Mahlis and Shulka can almost be said to be people from two dimensions, and their ideas are completely different.
Mahlis doesn't care about the battlefield at all, he only cares about his own power, reputation, etc.
However, Shurka only saw war and tried every possible means to survive in this cruel war with a very low survival rate.
Of course, if possible, he also hopes that his comrades can do the same.
However, these two people from different worlds and different fields came together by chance and became partners.
Or it can also be said that they use each other.
In the end, Shulka was still worried about letting Medhellis convey the message to Kiev, or it was possible that the information of the representatives of the Supreme Command in this regard would not be taken seriously... The reason was very simple. Medhellis was notorious, which in the Soviet Union
Everyone in the army knows that when General Kirponos receives the warning message from Mekhlis, he will probably sneer and ignore it, but if it is a message sent by Shulka, it will be taken seriously.
It's definitely different.
It turned out just as Shulka thought, Kilponos threw the telegram aside as soon as he saw it was from Mehelis.
"Comrade General!" Shulka said to General Kilponos in the telegram: "The war situation has changed, and the Germans are likely to change the direction of their main attack. It is recommended that the focus of troops be deployed in Odessa!"
Admiral Kilponos was surprised when he received the telegram, and then he saw the problem.
He hurriedly replied to Shulka with two words: "Received".
Then he immediately ordered the staff: "Get ready for battle and move the armored troops to Odessa!"
Mobilizing armored units first is a wise choice, because tanks, armored vehicles, etc. all need fuel. Without fuel, they are no different than scrap metal.
Once the supply line between Odessa and Kiev is cut off, it will be a waste for the armored troops to stay in Kiev. Not only that, it will also increase the supply burden exponentially.
If the armored forces are deployed in Odessa, this problem will obviously be much better.
More importantly, the railway from Kiev to Odessa was still open at this time, so it was relatively easy to transport tanks. Once the Germans started bombing, it would be difficult to transport them.
Then, Admiral Kilponos made several preparations:
The first is to store supplies in Kiev... In fact, Kiev has been storing supplies for several months, including military supplies and civilian supplies.
The second is to relocate a large number of people.
It goes without saying why the people should be relocated. If Kiev is surrounded and the transportation lines are cut off, the people will not only be unable to provide help to Kiev, but will also become a large consumer of supplies... Unless Kilponos can watch this.
The people starved to death.
Of course, Kirponos would not say that this was because Kiev might be surrounded. What he told the people was that "Although the battle in Moscow was victorious, it was severely damaged by the Germans, so it requires a lot of labor to rebuild!"
Again, Kirponos took the time to use Kiev's buildings to build fortifications.
He even sent a telegram to Shulka: "Is there any way you can transport a batch of rocket launchers for us? We need it!"
Shulka felt relieved as soon as he saw this telegram.
Kirponos knows how to defend Kyiv.
Any solid defense line is useless against the German army, because the Germans have air superiority and assault guns... As long as they have enough artillery shells and bombs, they can knock down the Soviet fortifications bit by bit.
Therefore, the only way to deal with them is street fighting, and rocket launchers are an artifact of resisting armored troops in street fighting.
This is not a big problem. Shulka only needs to convince Mahlis, and there is nothing he can't do.
Mahlis simply agreed to Shulka's suggestion.
The reason is very simple...the rocket launcher is not yours anyway, it will be the same for anyone who uses it.
But if Maikhlis, as a representative of the Supreme Command, urgently transfers them to Kiev, and they play a huge role in future battlefields, then he, the representative of the Supreme Command, can be said to be "extremely far-sighted."
And he has a "unique vision".
As a result, the first batch of 500 rocket launchers and rocket launchers were urgently transported to Kiev by air, and another 2,000 were subsequently transported via railway lines and sea routes... But this was too slow. They had just arrived in the Caucasus and had not had time to be loaded onto the German defense line against Kiev.
The attack began.
That was the third day after Shulka issued the warning.
Shulka is discussing armored tactics with Stephen... Since the last incident, Stephen has completely changed his attitude towards Shulka. After all, the facts are in front of him, and Stephen can't accept it.
"We can also do what you did!" Stephen said: "That is to add additional armor to the Matilda and Valentine tanks to give them better protection!"
"It's useless, Colonel!" Shulka said: "I think what you need to do is speed up the tanks instead of strengthening the defenses!"
What Stephen didn't know was that it wouldn't be long before the German "Tiger" and "Panther" tanks would be put on the battlefield, and there would be almost no difference between adding additional armor to them or not.
"But we have many of these tanks, Captain!" Stephen said, "Speeding them up can't be done overnight!"
"Then you should be like us!" Shulka said: "Try to use it to fight with the Germans in street battles or attack fixed military targets, because this does not require too much maneuvering!"
For the rest, Shulka really has nothing to do... He is not a god and cannot bring this kind of "infantry tank" that is about to be eliminated from the dead back to life.
At this moment, a jeep parked in front of Shulka's headquarters. Mahlis jumped out of the car and shouted before he even ran into the headquarters: "War, Shulka, we predicted
War, it is indeed coming!"
Mehlister specifically used "we" here, which sounded like the result of Shulka's discussion with him.
But of course, Shulka did not expose Mahlis... Just kidding, Shulka doesn’t want to live anymore. This is not just a matter of mutual inability to exploit each other. Shulka has every reason to believe that if Shulka exposes Mahlis
Si, Mahlis will not hesitate to find an excuse to kill and silence him for this trivial matter.
This wasn't a problem for Mahlis, it was just what he did all the time.
Therefore, Shulka even complimented Mahlis.
"Oh, really?" Shulka looked at Maihelis pretending to be surprised: "You're talking about Kiev? Oh my god, you really guessed it right!"
Mahlis was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Yes, Comrade Shulka! You are right, it is Kiev. An hour ago, the Germans launched a full-scale attack on Kiev's defense line!"