That is to say, during the time when Iushkin was chatting awkwardly with Artyom in the artillery hole, Malashenko, who held the positions of vehicle commander and division commander, still had not rested and was still discussing tomorrow's attack with the division's leadership team.
detailed plan.
"What kind of enemies will we encounter? Is there any relevant intelligence?"
It was Malashenko who spoke, and the person who was asked about this was political commissar Petrov.
Strictly speaking, this is not the question that Comrade Political Commissar answered, but it has become Malashenko's habit to "look to Comrade Political Commissar if anything happens, and if nothing happens". It is more of an emotional habit than a bad habit.
Reliance, after all, human beings are social creatures that need companionship and dependence to survive.
And on the battlefield, in this purgatory of roaring artillery fire, Comrade Malashenko, the political commissar, was exactly the person Malashenko thought he could rely on. This was the case in the past, and it remains the same now.
"There is indeed relevant information, but it is not good news for us. Do you want to hear it?"
After hearing this, Malashenko just thought it was a political commissar comrade who was enlivening the atmosphere, and immediately smiled without thinking.
"Why bother asking?"
"I guess so."
Comrade Comrade Political Commissar, who was also smiling and nodding slightly, switched states, and soon put on a serious look and began to talk to Malashenko seriously, discussing the current situation displayed on the map on the table in front of him.
"The situation shown by aerial reconnaissance is basically consistent with what you judged during the day. When we concentrated our forces to attack the Germans' power, there was a steady stream of additional German troops arriving from below on the other side of the high ground and driving up the high ground.
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"We don't know the exact number of German reinforcements, nor do we know their numbers and strength. However, the photos taken by the reconnaissance plane show that these Germans are very powerful, carrying large-caliber howitzers, anti-tank guns, etc.
There are heavy weapons such as cannons, and there are also a small number of armored troops. They don't seem to be many, only about thirty to fifty vehicles."
Taking the photos handed over by Comrade Political Commissar in his hand and looking through them one by one, Malashenko quickly found the things Comrade Political Commissar mentioned.
The 150mm howitzer, which is so common that we no longer like to see it again, is the PAK 43 88mm anti-tank gun with the iconic ultra-long diameter ratio gun barrel.
In addition, it seems that there are some heavy weapons whose models are unknown, which are too far away and are so blurry in the photos that it is hard to see what they are. The appearance of being towed by a truck means that even the new recruit knows that they are not.
What an easy thing to deal with.
In the photo, the German reinforcements coming up from the other side of the highland seem to be continuous and endless. The marching team of vehicles and infantry stretches for at least several kilometers. It seems that this formation must be at least a division-level German formation.
Coming to reinforce the highlands, the actual number of troops must be much higher than the estimated number.
This also corresponds to Malashenko's speculation during the day: The Germans dared to squander their troops and concentrate high-value technical equipment on their own territory. If they have no backing behind them and no capital to squander, Marashenko
Shen Ke would not believe it even to death.
After all, it is impossible for the Germans to run all the way on the fast lane of death like the Japanese and perform jade-breaking charges. Malashenko clearly knows that his opponents still want to win so far, and he is willing to do it for this goal. They see
There is something valuable to do. The Japanese's suicidal attack is almost equivalent to "impossible" on the Germans.
Now that the answer has been revealed, Malashenko did indeed guess correctly and judged his old opponent very accurately.
The Germans dared to charge so hard because they really had some trump cards in their hands. Behind them, there was a steady stream of reinforcements climbing up from the other side of the high ground to support them.
Thinking from this perspective and from the perspective of a German, if too many usable defensive areas are lost, then having too many troops in hand will have no effect. The density of troops placed in the available defensive area is fixed, not that
You have brought in 100,000 troops as reinforcements. Just cram all 100,000 troops into them. You can't cram a platoon of troops into a ten-meter-wide trench, right?
If this really happens, the Russian guy opposite will die of joy?
Good guy, if you shoot 152, you will be guaranteed to reimburse a platoon. If you are lucky, it is not impossible to directly reimburse a company.
Superiority in force is a good thing, but that's not how wars are fought.
When you have a superior force, you must also consider the density of troops, and the resulting marginal effect problem of uneconomical investment and benefit ratio depending on how many troops are placed in a defensive area. This is the science of war, not like playing a real-time strategy game.
Just count the heads.
After looking through the photos handed over by Comrade Political Commissar, Malashenko, recalling what he had just said in his mind, and probably having a judgment in his mind, immediately put down the pile of photos and spoke immediately.
"Can we think that even after we slaughtered the Nazis all day today, the troop density of the Germans on the opposite side in the remaining controlled area is no less than before today's fighting started, and may even be more?
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Today's battle is very fierce, indeed very fierce. It is so fierce that the rocket assault battalion directly under the division's fire support fires continuously until the weapon overheats and cannot be reloaded. Otherwise, it is very likely to cause the ammunition to overheat, catch fire or even explode. Rapid water cooling is necessary.
Only then can Malashenko’s strike order be carried out.
According to Malashenko's estimate, during the whole day today, from the foot of the high ground to the current top of the high ground near the center, the German combat troops "eliminated" by the leader's division alone, not counting the results of the friendly forces on both wings, amounted to
If the results of the artillery directly under the group army and the long-range bombing aviation in the main attack direction of the central front are also counted against the leading division.
To be honest, even if there is not 40,000, there must be 30,000 upwards. This is the basic starting quantity. The absolute firepower kill rate of the leader division is so scary.
But a problem that arises is that this seemingly brutal work during the day may be regarded as "wasted work" in terms of the overall battle situation.
In a positional offensive and defensive battle, for the offensive side, an important indicator that determines the development of the subsequent war is the change in the density of the enemy's defense forces. You cannot just look at the increase or decrease in the number of enemies.
Now you tell Malashenko that after a whole day of hard work, the density of the German defense forces has not decreased, but may have increased.
This is like telling a tough guy who has a very strong fighting ability: You killed two yellow men who screwed your wife to death today, and you did a good job, but there will be more yellow men who screwed your wife over tomorrow.
Waiting for you to clean it up.
Can it be cleaned up?
Yes, but just thinking about it makes me sick, right?