USSR 1941

Surovikino fell into a sea of ​​flames in an instant, while Soviet bombers and attack planes were still taking off in batches and throwing oil barrels at Surovikino... What the pilots had to do seemed to be very simple. Look down, throw the oil barrel where there is no flame.

Then, the river naturally spreads the gasoline that seeps out of the gasoline and connects it with the flames in other areas.

If the gasoline in some areas is exhausted, the bombers and attack aircraft will use gasoline to drop again.

As a result, the entire sky was filled with black smoke and water vapor, and the air was filled with the burnt smell of burning foreign gasoline.

With the air force constantly replenishing "fuel", the fire burned for more than half an hour... To be exact, the large-scale fire lasted for more than half an hour, and the burning building was always emitting flames and black smoke. It's like a torch standing in the water.

In fact, this was also done by the Germans themselves.

Because if the German army does not give up its air supremacy, the Soviet army may not be able to implement this tactic of airdropping gasoline barrels at all...With the strength of the German Air Force, they will fully control Surovikino’s air supremacy. Lovikino is difficult, not to mention batch after batch of throwing petrol cans in turn.

While Shulka was watching the fire in Sulovkino with a telescope, Zolotarev made a phone call to Shulka's headquarters.

"Comrade Shulka, congratulations, you have won!" Zolotarev's voice trembled with excitement: "I have already reported the situation to the Supreme Command, and the Supreme Command sent us a congratulatory message and Instruct us to occupy and break through Surovikino, and approach the Southwest Front Army as quickly as possible! The Supreme Command will fully support our actions!"

"Yes, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka replied: "I'm glad to hear that!"

Shulka is telling the truth. Although the Supreme Command turned Shulka's plan into his order, it is a good thing to get the full support of the Supreme Command anyway, just like the supply transportation organized by the Supreme Command Same, that is indeed quite powerful, and it can even be said that without those supplies, there would be no victory in this battle.

Shulka waved his hand, and the amphibious landing craft set off again towards Surovikino.

This time, the fleet did not have much resistance.

If there is any resistance, it is that most of the buildings are burning and cannot be searched... But it seems that there is no need to search them. If there are still living people inside, I am afraid that there will only be gasps left.

Occasionally there will be a few gunshots, but at least half of them are the gunshots of German soldiers committing suicide... Compared to being burned, suicide with a gun is obviously more enjoyable.

The amphibious landing ship waited on the periphery for a while, waited for the fire to burn out, and then carefully drove the ship in.

The air was oppressive and deadly, and the smell of burning and choking smoke was everywhere. The amphibious landing ship was driving between the burning buildings. The fully armed and energetic soldiers on board were surrounded by a tragic scene on both sides and the river water. The charred bodies were a stark contrast.

Denisokov was even taken aback by one of the bodies.

"It, it's alive..." Denisokov yelled at a dead body.

Looking in the direction indicated by Denisokov, Shulka saw that it was a German soldier floating on the water with his head burned beyond recognition. The reason why he knew he was still alive was because his eyes were still rolling. Lips twitched in pain.

Shulka could imagine what the soldier had been through.

It is impossible to survive in the building, the only way to survive should be in the water... If you can hold your breath in the water for a long time, you will suffer as little burns as possible.

However, that is just "as little as possible", and the result may be even worse if he is directly burned to death, just like the German soldier I saw in front of him.

A Soviet soldier raised his rifle, pointed it at his dark head, and then mercifully took his life away with a "bang" shot.

Not all Soviet soldiers were single-minded or simple and rude. It should be said that when there are too many people, there will inevitably be people with various personalities, and the same is true for soldiers.

Then, the Soviet army successfully occupied Surovikino.

When Shulka reported this result to Zolotarev, of course he received praise and encouragement again.

In fact, the happiest person at this time should be Zolotarev.

As a political commissar, the 51st Army was completely different before and after he came: the previous 51st Army was sacrificed in pieces by being rushed to the battlefield, and political commissar Shevchenko was still a "collaborator" traitor".

And after Zolotarev came, the 51st Army completely changed its appearance, and took the strategically important Surovikino without any effort.

Although this is Shulka's credit, who knows what Zolotarev will say when he reports it? What's more, all this happened after he came to the 51st Army and started commanding.

Therefore, it is conceivable that Zolotarev's future career will be on another level.

Shulka doesn't care about this, because he knows the saying that the gun shoots the first bird, so it's best to keep a low profile now.

After ten minutes, the water level began to drop.

At this time, the engineers had already begun to explore the road, and they wanted to find the submerged railway line as soon as possible... Tanks have a certain ability to ford, so there is no need to wait for the railway to fully surface before starting to march.

This is for the sake of saving time, and of course it is also a battle requirement.

"Is there time?" Mikhailvich asked.

At this time, Mikhailvich's injuries were almost the same... I can't say exactly, because his right hand was paralyzed, and it would dangle around his shoulder like a cloth bag when running.

For the convenience of movement, Mikhailvich tied it to his armed belt, which made him look like he had one hand on his hip at all times.

"I don't know!" Shulka replied.

The information that Shulka knew was very limited. For example, now, if he was talking about commanding operations, he should at least get the location of the German reinforcements or the enemy's other line of defense from the Air Force, or the enemy's strength and composition.

But Shulka knew nothing.

After thinking about it, Shulka said, "However, I don't think that's what we need to worry about!"

"What do you mean?" asked Mikhailitch.

"If before this, the battle in the direction of Surovikino has not attracted enough attention or consensus from the enemy!" Shulka said: "Then there should be no problem now!"