Steel Soviet Union

From the trenches and foxholes overhead, high-explosive shells fired directly at them kept roaring towards them. In the trenches in front of them, enemy infantrymen kept approaching and fired at their faces.

It is true that the current German army is the most powerful army in Europe. Although there has been an obvious decline in combat power due to the large number of battle losses of veterans and the large number of new recruits, in the final analysis, it is still confident and far better than the rifles at the end of the war. It's also brand new and shiny, much better than the original French one that left the factory.

But no matter how strong you are, there is always a limit. With cannonballs flying on your head and your face being strafed by automatic firearms, this kind of extremely strong firepower suppression is really not something that an army of average strength can withstand.

It's not the fault that the German army isn't strong enough, it's just that Comrade Ma is too perverted.

Then, under the cover of the powerful firepower of the tank's direct-aimed fire, and the simultaneous suppression of a large number of main guns and coaxial machine guns, the Red Army infantry who shuttled between the trenches and positions made rapid progress and fought extremely smoothly.

These Red Army soldiers who fight according to Malashenko's newly arranged group tactics, in groups of three and five, can at least be used in close combat conditions when encountering fully-organized German infantry squads. Semi-automatic light weapons are evenly matched and will never be suppressed by the opponent's individual light weapons.

And those difficult targets are nothing more than the deployment positions of various cunning and extremely cunning German machine gun firepower points.

The general Red Army infantry would indeed have a headache when encountering such an opponent, but there was no such problem in the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division.

The first wave starts with a grenade greeting. If the grenade greeting cannot be knocked down, just throw a smoke bomb and hit the face.

That's right, it's a smoke bomb.

The projectile smoke grenade launcher captured from the German army gave Malashenko a lot of inspiration. This kind of thing can not only be used in tanks, but can also be used as a signal gun in the hands of infantry. It is considered to be one of the German equipment. A nice, simple and practical invention.

After the last division-level expansion, the people under Karamov have now reached the size of a regiment with quite a lot of personnel. Moreover, this unit that integrates logistics, baggage, repairs, daily maintenance and upkeep does not yet need to Take part in any frontline battle. Although we are usually responsible for a lot of work, in the final analysis we still have a considerable staff surplus.

With such a large group of people under his command, it is naturally impossible for Malashenko to just let them sit idle and do nothing.

Malashenko found Karamov and asked him to find a way to get himself some improvised hand-thrown smoke poppers. The quantity does not need to be too large, just test whether it is easy to use or not. If it is easy to use, then report it for mass production. In short, let's treat it as a pilot unit to test the actual combat effect.

The principle of smoke grenades is not complicated. The infantry regiment of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division is equipped with many smoke grenades fired by mortars. It's just that the size of the thing is a little too big, so it's not suitable for infantry to carry it on their bodies as grenades and throw them out anytime and anywhere. Karamov's job is to transform them into new varieties that are easier for infantry to carry and throw.

Karamov, who likes to work alone, happily took on this task. Considering the actual combat use proposed by Malashenko, the charge of this hand-thrown smoke grenade used to mark close-range signals is very small. The smoke produced does not create a decent smoke screen and dissipates very quickly, but it is no problem to mark a very obvious general range within half a minute.

For example, a hand-thrown smoke grenade that is smaller than the Soviet army's own lemon grenade can produce enough smoke to cover a radius of five meters, and it can last for at least thirty seconds in an environment without strong winds before gradually emitting smoke. dissipate.

According to Malashenko's tactical concept, such practical function is undoubtedly perfect.

At first, when this small thing that was not like a grenade but more like a large stone was thrown at their feet, the German infantrymen who were manipulating the machine guns still felt something was wrong and even slightly confused.

"Hans, why is this thing blowing out white smoke? What did the Russians throw?"

It was definitely not a grenade. Not only was the size and shape wrong, but it was also outrageous that it didn't explode within ten seconds. Delay grenades didn't have such a delay.

"Could this be a poison gas bomb? I heard that the Russians also studied this and captured Japanese people in the Far East for experiments. Dirk told me."

"What?! You mean gas bombs? Take out the gas mask, hurry up!"

The large-scale use of poison gas bombs is an old story from World War I, but the German army itself, as the "poison gas master" during World War I, was still quite prepared for this deadly carbon-based biological killer weapon.

There is a gas mask in the tube hanging on the back of every German soldier. This thing is like the famous "condom truth" in later generations: you would rather have it on your body at all times than not use it, but you would never want to have it. When I went into battle, I realized I didn't have a gun, so I carried it with me regardless of whether I needed it or not.

A few stupid German recruits, who had just been sent to the battlefield less than two months ago, took out their gas masks and prepared to fasten them on their faces. The smoke under their feet was like a large-scale New Year's fireworks, moving at an extremely fast speed. Burning rises. Before the gas mask was fully put on, it had already filled the surroundings and filled the air, covering several people in it.

"Poisonous gas, it may really be poisonous gas. I hope this thing can work."

Frankly speaking, the white smoke bombs thrown by the Red Army soldiers were indeed poisonous gas, but it was not chemical poisonous gas but physical poisonous gas.

What is the specific physical poison gas method?

Just listen to the roaring shells that follow.

The 85mm high-explosive grenade that came out of the barrel came with a piercing scream of wind. It had no precise aim and no enemy unit was directly targeted. It just whizzed towards the general direction of the rising smoke. Come.

The flesh and blood body often does not need to be directly hit in the face of larger caliber surface-based weapons.

The gunner who fired the shells could not really see the MG42 hidden in the trench and used lying fire to block the entire trench, but he was right to aim in the direction of the rising smoke. This was a tactical arrangement that had been engraved in his head. It was agreed in advance.

The shell finally penetrated the white smoke, triggered the fuse and exploded on the trench soil that had not completely thawed. The scattered flames and projectile fragments swept around like a storm in an instant. Several German soldiers with gas masks on their heads The soldiers were only four or five meters away, so it was inevitable that they would be instantly devoured by flames and projectile fragments.

As for what the final result will be after this, everyone can probably guess it, so there is no need to say more.