Under the Soviet counterattack, control of the building quickly returned to the Soviet army.
It should be said that such a counterattack was invincible. The Soviet soldiers occupying the upper levels had an absolute geographical advantage. Even if they did not counterattack at the lower levels and only used explosive bags and grenades to lower them down one by one on ropes, the Germans would not be able to stand it.
There are even some fighters who have made some improvements to this tactic.
In fact, it's not an improvement, it's just a little more difficult in the action: they grab one end of the rope and throw the grenade or explosive bag at the other end far away.
The result is that the grenades and explosive packets move in a circular motion under the dual effects of gravity and rope traction... At the moment when the grenades and explosive packets move towards the lower space at high speed, as soon as the rope is loosened, they will be thrown away by inertia
It reached the Germans and even threw them through the window into a room on the lower floor.
The power of explosives exploding in a confined space is extraordinary. Even if the German soldiers inside are not directly injured, they will be shocked or temporarily deafened.
To put it simply, the German troops at the bottom had no choice but to be bombed.
The disadvantage of this tactic is that it is relatively difficult to supply supplies on the upper floors of the building. After all, ammunition and explosives are not endless.
However, this shortcoming has long been made up for by Shulka through other methods.
The first is to concentrate as much ammunition as possible in safe locations on high floors.
Of course, it cannot be placed on the top floor, otherwise it will be easily blown up.
Secondly, ammunition can be transported through steel cables between floors... There are steel cables that have been pulled in advance. If the steel cables are interrupted, the Soviet army also prepares a powerful military crossbow, which can fire a
The hooked crossbow arrows can be easily hooked when fired to a nearby floor or window, and with the cooperation of the other side, boxes of ammunition can be slid over.
However, this group of German troops did not arrive in a hurry to allow the Soviet troops to fight until they needed to transport ammunition. Within twenty minutes, the German troops left a pile of corpses and wounded people and evacuated from the building.
Normally, the German troops would take corpses or wounded with them when retreating, especially the wounded.
But the current situation does not allow them to do this, because they know exactly what situation they are in... They have already invaded the building complex, and they are not the most dangerous in the building, because at least there are things to cover them.
Once they exited the building and the Soviets took control of the surrounding buildings, they were fired upon from several directions.
In this situation, even good hands and feet would have a hard time escaping, and running away with the wounded is almost like courting death.
Perhaps thinking about how to attack these buildings, the German army fell silent for a while.
On the other hand, they sent transport planes to airdrop supplies to the troops attacking Mamayev Ridge... Having air superiority has such advantages. It seems that they will never be surrounded by the enemy, or in other words, the Soviet army will have considerable difficulty in encircling and annihilating them.
Great difficulty.
Taking advantage of this time, Shulka and Mikhailovich returned to the "Red October" metallurgical plant along the sewer to meet Golikov.
"Comrade Shulka!" As soon as he saw Shulka, Golikov warmly greeted him and shook hands with him.
"Finally I see you!" Golikov said: "Thank you for everything you have done, otherwise Mamayev Heights may have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the situation in Stalingrad would have been very serious by then!"
Shulka saluted Golikov and replied: "This is what I should do, Comrade Golikov!"
"This is Comrade Krylov!" Golikov introduced to Shulka: "Chief of Staff of the Army Group!"
Hearing this, Shulka's eyes couldn't help but light up.
Although Krylov was only the chief of staff of the group army at this time, he would become a marshal after the war and serve as the most important military branch of the Soviet Union...the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Rocket Force.
It can be said that he was a man of great influence after the war.
"Comrade Shulka, actually we have fought together several times!" Krylov said with a smile.
"Really?" Shulka couldn't help but be confused after hearing this: "I'm sorry, Comrade Krylov, I don't remember meeting you before!"
"No, no, we have indeed never met!" Krylov replied: "I once served as the director of the operations department in Odessa and the chief of staff in Sevastopol!"
After hearing this, Shulka understood.
"I've fought in both places!" Shulka said.
"Yes!" Krylov nodded: "At that time, I was affiliated with the Coastal Army, and you were affiliated with the infantry, so although we fought in the same place, we never met. Speaking of which, you should have been saved twice.
my life!"
As he said this, Krylov and Golikov looked at each other and smiled.
Krylov was not entirely joking when he said this, because it was Shulka who relieved the siege of Odessa, and then Shulka... At that time, it should be said that it was Myhelis who landed in Crimea and repulsed Mansch.
Stein, while Manstein was besieging the Sevastopol Fortress where Krylov was located.
Compared with their enthusiasm for Shulka, Golikov and Krylov only greeted Mikhailovich politely.
But Mikhailovich didn't mind this.
One day when Shulka asked about this "overshadowing" situation, Mikhailovich smiled and replied: "Don't worry about it, Shulka, because I know that I can't compare with you. On the other hand,
, my biggest wish is to lead my troops well and make them a normal, honorable troop that can stand up in front of their relatives and the motherland. Everything else does not matter!"
Shulka understood the meaning of Mikhailovich's words. He and his troops had gone too long in "washing away the shame" and there was no hope. Now they have been treated fairly and justly.
What more could he ask for?
But in fact, Shulka has always known that the 82nd Infantry Regiment does not need to wash away any shame, because they have never had any shame, and of course there is no need to wash away the shame.
"Comrade Shulka!" Golikov invited Shulka and Mikhailovich to the map and said, "I want to talk about your views on Stalingrad and how we should fight this war!"
"First of all, I think we should clarify our goals, Comrade General!" Shulka said to Golikov: "We should defend Stalingrad instead of retreating! And if we want to defend Stalingrad, we cannot have
A little thought of retreat, even just a little bit!"
Golikov and Krylov looked at each other.
Before this, they actually did not believe that the Soviet army could hold Stalingrad, even after the successful Shulka raid.
Therefore, they are actually still hesitating at this time.