USSR 1941

The first thing Shulka did was to cut all the telephone wires leading from Upper Tsaritsynsky to Prodovsky.

The reason is of course blocking news... In a way, telephones are more difficult to control than radio stations. There are few radio stations, and only a few radio stations need to be controlled in hand. Call, it's hard for you to know where one is hidden unexpectedly, civilian and military, there are countless and hard to guard against.

The way to control it is to cut all the telephone lines at once, so all the telephones become useless.

On the other side, the 82nd Infantry Regiment boarded the captured train, two trains.

This made Andrianka a little strange.

"We only need one train, why two?" asked Andrianka.

"Defense line!" Shulka replied without thinking: "There are still troops to deploy!"

And Andrianka understood.

When the train pulls into the train station, the 82nd Infantry Regiment may start a fierce battle with the enemy immediately. If all the troops are packed into one train... On the one hand, the train is needed as a cover in the initial stage, and two trains can provide it The cover is doubled. On the other hand, the combat power that can be exploded at the same time when the troops are naturally deployed will be much more than a train.

There is even a consideration that after the train enters the station, there will be multiple rail tracks. If the enemy is besieged, the two trains will be aligned one left and one right, which can form a natural defense depth and allow the 82nd Infantry Regiment to have more movement space without being pinched from both sides.

Shulka was on the second carriage of the first train.

The reason for this position is also after careful consideration, the connection between the trains is not smooth... These two trains are freight trains, used by the German and Romanian armies to transport supplies and materials, so there is basically no need for communication.

In this case, if Shulka is on the second train, it will be difficult to grasp the intelligence ahead and give orders in time... The communication between the two trains is to use signal flags and signal lights for communication.

The backwardness of the Soviet army in communications also had the advantage of being backward, as it made their primitive communications equipment very well-equipped and skilled.

For example, the signal flag uses a red flag with a fluorescent stick. When it is necessary to transmit information at night, the fluorescent light is turned on and waved. The signal language can convey instructions and orders very well.

The signal light is to use the law of light and dark to type out the code,

This transfer rate is relatively slow.

At the same time, the telephone soldiers have pulled up the telephone line in the train and installed the telephone for communication inside the train, so the order from the front of the train can be transmitted to the rear of the train through the telephone, and the rear of the train is transmitted to the front of the next train through signal flags and signal lights. Then the order is quickly passed on by the phone to realize the coordination of the two trains.

If Shulka is on the second train, the reaction time may be doubled, because it must have a process of passing information between trains, Shulka makes a decision, and then sends the order back.

Of course Shulka would not be so stupid to choose this way.

After trying the phone and communication, and everything was normal, Shulka gave the order to set off.

The train released a lot of steam, and dragged the rear carriages slowly out of the station like a panting old cow, heading towards Prodovitoye.

At this time, Amedeo reported to Shulka: "Colonel, the telegram from Prodovitoye, they asked why the telephone line was broken? How should I answer?"

After thinking about it, Shulka replied: "I don't know the answer, maybe the Russian guerrillas cut it!"

"Yes, Colonel!" Amedeo was a little puzzled. He didn't expect Shulka to ask him to answer "I don't know" first.

What Amedeo doesn't understand is that the more uncertain the reply at this time, the more confusing it is.

Because even Prodovittoye didn't know the situation, how could Upper Tsaritsynsky, who had only one battalion, be sure? If it can be confirmed, does it mean that the Russians have surrounded Upper Tsaritsynsky?

Therefore, the sentence "I don't know" plus "maybe it's a guerrilla" perfectly explained all the problems, and the subtext was: "Everything is normal in Tsaritsynsky!"

After a short pause, Shulka added: "Tell them we don't have enough supplies because the train was blown up, I hope they can prepare some supplies and equipment for us!"

"Yes, Colonel!" Amedeo immediately sent the telegram.

Then I got an answer soon... "We have prepared supplies at the train station, but I'm sorry, they are our military equipment, you know, they may not be suitable for your use!"

"It doesn't matter!" Shulka replied: "It's better than fighting the enemy with bayonets and fists!"

This was just an attempt by Shulka. I didn't expect the Romanians to be fooled... In this way, if the Soviet army ran out of ammunition, there would still be a batch of supplies and equipment waiting at the train station.

Upper Tsaritsynsky is more than 60 kilometers away from Plodovittoye, and the train has been running on the rails for more than an hour.

The road went smoothly, and Shulka and others even saw Romanian engineers repairing the railway lines... Some railways were blown up or damaged during the day. In order to meet Shulka's "reinforcement", the Romanian engineers It is also quite hard.

If there was any surprise, the train encountered a group of Soviet cavalry on the way.

It belonged to the 81st Cavalry Division. Because of their speed and interspersed all the way, the forward had already reached the railway line.

Without further ado, Shulka immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot... This is necessary, otherwise the Romanian soldiers hidden in the dark nearby and the "German army" on the train would be exposed immediately if they didn't shoot.

It's just that most of the bullets were shot towards the sky, or they were shot towards the ground. Anyway, it was dark at this time, and no one could find out if it was real or fake.

The cavalry just fired a few shots and then avoided.

So Shulka knew that Khrushchev understood the meaning of his telegram, otherwise, based on the intelligence and situation of the Soviet army at this time, just letting the cavalry load a few explosives on the railway could kill their Reinforcements" temporarily stopped.

The train arrived at Prodovitoje at about half past eleven.

When entering the city, you will encounter the defense line of the Yang army... Of course, the railway line is the focus of the defense line of the Chen army. It is the best choice for tanks and armored vehicles to advance.

Therefore, the Luo army used a bunch of roadblocks to block the railway, and there was a tank behind it... a Czech-made 35T. This tank was almost eliminated at this time, and it was almost used as a roadblock.

There are bunkers on both sides, and the muzzles and artillery are all aimed at the railway.