USSR 1941

Chapter 184: pre-war training

??Chapter 184 Pre-battle training

It is basically impossible to improve shooting accuracy only by "grinding guns in front of battle". They waste.

??But there are traces of firing at targets, that is, some techniques that soldiers of this era do not know.

There is no problem with the engineer regiment digging anti-tank trenches. Major Gavrilov ordered the soldiers of the engineer regiment and the 333rd regiment to mobilize. Half an hour later, even the people of Tula were called up to dig traps ...The entire frontage from the Yauza River to the lagoon is a channel with a width of more than ten kilometers, which is full of traps layer by layer.

??The interesting thing about these traps is that they will be filled with mud after digging, and there is no problem at all from the surface.

??As for the tank soldiers and anti-tank gunners, Shulka will be responsible for the "pre-battle training".

?? "The method is very simple!" Shulka said: "A group of three guns, the same is true for tanks. Each gun is lined up in a straight line at the same interval to face the enemy, and then fired one by one. Understand?"

??The gunners were dumbfounded when they heard this.

??The commander of the tank battalion on the side, Captain Akimchik, asked: "Comrade Shulka, what is the difference between this and our usual shooting? Will this make the shooting more accurate?"

?? "Of course there is a difference!" Shulka explained: "Your usual shooting is a random fight between the three cannons without connection, and there is no mutual correction and comparison between the cannons!"

??Lieutenant Akimchik couldn't help but "oh" when he heard the words: "You mean... After the first gun is fired, we can observe the distance from the impact point to the target and compare the guns?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "Because the guns are at the same height and spaced apart, and lined up in a straight line facing the target... the first gun misses, and the second can be fired based on the data we have. And the offset is adjusted to the elements, the same is true for the third cannon!"

"Understood, Comrade Shulka!" Captain Akimchik stood up and saluted Shulka, and said, "It's a very good method. There is no doubt that this can greatly increase the hit rate. And all it needs is simple training!"

??So this problem was solved, and Shulka let Captain Akimchik do it.

The principle is actually very simple, other external conditions are the same, even the wind direction and wind force are basically the same, so as long as the gunner’s calculation speed is fast and accurate (this is the ability that an artilleryman must have), then three shells can’t be imagined. It's hard to hit the target.

?? "Comrade Captain!" An artilleryman asked Captain Akimchik, "What if we still miss the target?"

?? "Then there will be another round!" Captain Akimchik replied without thinking: "Otherwise, even if the enemy rushes in front of you, you are not allowed to retreat, understand?"

?? "Yes, Comrade Captain!"

??Back to the headquarters, Shulka said to Major Gavrilov: "We need more tanks and anti-tank guns!"

it is necessary.

??The reason is that this kind of tank ambush will have a flaw: while trapping the enemy, your own anti-tank guns and tanks cannot be transferred, because there are traps everywhere, abnormal traps that cannot be found on the surface.

?? This also means that tanks and tank guns have to be abandoned after an ambush is exposed, because it will soon be bombed by enemy artillery.

?? It is even possible that tanks and anti-tank guns will be detected and disabled by the enemy before they can play a role.

?? So, of course more anti-tank firepower is needed.

??Major Gavrilov nodded: "I have already requested reinforcements from Moscow, and they will immediately dispatch fifty anti-tank guns..."

?? "Fifty doors?" Shulka shook his head: "Maybe it's not enough!"

?? "There are only so many of them!" Major Gavrilov replied: "You know, Moscow puts almost all its troops and equipment on the front line, even the reinforcements from the rear!"

Of course Shulka knows this, but the problem is that there are difficulties that cannot be solved: the combined anti-tank firepower of the 333rd Regiment and Tula is only 79 units, and an ambush requires 12 units if there are three units at the front and rear, and three units on the left and right. .

??This is still the minimum requirement. In order to ensure that the target can be destroyed and blocked, especially the head, because the enemy tank may push the wreckage of the destroyed tank away, it is necessary to deploy a few more doors.

??If an ambush is calculated on the basis of 20 units, the 50 anti-tank guns including Moscow's newly added reinforcements can only carry out about six ambushes.

??Six ambushes...Shuerka doesn't know how many tanks this can consume the German army, Shuer only knows that this may not be enough in actual combat.

??Because the Germans are not fools, they may suffer once or twice, and then they will have corresponding countermeasures.

??But the current situation is like this, and we can only take one step at a time.

?? At least one point of the superior is accurate, that is, the enemy arrived at Tula before dawn.

?? They first cut off the railway south of Tula.

??In fact, the German reconnaissance unit should have done this at this point, which would make it impossible for the front-line troops to return to Tula.

?? And just behind the 333rd regiment's defense line, there are several railways extending to the front line in different directions.

??So, as Major Gavrilov said, once the transportation hub of Tula is occupied... the consequences will be disastrous.

?? "Five hours!" Major Gavrilov said: "In just five hours, a group of reinforcements from Leningrad will arrive here!"

?? This information made Shulka relax a bit.

??Although the German army has always been known for its "blitzkrieg", it is not easy to break through the trap line of defense within five hours under such circumstances.

?? Just thinking about it, there was a whistling sound of shells in the sky... The German army launched an attack.

??If it was in the past, Shulka might have to hide in the trench and shiver, just begging the shells not to hit him.

?? But after all he's been through, Shulka knows it's not that much of a difference between being afraid and not being afraid... Cannonballs won't let that off you.

??Therefore, Shulka has learned to stick his head out to observe the sound of the shell explosion, and only duck his head when the shell blows up a cloud of mud nearby.

??The result of the observation was to determine that the German army did not know Shulka's trap tactics.

??Because their artillery preparations are still the same as before, advancing layer by layer.

?? This is used to blow up and detonate mines, and of course fortifications and barbed wire.

??Obviously, such a bombing would not blow up the traps, but would make more traps...because the crater itself is an excellent trap.

??(end of this chapter)