Rebirth of the National Marshal

"These bastards must take responsibility for this. Now that the war is imminent, such a thing has happened. Keep it secret and don't let the soldiers below know. If they knew, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to their morale." The regiment commander still thought that there was only this one cannon!

"Commander, I'm afraid this matter is not so easy to deal with. Now the artillery in the entire regiment is basically like this. This time our regiment has replaced a total of 24 150mm cannons. I just looked at our company's, and basically all of them are like this. I wonder what the situation is in other companies?" said the company commander who first discovered this matter depressedly.

His words seemed to have sent the regiment commander into an ice cellar. If all the heavy artillery in the regiment were like this, it would mean that when the Chinese tanks launched an attack, they would be completely unable to use any capabilities, and his head would definitely be gone by then.

The regiment commander looked at several surrounding cannons with some disbelief, and sure enough, the crack was in the same position as the cannon just now. This meant that there was something wrong with the mold used to make these cannons, and it definitely wasn't damaged in the middle. Even if it was damaged in the middle, it couldn't have been damaged so coincidentally and directly in one position.

"Report to the regiment commander, a Chinese armored regiment was spotted five kilometers away, and we have been ordered to open fire immediately." The officer on duty came over carrying a large communication device. This kind of equipment has long been outdated, but even such equipment could only be equipped by some special troops in the Soviet Union. It was impossible for ordinary troops to be equipped with this thing, because such things were extremely precious, and only troops directly led by the superiors, such as the heavy artillery regiment, could be equipped with it.

"Comrade commander, haven't you received orders from above? Aren't we supposed to be shelling those Chinese tanks now? Why are all of you standing here? What happened? Nothing is more important than what's happening on the front line?" The political commissar came riding over from a distance with several members of the supervision team. It was already the early days of World War II, and the officers of the security regiment were all riding jeeps, and few were riding horses.

Hearing this man talking, the regiment commander seemed to have seen a savior and quickly pulled him over. This man's father was the commander of their army group, and it should be much better for him to report the matter than to report it himself. Although the regiment commander and the political commissar were not on good terms, which was a common problem in all Soviet armies, such a thing had never happened in their heavy artillery regiment. The main reason was that the regiment commander did not argue with the political commissar, and the main reason was that the regiment commander was of a civilian origin, while the political commissar was the son of a bureaucrat. If you argued with them, you would probably end up with nothing left. They could convict you by finding a relative at random. What could you use to argue with them?

"It's just a small crack. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all. It can't affect the effectiveness of our artillery fire. I've just been to the front line to see that the Chinese tank troops are already coming in a dense formation. If we can use this heavy artillery to attack them at this time, we can definitely achieve a lot of results. It's also possible that our regiment will become a meritorious regiment. Don't you want to have such a thing, commander? Just give the soldiers the order to fire. It's impossible for all of them to explode." The commander was surprised that the political commissar actually said such a thing. Such a political commissar is definitely unqualified, but now it's not a question of whether he is qualified or not.

This is using his own soldiers as test subjects. It is indeed just as he said. It is impossible for every cannon to explode due to such a small crack, but more than 40% of the cannons will definitely explode. This is already very powerful. If it is accidentally transmitted to the ammunition depot, there are large-caliber heavy artillery all around. Maybe everyone on the position will be killed in a plane crash, and it will be too late to regret it then.

"Comrade Political Commissar, if we do this, we may suffer heavy losses. Look at the artillery around us, and the surrounding artillery shells are too close. If one of the artillery explodes, all the surrounding shells will be ignited. Then we will be in trouble and none of us can escape. It may also bring trouble to the entire battle situation. I think things here should be reported immediately and let the people above make decisions for us, instead of us making decisions on our own." Normally, the regiment commander would be tolerant where he could.

But now is completely different. If I tolerate this, the brothers in the group will never follow me. They know this place is a pit, but they still push them in. Where can I find such a leader? They will never look up to me in the future. It is very likely that the whole team will be disbanded, and the goal of my life struggle will be gone.

"Comrade Regiment Commander, I think you are afraid of death. Now the Chinese tank army is right in front of us and within the range of our artillery fire. If we don't take any action at this time and let this fighter slip away from our hands, we will definitely be blamed by our superiors. I don't know if you can afford it then?" The political commissar was already angry at this time.

He didn't expect that this guy would dare to disobey him. Normally, although you are the regiment commander and I am the political commissar, I basically do what I say. Now you dare to disobey my orders. What are you thinking?

In fact, the Soviets had three heavy artillery regiments this time, but the other two heavy artillery regiments were basically blown to pieces by the Air Force. Only their heavy artillery regiment moved slowly, and because they took strict protective measures when passing through a forest, the Air Force did not discover them. Although there are still many planes in the sky looking for them, they still haven't found them. If their artillery was really intact, it would very likely cause great trouble to Qiu Qingquan's armored regiment. However, there are cracks on the artillery now, and it is impossible to cause damage to the armored regiment. It depends on who of the two officers can win the argument. If they fire, it will be really fun.