Chapter 238: Anti-Tank Dog
Flitz felt that the third line of defense of the Soviet army was definitely not so easy to fight, if the Soviet army placed a large number of anti-tank mines in front of their positions, or dug a large number of anti-tank trenches, camouflaged, if that was the case, Flitz would be in trouble, and in order to prevent accidents, he asked for artillery support.
Intensive artillery bombardment, what mines and traps, are all scum, it seems that the lesson given by Zhang Jun last time gave Flitz gave him a deep understanding, and he can learn war in war, and this kind of commander is the most valuable to cultivate.
"Boom...... Rumble......"
The quality of the SS artillery was quite good, and soon the firing elements were determined, and according to the requirements of Frieze, the shelling began, and the density of this shelling was quite high, and the SS artillery was quite numerous, and there were six specialized artillery divisions, and only five artillery divisions were deployed to Baku, plus the artillery of each army's own organization, and there were no less than 7,000 large-caliber guns.
There are 2,000 artillery pieces supporting the assault group of Flitz Group A, mainly because these shells are now transported from Germany, which is thousands of miles away, so Zhang Juncai did not use artillery to bombard everything, and it is unrealistic to do anything, and Germany's resources cannot afford to waste anything.
"Boom...... Boom...... Bang bang bang ......"
The fierce shelling, the violent explosion, into the Flitz tank, became a "bang, bang" sound, if it were not for the ear protection function on the tank cap, Flitz estimated that the sound would be unbearable.
At this time, the positions of the Soviet troops and the front edge of the positions of the Soviet troops were completely covered by heavy shelling, and hundreds of shells fell every second, and where the shelling was made, there were violent explosions everywhere, and the explosions that rushed into the sky carried up the earth, and it can be said that every inch of land in these places was taken care of by the German artillery.
Zhukov really laid a large number of anti-tank mines and anti-tank traps in front of the third line of defense of the Soviet army, this anti-tank trap is a big pit, after digging, lay wooden planks on it, and then cover it with a layer of soil, which is not distinguishable to the naked eye at all, as soon as the tank is driven up, it will fall into the trap, and the tank that falls into the trap does not want to climb out.
Zhukov's scheming was in vain, the anti-tank mines and traps in front of the Soviet positions were wasted, and now Flitz was relieved and began to order his assault group to charge against the Soviet line.
Could it be that Zhukov has a little ability, there is no way to deal with the German tanks, war is always the ultimate duel between people, and the method is also thought of by people, Zhukov according to the weapons and equipment of his army, he has thought of many ways to deal with Germany's "blitzkrieg", and Flitz, who thinks he has nothing to do, will soon meet the ** weapons of the Soviet army.
Flitz is in the second echelon of tanks, the top tanks in the front row are four, Flitz carefully observed the Soviet positions through the periscope, at this time there are countless smoke rising from the Soviet positions, after the heavy shelling, there are fragmented trenches and fortifications everywhere, Flitz can not see the figures on the positions of the Soviet troops from the periscope, of course, those defending Soviet troops cannot be completely wiped out by the artillery, that is unrealistic, maybe those Soviet troops must be huddled in the trenches and shivering, Fritz thought self-righteously.
"Attention all vehicles, keep in formation, the Soviet positions are still two kilometers away, all the armored vehicles that follow put down the infantry support detachment and follow the tanks on foot."
"Boom...... Rumble......"
The German tanks began to slow down, if Flitz chose a fully mechanized assault, that is, the armored vehicles did not drop the infantry to attack, which armored group would have an assault speed of 30 kilometers, Flitz chose to put down the support infantry on the armored vehicles, which Flitz tank assault speed could not exceed 15 kilometers per hour, no matter how fast the infantry could not keep up, both offensive methods have their own advantages.
The attack speed of the fully mechanized assault is fast, so that you can use the fastest speed to break through the enemy's defenses, but there are also disadvantages, that is, the attacking tanks are vulnerable to the attack of the enemy's infantry, as long as the enemy's infantry anti-tank weapons go up, these fully mechanized offensive tanks are also very dangerous.
Although the infantry is slower to accompany the tank attack, its own infantry can flexibly protect its attacking tanks and prevent the enemy's infantry from destroying their attacking tanks with various anti-tank weapons, but this speed is more than half slow.
For the use of these two tactics, the SS has never rigidly stipulated which tactics to use, Zhang Jun has long since put the right down to the commanders of the first line, how they decide how to fight, Zhang Jun only needs the result, this method can give full play to the subjective initiative of the commander of the first line, and use more flexible tactics.
"1000 meters."
There was no reaction from the Soviet positions, and there was still a deathly silence.
