USSR 1941

So that night, Shulka and Vasily entered the No. 2 railway station with the troops.

They were not blocked from entering.

Shulka believed that it was not because Batrakov gave the order, in fact Shulka believed that Major General Batrakov turned around and forgot about their army.

The reason why it was not blocked was because the No. 2 station had changed hands several times at this time, and the walls and the like had been blown to pieces. In addition, most of the NKVD troops were stationed at the front and faced the enemy, so no one would care about the one coming from the rear. More than two hundred troops.

In fact, this is also related to the chaos in the organization of the Soviet army, because Shulka actually encountered many NKVD officers and soldiers coming and going along the way, but no one even came up to ask after they saw the cadet troops.

Sometimes Shulka wondered...if they were German Branfenburg troops pretending to be Soviet troops, then they could have gone straight to the rear of the NKVD line.

It can also be seen from this that this internal affairs force has been beaten to exhaustion, otherwise there would be no such a big loophole in its rear.

The cadet troops led the troops through the No. 2 station and rushed straight to the Tsaritsa River. In the dark, Shulka and Vasily hid in the ruins and observed the Soviet defense line built by the river ahead.

This is where the defense of the Soviet army is embarrassing: everyone knows that the main attack of the German army cannot come from the river, but the river has to defend, otherwise it will expose its flanks to the enemy.

As a result, the Tsaritsa River, which was originally a barrier, became a threat to the Soviet army. They needed to spend a lot of troops to deploy defenses along the river, and most of these troops were exposed to the enemy's artillery fire.

"No wonder the 10th Division is understrength!" Vasili, who looked at these, smiled and sarcastically.

Shulka knew the meaning of Vasily's smile, it was his habit, he usually showed such a relaxed smile when he looked down on his opponent, it was the same on the sniper field, and then the opponent was about to fall under his gun.

From this point of view, Shulka should feel lucky, because Vasily never showed him such a smile.

"Maybe it has something to do with the geographical environment here!" Shulka said: "You know, No. 2 Railway Station is the farthest place from the port in the south, and it is difficult for supplies to get here!"

This is true, all supplies need to be transported to the port first and then transported to various places, the No. 2 train station is in the southernmost.

"I know,

Comrade Captain! Vasily put away his rifle and stood up, saying: "But if it were you, I mean if you were to command the defense of the No. 2 railway station, you would definitely figure out how to deal with it, wouldn't you?" "

Shulka smiled and said nothing, Vasily had too much confidence in him.

But it seems that he is right. When encountering this difficult problem, Shulka will not let the loss continue, but will find a way to deal with it.

Finding a basement as a headquarters, Shulka and Vasily spread out the map on the old wooden table.

This map was drawn by Vasily. It is not beautiful but very practical.

This is Vasily's habit, try not to use other people's maps.

Because he thinks that other maps are not accurate enough... This is indeed true, especially in places like the No. blocked. What's more serious is that other people's maps will never mark which places are suitable for sniping or have several escape routes.

This is one of the reasons why Vasily required every student sniper to draw his own map.

Shulka had to admit that Vasily was much more professional than himself in this regard.

"It is expected that the enemy will penetrate along the river as usual!" Vasily said, pointing to the map: "And it is still a large force. They will hope to occupy the railway bridge and our bridgehead. If our army does not have time to blow it up...they can pass The railway bridge transported a large number of troops across the river to attack our army's flank!"

"They should blow up the railway bridge in time!" Shulka said.

Although he didn't like the NKVD troops, it should be possible, because it would be nothing more than pressing the switch.

This is also one of the reasons why the NKVD did not choose to blow up the railway bridge: the explosives had already been installed, and it was too easy to blow it up, and there was no need for the Soviet army to blow it up too early.

Vasily nodded, and continued: "Assuming they can defend or blow up the railway bridge in time, then the German army will continue to attack eastward along the river bank..."

Vasily said while pointing to the Tsaritsa River all the way to the Volga River: "Up to here, they can attack north along the Volga River!"

Vasily was right.

He didn't make a part of it clear, because it was something Shulka and he knew very well... The German army actually adopted tactics of frontal containment and outflanking at the same time against the No. 2 railway station.

Frontal containment is to lay out a front line to attack on the east side, it is difficult to make any progress, because there are everywhere buildings, ruins, mines, barbed wire and Soviet resistance... like Shulka was in the school and hospital before What the Belt and Road did to the Germans.

This is somewhat ironic. The entire Stalingrad army was using Shulka's tactics, including the 10th Division of the NKVD, but Batrakov did not take Shulka and his troops seriously.

As for the outflanking, of course it was the German army attacking along the river bank.

They can always attack along the river bank, which not only protects their flanks, but every time they occupy a river bank, they can get supplies and reinforcements from the German army on the other side of the Tsaritsa River... The German army can use landing ships and captured fishing boats, etc. Bring supplies over the Tsaritsa River.

When they hit the Volga River and attacked northward along the river, they actually formed an encirclement around Station No. 2. At that time, the NKVD 10th Division either waited to be surrounded or abandoned the strategic location of Station No. 2.

"It's this detour!" Shulka said. "We have to hold them off!"

"But we only have two companies!" Vasily said. "And the enemy is obviously the main force. How can we stop them?"

"We don't need to block them, Vasily!" Shulka replied.

This made Vasily a little confused.

"What I mean is..." Shulka pointed to the map and explained: "The Germans will have a problem with attacking along the river, that is, their offensive line will penetrate into our defense zone like a long snake, and any point behind it will It's fragile."

"Their main force can be replenished through the Tsaritsa River!" Vasily objected: "So the rear is not their supply line!"

"Yes!" said Shulka, "but if the rear is cut off by us at one point, they will be surrounded on three sides and may have to retreat from the Tsaritsa River and lose all previous efforts. This is a place we can use! "