USSR 1941

Seeing it on the training ground, Saraev couldn't stand it anymore.

The scene was chaotic, the instructors on the "tank" (a car disguised as a tank) scolded, and the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs below were confused or ran around like headless chickens.

"Comrade Andrianka!" Shulka called forward, and the training ground was temporarily under the command of Andrianka.

"Yes, Comrade Shulka!" Andrianka, who was observing the training, responded and ran back.

"How's the training going?" Shulka asked.

"Everything is going well, Comrade Shulka!" Andrianka replied: "As we estimated!"

"What do you mean?" Sarayev asked.

Andrianka looked at Shulka.

Shulka nodded and said, "Say it!"

"Let's put it this way, Comrade Saraev!" Andrianka turned his body sideways so that Saraev could see the situation on the training ground, and then explained: "As you can see, if this is On the real battlefield, I'm afraid half of your troops have already died!"

Although Sarayev saw the chaos in the 11th Infantry Division, he still didn't want to believe it.

"It's impossible!" Sarayev said. "They...they just haven't adapted to the cooperation between the tank and the tank, just give them some time..."

"The cooperation between infantry and tanks is only one aspect!" Andrianka interrupted Saraev unceremoniously: "Your troops are used to small-scale operations, especially at the company and platoon level, and at the company level and above. The team's sense of coordination is very weak, let alone the coordination of infantry and tanks and infantry and artillery! Such troops go to the battlefield... Comrade Saraev, their individual quality and physical fitness cannot be fully utilized, because it is just a piece of artillery fire Coverage is gone!"

Saraev looked at Andrianka, then turned his dubious gaze to Shulka, and asked angrily: "You mean, other infantry can carry out infantry-tank coordination and infantry coordination well? Can evade enemy fire? Even recruits?"

No wonder Major General Saraev was unconvinced.

You must know that Major General Saraev is a major general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is strictly an intelligence agency. Of course, he knows the training level of ordinary troops, so even if he is killed, he does not believe that the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be on the battlefield. Those recruits are not as good.

Shulka did not answer,

Just say: "Or, we can go to the training ground of other infantry?"

Major General Saraev did not object, so Shulka took Saraev to the training ground belonging to the 113th Infantry Regiment in the other direction.

"This is another infantry regiment, Comrade Saraev!" Shulka handed the binoculars to Saraev, and said: "They lost nearly half of their troops in the previous battle, and only a thousand troops remained in the regiment." Two hundred people, 800 people have just been added, this is they are training recruits, and they are also training infantry!"

Saraev raised his binoculars and took a look... In fact, he didn't need a binoculars at all, and he knew that it was much more orderly than the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within the visual range.

After watching for a while, Saraev said: "This doesn't explain anything, Comrade Shulka! They don't know anything, so they study hard!"

"That's the problem, Comrade Saraev!" Shulka objected: "The 11th Infantry Division, they think they know everything, that they don't need to study, that they can fight on the battlefield, but in fact they also Nothing... For the recruits, all we need is to teach them, but for the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we have to get rid of the bad habits they have developed over the years! Which one do you think is more difficult?"

Saraev couldn't help but fell silent when he heard the words, and he somewhat understood Shulka's meaning.

"Our tactics have fallen behind!" Shulka continued: "Perhaps you know this, and this is one of the reasons why our troops were defeated in the early stages of the war! Under such circumstances, all troops Feeling for change, some even spontaneous, sneaky, not just the 82nd Infantry!"

Shulka was telling the truth.

Because the battlefield is reality, tactics that keep up with reality mean survival, and failure to keep up means death.

The officers and soldiers fighting on the front line all want to live, but the superiors are clinging to the previous set of strategies and tactics unchanged... It should be said that the high-level Soviet army is very stubborn in the reform of strategies and tactics, even if they fail countless times. They can't let them learn from experience and lessons, but get worse.

Because there is such a paradox: no one thinks that defeating a battle is due to one-sided emphasis on bravery, and one-sidedly believes that defeating a battle is due to not being brave enough.

The high-level Soviet army can be stubborn, but the officers and soldiers on the front line cannot be "stubborn".

So even though the top management is still clinging to the previous tactics, the frontline troops are already summing up experience and making changes spontaneously or secretly.

"For example!" Shulka continued: "When the enemy's shells came, they knew how to hide and build individual bunkers, but the 11th Infantry Division was still charging; when attacking the enemy's line of defense, they knew to call artillery, The 11th Rifle Division is still charging; when the infantry and tanks are coordinated, they know how to use the tanks as cover and also know how to cover the tanks, the 11th Rifle Division is still charging ... Well, Comrade Saraev, you think this will eventually get what result?

Before Sarayev could answer, Shulka said: "It's a corpse, Comrade Sarayev, the corpses of thousands of officers and soldiers of the 11th Infantry Division. The Germans can easily use limited bullets and shells to kill them." In exchange for the total annihilation of the 11th Infantry Division, and an infantry division, even one with a large number of recruits...they still retain their strength to fight the Germans! This is the result, is this what you want? "

Saraev listened now.

He was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly, and said: "Now I understand why the superior ordered us to undergo training, Comrade Shulka! I also understand why the superior sent you to train the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

Then he handed the binoculars back to Shulka and said, "You are right, Comrade Shulka! Now, tell me what we should do so that we don't turn into corpses!"

"As I said!" Shulka said, "Forget about the old tactics and habits, you have to adopt new tactics, and you have to learn from the infantry units, just like recruits!"

"I will tell them these words!" Sarayev said.

"It's not enough just to tell!" Shulka said. "We need to let them know that they are recruits, and recruits who don't know anything!"