So this hour of rest is indeed a rest for the naval infantry.
First, the battalion commanders, company commanders, political commissars, instructors and other commanders were summoned to a basement that was used as a temporary conference room... The basement is safer. You don't have to worry about the light leaking out when you light a kerosene lamp, even if you are attacked by the enemy.
You don’t have to worry about being bombed once you find your location.
Otherwise, this bombing will blow up all the elite troops including Shulka.
"We need to form a regiment headquarters!" Shulka said to Kharichev: "You will be in charge of this headquarters!"
Kharichev stood up and replied: "Yes, Comrade Shulka!"
"Comrades!" Shulka turned and said to the gathered naval infantry commander: "Karachi is right in front of us. Do you know what capturing Karachi means to us?"
At this point, Shulka stopped and observed the expressions of the commanders.
Quite a few commanders nodded slightly in agreement.
Naval infantry commanders are different from ordinary infantry. Their level of education determines that they have a more open mind.
For ordinary infantry, they often don't think so much... This is also the requirement of superiors for soldiers. Soldiers cannot have their own ideas, they only need to carry out the orders issued by their superiors.
Most ordinary infantrymen can do this very well, not only because of the orders, but also because even if they have their own ideas, they can't come up with anything.
But the situation is different for the more educated naval infantry. Thoughts cannot be imprisoned. No one will know what is going on in their heads, including their superiors.
Therefore, for their own safety, they will of course consider the battlefield situation based on the information they have obtained and predict what may happen in the future.
"It can be said..." Shulka continued: "By capturing Karachi, we can win this battle. I am talking about the entire Stalingrad battle. Otherwise, we are likely to lose this battle! So,
Now is the most critical time, the outcome of the battle lies in our hands!"
"Comrade Shulka, just tell us what we should do!" one of the captains said: "Sneak attack? Hidden? Or infiltration?"
Because Shulka commanded them to achieve victory at Surovino, the naval infantry had confidence in Shulka.
To be precise, the 51st Army had confidence in Shulka.
There is a saying among them: "Has anyone in the history of our army been able to use river water to attack the enemy? No, never! Except for the 'breakout heroes'!"
Therefore, Shulka established his reputation in the 51st Army with "Flooding Surovino".
Reputation is something invisible, intangible, and cannot be measured by medals or military ranks, but it is very important in the military because at critical moments, it can determine whether soldiers believe you and whether they are willing to obey your orders.
"No, neither!" Shulka replied: "I need you to attack Karachi!"
"Isn't this what we should do?" the captain asked doubtfully.
"It is indeed what you should do!" Shulka said: "It's just that the method is a little different!"
So Shulka explained the new tactics to them.
The naval infantry quickly understood and accepted Shulka's idea.
"I agree with this style of play!" the captain said, "but will our time allow it?"
"I just think this is the most time-saving way of fighting!" Shulka replied: "The enemy is an intersecting force, and the depth of its defense line is only one kilometer. Beyond that is the street fighting under the city of Karachi... We only need to fight to Karachi.
Under the city, the enemy will be surrounded by us in the city of Karachi and form a pincer attack with the 57th Army. In other words, we only need to advance one kilometer!"
The captain nodded in agreement.
"In this case!" Shulka continued: "If we use traditional tactics to charge, the initial attack speed may be faster, but soon we will be unable to follow up due to insufficient troops. And with the new tactics... we are actually
Treat tanks and artillery as an extension of the infantry, treat them as the arms and weapons of the infantry, and under their cover and coordination, move forward step by step, fight steadily, and at the same time preserve the strength of the infantry and ultimately win!"
The naval infantrymen nodded.
As soldiers fighting on the front line, they certainly prefer this style of play, because "preserving strength" for them means being able to survive.
No one doesn't like to "live".
At this time, Kharichev asked doubtfully: "What about the infantry? Only us...I mean only the naval infantry battalion uses this tactic?"
"The infantry is under your command!" Shulka replied: "As you know, the infantry is always used to charging with guns, so you need to hold them back!"
The naval infantry commanders understood and smiled proudly.
"Comrade Shulka!" Kharichev said worriedly: "You mean... we will organize such an attack in an hour?"
"Yes!"
"This is almost impossible, Comrade Shulka!" Kharichev said: "We don't even know which troops we need to command now, and we are not familiar with each other and have not trained..."
Shulka handed a piece of information to Kharichev and said: "It must be 'possible', because if you cannot complete this task... you know what the consequences will be!"
Kharichev's expression changed, he nodded, took the document and flipped it over, and then distributed the document while the commanders ordered: "Act quickly, find your own troops as soon as possible and form relevant coordination units!"
The documents were divided into parts in advance. Each part contained a naval infantry battalion and the infantry under its command, as well as artillery observers, tanks, tank followers and correspondents assigned to them.
So as soon as these documents were sent to the commanders, the commanders immediately went to form their own troops in a hurry.
Trufanov looked worriedly at the commanders who were scurrying around like ants on a hot pot, and said, "Do you think they can do it?"
"I believe they can do it!" Shulka replied.
"You seem to value naval infantry very much!" Trufanov asked.
"Yes!"
"Why?"
"Because they are better at thinking!" Shulka replied: "Maybe you think that as a soldier or a grassroots commander, 'thinking' is not important, or even harmful... But that was the previous war, Trufanov
Comrade! In future wars, if we want our troops to have stronger combat effectiveness, what we need more is soldiers who can think!" (To be continued)