Chapter 2911 How to Use

As the saying goes, good people should do their best and help people to the end.

Shashmulin, who came to the front line to meet Malashenko, not only sent Malashenko the latest weapons and equipment, but also solved the problem of how to put them into use immediately.

For new weapons and equipment, especially for heavy weapons, it is not like the research and development technology tree in the game. As long as the new car is developed, lit up and purchased, it can be immediately equipped with members to go to the battlefield to kill all sides.

The more complex the heavy weapons, the more the members will be tested on the proficiency and mastery of the equipment.

For new heavy weapons that have never been touched before, from being put into service to forming actual combat effectiveness, this requires a process that cannot be ignored and cannot be skipped. It is impossible to say that you can drive to the battlefield to kill all sides and bombard the German sticks tomorrow after receiving a new heavy armored vehicle today. This is impossible.

Military science is a rigorous and scientific and profound knowledge. No matter how good the weapon is, it is inevitable to return to its essence of human operation.

So having good equipment alone is not enough; if Shashmulin wants his new work to be put into the battlefield immediately after it is delivered to the Leader Division, and to obtain as much valuable actual combat information as possible before the end of the remaining war time, then he must face the problem of "how to quickly form actual combat effectiveness".

And the final solution given by Shashmulin can be described as "simple and crude", but it is extremely effective.

Since the soldiers of the Leader Division are not familiar with my new work, then I can send the people who are familiar with my new work to the Leader Division together with the people and the cars.

So, Malashenko not only received this batch of 5 261 project prototypes, but also received 5 skilled crews that were given with the cars.

According to Shashmulin, these 5 crews were originally the factory's test driver team and part of the Red Army tank soldiers stationed at the factory. So it stands to reason that they are also active tank soldiers of the Red Army, and they are experienced veteran tank crews.

It stands to reason that the test driver team, a relatively valuable and high-value technical talent, would not go to the front line unless it was absolutely necessary, and Shashmulin did not have the power to mobilize these people to perform tasks other than test driving.

But who can blame Comrade Ma for being an ordinary person?

Thinking that this matter was very necessary, Shashmulin personally wrote a report and applied to the higher authorities, briefly explaining all the necessary conditions and actual conditions, and stated that this was the last chance to hand over the new self-propelled artillery to the leader division for actual combat testing.

If too much time is spent in the process of forming combat effectiveness, then this last precious opportunity may be lost, so I beg the superiors to approve the use of the test driver team to participate in the final front-line battle.

Because this report was related to Malashenko and the leader division, the superior equipment department did not dare to neglect it after receiving the report. After realizing that the situation was not simple, it quickly passed the report to the Red Army’s Chief of Staff Comrade Vasilevsky.

As for Vasilevsky, he was a person who had a very good personal relationship with Zhukov. In addition, Malashenko was also known as "Marshal Zhu's man". After a little thought, he decided to pass the report to Zhukov to see what Comrade Zhu had to say about it.

You asked Comrade Zhu what he thought, what else could he say?

It was nothing more than "suggesting approval, and asking relevant departments and units to assist and cooperate". Comrade Zhu, who had always supported Malashenko, could still make the decision on a few cars and a few groups of people.

After getting the opinion of his old friend, Vasilevsky didn't think much about it, and he wrote a permit and sent it out.

This matter went from the rear to the front line, and then from the front line back to the rear several times, and finally came to this point.

Although Shashmurin's handling of this matter was a bit like "pulling Malashenko's banner without communication", Malashenko had no dissatisfaction or opinion about it.

After all, the special situation of time waiting for no one is here. If Shashmulin really communicated with Malashenko and then wrote a report to apply, even if the matter was done and the car was sent to the front line, it would probably be too late by then.

These big steel guys can't participate in actual combat and let the German sticks feel justice except for turning around on the street.

Special cases should be handled specially. In short, the result now is that the car caught up with the last battle and was delivered in time, and Malashenko also liked these super big guys and was very happy with the first impression. The above results are enough.

"These big guys are really good, comrade division commander. But how do you plan to distribute and use these guns?"

After seeing off Shashmulin, who didn't even have time to stay overnight, and set off overnight after handing over the car and finishing the matter, Malashenko and Kurbalov set off on the journey back to the front line in Berlin.

Kurbalov, who still felt "frightened" by the overwhelming shock of the big guys he had just obtained, was also curious about their use, and immediately took the initiative to ask the division commander comrade who was sitting in the back seat of the car beside him.

"Strictly speaking, those things should not be equipped to our division-level units. They are more suitable for supporting firepower for army/group troops."

"But there are exceptions to everything. Now that the equipment is in hand, it seems unnecessary to discuss which level it should be equipped to."

"There are only five vehicles, so we will set up a heavy artillery company under the division for the time being. The command is at the division headquarters level. If necessary, the command can be delegated. After all, this thing is not only a fire support equipment, but also a front-line siege assault equipment."

"If the command is held at the division headquarters level after the battle, it will be a bit like micro-management on the battlefield. There is no need to do this. The specific front-line command can be handled by the brigade level."

Malachenko has always delegated a lot of authority to the front-line assault equipment responsible for sieges, even TOS-1, which is extremely valuable and is a treasure in the leadership division. As long as it is on the front line, the command will definitely be delegated according to the battlefield situation. The command will be delegated to the specific theater level according to the direction of the assault.

The division headquarters is only responsible for the assignment and dispatch of the combat direction, not the specific tactical deployment and command. The latter is specifically responsible for the brigade-level headquarters that has received the delegated command.

Hearing that Malashenko would continue to follow the old tradition this time, Kurbalov, who basically understood what was going on, nodded slightly, but another question soon came out of his mouth.

"Then comrade division commander, to which unit will this heavy artillery company be assigned tomorrow? Or should it be placed on the artillery position to provide fire support rather than front-line assault missions?"