There are many times in this world where you can predict the worst situations, changes, and disasters, but what you can predict is not directly related to the event itself. It should be the worst, and it will come in the worst form, and it will come in the worst form.
It won't change just because you can predict it.
Just like the situation the "Volga" siege team is encountering now.
Dong dong dong dong——
call out--
"Mortar! Get down quickly!"
When the whistling sound like continuous drum beating came, it was accompanied by a unique scream that could make people's ears numb.
The first reaction of a squad leader who was following the IS7 heavy tank was to shout loudly and tell his soldiers to get down quickly. What happened in the next second was enough to prove the squad leader's decision.
How correct.
Boom-boom-boom--
Continuous mortar shells continued to fall on the streets like hail from the sky. The moment they fell, they exploded into bright and deadly fireworks, spraying hot chemical energy, roaring and deadly.
Most of the soldiers who fell to the ground in time escaped unharmed, but this was not all.
There were still several soldiers who were neither shielded by the thick tank armor nor lucky enough to survive due to the reduced area being hit by bullets. They were directly hit by sharp shrapnel that struck at high speed, and their blood was spilled on the spot.
"Uh-huh, arm. My arm."
"Don't move! The arm is still there! The health worker! Where is the health worker!? There are wounded people here!!!"
"Be careful, it's here again! Hidden!!!"
Woohoo——
boom--
War is the best classroom, and bloody battles are the best teaching materials.
The Soviets were not the only ones who learned their skills from the purgatory school of Stalingrad.
Although they were not able to bring out an entire group of experienced troops from that city of purgatory to teach and share tactics and combat techniques like the Soviets did.
But not all was lost for the Germans.
They summarized their experiences and lessons, dug out all the telegrams and combat reports sent and received during the battle, and found all the survivors of the Sixth Army who were lucky enough to be allowed to return home for leave before the encirclement was closed, and who also experienced the brutal and bloody battle.
Try every means to convert the memories in their minds into words, data, and entities that can be copied, learned and used.
The "rooftop mortar drop" was originally invented by the Soviet army and used in defensive operations. Now the Germans who have "learned and used it" have directly copied it without modification and used it in what they now use as a weapon.
During the Battle of Berlin on the defensive side, it was like a big pendulum hanging from the head, constantly hitting the Russians' foreheads hard.
When the offensive and defensive roles were reversed, it was now the Red Army's turn to taste what the Germans in Stalingrad felt like when they were pushed on the streets and bombed until they lost their temper.
You are thinking about calling in the field artillery group outside the city for counter-artillery operations. Firstly, there are buildings blocking the trajectory of the projectile. Secondly, the accuracy of artillery fire is really not that good these days. You want the long-barreled long-range direct-fire howitzer to hit the roof of a high-rise building.
The goal is really difficult.
At least most of the artillery shells will fly over or beside the target building. This can be confirmed.
If artillery with direct fire is not effective, what about artillery with direct fire?
Don't ask, don't even think about it. At least until you blow down the entire building, those mortar teams that are not within your visual range are not afraid of you at all. The solid building and the high altitude that do not require visual contact.
Curved projectiles are their best talisman.
But this is still not enough to be hopeless. At least the "Volga" commander in charge of leading the team thought of other methods this time. Regardless of whether it is possible or not, Chengdu plans to try it first.
"Ocharov, answer me! How is the situation over there? What was the result of the test!?"
On the other side of the radio, after some attempts, it was discovered that the plan did not work. A bearded captain who had just led the people to withdraw was holding the transmitter in his hand, and he was obviously out of breath after running for his life and answered.
"No, Comrade Battalion Commander!"
"I took people to try it out. Those Nazi bastards' cannons are bigger than ours and can hit farther than us. They are also condescending and have a range bonus. Our small cannons can't reach that high in the target distance.
After several shots were fired, they all missed, so I really had no choice but to take my men and withdraw first."
"Damn it! Sukabule!!!"
Comrade "Volga" angrily cursed directly on the radio, but he was not scolding his own soldiers, but the cunning and treacherous Germans on the opposite side.
There is a rule of truth in the military that is universal in all times, and it is called: When you don’t know how to restrain a sharp weapon in the opponent’s hand, it is optimal to use a weapon that is as close as possible to that sharp weapon to counterattack and hedge.
Solution.
Since a cat cannot catch a mouse, then raising a mouse and fighting the opposite mouse can at least theoretically give you a 50% chance of winning.
The reason is such a simple truth.
Therefore, Comrade "Volga" wanted to try to see if he could raise the mortar with a mortar.
Unfortunately, the answer is no.
The mechanized infantry of the Leader Division, which pursues high mobility, are all light infantry. Not to mention the towed howitzers of the conventional infantry division, even the mortars are only symbolically equipped with some small and medium-caliber ones.
The mortars deployed by the Germans on the roofs of high-rise buildings are obviously not good. Large caliber and long barrels are inevitable without even thinking about it.
These gangsters dominated the entire square construction area from a high position, and the few small-caliber mortars brought in by the "Volga River" siege team were no match at all.
The horizontal heights of the guns on both sides are not on the same plane at all. If the depression angle of the gun barrel is lowered, the range is sufficient, but the height cannot be reached. The shells cannot be sent to the roof of the building and can only hit the middle of the building. Raise the elevation angle of the gun barrel.
The height is sufficient, but the range is insufficient. The shells will only land at a relatively close position downstairs and make a sound, or kill some unlucky German who is passing by, but they are still useless.
The leader division, which has a powerful direct-fire self-propelled artillery group and an even more powerful direct-aiming support firepower group, has fought in so many battles and won many battles. The results are numerous and invincible. This is the first time that I have encountered such a disgusting situation.
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The first time I encountered both direct-fire artillery and direct-aiming artillery, I couldn't handle it. I had to use slingshot mortars to do the job. Unfortunately, I didn't have the best time to take advantage of the weapons.
But after all, the problem is only relative, as Malashenko said.
If your artillery fire is not enough to solve your troubles, then there is a 99.99% chance that your firepower is still insufficient.
The self-prepared last resort has proved to be unable to solve the problem. Comrade "Volga" has no choice but to resort to the last resort - the three 16-tube steel behemoths that are driving through the street.