"The key point?" Akimovich was confused after hearing this. This was not the first time he had seen the German army attack with tanks. Would it be any different from before?
Shulka had no time to discuss this issue with Akimovich. He carried the gun and ran along the trench to Major Mikhailovich and said: "Comrade Major, I think we should do
Be ready to retreat!"
"Retreat?" Major Mikhailovich said: "Our rear is the Guards Infantry Regiment, Comrade Shulka, we have no way to retreat!"
"Don't withdraw from Mamayev Heights!" Shulka explained: "Withdraw to the next line of defense!"
"But this will make our troops too concentrated!" Major Mikhailovich said: "Our regiment has added many people, you know, those soldiers of the Guards Infantry Regiment!"
To be precise, it was the defeat of the Guards Infantry Regiment. At least more than 300 people joined the 82nd Infantry Regiment, which increased the strength of the 82nd Infantry Regiment from more than 700 to over a thousand.
This increase in troops is sometimes not a good thing, because the second line of defense they built before was aimed at 700 people.
The result of overcrowding is that a large number of casualties will occur once the enemy is covered by artillery fire.
"And we can't withdraw again and again!" Major Mikhailovich added: "We only have two lines of defense. If we continue to retreat, they will treat us as deserters and beat us to death on the road!"
It goes without saying who the "they" here refer to, of course they are Colonel Pavelkov and Lieutenant Lermontov.
"We don't need to retreat again and again!" Shulka replied: "We just need to hold on until nightfall!"
Major Mikhailovich looked at the sky, and then nodded clearly.
"Listen to you, Comrade Shulka!" Major Mikhailovich said: "When you can retreat, you give the order! But I think we must report to Colonel Pavelkov!"
"Of course!" Shulka replied.
Returning to the headquarters, Shulka immediately dialed the phone number at the Guards Infantry Regiment headquarters.
"I hope to disperse some of the troops to the rear!" Shulka said: "They are not retreating!"
Pavelkov on the other end of the phone was silent for a while and then replied: "No problem, I know!"
Shulka couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.
Of course Shulka knew that Pavelkov and his men were the "supervision team" behind them, so he was worried that he would not be able to explain to Pavelkov and refused to "retreat" under any circumstances.
But I didn't expect Pavelkov to speak so easily.
"You acted very bravely, Captain!" Pavelkov explained: "So, even if you retreat, I will provide you with cover! Don't worry, fight, according to your plan, I will be your backup... Mine
It means that if you need our reinforcements, you can also mobilize my troops!"
This made Shulka breathe a sigh of relief.
The feeling of "there is a wolf in front and a tiger behind" on the battlefield is really not good. Sometimes Shulka is even worried that Colonel Pavelkov will secretly play tricks for his own selfish gain.
This is indeed possible, because personally speaking, the victory of the 82nd Infantry Regiment did not benefit Pavel at all. Not only did it have no benefits, it even had disadvantages, because he would have to explain why the combat effectiveness of the Guards Infantry Regiment under his command was still there.
Not as good as a "punishment camp".
From this perspective, Pavelkov could just watch the 82nd Infantry Regiment fight the Germans cleanly, and then lead the troops forward to pick the fruits of victory.
However, not everyone is so disregardful of the overall situation.
"Thank you!" Shulka said.
"I should be the one thanking you, comrade captain!" Colonel Pavelkov replied: "You have proven yourself with your actions!"
After hanging up the phone, Lieutenant Lermontov said from the side: "Colonel, but they..."
"Comrade Lermontov!" Colonel Pavelkov interrupted Lermontov: "They are our comrades. Although they are guard troops, facts have proved that their combat effectiveness is no less than that of the Guards Infantry Regiment!
In fact, I think what they said is right... we blocked their guns and prevented them from functioning. So, why can't we let them direct this battle?"
"Yes, Comrade Colonel!" Lermontov was a little helpless, but since the regiment leader said so, he had nothing to do about it.
On the other side, just when Shulka put down the phone, Akimovich ran into the headquarters and shouted: "Comrade Shulka, the enemy has launched an attack!"
Shulka ran out with the gun in hand without saying a word.
The two people lay down on the trench and saw the wreckage of German tanks everywhere in front of the position, at least a dozen of them.
Most of these wreckage were approaching the Soviet positions, and some were on fire and smoking, like walls blocking the Soviet army.
"I know what the point is, Comrade Shulka!" Akimovich said: "They used these tank wreckage as cover and used them as a basis to attack us!"
Shulka said "hmm", observed for a while and then continued: "Especially since they can safely deploy artillery observers behind the wreckage of the tank, this will put a lot of pressure on us!"
Akimovich nodded to express his understanding.
Before that, a large part of the reason why the Soviet army was able to gain the upper hand many times was due to mortars... It was very difficult for the German army to just deploy artillery observers, and this group of people were not familiar with the terrain or did not have detailed waiting information.
High graph data is fatal to them.
This is why German artillery observers took the risk of getting mixed up among the dead bodies.
But now, they can safely hide behind the tank wreckage.
Not only that, infantry can also use the remains of tanks to leap forward.
"Order!" Shulka pointed to the front line and said to the communications personnel: "Let the mortar troops use artillery fire to block this, and this... three tank wreckage rear areas!"
"Yes, Comrade Captain!"
Akimovich looked confused again, because these three tanks were not the closest, but more than fifty meters away from the Soviet defense line.
"Why them?" Akimovich asked.
"More than fifty meters!" Shulka said: "This means that their grenades can be thrown into our trenches, but we cannot!"
Akimovich couldn't help but say "oh".
This distance was indeed embarrassing for the Soviet army. Due to their condescending position, the German army could throw grenades into the Soviet trenches even if they were hiding behind the wreckage of the tank. However, the Soviet army threw them upwards. It was obviously difficult to cross the grenade.
Pass the tank wreckage and accurately throw it behind it.
Then Akimovich sighed again.
"I thought I had learned enough!" Akimovich said: "Now I know that is not the case!"