The ensuing battle was like cleaning a battlefield, with German soldiers fleeing and surrendering everywhere... Without their command, they no longer had the will to resist, and the entire defense line collapsed.
At this time, Trufanov even ordered the tank troops to hide instead of chasing the enemy.
This order is of course correct, because the Soviet army's strategic goal has been achieved, and tanks are not needed to pursue the enemy... To be precise, it is difficult for tanks to be effective, because tanks are usually only able to advance along the railway because there is mud everywhere.
This made the tank division commander unhappy. He complained: "Now is the time for victory, Comrade Trufanov! We were just about to beat them up happily, but you ordered us to hide?!"
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"Yes, of course!" Trufanov replied: "Because our air force cannot last that long. If you want to continue fighting, then do whatever you want!"
The tank division commander immediately became silent.
Because everyone knows what will happen when a tank hits an enemy aircraft.
So the tank troops quickly disappeared from the battlefield... It was not difficult to do this, especially since the Soviet army had already reached Karachi. They only needed to drive the tanks into a certain building.
Half an hour later, the 57th Group Army and the 51st Group Army successfully joined forces.
The soldiers of the two armies shook hands, hugged each other, and cheered loudly. Even if enemy fighter planes flew over from time to time, their enthusiasm could not be dampened.
From Shulka's point of view, I don't understand why they are so "excited"... Isn't it just a victory? Isn't it just the joining of the two armies? Is this a new thing?
Shulka looked at the soldiers around him and found that they were not very interested. They were each doing what they were supposed to do with their guns.
So Shulka knew that those who cheered and cheered were usually recruits. They behaved this way not only because of the victory, but also partly because the battle was over and they were still alive.
Zolotarev emerged from nowhere. As usual, his eyes were bloodshot. It is said that he had hardly slept a wink in the past few days, especially during the attack on Karachi.
It is normal for him to be nervous, because if the Karachi battle fails, then severe punishment or even treason will be waiting for him.
Now, his hanging heart could finally be relieved.
"We are victorious, Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev gave Shulka a big hug, then held Shulka's hand and said excitedly: "You are right! Victory in this battle.
Thanks to your advice and command, I will report to my superiors about you..."
"It's best not to do this, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka interrupted Zolotarev in a low voice.
Zolotarev looked at Shulka in confusion.
"After all, we disobeyed military orders!" Shulka explained: "And you are the political commissar!"
Zolotarev understood immediately.
But Zolotarev didn't seem to care about this: "I know, but I still have to say it...and I think I also discovered the problem!"
"What question?" Shulka didn't understand what Zolotarev was referring to.
"It's a question of command!" Zolotarev patted Shulka on the shoulder and said earnestly: "I think I am much better than other political commissars. At least I have studied military knowledge hard and even worked with the soldiers.
I received military training and even learned military theory in a military school! Because I think that a good political commissar must at least know some necessary military knowledge in order to command troops in combat!"
Shulka suddenly understood the reason for the certain military qualities Zolotarev had shown in previous battles.
Shulka didn't pay much attention to it before, but now in retrospect, Zolotarev was actually involved in the entire battle plan, although he was more skeptical.
But if he can raise questions when making plans and still get to the point, it means that his military quality is not low, at least much better than other political commissars who know nothing about it.
"But now I find that the problem is not here at all!" Zolotarev smiled and shook his head.
Shulka was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zolotarev, as a political commissar, to be aware of the problem of the Soviet army's "political commissar system" and dare to raise it... Shulka knew Zolotarev
He is a serious and conscientious person, but I didn't expect him to be so "selfless".
But the next second Shulka realized that he was too naive.
"The problem is that we don't trust and understand each other enough!" Zolotarev waved his hand and said: "Think about it, Comrade Shulka! If we knew each other and had enough trust from the beginning, then there would be no
There will be a series of 'misunderstandings', and we will be able to successfully complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors, don't you think?"
Shulka was stunned for a long time without turning around.
"So!" Zolotarev continued: "I think we should learn this lesson. In the future, political commissars assigned to the army should consider issues more from the perspective of frontline commanders and from actual combat, rather than
I blindly doubt that the commander and soldiers are too afraid to move forward!"
There is no problem with Zolotarev's words, because the facts are indeed as he said, the relationship between Soviet political commissars and frontline commanders is more of a supervisory and supervised relationship.
Therefore, of course, the political commissar must always be on guard against "desertion" of the commander, so there is a problem of trust in itself.
But Shulka knew that this problem was impossible anyway, because the "supervisory" role of the political commissar meant that it was impossible to give too much trust to the frontline commanders.
Zolotarev can cite one problem that was caused by distrust, and other political commissars can cite a hundred problems that were caused by trust.
The root cause is that Soviet military political commissars generally lack military literacy and do not know how to fight, but they have command power in their hands. This directly leads to the commander having no room to retreat or change tactics... because as soon as he retreats or changes, he will immediately
Will be suspected of "deserting".
Finally, Zolotarev said: "Don't worry, Comrade Shulka! I believe we will cooperate even better in the future. This victory is just the beginning!"
Looking at Zolotarev's back, Shulka felt helpless. He should have known that Zolotarev would not have such a profound understanding.
But these are not important to Shulka.
Shulka sat in the rubble, took out a cigarette from his pocket, then took the cigarette butt handed over by Mikhailovich and lit the cigarette, took a deep breath and exhaled the smoke before trying to relax.
From beginning to end, the most important thing is that you are still alive after the battle. (To be continued)