Surovino suddenly fell into a sea of fire, while Soviet bombers and attack planes were still taking off in batches and dropping oil barrels into Surovino... What the pilots had to do seemed to be very simple, they only needed to fly from the air
Look down and throw the oil barrel wherever there is no flame.
Then, the river water will naturally spread the gasoline seeped out and connect it with the flames in other areas.
If the gasoline in some areas is burned out, bombers and attack aircraft will use gasoline to drop it again.
As a result, the entire sky was filled with black smoke and water vapor, and the air was filled with the burning smell of burning foreign gasoline.
With the Air Force constantly replenishing "fuel", the fire burned for more than half an hour... To be precise, the large-scale fire lasted for more than half an hour. The ignited building was always emitting flames and black smoke.
It looks like standing torches in the water.
In fact, this was also done by the German army themselves.
Because if the German army does not give up air supremacy, the Soviet army may not be able to implement this tactic of airdropping gasoline barrels... With the strength of the German Air Force, they will fully control the air supremacy of Surovino. The Soviet bombers and attack aircraft companies are close to the Soviet Union.
It's hard to get through the rows, let alone throwing in batches of gasoline barrels.
While Shulka was observing the fire in Surovino with a telescope, Zolotarev made a phone call to Shulka's headquarters.
"Comrade Shulka, congratulations, you have won the victory!" Zolotarev was so excited that his voice trembled: "I have reported the situation to the Supreme Command, and the Supreme Command sent us a congratulatory message and
Instruct us to occupy and break through Surovino and approach the Southwest Front as quickly as possible! The Supreme Command will fully support our actions!"
"Yes, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka replied: "I'm glad to hear that!"
Shulka was telling the truth. Although the Supreme Command turned Shulka's plan into his order, it is a good thing to get the full support of the Supreme Command anyway, just like the supply transportation organized by the Supreme Command before.
Same, that is indeed quite powerful. It can even be said that without those supplies, there would be no victory in this battle.
Shulka waved his hand, and the amphibious landing ship force set off again towards Surovino.
This time, the fleet didn't have much resistance.
If there is any resistance, it is that most of the buildings are on fire and cannot be searched...but it seems that there is no need to search them. If there are still living people inside, I am afraid that they will only be able to breathe.
Occasionally there will be a few gunshots, but at least half of them are the gunshots of German soldiers committing suicide...compared to being burned, committing suicide with a gun is obviously more pleasant.
The amphibious landing ship waited outside for a while, waiting for the fire to burn out, and then carefully drove the ship in.
There was an oppressive and dead silence in the air, with the smell of burning and choking smoke everywhere. The amphibious landing ship sailed between the burning buildings. The fully armed and energetic soldiers on the ship were surrounded by the miserable scenes on both sides and the river.
The burnt black bodies formed a sharp contrast.
Denisokov was even startled by one of the corpses.
"It, it's alive..." Denisokov shouted to a corpse.
Looking in the direction indicated by Denisokov, Shulka saw a German soldier floating in the water with his head burned beyond recognition. The reason he knew he was still alive was because his eyes were still rolling.
His lips twitched painfully.
Shulka could only imagine what the soldier had gone through.
You definitely can't survive in a building, the only way to survive is in the water... If you can hold your breath in the water for a long time, you will suffer as few burns as possible.
However, that is only "as little as possible", and the result may be worse than being burned to death directly. Just like the German soldier I saw in front of me, if this continues, I don't know how much suffering he will have to suffer before he can be relieved.
A Soviet soldier raised the rifle in his hand, pointed it at his dark head, and then mercifully took away his life with a "bang" shot.
Not all Soviet soldiers are single-minded or simple and rude. It should be said that when there are more people, there will inevitably be people with various personalities, and the same is true for soldiers.
Then, the Soviet army successfully occupied Surovino.
When Shulka reported this result to Zolotarev, of course he received praise and encouragement again.
In fact, the most enjoyable person at this time should be Zolotarev.
As a political commissar, the 51st Army before he came and after he came were completely different: the former 51st Army was driven to the battlefield and sacrificed in large numbers, while Political Commissar Shevchenko was still a "collaborator."
"traitor".
After Zolotarev arrived, the 51st Army completely changed its appearance and easily captured the strategically important Sulovkino.
Although this is Shulka's credit, who knows what Zolotarev will say when he reports? What's more, all of this did happen after he came to take command of the 51st Army.
Therefore, it is conceivable that Zolotarev's future career will be on another level.
Shulka doesn't care about this, because he knows that the first shot will kill the bird, so it's better to keep a low profile now.
After ten minutes the water level began to drop.
At this time, the engineers had already begun to explore the road. They wanted to find the submerged railway line as soon as possible... The tank had a certain ability to wade through water, so there was no need to wait for the railway to completely surface before starting the march.
This is for the sake of saving time, and of course it is also a requirement of combat.
"Is there enough time?" Mikhailovich asked.
At this time, Mikhailovich's injury was almost done... I can't say exactly, because his right hand was paralyzed, and when he ran, it would hang on his shoulder like a bag and sway.
In order to facilitate movement, Mikhailovich tied it to an armed belt, which made him look like he had one hand on his hip at all times.
"I don't know!" Shulka replied.
The information Shulka knew was very limited. For example, if he was to command operations now, he should at least get the location of the German reinforcements or the enemy's other line of defense from the air force, or the strength and composition of the enemy's troops.
But Shulka knew nothing.
After thinking for a while, Shulka said: "However, I don't think that's what we need to worry about!"
"What do you mean?" asked Mikhailovich.
"If the battle in the direction of Surovino has not attracted enough attention or consensus from the enemy before this!" Shulka said, "then there should be no problem now!" (To be continued)