The first to be equipped was the Bobosha submachine gun.

These submachine guns were urgently produced by Sisoy at the request of Katukov and equipped with the 1st Guards Tank Brigade.

You must know that this is not a small number, two or three pieces of equipment per squad, and a thousand of them are needed for an infantry regiment, plus the necessary reserves and the amount of equipment of the logistics troops and anti-aircraft artillery battalions, a total of 2,000 units were produced for the 1st Guards Tank Brigade.

This can be said to be very difficult when the war situation is tense, and factories all over the country are stepping up the production of strategic materials.

Shulka also tried to shoot this gun, and it was not much different from when he had shot in the lab before.

In fact, Shulka believes that even if it waits for half a year to be equipped in batches, it will not make a big difference...... Its properties have already been formed, and the reason why Sparkin has not yet put it into mass production is largely due to the desire to design its structure to be simpler and more convenient for mass production.

Therefore, in terms of firepower, Shulka thought that there would be no problem, a squad machine gun plus two or three submachine guns, this firepower could suppress the German army without pressure.

Shulka believes that it is the rifleman who has room for improvement.

"It's not so important to get a rifle at close range!" "So I think it's necessary to pick out two of the riflemen as snipers!" Shulka said. ”

"Sniper?"

"Yes!" "They can stay in the second echelon and have more freedom to choose any favorable terrain to be responsible for sniping more important or distant targets, such as enemy machine gunners, officers, mortars, etc.," Shulka said. ”

"We may not have that much time!" Katukov said: "This is not something that can be done in a short time! ”

"We can pick from the riflemen who have good marksmanship!" "They just do a different job, they don't need to be as strict as training snipers," Shulka said. ”

Katukov nodded, after all, the situation is indeed as Shulka said, if the front-line battle is at a distance of about 100 meters, then the long range of the rifle is indeed incompatible, and there is nothing wrong with transferring two people per squad to the second echelon to fight freely.

So a makeshift sniper unit was quickly formed.

This unit also did not disrupt the original unit formation, but selected two fighters with good marksmanship and rich marksmanship from each squad to train intensively...... Of course, there were exceptions to this, and although the religious Antipnov had no experience and poor marksmanship, Shulka named him as one of them.

The training was organized by Shulka himself.

"Your first thing to think about is not killing the enemy, you know?" Shulka said: "But how to hide yourself! ”

These words made the warriors look at each other, it was different from the education they usually received.

"Why, Comrade Captain?" Antipunov asked.

"Because the invisible enemy is the most terrible, Comrade Antipunov!" Shulka replied: "I think you know this too, it needs you to find it, it will make you feel like a thorn in your back, it will make you dare not expose yourself easily, so your combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, even if you only occasionally shoot a few targets and kill a few targets!" ”

The soldiers nodded in agreement.

They occasionally encountered German snipers on the battlefield, especially when the two armies faced off, and the feeling was maddening.

Therefore, the focus of Shulka's training is not "sniping", but camouflage, finding the commanding heights and controlling the battlefield, that is, distinguishing which are worthy targets.

Camouflage is actually quite easy to achieve.

In the past, the camouflage of the soldiers was only a white cloth as a cloak, which was barely enough for positional warfare and defensive warfare, but it was not suitable for attacking and marching.

So Shulka had a white snow suit designed to be worn over a military uniform, and even a large hat attached to the garment, which could be worn even with a helmet.

Then all the equipment such as bullet bags, belts, sapper shovels, rifles, etc. were wrapped in white cloth, so that the snow white almost blended with the snow, and it was difficult for the Germans to find them as long as they casually lay on the ground.

At the time of intense training of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, the situation at the front also underwent some changes.

A German armored regiment broke through the line and had already hit the Krasko-Polyana area.

The Krasque Polyana region is only 27 kilometers from Moscow, where only one cannon is needed to bomb Moscow.

Stalin immediately hung up a phone call to the headquarters of the 16th Army.

"General Rokossovsky!" Stalin said: "I received information about an attempt to bomb Moscow with large-caliber artillery in the area of the Red Polyana!" While it won't do much material damage to Moscow's defenses, it has the potential to affect the confidence of the people and the world, so we must kick them out! ”

"I agree, Comrade Stalin!" Rokossovsky replied: "But we can't draw any more troops, if the 1st Guards Tank Brigade can be reinforced......"

"They still need time to prepare!" Stalin interrupted Rokossovky: "What measures are you going to take to repel them?" ”

"I need more troops, Comrade Stalin!" Rokossovsky replied: "Then I will take back Red Poli!" ”

Stalin hung up the phone without saying anything.

At this time, Stalin did not want to use the Far Eastern Front, because he did not want the German army to know that the Soviet Union had the strength to launch a counteroffensive, and he hoped that the German army would continue to be consumed in this way, and the Soviet army would launch a counteroffensive when they were exhausted.

But now, the Red Polis region is so close to Moscow that even artillery shells can hit Moscow......

After thinking about it, Stalin ordered: "Send reinforcements to the 16th Army!" ”

"Yes!"

The reinforcements that Stalin sent to the 16th Army this time can be described as large, it has an artillery regiment, four "Katyusha" rocket artillery battalions and two infantry battalions.

Two of these infantry battalions are not much, one artillery regiment is normal, but four "Katyusha" rocket artillery battalions ...... That's 48 rockets, and that's enough to blast the entire Red Poli area back and forth several times.

This made Rokossovsky ecstatic, knowing that the front line has always been short of equipment, especially things like the "Katyusha" rocket artillery, which have always been either short of artillery or ammunition.

If there had been so many rocket artillery before, the 16th Army would not have been passive in the face of the enemy's armored forces.

But now, Moscow has reinforced 48 rocket artillery pieces in one go...... This made Rokossovsky realize that reinforcements might have arrived.