Chapter 3114 Is that a Tiger Tank?

Okada Taketake's judgment on the battle situation is that the artillery suppression did not have the desired effect, and the main force of the Russians was almost unaffected.

After just two rounds of artillery fire, they were suppressed by the Russians' artillery retaliation and stopped, which had also disturbed the Russians on the opposite side and alarmed them.

Then the Russians on the opposite side could not help but respond to this. Foreseeable counterattacks, such as attack on attack and artillery coverage, may be available, and may even be full.

If they cannot defeat the attack on attack and cannot retreat due to artillery coverage, they will still die if they are entangled by the Russians' artillery suppression.

In any case, Okada Taketake concluded that the first wave of attacking troops that had already attacked must be reinforced now.

This is a mentality similar to that of a gambler who keeps adding bets. If he is unwilling to admit his failure, he can only continue to add bets.

At this moment, Okada Taketake didn't have any thoughts of "what should I do if I haven't won yet" in his mind, but he was thinking that he had to protect the troops that had been deployed in advance.

That is, at the same time as he was mobilizing troops to prepare for reinforcements, the Japanese troops deployed on the front line could not wait for the arrival of reinforcements and were entangled by the vanguard sent by the furious Varosha.

After forcibly suppressing the incoming Japanese artillery fire with the advantage of his own artillery fire, he was able to resolve the crisis of continuous bombing.

Varosha, who never forgot that his mission was to annihilate the Japanese Second Division, immediately took action, organized the vanguard troops that were least affected by the artillery fire, assembled them quickly, and sent the first wave of troops out in an offensive formation with a regiment as the scale.

"Comrade division commander, the other troops affected by the enemy's artillery fire are rushing to rescue the wounded and damaged equipment."

"The specific casualties and losses are being summarized and counted, but according to the reports from the troops below, the losses are not too large and are within an acceptable range. It is estimated that the overall casualties and losses will affect the combat effectiveness of the entire division by about 7%."

Hearing the report from the chief of staff, Valosha, whose eyebrows could not help but jump, put down the telegram he had just received, and then raised his head and replied seriously.

"Does that mean the number of casualties and total equipment loss is about 2% to 3%?"

"Yes, I don't think it will be much different from this number, comrade division commander."

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Varosha, who has a white face, looks as black as if he came from Africa at this moment.

The number of casualties and total equipment loss is about 2% to 3%, which may not sound large.

But you have to know that whether it is Valosha's division or Kurbalov's division, these are all large-scale heavy synthetic divisions newly formed after expansion according to the final standards of the original leader division during the Battle of Berlin.

In other words, this 2% to 3% means the sacrifice of 300 to 400 people, and the complete loss and irrecoverable loss of nearly 20 armored combat vehicles.

They suffered such a blow without even touching the enemy, and were bombarded by heavy artillery clusters while preparing for the attack and assembling troops.

Compared with Kurbalov's original flat-push attack, Valosha himself felt that this was really embarrassing, and the burning feeling on his face was getting worse.

He almost forgot when he suffered such a loss last time. Valosha, who felt that he had encountered a great humiliation, naturally could not just swallow his anger and forget about it.

After a little thought, the additional order came out immediately.

"Tell the vanguard troops to tie up the Japanese troops coming towards us! I judge that the enemy will not give up their attacking troops so easily. After the artillery is disarmed, their only choice is to send troops to rescue."

"Here, comrade division commander, do you mean that we should focus on annihilating the Japanese reinforcements?"

Coming to the war zone map spread out on the table in the tent, he pointed his right index finger at the position where his vanguard troops were currently fighting with the incoming Japanese troops, and drew a larger circle with this position as the center to indicate, and Varosha nodded and said as he was explaining.

"That's right. Not only will I swallow up the vanguard of these Japanese devils, I will also let their reinforcements go to hell with the vanguard."

"Of course, hell is not a place for us proletarian fighters. That's where these audacious and stupid militarist fanatics should go. The only thing we have to do is to send them off for the last time, to send them all to the end of this life."

The chief of staff, who has been working with Varosha and fighting side by side since Kursk, has a thorough understanding of the temperament of his own division commander and immediately responded.

"I understand. I will organize the follow-up attack troops, bypass the current battle area from both wings, and use the advantages of mobility and firepower to attack the second wave of enemy troops at the same time. How about this?"

"I think it's okay, but there are some details to pay attention to."

Varosha, who was drawing on the map with a drawing pencil in his hand, had a more proactive strategy, but he was far from satisfied with just attacking the Japanese reinforcements from both sides.

"When dealing with the Japanese reinforcements, the first task should be to cut them in half in the shortest possible time, which requires the left and right wing attack forces to attack in opposite directions."

"If they leave their positions, these Japanese devils are like turtles without shells. They are not qualified to fight a mobile field battle with us."

"The Japanese reinforcements that have been cut off and surrounded, as well as the Japanese vanguard troops whose retreat has been cut off, must be wiped out in the shortest possible time. In addition, let the artillery units at the division level and below be prepared. I infer that the Japanese devils may be more crazy than this, and they may continue to increase their stakes and become gamblers."

"When the time comes, let the artillery freed up from the artillery battle to deal with them. I want to let these militarist fanatics bathe in the artillery fire and watch their accomplices being smashed into meat paste by the iron fist of the Red Army."

"Understood!"

The deployment of troops and combat deployment on the Valosha side is still continuing, and the vanguard troops on the front battlefield who are fighting the Japanese army in the artillery fire have already started a massacre.

"Oh my god, am I seeing things? That's a German Tiger tank? Why can I see it here, in a place like this?!"

"Hey! We said in the company meeting before that it was a copy made by the Japanese. Did you fall asleep and didn't hear it? Don't worry about it, get ready for battle!"

"Don't worry, it can't escape! Watch me deal with them!"

Inside the IS7 turret fighting room, which is relatively spacious compared to the previous generation of Stalin heavy tanks, a conversation between the gunner and the commander is going on.

The Japanese copycat Tigers who were driving off-road at full speed on the opposite side didn't even know what kind of opponent they were about to face.

Completely immersed in the undoubted belief in the super-powerful new tank, they naturally believed that they could kill the Russian tractors on the opposite side with one blow, just as the Germans at some point in time had thought about this more than once.