Although this plan indirectly made Hitler admit his mistakes, in other words, it gave Hitler a step down... When both Stalingrad and the Caucasus were in trouble, Hitler didn't know that he had committed "ambiguous strategic goals."
mistake.
Goering's plan is to correct mistakes. At the same time, from the perspective of war, his considerations are correct. While doing his best to limit the enemy's supplies, he will increase his own supplies. After reaching a certain level, he will be able to form an advantage. No matter how bad it is, it will not be possible.
It can speed up the German army's attack on Stalingrad.
As a result, the situation on the battlefield took a new turn as soon as it became light the next day.
At that time, Shulka was discussing the situation on the front line with Golikov at the army headquarters.
Golikov has fully accepted the "cold gun and cold artillery" tactics proposed by Shulka... There is no doubt about this, although the "cold gun and cold artillery" tactics are not in line with the carefree character of the Soviet people.
There are quite a lot of officers and soldiers in the Soviet army who have a single-minded character. They would drink vodka with their necks raised, then throw down the wine bottle, grab their rifles and shout "Ula!" before rushing towards the enemy.
position.
To them, this is "brave" and is what a man should do as a warrior. Those who fight and hide are "cowards" and are petty like a woman.
But the battlefield is a realistic place, and no one can refuse tactics that achieve greater results with smaller casualties.
Soldiers don't because they want to survive.
Neither will the generals, because they need to win this battle and make achievements.
As a result, the tactics quickly spread to the entire army.
As the chief instructors of the cadet force, the school became bigger and bigger at the Lazour Chemical Plant, and snipers and mortar operators carefully selected from various units entered the school in batches.
Of course, this is far from enough.
Because learning requires a process, and the war on the front lines can't wait any longer.
Therefore, Golikov ordered Akimovich and Shulka to make a detailed tactical manual together, and then distributed the tactical manual to the commanders of each unit so that they could command operations according to the manual...
The reason why it was only issued to commanders was because they were worried that too many manuals would fall into the hands of the enemy.
Akimovich said to Shulka with a wry smile: "I thought I had learned all the skills from you, but today I learned that this is not the case!"
"Tactics on the battlefield will never have an end, Comrade Akimovich!" Shulka said: "It is always developing, and even changes with the changes of the times!"
"What do you mean?" Akimovich didn't understand.
"Think about World War I!" Shulka replied: "Before the invention of the machine gun, everyone seemed to be keen on launching cluster charges towards the enemy's defense lines, with dense formations, sufficient troops, and charges.
Speed and courage often determine the outcome of a battle! The emergence of machine guns changed everything. It made it impossible for both the enemy and us to charge, and could only dig trenches on their own positions for defense. Then, tanks appeared... Trench warfare
The defensive tactics were completely overturned once again!”
Akimovich was stunned when he heard this.
He also graduated from a military academy, but he had never heard of a theory in the military academy that linked the development of weapons and equipment and the times with tactics and ignored human consciousness like Shulka said.
But think about it, human consciousness and will are indeed very important on the battlefield, and sometimes they can even play a decisive role.
However, because this is a matter of survival, both the enemy and ourselves will make every effort to kill the enemy and protect themselves, so it is not important in the study of the evolution of war... In extreme cases, the enemy and we are almost the same.
Excluding this factor, it is the impact of the development of weapons on tactics.
In addition, there are the emergence of aircraft, the application of warships and submarines, etc.
Therefore, sometimes we don’t understand whether people create weapons and equipment for use in war, or whether weapons and equipment lead people by the nose.
After a moment of silence, Akimovich nodded and said: "Perhaps, it has almost developed by now!"
Shulka smiled noncommittally.
It’s not surprising that Akimovich would have such an idea. World War II was indeed a period of great development of military equipment. During this period, whether it was flying in the sky, walking on the ground, or swimming in the sea, all of them became mature and had a fairly complete set of equipment.
military theory.
But... Akimovich certainly could not have imagined that in the near future there would be missiles, radars, stealth fighters, etc., which would also bring about earth-shaking changes in tactics.
However, people in this era would never think that most of the future wars would be achieved by hitting the target and deciding the outcome before the enemy is even seen with the naked eye. This is simply a myth to them.
"One question, Comrade Shulka!" Golikov, who was staring at the map and thinking, raised his head and asked Shulka: "Adopting a 'cold gun' campaign also means that we are generally on the defensive to consume the enemy's strength.
Mainly, I fully agree with this point. After all, the Germans cannot afford such casualties and attrition. The problem is... our defense depth is insufficient, especially horizontally, only five kilometers! If the enemy launches a fierce attack on our defense line and forces us to
If we retreat, will we still use this tactic to deal with them?"
The fact that Golikov can say such a thing shows that he has fully understood the essence of the "cold gun and cold attack" movement.
This is more important than anything else, because the commander is a matter of strategic direction. If he does not understand it, no matter how many soldiers Shulka trains, it will not help.
"You are right, Comrade Golikov!" Shulka replied: "We cannot blindly use tactics for the sake of tactics. We must defend the places that deserve to be defended. We still need to fight hard to regain important areas that we must resolutely recapture.
Take it back!"
Golikov nodded in agreement: "The difference from before is that we no longer hide in the trenches without offensive tasks and do nothing like before, just waiting for the enemy to attack. Instead, we actively deal with the enemy.
A cold shot!"
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "This is not only consuming the enemy's vitality, but also consuming the enemy's will and confidence, and can even lay the foundation for our counterattack!"
"That's right!" Golikov happily patted Shulka on the shoulder.
It should be said that Shulka was relatively lucky because Golikov was willing to accept his suggestions and tactics. To be precise, Golikov was willing to really devote himself to learning and thinking.
At this moment, bursts of roaring sounds of aircraft suddenly came from the sky, but the strange thing is that these roaring sounds actually passed over Stalingrad. (To be continued)