USSR 1941

The schemes of deceit are far worse during the day than at night.

Because it really needs fishing boats to rush across, otherwise if there are no fishing boats driving on the Volga River, the German pilots will know something is wrong at a glance.

The problem is that there are not many military supplies in these fishing boats.

The reason why I say "not much" is because the fishing boats also contain some not very important supplies, such as military uniforms. Then I drove up the river with the idea that I would risk my life to cross anyway, and I could transport a little bit.

The anti-aircraft firepower on the sandbar is very different from before. Many anti-aircraft bunkers and firepower points were built overnight on it, but most of them are fake, only a small part is real... some of them must be real Otherwise, there are no shells and bullets fired into the sky, which can be easily seen by the enemy.

Finally, waste tires were burned on the sandbar and the river to make black smoke everywhere, and all the deployment was completed.

Needless to say what happened next, the German fighter planes swooped down from the sky one after another, and rows of shells exploded on the river. Then one after another fishing boats and firepower points were blown up by the German army.

However, it is conceivable that the results achieved by the German army are much smaller than imagined, and it can even be said that the results are far smaller than the ammunition and fuel consumed by the German army.

In addition to the competition between people in war, what cannot be ignored is equipment and supplies.

If you can make the enemy's supplies less and waste more, it means that the balance of victory will be tilted more towards you.

This is the situation at this time, but the German army has not yet realized it.

But at this time Paulus was skeptical.

Although everything seemed normal on the surface: nothing seemed wrong with the interrogation of the prisoners by the intelligence services, the Russian supplies had been dwindling, and the German army was advancing steadily, but Paulus still felt that something was wrong.

"General!" The adjutant saw that Paulus was frowning at the information, and asked in doubt, "Is there any question?"

"The problem is that there are no problems!" Paulus replied: "Everything is peaceful!"

"What do you mean?" The adjutant couldn't understand.

"If..." Paulus said: "If the Russian transportation lines have been completely blocked by us, Stalingrad will be completely occupied by our army as we imagined, and the Russian 62nd Army will be surrounded and wiped out by us... ...how do you think the Russians should react?"

Hearing this, the adjutant suddenly realized: "They should be nervous,

Or some reaction! "

"Yes!" Paulus nodded: "So I have been worried that the enemy's Stalingrad Front Army will take action. Just like before, they launched a large-scale counterattack in order to prevent our army from attacking Stalingrad, or It was an emergency mobilization to reinforce Stalingrad... and they did nothing!"

"This means that they have a plan in mind?" The adjutant laughed immediately: "No, it's impossible, General!"

"Nothing is impossible!" Paulus replied: "This is war. If the enemy has no other reasons, they should do something. On the other hand, if our blockade is really as successful as imagined, the situation of the war should not be so!"

This point is indeed that although the German army is still advancing steadily, another meaning of "steady" is "slow", that is, the speed is not faster than before.

If Shulka had heard these words, he would have admired Paulus' thoughtfulness.

This is indeed Shulka's negligence. He should at least make the Soviet army on the east bank nervous, and loudly announce the emergency mobilization on the loudspeaker to make a show.

"So what's the problem?" asked the adjutant.

"I don't know!" Paulus replied, "but I'm sure something is wrong!"

After thinking for a while, Paulus pointed to the map and said, "Our army surrounds Stalingrad on three sides, only the Volga River in the east cannot surround it. So, if there is any problem, it must be on the sandbar!"

This conclusion is not difficult to draw, using the method of exclusion: there will definitely be no problems in places on land surrounded by German troops. There will be no problem with the transportation channel in front of Mamayev Post, because that is the focus of the German blockade, and fighter planes and artillery bombard it almost non-stop, even at night. So, only the sandbar was left.

"They cannot be transported across the sandbar!" said the adjutant.

"At least we need to do some reconnaissance!" Paulus looked into the adjutant's eyes and said in an unquestionable tone: "Tonight!"

Paulus' order was carried out.

The adjutant arranged for six reconnaissance planes to carry out reconnaissance missions...he did not send night fighters, because the adjutant did not think that there would be any danger in such reconnaissance, and at the same time, the night fighters should stay in the Mamayev area and continue to block the river.

The blockade of the transportation line must be like this, and it should not be relaxed at any time, otherwise it is very likely that all previous efforts will be wasted if one opening is opened.

The adjutant originally thought it was a very simple task, because the reconnaissance plane only needed to fly over the sandbar, fire a few flares along the way and take a few photos.

But soon the adjutant felt something was wrong.

"Colonel, we are under fire from the enemy's anti-aircraft fire!" Captain Detrich, who was on a reconnaissance mission, reported to the adjutant: "Their firepower is very strong, which is strange...they have deployed such a dense air defense in the depth of the sandbar. Firepower, and searchlights..."

"That may be because their anti-aircraft firepower near the transportation channel has been destroyed by us!" The adjutant replied disapprovingly.

"I don't think so, Colonel!" Captain Detrich replied. "I mean, if they have so much anti-aircraft fire, why don't they move them in the direction of the transport corridor? It's a complete waste here, no ?"

"Continue your reconnaissance mission, Captain!" the adjutant said, "Never mind those anti-aircraft fires..."

Before he finished speaking, Captain Detrich yelled: "No. 3 has been hit! No. 3 has been hit... Colonel, it's dark now. If we want to reconnaissance, we must fly at low altitude to face those anti-aircraft firepower! But their firepower is so intense that we will be shot down if we lower our altitude a little bit..."

The adjutant was a little speechless. If the anti-aircraft firepower was so intensive, it would be a little abnormal.

In other words, this is what the enemy is hiding, that is, there is something they don't want them to see!

Thinking of this, the adjutant ordered: "Continue to reconnaissance, I will send night fighters to reinforce you!"

"Yes, Colonel!" Detrich replied.

In the next second, Detrich reported nervously on the walkie-talkie: "Wait, I seem to see something, is that a boat?"