USSR 1941

It took more than two hours for the German army to withdraw, leaving behind a lot of landmines by the way.

This caused some trouble for the Soviets, but they managed to recapture the railway bridge and consolidate the defense of the Tsaritsa River that afternoon... This time it was not just a brigade, but a whole division, the 129th Infantry division.

The battle finally calmed down.

"We deployed a division along Pushkin Avenue!" Dimitri pointed to the map and said to Shulka: "One artillery regiment is scattered about three kilometers from the front line, and the other artillery regiment is hidden in the air-raid shelter as a reserve !"

It can be seen that Dimitri still has some combat experience, at least he knows that the artillery should not be too dense, especially during the day.

However, Shulka is still not satisfied with this troop deployment.

"Which division is deployed along Pushkin Avenue?" Shulka asked.

"282nd Infantry Division!"

"Withdraw a regiment!"

Why do you want to withdraw? In fact, everyone understands that when the German army has artillery and air superiority, it is not appropriate to deploy too many troops on the front line, because these troops are placed on the front line for the enemy to bomb.

"But, Comrade Shulka!" said Dmitry, "the strength of two regiments will hardly stop the enemy's attack!"

This is the embarrassment in the contact between the enemy and the enemy. If there are too many troops, they will be bombed. If there are too few troops, they may not be able to stop the sudden German attack or be torn through the defense line and fall into a passive position.

"Snipers!" Shulka replied: "Snipers can make up for the shortcomings of insufficient troops!"

"But we don't have that many snipers!"

"Each of them can be a sniper, Comrade Dimitri!" Shulka replied.

"Everyone?" Dimitri looked at Shulka suspiciously.

This did not come to Shulka's mind on a whim.

In fact Shulka has been trying this tactic.

This is the cold gun tactic used by the Volunteers when they faced the U.S. military on the Korean battlefield a few years later.

Shulka believes that in many ways the situation in Stalingrad is similar to the situation in which the Volunteers faced the U.S. Army.

First of all, the enemy has absolute advantages in air, tanks, and artillery.

In this regard, it should be said that the situation of the Volunteers is even more severe. In the early stages of the operation, the Volunteers had almost no air force and tanks, which led to the complete suppression of artillery. The Soviet army has a complete range of services, but because the air force is not dominant, the artillery and tanks are suppressed.

Secondly, the terrain of both battlefields is very complex.

On the surface, the two seem to be different. The Volunteer Army fought against the U.S. Army in the mountains, and the Battle of Stalingrad fought in the streets of the city.

But the Battle of Stalingrad was not a pure urban street battle. Both the enemy and the enemy were fighting on a patch of high and low ruins. It was actually closer to mountain warfare, and the pipelines, sewers, and remaining houses and buildings under the city, It's almost tunnels and caves.

Finally, both standard equipment are bolt-action rifles.

This is a bit miraculous. The rifles used in two battles in different times and different countries are actually the same... The volunteers were equipped with Mosin Nagant rifles reinforced by the Soviet Union, and a considerable part of them were old guns left over from World War II. .

this point is very important.

Because it is necessary for the entire army to implement "cold guns and cold guns" tactics, it must be the pull-bolt rifle... The advantages of the pull-bolt rifle are long range and high accuracy. This provides the conditions for the "cold gun cold gun" movement.

Although there is still a gap compared with the selected sniper rifles equipped with sniper scopes, as long as they are barely enough, the "cold guns and cold guns" movement requires quantity.

"The key is to disperse and move!" Shulka said: "One soldier can act alone, or two or three soldiers can act together! Seize every opportunity to snipe and kill the enemy, gather small numbers to form large numbers, and accumulate small victories into big ones Win!"

"But, Comrade Shulka!" said Dmitri, "what if the Germans concentrate their forces and attack?"

In fact, Dimitri did not understand what Shulka meant. He thought it was to disrupt all the original organizational systems and fight guerrillas with the enemy.

"The line of defense is still the same line of defense, and the troops are still the same!" Shulka said: "They did what they should have done, but they freed the riflemen and let them fight the enemy like snipers, understand Yet?"

Dimitri nodded half-understanding.

"A mortar man, to be exact!" Shulka added.

In fact, Shulka has long wanted to do this.

Stalingrad is not a place where two sides compare forces and use up the enemy's bullets in a mass charge... It turns out that this does not do much except increase the number of casualties.

But on the other hand, Shulka didn't dare to take risks. After all, Stalingrad was in danger, and the entire defense zone was only fifty kilometers long and five kilometers wide.

To put it bluntly, the Battle of Stalingrad was originally won in history, that is to say, Shulka may win if he fights according to the original tactics.

But if you try new tactics, such as cold guns and cold guns, this is implemented by the entire army. If you are not careful or some troops are scattered, and the Germans find an opening to tear the line of defense, the consequences will be disastrous.

This made Shulka have to be more careful.

He first used this tactic on a small scale at Mamayev Gang, then formed a cadet unit, and now the cadet unit has expanded to the 10th Division of the NKVD.

If the 10th Division of the NKVD is fine, it will not be too late to expand to the entire army by then.

"Is there a question?" Seeing that Dimitri was still hesitating, Shulka asked.

Dimitri hesitated for a moment, and replied awkwardly: "Comrade Shulka, I think we need more experience, or... my subordinates may not be able to handle this tactic! You know, we are internal affairs Troops, the combat experience comes from the extermination of guerrillas..."

After hearing these words, Shulka couldn't help but look at Dimitri with admiration.

There is a saying: "If you don't have diamonds, you can't do porcelain work."

The most feared thing on the battlefield is the kind of person who slaps a swollen face to make a fat man, who obviously has no idea but agrees, and then desperately takes the lives of his subordinates to heap.

Dimitri did not do this. He chose to face his own shortcomings, and even admitted that the internal affairs troops "lack of combat experience", which is very rare for the NKVD officers who have always been proud.

Although they are indeed very difficult to be competent... All the volunteer soldiers on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea are veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japan. They have many years of experience in fighting and even guerrilla warfare, so the "cold guns and cold guns" movement is a piece of cake for them A dish, sometimes broken into parts and sometimes into whole, all kinds of handy.

However, with the quality of the Soviet infantry on the Stalingrad battlefield, once they are broken down into pieces, they may really be scattered and unable to find generals.

"We can do it!" Shulka said.

Dimitri's attitude boosted Shulka's confidence.