USSR 1941

Then, everyone in the 51st Army headquarters breathed a sigh of relief, and then shook hands and hugged each other, as if they had won a victorious battle.

Then, the headquarters turned its attention to battlefield command again.

"Everything is going well!" The staff officer reported: "Our army has occupied some anti-tank trenches!"

The atmosphere in the headquarters eased up again... Everyone knows that the fate of the 51st Army now depends on this battle. If this battle is lost, then the 51st Army must be blamed. .

Fortunately, the battlefield situation is now developing in a good direction.

The Soviet army is developing in a good direction, and the German army is of course developing in a bad direction.

After Major General Moritz ordered the anti-tank guns to retreat, he soon realized that this was not a wise choice, because as soon as the anti-tank guns were withdrawn, the enemy's pressure was instantly reduced, which allowed the enemy tanks to attack the Germans at a closer distance. The firepower was suppressed, and the anti-tank trenches were soon occupied by the Russian army and became the trenches of the Russian army...

At this time, Manstein made a phone call to Major General Moritz's headquarters.

"How's the situation?" Manstein asked.

"Very bad, Marshal!" Major General Moritz replied: "The Russians have changed their offensive tactics and we are retreating!"

"Changed offensive tactics?" Manstein was surprised by this. In his impression, the Russians' offenses were always the same.

Moritz briefly reported the situation on the battlefield, and Manstein was secretly startled after hearing it... He knew that this was actually a multi-army coordinated tactic.

After thinking about it, Manstein ordered: "You can't retreat anymore, General! You must block them, you have no room to retreat!"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Marshal!"

At this time, Major General Moritz also realized this.

As a result, the battle quickly became fierce. Both the enemy and the enemy fought for every inch of land. A position changed hands several times in just half an hour, and both sides were jealous.

But generally speaking, the Soviet army still has the advantage.

The reason is that the Soviet army has tanks, and at critical moments, the Soviet army can always rely on the firepower and defense of tanks to remain invincible.

But Trufanov frowned.

"With the current attack speed, it is impossible for us to occupy Karachi before dawn!" Trufanov said: "The enemy's resistance is very firm, and they have already begun to try to fight us hand-to-hand!"

Shulka knew what was going on.

The Germans were infantry and paratrooper divisions, while the Soviets were tank divisions armed with tanks.

In terms of equipment, the two sides said that there is no doubt that the Soviet army has the upper hand, especially at this time the German army is not equipped with "iron fists". Apart from using anti-tank guns to block the Soviet army's T34, they only have grenades and explosives.

So don't think about it, if the German army adopts traditional offensive and defensive warfare and the Soviet army changes its tactics, the German army will definitely suffer.

However, the German army is not a friendly person, they quickly learned the strategy of the Soviet army... In the past, the German army had superior equipment and the Soviet army had no choice but to choose close combat with the enemy. In this special period, it was the other way around. When the equipment is at a disadvantage, take the initiative to engage in close combat with the Soviet army.

Fighting in the dark is almost inevitable if one side deliberately chooses close combat.

As a result, the advantages of Soviet tanks could not be brought into play. Both sides were infantry fighting each other on the battlefield.

The Soviet army was superior in strength, so they were not worried about fighting the German army hand-to-hand.

The problem is that time is not on the side of the Soviet army, and German reinforcements may arrive at any time.

"It's time for the 57th Army to launch a counter-offensive!" Shulka said.

"They are counterattacking!" Trufanov replied: "But the Germans are using buildings to build a defensive line, and the 57th Army is short of supplies, so the progress is also slow!"

After thinking about it, Shulka said again: "Bring the tanks back in a batch and outflank them from the flanks!"

If the tank cannot play a role in the frontal battlefield, seek a flank breakthrough.

Trufanov agreed, and immediately organized a commando to launch an attack from the flank...but not long after the attack was launched, the staff officer reported: "Encounter with the enemy, stalemate!"

Trufanov sighed and said: "The enemy is ready!"

Shulka is also a little helpless, it seems that the German commander is a master of defense.

What Shulka and Trufanov didn't know was that Manstein had the same idea at this time...

This is not because Manstein or Major General Moritz was prepared, but because Manstein and Shulka had the same idea at almost the same time, that is, to send an assault in the face of a stalemate. The team outflanked.

As a result, the two outflanking troops of the enemy and the enemy collided fiercely.

Shulka walked up and down the desk, then stopped suddenly and said, "If this flank can't outflank, why don't we try the other flank?"

"The other flank?" said Trufanov, "but the other flank is the Don..."

Before he finished speaking, Trufanov opened his mouth halfway, then nodded and said, "Good idea! But... the naval infantry has already been sent to the battlefield!"

"82nd Infantry Regiment!" Shulka walked out of the headquarters with Denisokov.

The 82nd Infantry was used as an elite unit in this battle as a reserve.

So they concentrated in the second-line trenches and waited for orders.

As soon as Shulka returned to the headquarters, he immediately ordered Andrianka: "Get everyone ready for battle!"

"Yes, prepare for battle!"

"Ready for battle!"

...

Give the order to the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment ready to equip and line up in the trenches.

"Target the Don!" Shulka ordered.

"Don River?" Andrianka was a little puzzled, but he still gave the order.

Following Shulka's order, the troops marched towards the Don River...the trenches were dug all the way to the Don River, so this march only needs to advance along the trenches.

After advancing for 20 minutes in the curved trench, I suddenly turned a corner and came to the bank of the Don River.

Only then did Andrianka know what was going on...the amphibious landing ship.

Yes, amphibious landing craft.

It was Trufanov who arranged to gather the amphibious landing craft on the shore.

Amphibious landing ships are not only used for landing, and they are not only used for transportation. In a battle like this... The enemy thinks that the flank is the Don River so it is safe, so they must be wrong.

The amphibious landing ship can quickly penetrate their defense line along the river and complete the outflank, and then it is the end of the German army.

"Aboard!" Shulka ordered.

The soldiers responded, and then they boarded the amphibious landing ship in groups, and then started the motors and headed upstream.