USSR 1941

After the hospital and school were occupied by the German army, Golidov suddenly came to his senses.

"Their focus of attack is Mamayev Hill!" Golidov said to Krylov in a panic: "If Mamayev Hill is occupied, Stalingrad will collapse faster than we imagined." Too much, we don't even have time to get out!"

Krylov didn't dare to neglect, he immediately replied: "I will organize reinforcements immediately!"

But it was too late for reinforcements at this time.

The terrain of Mamayev Gang is quite special. It faces the Banny Canyon in the north, the Dorji Gully in the south, and the Volga River in the west. Only a few roads and paths can lead to Mamayev Gang.

The German army had already been prepared for this. They used fighter planes and artillery fire to cooperate. Any troops who tried to reinforce Mamayev Gang were shot back by shells and bullets. Not only did the Soviet army fail to reinforce, but they suffered heavy casualties.

Then the German motorized infantry division quickly launched an attack on Mamayev Gang.

Hearing this, Golikov couldn't help turning pale.

He hurriedly reported the situation to the headquarters and hoped to get air reinforcements, but the result disappointed him.

"No, we don't have extra air power!" Yeremenko replied without thinking, "Even if we have, we can't use the air force in this situation!"

In fact, it is not that there is no air power, but that the Soviet army transferred most of its air power to the Caucasus to fight against the Germans.

The advantage of the Luftwaffe is that their planes are faster and more agile, which is very important in air combat, because it means who can bite whose tail, and the next step is to press a button to fire a bullet.

Except for a limited number of fighters, most of the Soviet Air Force were low-speed fighters, and there were even many backward biplane fighters, which made the Soviet army passively beaten most of the time in air combat.

But there is one exception, and that is the air battle in the Caucasus.

The reason for its exception is that the Caucasus is full of mausoleums of mountains. When fighter planes pass through these mountains, especially when covering infantry fighting on the mountains, high speed will not be an advantage but a disadvantage, because it means that the pilot's reaction The time is shorter, otherwise one will hit the mountain by accident.

At the same time, under such circumstances, it would be very dangerous to bite the tail of the enemy plane again, or reduce the speed to be the same as that of the enemy plane, but this also means that the German fighter planes lost their advantage.

therefore,

The Soviet army transferred its main force to the Caucasus region to fight.

This strategy is of course correct, because they almost all give away heads over Stalingrad. In this case, putting them in the Caucasus region is still a good use.

As a result, Stalingrad's air supremacy was undoubtedly in the hands of the German army.

"You must hold Mamayev Post!" Yeremenko ordered: "At all costs!"

"Yes, Comrade Yeremenko!" Golikov answered boldly.

But this is a helpless answer. Other troops cannot reinforce. There is only one battalion on Mamayev Post, and there is a serious lack of anti-tank equipment. Tanks and assault guns... It is almost impossible to hold Mamayev Kurgan under these conditions.

After a moment of silence, Golikov ordered: "Send another regiment up!"

"Yes!" Krylov replied.

After conveying the order, Krylov said: "I hope they can last until dark!"

Golikov knew what he meant. At least the enemy planes would be immobilized after dark, and reinforcements would be easier then.

However, Golikov did not hold out hope for this, because the strength of the enemy and ourselves is too great.

In fact, Captain Oleg who was stationed on Mamayev Post has requested to retreat several times...

"The enemy has more than a hundred assault guns, and our firepower is vulnerable to them!" Captain Oleg said, "But we can do nothing against them. I ask for a retreat, Comrade Golikov, otherwise we will all be killed." Die here!"

Golikov's answer was simple: "You can't retreat, and you won't be able to retreat until the last person is hit... Besides, I think you have seen those troops going to reinforce, can you retreat?"

Saying that, Golikov hung up the phone.

In fact, people on the high ground can indeed withdraw.

Because the Germans were good at using a form of psychological warfare, they would strike at enemy reinforcements but let them flee if their target was an important location, such as Mamayev Kurgan.

The purpose of doing this is to disintegrate the morale of the Russian army, so that they and the latecomers know that as long as they give up here, they can survive, so not many people are willing to stick to it.

But of course Golikov would not tell Oleg this. He just said to Oleg over and over again: "If you give up your position, you will be punished!", "Reinforcements will arrive soon, stick to it!" position!"……

But as time went by, the number of troops stationed at Mamayev Post became less and less, and Golikov and Krylov had to face this realistic problem, and they would lose this important place.

Shulka at this time, they are negotiating with the director of the "Red October Metallurgy Factory".

"Turn off all the machines!" ordered Major Mikhailevich.

"Whose order?" The factory manager asked back: "Or show me the document!"

"My order!" Major Mikhailvich was a little furious: "This is an emergency!"

The factory manager glanced at Major Mikhailvich and replied: "Sorry, Comrade Major, production is also an emergency. You know, we are producing bullets, shells and even raw materials for tanks. If we stop production, Do you know what that means?"

It seems understandable that the production of the entire armament will form an interdependent production chain, and a problem in one link will cause the entire production chain to break and production to stagnate.

So this is not a major that has the power to say stop production and stop production.

This was something Shulka hadn't considered before, he thought it was very simple.

"Comrade factory director!" Shulka handed the factory director a cigarette and invited him aside, "I hope you understand that if I want my subordinates to exchange their lives for another, they will be happy to do so." I did, do you want me to?"

The factory manager couldn't help but change his face when he heard the words, and then replied: "No, you won't do that!"

"You can try it!" Shulka said. "Now, for the last time, I ask you to do this. Stop production immediately and close the drainage system!"

The factory manager hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't dare to try.

"Okay, Comrade Captain!" said the factory manager, "but I will report this matter to my superiors truthfully, especially what you said to you! You must know that this is not what a soldier should do. We are What I did was..."

"I know, Comrade Factory Director!" Shulka interrupted him, then shook his head backwards, motioning him to move faster.