Chapter 769 Collaborative Operations
The 51st Army has only one tank division with more than 100 tanks... This is the result of reorganization after Surovikino suffered heavy casualties, and some of the tanks are wounded.
"But placing the infantry division in the front can't change this situation!" Trufanov asked Shulka: "You mean, let the infantry conduct fire reconnaissance in the front?"
Fire reconnaissance is a commonly used tactic of the Soviet army. Simply put, infantry charge forward to attract the enemy to fire, and then find out the enemy's firepower deployment.
"You can say that!" Shulka replied: "But I'm not talking about fire reconnaissance!"
Speaking of Shulka, he pointed to the map and said: "What I mean is that the infantry is lurking ahead instead of charging. At the same time, we distribute artillery observers and tanks to follow the infantry among the infantry. The signal troops follow up and the infantry advance. Wherever you go, the communication soldiers will set up the phone there..."
Trufanov somewhat understood what Shulka meant: "Then let the tanks and artillery advance as fire support for the infantry?"
"Yes!" Shulka nodded.
"This is difficult!" Trufanov said: "They have not been trained like this, and they have never fought like this!"
"I know!" Shulka replied: "But they need to do it now! So, I think the best thing to put forward is the Naval Infantry Battalion... We happen to have enough Naval Infantry in our army!"
What Shulka said is actually what infantry soldiers do in modern warfare.
This tactic is simple to say, but it is not easy to do it.
The reason is that it involves the coordination of rifles, tanks, guns, and even the air force... On the one hand, the requirements for communication equipment are high, and on the other hand, the quality requirements for infantry are not as high as that of an infantry in this era. meet the requirements.
Needless to say the reason.
Infantry should be able to command artillery, report coordinates and guide artillery to bomb targets like artillery observers when necessary, command tanks to shoot at targets, and even indicate the location for the air force...
This almost requires infantry to be omnipotent, and can fight and rush when necessary.
Of course, not every infantry is required to be all-round, but there must be soldiers in the army who can do this and be prepared to coordinate.
Shuerka wants to achieve this with the existing conditions, or barely achieve this. On the one hand, he uses a telephone line instead of a walkie-talkie.
This is obviously a shortcoming. The telephone line is easily blown up by artillery fire and there is no guarantee. At the same time, the darkness of the front line will also lead to problems such as command and guidance confusion.
But now I can only make do with it.
On the other hand, the more serious problem is the quality of the troops...
This is divided into two levels. In terms of coordination, it’s okay to talk about it. As Shulka said, some artillery observers and tank followers are assigned to the infantry. The infantry can directly tell them if they want the cover of artillery or tanks. These arms then give orders to artillery and tanks.
The problem is that the Soviet infantry has never fought like this, and their tactical thinking is all stuck in World War II or even World War I... At this time, it seems to be World War II, but from Shulka's perspective, their tactics are very backward.
As Trufanov said, they have not received relevant training. They have been taught that when fighting, they should not be afraid of sacrifice, not afraid of difficulties, and then grab their rifles and charge in the direction of the enemy...even the infantry guards are no exception .
In fact, the infantry guards should be said to be typical in this regard, because most of them get the designation of "Guards" because they are "not afraid of sacrifice" and "not afraid of difficulties" on the battlefield, and then heroically charge towards the enemy.
So, if Shulka puts these infantry in the front... They have no synergy at all, and they still wave their pistols as usual: "Comrades, for Stalin, for the Soviet... Go!"
Then rush forward like a colony of ants, then everything is over, waiting for them are machine guns and shells, even if artillery observers and tank followers are deployed among them, even if the communicator has already connected the phone to them, it will not matter No supplement.
Because they don't know how to use it.
Therefore, Shulka needs naval infantry with higher education and better quality.
"They don't have many troops!" Trufanov hesitated.
Trufanov came from a purely infantry background, and Shulka obviously valued naval infantry more, which made Trufanov feel a little uncomfortable.
But the battlefield is very realistic, and there is nothing polite to say. What Shuerka wants is soldiers with a higher level of education, because they are more flexible and reasonable, and at the same time can understand Shuerka's tactical thinking faster.
"I know!" Shulka replied: "Then replenish their ranks with infantry, just as we did in the attack on Surovikino, and commanded by naval infantry!"
The focus here is commanded by the naval infantry. As long as the commander understands it, it doesn't matter whether the subordinates understand it, because they only need to fight according to the orders of their superiors.
Trufanov turned his gaze to Zolotarev.
Zolotarev thought for a while and asked, "Are you sure you want to fight like this?"
"Yes!" Shulka did not hesitate.
"Are you sure this will work?" Zolotarev asked again.
"No, I'm not sure!" Shulka replied: "But I think you should at least try!"
"There are too many uncertain factors in this!" Zolotarev said: "For example, the reorganization of the troops, mutual cooperation, etc., it may cause the troops to fall into chaos!"
"I know!" Shulka nodded.
From these words, it can also be seen that Zolotarev has a certain understanding of the military.
He is right. The new tactics are indeed good. If the various arms, namely infantry, tanks, and guns can be coordinated together, the result will double the overall combat effectiveness.
But if the Soviet infantry cannot take on this role to complete these tasks at all, then there will be no coordination, and the infantry will run around like headless flies because of too many tasks.
At this time Trufanov added: "In this regard, I think they are very experienced!"
"What?" Zolotarev did not understand what Trufanov meant.
"I mean chaos!" Trufanov explained: "From the outbreak of the war until now, they have been fighting in chaos. So, I believe they will not be as negative as we think!"
After thinking about it for a while, Zolotarev nodded and said, "Okay! I have no objection. So... Comrade Shulka! What are we going to prepare now?"
"I need to call the commanders of the naval infantry!" Shulka said: "All the battalion commanders, and the company commanders!"
(end of this chapter)
