Steel Soviet Union

"It's like this every time. In the end, you have to raise your hands and surrender, but these German guys have to do something for you every time to resist. Google search reading is like what you said, how do you say that? ? Uh, I have to take off my pants and fart every time. Now that I think about it, this description is really appropriate. I’m serious.”

After the battle, Malashenko did not return to Kulbalov's brigade headquarters. Instead, he led the soldiers to the nearest forward position, which was the defense zone of the 267th Infantry Division, and began to assist in the defense.

At the beginning, he did not send his troops to the 267th Infantry Division defense area to assist in the defense. That was because Malashenko knew about the sudden existence of the leader division, which had only arrived in the war zone not long ago.

Judging from the German's intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities, coupled with the current 44-year military defeat and the overall decline, Malashenko has reason to believe that the German is unaware of the arrival of the leader's division and has no idea that he is in person. There is such a ferocious armored bear parked behind the enemy's defense zone.

At this time, you need to use your intelligence gap to take advantage of it, and make a covert attack to catch the Germans off guard. The reality is that Malashenko did exactly that, and his first victory in the battle was a good start in the East Prussia campaign, without giving the leader The division and even the entire Third Belorussian Front were disgraced.

Furthermore, after a covert surprise attack, the only advantage of the asymmetric intelligence gap has been used up. Malashenko knows that the Germans on the opposite side who suffered such a big loss must now also understand that the group on the opposite side is pretending to be pigs and eating tigers. I'm afraid the Russians are quite difficult to mess with. The so-called garrison of an ordinary infantry division here is just a fishing trick, at least it seems so to the German commander.

So if he wants the Germans to be stupid and easily repeat the old plan of making dumplings in front of the position, Malashenko feels that it is just unrealistic.

So, Malashenko, who simply stopped acting, directly led his troops to help defend the 267th Infantry Division. Since you Germans also know about it, I will just leave it here and wait for you.

Because of this, after a bloody battle just now, the 267th Infantry Division's defense area, which suffered heavy casualties, not only did not weaken in strength, but also increased in strength, especially the anti-tank firepower of the position.

Those IS6 and IS4 heavy tanks with strong armor and powerful guns are simply mobile steel anti-tank bunkers in terms of position defense. As long as some repairs are made to some parking bunkers for heavy tanks, such as digging a not too complicated earth pit, building up mounds of earth, and hiding the behemoth-like body of the heavy tank behind the civil fortifications, it will be lowered. Hit area.

Then this is definitely a qualified positional anti-tank firepower point, and the combat efficiency is definitely much higher than those ordinary anti-tank guns. The thick armor is completely indestructible to ordinary German direct-aiming support firepower. This is much stronger than the human body covering the mantlet of ordinary anti-tank guns.

"It always feels weird to park a tank behind a slope and use it as an anti-tank gun. It's like a target. We should maneuver to find fighters and capture the enemy's weaknesses in order to maximize the results, don't you think? ?”

The front foot complained about the German gun surrendering, and the back foot complained that it was too unqualified to use the heavy tank as an anti-tank firepower point. In short, Iushkin, this kid, couldn't stop talking. He was sitting next to the car with him. Malashenko, who was leaning back and lighting a cigarette in his mouth, just replied casually.

"The 267th Division lost a lot of anti-tank guns, and they themselves are very short of heavy equipment. If we don't leave some heavy equipment to help, when the Germans come over in the next wave, they will only have anti-tank guns left to follow. Those crappy cars from the Germans have to do something, and we are the best ones right now.”

"Uh, okay, you're right. I just think that our own vehicles are not enough now. Now let's divide the troops into a group of them. It won't be good if the Germans don't have enough mobile troops when they attack again."

Think about yourself first before helping others, Iushkin said, and there is really nothing wrong with it. If you help others until something goes wrong yourself, then that is indeed a big problem.

"Don't worry about this. Half of the brigade has been assembled in Varosha. This guy can assemble his troops very quickly, even faster than that man can assemble his troops. Now we have pieced it all together and we already have one. Multiple brigades and three artillery battalions are available, and the overall strength of the leader division has now returned to about 70%, which is enough to have fun with those fascists. "

Varosha really wanted to ask who "that man" Malashenko was talking about, but Comrade Commander didn't give him a chance. After taking the last puff of cigarette in his mouth, he stood up and left, going down to inspect the position and the situation of the troops. .

Iushkin wanted to follow and join in the fun, but he didn't expect that before he could take a step forward, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the turret behind him and held his shoulder firmly, preventing him from moving.

"Hey, I caught you! Don't try to escape this time. Come over and help load the shells. There are not a single round left in the turret ammunition rack and they are all empty. You will have to be busy for a while."

For about three or four times in a row, Artyom couldn't find Iushkin when the battle was over and the car needed to replenish shells. Or he was sleeping soundly. You go up and ask him to help. He also said that his stomach hurt, his head was dizzy and he felt uncomfortable, and he needed to take a rest first, so he didn’t work.

But Iushkin couldn't run away this time, Artyom had already caught him on the spot.

"Can't you and Sergey do it together? Do you have to bring me along?"

Iushkin still kept complaining, although his movements no longer meant to chase Malashenko.

"Stop talking nonsense, you are the only one who likes to be lazy when working. One of Sergey and I is picking up the cannonballs on the turret, and the other is passing the cannonballs under the car, so who is going to carry the cannonballs over? Huh? The cannonballs run to the car on their own with long legs. Wait for us to move? This is a job for at least three people. Hurry up, the Germans may call again soon. Let's hurry up."

"Those German guys were beaten out of their shit, and they did it right away. Even if they had the courage, they wouldn't dare to hit them again."

The grumbling Iushkin, Artyom, and Sergey began to work. Replenishing ammunition for the IS7's 130mm cannon was indeed not an easy job, especially since this gun has a high rate of fire. , a large consumption of main shells, coupled with the huge 130mm artillery shells, even the large size of the IS7 cannot hold many rounds, so supplementary artillery shells after each battle are almost necessary.

The driver, Seryosha, who did not need anyone to help him yet, was holding his own small wrench, tapping on the guide wheel in front of the car body, and looking at the road wheel, which was busy repairing.

The IS7, which is indeed overweight, has the inherent disadvantage of low average trouble-free hours of running gear, so Seryosha, who has gradually become familiar with the performance and conditions of the car, must be cautious and check more.

On the other side, Malashenko, who had just arrived at the battlefield ruins on the position, also began his inspection.