Chapter 319: Conceited
The problem of training was not long solved.
The method is to train with a model...... The model of the bazooka is very simple to make, just take a few logs of similar size and see the size of the bazooka, and then nail the grip, shoulder rest, etc., and even the soldiers can do it themselves.
"What is this, Comrade Captain?" During training, the veteran asked curiously, "I've never seen anything like this!" ”
"You don't need to know what it is!" Shulka replied: "You just need to know that it can destroy the enemy's tank at a distance of about a hundred meters!" ”
"Did I hear me right, destroy enemy tanks at a hundred meters?" The actor looked at the model used by the bazooka shooter for training and expressed doubts: "It's just such a thing? I thought it was something like a mortar! ”
"I thought you'd use it as a bong!" Pukarev's words made the soldiers laugh, and the actor's addiction to cigarettes has long been no secret in the troops.
The instructor leaned up and asked suspiciously, "Can it really destroy tanks?" ”
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "They are in a hurry to produce and it won't be long before we can use the real guys!" ”
"Good!" The instructor couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "So, it seems that we can get rid of that arrogant guy!" ”
As he spoke, the instructor raised his head at Stephen, who was sulking on the other side.
"Leave him alone!" Shulka said: "If it weren't for the problems with the operation of the tank, he would have even been able to go back!" ”
If anyone has an opinion about the training of the new tactics of the Soviet army, it is Stephen.
When Shulka and Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov announced a change in the training plan at the meeting, Colonel Stephen stood up angrily and said, "No, Lieutenant Colonel, I don't think it's wise!" ”
"Really?" Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov asked: "Comrade Colonel, why do you think so?" ”
"Can I understand that you intend to use infantry as the main force against the German tanks?" Stephen said, "It's unimaginable, Lieutenant Colonel! And Captain Shulka...... I must stress once again that we fought against the Panzer forces of the Germans in Africa, and they were not as easy to deal with as you think......"
"We've fought the enemy's armored forces as well!" Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov interrupted Lieutenant Colonel Stephen: "We never thought they were easy to deal with!" ”
"But you still fantasize about defeating them with the infantry as the main force!" Stephen said, "This is suicide, gentlemen, this is suicide...... As a British officer, your ally, the commander of the Military Advisory Corps, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that this is impossible to do, and that enemy tank guns and machine guns will instantly beat those bazooka shooters to pulp, before they can fire rockets! Besides, these bazookas don't necessarily work the way you think they do! ”
"So!" Shulka asked rhetorically, "Colonel, do you think we have a better way?" ”
"Of course!" Stephen replied: "Fortifications, mines and barbed wire, anti-tank trenches and barricades......"
"That's defense, Colonel!" Shulka interrupted Stephen.
"Yes, we should defend it!" Stephen replied: "Our tanks are not as mobile and firepower as the Germans, you should recognize that...... So fighting German armored forces in the field is very disadvantageous, and we should try to avoid this! ”
"So ......" asked Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov, "what if we were going to attack?" ”
"It's easy!" Stephen replied: "The troops did this again every time they occupied, and we succeeded in holding off the Germans in Africa in this way!" ”
The British did exactly that, blocking the front with a large number of mines and obstacles, then a line of infantry and tanks, and then artillery.
Even the British did succeed in holding off the German offensive in Africa...... At this time, Rommel's Afrika Korps was blocked on the border line between Libya and Egypt and could not advance.
However, Shulka knew that this was because the British army had an absolute superiority in strength and supplies, and there was also a danger in Harfa Pass...... The Khalfa Pass has a cliff belt formed by weathered rock, and there are only a few exits, including the Khalfa Pass, which can be passed.
On the other hand, the British could use the Suez Canal and railway lines to transport fresh water and ammunition, which forced Rommel, who was seriously short of supplies and troops, to temporarily halt the attack.
However, this was only "temporary", and it would not be long before Rommel's army broke through the Khalfa Pass and marched into Egypt.
At this time, Stephen used this "temporary" as a capital to show off, and even taught the Soviet army how to fight in a high-minded manner.
"Trust me, Lieutenant Colonel!" Stephen said, "I know our tanks, and I commanded them on the battlefield against the Germans!" You don't have any experience, so I'm here, aren't I? But you have ignored my counsel......"
"Thank you for your kindness, Colonel!" Shulka said: "Maybe you're right, you know about these tanks. But you don't know our army and this battlefield! ”
"Okay!" Colonel Stephen spread his hands and said, "Whatever you want, but if you have to do it, allow me to report what happened to the British, I don't want to wait until you lose the battle and suffer losses before being questioned or even held accountable for it!" ”
"Of course, you can do that!" Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov said: "Rest assured, Colonel. I promise, no one will hold you accountable. Not to mention, we will defeat those Germans! ”
"Then let's see!" Colonel Stephen left the sentence and walked out of the conference room with his head held high, as if he were leaving a group of ignorant clowns.
"Why did he act like that?" Commissar Fuming said: "I mean, he walks like a goose!" ”
The officers laughed "coaxingly".
Colonel Stephen was actually suppressing the anger in his heart in the conference room, and when he returned to his headquarters, he immediately burst out at the staff officer: "These fools, they don't know how to use these tanks at all, it's a waste for us to send these equipment here, they will send these precious resources to the enemy's guns for the Germans to destroy like practicing shooting." I've never seen such an ignorant, stubborn, self-righteous group of people...... Well, let's wait, they will come to me, after being defeated by the Germans! ”