The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The NKVD unit is the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs' internal guard under the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its mission is to complete the combat service tasks of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its nature is somewhat similar to the German security division or police force.

At this time in Stalingrad, they were responsible for strictly investigating the soldiers who had fled to the east coast and throwing them into "punishment camps" at the ferry.

As the battle of Stalingrad became increasingly difficult, there were many such soldiers.

For example, NKVD troops detained 184 people in one day yesterday.

21 of them were shot dead on the spot...

Under normal circumstances, they are not shot, because Stalingrad needs troops so much that even throwing them into "punishment camps" as cannon fodder can be of some use.

But some circumstances forced them to shoot.

For example, among the 21 people who were shot, 8 of them did so because of self-mutilation... Self-inflicted injuries are a particularly bad situation, especially since they are no longer able to fight after self-mutilation, so even if they are thrown into a "punishment camp", they will not be able to function. Doing so will only waste food.

Three of them were soldiers of the NKVD... The NKVD itself was a law enforcer, which could never be forgiven, so they were shot directly in front of a group of detained soldiers at the ferry without the opportunity to go to the "punishment camp".

Another 10 people were identified as spies... Some of the spies may be German soldiers from Brandenburg's unit, some may be unjustly accused, and some may be verified.

There are examples like this. As mentioned before, Soviet officers and soldiers often devoted their lives to the German army since they had no way of turning back after being captured.

The German army hid the news that these officers and soldiers were captured and allowed them to return to the Soviet army to collect intelligence for the German army.

The Germans did this very cleverly, because they had all the evidence in their hands when these Soviet officers and soldiers were captured and even confessed, and this evidence would be provided to the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs at any time. Therefore, even if these Soviet officers and soldiers returned to the Soviet army, they still did not dare to betray the German army and could only provide intelligence to the German army again and again.

So in the end there were only 163 people, which was still some distance from the 500 people required by Rodimtsev.

It just so happened that several more boats of new recruits arrived from the east coast as reinforcements... The new recruits were not of much value anyway, and most of them died within a few days of going into battle, so they randomly selected some and sent 500 of them to Rodimtsev. go.

Qinchuan didn't know what Rodimtsev had done. At this time, they were dealing with leaflets dropped by the Soviets from the sky... This was a propaganda method of the Soviets. They always took advantage of the night When enemy aircraft are ineffective, low-speed biplanes are used to drop propaganda on the enemy.

Qin Chuan casually picked up a copy, which was written in German:

"Read and forward to your comrades

Soldiers of the 21st Armored Division! For months, your superiors have been trying to capture Stalingrad. This attempt has cost you 80,000 lives, but the goal has not been achieved.

This attempt will never come true! It will never come true!

Because the Soviet Red Army will continue to defend its homeland, the defense lines around the city will continue to become the enemy's graveyard..."

Qin Chuan didn't want to read further. The Soviets' propaganda techniques were very clumsy. They actually used false data in the leaflets they showed to the Germans and emphasized how brave they were. This would not gain the trust of the German soldiers in the first place. , even if you have the intention to surrender, you will be frightened by this deception.

Sure enough, the German soldiers who picked up the leaflets and read them soon found a burst of ridicule:

"Oh, have we already lost 80,000 people? Why didn't I know?"

"They must have counted the 'traitors to the motherland' who were shot by them on our shoulders!"

"There wouldn't be 80,000 people!"

"Yes! You can't imagine how many 'traitors to the motherland' there are!"

Then the soldiers burst into laughter.

You must know that at this time, the German army only invested a total of more than 100,000 troops to attack Stalingrad. If 80,000 people were killed, then most of them should be killed or injured. No wonder this data became a laughing stock of the German soldiers.

However, the cruelty of war has not diminished at all.

When it got dark, the Soviet army's artillery attack on Mamayev Hill rang out again.

At this time, the German soldiers already knew what to do. They all hunkered down in the trenches and waited for the moment when the enemy artillery fire stopped.

This time the Soviet artillery preparations only lasted five minutes, perhaps because they knew that the artillery preparations would have little effect.

Then, following Qinchuan's order, the German soldiers rushed to the high ground under the cover of their own artillery fire.

Qinchuan did not charge with the soldiers. He hid behind a small slope to watch the battle with a telescope... The position of this small slope was southerly, allowing Qinchuan to see about one-third of the southern part of the Mamayev Gang. slope.

At first glance, Qin Chuan quickly felt that something was wrong. There was nothing wrong with the charging force, about three hundred people. However, compared with the orderly formation during yesterday's charge, today's Soviet team could be said to be very chaotic. There was basically no relationship between them. Covering each other, there are even a considerable number of soldiers who have no tactical moves and do not know how to hide themselves.

Looking at the rear of the Soviet army, several Maxim machine guns were set up in the bunker behind them. A Soviet officer held a pistol in his hand and was pushing several Soviet soldiers to join the charging camp.

"'Punishment Camp'!" Qin Chuan suddenly understood something, and then shouted to Eberhard: "Quickly, call them back!"

"What?" Eberhard couldn't help but was stunned. He didn't understand why Qin Chuan chose to retreat at this time. Retreating now would mean giving up the position to the Soviets and they would be unable to control the blockade of the central ferry.

"Retreat!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Order to retreat!"

"Yes, Major!" Eberhard responded and immediately gave the order through the walkie-talkie.

Then Eberhard quickly understood that within a few seconds, Soviet artillery fire poured onto the Mamayev Heights in sheets, chasing the retreating German soldiers and exploding on the high ground.

"God!" Eberhard couldn't help but be stunned: "How could they fire? Why? There are their people up there too!"

"Because they are 'punishment camps'!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviets don't care about their life or death at all!"

Eberhard understood after hearing this, but still shook his head with an incredulous expression, as if he couldn't believe that the Soviets would do this.

But the fact was before him, but he had to believe it.

From a certain point of view, there seems to be nothing wrong with what the Soviets did, because this is war. Failure to use this method may lead to more soldiers and even elites dying on Mamayev Hill, and even unable to do so. Achieve victory.

Now, they can exchange such an important strategic point for them at such a small price, why not? !