Chapter seven hundred and fifty first merit and demerit
The battle started on time after an hour's rest.
There are even many troops that have not yet been formed... This is mainly due to lack of time, and on the other hand, because the communication equipment of the Soviet troops is backward, and it is not easy to find all the personnel within their formation in the dark.
Among these are especially qualified artillery observers and tank-following infantry.
But as Trufanov said, the advantage of the Soviet troops is that they have "rich experience"... rich experience in fighting in chaos.
Therefore, the entire army is orderly in chaos, and generally the infantry, tanks and artillery are linked together.
To be honest, Shulka did take a considerable risk by doing this.
Because this kind of coordinated operations is not what the Soviet army is good at.
In fact, the Soviet army usually fought infantry against infantry, artillery against artillery, and there was little organized coordination between the various arms.
On this basis, without any training, the sudden requirement to implement high-intensity coordinated operations is a bit like "taking on porcelain work without diamonds and diamonds". If you are not careful, you will be like a tiger and become an anti-dog.
But there seems to be no better way in this situation.
What's more, Shulka didn't act haphazardly...the initial battle gave the troops ample time to adjust.
To put it simply, the initial attack is at the level of "actual combat exercises". It looks like an attack but is actually a drill using the enemy's forward positions, allowing commanders at all levels and various arms to try to coordinate.
On the other hand, Shulka believes in the saying "The battlefield is the best school."
This is not only because the battlefield environment is very real, but also because there is a "do it or die" pressure on the battlefield. This pressure will force every soldier and every branch of the military to make every effort to be closely integrated.
They had to do this, otherwise death would be waiting for them ahead.
These cannot be practiced on the training ground, so if you find a troop suddenly growing into an elite on the battlefield... don't be surprised, this is all the potential that was forced out by "death".
Shulka was very pleased to see such "potential" in the telescope, because half an hour after the battle started, the tanks, artillery fire and infantry of the Soviet troops were already advancing steadily... This shows that the commanders have already
Harvested.
On the other hand, Major General Moritz, commander of the German 91st Infantry Division, was extremely uncomfortable with this change in Soviet offensive tactics.
Just like Shulka said, if the Soviet army attacks according to traditional tactics, then Major General Moritz's deployment can play a powerful role... When tanks advance to the anti-tank trench, they will undoubtedly be blocked and unable to do so.
Move forward, and then the anti-tank guns deployed in all directions will destroy these tanks one by one.
Once the enemy's tanks are completely lost, the German infantry divisions will no longer have to worry about anything...Infantry versus infantry The Germans have never been afraid of anyone.
However, the war situation did not develop as Major General Moritz imagined.
Uncharacteristically, the Russians used infantry to carry out low-intensity attacks at the front... The so-called low-intensity attacks were compared to the past, when the Russian army always carried out large-scale charges.
This low-intensity attack is a bit like sniping at each other in the dark: the Russians lurk in the dark positions ahead, find a machine gun position or anti-tank gun position, and use tracer bullets to indicate its location, and then the tanks and artillery fire are overwhelming.
Come on with firepower.
At the same time, the position of the tank is always outside the range of the anti-tank gun... Strictly speaking, it is outside the distance where the anti-tank gun can effectively penetrate the T4 armor.
As a result, the combination of anti-tank guns and anti-tank trenches instantly lost their effect. As time went by during the battle between the German army and the enemy, the few anti-tank guns were knocked out one after another by the enemy.
After thinking for a while, Major General Moritz ordered: "Withdraw the anti-tank guns!"
Moritz's order may have been right. He did not want the anti-tank guns to be wasted on the front line in such a meaningless manner.
But in fact, Major General Moritz's order was wrong, and very wrong.
At this time, the Soviet army was in an unstable stage, and there were problems with the coordination of the newly formed units. If Major General Moritz boldly launched a counterattack at this time... then the results would be much greater than imagined.
Shulka has considered this.
However, Shulka believed that the German commanders did not have the courage to launch a counterattack... They did not know the situation of the Soviet army, and at the same time they were unwilling to abandon their positions when they were short of troops.
More importantly, they have lost confidence in themselves after a series of misjudgments.
People who have lost confidence are often unwilling to take risks unless they are very courageous or intend to make a desperate move.
Shulka guessed correctly, the German army did not counterattack, so the Soviet army adapted to the new tactics while attacking in the dark.
It can be predicted that the Soviet army will become more and more successful in fighting, and its reaction speed and combat effectiveness will become better and better. By the time the German army discovers this, it will be too late.
But this is not Sulka's trouble at this time.
"Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev ran along the trench to Shulka and Trufanov and said: "The superiors know, Comrade Motolov asked us to explain!"
Shulka nodded, and then returned to the headquarters with Trufanov.
Trufanov looked at Shulka, licked his dry lips nervously, then picked up the phone and identified himself.
Immediately there was a roar from the other side of the phone: "What's going on with you? You attacked Karachi without telling the Supreme Command? Do you know what this is? Disobeying military orders is one of them. I can even classify it as treason."
crime……"
"But Comrade Motolov!" Trufanov said: "What if we win?"
"Do you think you can win?" Motolov asked.
"Yes, Comrade Motolov!" Trufanov replied: "If nothing else happens, we will be able to defeat the enemy before dawn and join forces with the 57th Group Army! By then, the enemy will no longer be able to move the 57th Group Army.
The 6th Army was saved from Stalingrad because we had consolidated the Karachi defense line!"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.
Trufanov worked harder: "We are winning, Comrade Motolov, our attack is going smoothly!"
"Who told you to do this?" Motolov asked.
"Yes..." Trufanov didn't know how to answer.
Because he doesn't know whether this is a merit or a fault.
If it was merit, if he didn't report it to Shulka, he would be stealing the merit.
If so, he would have reported it to Shulka as a whistleblower.
Shulka took the initiative to answer the phone and said: "This is my suggestion, Comrade Motolov!" (To be continued)