Chapter 183 Tank Ambush
"Block them?" Shulka couldn't help asking: "Do they know that we only have a dozen tanks with frequent failures and a regiment of troops?"
"There is another engineer regiment!" the instructor added.
"Oh, yes, the Engineer Corps!" Shulka said: "They will build fortifications for us. And the enemy has three divisions, two of which are armored divisions!"
"I know that, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said. "The problem is that our task is to hold it! Our main force is 20 kilometers away from here on the front line. If they occupy Tula, they will not only cut off the Our army's supply line surrounds the main force of our army, and will also fight along this supply line to Moscow..."
As mentioned before, because the road is muddy and there are a lot of mines and roadblocks, the main supply line is the railway.
Shulka turned his gaze to the instructor.
"Are there any questions, Comrade Shulka?" asked the instructor.
"I remember someone said... the main task of the 333rd Regiment is to stabilize the hearts of the people!" Shulka said: "That is to say, you can't fight tough battles, otherwise the casualties will be too great to carry out propaganda!"
"I said it!" The instructor replied: "However... if you can fight a hard battle and survive, I think the publicity effect will be better!"
Shulka almost collapsed.
"We have no other choice, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "At the same time the superiors have no choice!"
Shulka knew the meaning of Major Gavrilov's words, which almost meant the life and death of Moscow.
After thinking for a while, Shulka said: "We need to mobilize immediately, Major! We also need to change our tactics, otherwise our current defense line will not be able to stop the enemy!"
"Of course!" Major Gavrilov agreed: "The question is what tactics to use!"
At this time, Shulka thought of a word: tank ambush.
The tank ambush was proposed by Katukov, the first hero of the Soviet Union. This tactic is mainly to use the cover of terrain and buildings to ambush the tanks on both sides of the road, and wait for the German tanks and troops to move along the road. Attacked from both sides.
It is more suitable for Soviet tanks that are not good at maneuvering and coordination to fight against German tanks, because such an ambush only needs to hide in the tank trench and fire at the enemy with an order.
But of course, this tactic was not available to Katukov... The classic battle he fought took place in October.
Moreover, Shulka intends to make some improvements to tank ambushes.
"We must use the engineers!" Shulka said: "Let them dig anti-tank trenches in front of the position!"
"It may not be of much use, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "The Germans will fill the anti-tank trenches!"
"Of course!" Shulka replied, "But what if they can't fill it in?"
"Can't fill it in?" Major Gavrilov didn't understand what Shulka meant: "It's impossible, as long as they know where the anti-tank trenches are..."
Major Gavrilov looked at Shulka suspiciously.
It's just a matter of time, sandbags, stones, etc., there will be nothing that can't be filled.
"Ordinary anti-tank trenches can indeed be filled!" Shulka said: "But if these anti-tank trenches are irregular and invisible...they don't know where to fill them!"
"Is there any anti-tank trench that you can't see?" The Fuming government, who had never interrupted, asked with an incredulous expression.
"Mud, Comrade Commissar!" Shulka said: "When we have dug the anti-tank trench, we will fill it with mud or some other cover..."
Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fomin couldn't help being stunned.
"This seems to be a feasible method!" Major Gavrilov said: "After the mud is poured, it looks no different from other places on the surface!"
"Yes!" Commissar Fumin said, "And the mud is everywhere!"
"Why is it irregular?" the instructor asked.
"If it is a regular anti-tank trench!" Shulka said: "The enemy can easily detect its trend and then cross these anti-tank trenches! Because it is a complete one, and then find a way to cross it. But If it's irregular, I mean one here and one there..."
"Then they won't be able to fill it in!" Major Gavrilov said: "Because they don't know where!"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "We don't even need to dig the anti-tank trenches too deep and too long. In fact, we only need to dig a few holes, and the tank will probably not be able to get up if it falls headlong." Come!"
Everyone nodded.
You must know that there is mud everywhere around here, and the tanks may get stuck in the pits when they are driving on the road. If the pits are artificially dug, and these pits are still filled with mud, it is impossible to see... So It will become a trap that tanks cannot pass through.
"It's like a swamp, a swamp for tanks!" said Commissar Fumin.
"And what about the railway?" Major Gavrilov said: "They can attack from the railway!"
"If the enemy tanks can only advance along the railway, things will be simple!" Shulka took out a few bullets and used them to represent the enemy's tanks. We ambushed tanks or anti-tank guns on both sides of the railway... just destroy the few in front and the few behind, and they will block their entire tank army on the railway!"
"And we have set up traps in the mud next to the railway!" Commissar Fuming said in surprise: "As soon as they leave the railway, they will fall into the trap and cannot move!"
Shuerka nodded: "Simply put, we can exchange a few ambush tanks or a few tank guns for their entire team of tanks!"
"But this requires us to have a high hit rate!" Major Gavrilov said: "If we can't accurately hit the enemy tanks at the head and tail, they will break into our defense line along the railway!"
"Yes!" said Shulka, "so we need the best gunners!"
Gavrilov shook his head and said with a wry smile: "We don't have the best gunner, Shulka! Coupled with the poor visibility in this weather...we can't pin our hopes on them!"
"Then, we're going to give them some pre-battle training!" Shulka said.
"Pre-battle training?"
Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fumin were puzzled.
You must know that it is less than ten hours before dawn, which means that the Soviet army only has ten hours at most.
At this time, the training can be described as "grinding the guns before the battle"... What effect can it play? !
(end of this chapter)
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