After all, the 74-kilometer railway station has a certain strategic significance. At the same time, the battle at Jingguta Railway Station is not yet completely over... It is said that the 115th Regiment had a difficult time fighting in the direction of Jingguta, with more than a thousand casualties. The battle continued until the first
The situation was finally under control the next morning, because the Romanian troops stationed there secretly escaped under the cover of darkness.
In this regard, Shurka could only express his helplessness, because it was the mission and task of the 115th Regiment, and at the same time, his superiors did not order the 8th Infantry Regiment to advance for reinforcements.
Shulka guessed that this might be because Viktorovich was worried that his son would be "tortured" to the battlefield by Shulka again.
What Shulka didn't know was that Viktorovich even wanted to transfer his son from the 8th Infantry Regiment back to the second line.
"Maybe you should stay in the logistics unit!" Viktorovich found an opportunity for Denisokov to speak to him privately.
"No, Comrade Comrade!" Denisokov replied: "I'm fine here!"
"Oh, really?" Viktorovich said angrily; "You are the regiment commander's guard, but that Shulka sent you to the battlefield!"
"There is nothing strange about this!" Denisokov replied: "As the regiment leader, Comrade Shulka himself was fighting the enemy on the battlefield! It was he who saved us!"
After a pause, Denisokov added: "You have always wanted me to fight the enemy bravely, haven't you? That's what I am doing now! I want to become a warrior!"
"But Denisokov..."
"Comrade Political Commissar!" Denisokov replied: "My father is waiting for me at home. He will be proud of me, no matter whether I can wait for me in the future! So, I will not leave no matter what. I am the first
A member of the 8th Infantry Regiment!”
After speaking, Denisokov hung up the phone.
Victorovich angrily plugged the phone and cursed: "This disobedient guy always causes trouble for me!"
As he spoke, he anxiously walked back and forth in front of the office. After a while, he sighed and said to himself: "The battlefield is really a training place for people. He has grown up..."
In the end, Viktorovich did not choose to transfer Denisokov. He just wanted to favor the 8th Infantry Regiment in terms of tasks or other choices. For example, now, let the 8th Infantry Regiment stay quietly.
At the 74km railway station.
What Viktorovich didn't expect was that a unit like the 8th Infantry Regiment would never be able to "close" unless other units could solve all the problems and difficulties.
At this time, Trufanov was commanding the troops to attack Prodovitoye from the temporary headquarters on the west bank of the Don River.
"The 59th Division continues to attack!" Trufanov ordered: "The 6th Division and the 60th Division moved faster to the left and right, replacing the cavalry in the attack, and ordered the cavalry to continue to the west. Pay attention to the west, not the
Surround Prodovitoje! Let that idiot Shapkin remember this order clearly!"
"Yes, Comrade Trufanov!" the staff officer replied.
Apparently, Trufanov was still furious at Shapkin's disobedience.
However, despite being angry, Trufanov's attack plan was still very logical.
For example, he deliberately did not encircle Prodovitoye... This is the commonly used method in the art of war, "encircle three and defeat one", that is, he intentionally did not encircle him to death.
This tactic may not work for the German army.
Because the German army has high morale and good quality, to "encircle three and attack one" against the German army is to open an opening for the German army to ensure logistical supplies, which is simply asking for trouble.
But the Romanian army and the Italian army are different.
The morale of the armies of the two countries is poor and their will to fight is not firm. If the city is besieged, it will make them "trapped beasts still fighting". Instead, it will open an opening to give them a chance to escape... This makes them panic and unable to resist the temptation.
, so I would run a few later, and then a team later, and the defense would soon collapse.
But Trufanov's tactic failed. Two mechanized troops rushed to the flanks, one on the left and one on the right, and launched an attack, but not many people escaped.
This made Trufanov feel very strange. It was a little different from the Romanian and Italian armies he knew.
Just when Trufanov was puzzled, the staff hurriedly walked into the headquarters with a telegram and reported to him: "Comrade Trufanov! They are Germans... We have found a German army!"
"German army?" Trufanov raised his head in surprise.
For the Soviet army, another meaning of the German army was "trouble."
"Yes, the German army!" the staff officer replied: "They are approaching our left flank from Georgianaya, and their strength is about two divisions!"
Trufanov cast his eyes on the map and found the location of Georgianaya, then took a breath and said: "No wonder the Roman and Italian armies stationed in Prodovitoje maintain extraordinary morale.
They're waiting for the Germans to attack!"
Then Trufanov couldn't help but blame: "Why are these two German divisions suddenly there? We didn't notice their existence at all?!"
"They may have just arrived in Prodovitoje as reinforcements!" the staff officer replied: "Our intelligence system has not had time to detect and respond!"
Soviet intelligence mainly came from guerrillas and civilians.
This is their strength, because this was originally the land of the Soviet Union, and there were Soviet civilians everywhere. The Soviet army could place spies or reconnaissance personnel at will, and then use these people to collect intelligence for the army.
The disadvantage of this kind of intelligence network is that it is often superficial because it has not penetrated into the enemy's interior, so there is considerable lag. For example, the two divisions of German troops taking trains to quickly reinforce Plodovitoye did not reach the Soviet command in time.
department.
But there is no point in pursuing these responsibilities now. Trufanov stared at the map for a while and then ordered: "Order the 91st Guards Infantry Division and the 55th Independent Tank Regiment to immediately rush to the left flank to garrison, and at the same time order the 54th Tank Brigade
Speed up crossing the river and get reinforcements!"
"Yes, Comrade Trufanov!"
It is better to have more soldiers and more generals. You can randomly send out an infantry division or a tank division to fight.
But in fact, Trufanov made a mistake with this order... There was no problem in using one infantry division and one tank division to deal with the two German mechanized divisions. The troops were of equal strength and the Soviet army was also elite. The problem was that once the two divisions were used
To defend, the troops must be spread out, so for the German army it became a favorable situation of "offense outweighing defense".
Or it can also be said that Major General Trufanov had already messed up his position when he suddenly knew that there was an enemy on the flank and it was also a German army. (To be continued)