Chapter 1367 The Situation Is Completely Different From Before

From the beginning of the battle to now, Malashenko's Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division has killed a lot of enemies, but the casualties it has suffered are also objective.

Compared with previous battles, the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division, whose combat power has reached an unprecedented level, has suffered much fewer casualties this time than before.

The loss of technical equipment is far from being serious. The heavy tank unit basically just scratched a layer of skin, lost a few IS6 heavy tanks, and most of them can still be repaired. The loss of the medium tank unit is a little bigger. More than a dozen T3485 and the latest T44 were destroyed in succession, and most of them were ammunition explosions and could not be repaired.

But to be honest, Malashenko is very clear that the large loss of medium tanks is absolutely inevitable on the battlefield.

Compared with the heavy tank units under his command, which are strong and powerful, and extremely elite, the T3485 and T44 can only be regarded as thin skin and big filling. If the armor is not thick enough, the only result on the battlefield is that it will be penetrated on the spot and die instantly. The real world is not the friction between magic and health bars in the game. The reason is so simple.

The medium tanks have a relatively large loss. In the final analysis, there is no way to avoid it. Since such tanks are equipped, they must be used when they are needed. Comrade Lao Ma is not the kind of person who treats tanks as a treasure, more precious than people, reluctant to use them, and afraid of losses. So if there is a loss, it is a loss. It is impossible to say that there will be no deaths in the war.

Medium tanks will continue to be used when they are needed next, and Malashenko will not have any concerns about this.

The losses of infantry are a little beyond the expectations of Comrade Lao Ma. Of course, this kind of unexpectedness does not mean that the casualties are so large that they are beyond expectations, but that the casualties have dropped sharply compared with the past.

After several battles with different situations, the only infantry unit under Malashenko, that is, the infantry regiment of Varosha, suffered much less casualties than previously expected.

According to past practice, such battles would definitely result in heavy casualties if they were fought one after another. It was normal for the infantry to lose two or three thousand people. Even if there were tanks to cover the battle, the close contact after entering the positions and trenches was a direct confrontation between flesh and blood. You could kill the enemy, and the enemy could kill you in the same way.

Why is hand-to-hand combat the best test of a unit's morale? Because this way of fighting would offset the difference in quality between equipment to the greatest extent. The weapons you could use were not only traditional light weapons, but also bayonets, sticks, engineer shovels, and anything you picked up at random. You could even bite the enemy to death with your teeth and bleed his throat.

A large number of casualties were inevitable in such battles, and even the best light weapons could not avoid the continuous corpses.

So even if the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division is known as a benevolent father and is a heavily armed elite, in the past, whenever it came to defending positions and breaking into enemy positions, the casualties of this infantry would still soar exponentially like all other Red Army infantry units.

If there is any difference, it can only be said that under the same combat situation, the infantry of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division will suffer fewer casualties. This is an inevitable result based on the large number of automatic firepower light weapons and equipment, as well as the relatively better quality and combat experience of individual soldiers. It does not mean that the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division is invincible in the name of a benevolent father.

However, this time, the infantry casualty report in front of Malashenko was indeed a bit magical.

Starting from the group of dead dogs that blocked the Viking Division halfway, the infantry regiment of Varosha has only suffered casualties of just over a thousand people in the battles that have been going on all the way to now. Moreover, most of the soldiers were only wounded, and less than half of them were killed in the battle. If such casualties were spread out, it would definitely be on the news.

"Is this a mistake? There are more than a thousand infantry casualties so far? I'm not saying that I expect our soldiers to be more dead or wounded, but you should understand what I mean. This is simply unbelievable!"

Malachenko's expression of question marks did not believe that the numbers in front of him were equal to the truth, but the political commissar who lit a cigarette for himself and started to smoke was in a different state.

"Don't doubt that there is a problem with the report. I checked it three times and called Valosha twice to confirm it. Do you know what Valosha told me on the phone?"

"Don't keep me in suspense. Just say it directly."

Malachenko was obviously a little impatient, and the political commissar who didn't intend to continue to suspense about this matter spoke slowly after spitting out the smoke ring in his mouth.

"In the past, when our infantry rushed to the position and engaged the enemy in close combat, they always encountered Germans who rushed over one after another, shouting and screaming and fighting desperately. This is the same for both the Wehrmacht and the SS. It can only be said that those brainwashed SS lunatics behaved more like beasts than people."

"But now, Valosha told me that many soldiers told him that the enemy's will to resist is obviously different from before. Many enemy soldiers just huddled in their bunkers and fired a few blank shots to resist. There are far fewer people rushing out to fight."

"More often than not, as soon as our soldiers rushed to the enemy, they could see German soldiers raising their hands in surrender. And you know what? Malashenko, most of the German soldiers who immediately raised their hands in surrender were only teenagers in their teens, or even 16 or 17 years old. They looked childish without even asking their age."

"Of course, the combat performance of a single soldier is only one aspect. The most important thing is the absolute crushing of equipment. Many soldiers reported that after they rushed to the position, they saw German soldiers who were shaken by the artillery fire. These people were so soft that they seemed to have no bones. It was difficult for them to hold guns. Some even had blood in their ears, noses and eyes."

"What I want to say is, Malashenko, do you remember how long it has been since we fought a battle with such a big advantage? Even in Kursk, the enemy had the advantage of air superiority and technical equipment in the early to mid-term. The troops were evenly matched but the elite were all out."

"Then look at it now. I don't need to say how big the contrast is. Now, don't you have to say this: the situation is really completely different from before."