The decisive battle against the Third Reich

In this battle, the result of the Soviet army's sloppiness was that the Soviet army did not realize that something was wrong until the intensive artillery fire sounded on the Taman Peninsula... Qinchuan also wanted to launch a sneak attack without saying a word, but the problem was that Qinchuan had control over the situation. There was so little information that they could not even determine whether the Soviet army had laid mines on the shore.

Facts have proved that Qinchuan's worries are somewhat unnecessary. The reason is as mentioned before. The Soviet army simply does not believe that the German army has the ability to launch a landing operation in a short time. Especially the landing site is the Southern Peninsula, so there is not much defense preparation at all. Of course there would be no landmines.

Several rounds of flares were fired into the air, and the surrounding area was suddenly as white as day.

Then the gunshots rang out soon, but Qin Chuan's heart was half relieved when he heard the gunshots, because the gunshots were sparse and out of scale, especially since there were only a few machine guns... This Either the Soviet army was frightened and failed to organize a defense in time, or the Soviet army did not have many troops here.

Qin Chuan believed it was the former, because the Soviet army seemed to have no shortage of men anywhere.

But no matter which reason it was, the Soviet army's defeat was inevitable.

Qinchuan's guess was correct. There were quite a few Soviet troops stationed along the coast of the Southern Peninsula... The Soviet troops stationed on the Taman Peninsula were the 47th Group Army. This group army had two divisions, two brigades, and a tank regiment. .

Compared with the 44th and 51st Soviet armies that previously fought on the Kerch Peninsula, most of the 47th Army's teams are veterans with combat experience, especially the 32nd Guards Infantry Division.

The so-called "Jiangwei" is somewhat similar to the meaning of "Jiangwei" and "Yulin" in ancient China. It means that it once defended Moscow...that is, it completed various tasks outstandingly in the battle to defend Moscow. Therefore, Stalin awarded these troops with outstanding military exploits the title of "Guards" and awarded them the Guards flag.

It can also be seen from this that they are not comparable to the troops that were mostly recruits encountered on Kerch Island.

But just as Qinchuan thought, considering that the northern peninsula was only 4 kilometers away from Kerch and more vulnerable to German attack, the 47th Group Army deployed its main force on the northern peninsula, including not only the 32nd Guards Infantry Division , also including the main tank regiment.

In the direction of the southern peninsula, there are only the 77th Infantry Division, the 103rd Infantry Brigade and the 126th Tank Battalion with weak combat effectiveness.

"Comrade Kotov!" Avdeevich, the commander of the 77th Division under attack, immediately called Major General Kotov, the army commander: "The Germans have landed here, at least one division!"

"Comrade Avdeevich!" Major General Kotov couldn't help but frowned after hearing this: "The enemy only has one division, which means your strength is twice theirs. So what are you worried about? Destroy them in maritime!"

"But, Comrade Kotov!" Avdeevich said, wiping the sweat from his forehead: "They have already landed!"

"You mean...you didn't find them until they came ashore?" Major General Kotov couldn't help roaring.

"It's not my fault, Comrade Kotov!" Avdeevich explained: "They use a kind of boat that can be driven directly from the sea to the shore. They moved too fast. We haven't They broke through our first line of defense before we could organize a defense!"

Hearing this, Major General Kotov couldn't help but be startled. His first reaction was that Avdeevich was making excuses for his dereliction of duty, but he still chose to believe Avdeevich's words. After all, he needed to block the enemy at this time. attack.

"Don't you still have tanks?" Major General Kotov shouted: "Send the tanks up. They are a landing force and they must not have heavy equipment!"

"No, Comrade Kotov!" Avdeevich replied: "They have many more tanks than we do!"

"How is that possible? You can't fool me Avdeevich!" Major General Kotov couldn't help but get furious: "How did their tanks cross the Kerch Strait? You wouldn't tell them that they drove across the strait?!"

"Sorry, Comrade Kotov!" Big beads of sweat dripped from Avdeevich's forehead: "Although I can't believe this is true, but... yes, their tanks are indeed It came up from the sea. I don’t know what happened..."

"Why didn't you say that the German tanks were flying over?!" Major General Kotov scolded: "That would be faster!"

Avdeevich didn't know how to answer, let alone how to explain. In fact, the entire officers and soldiers of the 77th Division were stunned by the sudden German attack.

"No matter what!" Major General Kotov cursed on the other end of the phone: "I order you not to take a step back, otherwise I will send you to a military court without hesitation!"

As he spoke, Major General Kotov hung up the phone angrily.

This was of course a misunderstanding. Not to mention Colonel Avdejevich's grievance and helplessness, Major General Kotov's misunderstanding also caused him to misjudge the battlefield situation... If Major General Kotov believed Avdeje Colonel Veitch's report will definitely determine at the first opportunity that the Tamanan Peninsula cannot be defended.

Another meaning of the inability to hold the Tamanan Peninsula is that the Soglione Airport 35 kilometers behind it will be in danger.

In this way, even if Major General Kotov is too late to reinforce Soglione, he can still notify the Soglione Airport to transfer the more than two hundred aircraft stationed there, or at least prepare for the transfer.

But Major General Kotov did not do this.

The reason is simple. He thinks that this is a lie that Avdeevich was frightened by the enemy and told him in order to agree to let him retreat... But this does not seem strange. Who can believe that there are any ships? Can it be driven in the sea or on land? Especially since there are tanks that can do it too.

So all the subsequent deployments made by Major General Kotov were to drive the Germans back to the sea rather than to reinforce Soglione.

He immediately notified the Black Sea Fleet and requested the Black Sea Fleet to immediately reinforce the southern peninsula.

On the other hand, he ordered a regiment of the 32nd Guards Infantry Division to take fishing boats and transport ships across the bay as quickly as possible to rush to the southern peninsula for reinforcements.

Major General Kotov's idea is that as long as the 77th Infantry Division can hold off the Germans for an hour, reinforcements from the Guards Infantry Division will arrive, and then reinforcements from the Black Sea Fleet will arrive. Then the Germans will have only one option: surrender. .

What he didn't know was that all the arrangements he made were in vain.

Because, just as the reinforcements were rushing to the Southern Peninsula, the tracks of the German tanks had rumbled past the defense line of the Soviet 77th Infantry Division.