Shulka was a little stunned when he heard this, but after thinking about it later, he felt that there was nothing strange about it.
This situation may only be possible for the Soviet army.
The reason may be that the command and tactics of the Soviet army are extremely simple. No matter what the battle is, the commander usually waves his pistol and shouts: "Comrades, for the sake of the motherland and for Stalin, charge!"
Then the troops surged forward one after another.
In this way, it becomes a habit. Therefore, after being airborne, these airborne troops are scattered in various areas and directions and cannot find their headquarters. They are not keen on organizing first and then attacking. Instead, they combine with the surrounding troops to form a company.
, platoons, and even squad units attacked Buttur.
"Order them to organize the troops immediately!" Veniamenko ordered to the correspondent, but this order was blocked by Shulka.
"I wonder how the battle went?" Shulka asked.
"What?" Veniamenko looked at Shulka in confusion: "Is there any problem?"
"What if the war situation is favorable to us?" Shulka said: "I mean, in this case, the offensive line of the troops should be uneven, and some troops may even have penetrated deep into Butul village. We are in
Does organizing the troops at this time mean that they have to stop fighting, and will that give the enemy a chance to breathe?"
After a pause, Shulka added: "On the other hand, the 2nd Airborne Regiment headquarters has just arrived at Butur Village. They know nothing about the situation. If they are allowed to organize troops to attack, how can they
How much help did it have?”
Veniamenko looked at Shulka with some disbelief and said: "Then, are we going to let them attack in such an unorganized manner?"
"Why not?" Shulka asked. "Who cares if it's organized if you can win?"
Veniamenko thought for a while and replied: "Let me ask about the situation first!"
Therefore, the order given to the headquarters of the 2nd Airborne Regiment was not to organize the troops, but to conduct reconnaissance and contact at the same time, gather the scattered troops on the periphery and strive to form a complete offensive line.
More than half an hour later, good news came from Vesaliona: "Comrade Veniamenko, our people have entered the village of Butul and occupied several buildings in it!"
Without thinking, Veniamenko ordered: "Provide them with reinforcements immediately, and at the same time strengthen other aspects of the offensive!"
"yes!"
Shulka added: "Be careful to resist enemy reinforcements!"
Veniamenko immediately added this sentence.
The problem that easily arises in an unorganized attack is that it does not care about that. If it is attacked by enemy reinforcements, it will quickly collapse.
Therefore, the biggest role of the 2nd Airborne Regiment headquarters in Butur was to organize manpower to intercept enemy reinforcements.
However, the uncommanded Soviet airborne troops had organized a defense before this. They buried mines on the road and set up ambushes on both sides of the road. They repelled a group of reinforcements more than an hour after the battle began.
"It's almost dawn!" Trufanov looked at his watch worriedly.
Shulka knew what Trufanov was worried about. As soon as it got dark, it meant that a large number of German fighter planes would appear in the sky above Butul. In addition, the enemy's tank troops might also arrive at Butul. By then, the Soviet Union
It would be difficult for the army to capture Butul.
Failure to capture Butul almost means that the airborne troops in that area will become rootless water and will soon be completely annihilated.
Then, the German army will turn around and separate and surround Miloway and Highland No. 3.
If the war situation develops like this, the Soviet army will gain nothing, because at least the Deton Army Group can retreat safely.
All the Soviet army got was to recapture Miloway one day ahead of schedule.
"Have the airborne supplies arrived?" Shulka asked.
Before this, because it was expected that the battle in Butur Village would be difficult, we planned to give out several batches of supplies.
"Only one batch will be dropped!" Veniamenko replied: "The enemy's night fighters blocked the village of Butul in time, and it will be difficult for us to enter the airspace to drop again!"
It was obvious that the enemy also recognized the importance of Butul village.
"What if it was a bombing?" Shulka asked.
"Bombing is possible!" Veniamenko replied: "The problem is that we cannot determine the target in the dark!"
Bombing is not the same as airdrop.
Because the Soviet bombing can use rockets, as mentioned before, Il can mount a rocket nest and then launch rockets to attack targets from a distance.
The airdrop must be directly above the target.
Therefore, it is very easy for German fighter planes to prevent Soviet airdrops, because Soviet transport planes must reach this point and fly at low altitude to be able to airdrop... If it is too high, the airdropped supplies will be blown too far by the wind, then
It also loses the meaning of airdrop.
But bombing with rockets is impossible to guard against.
Thinking of this, Shulka said: "No, we can find the target!"
"How to find it?" Veniamenko's eyes couldn't help but light up. If the bomber can find the target, it will obviously be a powerful help to the airborne troops' attack.
"We have people who invaded the village of Butur and occupied the building!" Shulka said: "Let them set a fire!"
Hearing this, everyone in the headquarters fell silent.
It's not difficult to do this, in fact it's very easy, because it's just a matter of setting a fire, or even burning down your own building.
The problem is... after setting the fire, the IL attack aircraft will fire the rockets at the location where the fire is, which means that it will flatten the area.
In this case, even if the pilot is told not to directly bomb the location of the fire, it will not help, because it is a rocket, and the accuracy of the rocket is extremely poor. It depends on the number of rockets to blast the target into a sea of fire, especially in flight.
If it is launched, no one can control it.
Veniamenko didn't hesitate much. He immediately nodded and said: "What a great idea. I'll contact the Air Force right away!"
With that said, he grabbed the phone.
Trufanov said: "Can we let them retreat in time? I mean those comrades who set the fire, retreat immediately after setting it off?"
Shulka shook his head and said: "No, they can't retreat!"
"Why?"
"Of course the Germans know what our purpose of setting fires is!" Shulka explained: "Once they retreat, the Germans will immediately follow to put out the fire. For the fire in the building, it is very likely that only a few explosive packets will be thrown.
hour……"
There is no need to say more about what happens next. By then, Ir will lose his goal and the plan will fail. (To be continued)