"You must have read it wrong!" The adjutant looked at the map, and then responded to Detrich: "They can't transport by ship in that direction..."
"No, Colonel!" Deitrich replied: "I saw it correctly, but... I do suspect that I saw it wrong. Their boats can be driven from the river to land!"
"What? What did you say? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, Colonel!" Deitrich replied: "They did drive the boat to land. I don't know if it was a boat or a car!"
"Take photos and bring them back!" the adjutant ordered.
"Yes, Colonel!"
But before he finished speaking, the adjutant heard Detrich on the other end of the conversation curse: "Damn it, I was shot, the engine is on fire, I can't control the plane..."
Then the call was interrupted by a burst of noise.
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, then immediately took off his headphones and rushed to the headquarters.
"You are right, General!" the adjutant reported to Paulus: "We have detected the enemy's new supply line!"
Paulus, who was drinking coffee, stopped what he was doing, and then pretended to be calm and asked: "Sandbar?"
"Yes, General!"
"How did they do it?"
"I don't know, General!" the adjutant replied: "It should be an amphibious ship, so..."
Paulus cast a shocked look at the adjutant. He could no longer maintain his composure, threw the coffee cup aside, and lay down in front of the map on the table.
After a while, Paulus shook his head and sighed, saying: "We have all been fooled, Gotze!"
"In other words, it is indeed an amphibious ship?"
"Of course!" Paulus replied: "Remember the amphibious landing craft they used during the Crimean landing operation?"
"Of course, but that kind of ship can't even control its direction!"
Paulus made no answer.
Then the adjutant himself understood that controlling the direction was not difficult at all, so of course the Russians would have a ship that could be used on both land and water.
"Use this kind of ship!" Paulus said: "The width of their supply lines will increase exponentially, which means...narrow blockable transportation channels no longer exist, and sandbars will not become obstacles. Any point will do.
It’s their transportation line!”
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I will send someone to conduct further reconnaissance immediately!"
Paulus acquiesced to the adjutant's actions, and he also hoped that this was not true, but I'm afraid it was not the case.
Intelligence feedback quickly confirmed this, and Paulus discovered that there was not only one supply line like this, but one to the south and one to the north.
"What should we do, General!" The adjutant was a little panicked: "We thought we had strangled their transportation line, but this is actually the enemy's trap!"
"General!" At this time, a signal soldier reported: "The 19th Artillery Regiment has been suppressed by the enemy!"
The 19th Artillery Regiment was an artillery unit deployed by the German army in the Mamayev Heights area to block the river transportation lines.
Paulus remained sullen and silent, as if he knew this would be the result.
The previous shortage of supplies for the Russian army was disguised. In other words, the Russian army has always had the ability to suppress the 19th Artillery Regiment at least for a short period of time.
The reason why the Russian army did not do this was just to allow the German army to consume ammunition pointlessly.
Now, since the German army has discovered this, the Russian army no longer needs to hide it.
This is indeed the case.
That night Shulka was lying on the bed sleeping... Since the amphibious transport ship delivered supplies to improve the situation, Shulka was finally able to have a good sleep.
The sleeping place is the basement, or the sewer to be precise.
The 8th Infantry Regiment is located close to the front line, and all available basements are used as troop hiding holes, storage rooms and other spaces.
This is important for frontline troops, because otherwise their troops and supplies would quickly be lost due to exposure to enemy artillery fire and aircraft.
Especially during the day, troops and supplies must have a place to hide from bombing.
Sewers may be safer than basements in buildings.
The problem is that the sewer exits are small and infrequent, making it inconvenient for troops to deploy, so they are not suitable for front-line combat troops.
It would be appropriate for the headquarters to be moved to the basement.
Since there was not much space, the guards cut through and widened the side walls of the pipes, and even made a few ventilation holes, so that the group of fingers settled underground.
Except for the foul-smelling mud and gas inside that have been soaked in industrial wastewater for a long time, everything else is not bad. Even the bursts of gunshots and cannons on the ground are much weaker, as if they are hiding in another place.
The world is far away from all wars and killings...
But this is actually impossible. The phone keeps calling, the radio beeps, and the combat situation on the ground will be transmitted here immediately, and then the commanders will issue new orders to change the deployment.
Just when Shulka was drowsily asleep, Andrianka walked up to him and shook Shulka awake.
"They found out!" Andrianka said.
"What?" Shulka was a little confused and didn't know what he meant.
"Our supply line!" Andrianka explained: "The enemy sent several reconnaissance planes, we shot down three of them, and the others... we don't know if we observed anything before leaving!"
Shulka sat up from the bed.
He only deceived the Germans for two nights.
But this seems to be expected...The Germans have air superiority, especially now that they have a certain ability to fight at night, while Soviet fighter planes are basically unable to fly at night.
Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for more than 200 amphibious transport ships in two transportation lines to deceive the German army for a long time.
After thinking about it, Shulka said: "Immediately suppress the enemy's artillery on Mamayev Heights and start port transportation at the same time!"
The so-called "start" refers to the actual start of transportation.
This is done from two aspects:
First of all, suppressing the German artillery on the Mamayev Ridge can break the dilemma of the German artillery blocking the river transportation line, so the river transportation can of course turn from fake to real.
Secondly, if the river transportation is still fake, and the German army turns the main force of its air force to blockade amphibious landing ships, then the river transportation supply line will be a waste.
Doing this now will make it impossible for the German army to take care of both the front and the rear. If the river transportation line is blocked, the amphibious landing ship will be unable to be blocked.
Or it can be said that if the Germans hoped to capture both sides, a considerable number of transport ships would inevitably slip through their loose blockade with supplies.
Paulus also thought about these problems at the same time.
Therefore, when he got the information, he silently said to the adjutant: "We have met an opponent! Although I don't know who he is, I can be sure that he is a difficult guy to deal with!" (To be continued)