Sarayev finally understood the location of the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops.
So that night, Sarayev organized his troops to conduct profound criticism and self-criticism, and initiated an action to learn from ordinary infantry.
It should be said that this aspect is the strength of the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops, although they do not belong to the political commissar system.
But this is not Shulka's purpose.
As mentioned before, Shulka and Beria are actually concerned about the condescending mentality of the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops. As long as this mentality exists, the relationship between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ordinary troops will not be good.
This is how Shulka solved the problem...
Let the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs clearly understand their position and learn humbly from ordinary troops. In the process of learning and communication, they will naturally gradually let go of their inner prejudices and enhance their feelings. In addition, they will also learn some tactical knowledge to improve their combat effectiveness. It can be said that
It's a win-win situation.
Shulka let Sarayev and Andrianka take charge of these aspects. Anyway, "three feet of ice does not freeze in a day." The problems between the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops and ordinary troops cannot be solved in one day or two days.
In other words, it can be solved immediately by some means.
However, Shulka believes that if Beria is smart enough, he will follow suit and implement the same training system for other Ministry of Internal Affairs troops...
For example, changing into the uniform of an ordinary infantry unit, having ordinary infantry units serve as instructors, or even implementing the military regulations of ordinary infantry units, etc.
This training is called to improve combat effectiveness, but it actually promotes exchanges between the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops and the military without leaving any trace.
As time goes by, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops are deployed in batches... At that time, ordinary troops were their teachers, how could they dare to look down on ordinary infantry? Because the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have undergone formal and practical tactical training, their combat effectiveness has also been improved.
If you can fight and win wars on the battlefield in the future, and are willing to cooperate with ordinary troops, you will certainly be recognized and respected by ordinary troops.
So there is no need to think about it, the relationship between the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops and the ordinary troops will embark on a path of healthy development.
This was just a trivial matter to Shulka, who was Chinese, but the very nervous Soviets, especially the Soviets at this time, would not have thought of this.
Sure enough, after Beria learned all of Shulka's arrangements from Akadiyevich, he nodded with satisfaction.
"He's doing great!" Beria said.
"Very good?" Akadiyevich was a little confused: "But... Comrade Beria! Although I also agree with Comrade Shulka's approach, whether the combat effectiveness can be improved in the end should not be drawn after a period of time.
?"
Beria smiled and did not answer.
Only Shulka could understand Beria's intentions and made the right choice.
"Immediately send this training plan to other troops!" Beria ordered: "Ministry of Internal Affairs troops and border guards, all of them!"
Akadiyevich was stunned for a moment, because in his opinion, it should not be too late to popularize it after Shulka's training results have begun to bear fruit.
But Akadiyevich didn't ask any questions, just said "yes" and did as he was told.
On the other side, Shurka finally had some free time, but it was not really free time, because he was always in the army discussing the war, even if the 51st Army was resting on the second line and did not participate in the war.
That day Trufanov called Shulka.
"Have you heard?" Trufanov's voice sounded slightly anxious: "The battle ahead has been defeated!"
"Oh, really?" Shulka pretended to be surprised.
In fact, Shulka knew this result would happen a long time ago.
Because the Soviet army won the battle to defend Stalingrad, they pursued the victory. Many commanders thought that they could win this time and drive all the German troops out of the Soviet Union... This was an old problem of the Soviet army, which was to collapse and flee as soon as they lost the battle.
, needing political commissars, the Ministry of Internal Affairs uses shooting to stabilize the morale of the troops. Once a battle is won, they underestimate the enemy, thinking that victory will belong to them from now on.
This time was no exception. The Soviet army pursued the German offensive all the way and successfully recovered Kharkov.
But it goes without saying what the result of underestimating the enemy is. Manstein organized a counterattack and defeated the Soviet army. This was the historical Kharkov counterattack. The German army suffered 10,000 casualties.
More than 100,000 Soviet troops were wiped out at a cost of about 100,000 people, thus once again gaining a slight advantage.
"Yes!" Trufanov said: "The Germans have reoccupied Kharkov and Belgorod!"
"What a pity!" Shulka replied: "They don't plan to send us up again!"
"No, I think not!" Trufanov replied: "Because winter is coming, I believe they will wait until next summer or autumn!"
Trufanov's judgment was correct.
Because after the Battle of Stalingrad, both the Soviet and German armies were at the end of their game and unable to launch large-scale offensives in winter.
To be precise, it is not that it cannot launch a large-scale attack, but that it cannot afford the cost of failure in a hasty attack.
Because it is obvious that winter is beneficial to the defense side... Winter in the Soviet Union means heavy snow blocks roads, not only transporting supplies will be seriously affected, but the front-line offensive troops will also bear many unpredictable risks.
For example, frostbite, inability to eat, attack speed is too slow, mechanical units cannot be used normally, tanks cannot cooperate with infantry in the snow, etc.
On the contrary, the defensive troops can hide in relatively warm fortifications or buildings and wait for the enemy to come up and die.
Of course, the German army still lacks combat experience in winter, but after the lessons learned in Moscow winter, it is now well prepared.
If, under such circumstances, the Soviet army launches an attack on the German army and fails, then what awaits the Soviet army will be an even more fierce counterattack by the German army in the coming summer.
so……
"That's a good thing, isn't it?" Shulka said.
"Yes, of course!" Trufanov replied.
This means that the 51st Army has a winter break, during which they should make full preparations for next year's war.
"By the way, Shulka!" Trufanov said: "Someone wanted to see you just now. He had a letter of introduction from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I told him your location!"
"Oh, who is it?" Shulka asked.
"He said his name was John!" Trufanov replied: "Do you know him?"
"Oh yes!"
Just as he was talking, the door of the headquarters was pushed open.
John appeared at the door, excited when he saw Shulka.
"Finally found you, Comrade Shulka!" John hugged Shulka excitedly, then held Shulka's hand and said: "I think you must know what happened, our mission failed!