In fact, Shulka believed that the work of the cadet troops near the railway station was not yet mature... Although the cadet troops had provided practical guidance and command to the NKVD troops, the NKVD troops still seriously lacked excellent snipers and adaptable personnel.
Mortar gunner.
As we all know, snipers and mortars are the basis of sneak attack tactics... Without their cover, it is almost impossible for the commando to lurk, penetrate in front of the enemy's defense line, and attack at close range. In other words, even if they succeed, they will have to pay heavy casualties.
The damage and pressure caused by the enemy is minimal.
But the battlefield is like this, it will not change according to people's will or needs.
Especially in Stalingrad, there are actually loopholes and dangers everywhere along the entire fifty-kilometer-long and five-kilometer-wide defense line.
The tactics at Railway Station No. 1 were immature and poorly prepared, and other areas were even blank.
Therefore, although he was a little anxious, Shulka still ordered the student troops to complete the command handover work.
The so-called handover of command refers to the return of command to the NKVD... Prior to this, the cadet troops held combat command. Although they had low military ranks, they acted as instructors and issued orders to other soldiers and even officers during the battle.
The transfer of command means that the instructor observes the battle process and then selects soldiers or officers with better performance to take over their work.
Shulka was still a little worried about this, and he issued a special instruction: "Military rank will not be considered when transferring command authority. If the military rank does not meet the command requirements, report it to the headquarters!"
The reason for emphasizing military rank is, on the one hand, because the NKVD army has a very serious bureaucracy, and on the other hand, those who can be promoted in the Soviet army are usually "brave" and "firm" people, who are very effective on the battlefield.
It is indeed useful, but going to extremes is a bit too much. Especially now that we have to fight sniper warfare, sneak attack warfare, and guerrilla warfare with the enemy, we cannot emphasize bravery one-sidedly.
Therefore, command authority should be transferred to soldiers who can be flexible rather than to officers.
As for the military rank... Just submit the list to Dimitri. These, these, and these are all those who need to be promoted. What military rank they should be promoted to is just a matter of words.
The reason for promotion is also very easy. Anyway, it is all in the battle, either the results or the performance, just find some shining points.
After doing all this, Shulka felt a little relieved.
"If anything changes, you can contact me at any time!" Shulka said.
Dimitri nodded, held Shulka's hand tightly, and then hugged Shulka excitedly: "I don't know how to express my gratitude to you, Comrade Shulka! You
It taught me a lot, and I even feel that what I learned before was useless...it describes war in another world!"
"This is another world, Comrade Dimitri!" Shulka replied.
It is not surprising to have such a feeling. The Soviet officers and soldiers should have felt this from the beginning, but because of the solid habits of people's thinking, most people will not doubt the strategic or tactical problems, but
I just thought one-sidedly that it was "not brave enough", "insufficient troops" and other factors. It was not until the new tactics were used and proved to be effective that I looked back and suddenly realized that this was not the case.
To put it simply, what Dimitri learned in military school was out of touch with reality.
When Shulka withdrew from the front line, Hitler finally learned the true situation in Stalingrad.
At this time, Hitler was in his private villa in Germany, Eagle Castle.
This Eagle Castle located in the Alps was built as a birthday gift to Hitler by his subordinates who spent a lot of manpower and material resources.
This year, after Hitler commanded the battle on the Eastern Front remotely from the Wolf's Lair, he returned to Germany for some rest on his birthday (April 0). One of his stops was the Eagle's Nest.
Hitler liked to set up a deck chair outdoors and look down at the scenery below the mountain. If he was interested, he would put up a drawing board and draw a picture.
Just when Hitler was relaxing, Goering walked up to him.
"I hope what you are about to report is good news, my Marshal!" Hitler said without looking back.
"Sorry, Your Excellency the Führer!" Göring replied, and then stopped talking.
Göring knew when to shut up, and right now, for example, he wasn't sure whether the Führer wanted to hear the news.
Good news? There has been very little good news since the Battle of Moscow!
Hitler also understood this. The war on the Eastern Front had become increasingly difficult. The era of ease at the beginning of the war and continuous victories one after another seemed to be gone forever.
He was silent for a moment, then sighed and asked, "Stalingrad?"
"Yes, Stalingrad!" Goering replied: "The penetration plan has completely failed. In addition, the Russians have also changed their tactics. It has caused our army's casualties to increase sharply, but the advance speed is very slow!"
Hitler suddenly turned around, raised his fist and said: "That's not what Paulus said. He promised me that he would soon break through Stalingrad's defenses and crush it under his feet! Soon! Not just once!"
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"Obviously!" Goering spread his hands: "He failed to do this!"
Göring was a little gloating. He needed this very much, because since the failure of the British Air War, Göring had gradually lost power.
Goering has always been stubborn about this.
Because the failure of the British Air War was actually related to Hitler... Goering meant to concentrate the air force on bombing British airports and military facilities, but Hitler ordered the air force to bomb London itself.
The two choices should be said to have their own reasons.
Goering's idea was to concentrate firepower to kill the enemy's effective forces first. If the British Air Force could be defeated, the Luftwaffe could bomb wherever it wanted.
Hitler's idea was to use bombing to avenge the British bombing of Germany, destroying the British's will to resist through bombing and forcing them to surrender... because he believed that the British people were the more vulnerable party, so the overall attack was more effective.
Facts have proved that Hitler thought things too simply.
It is difficult for pure aerial bombing to destroy the enemy's will to resist, especially the fighter planes during World War II. Not only that, but it will arouse the anger of the people and unite them with the army.
So this was actually a mistake in strategic direction, which destined the German army to lose this battle.
But of course, Hitler would not admit his mistakes, and of course Göring had to bear the blame.
All Goering can do is hope to find an opportunity to perform and regain reuse. (To be continued)