That night, transport planes flew over Stalingrad and dropped piles of leaflets from the sky... This task was easy to complete. On the one hand, there were not many night fighters in the German army and it was also difficult to fight at night.
On the one hand, there was a serious lack of supplies for the German army in Stalingrad.
Although the German 6th Army has air transportation, even during the peak period of transportation, it can only barely meet one-third of the 6th Group's needs.
Under this circumstance, the German 6th Army can be said to have no air defense capabilities at all... Air transport no longer transports anti-aircraft artillery shells, unless they are 88MM anti-aircraft artillery shells used for anti-tank.
This is a helpless choice made when supplies are difficult: given limited transportation capacity, priority is given to transporting urgently needed supplies, such as food, rifle bullets, medicines, etc.
So the night was perfect for transport planes, and the German-controlled area was easy to identify. The vicinity of Stalingrad and between the Don and Volga rivers were almost all German territory.
That's not what Shulka and Zolotarev care about. What they want to know is the repercussions of these maps.
This was of course Shulka's request, and Soviet political workers would not consider the repercussions.
It was actually very easy to get this response, because there were also Soviet spies in the German army at this time... Ever since Shulka enlightened Akadiyevich, the Security Bureau's instigation of German prisoners of war has never stopped.
Among them were many prisoners in Stalingrad.
In fact, it is easier for prisoners within the Stalingrad area to instigate rebellion. The reason is that in a battlefield like Stalingrad, there are many people everywhere, and sometimes you can hide in a basement for several days without being discovered. This is a problem.
This provided a good excuse for the prisoners who were instigated to rebel. They could have said that they were surrounded somewhere and could not escape.
At the same time, it was extremely easy for these prisoners who were instigated to rebel to pass on the information. You must know that in the street battles in Stalingrad, the German troops often occupied the bedrooms and the Soviet troops fought against them in the living room. Therefore, to pass the information, all they had to do was make an appointment to put the information somewhere.
A crater or a rock will suffice.
So early the next morning, the feedback information came.
In fact, he should have arrived before that, but Zolotarev didn't think it was necessary to wake Shulka up because of this... Shulka slept like a pig in the basement. Although he couldn't be said to be tired during this period,
Even life in the car can be said to be enjoyable, but sleeping with the car shaking always makes you feel a little uneasy.
After returning, he took the time to take a bath at the river... There was a small river two kilometers behind the Soviet defense line. Officers often drove here to take a bath. The soldiers were not so lucky.
After that, I returned to the basement relaxedly, fell into bed, and fell asleep soundly, even though the quilt still had a musty smell due to moisture.
Shurka woke up at around eight o'clock the next morning. After a good night's sleep, he immediately felt refreshed... People sometimes forget their physical condition. Before that, Shurka felt like he was wearing something on his head.
It was like a tight spell, and I couldn't tell where I felt uncomfortable. I was so busy that I didn't pay attention to it. It wasn't until I woke up and compared it before and after that I realized that I had been living in a hazy state.
At this time Zolotarev handed over another telegram and said: "You are right, the Germans are starting to get nervous!"
Shulka took the telegram and read it: "The Gestapo searched for leaflets everywhere and destroyed them!"
Schulka had said before that if the leaflet did not work, the Germans would not even look at it as before.
And if it works, that is, it can cause a blow to the morale of the German army, the Germans will find a way to block it.
Obviously, the Germans' attitude towards leaflets belongs to the latter, which also shows that the leaflets have a role, even though they are just a defense map.
"Now, can we issue the amnesty order?" Zolotarev asked.
He was a little anxious, because as mentioned before, Zolotarev believed that any delay was a waste of time.
"No!" Shulka replied: "We should wait and continue to release defense maps tonight!"
"But... in this case, there are only eight days left for the amnesty order!" Zolotarev said.
"What we want is effect, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka said: "And effect is not always proportional to time, just like having more troops does not mean strong combat effectiveness!"
Zolotarev thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, you are right!"
After saying that, he ordered the defense line map to continue to be distributed, and the defense line map was updated in due course.
This is a psychological tactic.
The reason is that there were too many "false" things in the Soviet propaganda. The defense map was in the hands of the German army and it was difficult to cause a big blow to them in such a short time. But if one day, two days, three days... the Soviet army updated the latest every day.
defense map and informed them to the German army. The German soldiers verified the findings several times and found no problem, so they began to believe in the authenticity of the defense map from a quantitative change to a qualitative change.
Sure enough, the German army seized on this point, or Paulus used this point to counterattack.
Paulus learned about this leaflet at ten o'clock at night, less than two hours after the Soviet army distributed the leaflet.
Paulus was frowning at the map at the headquarters. He hoped to find a feasible breakout plan, but he was disappointed again and again... All routes were blocked, and he seemed to have only hope.
Manstein's Army Group Don.
However, the attack target of the Don River Army was too obvious, and everyone in the world knew it was Karachi.
If everyone knew that the German army would attack Karachi, then of course the Russians would also focus on its defense.
Paulus knew what this would be like: Although the imperial army was always invincible, this was all based on the fact that the German army was marching quickly and was always unprepared. If the Russians determined where the German army was going to attack, the war would be very difficult.
You will soon fall into a quagmire.
This was true in Moscow, this was true in Stalingrad, and of course it was true in Karachi, which Manstein was about to attack.
Therefore, Paulus was not optimistic about the Don Army's plan to capture Karachi and rescue the 6th Army.
Thinking of this, Paulus felt a little regretful.
He should not have believed what the head of state said in the first place. As the saying goes, "Military orders abroad will be ignored." He should have made a prompt decision to break out when the enemy attacked Karachi and was about to encircle it.
Now, it's too late.
At this moment, the adjutant pushed the door open and came in, saying in a panic: "General, the Russians airdropped a large number of leaflets!" (To be continued)