Chapter 2184 How to Use It?

Chapter 2189 How to use it?

Vatutin approved the request to second the workers to form a temporary crew, and the workers themselves responded to Malashenko with extremely high fighting enthusiasm.

At this point, there is no longer any complicated trivial matter that can stop Malashenko, or stop the fierce and brutal war machine TOS-1 from entering the battlefield and killing, but there is still one thing to be determined after this.

"Now all the problems and obstacles have been cleared, what's next? How do you plan to use these big guys? This is a new thing that our division has never equipped with similar products in the past."

Although the concept of rocket assault tanks has long existed in the Red Army, the products in the past were all trial works transformed from light tank chassis, with a strong breath of equipment exploration and are still immature.

The petite physique not only makes these "rocket loli" unable to carry too heavy weapons, but also unable to launch extremely destructive heavy rockets, which limits their battlefield power.

Moreover, the delicate bodies of these rocket lolita cannot afford strong armor, and their defense is worrying. They can barely fight on the battlefield at the beginning of the Patriotic War, at least they can withstand the bombardment of 37 knockout bricks head-on, but they have to face the late Patriotic War when the Germans are running around with iron fists and anti-tank guns of 75 caliber and above.

To be honest, if you still let these rocket lolita fight hard on the front battlefield, then the effective results may not be as great as the losses. Those light rockets with little power can hardly hit earthwork bunkers, not to mention encountering permanent fortifications and solid armored targets. It is already the greatest face for you to hear a sound when you hit them.

Of course, because of this, since its inception, the leader division that has always been facing high-intensity frontal battlefields or high-mobility penetration deep behind enemy lines, which is a "hell-level difficulty" combat mission, cannot choose those rocket lolita as standard equipment.

Not only is the power insufficient, but the defense is also useless. You should know that the Leader Division is a "macho division" that must fight its way out to complete the mission even if it has to withstand the heavy anti-armor firepower of the Germans. Let these petite Rocket Lolita mess with the Leader Division, which is full of Royal Sister heavy tanks. It is obvious that the equipment cannot meet the various combat needs.

Because of these simple and straightforward reasons, the Leader Division has never been equipped with equipment such as rocket assault tanks in the past.

Now "Rocket Royal Sister" has gloriously replaced "Rocket Lolita" to join the Leader Division's combat sequence. Its strong and solid heavy armor defense and indestructible destructive power will undoubtedly be the most feared nightmare of all the Nazis on the battlefield. From the performance indicators and design functions alone, it is also completely in line with the actual combat needs of the Leader Division and can be called perfect.

But there is a prerequisite for all this. The Leader Division must first understand how to use this thing that has never been used in the past.

Comrade Political Commissar had no other intentions, but just wanted to know whether Malashenko had planned what kind of battles to use TOS-1 in, and when to use these big guys. It would be right to clarify these specific details first.

"At first, I wanted to use it in urban street fighting against the Germans. I experienced the disadvantages and troubles of insufficient firepower in Stalingrad. The Germans hid in solid bunkers and houses, and our tank guns could not bite them. The effect of armor-piercing shells was too small to explode, and high-explosive shells would be directly detonated by solid walls, and it was also difficult to hurt the Nazis hiding in the house."

"So I told Kotin that I needed to increase the direct firepower output exponentially, not one or two times, but five or six times, or even seven or eight times. You It would be even better if it could be ten times more powerful. And she also had to have solid armor protection, able to attack those fascist bandits and withstand conventional anti-armor firepower, so there was this thing called TOS-1. "

Sitting at the table, Malashenko put out the cigarette butt in his hand and picked up the teacup. It was called a teacup, but in fact it was an 85mm armor-piercing shell base that was cut off and a handle was welded on it. It was one of the "war crafts" made by Karamov, the "chief eunuch" of the leader division, when he had nothing to do.

Karamov, a typical mechanical maniac, loved to tinker with these things when he had nothing to do. It happened that Malashenko, who was inspected one time, saw it and felt that it was quite interesting and had a taste, so he took it away for his own use. It was really a different flavor to use such a hardcore teacup to make tea.

"But based on the actual situation after getting the equipment, I think TOS-1 can have more room for development. It is more than just a special equipment for street fighting." After taking a sip of warm shell tea, he felt much more comfortable. With the scene of the Germans fleeing in the flames in his mind, Malashenko had a clear idea of ​​how to use TOS-1. "Let's put aside the indirect fire support firepower, remove the artillery in the rear position, and just talk about the close-range direct fire support firepower. Our division's existing equipment system has two types of equipment that can play such a role. One is the 122mm tank gun, which is the closest to the infantry battlefield and can provide direct heavy firepower support with the infantry synchronous charge."

"The other is the 152 gun. Due to the platform limitations of the turretless self-propelled artillery, it cannot be too close to the battlefield. It needs to follow the infantry for protection and provide more long-range direct fire support than the 122 gun. It is more powerful."

"Now the situation is very clear. We have short-range 122 gun direct fire support and medium-range 152 gun direct fire support. What else is missing? There is only one answer, long-range direct fire support."

"Tanks charge in front to cover infantry charges and resist enemy heavy firepower. Self-propelled artillery follows up and provides accompanying fire support. Put TOS-1 in the vacant third echelon of long-range direct fire support, and the problem will be solved."

"If you encounter in the process of assaulting the enemy's deep defense position Stubborn resistance, it is unwise to let the troops that have achieved certain results withdraw immediately at this time, but a hard charge will cost more casualties. It is good to mobilize 122mm and 152mm guns for direct bombardment, but this point-to-point direct support heavy firepower killing efficiency is too low. I think it wastes time and slows down the rhythm of the attack. "

"Imagine that at this time, TOS-1 determines the coordinates of the German deep defense position within the visual range, and then lets the front-line troops suspend the offensive and stop, waiting for TOS-1 to wash the German turtle shell position with a round of 310mm rockets, and then charge again, what will be the result? You and I can probably guess what the scene will be like. Even if the German remnants will be blown into "drunkards", the victory will be ours. "