction. They were stabbed in the back on the spot.
He was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.
Using the medium tank-level maneuverability of the IS6 to carry out high-speed penetration was only Malashenko's first move.
Of course, Comrade Lao Ma knew that the enemy Germans still had remnants of armor in their hands, and he also knew that the Germans would not just sit back and wait for death, but would definitely try to resist death.
The high-speed maneuverability of is6 is enough to force the Germans to use armored troops to intercept. This is the only way to keep up with the high-speed rhythm of is6 and implement an effective rather than fatal attack.
But if you use inferior forces to intercept my superior forces, that's fine. I will disperse another unit with higher mobility on the basis of interspersed detours, and then carry out a second detour of nesting dolls on your intercepting armored force.
Double teaming, this was a battle plan planned early in the morning.
If you have the ability, you can disperse your inferior troops and try to intercept them twice, but Malashenko can bet a box of vodka and said: This will only make your German guy die faster.
Of course, a frontal attack can destroy the remaining armored units of the Germans, but double-teaming on the left and right can bring the Germans to destruction faster. This is in line with Malashenko's combat philosophy of striving for a quick battle.
The only unexpected situation was that Oskin's troops, who had carefully observed the terrain and were at the back of the main force when the fire was exchanged, were not noticed by the Germans.
A very concealed roundabout path on the slope and reverse slope, and finally without any fire resistance, it hit the German's other flank with a straight shot and dealt a heavy blow.