USSR 1941

The shells flew to the German defense line in pieces, and then blasted fireballs and water jets inside the German defense... This gave people the feeling of crossing the river, but it seemed that it could indeed be regarded as crossing the river. At that time, Surovikino could already be said to be a river.

Explosions followed one after another, and lasted for an hour.

That's one of the benefits of having the full support of the High Command... Sufficiently supplied.

According to Zolotarev, the Supreme Command was personally involved in the deployment of supplies for the 51st Army.

"The 112th and 118th, these two supply trains were temporarily dispatched!" Zolotarev said: "The two trains personally instructed by Comrade Stalin!"

This may seem like a big deal to Zolotarev, but Shulka doesn't think much of it, because whether it was Stalin himself who ordered it, the loaded ammunition will still be ammunition, and the number will not even increase because of this. It won't be bigger either.

If there is any difference, it is that these two trains are given priority at the transfer stations along the way, even if other vehicles are left to wait for several hours.

However, this seems to be necessary, because at this moment, it should be said that the battle of Surovikino, the 51st Army, is the most important... At this time, the supplies Surovikino needs can be said to be an astronomical figure, and the preparations for interspersed troops , the ammunition needed for artillery fire preparation, and the ammunition and fuel needed for the addition of two aviation divisions, all of which need to be replenished within one day or at least about the same.

The reason why "almost" is allowed is because the logistics force can continue to send supplies up when the 51st Army is interspersed, and this part of the supplies can be delayed, but the shells used for artillery preparation and the aviation division The fuel of combat ammunition cannot be delayed for a moment.

All this was successfully completed under the command of the Supreme Commander and Trufanov.

A considerable part of it was directly diverted the supplies destined for the Don River Front Army to the 51st Army, which caused even several units of the Don River Front Army to run out of ammunition and food.

As the saying goes, "Soldiers and horses move ahead without food and grass", the replenishment of supplies gave the 51st Army a lot of confidence, and the artillery preparations for such an army-level attack can last for an hour.

But this is by no means a waste, because the artillery preparations at this time are surprisingly effective.

The main reason is that the enemy can't hide in the craters and trenches... Most of the craters and trenches are flooded, and those who can hide in them don't need to waste shells.

simply put,

That is, German soldiers were forced out of their hiding places to either swim on the water or climb to higher places, such as taller buildings, protruding hills, and so on.

But because there are so many people and so little land, these buildings and small hills are often crowded with people, as long as a random shell falls into them, it can set off a bloodbath.

Shulka held up a telescope at the front of the position and watched slowly.

Zolotarev appointed Shulka as the temporary commander of the Naval Infantry Regiment... Needless to say why it is "temporary command". The Naval Infantry Regiment was temporarily formed to attack Surovikino. He has to return to his army.

This interim command should have been handed over to naval officers, such as Harichev, because they are more familiar with the Navy's amphibious landing operations.

But Zolotarev insisted that Shulka be in charge.

"We can't make any mistakes, Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev said: "You know, this independent regiment of naval infantry is not composed solely of naval infantry, there are many infantry among them. Therefore, we need a A man who can command both the navy and the infantry!"

There is indeed some truth to this statement.

At the same time, the battle against Surovikino cannot be said to be an amphibious landing battle, it should be said to be a combination of amphibious landing warfare and street fighting... More German soldiers will be forced into the city of Surovikino to hide in buildings, so this This kind of combat has its own complexities.

Shulka's response is to simply mix the navy and infantry with amphibious landing ships as units, that is, each amphibious landing ship is composed of a fixed number of naval infantry and ordinary infantry: the naval infantry is responsible for driving, fire cover and command In coordination, ordinary infantry is responsible for occupying buildings and clearing remnants of the enemy.

At this time, there were a few soft "chugs", and three red signal flares rose into the sky.

This is the agreed offensive signal... The offensive signal is not fixed. There are usually three types of signal flares: red, green, and white, and one, two, or three shots can be used to indicate different information.

It's just that red is more conspicuous and has a long distance to spread. At the same time, the Soviet army also likes red, so they usually use three red signal flares to indicate "attack".

The artillery fire immediately turned to extend deep into the enemy.

Shulka nodded to Andrianka beside him, and Andrianka waved the signal flag in his hand to order: "For the Soviet Union! For Stalin, go forward!"

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

...

An order was issued, and then the sound of the motor soon "rumbled", and the amphibious landing ships that had been prepared for a long time turned out from the back of the high ground and headed towards Surovikino.

In such shallows, the amphibious landing ship can be said to be an artifact.

Because for cars, flooded areas cannot pass, and for ships, half-deep places are easy to run aground.

However, the amphibious landing ship is amphibious, so it can ignore whether it is deep water or shallow water.

The troops were soon divided into three parts: one part approached the left flank, another part approached the right flank, and a part approached from the front.

Shulka led Harichev's fourth battalion to outflank the left flank... Although there were at most three battalions in the front, the focus was on one battalion on the left and right flanks.

The reason is simple. At this time, the German army must be in the process of withdrawing from the floodplain. Whether the two wings can quickly reach and cut off the enemy's retreat means whether they can kill the enemy's vital forces in a timely and effective manner.

But in fact, there is no need to rush to the rear. Along the way, the water is already full of struggling and fleeing enemies... There are Germans, Romanians, and Italians.

Some even called for help in the water.

Of course, the Soviet army was not so stupid to rescue them, and just raised their rifles and "bang bang" to finish them off.

There were many scattered enemies, and the amphibious landing ship was strafing with the Goryunov machine gun installed on the bow while advancing, and the soldiers on board also raised their guns to shoot. Some carried floating logs, some climbed electric poles, and many did not even have rifles.

For the Soviet army, they were lambs waiting to be slaughtered.