"Very good way!" Colonel Pavelkov said: "We can even find a way to get the sappers to turn the tank wreckage in one direction, that is, to make them towards the hilltop position!" ”

This can be done, all that is needed is to drag the tank down so that the forces on both sides are uneven.

Then the officers gave their opinions one after another.

"That's right, the frontal armor is thicker, and we can also use the enemy's modified heading machine gun!"

"Maybe we can also weld a perforation on both sides, so that it can provide more powerful fire cover for our troops!"

"We can also weld a door in the rear, and ammunition can be fed in from the rear!"

……

Shulka's words are like opening the door to ideas, and then all kinds of interesting and practical ideas pop up one after another.

Then Colonel Pavelkov looked at his watch and ordered: "So, what are we waiting for?" It's five hours until dawn, and we have to make all the preparations before then! ”

"Yes, Comrade Colonel!" The officers replied in unison.

The sappers were quickly brought up.

The sappers were divided into two groups, one was responsible for towing the wreckage of the tank to the right position, and the other was responsible for making the necessary modifications to the wreckage of the tank.

They divide the work, that is, half drag and half modify, and then change it when they are done.

The modification work is easy to say, but it is not so simple, because some tanks still have shells and ammunition residues in the wreckage, and if you accidentally weld these things, it will "boom".

In addition to this, there may be fuel residue.

So these things had to be cleaned up before they could be modified.

Then, as it was said at the meeting, a heading machine gun was used in front, and a machine gun was drilled diagonally forward on each side...... It should be said that this idea is good, because it allows the tank wreckage to support each other.

For example, Tank 2 is flanked by tanks 1 and 3 (the Soviets renumbered these tanks), so the flank machine guns of tanks 1 and 3 can block the flank front of tank 2.

Similarly, the Tank 2's lateral machine gun could provide cover for other tanks.

The idea of a small door in the rear was also practical, allowing the Soviets to easily send supplies and reinforcements to the tanks.

Even the sappers connected the tanks to the trenches, forming a unified line of defense.

Compared to modding, dragging is much simpler.

The steel cable was fastened to the wreckage of the tank, and the other end was fixed to several cars at the foot of the mountain, and then at the sound of an order, the slowly moving car dragged the tank down the slope.

As long as the angle and speed are mastered, or come a few more times and adjust the towing direction in a timely manner, the tank wreckage can be "placed" in the right position in the desired posture.

Everything went pretty well.

The reason why I say "not bad" is because one of the tanks was towed too fast and the terrain caused it to roll a few times on the slope and lie on all fours...... It's a headache because it's already over where it should be, and it's easy to drag it down, but it's hard to drag it up.

In the end, it was not worth spending too much time and energy on a tank wreckage, and at the same time, in order to prevent it from being used by the Germans, a pit was dug next to it and dragged it in and buried most of it, and the part that was still left behind was, of course, a bunker.

Colonel Pavelkov walked up to Shulka and handed him a cigarette, then said while looking at the fortifications that were gradually taking shape: "With the wreckage of these tanks, the front is basically reassuring." But another question comes to my mind, Comrade Shulka ......"

"Are you afraid that the enemy will attack from the flanks like we do?" Shulka asked rhetorically.

Pavelkov couldn't help laughing: "Nothing can escape your eyes!" ”

With that, Colonel Pavelkov lit a cigarette for Shulka and asked: "If we can go around the rear of the enemy by flanking, why can't the Germans do this?" I mean, if they find it hard to break through from the front......"

Shulka spat out a puff of smoke, then spread out a map, pointed to it in the faint light of the morning light and replied: "The problem is that the flanks are in our hands, the new village of 'Red October', and the urban area!" And we also have artillery in these areas! ”

"I know this!" "They can provide fire cover on the flanks of the Mamayev Heights, but during the day it is difficult for them to function, because they will be bombarded by enemy air power!" Pavelkov said. ”

"We just need to solve the problem of the night!" Shulka replied: "If it's daytime...... Then go up and fight them with bayonets! ”

Colonel Pavelkov thought about it, then nodded and said: "That's right, Captain! That's exactly what we're hoping for! ”

This is indeed what the Soviet army wants, even if the Soviet army can use two people to fight the Germans in hand-to-hand combat, it is cost-effective.

This was not only because of the high quality of the German army and the lack of troops, but also because the German army's mobilization ability was far inferior to that of the Soviet army.

The Soviet-German war in history did have such a process:

In the early days, most of the German troops were elite soldiers, while the quality of the Soviet troops was uneven.

But as the war progressed, there were heavy casualties on both sides...... This was not cost-effective for the German army, which had good average quality, because as the casualties of elite soldiers and veterans increased, more and more new recruits were added to the troops, and as a result, the overall quality of the German army declined.

On the contrary, the Soviet army grew up in casualties, and more and more recruits became veterans, so the overall quality did not decline but increased.

In fact, there is not much difference in the quality of the two armies in the later stages of the war, especially the growth of the new generation of commanders of the Soviet army.

This includes, of course, Colonel Pavelkov...... He is an officer who recognizes his own shortcomings in the reality of the battlefield and then changes himself.

"I see, Comrade Shulka!" Colonel Pavelkov gratefully shook Shulka's hand and exclaimed: "I should have met you earlier!" So to speak...... Only now do I understand what war is all about! ”

Shulka understood what Pavelkov meant.

Before that, war for him was probably a wave of a pistol and a shout: "Comrades, for the Soviets!" For Stalin's sake, rush! ”

Colonel Pavelko could not be blamed for this, because at this time the Soviet army was in such a state of affairs from top to bottom.

Especially during this period, the Soviet army still practiced the political commissar system, and the military commanders actually had to obey the command of the political commissar, and most of the political commissars did not understand military affairs.

But Shulka knew it wouldn't be long.

Because the political commissar system exposed too many shortcomings in actual combat, the political commissar system was officially abolished in October.