Although the two "T-34" tanks in front of Sun Hui were covered with bullet marks, they generally looked new, and judging from their damage, their own problems were greater than those caused by the enemy.

Soon, Wang Linlin came back, holding a few packs of German "ATIKAH" cigarettes, seeing this smoke, the eyes of Russian officers, tankers and workers all lit up, Sun Hui and Wang Linlin gave them these cigarettes, and lit them with lighters (also German goods), these people are obviously smokers, while smoking very comfortably, while thanking Sun Hui and Wang Linlin.

Since Sun Hui and Wang Linlin gave the Russians very rare German cigarettes, which were obviously captured from the enemy, the wounded Russian officer admired the achievements of the "521" crew.

"Comrades! You should learn from these beautiful and illustrious girls and from our brave lad Alexander! Look at how many German tanks they wrecked? We really should be ashamed! The sergeant named Ansakov said to his men.

"Unless you can get your hands on armor-piercing shells, Comrade Sergeant, we'll only be able to fight the Germans with these pitiful grenades." One of the tankmen took a deep breath of his cigarette, spat a smoke ring into the air, and said to his commander.

When Sun Hui heard him say this, he was secretly shocked, and he asked some questions to the Russian tankmen with the help of Wang Linlin's translation, and the answers they gave made his heart sink again.

The "T-34" tank, which belongs to the latest equipment of the Soviet army, is actually facing very serious problems.

First of all, there was a serious shortage of artillery shells, due to Kulik's incompetence, the production of 76.2-mm shells for the Soviet "T-34" tanks on the front line was sluggish, and at the beginning of the war only 12% of the actual needs were supplied. Most of the "T-34" tanks did not have armor-piercing shells, and could only carry grenades against German tanks, and the rationing of grenades could not keep up. For example, the ammunition depot of this fortress has only a small number of 76.2mm grenades, and there are no armor-piercing shells at all.

As a lack of running-in, new equipment for use time, the "T-34" tank's clutch, transmission and other parts of the problem point has not had time to be discovered, modified, and there is a serious lack of spare parts, the relevant backup work is ignored, and at the same time lacks effective recovery function, a considerable part of the "T-34" tank has been abandoned in a completely repairable condition, like the "061" tank in front of Sun Hui, some accessories are dismantled by tankers from the discarded "T-34" tank.

In addition to this, there was a serious shortage of experienced commanders in the tank units of the Soviet army, and as a result of the long purge, the Red Army officers were seriously reduced. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, the number of officers in the mechanized corps of the Red Army reached only 45 to 55 per cent of the quota. The vast majority of the commanders of the Red Army's mechanized corps at that time were 40 years old, and the officers who participated in the Russian Revolution, the anti-intervention war, and the civil war among the senior commanders of the corps and divisions were reduced due to purges. Compared with the German commanders who fought a vicious battle for two years, they lacked experience and confidence. There is a shortage of actual operators, and as a bridge between officers and soldiers, the sergeant rank has always been a key focus in the armies of various countries. There was a serious shortage of sergeants in the mechanized corps of the Red Army, and some units even had only a quota of 19% to 36% of sergeants! However, since the "T-34" tank had no actual combat experience, most of the tank crews were not well trained after receiving the tank. The reality is that only the commander of the tank can receive instructions for driving the "T-34" tank for three or four hours, and when combined with the lack of artillery shells, spare parts, and logistics, the consequences can be imagined.

In the current situation, the "KV-1" heavy tanks of the "521" crew are bound to fight together with the two "T-34" tanks, but judging from the situation of these two tanks and the current Soviet tankers, it is very likely that the "KV-1" tanks will be dragged back and will not play the protective role that Sun Hui originally wanted.

"Do you have a radio in your tank?" Sun Hui suddenly remembered an important question and immediately asked.

"Yes, both tanks are available, but they seem to be broken, and we haven't used them." Ansakov shrugged his shoulders with a smile, looked at his subordinates, and replied, "No one is going to use it at all." ”

Hearing Ansakov's answer, Sun Hui's mood was mixed.

On the bright side, both "T-34" tanks turned out to have radios, and on the bad side, no one used them.

As far as he knew, in the early stages of the Soviet-German war, the equipment of the radio station was frustrating, at the time of the German invasion, almost all the "T-34" tanks that served as company commanders were equipped with "71-TK-3" radio stations with transceiver functions, and the Soviets tried their best to equip the platoon commander's car with the same equipment, but until 42, the radio station equipment of the platoon commander's car was still not full, and many vehicles could only install the old "71-TK-1" radio.

Because of the lack of radio stations, the Soviet tank crews paid a heavy price in the early stage of the war, and the German troops in this area had much better equipment and training, and actual combat experience than their Soviet counterparts, but this did not mean that Soviet tanks did not have a way to communicate with each other. The flag is the most important of them, which is usually the responsibility of the tank platoon commander, "T-34" tank turret has a small hatch on the top hatch, and the flag sticks out from here, but the platoon commander cannot operate the flag and artillery at the same time during the battle, so when the Soviet tank platoon was fighting, the platoon commander's seat car only served as a commander and did not perform combat missions, and the effect was dialectical: although the platoon commander was relieved from the heavy task, the combat effectiveness of the entire platoon was damaged because of the lack of the platoon commander's vehicle.

On Sun Hui's "KV-1" tank there was a "71-TK-3" radio. The internal communication system of in-car communication is realized, with a headset in a cloth tank cap and a microphone hidden in the padding of the chin.

And Ansakov's words just now that "no one is going to use it at all" indirectly prove an important situation: because of the lack of male population, the Soviet tank units have been in a state of shortage for a long time, coupled with combat attrition, wounded and insufficient training, the problem of tank crew shortage has not been properly solved, so many tanks have no course machine gunners and mechanical engineers, and even the seats are empty.

The problem of the lack of radio stations has always plagued the tank units of the Soviet army. In the early days of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet army's "T-34" tank formations either failed to cooperate and fought separately, or the veterans took the lead and the recruits followed behind and huddled into a pile, forming a dense formation. Moreover, the firing speed is usually slow, and in order to ensure accuracy, several tanks often concentrate on one German target, which greatly increases the chance of a sneak attack by the rest of the German tanks.