Sometimes, whether the rationality of the weapon design is sufficient is not measured by what the optimal solution should be under the best circumstances. It does not mean that only the best and most reasonable designed weapon can perform well on the battlefield.
For example, take the BMP43.
It is true that this is a "temporary" weapon designed with traces of "rushed work" all over the body. It is just that Malashenko did not want his soldiers to be hung outside the tank as human flesh with additional armor or installed on the Liantian Linggai.
They didn't even have a convertible to charge at the German gunmen, just to have a fully enclosed weapon designed for the purpose of self-defense and suppressing firepower.
But who said that the weapon made in such a hurry is that the German stick is easy to deal with and is very crotch-stretching?
Just in this era, the infantry fighting vehicle itself is a very advanced weapon.
You have to know that even if the Germans on the opposite side are driving a half-track like the SDKFZ 251, they can carry out some kind of youth version of blitzkrieg and take over the whole of Europe at the speed of light. The increase in combat power brought by mechanized troop carriers these days is difficult to achieve.
Believe it or not, the core reason is not that your equipment is awesome, but that your opponent is too stretched.
A group of squatters who only know how to squat in a pit and defend their position meet someone who is running around on steel wheels and tracks like Nezha on Hot Wheels. Who has a crotch and who is awesome? Do you need to ask?
In the same way, you, the German guy, have reached this point, but in the end, you encountered the first fully enclosed tracked infantry fighting vehicle equipped with medium firepower in human history. So if the German guy doesn't pull his hips, who will pull his hips?
If you don't tuck your pants under the leader's synthetic tactical arrangements, your German guy's intestines will be clean.
Equipment that was ahead of its time coupled with advanced tactical concepts and troop arrangements resulted in the final result of equipment design flaws being infinitely reduced and covered up.
BMP43 is indeed not that good, far from perfect. Even from the perspective of peacetime design, this is a piece of junk that is unqualified and should be killed in the design bidding stage.
But what does it matter? Who makes you more German?
In Malashenko's words, the equipment that can make your Germans run thin, no matter whether it is well designed or not, even if it is designed to be a bit unbearable to look at, it is still true in both the literal and practical senses.
Good equipment.
"Yes, the current leadership division is indeed far beyond those Nazis. You have reason to be proud of leading the most powerful field group in the world, Malashenko. Even I heard it in Moscow
I have heard countless voices of envy for you. Even if you are the founder of the leadership division, there are still countless people who envy the results you have achieved in this position. Even if they are not capable of doing what you do, they are still extremely envious. I am serious.
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Kogin spoke sincerely, and of course Malashenko responded with the same answer.
"It doesn't matter whether others envy or not, what's important is that the leader division can efficiently and ruthlessly crush any pure ground unit that dares to block the way. No matter what they are, as long as they dare to block the leader division, they will only be destroyed. Only if you can do this
is the most important."
"At this point, I don't mind whether I have personal fame or glory."
"Even if I were asked to take off these clothes and go home to farm as a farmer, I would be happy, as long as the leader division can be put to full use as a Nazi crusher. Maybe this is not an appropriate description, just from the perspective of war command
From a military perspective, the Leader Division has always been the most cruel and ruthless Nazi crusher on the war map. It is efficient enough to scare those Nazis. Being able to maintain this is the most important thing."
"As for envy? I really want to go home and farm one day. Why would I care about this? If there are still people who envy me for farming, then be envious. It's also good to envy comrades who are workers and peasants. I'm happy to see it happen."
I don’t know whether he really meant it or just mentioned it casually. After hearing this, Kogin thought for a while and said what he said next, which surprised Malashenko, who had not expected it.
"Do you really plan to go home and farm in the future? How about you come to work here? It's a waste of your brain, which seems to have an endless supply of design inspiration, to think about how many seeds to sow in a piece of soil."
"I'm not saying that anyone who dares to agree to let you farm is almost a crime against the motherland. You can better use your talents with me, and I will keep you safe, bring your family with you, and leave everything to me.
Let’s make arrangements to ensure your satisfaction.”
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Malashenko smiled after hearing this, but there was actually a hint of surprise hidden in his smile, but he didn't express it.
I had never thought of a proposal like Ke Jing's before, but now that I think about it, it seems that such a place would be fun and relaxing, at least after a quick thought, it seems not bad.
"I can't tell. Let's wait and see later."
"One day I will retire, and the leadership division will also usher in the second and third division commanders, and the inheritance will continue. As long as this inheritance can be guaranteed to continue, then no matter what I do after retirement, even if I face the
With the loess turned to the sky, even farming under the bright sun is satisfying."
Of course, it was not only Kotin who could hear Malashenko's words, but also the soldiers who were walking together in the infantry tanks.
"Your division commander is very open-minded, comrades. There are so many people who have to queue up to envy his position. It's good for him to be so open-minded and talk about going home to farm. Is he usually like this?"
Ke Jing's question was obviously in a joking tone, and the soldiers sitting in rows one after another in the car also laughed when they heard this. Everyone began to answer Ke Jing's question in a flurry of words, talking about how the division commander and the leader usually work.
Malashenko also got in on the fun things about his teacher and made fun of himself. The car was filled with laughter and joy for a while.
It was as if this was not a major general and a lieutenant general sitting in a car, but an ordinary infantry squad without any hierarchical barriers or inaccessibility.
Ke Jin, who was grinning and laughing amidst the laughter, also noticed this invisibly, and couldn't help but sigh that he had never seen this in any front-line field troops before.
Those generals who think highly of themselves because of their status are not even willing to live with soldiers, and they self-righteously believe that generals and soldiers should be separated from each other. This has nothing to do with their personal professional abilities, it is purely about their treatment.
There are many people who have attitude problems about something and still retain the problems and bad habits left over from the wasted era.
But Malashenko is different, it can even be said to be completely different.
Kotin’s most intuitive feeling is that Malashenko never seems to regard himself as a “noble” general or division commander. He can always get along with the soldiers on various occasions and integrate into one. Every time the soldiers mention their
When speaking of a division commander, it is as if he is talking about a familiar comrade in the same class, a trustworthy big brother, a good brother, rather than a general and a comrade division commander who can distinguish between high and low at the first word.
It was also at this time that Kogin suddenly recalled what Malashenko had said before.
At first I thought it was a casual mention made by Malashenko unintentionally, but now considering the situation, it is obvious that it is not.
Malashenko not only talks what he says, but also does what he does. This is even more admirable than how well he can get along with the soldiers.
"Division commander is work, and being in love with comrades is life. Why should I bring work into life? When I think it is life time, I am me. I am Malashenko, not comrade division commander and tank soldier major general.