In fact, the dispute between Colonel Akadevich and the political commissar is not limited to the two of them or the Sixth General Directorate... If there is such a conflict between the chief officer and the political commissar in the Soviet State Security Administration, it is conceivable that other units will
More of this happens.
This also made the Soviet top leaders realize that although their political commissar system played a certain positive role during the war, such as calling for propaganda, stopping deserters, etc., it mostly played a negative role, seriously
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a hindrance or even an accomplice of the German army.
Therefore, a few months later, the Soviet army abolished the political commissar system, which meant that the command and decision-making power on the battlefield was completely handed over to the chief officer.
This proved to be a wise choice.
If there is any shortcoming, it is that the policy puts power in the hands of the chief officials. The problem is that the position of political commissar is still there, and it is still with the chief officials. At the same time, the chief officials also know that these political commissars are not trivial but have real power.
People, so a considerable number of chief officials do not dare to let go of the command and must obtain the consent of political workers for everything.
Of course, from a general perspective, this is progress anyway.
Because battlefield command should be left to professionals, and political workers should be the cohesion of officers and soldiers rather than the enemy.
The Sixth General Administration has come to an end for the time being.
Shulka and the 8th Infantry Regiment headquarters are still busy with supplies from Stalingrad.
Sulka's method is actually very simple, which is to use multiple approaches: main river transportation, amphibious landing ships, and pontoons.
These three aspects of transportation are all in large quantities...the main river channel is filled with large and medium-sized transport ships, and if they accidentally let a few slip past, a large number of supplies will be lost; the number of amphibious landing ships is increasing by dozens every day; pontoons
Not to mention, several can be set up anytime and anywhere. The disadvantage is that the transportation volume is small and requires manual handling like ants moving.
The simultaneous operation of these three modes of transportation made it difficult for German fighter planes to cope, even if the German army had a powerful night aviation group.
This is a bit like the human wave tactic commonly used by the Soviet Union... to attack more and less to make the enemy unable to respond, even if a single German army has an absolute upper hand, it will be of no avail.
However, this kind of transportation is only available at night.
Because whether it is the main river channel, amphibious landing ship or pontoon bridge, it will be completely exposed to enemy fighter firepower as soon as it gets dark.
This is especially true for the pontoon... It can be said that it cannot be blown up at night. To put it simply, the repair speed is much faster than the bombing speed.
But that was no longer the case as soon as it got light:
Although the floating bridge is still narrow and has a small target, the problem is that it is very long, connecting from the west bank of the river to the sandbar, and then from the sandbar to the east bank.
German pilots could easily find the trend of the pontoon bridge during the day, then fly their fighter planes along the direction of the pontoon bridge, and then drop the bombs downward... The hit rate was almost 89%.
Therefore, the supplies in Stalingrad were still not abundant enough to squander or completely change the situation of the war, but it was almost impossible for the German army to win by blocking the supply lines.
"What are you thinking about?" Andrianka asked when she saw Shulka frowning at the map and saying nothing.
"I'm wondering how the Germans will face this situation!" Shulka replied: "If the supply blockade doesn't work, what will they do next?"
Andrianka smiled and said: "Perhaps this is what makes you better than others, Comrade Shulka, you always want to be in front of others. I mean, when others are celebrating their victories or laughing at the enemy's defeats
, but you are thinking about the enemy’s next move! You know? It’s like you are fighting against yourself!”
"Isn't it supposed to be like this?" Shulka said, "This is war!"
As the saying goes, "If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries." Especially on the battlefield, as a commander, it is natural to think about what the enemy thinks.
It's just that the Soviets don't seem to be like this. They always take one step at a time.
In fact, Shulka was thinking about more than just these.
Prior to this, the Battle of Stalingrad generally followed historical trends.
However, history changed after Shulka used a series of supply strategies...
The Battle of Stalingrad commanded by Chuikov did not have such an optimistic supply line. At that time, the Soviet Union did not have amphibious landing ships, and Chuikov did not know how to use oil barrels to build pontoon bridges on the Volga River.
Therefore, the Soviet army fought extremely fiercely in the Battle of Stalingrad. This "tragic" refers not only to the battlefield, but also to the transportation channel on the Volga River... In order to allow the Stalingrad defenders to persist, the Soviet army almost
Working around the clock on narrow transportation channels to transport supplies.
Even so, supplies in Stalingrad were still severely lacking.
Finally, just like the Battle of Moscow, winter came when Stalingrad was about to fall, and the German army was once again defeated by the cold weather.
Now of course this won't happen again.
Stalingrad did not suffer from a serious lack of supplies in history. At the same time, it was May, entering the beginning of summer, and winter was still far away.
Considering this aspect, Shulka sometimes doesn't know whether the supply strategies he proposes are a good thing or a bad thing.
Call it a bad thing, it did improve the supply situation in Stalingrad, which is obviously positive for the entire war situation.
Call it a good thing, since the Battle of Stalingrad has deviated from its original direction.
As a result, Shulka lost his ability to "prophet the unknown", and it became unknown who would win in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Thinking of this, Shulka felt a little regretful. He should have tried his best to maintain the original direction of the battle, so that he could wait for the final victory step by step.
But now...
After thinking for a while, Shulka said: "Do you still remember the Vasily you met on Mamayev Hill?"
"Yes!" Andrianka nodded: "His performance is very good. I heard that he has killed more than 70 enemies so far, and his results have far exceeded Korodeev!"
Korodeev is the commander of the sniper company of the 8th Infantry Regiment.
Shulka was not surprised by this. You must know that Vasily's statistics in the Battle of Stalingrad were that he killed 5 Germans in one month and seven days, which is an average of 7 to 8 people per day.
This is something that a sniper company commander cannot compare to.
"I'm thinking!" Shulka said: "It's time for us to organize an irregular force!"
"Irregular troops?" Andrianka was a little confused.
In his mind, the Stalingrad garrison was full of "irregular troops" because few troops could advance and retreat with such a degree of control as the 8th Infantry Regiment.
So, why do we need to organize "irregular troops"? (To be continued)