The first thing Shulka did was to cut all the telephone lines leading from Verkhovcharizhensky to Plodovsky.
The reason, of course, is to block news... In a way, telephones are more difficult to control than radio stations. There are fewer radio stations, and you only need to control a limited number of radio stations. With telephones, it is difficult for you to know which place is unexpected.
There are a lot of them hidden, both for civilian and military use, and they are hard to guard against.
The way to control it is to cut off all the phone lines, so that all the phones become waste.
On the other side, the 8th Infantry Regiment boarded the captured train, two trains.
This makes Andrianka a little strange.
"We only need one train, why two?" Andrianka asked.
"Defense line!" Shulka replied without thinking: "There are still troops deployed!"
Then Andrianka understood.
When the train enters the train station, the 8th Infantry Regiment is afraid that it will start a fierce battle with the enemy immediately. If all the troops are crowded on one train... On the one hand, the train is needed as cover in the early stage, and two trains can provide
The cover is doubled, and on the other hand, the natural deployment of troops can unleash much more combat power at the same time than a train.
There is even a consideration. There will be multiple tracks after the train enters the station. If it is besieged by the enemy, two trains aligned on the left and one on the right can form a natural defensive depth, allowing the 8th Infantry Regiment to have more movement.
space without being attacked from both sides.
Shulka took the second carriage of the first train.
The reason for being in this location was well thought out. The connection between the trains was not smooth... Both trains were freight trains, used by the German and Romanian armies to transport supplies and materials, so there was basically no need for communication.
In this case, if Shulka was on the second train, it would be difficult for him to grasp the intelligence ahead and issue orders in time... The communication between the two trains uses signal flags and semaphore lights.
The Soviet army's backward communication also had the advantage of being backward, because it made their original communication equipment very complete and their skills very skilled.
For example, signal flags use a red flag with a fluorescent stick. When you need to convey information at night, you turn on the fluorescent light and wave it. Semaphores can be used to convey instructions and commands very well.
The signal light uses a bright and dark pattern to type out the telegram, and this transmission speed is relatively slow.
At the same time, the telephone soldiers have already pulled up telephone lines in the train and installed telephones for internal communication within the train. Therefore, orders from the front of the train can be transmitted to the rear of the train through the telephone, and the rear of the train is transmitted to the front of the next train through signal flags and signal lights.
The command is then quickly passed on by phone to achieve coordination between the two trains.
If Shulka is on the second train, the reaction time may be doubled, because it must have a process of transmitting information between trains, Shulka making a decision, and then transmitting the order back.
Of course Shulka would not be stupid enough to choose this method.
After trying the phone and communication and everything was normal, Shulka gave the order to set off.
The train emits a lot of steam, dragging the rear carriages like a panting old cow and slowly leaves the station and heads towards Prodovitoje.
At this time Amedeo reported to Shulka: "Colonel, telegram from Prodovitoje, they asked why the phone line is not working? How should I answer?"
After thinking for a while, Shulka replied: "I don't know the answer, maybe it was cut off by the Russian guerrillas!"
"Yes, Colonel!" Amedeo was a little confused. He didn't expect Shulka to ask him to answer "I don't know" first.
What Amedeo doesn't understand is that the more uncertain the responses at this time are, the more confusing they are.
Because even Prodovitoye does not know the situation, how can Verkhovcharitshensky be sure that there is only one battalion? If it can be confirmed, does it mean that the Russians have surrounded Verkhovcharitshensky?
Therefore, the sentence "I don't know" plus "Maybe it's the guerrillas" perfectly explains all the problems. The subtext is: "Everything is normal in Tsaritshensky!"
After a pause, Shulka added: "Tell them that we are short of supplies because the train was bombed. I hope they can prepare some supplies and equipment for us!"
"Yes, Colonel!" Amedeo immediately sent the telegram.
Then I got a reply soon... "We have prepared supplies at the train station, but I'm sorry, they are our army's equipment. You know, they may not be suitable for you to use!"
"It doesn't matter!" Shulka replied: "It's better than fighting the enemy with bayonets and fists!"
This was just an attempt by Shulka. Unexpectedly, the Romanians were actually fooled... In this way, if the Soviet ammunition ran out, there would still be a batch of supplies and equipment waiting at the train station.
Verkhny Tsaritshensky is more than 60 kilometers away from Prodovitoye, and the train traveled on the railway track for more than an hour.
It was smooth sailing along the way. Shulka and others even saw Romanian engineers repairing the railway lines... Some railways were blown up or damaged during the day. In order to welcome Shulka's "reinforcements", the Romanian engineers
It's also very hard work.
If there was any surprise, it was that the train encountered a group of Soviet cavalry on the road.
That was from the 81st Cavalry Division. Because they were fast and penetrated all the way, the vanguard had already reached the area of this railway line.
Without saying a word, Shulka immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot... This was necessary, otherwise if there were Romanian soldiers hiding in the darkness nearby and the "Germans" on the train did not shoot, the secret would be exposed immediately.
It's just that most of the bullets are fired into the sky or towards the ground. Anyway, it is dark at this time, so no one can detect the real shot or fake shot.
The cavalry only fired a few empty shots and then avoided it.
So Shulka knew that Khrushchev understood the hidden meaning of his telegram. Otherwise, based on the intelligence and situation of the Soviet army at this time, just letting the cavalry install a few explosive bags on the railway would be able to defeat their "
"Reinforcements" were temporarily stopped.
The train arrives in Prodovitoye at about half past eleven.
When we were about to enter the city, we encountered the Romanian army's defense line... The railway line was of course the focus of the Romanian army's defense. This was not only to prevent the train from crossing the border, but also because the railway line could be said to be the only hard ground in the wild, and the hard ground was also
It is the best choice for tanks and armored vehicles to move forward.
Therefore, the Romanian army used a bunch of roadblocks to block the railway, and there was a tank behind it...the Czech-made 5T, this tank was almost phased out at this time, and it was almost used as a roadblock.
There are bunkers on both sides, with guns and cannons pointed at the railway. (To be continued)