Chapter 1376 Direct Aiming Support

Using smoke signals to mark the locations that need to be bombarded is strictly speaking an infantry tactic that was not widely popularized until the 21st century.

The equipment required to match this tactic is also relatively high-end, such as fighter-bombers, gunships, precision-guided air strike weapons, and various long-range rocket launchers and TV-guided cruise missiles. It seems that after being separated from the "high-end atmosphere and upscale", this tactic that sounds very trendy can't be played at all.

Malashenko initially thought about this matter, mainly because after the infantry broke into the position and started close combat, they always encountered some embarrassing situations where light weapons could not be used, grenades could not be used, and a large number of people would die if they rushed hard.

Malashenko had no control over how other Red Army troops did it. In other words, even if you were so stubborn that you rushed forward collectively with a shout of "Ura" and were knocked down by the German machine guns like harvesting wheat, it had nothing to do with me.

I am not Zhukov or Stalin, just a division-level commander at the tactical level. I have no control over the issues that big people need to consider.

I just need to take care of my own little piece of land and figure out how my own soldiers fight.

It is obviously beyond our capabilities to use the firepower that the infantry can carry to deal with these tricky bunkers and firepower points of the Germans.

But what is our Stalin Guards First Tank Division? It is the most elite division-level unit among the entire Red Army tank troops, and the most abundant thing is its heavy weapons.

If the infantry can't handle it, let the tanks that assist the infantry charge to solve it.

There is no real-time interactive radio walkie-talkie for infantry-tank coordination, so find another way to deal with it! Use signal smoke bombs to mark the direct aiming artillery position, and use the tank main gun equipped with high-explosive bombs to directly bombard it!

Because it is an unprecedented special tactic proposed for the first time, when Malashenko's bold idea was just proposed, including the political commissar and Lavrinenko and other divisional leaders, they actually held conservative opinions and even had slight doubts.

The high-explosive shells of the tank's main gun are indeed quite powerful. Even the smallest caliber 85mm gun has a charge that is equivalent to several grenades. One shot can instantly send sand and rocks flying.

But if the smoke flare marking the target is thrown off-center, or if the Germans pick it up and throw it back after they react, then if our tanks fire into our own people, wouldn't the Germans on the opposite side laugh their teeth off?

Brainstorming is indeed a good way. After fully listening to the opinions of the comrades in the division's leadership team, Malashenko quickly proposed some detailed improvements to his new tactical concept.

"We can solve the problem of the Germans picking up the marking flares and throwing them back directly from the equipment."

"Let Karamov find a way to change the marking flares themselves into flammable bombs, flammable metal or flammable wood, or even fragile glass. As long as we can ensure that this thing will explode on the spot or be too hot to hold after it is thrown out and lands, that's enough."

"If the Germans want to pick it up and throw it back, they will have to risk their hands being burned and greasy. By then, I'm afraid they will be so painful that they won't even have the courage to reach out and grab it."

"As for the problem of throwing it crooked, we can only strengthen the basic training of the soldiers. In addition, this kind of pilot equipment should not be equipped on a large scale for the time being, and it should be distributed to the grassroots commanders and fighters at the squad level first. At the very least, the deputy squad leader level is qualified to use it. If there are veterans who have served for many years, they can consider it as appropriate and report it to Varosha for a unified solution. He will personally monitor this matter."

The words just proposed are just a tactical concept. Whether it is useful or not depends on what happens after the specific implementation.

Malashenko himself had no idea, he just felt that there was a great possibility that this thing could succeed, so for the time being, he would first make a contracted pilot equipment to see the effect. Besides, this was also a temporary homemade equipment modified by Karamov on the battlefield. If you really spread the equipment on a large scale, it would definitely not be enough.

However, judging from the actual results at present, Comrade Ma's worry seems to be unnecessary.

In the hands of the Red Army squad leaders and deputy squad leaders who are rich in combat experience and know the tricks of the Germans, where to throw the latest distributed marking flares has long been a matter of utter familiarity.

Several German infantrymen who had not yet reacted to what was happening were instantly sent into the sky by 85mm high-explosive bombs.

The smoke and shock wave of the explosion not only tore the flesh and destroyed the guns, but also dispersed the smoke signal markers that had just risen, annihilating them in the surrounding air and disappearing with the wind.

The submachine gunner with his helmet on his head raised his head and looked up. He saw that the hidden firing point at the end of the trench where an MG42 was set up just now was now only a relatively large crater gap and a pool of scarlet minced meat, nothing else.

Oh, yes, there is also a pile of metal debris that is so twisted and deformed that it can no longer be seen as a machine gun.

"This thing works well! Look at those Germans, they would never dream that they would be killed by invisible tank shells, ha!"

"Let's talk about it later! Load the bullets, change the ammunition quickly! Get ready, keep following me!"

"I heard it all, follow the squad leader comrade! Ura!!!"

One after another, the bunkers and hidden machine gun fire points in the blind spots of the German positions were marked by smoke flares thrown from various angles and directions, and then they were completely destroyed by the high-explosive bombs that came in a violent roar.

The simple earthwork temporary shelters could not withstand the close-range bombardment of 85mm high-explosive bombs, not to mention that the Red Army tanks with abundant firepower sometimes rewarded one or two high-explosive bombs, and five, six, or even seven or eight 85mm high-explosive bombs were fired at the same time. Who the hell can withstand this?

To put it bluntly, it is the greatest blessing for the Germans to be able to leave a roughly intact body. What else do you want?

The large amount of automatic firepower and the improved flare marking tactics, this close-range position attack and defense battle seemed to be doomed from the beginning.

This German light infantry, which was seriously lacking in heavy weapons, was no match at all. It was beaten extremely badly under such a swift and fierce offensive. The unstoppable rout came like a flood.

"Comrade division commander! The enemy is rout, and the vanguard has won the first stage! Should we continue to advance and pursue?"

The news of the victory came from the radio transmitter at hand, and Comrade Lao Ma, who was sitting in his position as the commander, was a little confused at first.