Chapter 2450 Just Thinking About It Makes Me Sick

While Ivushkin was chatting with Artyom in the anti-gun cave, Malashenko, who was the commander of the car and the division, still did not rest and was still discussing the detailed plan of tomorrow's attack with the leadership of the division.

"What kind of enemy will we encounter? Is there any relevant intelligence?"

It was Malashenko who spoke, and the person who was asked this question was Political Commissar Petrov.

Strictly speaking, this was not the question that the political commissar answered, but "I will find the political commissar when there is something, and I will find the political commissar when there is nothing" has become Malashenko's habit. Rather than saying it is a bad habit, it is better to say that it is an emotional dependence. People are always a kind of social creatures that need companionship and dependence to survive.

And on the battlefield, in this purgatory of artillery fire, the political commissar is the person that Malashenko thinks he can rely on, and it was so in the past and it is still the same now.

"There is indeed relevant information, but it is not good news for us. Do you want to hear it?"

Malachenko thought that the political commissar was just trying to liven up the atmosphere, and smiled without thinking.

"Why bother asking?"

"I think so."

The political commissar, who was also smiling and nodding slightly, switched his state and quickly took out a serious look and began to talk to Malachenko seriously, discussing the current situation on the map on the table in front of him.

"The situation shown by aerial reconnaissance is basically consistent with your judgment during the day. When we concentrated our forces to attack the Germans, German reinforcements were constantly arriving and driving up the hill on the other side of the high ground."

"We didn't know the exact number of German reinforcements, nor did we know their numbers and strength. However, the photos taken by the reconnaissance aircraft showed that these Germans were very powerful, carrying heavy weapons such as large-caliber howitzers and anti-tank guns. In addition, there were a small number of armored troops, which seemed to be small in number, only about 30 to 50 vehicles."

Taking the photos handed over by the political commissar and flipping through them one by one, Malashenko quickly found the things that the political commissar said.

The 150mm howitzer that was often seen and no longer liked to be seen, the PAK 43 88mm anti-tank gun with a signature super-long barrel ratio.

In addition, there seemed to be some heavy weapons of unknown models, too far away, so blurry in the photo that it was hard to tell what they were. The sight of them being towed by trucks made even the new recruits know that they were not easy to deal with.

In the photo, the Germans coming up from the other side of the highland seemed to be continuous and endless, with the vehicles and infantry marching for at least several kilometers. Judging from this situation, at least the Germans at the division level came to reinforce the highland in an organized manner, and the actual number of troops must be more than the estimated number.

This also corresponds to Malashenko's speculation during the day: the Germans dared to squander their troops and concentrate high-value technical equipment to rush to their own territory. If they said that they had no backing and no capital to squander, Malashenko would never believe it.

After all, the Germans couldn't possibly charge like the Japanese on the death fast track. Malashenko knew clearly that his opponents still wanted to win and were willing to do what they thought was valuable for this goal. The suicidal attack of the devils was almost "impossible" for the Germans.

Now the answer is revealed. Malashenko was right and his judgment of his old opponent was very accurate.

The Germans dared to charge so hard because they still had a trump card in their hands. There were a steady stream of reinforcements climbing up from the other side of the high ground to support them.

From this perspective, from the perspective of the Germans, if too many available defensive areas were lost, it would be useless to have too many troops in hand. The density of troops placed in the available defensive area is fixed. It doesn't mean that if you have 100,000 reinforcements, you can just stuff all 100,000 people in. You can't stuff a platoon of troops into a 10-meter-wide trench, right?

If that were the case, wouldn't the Russians on the opposite side be happy to death?

Good guy, one 152 will definitely wipe out a platoon, and if you are lucky, it is possible to wipe out a company.

Military superiority is a good thing, but that is not how wars are fought.

Even with superior military strength, we must also consider the density of military forces, and the marginal effect of how many troops are deployed in a defensive area, which will affect the investment and benefits. This is the science of war, not just counting heads like playing a real-time strategy game.

After looking through the photos handed over by the political commissar, recalling the words just now, Malashenko, who had a rough judgment in his mind, put down the stack of photos and spoke immediately.

"Can we assume that even after we slaughtered Nazis all day today, the density of the Germans' troops in the remaining controlled areas is not less than before the battle today, and may even be more?"

Today's battle was fierce, indeed very fierce, so fierce that the rocket assault battalion directly under the division's firepower fired continuously until the weapons overheated and could not be reloaded, otherwise it would be very likely to cause the ammunition to overheat and catch fire or even explode, and it had to be quickly cooled by water before it could execute Malashenko's attack order.

According to Malashenko's estimation, today, from the foot of the highland to the top of the highland near the central area, the German combat troops "eliminated" by the leader division alone, not counting the results of the friendly forces on the two wings, and the results of the army's direct artillery and long-range bombing aviation in the central frontal main attack direction, are also counted as the leader division.

To be honest, even if there are not 40,000, there must be more than 30,000. This is the basic starting amount. The absolute firepower kill rate of the leader division is so scary.

But a problem that comes with it is that this seemingly brutal work during the day may be considered "in vain" in terms of the overall battle situation.

In the battle of positional attack and defense, for the attacker, an important indicator that determines the development of the next war is the change in the density of the enemy's defensive forces, and it cannot only look at the increase or decrease in the number of enemies.

Now you tell Malashenko that after fighting hard for a whole day, the density of the Germans' defensive forces has not decreased, and may even increase.

This is like telling a very strong fighter that you killed two yellow-haired guys who bullied your wife today, you did a good job, but tomorrow there will be more yellow-haired guys who bullied your wife waiting for you to deal with.

Can you deal with them?

Yes, but it's disgusting just to think about it, isn't it?

This is how Malashenko feels now.