"What did you say?" Colonel Pavelkov cast an angry look at Shulka: "It's easy to defeat the enemy?! Then, comrade captain, why don't you take your troops up there!"
"I said it!" Shulka replied unceremoniously: "You blocked our guns and became a shield to protect the enemy!"
Pavelkov looked at Shulka as if he were a monster, and after a while he laughed: "This is easy to do, Comrade Captain, you go up, and I will pull back the frontline troops!"
"My way, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka replied: "I mean, this battle is under my command... This is how I push the enemy back."
Colonel Pavelkov was so angry that he replied without thinking: "No problem, you will take command and see what you are capable of!"
"Yes, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka straightened up and then raised his head towards Major Mikhailovich with a smile.
Major Mikhailovich and Vasily were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped.
They didn't expect that with just a few words, Shulka would get the command that he had been unable to get no matter how hard he fought for it.
In fact, this is very simple. To deal with people who are brave and foolish, a provoking method is enough.
Lieutenant Lermontov whispered a few words in Colonel Pavelkov's ear.
Colonel Pavelkov immediately realized that he had been deceived, but he couldn't take back the order, so he added a condition: "There is no problem in being under your command, but you can't retreat and you can't lose an inch of territory!"
"Don't worry, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka replied: "We will take back every inch of the land we gave up during the day at night. Is this okay?"
"Are you planning to abandon Mamayev Heights?" Pavlovkov frowned.
"No, we are just giving up the front slope!" Shulka replied: "If you are worried, you can deploy your troops behind us!"
Colonel Pavelkov thought for a while and felt that this did not seem to be a big problem.
First of all, the losses on the front line were too great, and the 39th Guards Infantry Regiment was a little unable to hold on.
What's more, as Shulka said, Bakolkov can also deploy his troops behind the 82nd Infantry Regiment.
So Pavelkov nodded and asked: "Tell me about your battle plan!"
"It's very simple!" Shulka replied: "We set up positions on the reverse slope, and when we are ready, we can withdraw the frontline troops, and the rest is left to us!"
After hesitating for a while, Pavelkov said: "No problem, send the signal when you are ready!"
"Yes, Colonel!" Shulka replied.
When Pavelkov left with the troops, Lieutenant Lermontov said with some reluctance: "Comrade Colonel, what they want is command power. Do we really hand over Mamayev Heights to them? What if?
They lost Mamayev Heights, Comrade Major General will take us to a military court!"
"I won't let this happen, Comrade Lermontov!" Pavelkov replied while crouching forward in the traffic trench: "First of all, our defense line on the front slope has been blown beyond recognition. I guess
The enemy will launch a general attack soon, which means...even if we are unwilling to give up, we won't be able to hold on for long!"
Jumping over a crater, Pavelkov then said to Lermontov, who was following him: "Secondly, we have deployed the reserve team behind the 82nd Infantry Regiment. Do you know what this means?"
Lermontov thought for a while, and then suddenly realized: "Can we prevent them from escaping?"
Pavelkov smiled and nodded: "So, what does it matter if we let them be proud for a while?"
If this is the arrangement, then the 82nd Infantry Regiment will have to defend Mamayev Heights. Once it retreats, it will be "enforced by military law" by the Guards Infantry behind it. Under Order No. 227, there is no doubt about this.
of.
If the 82nd Infantry Regiment does not retreat, it means that they can only fight the Germans on Mamayev Hill until the end.
The total strength of the 82nd Infantry Regiment was only over 800, and they were still fighting for many days. Under such circumstances, no one believed that they could withstand the German attack.
In other words, the 82nd Infantry Regiment can be said to be dead.
In this case, why not let people like the 82nd Infantry Regiment be proud?
More importantly, when the 82nd Infantry Regiment fights to the end, the Guards Infantry can go up to reinforce or take over the position.
Therefore, this can be said to be of great benefit to the Guards Infantry Regiment without any harm.
Lermontov couldn't help but secretly admire him, no wonder Pavelkov could become the leader of the regiment.
On the other hand, Shulka, of course, no matter what others think, he, Major Mikhailovich and Vasily have already begun intensive deployment.
"We have to divide the position into several layers!" Shurka pointed to the map and said: "The top is the ridge position, and a company is deployed..."
"A company?" Major Mikhailovich said, "Isn't that too few?"
"We are also prepared to give up the ridgeline position!" Shulka said: "Otherwise we won't be able to see the enemy!"
Vasily nodded in agreement, he understood what Shure said.
The ridgeline on the top of the mountain actually naturally divides the enemy into two parts that are invisible to each other and difficult to reinforce.
"So, all our firepower is deployed against the ridge position!" Shurka pointed to the map and said: "About 150 meters down, there is an infantry battalion, and mortars are deployed at 200 meters. Another 300 meters away
The defense line is for retreat in case of danger, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Major Mikhailovich nodded.
"Where's the sniper company?" Vasily asked.
He actually asked questions knowingly, but Shulka thought that he also had the taste of testing Shulka.
"You can do whatever you want!" Shulka said, "As long as you can hit the enemy!"
Vasily nodded with satisfaction.
The sniper unit should have enough freedom, and at the same time keep a distance from the enemy as the enemy attacks... Only in this way can the advantage of the sniper's long range be maximized, that is, the sniper can hit the enemy but the enemy cannot.
to the sniper.
Since the German light mortars have a range of 500 meters, snipers are more suitable to be deployed at around 500 meters.
Because in this way, the sniper can ignore almost all the enemy's light equipment, unless the enemy also has a sniper.
"Any more questions?" Shulka finally asked.
"No, no problem!" Mikhailovich replied: "I will immediately organize the troops and seize the time to build defenses!"
With that said, Mikhailovich took Andrianka and left.