"Danger?" The corner of Mae Helis's mouth raised, as if this word was not in his dictionary at all, or that for his own reputation, any risk the soldiers took was worth it.
Of course, Mahlis wouldn't say that.
"Any danger is worth it, Comrade Shulka!" Mahlis puffed up his chest, as if he was bearing these dangers: "Because this is for our motherland, to regain our land, and to defeat the enemy.
Driven out of our beautiful country! So..."
Mahlis spread his hands towards the map.
"It's obvious!" Shurka said, pointing to the map: "The Germans are short of troops, at least so far, because their vanguard must be divided into two groups, one to go to Sevastopol to encircle it, and the other to encircle Sevastopol.
Then attack the Kerch Peninsula with all your strength. No matter which way you go, you will need a lot of troops..."
As he said this, Shulka turned his attention to Alexei.
"Yes!" Alexei replied: "The troops they rushed to Sevastopol were roughly one division, and the troops attacking Kerch were one division and were partially reinforced. Their follow-up troops
They are coming one after another!"
Shulka nodded.
This is a characteristic of the German army's operations. They usually place the fastest and most powerful mechanized troops at the front and break through at the fastest speed, leaving the enemy with no time to prepare.
The side effect of this is that there will be insufficient troops at the front and the follow-up troops will be left far behind, especially the German troops who have to divide their forces into two groups.
"In the direction of Kerch!" Shulka continued: "The Germans use limited forces to attack Kerch, and their main force will inevitably advance along the Kerch Peninsula!"
"Yes!"
There is no doubt that with 20,000 people fighting against more than 100,000 Soviet troops, although the morale of the Soviet army is low and vulnerable, if the German army does not invest the main force, it is afraid that it will not be able to expand the results at all and may even be defeated by the Soviet army.
counterattack.
"So the German rear defense must be empty!" Shulka said: "I mean the rear in the direction of the Kerch Peninsula!"
"You mean..." Alexey had a horrified look in his eyes.
"Yes!" Shulka replied, pointing to the map: "I think we should land in Feodosia!"
Feodosia is a port city located at the junction of the Kerch Peninsula and Crimea. It is also the narrowest part of the Kerch Peninsula...it is only 16 kilometers from south to north.
In fact, this area is full of forest ravines, and the only way to enter the Kerch Peninsula is a narrow passage of several kilometers, which can be said to be the throat of the Kerch Peninsula.
"If we successfully land in Feodosia, then we can split the German army in two, and even surround the German army attacking the Kerch Peninsula on the island!" Shulka said.
"But Feodosia has been occupied by the Germans!" Alexei objected: "We can't land!"
In this era, landing operations were very difficult and even considered unfeasible, because landing operations would expose oneself to the unobstructed sea, withstand enemy artillery fire, and then walk onto the beach to face enemy machine guns.
In fact, these are not bad, because as Shulka said before, the German army has insufficient strength and an empty rear, and the same is true for Feodosia.
What's worse is actually the climate and seawater...
"Comrade Shulka!" Alexei said: "You must know that the current temperature is minus 40 degrees, and there are quite a lot of wind and waves on the sea. Under such conditions, our soldiers may be frozen at any time if they land.
On the ice!”
Shulka did not speak, because this was the danger he said, especially since the Soviet Navy still lacked amphibious landing craft... In fact, the Soviet Navy at this time basically had no amphibious warfare capabilities, mainly because the Soviet Union had no need for this.
To be precise, there is very little demand in this area. The Soviet Union is a continent and there are very few battlefields that can be used for amphibious landing operations, so they continue to develop the army and artillery.
But now we have encountered a situation that requires amphibious operations.
This question does not require an answer from Shulka.
Myhellis responded to Alexei's doubts...
"I just want to know if we have any chance of success!" Maihelis asked.
"Yes, of course!" Alexei replied: "As the captain said, the Germans only have one battalion in Feodosia. If we put enough troops to land there, it is possible for us to capture it and gain victory.
Victory in the battle. But..."
"That's enough, Comrade Alexei!" Myhelis interrupted, and then concluded: "Just do it, land in Feodosia!"
Shulka felt a little guilty, because he knew what this meant. He almost saw Soviet soldiers driving assault boats and rowing lifeboats in the wind and waves to charge towards the port where the enemy was stationed.
Wind, rain, sea water, plus bullets and cannonballs, many of them were killed before they could even get ashore.
Then, one after another, the survivors jumped off the boat and marched on the seawater to attack from the beach, enduring the severe cold as they advanced. What held them back was not the enemy's firepower, but their boots and pants soaked by the seawater.
Ice cubes formed.
They may be able to rush forward for a certain distance because their feet have lost feeling by then. These survivors may even win because they have an absolute superiority in strength and full cover from the navy and air force.
But even so, they can't save their legs... they will become necrotic due to the low temperature, and even if they are not injured, they are likely to face the risk of amputation or even loss of life.
Then, Mahlis called the Navy.
This task is of course completed by the navy, and contact with the navy is inevitable.
"You are crazy, Comrade Maihelis!" Navy Commander-in-Chief Kuznetsov objected without thinking when he heard the plan: "Carrying out an amphibious landing operation under such circumstances? This is almost impossible to accomplish!
"
"But now we can only do this!" Maihelis replied: "And this is also our advantage, isn't it?"
"What?" Marshal Kuznetsov didn't understand what Maihelis meant: "What advantage? Is amphibious landing an advantage in this climate?"
"Yes, Comrade Marshal!" Mahlis said triumphantly: "If even you think this plan is crazy and impossible, then of course the Germans would not have thought that we would do this. What do you think?"
Marshal Kuznetsov was speechless.
At this moment, Shulka thought that Mahlis was not that stupid, at least he knew how to study the enemy's psychology... However, this seemed to be Mahlis' expertise.