USSR 1941

What's more, many things on the battlefield are uncertain until there is a real battle and the result.

For example, Shulka judged that under such circumstances, it would be difficult for the surrounded German troops to be encircled and wiped out, and it was the Soviet army itself that suffered losses in the end.

In a real fight, it might be as Batrakov hoped that the besieged German army could not hold their ground due to fear, morale and other reasons, or the morale of the Soviet army exploded. A shell just hit the German ammunition depot and the German army was defeated. Like a mountain.

Therefore, it is conceivable that Batrakov's plan is likely to have supporters in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and even the high-level Soviet army. After all, most of the Soviet army's operations at this time are in this style... Heroically charged and drove the enemy out of Stalingrad Even the Soviet Union, at all costs, even the greater the price paid, the more it shows the fierceness of the battle, the determination of the commander, and the courage of the soldiers.

Shulka was right. When Golikov reported the problem to the Front Army Command, Zhukov urgently submitted the problem to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, hoping that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would take care of their disobedient major general.

But the first reaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not that its subordinates did not obey the command, but thought of a crooked place.

It was Lieutenant General Oleg who handled the matter.

Lieutenant General Oleg is the director of the tenth bureau of NKDV.

Originally, the NKVD troops consisted of nine bureaus including border defense, security, security, railway, etc., which were fully responsible for domestic and part of the border defense. The tenth bureau, the combat bureau, was newly established last year (1941) according to the needs.

It can also be seen from this that the Soviet army was not actually unsuspecting of the German attack, but they did not expect this war to come so quickly.

In fact, the line between whether it is a battle situation or not has been blurred at this time.

Because the war has been fought until now, the internal affairs troops originally used to defend the railway and public security have all been converted into combat troops. For example, the 10th Division of the NKVD was originally the third round mainly used to quell the rebellion and suppress bandits.

It's just that because of the emergency mobilization during the war, all of them are under the unified command of the Tenth Bureau of Operations.

After Lieutenant General Oleg received Zhukov's feedback, he first asked the staff: "How is the battle in the direction of the No. 2 railway station going, I mean the 10th Division?"

The staff officer flipped through the information and replied: "They fought bravely, Comrade Oleg! The Germans launched a fierce attack on the 10th Division with a superior force of several divisions. They even captured the railway bridge, but the 10th Division sent a surprise attack. Blowing up the railway bridge and besieging a division of the enemy near the railway bridge!"

Oleg nodded.

I became more and more sure of my guess... When I received Zhukov's call, Oleg believed that there must be a reason for the incident.

As for the reason, of course, the army does not want the NKDV army to win on the battlefield.

The mentality of the Army is easy to understand. The internal affairs troops did not get along well with other troops, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are "hatred".

The NKVD has long been considered by other forces as a force that is "expert at home and outside at home".

But now, if the NKVD troops make meritorious service on the battlefield, then of course they will be envied by other troops.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Oleg not only did not order to stop this offensive plan, but instead made a phone call to Batrakov and said: "Good fight, Comrade Batrakov! If you think it is correct, then don't be relentless." , teach those invaders some lessons, and make others jealous! Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade General!"

With the support of Lieutenant General Batrakov, he was more confident, so he immediately mobilized troops to attack the German army.

In an instant, the sound of killing and artillery rumbled, and the Soviet artillery shells and rockets poured towards the German army with all kinds of whistling, and then groups of troops shouted and climbed up from their hiding places to launch a counterattack against the German garrison from several directions at the same time. .

The hardest of these is the 129th Infantry Division.

They were the first to be transferred to garrison near the railway bridge. Because the previous main direction was defense, the 129th Division was ordered to lay mines, barbed wire, obstacles, etc. in the complex.

Now it suddenly turned to attack, and Batrakov strictly ordered that the attack must be launched within the specified time, which made the 129th Division have to use grenades and artillery fire to clear the obstacles and mines they had set up before launching the attack.

Of course, there are still many landmines that have not been cleared, which have caused many casualties of our own personnel.

Not only that, Batrakov even gave orders to the cadet troops and the naval infantry battalion to assist in the attack.

But of course, neither Shulka nor Khalichev took these orders seriously... They had reason to refuse to carry out the orders, especially Shulka's cadet unit, which never gave command to the NKVD No. 10 divisions.

But Shulka and Harichev were not happy at all in the headquarters of the granary. Standing on a high place, they could clearly see the battle in the direction of the railway bridge not far away.

Flares rose one after another, and under the cover of artillery fire, Soviet soldiers rushed towards the German defense line wave after wave, and then fell wave after wave under the guns of the German army.

"What is he doing?" Captain Harichev said angrily, "He thinks he can break through the enemy's line of defense?!"

"He hopes to consume the enemy's ammunition!" Shulka said: "When the enemy's ammunition is exhausted, the defense line will naturally break through!"

"The bastard!" Harichev yelled. "He's going to kill us all!"

Harichev is right, this is not just a problem with Batrakov or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also a problem with Stalingrad... The strength and supplies of the two divisions may not be a big deal to the Soviet army , but it is no small matter to Stalingrad. It can even be said that the result of Shulka's hard work during this period of time, but it was consumed by others in a blink of an eye.

If this continues, even if the Soviet army can win this battle, what's the point?

Exchange two divisions for one German division?

Although the total strength of the German army is not as good as that of the Soviet army, in this part of Stalingrad, the strength of the Soviet army is far inferior to that of the German army!

But Shulka had no choice but to watch all this happen.

At this time, the correspondent took the phone and reported to Shulka: "Comrade Captain, call!"

Shulka thought it was Army Group Headquarters, but when he picked up the phone, he knew it was not.

"Are you busy, Comrade Shulka!" The voice on the phone joked with Shulka: "I heard gunfire, are you going to be captured by the enemy?"

"Who are you?" Shulka asked.

Although Shuerka felt that the voice was familiar, the telephone reproduction of this era was poor, and Shuerka could not tell the difference.

"Forgot me so quickly!" A few laughs came from the other end of the phone: "Akadyevich, I talked to you before, but I was almost surrounded by your soldiers! Remember?"

Shulka couldn't help being taken aback when he heard that, Colonel Akadyevich? Director of the Sixth Directorate of the National Security Agency? !