USSR 1941

Stephen couldn't help being speechless.

What Shulka didn't say is that compared with the British and American troops, the overall quality of the Soviet army is worse, or it can also be said that the Soviets are generally more careless... They always like to handle things simply and rudely, what? Things are so-so and almost fine.

Therefore, it may not be a big problem for the African British army to have two kinds of equipment mixed at the same time, and it is only tank machine guns that use American equipment.

But for the Soviet army, it is definitely a nightmare to use British, American, and Soviet-style equipment at the same time.

This can actually explain the problem. The situation of the British army is completely different from that of the Soviet army. It is obviously inappropriate for Colonel Stephen to boss around the Soviet army with the idea of ​​"having experience in fighting the German army".

In particular, the so-called "experience" of the British army was combat experience in the high-temperature desert of Africa, while the Soviet army fought in low-temperature snow.

Not to mention that most of the British army was chased and beaten by the German army.

"Okay!" Colonel Stephen spread his hands and replied, "I agree!"

"Also..." said Shulka, "I think these tanks are more suitable for fighting enemy infantry, so we should train against enemy infantry divisions!"

"No, Captain!" Stephen's face became very ugly: "You mean, do you mean that our tanks are vulnerable to the Germans? I think you are wrong, we used these tanks to block the Germans on the battlefield attack..."

"So, can you tell me which battles you won?" Shulka asked back: "Or how many German tanks were destroyed in the battle? 'No. 3', 'No. 4'? Or Italian tanks? "

A hint of surprise flashed in Stephen's eyes. He thought that the Soviets didn't know what happened on the African battlefield, but that didn't seem to be the case... At least the captain in front of him knew the model of the Italian tank.

In fact, Shulka knew much more than Stephen imagined.

But just now he seemed to have slipped his mouth, so he hurriedly added: "Colonel, we also have Italians here, the Italian Expeditionary Force... We can get some information from them, so we are not ignorant!"

Stephen nodded helplessly and spread his hands: "Okay, Captain! This is your battle, you can do whatever you want! I just want to remind you... If you use these tanks against enemy infantry, then what are you going to do against the Germans?" What about the human armor?"

This is indeed a problem.

The best tank is of course the T34, but because the Soviet army is relocating industries to the rear, the production of tanks is seriously insufficient. The tanks produced in Stalingrad are far from enough to consume on the battlefield. The status of the tanks... There are more than a dozen T34s before the First Guards Tank Brigade, but because they are coming to Stalingrad to receive these British and American tanks, those dozens of T34s are assigned to other troops for use on the battlefield .

On the other hand, because the main opponent of the Far East Front Army is the Japanese, and the Japanese tank Su Bian has experienced it in the Battle of Nomonhan...Su-style 1st-class tanks are sufficient to deal with it.

As a result, the Far East Front Army who came to reinforce did not have many T34s in their hands.

Stephen said, "So, I think you'd better ask your superior, Captain!"

"This is something we need to consider, Colonel!" Shulka left after leaving this sentence.

Then Shulka found Katukov, at least Stephen was right,

Shulka really needed to ask his superiors for advice.

"I think all our training is unnecessary, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka reported to Katukov with some frustration: "These tanks are not suitable for fighting the Germans, if they must be sent to the battlefield... ...they are better suited against enemy infantry!"

"What do you think..." Katukov asked.

"I don't think these tanks should be our equipment!" Shulka said: "We are the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, and we are experienced tank soldiers. We should use T34 so that we can compete with the Germans on the battlefield. DOWN! If these tanks are used...we won't even be able to program the T34 anymore!"

This is determined by the speed of the tank. "Matilda" and "Valentine" tanks have a maximum speed of 24 kilometers per hour on the road and 15 kilometers off-road. The M3 medium tank is better, with a maximum speed of 42 kilometers per hour on the road and 26 kilometers per hour off-road... Combining the T34 with these tanks meant that it had to slow down to adapt to the "Matilda" and "Valentine".

And this is simply a nightmare for the Soviet army without air supremacy, and they will be completely blown up by German air power on the way to the march.

The 1st Guards Tank Brigade should not have been wiped out by the enemy on the battlefield like this.

"Comrade Shulka!" said Katukov, "that's one of the reasons why I put you in training!"

"What?"

"We have no choice!" Katukov said. "Actually, not so long ago I had the same idea as you, throw these tanks to someone else, let the superiors arrange T34 for us... But you know how Comrade Zhukov replied ?”

Without waiting for Shulka to ask, Katukov continued: "He told me on the phone: If you are not going to use these tanks, then go and fight the enemy with rifles! Do you want that?"

"No!" Shulka shook his head.

Of course not, infantry is hard against armor unless there is a lake everywhere and the Germans are tricked every time.

"Then find a way to use them!" Katukov said.

Having said that, Katukov looked around and said in a low voice: "We are organizing a counterattack, understand?"

Shulka nodded.

It's almost time for a counter-offensive. The temperature dropped sharply and the reinforcements arrived, but the German army seemed to be at the end of its battle. Launching a counter-offensive at this time can not only smash the German army's plan to attack Moscow, but also hit the German army's vital forces and lay a buffer for Moscow. zone.

And counterattack means putting in all the equipment, whether it is British, American or Soviet.

At the same time, only the 1st Guards Tank Brigade can use these equipments.

However……

"But their cross-country top speed is only a dozen kilometers per hour, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka said: "It's unimaginable that we actually have to drive them to chase the enemy. They are even slower than horse-drawn carriages, and they may have high failure rates." Rate!"

"I know this, Comrade Shulka!" Katukov replied: "But we must use it!"

Shulka sighed, it seemed a little too much.