USSR 1941

This is indeed a very difficult problem, and Shulka also feels helpless.

Even Shulka found that the battle of the granary seemed irrelevant... The Germans captured the railway bridge, which was downstream from the granary, which meant that neither the German supplies nor reinforcements needed to pass through the granary.

The reason why the German army robbed the granary was just to make the logistics more convenient and sufficient.

What can I do now?

If the German army captured the important place of the railway bridge, they would definitely take it as a treasure and lay tight defenses around it to ensure its safety.

Looking at the defense map of the enemy and our troops on the desktop, it is indeed the case. The German army has deployed a large number of tanks and defense lines at the head of the railway bridge, as well as roadblocks and firepower points.

This is another reason why the German offensive was not fast. They had to ensure the safety of the railway bridge, and then use the railway bridge as a starting point to attack outwards.

While Shulka was deep in thought, the phone at the headquarters rang.

Batrakov answered the phone and responded a few times:

"Yes, Comrade Golikov, Comrade Shulka is with me!"

"OK!"

Speaking of which, Batrakov handed the phone to Shulka and whispered, "It's Comrade Golikov!"

As soon as Shulka answered the phone, he heard Golikov on the other end say anxiously: "Shulka, I didn't expect them to be so stupid as to hand over the railway bridge to the enemy!"

Shulka didn't answer, but pretended nothing had happened.

In fact, Golikov's words were inappropriate on the battlefield, although he said the truth, it is really stupid to hand over such important points as the railway bridge to the enemy.

However, as a commander, Golikov should either dismiss Batrakov, or stop saying something that would damage Batrakov's confidence and morale, because it would make Batrakov even more upset and unable to face The current chaos.

Since Shulka was well concealed, Batrakov found nothing.

"If the railway bridge had not fallen into the hands of the enemy!" Golikov said: "The situation at the No. Change... these bastards, I really want to shoot them myself!"

Shulka knew who Golikov was referring to by "bastard", Major General Batrakov.

But Shulka also knew that it was just angry words.

Now that Stalingrad is employing people, the 10th Division of nkvd is still able to stabilize the situation. At this tense moment, especially at a critical moment, if its commander is shot or dismissed, it may lead to Troops collapsed because of command problems or morale problems.

Therefore, even if it is to settle accounts, it is the moment when the NKVD 10th Division completely collapses.

Otherwise, Golikov would not dare to act rashly for public or private purposes.

Batrakov may also understand this, which is one of the reasons for his change of attitude towards Shulka...Major General Batrakov has actually lost confidence in himself, and he doesn't know how to clean up this mess.

That is to say, the development according to the current situation is the result of the collapse of the NKVD 10th Division and Batrakov being held accountable.

In desperation, Batrakov can only pin his hopes on Shulka, hoping that he can perform miracles again.

"We can't lose the residential area!" Golikov continued: "Losing the residential area means that we can only fight alone, and the transportation line will be completely blocked!"

Golikov is not alarmist.

First of all, the No. 1 and No. 2 train stations are in residential areas. They are important transportation hubs within Stalingrad. There is also a port next to the No. 1 train station, which is the main unloading area for large transport ships from the east bank.

Losing a residential area means losing all of this.

Secondly, the workers, civilians, and army in the residential area are likely to be compressed to the northern factory area by then. The result of the dense force is that the casualties under the bombing will increase exponentially.

More importantly, the German army only needs to set up a few cannons to completely block all supply lines on the Volga River...

The three supply methods in Stalingrad, that is, river transportation, amphibious landing ships, and pontoon bridges, are feasible because the residential area plus the factory area is 50 kilometers long.

The German army occupied 50 kilometers on both sides, and the longest range of its standard artillery was only about ten kilometers, so it could only blockade the 10 kilometers at both ends, and the Soviet army still had 30 kilometers of river banks to operate.

But if the German army occupied the residential area, the German army would fight all the way to Mamayev Gang, and the river bank controlled by the Soviet army would drop sharply to about 25 kilometers.

At that time, the German army will fire one artillery piece on both sides, and the two wings will block 10 kilometers on each side, which means that the Soviet army will only have 5 kilometers of operating space, which is almost equivalent to nothing.

What pontoon bridges, amphibious landing ships, these supply methods are only effective against the enemy's air blockade.

But for the artillery fire of the German army, it was a matter of a few shells. Cheap, accurate, large quantities, and long-term blockade, it was impossible to play. The new Bayi Chinese website first launched;

It is conceivable that even Shurka would be powerless to recover if he was beaten to this level.

"What can you do?" Golikov asked: "It is related to the fate of Stalingrad, take it back, or blow it up!"

"I'm thinking about this issue with Comrade Batrakov, Comrade Golikov!" Shulka said, glanced at Batrakov who was sitting upright beside him, and said, "Please trust us, we will do everything Work hard to get back the railroad bridge, whatever it takes!"

Batrakov could not help but glance at Shulka gratefully.

At this time, Batrakov desperately needed someone to say a few good words for him.

"Very good!" Golikov replied: "If you need anything, please contact me! We will do our best to cooperate with you!"

After speaking, Golikov hung up the phone.

"Comrade Shulka!" Batrakov said with gratitude in his eyes, "You could have separated yourself from these troubles..."

"Don't be funny, Comrade Batrakov!" Shulka laughed: "Get rid of the relationship? No one in Stalingrad can get rid of the relationship!"

Batrakov nodded.

What Shulka said was that if the relationship was separated, it would mean that everyone would end with Stalingrad.

So, what if it's cleared up? After all, death is inevitable.

"Comrade General!" A staff officer reported nervously on the phone: "We found that the Germans are mobilizing trains south of the Tsaritsa River!"

"Train?" Batrakov couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words: "They want to use the train to transport supplies and reinforcements across the river through the railway bridge!"