Chapter 1961 This Is What I Think

Zhukov did not tell Malashenko about this, whether because he forgot to say it or for some other reason, in short, Malashenko now clearly knows that he is the direct beneficiary of this matter, and a batch of new infantry fighting vehicles will be available for use soon. Read М

As for the 50 vehicles, forget it, less is less, at least it can meet the actual combat needs of a main regiment, and one wave can deliver the coordinated infantry required in the main attack direction of the regiment. This can at least play a local one-hit decisive role, and there is no problem in quickly winning a regional victory.

To put it in a bigger way, it involves the problem of subsequent expansion of the results of the battle, and the newly upgraded and expanded leader division is the most lacking in this ability.

As long as the most critical breakthrough point of the spearhead is well hit, the rest of the things will be much easier to do, it is nothing more than tearing the wound pierced by the Germans with one blow. The most important thing is that the first wave of key attacks in the main attack direction must be decisive in one go.

So from this perspective, 50 infantry fighting vehicles can definitely play a big role, which is definitely a good thing.

Malashenko, who has figured out a lot of things in his mind, honestly thanks Kotin and Morozov.

Since the last time these two were brought together by him, they temporarily put aside their competition and started to cooperate more deeply. The first product came out so quickly and it was very good, which could help Malashenko a lot.

When he thought of this, Comrade Lao Ma couldn't help but speak to Kotin again.

"I have to thank you two this time. This kind of thing is exactly what I need. It plays a pivotal role in my new tactics and troop formation concept. I just gave a little advice, and you two completed it. The great credit should be attributed to you."

Kotin, who has been with Malashenko for a long time and is familiar with each other, just smiled when he heard this. He was about to say something, but it seemed that he suddenly remembered something he had forgotten before, and changed to a questioning tone to speak to Malashenko again.

"There's something I almost forgot, I need to ask for your opinion."

"Hmm?"

Kotin's mysterious look made Malashenko a little curious, and he didn't understand what on earth could make Kotin look like this.

"The IS2 heavy tank has been discontinued for some time, but a batch of pre-production chassis are still idle."

"It would be a waste to scrap it and recycle it. It's okay to transform it into a turretless ISU152, but the production task has not been scheduled yet, it can only be said to be fast. It just so happens that you are here, so I want to ask if you have any ideas or opinions, whether to directly transform it into more ISU152, or try to change something else, maybe it can bring out more value.

Because the IS2 was completely discontinued and the production line was removed and replaced by the IS6, the production of the IS2 chassis has also been stopped, which has also affected the production of the ISU152 self-propelled artillery.

After all, the ISU152 is strictly speaking a subsidiary derivative of the IS2 project. The finalization and production of the IS2 project led to the birth of the ISU152, which uses the same chassis, rather than the production of the ISU152 leading to the completion of the IS2 project. The causal relationship between the two cannot be interchanged.

Fundamentally, the ISU152 can only be regarded as one of the deformed vehicles that was transformed from the IS2 heavy tank chassis in order to save production resources.

If the IS2 production line is forcibly retained in order to maintain the normal production of the ISU152, thereby affecting the increase in production of the new IS6 heavy tank, it would be a bit of putting the cart before the horse and the loss outweighs the gain.

After all, retaining an old production line has a great impact on the production of more important heavy tanks. Kokin's first priority is to ensure the timely completion of the IS6 production task and increase production. , rather than maintaining the subsidiary project of the previous generation main heavy tank, the ISU152.

Therefore, while carrying out the project research based on the new generation main heavy tank, that is, the IS6 chassis, to modify the body chassis to obtain a new self-propelled artillery to replace the previous generation ISU152 as a new equipment with the same function but more powerful, the remaining IS2 chassis that have not been used up should continue to be used to maintain the reproduction of ISU152.

But when the new self-propelled artillery with a modified version of the IS6 has entered the trial production stage, Kotin is not willing to continue to waste the precious self-propelled artillery production capacity of the Chelyabinsk plant on the previous generation of old bodies that are already confirmed to be inferior to the new self-propelled artillery, and use the precious and limited production capacity to produce more combat-effective self-propelled artillery. The new self-propelled artillery is obviously better.

So the question is, what should we do with these old IS2 chassis that Kotin doesn't like? We can't just let them sit here and eat dust, right? That's a waste of the precious productivity and production resources of the motherland. As a leader, Kotin has to take great responsibility. If the NKVD finds out about this, it will be troublesome.

As for returning to the furnace to make steel, it will be even more troublesome. Kotin doesn't want to be criticized behind his back for making the workers work in vain and wasting precious productivity in vain, but in the end nothing is produced.

This is not good, that is not good, what should we do?

Kotin thought about it and decided to ask the great god for help, to see what special skills Malashenko, a guy who always has infinite ideas in his head, has. Maybe he can help him solve the problem as easily as before.

After hearing what Kotin said, and looking in the direction indicated by Kotin's eyes, Malashenko saw the IS2 heavy tank chassis lying in a row in the corner of the factory workshop, and basically guessed the problem that troubled Kotin.

As for the solution to this problem and how to deal with it, Malashenko, who had a bold idea in mind a long time ago, just happened to catch up, thinking that he might as well take this opportunity to tell Kotin.

"This, I think it's easy to solve, and I just happen to have an idea. You can listen to it and see if it works."

Kotin and Malashenko walked and talked, and Kotin, who didn't say a word and just listened attentively, was obviously waiting for Malashenko's next words.

"Take our division for example. Our division has highly mobile artillery firepower that can meet actual needs. In particular, the Katyusha with extremely explosive firepower is very useful and can be of great help in many cases. It can instantly hit the German positions and pave the way for the attack."

"But there is a problem. The Katyusha has poor accuracy and can only fire from the rear. If I want to have another wave of firepower to support the situation when the troops are close to the German positions but encounter stubborn resistance, the Katyusha can't do it. This is likely to accidentally injure our own people, and we dare not open fire at all. Letting the troops withdraw first and then letting the Katyusha open fire is putting the cart before the horse. The casualties suffered during the attack will be in vain. In actual combat, I have encountered this problem more than once. "

"The problem of poor accuracy is easy to solve. As long as you are close enough and can shoot directly within the line of sight, there is no such thing as artillery with poor accuracy. But Katyusha's truck chassis has no protection, and there is no way to drive it to the front line to accompany the attack and get close to direct fire."

"My idea is very simple, Comrade Kotin. I want an assault rocket launcher with heavy armor protection and Katyusha's powerful explosive firepower, which can accompany the front-line heavy armored forces in the attack. And her caliber should be larger than Katyusha. I want her to have the ability to attack and destroy solid fortifications and complete tasks that even ISU152 cannot do. This is my idea."