At this time, Shulka felt that something was wrong.
"The enemy may have withdrawn!" Shulka said.
"Has it been evacuated?!" Veniamenko turned to look at Shulka and said: "This is impossible. Milovecki is stuck on the railway, and Highland No. 3 is stuck on the highway. Where did they evacuate from?
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"The path!" Shulka replied: "I believe that the Germans have abandoned their equipment and withdrawn from the path! The entire Don Army Group!"
"Give up..." Veniamenko originally wanted to say something, but suddenly he lost his temper and said bitterly: "How can they give up their equipment? This is not like the Germans at all!"
This is a bit funny. Of course Veniamenko hoped that the Germans would not give up their equipment and continue to stay in the encirclement, but facts proved that the Germans were right to give up their equipment.
"If so, then the village of Butur..." Zolotarev said.
"The battle in Butur Village is meaningless!" Shulka said: "I mean, for the Germans, if there is any meaning, it is to cover the retreat of German troops in other directions!"
Sure enough, when Veniamenko sent a telegram to inquire, the answer he received was that the Germans had slowed down their offensive.
In fact, it is not about slowing down the offensive, but rather not attacking, but instead firing a few shots from a distance.
It's just that the Soviet troops in Butur Village, which has been under attack, haven't realized this yet, or they haven't had a sudden change in their mental state.
"These bastards!" Trufanov said with some regret: "Let them escape again!"
Shulka thinks this is normal.
You must know that his opponent is Manstein. This guy is a famous German general and a famous old fox. He is not even higher than Rommel... Rommel's reputation is largely due to the British.
It was Rommel's character that made him successful.
The reason why I say this is because the British army, coupled with its backward tanks and tactics, are not suitable for fighting in desert terrain. It seems normal that it will be defeated by the German army who mainly focuses on "blitzkrieg".
It is said that Rommel's character made him successful, because Rommel understood Hitler, so he dared to disobey Hitler's orders and launch risky attacks again and again.
There was an error in this: at that time, the British army already had a "super secret" that could decipher the German code, so the communication between Rommel and Hitler had already been sent to the British command headquarters before it was sent to Rommel.
Therefore, the British army thought that Rommel would definitely and must carry out Hitler's order to defend, so they did not worry about the enemy attacking without defense. Unexpectedly, Rommel ignored Hitler's order and launched a sudden attack again and again. The British army
Time and time again, we were misled and made major misjudgments about the enemy's situation. The result was that Rommel fought all the way to Egypt with a much smaller force. If it were not for the strong supplies in El Alamein that built a defense line full of barbed wire and mines.
, I am afraid that Rommel will be driven into the sea.
But Manstein faced the Soviet army.
Although the quality of the Soviet infantry is not much better than that of the British army, the tanks are definitely better and the troops are stronger. Especially the Soviet army's desperate charge in huge numbers is better than the British army who can escape as soon as they are hit.
Much more.
Shulka organized this encirclement of the Don Army Group with the mentality of giving it a try and did not hold as much hope as Veniamenko and others.
At this time, I knew that Manstein and the Don River Army might have escaped, so I didn't think anything was wrong.
"Perhaps, they may still be surrounded..." Zolotarev still held on to a glimmer of hope: "Why don't we conduct reconnaissance before making a decision?"
"Reconnaissance? How to conduct reconnaissance?" Veniamenko asked: "Plane? Or guerrillas?"
Hearing this, Zolotarev had nothing to say.
It's really impossible to detect.
Planes, if the Germans wanted to conceal their retreat, then of course they would send fighter planes to block the nearby airspace and not allow Soviet reconnaissance planes to enter.
In fact, this was the main reason why the Soviet army never learned that the Deton River Army had withdrawn.
You must know that the Deton River Army has hundreds of thousands of people. Even if they abandon their heavy equipment and evacuate, it will still be a long queue. At the same time, it is still daytime, and reconnaissance planes can spot them from a long distance.
But the Soviet army knew nothing. The reason was that they had no air control.
There is no need to consider sending guerrillas. The Soviet army does not even know which direction the Don Army Group is withdrawing from. Unless it can send out guerrillas to conduct reconnaissance over hundreds of kilometers, it will be possible to achieve results.
But this obviously cannot be done in a short time.
"Then..." Zolotarev looked at Shulka and said, "What else can we do?"
"It's over, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka threw the pen in his hand on the map on the table and said, "I mean, the Battle of Stalingrad should be over here! We can do nothing.
No, it’s superfluous to do anything else! If there is anything else we can do, it is to let the soldiers on the frontline keep their lives, and their relatives will see them alive!”
With that said, Shulka turned around and walked out of the headquarters.
Shulka needs to rest, take a good rest for a few days and let go of everything.
Although Zolotarev and Veniamenko in the headquarters are still a little unwilling, they also know that Shulka is right, at least judging from the current situation:
It was meaningless for the Germans to attack. They only needed to guard against the Soviet army to cover the retreat of other troops, so they would not attack.
There is also no point in the Soviet attack, because the German troops will withdraw from this land sooner or later.
If you can get the land in front of you without firing a shot, it will only be a few hours late, not to mention having to pay for it with blood and life?!
As a result, Zolotarev and Veniamenko issued orders to their troops almost one after another:
"Stop attacking and organize defense!"
"No attack without orders!"
At this time, the soldiers on the front line didn't know what happened. They thought it was just a short rest between battles.
It wasn't until they saw the German soldiers hurriedly retreating after laying mines that they realized they had won, and cheers soon filled the entire battlefield.
The soldiers shouted, jumped, and some even fired shots into the air in celebration... This is the habit of Mongolian soldiers, and of course it is not a good habit, especially for the Soviet army who did not have enough ammunition.
Everyone seemed to know that this was an unusual victory, although they didn't know the history like Shurka did.
At this time, Shulka was sleeping soundly in his dormitory. (To be continued)