What's more, many things on the battlefield are uncertain until a battle is actually fought and the results are announced.
For example, Shulka judged that under such circumstances it would be difficult for the German troops to be surrounded and annihilated, and in the end it was the Soviet troops themselves that suffered losses.
If the battle really breaks out, it might be as Batrakov hopes. The besieged German army will not be able to stabilize its position due to fear, morale and other reasons, or the Soviet army's morale will explode and a shell will hit the German ammunition depot and the German army will be defeated.
Like a mountain.
Therefore, it is conceivable that Batrakov's plan is likely to have supporters in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and even among the top brass of the Soviet army. After all, most of the Soviet operations at this time were in this style...Charging bravely to drive the enemy out of Stalingrad.
Even the Soviet Union spared no expense, and the greater the price, the more it showed the brutality of the battle, the determination of the commander and the courage of the soldiers.
Shulka was right. When Golikov reported the problem to the front army headquarters, Zhukov urgently submitted the problem to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, hoping that the Ministry of Internal Affairs could control their disobedient major general.
But the first reaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not that its subordinates disobeyed the command, but that it thought of something wrong.
The person handling this matter was Lieutenant General Oleg.
Lieutenant General Oleg is the director of the 10th Directorate of NKDV.
Originally, the NKVD force had nine bureaus including border defense, security, security, railway... which were fully responsible for domestic and partial border security. The tenth bureau, also known as the combat bureau, was newly established last year (1941) based on demand.
From this we can also see that the Soviet army was not unsuspecting of the German attack, but they did not expect that the war would come so quickly.
In fact, the line between whether it is a combat situation or not has been blurred at this time.
Since the war has started, all internal affairs forces originally used to protect railways and public security have been converted into combat forces. For example, the 10th Division of the NKVD was originally the third division mainly used to quell rebellions and suppress bandits.
But now, due to emergency mobilization during wartime, all of them have been transferred to the unified command of the 10th Bureau Combat Bureau.
After receiving Zhukov's feedback, Lieutenant General Oleg first asked his staff: "How is the battle going in the direction of train station No. 10, I mean the 10th Division?"
The staff officer flipped through the intelligence and replied: "They fought bravely, Comrade Oleg! The Germans used the superior strength of several divisions to launch a fierce attack on the 10th Division. They even captured the railway bridge, but the 10th Division sent an assault
The team blew up the railway bridge and besieged a division of enemies near the railway bridge!"
Oleg nodded, becoming more and more certain of his guess... When he received the call from Zhukov, Oleg thought that there must be a reason for the incident.
As for the reason, of course the army did not want the NKDV army to win on the battlefield.
It is easy to understand this mentality of the Army. The internal affairs troops and other troops originally did not get along well with each other. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are "hatred".
The NKVD has long been considered by other forces to be a force that is "expert internally and amateur externally".
But now, if the NKVD troops perform meritorious service on the battlefield, of course they will be jealous of other troops.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Oleg not only did not order to stop the offensive plan, but instead called Batrakov and said: "Good fight, Comrade Batrakov! If you think it is right, then don't be soft."
, teach those invaders some lessons and make others jealous! Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade General!"
With the support of Lieutenant General, Batrakov felt more confident, so he immediately mobilized troops to attack the German army.
In an instant, the sound of killing shook the sky, the roar of artillery, and the Soviet artillery shells and rockets rained down on the German army with all kinds of roars. Then groups of troops shouted and climbed up from their hiding places to launch counterattacks toward the German garrison from several directions at the same time.
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The hardest among them was the 19th Infantry Division.
They were the first to be transferred to garrison near the railway bridge. Because the previous main direction was defense, the 19th Division was ordered to lay mines, barbed wire, obstacles, etc. in the building complex.
Now it suddenly turned into an attack, and Batrakov strictly ordered that the attack must be launched within the specified time. This forced the 19th Division to use grenades and artillery fire to clear the obstacles and mines it had laid before launching the attack.
Of course, there are still many landmines that have not been cleared, which has caused many casualties to our own personnel.
Not only that, Batrakov even gave orders to the cadet troops and the naval infantry battalion to assist in the attack.
But of course, neither Shulka nor Kharichev took these orders seriously... They had reasons to refuse to execute the orders, especially Shulka's cadet unit, which never handed over command to the NKVD 3rd party from the beginning to the end.
10th Division.
But Shulka and Kharichev were not happy at all in the headquarters of the granary. From a high place, they could clearly see the battle in the direction of the railway bridge not far away.
As illumination flares were raised, Soviet soldiers rushed toward the German defense lines in waves under the cover of artillery fire, and then fell to the German guns one after another.
"What is he doing?" Captain Kharichev said angrily: "He thinks he can break through the enemy's defense line if he continues like this?!"
"He hopes to consume the enemy's ammunition!" Shulka said: "When the enemy's ammunition is exhausted, the defense line will naturally break through!"
"This bastard!" Kharichev cursed: "He will kill us all!"
Kharichev is right. This is not just a problem for Batrakov or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also a problem for Stalingrad... The strength and supplies of the two divisions may be nothing to the Soviet army.
, but it was no small matter for Stalingrad. It can even be said that the results of Shulka's hard work during this period were consumed by others in the blink of an eye.
If this continues, what's the point even if the Soviet army can win this battle?
Two divisions for one German division?
Although the total strength of the German army is not as good as that of the Soviet army, in Stalingrad, the strength of the Soviet army is far inferior to that of the German army!
But Shulka had nothing to do and could only watch all this happen.
At this time, the correspondent took the phone and reported to Shulka: "Comrade Captain, phone!"
Shulka originally thought it was the Army Group Headquarters, but when he picked up the phone he knew it was not the case.
"Are you busy, Comrade Shulka!" The voice on the phone joked to Shulka: "I heard the sound of gunfire. Are you going to be captured by the enemy?"
"Who are you?" Shulka asked.
Although Shulka felt that the voice sounded familiar, the phone reproduction of this era was poor and Shulka could not distinguish it.
"You forgot about me so quickly!" Several laughters came from the other end of the phone: "Akadievich, I talked to you before, but I was almost surrounded by your soldiers! Do you remember?"
Shulka was stunned when he heard this, Colonel Akadiyevich? Director of the Sixth Directorate of the National Security Agency?! (To be continued)