The 51st Army was stationed very close to Miloway... Because of heavy casualties, the 51st Army rested ten kilometers behind Miloway.
Although the 11th NKVD Infantry Division is not a regular force, its equipment is very good. At least there is no shortage of cars, motorcycles, etc. Even the American jeeps used by regiment-level commanders in the army can be used by battalion-level officers in the NKVD troops.
It’s easy to own one.
This is of course related to the fact that the NKVD is an internal affairs force. With power, they can always get better equipment and supplies.
However, this is not entirely the case, because most of the tasks of the NKVD troops are aimed at urban security, spies and guerrillas, etc. Such tasks often require rapid response, even faster than the army's response.
The army's response is actually very slow. For example, Rommel's troops were considered very capable if they could march eighty kilometers a day in the desert. If they could reach their destination dozens of kilometers away within a few hours and be ready for battle, that would be great.
A complete quick reaction force.
This is determined by the particularity of the army. Military support does not mean that people arrive. In order to ensure combat effectiveness, artillery, ammunition, tanks, etc. must be provided. The marching speed will be limited by various problems.
On the other hand, when dealing with spies and guerrillas, the NKVD troops are literally marching lightly. Each person carries a gun and loads enough ammunition in the car. They don’t even need to bring food. They rush to the destination as soon as they get in the car. If the speed is slow,
Without the spies, the guerrillas would have gone far away.
Therefore, it only took the 11th NKVD Infantry Division less than an hour to arrive at the 51st Group Army station and line up.
In order to allow them to train better, except for Trufanov and the staff of the headquarters, no one else knew that this so-called "11th Infantry Division" was a force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Trufanov also asked Shulka privately: "Will there be any problems with this?"
"What could go wrong?" Shulka asked.
Trufanov said in embarrassment: "You know, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Major General Sarayev..."
A major general in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this was someone Trufanov could not afford to offend, even though Trufanov himself was also a major general.
This can be said to be the tragedy of the Soviet army. They are always on the front line on the battlefield. They can face the enemy's guns and artillery fearlessly, but they have to be careful when facing domestic problems.
"There will be no problem!" Shulka comforted: "You can completely treat them as ordinary infantry, Comrade Trufanov. In fact, they were already an ordinary infantry unit after entering our military camp.
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"That's good!" Trufanov replied.
However, despite this answer, the expression on Trufanov's face still showed that he was a little worried. He hoped that this training could end as soon as possible and send away these plague gods as soon as possible.
When Shulka came up, he trained the 11th Infantry Division on infantry-tank coordination.
This was Shulka's attempt to give Major General Sarayev and even the arrogant NKVD infantry a disincentive.
The NKVD infantry actually has some "arrogant" qualities.
Because compared to ordinary infantry, they have the advantages of good individual quality, good physical fitness, and a firm stance.
Needless to say, the quality of individual soldiers and their physical fitness. The Ministry of Internal Affairs troops have good food and long training hours, especially since they have been fighting guerrillas and spies.
In other words, when other armies basically have no actual combat experience and pressure, the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops have a few small battles from time to time... Although the scale of such battles may be small, with the pressure of actual combat and long-term training, this unit
No matter how good the soldiers are, they cannot be compared to those infantrymen who go to the battlefield as soon as they learn how to shoot.
This is a bit like the relationship between the armed police and combat troops. Because the armed police have experience in fighting criminals, the quality of individual soldiers is very good. How many soldiers in the army are really incomparable to the armed police, but if it is really
When you go to the battlefield, you still have to look at the army, because the army is about large-scale, multi-service, and high-intensity combat, and it usually receives the same kind of training.
Therefore, if the 11th Division is trained with ordinary infantry, it is really possible that the 11th Division will be outclassed, especially when the 5th Army is replenishing new recruits and taking a full rest.
But the problem with the 11th Division is precisely their previous "combat experience"... Because of their previous combat experience, they will habitually treat large-scale German troops and fierce firepower on the battlefield as guerrillas.
beat.
If this was street fighting in Stalingrad, guerrilla warfare would be fine, but if it was a frontal fight, it wouldn't work.
Therefore, Shulka’s first words to the 11th Infantry Division were: “If you think that you have combat experience, are a veteran, and can beat Franz (German) on the battlefield, then I will give you a piece of advice.
:Forget all your so-called combat experience!”
"Otherwise, will we regret it?" an officer asked disapprovingly.
"No, you won't regret it!" Shulka replied: "Because the corpse will not regret it!"
The soldiers laughed in unison.
Shulka could see that although these soldiers did not refute, quite a few of them did not agree with Shulka's words.
Even Major General Sarayev was no exception.
"You mean the tactics they learned before are useless, Comrade Shulka?" Sarayev asked in confusion when he was alone with Shulka.
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "To be precise, it's not useless, but it will harm them!"
This is why many troops would rather recruit new recruits who know nothing than veterans who have fought in the war.
Recruits can learn with an open mind, just like a blank piece of paper, whatever is taught to them is what they are taught.
Veterans always think that their previous tactics are correct and always like to fight according to their own way, but their way is often outdated, which not only harms themselves but also harms others.
"I don't understand, Comrade Shulka!" Sarayev said: "Because we performed quite well in the Battle of Stalingrad, and many people survived because of their combat experience!"
"That was the Battle of Stalingrad, Comrade Sarayev!" Shulka replied: "If you want to understand, then let us see their training situation!"
With that said, Shulka took Sarayev to the training ground.
Although the training is infantry and tank training, there are no tanks... It is impossible for infantry and tank training to have tanks to train infantry, especially in wartime when tanks and fuel are in short supply.
Therefore, those tanks are all played by cars.
This is not bad. When many troops conduct infantry and tank training, they just push a tank model or a prototype cart. (To be continued)