USSR 1941

If it was a telegram sent by someone else, especially one that was so mentally retarded and had some command tone, Khrushchev would have thrown it aside and even ordered him to be dismissed on the spot... In the Stalingrad area, another Who would dare to send a telegram to Khrushchev in an orderly tone? That would be no different from courting death.

But since it was sent by Shulka, Khrushchev would think about it before making a decision.

While holding the telegram, Khrushchev stared at the map to find Shulka's location, wondering what it meant to "bomb the enemy's reinforcements to prevent his advance".

After thinking about it, Khrushchev had some clues. Although he was not sure, Khrushchev was not an ordinary person, and he could guess almost everything.

So immediately issued a series of orders:

"Order the air force to stop the enemy's reinforcements and bomb the first half of the railway line!"

"Order the troops surrounding Prodovitoye to prepare for a full-scale attack!"

"Get in touch with the 81st Cavalry Division immediately!"

...

"What's the matter?" Yeremenko asked suspiciously.

"I'm not sure!" Khrushchev replied: "But we have the possibility to get out of this predicament!"

Sure enough, Khrushchev guessed what Shulka was going to do, because several of his orders were related to Shulka's plan to be implemented.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Shulka ordered the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment to each take a set of German military uniforms from the warehouse, put them in their backpacks and prepare for battle.

"Can you tell me about your plan, Comrade Shulka?" Mikhailvich asked curiously, "Don't keep us in the dark!"

"The plan is very simple!" Shulka raised the telegram in his hand and said, "German reinforcements, take a train from the direction of Stalingrad to the German reinforcements in the direction of Prodovitoye!"

This made Mikhailvich and Andrianka confused, and they didn't understand what it had to do with the battle plan.

Shulka explained while helping the staff to sort out the documents: "The enemy is composed of armies from three different countries: the Romanian army, the Italian army, and the German army, so don't think about it, there must be communication and poor identification between them." weakness!"

Hearing this, Andrianka couldn't help but let out an "oh\

,"Denisokov exclaimed excitedly: "We entered Plodovitoye disguised as Germans?!"

"Yes!" Shulka nodded: "And it's not just a disguise. If possible, we will take the train to Prodovitoye Railway Station, and then attack Prodovitoye quickly from inside and outside!"

Now everyone understands.

Andrianka looked at the map in surprise and joy and said: "If we can take Prodovitoye in one fell swoop, then all problems will be solved, and the length of the German supply line will increase by hundreds of kilometers. It can also liberate a large number of troops from Prodovittoye, and even encircle the German army!"

Andrianka was right, especially the force that attacked Prodovitoye, which was three mechanized divisions, plus one infantry division.

Four divisions may be needed to attack a well-fortified city, but only one infantry division is needed to garrison a city. The remaining three divisions can either attack or surround, which can cause great trouble to the German army.

"When are we going?" asked Mikhailitch.

Shulka looked at his watch and replied: "In half an hour, as soon as it gets dark, we will launch an attack deep into the enemy, and the target is Tsaritsynsky!"

The troops set off on time half an hour later, and before they left, they added a batch of equipment and supplies... This was also an order from Khrushchev.

Every order Khrushchev gave was useful.

Needless to say, bombing the German reinforcements with all their strength... If the German reinforcements reach Plodovitoye one step ahead, then the credibility of the Soviet army's disguise as German reinforcements will decrease. At the same time, the difficulty of occupying the city due to the German troops in the city will become a series. raised.

The troops surrounding Plodovitoye were ordered to be ready for a full-scale attack at any time in order to coordinate with Shulka's infiltrated troops.

Get in touch with the 81st Cavalry Division because the 81st Cavalry Division is active in the northwest area. If Shulka's troops pretend to be German troops and encounter the 81st Soviet Cavalry Division, or Shulka's train is given by the 81st Cavalry Division It exploded... That was an unjust battle.

Needless to say, the supplies sent to the 82nd Infantry Regiment, the 82nd Infantry Regiment will have an expedition, regardless of fuel, ammunition, etc. need to be replenished.

This includes ammunition in particular.

In terms of fuel, the Soviet army planned to capture a train and enter Plodovitoye, so there was not much demand for fuel.

The food is also completely enough, because it is expected that the battle will not last long.

Only ammunition... The 82nd Infantry Regiment will go all the way to the northwest, and finally enter Prodovitoye to fight a big battle, and it needs three bases of ammunition casually.

This batch of ammunition was intercepted from the 115th regiment.

This made Kamilov, the head of the 115th regiment, very angry, because it is obvious that the 115th regiment's attack on Jinguta Railway Station consumed a lot of ammunition and urgently needed to be replenished, while the 82nd infantry regiment just fought a small battle and occupied it. 74 kilometers away from the station, ammunition consumption is not much.

Now the superior is uncharacteristically replenishing ammunition for the 82nd Infantry Regiment instead of the 115th Regiment.

So Kamilov couldn't hold back anymore, and made a phone call to the brigade headquarters.

"Comrade Gerasilov!" Kamilov said: "I firmly disagree with this approach. When our ammunition is almost exhausted, we will still give priority to supplying ammunition to the 82nd Regiment... Once our army is attacked If you attack, you will be in danger!"

Gerasilov was also somewhat inexplicable, because the order was issued directly by Khrushchev to the logistics force without even passing through the headquarters.

So Gerasilov once thought that the logistics supplies were sent to the wrong place, and when he found out that the order was issued by Khrushchev, he swallowed all his dissatisfaction... No one dared to question the military commissioner The command.

What Gerasilov didn't understand was why, as a military commissar, Khrushchev directly directed the delivery of supplies across levels?

Even if Khrushchev reused Shulka, it would not be possible to do this, because it is obvious that the 82nd Infantry Regiment does not lack supplies at all.

As a result, Gerasilov was sensitively aware that there might be plans here that he did not know.

Although Gerasilov was a little displeased, he still didn't dare to ask any questions, and settled with Kamilov a few perfunctory words.

Sure enough, as soon as it got dark, Gerasilov got the 82nd Infantry Regiment to launch an attack on the enemy lines without orders from superiors.