USSR 1941

  Chapter 688 Prejudice

   It's no wonder that Andre would appreciate Shulka's plan. The plan proposed by Shulka can be said to be the best arrangement for the current situation.

If the Romanian army at the 74-kilometer station does not have many troops and is not well-prepared... This can be seen from the fact that the enemy has only started building fortifications and planting landmines not long ago. If they were prepared, these things should have been waiting for Su at the 74-kilometer station. army.

  Therefore, 74 kilometers itself does not need to worry, what needs to be worried should be the enemy's reinforcements, artillery, etc.

  At the same time, due to mobility problems, it is difficult for infantry to detect and stop reinforcements and artillery in time. These are the strengths of the Air Force, and it is just right to use the Air Force for reconnaissance.

   As a result, the air force discovered the situation before the 82nd Infantry Regiment launched an attack on the target.

   "Comrade Shulka, we found the enemy's supply train!" Andrei reported: "It may be transported from the direction of Stalingrad!"

   "Supply truck?" Shulka felt a little strange.

   "Yes!" Andre replied: "We destroyed it, falling out of the whole car of ammunition!"

   This may be simple on the battlefield, but it is not the case in Shulka's view.

   Even Shulka felt a little weird.

  Because if it is normal, the enemy train should first transport reinforcements or equipment, not supplies.

The reason is simple. When the defense line is under attack and the Romanian army is about to collapse, what the front line lacks most is people and equipment rather than supplies. It can even be said that when the battle is not going well, more supplies will be sent to the front line What is given to the enemy is not to one's own people.

  And these supplies were shipped from the direction of Stalingrad.

  Can the Germans be that stupid?

   When Stalingrad was short of supplies, would the supplies be sent to the Romanians for them to hand over to the Soviet army?

Suddenly, Shulka realized the reason: the German reinforcements had arrived in Plodovitoye, and these supplies were sent to the German reinforcements. Because the equipment of the German army was inconsistent with that of the Romanian army, the ammunition was not universal, so the German army had to The transportation of supplies meets the requirements of their own troops, even if it is to transport ammunition from Stalingrad.

  Thinking of this, Shulka immediately called the headquarters.

   It was Political Commissar Viktorovich who answered the phone. He seemed to be waiting for a call from the 82nd Infantry Regiment, even if there was only a little trouble.

   "How is the situation?" Viktorovich asked first: "Is the attack going well?"

"We haven't started the offensive yet, Comrade Commissar!" Shulka said, "But there is a situation that I think I need to report to you. The pilot blew up an enemy supply train from Stalingrad to Plodovitoye. car!"

   "Great, congratulations!" Viktorovich praised: "You have made a great contribution, which will obviously reduce the pressure on our army's main attack direction!"

   This is the easiest compliment Shulka has ever received, and Shulka hasn't even done anything yet.

"No, Comrade Commissar!" said Shulka, "that's not what I'm talking about, supplies from Stalingrad to Plodovitoye... Does that mean that German reinforcements are already waiting for us in Plodovittoye? The main force? Otherwise why would they send supplies?"

Viktorovich couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and then replied: "No, it's impossible, Comrade Shulka, it's only been a few hours since the start of the war... But I will pass your thoughts on to the command and let them go Just scouting! You continue to pay attention to the battle at the 74km station, understand?"

   "Yes, Comrade Commissar!" Shulka replied.

  The political commissar is being polite to Shulka. If the brigade commander Gerasilov answered the call, he might reprimand Shulka for meddling.

  Victorovich thought about it, and thought that what Shulka said was not a trivial matter, and it was also reasonable, so he dialed the phone number of the Army Command and conveyed Shulka's guess.

  Major General Trufanov dismissed this.

"It's that 'Breakout Hero' again?" Major General Trufanov replied, "Don't be too nervous, Comrade Viktorovich! It's just a truckload of supplies. Just annoyed that his advice wasn't adopted!"

If there is a prejudice against someone, it is easy to bring this prejudice or personal feelings to the judgment of the war. This is also one of the quality requirements of a commander. Obviously, Major General Trufanov failed. make it happen.

  Since Major General Trufanov has such an attitude, Viktorovich has nothing to say.

   On the other side, Shulka's 82nd Infantry Regiment has launched an attack on the 74-kilometer railway station.

   The attack was not as easy as imagined, mainly because the information given by Viktorovich was not very accurate...

  Information said a battalion of Romanian skirmishers, but in fact there were two companies of German troops.

However, this does not seem to be due to Viktorovich’s intelligence, because the German troops of these two companies probably just withdrew to the 74th kilometer train station, which can be seen from the waves of reinforcements they came to …This is because the marching speed was different, and some troops were left behind, so reinforcements came to the front line one after another.

  After the German army arrives, the defense capability of the entire 74-kilometer railway station will immediately be upgraded to a higher level.

   This is not a question of how many people there are, the German troops of two companies are actually nothing.

  The problem is that if there is no German army, the Romanian army will easily choose to retreat as soon as it is attacked.

But if there are German soldiers fighting with them, the situation will be different. No matter how bad the Romanian army is, under the encouragement or supervision of the German army, the Romanian army will resist for a while, especially the command ability of the German commander. It's all good.

  Secondly, these two German companies are anti-aircraft artillery companies withdrawn from nearby, equipped with 88MM anti-aircraft guns.

  The 88MM anti-aircraft gun is a magic weapon against infantry, especially against mechanized infantry. Cars, armored vehicles, and tanks are like paper in front of it.

  As it is now, several armored vehicles sent to reconnaissance were smashed into parts with a bang before they saw the enemy's position.

  Occasionally, a few anti-aircraft artillery shells will be fired... The anti-aircraft artillery shells use delayed fuzes, that is, they will explode in the sky after calculating the maximum distance.

This was originally used to fight aircraft at a specified altitude, but now it is also effective for fighting infantry. The Soviet soldiers who were advancing in the rain and fog were suddenly attacked by several shells in the air, and the shrapnel flew in the air and spread to a considerable extent. The huge range made the soldiers suffer a lot.

  (end of this chapter)