Kilponos had been standing outside the door for some time. He wanted to see how the legendary private who had led the 333rd Regiment out of the enemy's encirclement time and time again would behave in front of a group of senior officers.
The result did not disappoint him. This private... should be said to be a sergeant now, he gave these arrogant senior officers a lesson.
This was very relaxing, even though it was just a verbal exchange.
Kilponos nodded appreciatively to Shulka, then turned to the officers and said: "When you asked the question just now, I couldn't believe you actually used your military school diploma, military rank or other things to show off!
If these are useful... Comrades, we have enough medals to bury the Germans!"
There was a flash of embarrassment on the faces of the officers. In fact, that was not what they were thinking in their hearts. They were just showing off their authority in front of the sergeant Shulka. Unexpectedly, they were ridiculed by Shulka and the commander of the front army saw them.
"Is this the truth? Did our medals and academic qualifications defeat the enemy?" Admiral Kilponos continued: "No, no! Of course not! Not only no, you were also defeated by the enemy's attack. You didn't
No one can stop the enemy's attack!"
The more General Kilponos spoke, the more excited he became. He tapped his fingers heavily in the air a few times. He walked back and forth for a few steps in front of the officers as if he wanted to hit someone, and then suddenly turned around to face the officers again.
He continued: "But one person blocked the German attack, Major Gavrilov, and the staff sergeant standing in front of you... They led the 333rd Regiment to kill the enemy's encirclement again and again.
They came out and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy time and time again, with only a few hundred men! Did you know? They also captured two German tanks! Who among you has such a record? Who has such an experience? Who has such a record?
honor?"
"But you... actually asked these victors 'why'?" General Kilponos angrily walked up to the major general, grabbed his collar, and almost said with gritted teeth: "I want to ask
You, Comrade Modestovich, you losers, why are you laughing at the victors? Just because you have two stars on your collar?"
"No, Comrade Kilponos!" the major general replied quickly.
"Is it because of academic qualifications?"
"of course not!"
"Is it a medal?"
"No……"
"Tell me why?" General Kilponos pushed the major general away: "You have indeed studied in the military academy, but you do not understand a simple truth. What you studied, your military rank
, and your honor, everything is for defeating the enemy! Otherwise, these things are all a fucking pile of rubbish, including you, a bunch of rubbish!"
The officers were scolded by General Kirponos into silence, and they all stood upright without moving. Although the summer in Kiev was not too hot, big beads of sweat still rolled down their faces.
After scolding for a while, General Kilponos lost some of his anger, and then shouted the command loudly.
The officers sat down in unison, opened their notebooks neatly, then picked up their pens and looked straight at the screen in front of them.
General Kilponos also took the paper and pen from the guard, found a seat next to the officer, and said, "You can start, Comrade Shulka!"
"Yes, General!" Shulka was not polite and pointed at the map on the screen with his baton and began to explain: "'Cause camouflage' is not just about camouflage, the focus is on the coordination of underground fortifications and ground fortifications, especially for cellars.
The use of..."
With Admiral Kilponos here, the next study will be much easier.
Shulka even discussed a defense plan with Admiral Kilponos:
"I think we should abandon the plan to block the enemy along the old national border (Stalin's Line of Defense)!" Shulka said: "Because it is no longer possible to use new tactics on this line to block the German attack. We can only send
Hope in the Kiev defense!"
Admiral Kilponos nodded in agreement, but raised a question: "But we need time to consolidate the Kiev defense line, so we can't give up yet!"
"Defense in layers, general!" Shulka said: "Exchange space for time!"
"What do you mean?" Admiral Kilponos looked at Shulka in confusion.
"Withdraw the troops from the old national border!" Shurka pointed to the map and said: "Otherwise the enemy's armored forces will break through several gaps and then go deep to form an encirclement. This will surround the troops along the old national border. This will
At the same time, it will also render the bunker fortifications on the old border useless, just like the French’s Maginot Line!”
This did happen in history, during the Battle of Uman, the Soviet army captured 100,000 prisoners and lost 317 tanks and 858 artillery pieces.
"Do you know about France's Maginot Line?" Admiral Kilponos looked at Shulka unexpectedly.
"I know a little, but not much, Comrade General!" Shulka replied.
At this time, information in the Soviet Union was relatively closed, so Shulka did not dare to say anything more.
"Very good!" Admiral Kilponos nodded, and then motioned for Shulka to continue.
"We can divide the troops into three parts or more!" Shulka pointed to the map and said: "Then retreat along the old national border towards Kiev, and let one of the parts build a defense line every ten kilometers and hold it for a day.
One day later, we retreated to the fourth ten kilometers and built a defensive line to wait for the arrival of the Germans..."
"What a great idea!" General Kilponos praised: "This way, first of all, we can retreat in an orderly manner; secondly, it allows the soldiers on each line of defense to get sufficient rest and preparation; and more importantly, it can provide support for the Kiev defense line.
To gain time!"
"Yes, Comrade General!" Shulka replied: "I think so too!"
In fact, there is another advantage that General Kilponos did not see... Each line of defense only needs to hold for one day and then retreat. This is very important for the demoralized Soviet army.
The reason is very simple, people need hope to support them.
The Soviet battle gave the soldiers almost no hope: they could only hold on, there was no other choice, and there was no telling how long they would hold on... This was very desperate for the soldiers, and the order almost told them to wait for death on the position.
.
So naturally, many soldiers will surrender, rebel, escape, etc.
But if they know that they only need to hold on for one day before retreating, then the situation is different. A considerable number of people will choose to hold on until that moment.