Major Gavrilov is said to have also given Katukov his opinion about this, because he was distressed to see the brand-new T34s being driven into the mud and breaking down.

"Comrade Colonel!" Major Gavrilov stormed Katukov's office and said: "I have no objection to your training of the troops, in fact I think this kind of training is very meaningful, but why don't we use other tank training?" I mean...... Why don't we use T26 and T28, they can achieve the same training effect, don't they? ”

"Comrade Major!" Katukov, who was following the progress of the training, looked up and replied: "The problem is that I don't think other tanks can achieve the same training effect...... The T34 uses a 12-cylinder V-shaped water-cooled four-stroke diesel engine that we developed only the year before, and its power is incomparable to other tanks. In this case, do you think that we can achieve the same training effect with a much less powerful gasoline-engine tank? ”

Hearing this, Major Gavrilov couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect Katukov's consideration to be so detailed and in-depth.

"No, Comrade Gavrilov!" "Taking into account the weight, size, etc., I think the effect of training with other tanks is completely different, which will make the fighters misestimate the situation on the battlefield, for example, they think that the tank can pass through this muddy field, but the fact is that the T34 can't pass, they think that the tank can break free from the mud by filling enough stones, but the fact is that it is sinking deeper and deeper...... Comrade Gavrilov, I do not want such a situation on the battlefield! ”

Major Gavrilov nodded and said: "You are right, Comrade Colonel! ”

In fact, there is another advantage to this: it can find more faults in the tank and let the tankmen learn to troubleshoot them according to the actual faults...... This is not something that can be learned in the factory, because when the tank is just factory new, you can't imagine how it will fail during use.

What's even more fatal is that the tank crew can't tell what level the tank failure belongs to.

Is it a simple fault that the tank crew can eliminate on his own, or a complex fault that must wait for the repair engineer to repair?

If you can't judge this accurately, it will be a big problem.

Throwing the T34 into the mud and causing them to have some problems, and letting the tankmen experience it for themselves and try to eliminate them, while the tankiers guide them on the sidelines, this progress is not comparable to explaining it in the factory.

As a result, it was Shulka and these mechanized infantry who suffered.

Choking exhaust fumes, roaring noises, sludge being lifted from under the tracks in patches, and sometimes roadfills the size of a basin...... The whole piece was lifted up by the track to a height of more than half a meter and then smashed down hard, if you happened to be standing behind, it would be miserable.

Shulka led the warriors to carry stones and sandbags, and piled them up to fill under the tracks.

Tanks getting stuck in the mud can be a nuisance, just like Shulka used traps against German tanks before...... Once in the mud pit, it often forms a downward angle, and the inclined tank body will press most of its weight on the softest part of the depression, so that no matter which direction the track turns, the tank will dig deeper and deeper into the ground like a burrowing groundhog, accompanied by muddy water to muddy the face of you stupid humans.

At this time, you should not rush to launch the tank to get out of trouble, the more you start it, the worse it may be.

The method is to dig a small pit in front of the track, use paving stones to tamp the soil under the track and in front of the track, and then use the low gear to start the tank slowly.

What made Shulka angry on this day was that when he was busy working under the tank with his soldiers eating muddy water, a tank lieutenant on the tank stood majestically on the turret and looked into the distance with a telescope, and shouted to himself:

"Move quickly, comrades, a large number of enemy tanks are closing in on us!"

"Enemy fighters swooped down on us, all of them lay down!"

"The enemy's tank is three hundred meters away from us, organize a defense!"

……

"Comrade Lieutenant!" Shulka couldn't help but say, "We've had enough trouble, do us a favor, can we be quiet for a while?" ”

The tank lieutenant was not angry either, he laughed and said, "I know, comrade. But that's how the battlefield should be, I just wanted to make the training a little more lively! ”

"Have you ever been on the battlefield?" Shulka asked suspiciously.

In Shulka's view, only those who have never been on the battlefield will envision and imagine what the battlefield will look like.

Shulka guessed correctly, and the tank lieutenant was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "No, I haven't been on the battlefield!" ”

But then he asked rhetorically: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I know that you have fought several battles, do you think the situation I just described is similar to the real battlefield?" ”

"You're depicting a much more complex battlefield than the real battlefield!" Shulka replied.

"Oh, really?" The lieutenant was a little happy to hear this, but the next Shulka word immediately embarrassed him.

"Of course, Comrade Lieutenant!" Shulka said: "The real battlefield is that I don't know where to hit a shell, and then there is a 'boom' and there is nothing!" ”

The warriors laughed one by one, and then heckled:

"Or just one bullet!"

"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant, standing on a turret like you would be a good target for enemy snipers!"

"Comrade Lieutenant, you may know that the speed of the bullet is faster than the sound, which means that you can't hear the sound of the gun, the bullet has already passed through your head!"

……

The lieutenant smiled embarrassedly, as if sorry for his unprofessional "performance" before.

"Lieutenant!" Shulka quipped: "Have you ever thought about what to do when your tank is hit?" ”

"I'll hold my tank until the last minute!" The lieutenant replied.

"No, you shouldn't do that!" Shulka replied: "You should come down and roll in the mud!" ”

"Thank you for the suggestion, Second Lieutenant!" The tank lieutenant said: "Maybe what you said is right!" ”

This lieutenant struck Shulka as a little strange, he seemed to have no superior-to-subordinate appearance at all.

And...... It is a bit unreasonable to become an officer of the tank corps of the 4th Tank Brigade without going to the battlefield.

So Shulka asked more: "Lieutenant, how are you...... Become a tank crewman? ”

"You want to ask me how I became a lieutenant, don't you?" The lieutenant smiled: "I'm a tank driver, and I also designed a device for the number of bullets fired by a tank machine gun, and a tank fuel consumption meter, maybe they think I'm useful......"

TF, Shulka couldn't help but look at the tank lieutenant on the turret in a daze, this guy can't be that guy!