You can't say that this has no effect at all. In a sense, war itself is a game of gambling that constantly increases the bet. Even the most unlucky gambler can always see some effect when the bet is increased to a certain extent. Pebbles
Throwing it into the lake can create some waves, right?
But in Malashenko's view, it is actually infinitely close to performance art, only slightly higher than performance art.
How high is this?
The high Germans actually made a choice and chose to exchange precious technical equipment with human lives.
Just now, those Corian raids had targeted a certain number of forward infantry tanks and infantry accompanying attacking troops, but the follow-up and surrounding mechanized infantry of the leader division had not yet had time to fully close in to fill the gap.
When such a large area of mechanized infantry is missing, the gap where the heavy tank troops of the leading division are sent forward to pursue is used to carry out local infantry counterattacks.
Is this effective?
It may be effective, and it can even be said that it will definitely be effective when facing ordinary Red Army troops. If you make good use of the opportunity of this wave of tanks to coordinate and disconnect, you may be able to repel the attack in one fell swoop, and even if it doesn't work, you can gain some precious breathing time.
But as we all know, the Leader's Division is not an ordinary Red Army unit.
If this were an ordinary Red Army unit, or an ordinary Red Army unit like the Leader's Division, and the Germans were beating them with hammers, they would just pack up and surrender.
Malashenko knew very well what kind of situation he would encounter when he ordered the pursuit. It could even be said that he had already thought about what to do next in such a situation at the moment he ordered it.
Chasing Corian is only one of the goals. What Malashenko wants to test more is the German guy's reaction, and he wants to see if the German guy's IQ is still online.
Many times, it is much easier to deal with a normal enemy with an online IQ than a madman who cannot use common sense to think and judge.
At the very least, enemies with online IQs can be predicted, and their tactical arrangements and battlefield reactions are all regular and followable.
But the lunatic who makes random calls does not, and this is precisely the most fatal thing.
To Section Marashen's relief and a little bit of luck, the Germans still belong to the former group even now in the war.
These Germans who have ingrained rigid meticulousness into their souls are really rigorous and serious to the point that even at the last moment before failure, they still remain rational and do not go crazy. They are still doing things that can be understood by their opponents, and even more so.
Predictable tactical responses.
In this way, it could not be better for Malashenko.
The welcome dishes that have been prepared for the Germans will come in handy at this moment.
"All units stop and take aim, stop pursuing!"
Whether you want to keep equipment or keep people, no matter what you Germans choose, you have to leave something for me, Malashenko.
After all, the "Living King of Hell" Malashenko doesn't mind whether the thing he chews into his mouth is a piece of meat or a piece of iron. He will accept whatever he wants.
The Germans who were predicted to react to the change by Malashenko were turned around by Malashenko. From the beginning, Malashenko had no intention of killing all the Kollians now. He could only say that he would try to kill as many as possible.
Some are the best, but if the situation changes, other substitutes can be used to make do.
The entire local battlefield situation was thus transformed. It was no longer the heavy tank group of the leading division chasing the retreating Corians, thus exposing the weakness of the lack of cooperating infantry to the approaching German infantry.
Rather, they were a group of pure German infantrymen without heavy equipment, not even a decent armored vehicle, let alone a tank. They had stopped at a distance in the encirclement, and began to turn the muzzle of the gun to re-aim.
"Steel Line of Defense".
The offensive and defensive momentum became easier in an instant. The German commander who saw this scene clearly through the telescope felt a chill in his back. He had realized the problem and knew that it was a bad deal, but there was nothing he could do to save it and ordered the infantry to withdraw.
Chance.
"Aim at the approaching enemy infantry and fire!"
Boom boom boom——
What had been loaded into the chamber and ready to be fired were not armor-piercing rounds, but 122mm and 130mm high-explosive grenades.
The power of those high-explosive grenades fired with a bang was so great that before the German infantrymen who tried to charge came closer, they instantly fired a barrage of heavy artillery directly at their location.
A sufficient number of anti-tank infantry is very effective when dealing with tanks that lack cover and fight with a single arm. However, this is based on the premise that the uncovered tank troops rush to the defense line and launch an attack. A sufficient number of anti-tank infantry is waiting for work to defend.
The position may indeed produce good results.
But what would happen if the tanks on the opposite side, which lacked cover, did not move, and the anti-tank infantry left their positions to actively attack?
Consider the infantry group charging hard at a fortification group reinforced with artillery and machine guns. It's actually a similar situation. The only difference is that the Russian fortification group opposite is a mobile steel bunker.
Boom——
Boom——
Rumble——
One after another, shocking explosions rang out. Large-caliber heavy artillery and large-caliber machine guns jointly weaved fire nets and barrages flying together. The intensive projected firepower almost instantly formed a zone of destruction shrouded in the shadow of death.
The German infantry who were pressed into various trenches and foxholes and bombed and fired indiscriminately were completely unable to move. They did not even expect that this would be the case. The Russian tanks that were still advancing suddenly stopped.
, use the large-caliber grenades used against fortification bunkers to bombard these flesh-and-blood bodies of your own side.
"We're done! This is a trap, a trap! The Russians are just waiting for us to come up and die. It's all over!"
"Damn bastards! We became the scapegoats of those tough guys!"
"Fall back! We have to get out of here, fall back now!"
It is easier to think than to leave. The retreat road blocked by large-caliber direct-aimed artillery and heavy machine gun fire is almost a dead end. The only difference is whether it will be blown to pieces or beaten into a pile of pulp.
Of course, the difference is not big, and Malashenko doesn't care, as long as he is a German stick who is killed.
"Keep up the firepower! Press down and hit, don't let them raise their heads!"
The fire blockade, regardless of cost, completely suppressed this group of German infantry, which consisted of at least one battalion. Any attempt to retreat would be in vain under the pursuit of extended direct firepower, resulting in penetrating damage and area-of-effect damage, and would be crushed into powder.
Soon, Malashenko, who used crazy firepower to suppress the situation, got the result he wanted.
Not only the large number of scapegoat German infantry either saw the Kaiser, or were trembling in the bunker position where they could be killed at any time, and did not dare to move.
A large number of newly arrived infantrymen were already ready. They arrived by car a short distance and rejoined the heavy tank troops that had moved slightly ahead. Also accompanying them was the ISU-152 self-propelled artillery group that had completed its second round of ammunition supply.
They also belatedly opened up, and the triple combined power of "infantry, tank, and artillery" was once again fully integrated.
And this was exactly when Malashenko expected to launch the final decisive blow.