Chapter 269 Camouflage
It is not difficult to solve Katyusha's problem. Major Zakhakovic directly threw this problem to Rokossovsky... Even if it is difficult, it is Moscow's difficulty.
But this is not difficult for Moscow.
Rokossovsky reported this problem to Zhukov, and Zhukov immediately organized personnel to collect information on nearby rockets, and added a rocket battalion to Tver.
"A bazooka battalion!" Major Zahakavic said: "They will arrive in two hours!"
Shulka and Major Gavrilov nodded.
You must know that the reason why 4 "Katyusha" rocket launchers are organized into a company is because the power of 4 simultaneous bombing can form a blow to the German army facing the frontal attack and cause a lot of casualties.
There are even such things on the battlefield:
Because the "Katyusha" was still a secret equipment at this time, it was still an "unidentified artillery" in the German report, that is, the German army thought it was bombed by artillery.
In order to allow the German army to continue this "misunderstanding", the Soviet army often did not notify the frontline officers and soldiers when they sent rockets to the battlefield.
As a result, once, when four rocket launchers fired at the attacking German army to drive the German army back, the uninformed Soviet army was also frightened and withdrew from the position after witnessing the tremendous power of the artillery.
This is probably the only equipment that can defeat both the enemy and our troops at the same time.
A rocket artillery battalion has 12 rocket artillery, which is enough to complete Shulka's latent plan... After all, it is just bombing the bridgehead defense line within a range of 200 meters.
The next step is the coordination and latent preparation of the various troops.
The first is the camouflage of the tank.
This is not a difficult task... T34 tanks are fighting now, the armor is full of bullet holes and scratches, and it looks scarred at first glance.
Major Gavrilov ingeniously asked his subordinates to get some paint.
"I saw a school on the way!" Major Gavrilov said to the guards: "Go get some paints and someone who can draw!"
The guards responded and took some people there. After a while, they came with paint and a woman. She was an art teacher at the school. She looked a little frightened. She looked at the group of soldiers with a pale face and trembling, not knowing what she was doing. Did I do something wrong.
And the soldiers cheered and whistled all the way when they saw her... This is a rare sight on the battlefield.
"Don't be afraid!" Major Gavrilov comforted her: "We are the Soviet army!"
"I know this, Major!" The art teacher replied: "But this is also a battlefield..."
"What's your name?" asked Major Gavrilov.
"My name is Yevglasha, Comrade Major!"
"Evglasha, we need your help!" Major Gavrilov raised his head towards the six tanks parked on the roadside: "Did you see them? Six tanks, I hope you can take them 'Dressed up' to look more like a destroyed tank...you know what I mean!"
Yevglasha nodded.
"You need to move faster!" Major Gavrilov took out his pocket watch and said, "I can only give you one hour, can you do it?"
"Of course, Comrade Major!" Yevglasha seemed to calm down at this time, took the brushes and paints from the guards and began to "dress up" the tank.
Every now and then she adds a little "blood" here, some black dots there, and sometimes even draws a black hole in the armor...
Fedosiev looked at the black hole and couldn't help but exclaimed: "The painting is really good! I almost thought my tank was penetrated by the enemy!"
"No, Fedosyev!" the actor laughed: "She shot through your heart with the arrow of Cupid!"
The soldiers around couldn't help but "coax" and laughed.
Fedosiev's face turned red in a flash, and he didn't even dare to look directly at Yevglasha... This seemed to be a tacit consent to the actor's "complaint".
Shulka smiled knowingly. He didn't expect that Fedosiev usually looked carefree but was a shy young man.
Soon, Yevglasha disguised several tanks, and they really looked good.
After thinking about it, Shulka said: "Comrade Yevglasha, I think you still need to 'dress up' for us!"
Yevglasha seemed to understand what these soldiers were going to do at this time, she couldn't help but looked at Shulka in surprise, then looked at the bridge deck, and asked, "You don't pretend to be corpses and lurk on the bridge, do you?"
"You seem to know some knowledge about war!" This surprised Shulka.
"Of course!" Yevglasha replied: "My brother is one of you, he should be in Volokolamsk now..."
"16th Army?" Shulka asked.
"Yes, how do you know?"
"We just came from there not long ago!"
"Have you seen him?" Yevglasha suddenly became nervous: "He belongs to the 44th Cavalry Division. He has a scar on his forehead, right here..."
Yevglasha pointed to the top of her right eye and said, "That was injured when he fell during horseback riding training last year. If you have seen him, you must have an impression!"
Everyone around fell silent.
The 44th Cavalry Division was wiped out at the moment the counterattack was launched...Of course not everyone died, but it is said that only 200 of the 3,000 people in a division can come back alive, and there are many wounded among them.
In other words, Yevglasha’s brother may have died, but she didn’t know it yet... Of course she didn’t know that her brother was fighting in the Soviet army, while she was in the German-occupied area.
But even if she is not in the enemy-occupied area, it is difficult for the Soviet army at this time to notify the family members of the death on the front line in time.
"What's wrong?" Yevglasha asked.
"No, nothing?" Shulka replied, and then turned to his subordinates: "Has any of you ever seen a cavalry comrade with a scar on his forehead? The 44th Cavalry Division!"
The soldiers quickly understood, and they took up Shulka's topic:
"No, Comrade Lieutenant! I haven't seen it!"
"However, a few days ago, I met people from the 44th Cavalry Division. They rode tall horses and looked majestic!"
"Yes, they are in Volokolamsk!"
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This reassured Yevglasha.
"I think you should prepare your things!" Shulka said: "Take your family, we will probably evacuate here before dawn... You should go back to Moscow with us!"
Speaking of Shulka, he asked Fedosiev on the tank: "Do you think so, Comrade Fedosiev?"
"Oh, yes!" Fedosiev blushed again: "Of course, I mean, I will find you a place!"
"In the tank?" the actor interjects.
There was laughter again from around.
(end of this chapter)
