The shocked recruits came out of their hiding places in disgrace and cautiously approached the building with their rifles in hand. The German firepower seemed to be completely suppressed by the Soviet army, so it seemed that the Soviet army had won the battle.
But Shulka felt a little weird... there were no landmines, not even one.
The reason why Shulka knew this was because the recruit camp was advancing in a dense formation. If there were landmines, they would have stepped on them long ago.
At the same time, in such a terrain, since the enemy had time to lay out firepower, there was certainly no shortage of time to lay mines to intimidate the opponent... However, the enemy did not lay mines.
After thinking about it, Shulka ordered: "Move up the second battalion immediately and get ready for battle!"
"Yes!" Andrianka responded and passed on the order.
The second camp was the original "punishment camp".
It is ironic to say that this battalion composed of deserters is now famous for its recklessness on the battlefield.
To be precise, it's not "risking one's life"... As the saying goes, "what kind of generals will have what kind of soldiers." The grassroots commanders actually act based on the command style of their superiors, so Shulka's subordinates actually all
There is a choice to "don't take your life", that is, you can "take your life" when you should "take your life", and you can fight resolutely when you should "take your life".
The Second Battalion is such a unit. At the same time, because of the horrific experience of the "punishment camp" and the tradition of "lynching", its combat effectiveness even exceeds that of the First Infantry Battalion, a direct unit of the 8th Infantry Regiment... First
The infantry battalion's combat effectiveness is not bad, but compared to the second infantry battalion, it lacks the indomitable ferocity.
Therefore, the 2nd Infantry Battalion was used by Shulka as a reserve force, appearing wherever there was a situation.
Since the 2nd Infantry Battalion was stationed not far from here and was equipped with cars, seven minutes later, Battalion Commander Sokolov was lying next to Shulka waiting for orders. At this time, the new battalion was still occupying the abandoned carriages and carriages one by one.
architecture.
"We are ready, Comrade Shulka!" Sokolov looked to the battlefield ahead with some doubts. Their help seemed not to be needed here.
"There is a new situation!" Shulka said: "The enemy may want to break out from here!"
"What?" Sokolov couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Shulka in surprise.
Not far away, Andrianka was also anxious when he heard this: "The enemy is going to break out from here? I will immediately notify them to withdraw..."
Andrianka thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
If the enemy is premeditated, that is, concentrating their troops in this direction to break out, then ordering the new barracks to retreat almost means that tragedy cannot be avoided... Retreating is more difficult than attacking, especially when the enemy is still waiting for opportunities in buildings covered by rain and fog.
, once the new barracks retreats, the enemy will definitely take advantage of the situation to pursue them, and then the new barracks will be left to be slaughtered.
"Pass the order!" Shulka said: "The new barracks will be stationed where they are. No matter what happens, don't take a step back!"
"yes!"
"The artillery is preparing to carry out immobile blocking fire at the front of the defense line!"
"yes!"
"Second Infantry Battalion moves into position!"
"yes!"
Soon, the new barracks shifted from offense to defense under the command of Grigovitch.
The entire battlefield suddenly became eerily silent, with only a few gunshots and explosions coming from other directions from time to time.
Shulka's guess was correct, the enemy was indeed planning to break out from this direction.
But this also surprised Shulka, because he originally guessed that the enemy would break through to the north or west, that is, towards Stalingrad or behind.
Because it is obvious that the Romanian army in the south is being fully attacked and surrounded by the Soviet army. Breaking out to the south will easily fall into another encirclement.
However, it now seems that the enemy has chosen the south.
This also seemed to verify Shulka's previous thoughts. The German reinforcements had arrived at Prodovitoje and were ready for battle. Otherwise, there would be no point in breaking out of the encirclement south for these besieged troops.
These are exactly what the German commander Second Lieutenant Friedrich thought.
Second Lieutenant Friedrich was just an anti-aircraft artillery company commander, and he didn't even have much knowledge of infantry warfare.
But one thing that is certain is that even if he has no knowledge and experience in infantry warfare, he will be much better than the battalion commander Major Ambrose of the Romanian Army, because when they entered the 74-kilometer railway station, the battalion commander Major Ambrose had already done
Ready to retreat.
Lieutenant Friedrich unceremoniously took over the command of the Romanian army. Although the two armies did not understand the language, as long as they waved their pistols...the Romanians seemed to understand what to do.
Major Ambrose hoped to break out from the west, but Lieutenant Friedrich thought it was an escape.
"Our troops have been reinforced to Prodovittoye!" Lieutenant Friedrich said to the major in not very good English: "They plan to shed their last drop of blood there to help you defend the line, but you want to leave.
Our own position! This is a shame!"
Second Lieutenant Friedrich's artillery battery had been guarding near the train station, so he knew about the German reinforcements.
As an imperial soldier, Lieutenant Friedrich believed that he could not escape from the battlefield like this, even though as artillerymen they should have done so.
Second Lieutenant Friedrich's decision actually took advantage of a loophole, because Shurka miscalculated on this point. He placed the main force in the west and north to prevent them from breaking through, and sent a new battalion to the south to train.
Second Lieutenant Friedrich saw in the telescope a group of Russians coming up in front of the position with immature tactics and almost like a group of children. He could not help but secretly rejoice. This was the right place. Although there were many people on the other side, they were not Russians at all.
, the opponent of the German Allied Forces.
"Order!" Lieutenant Friedrich said to the adjutant: "Let them in, wait for them to enter the city, then launch a sudden counterattack, follow them to break out, do you understand?"
This plan should be said to be very reasonable. It can be said that if Shulka had not discovered something, they would have been very likely to succeed, and it would have also caused heavy casualties to the Russian army.
The battlefield is sometimes like this.
It’s not that the commander is not good enough, or that the soldiers are not brave or of poor quality, but the battlefield is uncontrollable and there are too many emergencies.
Even if Shulka is a qualified commander and the 8th Infantry Regiment is an elite unit, it will inevitably capsize in the gutter.
If this is the result, then Shulka will be very embarrassed... An elite reinforcement group plus a flying group surrounded the enemy's battalion of skirmishers. Not only did they fail to win, but they also suffered heavy casualties and made it difficult for them to break out...
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Fortunately, this didn't happen. (To be continued)