Chapter 1415: Speaking of Lao Ma, Lao Ma Is Here

It was Varosha's idea to lay booby traps in front of the positions. In fact, apart from him, a clever guy with a lot of tricks, basically no one could think of such a method.

The bloody battle of Stalingrad forged the bravest, tenacious, alert and tough soldiers. In Stalingrad, setting traps for the enemy with booby traps and trip mines was just a basic operation. In other words, only those who have learned these things can really come out alive from the purgatory-like battlefield. Those who have not learned them have long been stuck in this city.

Comrade Varosha, who was entrusted with an important task by Malashenko, was the best one among those who walked out of Stalingrad alive.

To deal with these Germans who wanted to sneak up under the cover of night, Varosha had plenty of ways. It was much easier to kill them than to kill those Germans who were sneaking up in the middle of the night in Stalingrad.

Dig a pit in the soft mud that had just rained and place a trip mine, and then pile up a pile of 152mm shells next to it to increase the decibel of the alarm and the explosive power. Anyway, the Germans advanced all night and walked forward in the dark, and they couldn't see anything under their feet. It would be strange if they didn't fall into the trap. The initiator of this trick was our comrade Varosha.

Night battles should be avoided by both sides of the war. In the current environment, it can be said that neither the Soviet and German armies are good at it. After all, there are still a few who can play night battles to perfection like the Volunteer Army. Although Malashenko is a time traveler and does have a certain degree of understanding of how to play night battles, he has never conducted special training for his troops before.

So even with the help of flares hanging high in the sky, the two sides of the war who fought to death in front of the position and had their brains bursting still behaved very unnaturally and were extremely uncomfortable.

The German army's vision was blocked when they attacked in the dark. When they were completely exposed by the flares, they could hardly see the specific situation on the opposite side. They could only see the flashing fire spitting out wildly. They could not see clearly where the main firepower points of the opposite side were, where the artillery and tanks were placed.

If they really had no tricks, they could only fight randomly. When they saw the flash of fire, they would go over and finish the job.

Although they had carefully arranged the deployment plan and waited for the opportunity, the situation on the Soviet side was not very good.

With the cover of night, the German army could not determine the specific deployment of the position, so as to create an asymmetric advantage in enemy and friendly vision. This was an arrangement that had been finalized in the tactical arrangement before the start of the battle, and it was naturally implemented in the actual battle.

But it was because the position was so dark that it was almost impossible to see anything, and many soldiers could not tell east, west, south, and north when fighting.

Especially in the process of moving and running, such as carrying ammunition and transferring machine gun firepower, it is very common to slip and fall on the mud under your feet, or lose your way and don't know which way to go.

If it is one or two people, it is fine. The problem is that when there are many people in this situation, the whole scene will inevitably look messy, and even a bit like a mob. It is impossible to say that this does not affect the actual battle.

Originally, it was a night battle to see who performed better, but in this somewhat funny situation, it became a battle to see who was worse and performed worse. The side that performs slightly better will definitely win. The reason is so simple. Whether it is elite or not is no longer the main factor that determines the outcome of the battle.

However, if you observe carefully, you can find that although the German troops in front of the position fought tenaciously and their performance was not much worse than the Soviet troops on the opposite side, they are almost the same in comparison. However, the German offensive preparations were obviously not prepared. The fierce fighting and exchange of fire were more like an unexpected encounter.

The main offensive weapons such as tanks and assault guns were not distributed in an offensive formation at all. The infantry following behind were also too dense at the beginning to meet the tactical requirements. A 152-mm turret could kill dozens or even twenty people instantly.

As for the reason, it was simply because the German army, which broke through the encirclement overnight and accelerated its march, did not expect to run into this group of Russians here. The formation arrangement before the battle was arranged according to the forced march. Now the fight was not like that, and even the offensive was blocked. In fact, there were reasons and excusable circumstances.

The German tanks, which were completely exposed by the flares, became the top priority target of the Stalin heavy tanks hidden in the ambush on the position. The assault guns with weaker attack capabilities and focused on providing fire support and suppression were temporarily left aside and played a place-and-leave game. The few German tanks endured the roaring anger of almost all Stalin's heavy tanks.

"Aim at the German turret and hit its frontal armor weakness, quickly!"

"The vision is too poor, I can't see clearly!"

"Are you blind, Suka!? The flares are so bright and you can't see them, I can use my feet to fire shells to send the Germans to heaven!"

The radio was filled with loud roars and impatient abuses from many crews. Kulbarov, who was already annoyed, couldn't stand the noise anymore. He took off the transmitter hanging next to him and spoke loudly.

"Swear and talk nonsense, turn off the inter-vehicle communication channel first! The women in the village are not as annoying as you when they quarrel, shut up!!!"

The commander's angry words were as terrifying as the class teacher suddenly barging into the classroom. The radio channel that was still noisy suddenly became quiet.

"I lost so much in the first night battle. Fortunately, the division commander was not here and didn't hear it!"

Kurbalov muttered softly and thought he was lucky. He didn't expect that there are always times in this world when you say something and it will come true. The ancient Chinese generally used the appropriate grammar to describe this situation as "Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will appear".

Of course, we have to change the way we say it in the Soviet Union. For example, "Speak of Lao Ma, Lao Ma will appear" is more appropriate and down-to-earth.

"Kurbalov, I'm almost at the position. I can see your exchange of fire. Report the situation!"

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Kurbalov's expression instantly turned into punctuation marks. When he heard this, his brain was disconnected. Shouldn't the division commander be in charge of the division headquarters and coordinate the overall situation? Why does he have to personally fight in this pitch-black night battle?