There are only four updates tonight, and I will continue tomorrow... Let’s see how long I can persist with the fifth update! Of course, if there are more rewards and more monthly tickets, it should last longer...
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Schulka is right. The strict Germans will certainly not let these Russians shout and ignore them.
Even if you are just out of curiosity, you will want to know what these hateful enemies are shouting.
Therefore, Admiral Schweppenberg immediately asked several translators to translate the contents of the broadcast into documents verbatim.
"They are obviously trying to scare us, General!" the adjutant concluded as he looked at the document.
"I hope so!" Admiral Schweppenberg replied worriedly.
"What?" The adjutant didn't believe what he heard.
"Didn't you hear it, Hans!" General Schweppenberg said: "Their soldiers were not nervous at all when they said these words... Although I don't believe the announcer, I believe those soldiers, they
Very confident!”
The adjutant thought about it for a while, then nodded silently.
Although he couldn't understand those Russian words, whether he was natural and confident... he didn't need to know Russian to understand.
"We need information, Hans!" Admiral Schwepenburg: "Order the Branfenburg troops to get more information!"
"Yes, General!"
Therefore, Shulka's second step was to give the Germans the information they needed.
This step is more troublesome.
The first step was to send a force to impose martial law on Tula...an entire engineering battalion was sent to Tula, all streets and alleys were cordoned off, and the people were told to close their doors and windows and not look outside.
"I hope you will cooperate!" the officer shouted with a loudspeaker on the street: "As you know, there are many German spies and traitors among us. As soon as our tanks and artillery came to the front line, the enemy learned the number and even the model. So.
, anyone who opens the window or walks out the door will be regarded as a traitor spying on military intelligence!"
Then, more than an hour later, reinforcements from Vinniovsky arrived.
As political commissar Fuming said, they only have one tank company with 12 tanks, and 10 anti-tank guns that are mobile with cars.
The motors of tanks and cars rumbled as they drove through Nogor Street in Tula City in the dark, and the tracks creaked. Occasionally, engineers shouted loudly to instruct the tanks that had deviated from their direction.
Then, about half an hour later, there was another group, and then another group... the number of cars and tanks was sometimes more and sometimes less, which could be heard from the sound.
This situation lasted for several hours, and at least six batches passed.
A rough calculation shows that if each batch has 20 units of anti-tank firepower, then six batches are 120 units... This has exceeded the anti-tank firepower originally possessed by the 333rd Regiment.
The news soon reached the German command headquarters.
As mentioned before, the German army never lacked intelligence personnel on the Soviet battlefield, even in Tula.
After hearing the news, General Schweppenberg couldn't help but sighed: "It's from the direction of Vinniowski, they have received reinforcements!"
Then another piece of information reached General Schweppenberg, coming from Moscow. The announcer in Moscow was broadcasting the battle report: "A fierce tank battle is taking place in the direction of Tula, with each side dispatching 1,200 combat vehicles.
, our heroic warriors repelled the enemy's attacks time and time again..."
"1,200 vehicles?" the adjutant said, "This is obviously false!"
"Of course this is not true!" General Schweppenberg said: "The Russians always exaggerate their results, but... as long as 120 of them are true, they can stop us, do you understand?"
Therefore, General Schweppenberg became more and more convinced that Tula's intelligence was true. The enemy had been reinforced by 120 units of anti-tank firepower, but Moscow had exaggerated it 10 times.
What Admiral Schweppenberg did not expect was that this exaggeration was not 10 times, but 50 times.
All the reinforcements the 333rd Regiment received were 12 T26 light tanks and 10 anti-tank guns.
What Shulka did was to ask the engineering regiment to repair a small road outside the city of Tula, and then let the reinforcements pass this road and then circle back to the city of Tula.
Of course, in order to deceive the spies lurking in the city of Tula, Shulka deliberately made the number of motor vehicles passing through Tula different in each batch.
For example, when the second batch passes, two tanks and three cars are left behind, and then they are added to the next round, and the same operation is repeated in the next round.
As a result, the number of tanks and cars passing through the city of Tula was different for each batch.
As for whether the tanks, cars and even soldiers are from the same unit... it is impossible to tell through the cracks in doors and windows in the dark.
Reporting in Moscow is even simpler. You only need to report to your superiors via telegram, and then the relevant content will be broadcast on the radio in a serious manner by the announcer.
After thinking for a while, General Schweppenberg called Guderian.
"I have to admit that we have failed, General!" Admiral Schwepenburg said: "Tula has received reinforcements. It will be difficult for us to occupy it in a short time. I think we can only retreat. Continuing to attack will only
It is a unnecessary sacrifice..."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then Guderian replied: "I agree to retreat, Admiral Schwepenburg, you also need to come back and explain!"
Admiral Schweppenberg hung up the phone with a heavy heart. He knew what Guderian meant by "explanation".
Then, the dark night in Tula gradually became quiet, with no sound of gunfire, artillery, or the sound of tank motors.
However, the Soviet army continued to remain vigilant on the spot and did not send anyone to conduct reconnaissance, let alone be foolish enough to send people to pursue it.
Because everyone knows that the Germans were not defeated but retreated on their own initiative...if they retreated.
In addition, the Soviet army was far inferior to the German army in terms of strength and equipment. Under such circumstances, pursuit was almost asking for trouble or even death.
As for reconnaissance.
From a strategic point of view, it is completely unnecessary, although the superiors did order this.
"So what if we know that the enemy is retreating?" Major Gavrilov responded to the superior's order: "Our purpose is to defend Tula, defend Tula...that is, no matter what the reconnaissance results are, we are
Guard here. So obviously, reconnaissance is pointless!"
Reconnaissance really has no meaning. If there is any meaning, it is to satisfy the curiosity of the superiors. They are waiting in the office eager to know whether they have won, and then they can report the good news to Moscow.
However, they certainly do not consider that in order to achieve this, the soldiers on the front line are likely to pay the price with their lives.
Major Gavrilov insisted on his opinion on this point and refused to carry out the reconnaissance order... This may be one of the reasons for Major Gavrilov's poor official career.