USSR 1941

It's no wonder that Andre would appreciate Shulka's plan. The plan proposed by Shulka can be said to be the best arrangement for the current situation.

If the Romanian army at the 74-kilometer station has not many troops and is not well-prepared... This can be seen from the fact that the enemy has only started to build fortifications and planted mines not long ago. If they were prepared, these things should have been waiting at the 74-kilometer station. The Soviet army is gone.

Therefore, 74 kilometers itself does not need to worry, what needs to be worried should be the enemy's reinforcements, artillery, etc.

At the same time, due to mobility problems, it is difficult for infantry to detect and stop reinforcements and artillery in time. These are the strengths of the air force, and it is just right to use the air force for reconnaissance.

As a result, the air force discovered the situation before the 82nd Infantry Regiment launched an attack on the target.

"Comrade Shulka, we found the enemy's supply train!" Andrei reported: "It may be transported from the direction of Stalingrad!"

"Supply car?" Shulka felt a little strange.

"Yes!" Andre replied: "We destroyed it, and dropped the whole truckload of ammunition!"

This may be simple on the battlefield, but it is not so in Shulka's view.

Even Shulka felt a little strange.

Because if it is normal, the enemy train should first transport reinforcements or equipment, not supplies.

The reason is simple. When the defense line is under attack and the Romanian army is about to collapse, what the front line lacks most is people and equipment rather than supplies. It can even be said that when the battle is not going well, more supplies will be sent to the front line What is given to the enemy is not to one's own people.

And these supplies were shipped from the direction of Stalingrad.

Are Germans that stupid?

When Stalingrad was short of supplies, would the supplies be sent to the Romanians for them to hand over to the Soviet army?

Suddenly, Shulka realized the reason: the German reinforcements had arrived in Plodovitoye, and these supplies were sent to the German reinforcements. Because the equipment of the German army was inconsistent with that of the Romanian army, the ammunition was not universal, so the German army had to The transportation of supplies meets the requirements of their own troops, even if it is to transport ammunition from Stalingrad.

Thinking of this, Shulka immediately called the headquarters.

The political commissar Viktorovich answered the phone, and he seemed to be waiting for a call from the 82nd Infantry Regiment, even if there was only a little trouble.

"How is the situation?" Viktorovich asked first: "Is the attack going well?"

"We haven't started the offensive yet, Comrade Commissar!" Shulka said, "But there is a situation that I think I need to report to you. The pilot blew up an enemy supply train from Stalingrad to Plodovitoye. car!"

"Great, congratulations!" Viktorovich praised: "You have made a great contribution, which will obviously reduce the pressure on our army's main attack direction!"

It was the easiest compliment Shulka had ever received, and Shulka hadn't even done anything yet.

"No, Comrade Commissar!" said Shulka, "that's not what I'm talking about, supplies from Stalingrad to Plodovitoye... Does that mean that German reinforcements are already waiting in Plodovittoye? Our main force? Otherwise why would they send supplies?"

Viktorovich couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and then replied: "No, it's impossible, Comrade Shulka, it's only been a few hours since the start of the war...but I will pass your thoughts on to the command to let them Go and do some reconnaissance! You continue to pay attention to the battle at the 74-kilometer station, understand?"

"Yes, Comrade Commissar!" Shulka replied.

The political commissar was being polite to Shulka. If the brigade commander Gerasilov answered the call, he might reprimand Shulka for meddling in his own business.

Viktorovich thought about it, and thought that what Shulka said was not a trivial matter, and it was reasonable, so he dialed the phone number of the Army Command and conveyed Shulka's guess.

Major General Trufanov dismissed this.

"It's that 'Breakout Hero' again?" Major General Trufanov replied, "Don't be too nervous, Comrade Viktorovich! It's just a truckload of supplies. Just annoyed that his advice wasn't adopted!"

If there is a prejudice against someone, it is easy to bring this prejudice or personal feelings to the judgment of the war. This is also one of the quality requirements of a commander. Obviously, Major General Trufanov failed. make it happen.

Since Major General Trufanov has such an attitude, Viktorovich has nothing to say.

On the other side, Shulka's 82nd Infantry Regiment has launched an attack on the 74-kilometer railway station.

The attack is not as easy as imagined, the main reason is that the information given by Viktorovich is not very accurate...

The intelligence said that there was a battalion of Romanian skirmishers, but there were actually two companies of German troops.

However, this does not seem to be due to Viktorovich's intelligence, because the German troops of these two companies probably just withdrew to the 74th kilometer train station, which can be seen from the waves of reinforcements they came to ... This is because the marching speed is different, and some troops are left behind, so reinforcements are sent to the front line one after another.

After the German army arrived, the defense capability of the entire 74-kilometer railway station would immediately be upgraded to a higher level.

This is not to say that there are too many people and few people. Two companies of German troops are actually nothing.

The problem is that without the Germans, the Romanian army could easily retreat if attacked.

But if there are German soldiers fighting with them, the situation will be different. No matter how bad the Romanian army is, under the encouragement or supervision of the German army, the Romanian army will resist for a while, especially the command ability of the German commander. It's all good.

Secondly, these two German companies are anti-aircraft artillery companies withdrawn from the vicinity, equipped with 88MM anti-aircraft guns.

The 88MM anti-aircraft gun is a magic weapon against infantry, especially against mechanized infantry. Cars, armored vehicles, and tanks are like paper in front of it.

Just like now, several armored vehicles sent to reconnaissance were smashed into parts with a bang before they saw the enemy's position.

Occasionally, a few anti-aircraft artillery shells will be fired... The anti-aircraft artillery shells use delayed fuzes, that is, they will explode in the sky after calculating the maximum distance.

This was originally used to fight aircraft at a specified altitude, but now it is also effective for fighting infantry. The Soviet soldiers who were advancing in the rain and fog were suddenly attacked by several shells in the air, and the shrapnel flew in the air and spread to a considerable extent. The huge range made the soldiers suffer a lot.