The attack time and artillery preparation time were very tight. It was so tight that before the artillery shells had time to extend forward, the signal flares took off and the soldiers jumped out of the trenches and rushed toward the enemy's defense line in overwhelming numbers, and most of them were infantry, and tanks could not
After a while, he was left behind and became a fire cover unit...
This was not what Shulka meant. Shulka generally did not use this tactic. Even before this, Shulka did not know that the 51st Army would charge in this way.
This kind of charge was called an "artillery charge" by Soviet soldiers.
The so-called "artillery charge" is to charge towards the enemy under the cover of artillery fire.
To be precise, our own soldiers charged before the artillery preparations were completed.
Doing so can sometimes achieve very good results, because the enemy is most vulnerable before the artillery preparations are over... The enemies are still confused by the artillery fire, and most of them are still in the anti-aircraft holes to avoid the artillery fire, and they don't even know how to do it.
Knowing that the opponent has already launched a charge.
Obviously, a charge at this time can catch the enemy off guard and rush into the enemy's trench to engage in close combat with the enemy.
And the Soviet army likes to fight close to the enemy the most.
However, the weaknesses of this tactic are also prominent. One of them is that the accuracy of artillery fire in this era is not high, and it is common to deviate from the target by hundreds of meters or even kilometers.
Therefore, it is inevitable that charging soldiers will fall under their own shells.
Just as Shulka saw in the telescope, the Soviet soldiers who rushed into the thick smoke were blasted into the sky by artillery shells. Among them were even soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment... The Second Battalion of the 8th Infantry Regiment was also
The "Penalty Battalion" participated in the first attack.
"Who gave the order?" Shulka asked through gritted teeth.
"What?" Andrianka didn't understand what Shulka was asking.
"Attack time!" Shulka said: "Who decided the attack time?"
"I don't know, Comrade Shulka!" Andrianka replied.
Akadievich interrupted: "You should be able to guess who is the most powerful in the army!"
Then Shulka understood that it was Zolotarev.
Even if it weren't for Zolotarev, this offensive plan wouldn't have been passed without his nod.
"They are already hiding something from you!" Akadiyevich smiled: "It seems that we have harmed you, Shulka! Sorry!"
Although Akadiyevich said he was sorry, his expression did not mean "sorry" at all.
Shulka understood what Arkadyevich meant.
The reason why Zolotarev had any plans to hide from Shulka was because Shulka got too close to the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and weakened the Political Department. Or it can be said that it was Khrushchev's influence on Shulka.
Trust... After all, the army is still under the command and leadership of the Political Department, so it directly affects the formulation of combat plans.
Shulka even understood that this was actually a secret rivalry between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs: if the Ministry of Internal Affairs could use spies to "persuade" the 6th Army to surrender in Stalingrad, the Ministry of Political Affairs would certainly not let the Ministry of Internal Affairs take all the credit.
, so he tried to find a way to intervene and hoped to make some achievements on the battlefield.
Even this can be said to be a small warning to Shulka.
But Shulka didn't care about this. He raised his telescope and looked at the battlefield, and then ordered: "Withdraw the troops!"
"Yes!" Andrianka responded, and then passed on the order.
Shulka's move surprised even Akadiyevich.
"Shulka, you have to consider the consequences!" Akadiyevich said: "This is retreating from the battlefield!"
"There is nothing to consider!" Shulka replied: "I will not let my subordinates go up and die!"
"Then you can't do this!" Akadiyevich quickly stopped: "If you judge that the troops cannot break through the enemy's defense line... you know what will happen, they will put all the blame on you!"
This is something that Soviet commanders often do, especially at this time Shulka did withdraw his troops during the charge... So we can say: "The reason why this charge failed is because these troops retreated before the battle!"
Shulka did not change his decision. He only asked: "So, Comrade Akadiyevich, do you mean to let my men die at the hands of the enemy like this?"
"This is war, isn't it?" Arkadyevich advised: "You should think more about yourself..."
"That's enough, Comrade Akadiyevich!" Shulka interrupted: "I believe I understand war better than you!"
At this time, the battlefield really changed.
Although the Soviet army successfully rushed into the German trenches through "artillery charge" and fought closely with the German army, the German army soon organized a second line of defense... The German army was not a new recruit on the battlefield, and the Soviet army was on the battlefield.
This is not the first time they have used "Artillery Charge". Of course they know how to deal with "Artillery Charge": temporarily abandon the position penetrated by the enemy into the melee, organize another line of defense behind it, and then, whether it is one of their own people or the enemy, as long as
Anyone who rushes towards this line of defense will be killed without mercy.
As for the Soviet army, because the infantry was in front and the tanks were behind, they had almost no protection. They could only use their flesh and blood to rush towards the enemy's bullets. There was no doubt that they fell in pieces under the German guns... Until then, the Soviet tanks
They arrived late, but because they lost the effective coordination and cooperation of the infantry, they soon became the target of the German anti-tanks and were blown into fireballs one by one.
"Comrade Shulka!" Andrianka crouched and ran to Shulka's side, saying, "The Second Battalion has withdrawn!"
"Very good!" Shulka nodded.
The second camp is a punishment camp.
If it was Valery's battalion, maybe Shulka would have let them continue to fight. After all, there is such a thing as "mountains of military orders" in the army, especially disobeying military orders and withdrawing the troops during the battle is a blatant slap in the commander's face.
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But the "punishment camp"... Although they have become normal troops now, most of them are psychologically fragile because of their previous experience in the "punishment camp".
The vulnerability mentioned here is not the fear of fighting, but the fear of being sacrificed as cannon fodder again.
If that's the case, then what's the point of becoming a normal army? Aren't they just going to be sacrificed as cannon fodder?
Therefore, this is related to the issue of whether the entire "punishment camp" and subsequent "punishment camp" soldiers have confidence in "reforming".
Therefore, Shulka must save the "punishment camp" even if he risks falling out with Zolotarev or even being punished. (To be continued)