USSR 1941

  Chapter 696 Growth

  Shuerka received the order to stay in place.

After all, the 74-kilometer railway station has certain strategic significance. At the same time, the battle at Jingguta Railway Station is not completely over... It is said that the 115th regiment fought very hard in the direction of Jingguta, with more than a thousand casualties. The battle continued until the second It was only in the morning that the situation was under control, because the Romanian troops stationed there sneaked away in the dark.

   In this regard, Shulka can only express his helplessness, because that is the mission and task of the 115th regiment, and the superior did not order the 82nd infantry regiment to advance for reinforcements.

  Shuerka guessed that this might be because Viktorovich was worried that his son would be "tossed" by Shurka into the battlefield again.

   Unbeknownst to Shulka, Viktorovich even wanted to transfer his son back to the second line from the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

   "Maybe you should stay in the logistics unit!" Viktorovich found an opportunity for Denisokov to speak to him privately.

   "No, Comrade Commissar!" Denisokov replied: "I'm fine here!"

   "Oh, really?" Viktorovich said angrily; "You are the commander's bodyguard, but that Shulka sent you to the battlefield!"

   "That's nothing strange!" Denisokov replied: "Comrade Shulka, as the commander of the regiment, fought the enemy himself on the battlefield! He saved us!"

   After a pause, Denisokov added: "You always hoped that I could fight the enemy bravely, didn't you? I'm doing it now! I want to be a warrior!"

   "But Denisokov..."

"Comrade Commissar!" Denisokov replied: "My father is waiting for me to go back at home, he will be proud of me, no matter whether I can wait for me in the future! So, I will not leave anyway, I am the first A member of the 82nd Infantry Regiment!"

   After speaking, Denisokov hung up the phone.

  Victorovich hung up the phone angrily, and cursed fiercely: "This disobedient guy always makes trouble for me!"

   As he spoke, he anxiously walked back and forth in front of the office. After a long while, he sighed and said to himself: "The battlefield is really a place to train people. He has grown up..."

In the end, Viktorovich did not choose to transfer Denisokov. He just wanted to favor the 82nd Infantry Regiment in terms of missions or other choices. For example, let the 82nd Infantry Regiment stay quietly. At 74 km to the train station.

   What Victorovich didn't expect was that a unit like the 82nd Infantry Regiment would never be able to "shut down" unless other units could solve all the problems and difficulties.

   At this time, Trufanov was commanding troops to attack Prodovitoye in the temporary headquarters on the west bank of the Don River.

"The 59th Division continues to attack!" Trufanov ordered: "The 36th Division and the 60th Division moved to the left and right flanks at a faster speed, replacing the cavalry's position to attack, and ordered the cavalry to continue to the west. Be careful to go west, not to attack. Surround Prodovitoye! Let that idiot Shapkin remember this order!"

   "Yes, Comrade Trufanov!" replied the staff officer.

   Obviously, Trufanov is still furious that Shapkin disobeyed orders.

   But anger is nothing but anger, Trufanov's offensive plan is still very methodical.

  For example, he intentionally did not encircle Prodovitoye... This is the commonly used "encirclement of the three" in the art of war, that is, he deliberately did not encircle him to death.

   This tactic may not work for the German army.

  Because the German army has high morale and good quality, to encircle the German army is to let the German army guarantee logistical supplies, which is purely asking for trouble.

   But the Romanian army is not the same as the Italian army.

The morale of the troops of these two countries is poor and their fighting will is not firm. If they surround the city to death, they will be "trapped", but they will open a hole to give them a chance to escape... This makes them panic and unable to resist the temptation. So I ran a few later, and ran a team later, and the defense quickly collapsed.

  But Trufanov’s tactic failed to achieve his wish. After the two mechanized troops rushed to the flank and launched an attack, not many people escaped.

   This made Trufanov feel very strange, which is a bit different from the Romanian and Italian armies he knew.

   Just when Trufanov was puzzled, the staff officer hurried into the headquarters with a telegram and reported to him: "Comrade Trufanov! It's German... We found a German army!"

   "German army?" Trufanov looked up in surprise.

  For the Soviet army, another meaning of the German army is "trouble".

   "Yes, the German army!" The staff officer replied: "They are approaching the left flank of our army from Georgianaya, with about two divisions in strength!"

Trufanov cast his eyes on the map and found Georgianaya's location, then gasped and said, "No wonder the Romanian and Italian armies stationed in Prodovitoye maintain extraordinary morale, They are waiting for the Germans to attack!"

   Then Trufanov couldn't help but blame: "Why are there these two German divisions suddenly? We didn't notice their existence at all?!"

   "They may have just arrived in Plodovitoye!" The staff officer replied: "Our intelligence system has not had time to discover and respond!"

  The intelligence of the Soviet army mainly came from guerrillas and civilians.

   This is their strength, because this place was originally the land of the Soviet Union, and there are Soviet people everywhere. The Soviet army can place spies or scouts at will, and then use these people to collect intelligence for the army.

The disadvantage of this kind of intelligence network is that it is often superficial because it has not penetrated into the enemy's interior, so it has a considerable lag. For example, the German troops of the two divisions took the train to quickly reinforce Prodovitoye and did not reach the Soviet command in time. department.

But it is meaningless to pursue these responsibilities now. Trufanov stared at the map for a while, and then ordered: "Order the 91st Guards Infantry Division and the 55th Independent Tank Regiment to rush to the left wing to garrison immediately, and at the same time order the 254th Tank Brigade Speed ​​up the speed of crossing the river and head for reinforcements!"

   "Yes, Comrade Trufanov!"

   It is good to have more soldiers and more generals. You can draw out an infantry division and a tank division to fight.

  But in fact, Trufanov made a mistake with this order...Using an infantry division and a tank division to deal with the two mechanized divisions of the German army was not a problem at first. The problem is that once the two divisions are used for defense, they must spread out their troops, so for the German army, it has become a favorable situation of "offensive is greater than defensive".

   Or it can also be said that Major General Trufanov was already in disarray when he suddenly knew that there were enemies on the flanks and it was still the German army.

  (end of this chapter)