"500 meters."
"300 meters"
"200 m"
Frieze was wondering why the Soviet positions had not reacted so far, could it be that they had been completely wiped out by the shelling from their own side, and this situation could not have happened!!
Suddenly, countless heads appeared in the position of the Soviet army, and at the same time hundreds of dogs rushed towards the German tanks, Flitz quickly rubbed his eyes, and looked carefully, it was indeed countless dogs that were released by the Soviet army out of the trenches, these dogs were a little strange, other dogs saw the monster of the tank, and they had already fled, these dogs rushed towards the German tanks instead, and the speed was quite fast.
"That's not right."
Frieze quickly opened his eyes wide and noticed that the dogs were carrying a large package with an upright lever on it.
"Shoot, these dogs have problems, speed shooting."
Flitz realized that something was wrong and hurriedly ordered to shoot, and as soon as the infantry behind the tank saw that the tank began to shoot, they also began to shoot the dogs who pounced on their tanks desperately.
"Click...... Click...... Bumper ...... Barking...... Woowoo"
At such a short distance, the dogs were fast and the target was small, and although the tanks and infantry of Flitz were desperately shooting, of course, countless dogs were shot on the spot, and some of the dogs had a violent explosion, which was almost as powerful as a 155-mm shell.
Flitz now understood, these were anti-tank dogs, those damned Soviets, tied bombs to dogs, rushed at Flize's tanks, and these Flitz were soaked in cold sweat.
"Quick, shoot, click...... Click...... Boom...... Boom ......"
The machine guns of the tanks, the machine guns of the armored vehicles, and the cottage Type 56 submachine guns of the infantry, began to shoot desperately, hitting people so much, this dog is really not easy to fight, these sudden dogs made Flitz not react, and when they reacted, those dogs had run out of dozens of meters, and in front of the Soviet position, because they had been shelled by Germany, there were craters everywhere, and it provided good cover for those charging bomb dogs.
There is also a more sad thing is that Flitz can't order his armored assault group to reverse at full speed, because there is infantry behind, and it can't be reversed, of course, Flitz's armored assault group is trained to reverse collectively, but in this kind of situation accompanied by infantry, the tank reverses at full speed, it is easy to crush its own follow-up infantry, and the Soviet tank may immediately reverse, but the German ** team can't do it to the point of using the infantry as cannon fodder.
As the Soviet defense forces were quickly swallowed up by the steel torrent of the "Wehrmacht", the Soviet Red Army had to take some special measures in desperation - including the legendary "anti-tank dogs". Initially, these dogs were trained as "bomb planting dogs", where they would bring bombs to specific targets, use them to drop explosives, and then return to their owners. Unfortunately, in the face of fast-moving tanks, it was almost impossible for the dogs to accomplish such a "bomb planting" task, and the Soviets had to resort to a simple but crude but effective method (although the armament of the first son has always been like this): bomb and dog along with the dog, which is called hundminen or mine dog. After training, the bomb is strapped to the puppy, and they will run to the enemy tank, which will then be detonated along with the bomb. This practice is undoubtedly very cruel to dogs.
At first, the dogs were trained to carry supplies, detect landmines and rescue people, and the dogs excelled in these areas. In the early 30s of the 20th century, they began to think that it would be a great idea to turn a good friend of humanity into an anti-tank weapon. As a result, three of the schools began to train mine dogs. At first, they had the dogs drop the mines next to the tanks and then quickly flee back, and then the controllers detonated the bombs remotely or used time bombs to detonate them in advance.
However, this method does not work well for the following reasons. First of all, to unload the bomb, the dog has to put on a bomb carrier that can be removed with its teeth, but this is too complicated, and they will often bring the bomb directly back to their own position. Secondly, remote control was too expensive for the technology of the time, so time bombs were mostly used. If the dog runs back without dropping the bomb, then it will pull its trainer and go to Yellow Springs with him. Also, even if the bomb is unloaded next to the tank, if the tank is running at the time and the explosion time is not just right. Then the bomb explosion will not hurt half of the enemy's hair at all.
So the Soviet government abandoned their initial plan, and unfortunately, they came up with a new one. This time they didn't drop the bomb, they tied the bomb to the dog with a leather leash. When the dog runs under the tank, the bomb explodes, killing the dog (and if you're lucky, you can break the tank).
It's not enough to blow yourself up, training is not real. During the exercises, the dogs are forced to starve, and then the food is placed under the practice tank, giving the dog the impression that there is food under the tank all over the world. At the same time, the dog should be used to the roar of the battle when running, so as to prevent the puppy from being frightened and affecting the success rate of the mission...... (To be continued.) )