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It took three days to capture Odessa. This order shocked Schobert.
As a group army commander, Schobert certainly knew something about the battle in Odessa.
He knew that although there were not many Soviet troops in Odessa, only about 40,000 people, the Romanian 4th Army had more than 100,000 troops. The Romanian and German troops had an absolute advantage in strength.
But the problem is that there are lakes everywhere outside Odessa, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, Odessa is backed by the Black Sea and can get the support of the Black Sea Fleet, so it is not easy to capture Odessa in a short time.
However, Schobert looked at the map and believed that Rundstedt's idea was correct. The German army seemed to have only one choice now, which was to capture and hold Odessa.
Thinking of this, Schobert no longer hesitated and immediately gave the order to the 22nd Infantry Division, which was advancing towards Uman, to prepare for the landing.
There were still some twists and turns, because the 22nd Infantry Division had already penetrated deep into the Soviet territory and it was impossible for them to return to implement the air landing.
Schobert thought of a way to have the engineers repair it on the spot and clear out an airport captured from the Russians. They used this airport as a transit for the Luftwaffe to pick up the 22nd Infantry Division and its equipment and then fly to Ao.
Desa region.
Of course Shulka and others on the other side didn't know this.
All they knew was that the problem they had been worried about had finally appeared... landmines.
The first was the German aerial minelaying.
Shurka admired this from the bottom of his heart. Although aerial minelaying is commonplace in modern times, it was a new thing at this time, and it was not easy... Landmines are likely to break or be destroyed during the laying process.
Detonation, many countries are unable to do this, and the German army has used it on the battlefield on a large scale.
Several transport planes flew overhead, and then dropped small dandelion-like parachutes from behind the cabin. Each parachute was hung with a mine, and then dropped precariously to the ground.
Although these mines are easy to discover because they are on the surface, there is nothing you can do even if you find them. You still have to move forward while clearing mines... The Soviet 9th Army is a mechanized force. It could have driven tanks and cars all the way.
, but now I have to be cautious and follow suit.
But this was not the greater difficulty. The German infantry also began to deliberately lay mines around roads and railways.
These mines include anti-infantry mines and anti-tank mines. The anti-infantry mines are the "S" type mines called "bouncing Betty". When triggered, they will bounce to a height of more than one meter, which is about the waist, and then will
The marbles in the charge section are fired in the horizontal direction at a fatal speed... If such a mine is stepped on, nearby soldiers will also be injured.
And being injured is often the most troublesome, because the wounded will become a burden to the troops.
However, for the Soviet army, the wounded were not a problem. Those who could fight would be pushed into a car and given a few words of encouragement. Those who could not fight would be left on the roadside to wait for subsequent troops to take care of them.
That's probably what mechanized troops should be doing, because they can't let the wounded weigh them down.
But looking at the wounded lying on the roadside one by one, their eyes were full of fear and pain... It was not only the pain of the wounds, but also the pain of abandonment and uncertainty about the future.
When the soldiers looked at this scene, they naturally felt a chill in their hearts.
The reason is simple, no one can guarantee whether they will be next.
One of Shulka's men was also hit by a jumping mine. He was a new soldier. When he was about to get out of the car, another soldier one meter away stepped on a mine. As a result, several steel balls were embedded in his arm.
"He can't continue fighting!" Leonev said: "We'd better let him wait for the follow-up troops on the roadside!"
"No!" Shulka shook his head and rejected the plan: "Staying on the roadside may not necessarily wait for the follow-up troops!"
Shulka didn't say much because it was inconvenient to say more. But the soldiers all understood what he meant.
"Yes!" the veteran said: "We have left the follow-up troops far behind. It may take them a whole day to arrive..."
A whole day, maybe even longer.
It will take another night.
Together they were all wounded who had basically no fighting ability.
It's scary just thinking about it.
The result of this is likely to be the enemy instead of the follow-up troops.
Facts also proved that Shulka's guess was correct, because later they learned from other people's mouths that many wounded were killed by German skirmishers on the roadside.
"You make your own choice, comrade!" Shulka said: "You can choose to stay with us, and we will try our best to help you. You can also choose to wait on the roadside!"
The recruit hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and replied: "I believe you, comrade platoon leader!"
So Shulka prepared a first-aid kit... This was a first-aid kit taken from the German army. Almost every German soldier had one, so the Soviet army couldn't even think of it.
Shulka performed a small operation on the recruits like he did on TV: he first cleaned the wounds, using Uncle Alek's vodka. Then he used a flame-burned military thorn to pick out the marbles... This process was a bit bloody.
Because the marbles are deeply embedded in the meat, sometimes the meat has to be cut open.
After that, sprinkle gunpowder on it and ignite it with a "" sound.
Although this is cruel, it is a necessary disinfection process. The battlefield is full of mud bacteria. There are no anti-inflammatory drugs in this era. If you don't do it, you will almost die.
Finally, wrap it with a clean bandage.
"What's your name?" Shulka asked.
"My name is Larinovich, comrade platoon leader!"
"It will be fine!" Captain Shulka said: "When we reach Odessa, there will be doctors for further treatment!"
"Thank you very much, comrade platoon leader!" The recruit's eyes were filled with gratitude.
In fact, Shulka found that not only the recruits' eyes were full of gratitude, but also everyone in the carriage looked at Shulka differently.
Shulka felt a little puzzled by this, because it seemed to be a very common thing.
Later Shulka asked the actor.
The actor smiled and replied: "This is indeed very common, comrade platoon leader, but you are different from others!"
"What's the difference?" Shulka still didn't understand.
"Others will definitely choose to hand over the wounded to the follow-up troops, understand?" the actor explained: "They will not advise a soldier who is unable to fight to continue to stay in the vehicle and follow the troops, because this is making a mistake, you can even say
It’s disobedience!”
Then Shulka understood that although he had been very careful, he still made a mistake unknowingly... He should have considered the problem from the perspective of an officer rather than that of a soldier.
Yes, there were many times in the Soviet army where soldiers and officers were in opposition.