Steel Soviet Union

A senior man with considerable ability and military talent who wanted to lead the troops and become a front-line commander, but was labeled "not trusted" because of certain flaws in his character and past experiences. He was good at charting and overall management. staff officer. read

Well, at least as far as Malashenko is concerned, after listening to the words and description just now, this is the basic impression and understanding of Colonel Jack.

This poor, unlucky guy desperately wanted to escape the shadow of his past, live a different life, and be recognized by those around him. It's a pity that those who didn't believe in him were not even willing to give him this opportunity. After seeing this posture over and over again, he was almost defeated.

If he runs into a wall again, Malashenko estimates that Jack will be done with this job. It is estimated that from now on, I will just draw pictures and work as a staff officer, or I will hand in my resignation and retire and go home in frustration. Anyway, the Texas redneck’s ancestral farming skills have not been lost. He can farm a large farm at home, but if he can’t work in the army, then we will have another choice. Just look for heights.

It was also after understanding these situations that Malashenko finally figured out why this guy seemed to be quite capable. At such a young age, he became the colonel of the elite ace division of the US military, and even had a relationship with that Clayton Abrams. He was a classmate and good friend of the same class, but I had never even heard of this person's name in later generations.

Those who are truly famous are either front-line commanders who fought legendary and beautiful battles, or they are commanders of thousands of armies who strategized. It is not easy to become world-famous by drawing maps and providing staff. It is a bit difficult. .

What can I do to help him? It is quite interesting to think that those who once distrusted and looked down on him would be slapped in the face, and Malashenko was willing to lend a hand to help.

The traditional and cliche old methods are definitely of no use to this guy. He needs to take a route that can surprise the people around him and make him a blockbuster. I have to give him two moves according to this route.

After thinking for a while and organizing his words, Malashenko quickly spoke again to Jack, who was sitting on the sofa next to him.

"Since you want to lead the troops, you need to come up with some extraordinary skills and new concepts. Eating the leftovers eaten by the people in front will not be of much use to you. You need the kind of new skills that can make the people around you shine. thing."

"Something new? A bright spot?"

Jack looked a little confused. He couldn't quite understand what Malashenko was saying.

"Yes, new things. For example, the concept of synthetic troops."

Malashenko planned to teach this Jack some new things that he did not intend to teach, which seemed a bit pretentious. However, this does not mean that Malashenko will copy the theory of synthesis that he proposed to Comrade Lao Zhu and give it to Jack to teach him. Malashenko asked himself if he was not so selfless. people.

Furthermore, according to the development ideas of the US military during the Cold War, the composition and combat ideas of the synthetic forces are very different from those of the Soviet army. Directly throwing the Red Army to it will not only achieve nothing. It works well, but it may deceive him.

Is this considered as cultivating opponents for the future Cold War?

Maybe, but this doesn't matter to Malashenko. Anyway, the Cold War cannot be fought or fought. There is nothing wrong with teaching him some things that the US military will start to actually try in the near future, so that this guy can get the right to publish them early and attract attention and gain recognition.

As for whether this guy can seize the opportunity to express himself well and completely change the "not good" view of the people around him, this is purely a matter of "the master leads him in, and the practice depends on the individual". Malashenko can't help It's so far away, everything depends on Jack himself.

In the following time, Malashenko, who even forgot to eat dinner, chatted with Jack for a long time.

The two of them chatted from scratch paper to maps, from basic theory to practical applications. It can be said that they basically talked freely within the scope of what can be discussed.

Not only that, Malashenko even discovered that Jack Morrison, the same classmate of Abrams at West Point Military Academy, did have some outstanding qualities that could support him to climb to the position of colonel at such a young age. .

For example, although this guy is not leading troops on the front lines to fight or charge into battle, he has his own views on the current dilemmas facing the US military and how to solve them.

It is a good idea that the main medium tanks currently used by the US military support and cover the infantry, and the anti-tank destroyers are responsible for dealing with German tanks.

But the reality is that plans often fail to keep up with changes. It is difficult for an anti-tank destroyer dedicated to dealing with German armored units to appear where it should appear when the battle situation needs it most.

A more common situation is that when the anti-tank destroyers arrive, groups of German tigers and leopards have already led a group of No. 4s to open the cans of steamed buns and knock them over one by one, leaving only a pile of burning steamed bun corpses. Walk away.

Although it is not necessarily a true anti-tank destroyer unit that can effectively restrain and take advantage of the German armored units, at least this combat theory has been proven to be very difficult to work. The tall and powerful Sherman was originally designed to cover and support infantry, but now it has become the backbone of the battle against German armor.

It would be good to improve the Sherman so that it can perform anti-armor operations more effectively, and at the same time speed up the development of new tanks, but it would be better if there are new changes in tactics to make the overall combat efficiency of the unit higher.

Jack had been studying this matter before coming to the Soviet Union to see if he could learn anything from the Soviet army's combat experience and apply what he learned by referring to the Soviet army's restraint experience against the German army.

If they could directly integrate a large number of professional technical equipment into one unit like the leader division, coordinate operations and closely cooperate, and greatly improve the output capability of mechanized self-directed firepower, it would probably be a different situation against the Germans.

Jack's summary and views coincided exactly with the "American version of the combined force" that Malashenko wanted to teach him. In this case, now that he has figured out something himself, it will be much easier to accept the theories and basics that Malashenko will teach him next. In other words, he will become more comfortable in actual combat operations. .

The hour hand of the clock hanging on the wall unknowingly reached the position of almost twelve o'clock. Jack looked very embarrassed when he realized that he had chatted with Malashenko for so long.

"I'm sorry, General, for taking up so much of your time on a whim. Thank you very much."