When Belkin saw Sokov come back, he actually brought back an anti-tank gun, even anti-tank grenades and anti-tank mines. He was overjoyed and said, "That's great, this is really great. With these anti-tank weapons, no matter how many tanks the Germans come, we don't have to worry."
But Sokov poured him a basin of cold water: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, we can only obtain so many anti-tank weapons. After using them up, we will disappear."
"What, there are only so many?" Berkin said disappointed when he saw the wooden boxes that the soldiers were moving out of the carriage: "It's too few. If the Germans had only four or five tanks, they could barely deal with them; if there were more than ten, we could only let the soldiers carry cluster grenades and die with the enemy's tanks."
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, call the two platoon leaders of the engineer platoon and the artillery platoon," In order to use these anti-tank weapons reasonably, Sokov decided to take people to consider the terrain himself: "Let's go and see the terrain."
Lieutenant Vasha, the platoon leader of the engineer, and Lieutenant Porochenko, were commanding the soldiers to unload the trucks on the spot. When he heard that the battalion commander had something to look for him, he immediately ran over. When Sokov saw the two of them coming, he waved his head at them and said, "You two follow me to the west of the highlands to see. I plan to build an anti-tank position there so that the enemy's tanks will not come around again."
When everyone came to the west slope, Sokov pointed at the simple road not far away and asked the two platoon leaders: "Comrades, if the German army wants to follow this road again and detour behind our highlands, how do you plan to use the existing anti-tank weapons to deal with them?"
After the two platoon leaders looked at each other, Lieutenant Vasia, who was relatively familiar to Sokov, took the lead in speaking. He pointed to the destroyed tank on the road in the distance and said to Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, that tank blocks the road. If the other tanks want to pass, they can only go around from both sides. We can bury landmines around the tank. As long as the enemy detours, they will definitely be bombed."
"Artifact platoon leader," Sokov did not express any comment after hearing Vasia's words, but turned his head and asked Lieutenant Porochenko: "How do you plan to deploy artillery positions?"
Porochenko looked around, then pointed to a crater not far away and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, I plan to establish an anti-tank position here. When the German tanks enter range, we will fire and smash them into pieces."
Sokov turned to Belkin and asked, "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, what do you think of the deployment of both of them?"
"If we have enough anti-tank mines, and more than five anti-tank guns," Berkin said thoughtfully when he heard Sokov's question: "The two platoon leaders' plan is very suitable."
Sokov heard Belkin's out-of-scenes voice and smiled and said, "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, that is, you do not fully agree with their plan."
"Yes, I think there are still many imperfections in their plan." Belkin nodded and explained to everyone the reasons for his objection: "For example, if mines are buried around the bombed tank, it may really blow up one or two enemy tanks, but after the enemy suffers a loss, they will definitely send engineers to clear the mines. Although machine gun positions can be established at the foot of our feet and use machine gun fire to kill those engineers, the German tank fire can also easily be used to our machine gun positions." Vasia nodded when he heard Belkin's comments, and felt that the deputy battalion commander's analysis was very reasonable.
Belkin continued: "Also, anti-tank gun positions are located here, and they can certainly attack enemy tanks from a high place. But we only have one gun. After destroying the tanks in front, the position will also be covered by enemy artillery fire..."
After hearing Belkin's words, Porochenko humbly asked him: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, since you can discover the problems we have, is there any way to overcome these problems and make our defense more perfect?"
Regarding this question of Porochenko, Belkin smiled bitterly and said, "I can only find the problem. As for how to solve the problem, you should ask the battalion commander. I think he has a clear idea in his heart for a long time."
When the two platoon leaders talked about their views with Belkin, Sokov was thinking about how to make rational use of this terrain to avoid a war of attrition with the German army. At this moment, seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he knew it was time to speak.
He coughed softly and said, "If you want to defend this highway and prevent the enemy tanks from rushing to the back of the high ground, you must adopt flexible defense tactics." He pointed at the crater where Porochenko wanted to establish a shooting position and said, "Although we only have one anti-tank gun, we must prepare three to four firing points, and change one place after two guns, so that the enemy cannot understand our strength. In addition, near the real shooting position, we will arrange several fake positions and disguise them as artillery with wooden boards and wood to attract enemy tank fire."
When Lieutenant Porochenko heard Belkin say this, his eyes lit up and he kept saying, "Great, battalion commander, your method is really great. When the Germans saw our anti-tank guns fire at different locations, they would definitely think there were many artillery on the position, so that they could not concentrate their firepower to attack a little."
Sokov turned to Vasia and continued, "As for the burial site of the anti-tankre, in addition to surrounding the bombed tank, you can also consider arranging two thunders on the south side of the road. In this way, when the German tanks drive along the highway, they will touch and explode. Then the tanks behind will stop and let the engineers clear the mines. At this time, the anti-tank guns commanded by Lieutenant Porochenko can fire the tanks parked on the highway to increase the hit rate."
"Two platoon leaders, you all heard it." After Belkin and Sokov finished speaking, he said to the two platoon leaders with joy: "Comrade Battalion Commander has considered how comprehensive the defense deployment here. In my opinion, the enemy cannot pass here without losing seven or eight tanks here."
Sokov looked to the north of the highway and thought to himself: "Even if the German tanks broke through the interception of anti-tank guns, passed the minefield, and reached the north of the highland, there was nothing to worry about. The commanders and fighters equipped with anti-tank grenades will give them a head-on attack."
He turned his head and said to the two platoon leaders who were standing in front of him waiting for further orders: "Since your mission is clear, don't stand here and go blankly. Start building positions immediately and burying landmines. You must never let the German tanks go easily from here to the back of the highland."
Chapter completed!