USSR 1941

That night, transport planes flew over Stalingrad and dropped piles of leaflets from the sky... This task was easy to complete, on the one hand because the number of German night fighters was small and it was difficult to fight at night, on the other hand On the one hand, there is a serious shortage of German supplies in Stalingrad.

Although the German Sixth Army has air transportation, even during the peak period of transportation, it can only barely meet one-third of the needs of the Sixth Group.

In this case, the German 6th Army can be said to have no air defense capability at all... Air transport no longer transports anti-aircraft artillery shells, unless it is 88MM anti-aircraft artillery shells for anti-tank.

This is a helpless choice made when supplies are difficult: of course, priority is given to transporting urgently needed supplies, such as food, rifle bullets, medicines, etc., in the case of limited transportation capacity.

Therefore, the night is complete for the transport aircraft, and at the same time, the area controlled by the German army is easy to identify. The vicinity of Stalingrad, between the Don River and the Volga River, is almost all within the German army's range.

That was not what Shulka and Zolotarev cared about. What they wanted to know was the repercussions of the maps.

This is of course Shulka's request, and the Soviet political workers would not consider any repercussions.

It is actually very easy to get this response, because there are Soviet spies in the German army at this time... Ever since Shulka enlightened Akadyevich, the Security Bureau has never stopped instigating the German prisoners. Among them are many prisoners in the Stalingrad range.

In fact, it is easier for the captives in the Stalingrad area to instigate rebellion. The reason is that on a battlefield like Stalingrad, you are everywhere, and sometimes you hide in a basement for a few days without being found. It is a good excuse for those captives who were instigated to rebel. They can say that they were surrounded somewhere and have not been able to escape.

At the same time, it is extremely easy for these captives who have been instigated to transmit information. You must know that the street battles in Stalingrad are often fought by the German army occupying the bedroom and the Soviet army in the living room. A crater or a certain rock is pressed down.

So early the next morning, the feedback information came.

In fact, it should have arrived before that, but Zolotarev didn't think it was necessary to wake Shulka because of this... Shulka slept like a pig in the basement. Although he was not tired during this time, Even the life in the car can be said to be enjoyable, but sleeping in the car is always a bit uneasy.

After he came back, he found time to take a bath by the river... There is a small river two kilometers behind the Soviet defense line. Officers often drive here to take a bath.

Soldiers were not so lucky.

After that, I went back to the basement with ease and fell asleep under the quilt, although the quilt still had a musty smell because of the humidity.

Shuerka woke up at 8:00 the next morning. After a good night's sleep, she immediately felt refreshed... People sometimes forget their physical condition. Before that, Shuerka felt that he was wearing a It was like a magic spell, I couldn't tell what was uncomfortable, I didn't care about it when I was busy, until I woke up and compared it before and after, I realized that I was living in a daze before.

At this time Zolotarev handed over another telegram, saying: "You are right, the Germans are getting nervous!"

Shulka took the telegram and looked at it. It read: "The Gestapo searched for leaflets everywhere and destroyed them!"

Before that, Shulka said that if the leaflet does not work, the Germans will not look at it as before.

And if it works, it can deal a blow to the morale of the German army, and the Germans will find a way to block it.

Obviously, the attitude of the Germans towards the leaflet belongs to the latter, which also shows that the leaflet has a role, although it is only a defensive map.

"Now, can we issue the amnesty order!" asked Zolotarev.

He was anxious because, as said before, Zolotarev considered any delay a waste of time.

"No!" Shulka replied: "We should wait and continue to publish defense maps tonight!"

"But... then there are only eight days left for the amnesty!" said Zolotarev.

"What we want is the effect, Comrade Zolotalev!" Shulka said: "And the effect is not always proportional to the time, just like having more troops does not mean stronger combat effectiveness!"

Zolotarev thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Well, you're right!"

As he spoke, he ordered to continue distributing the defense map, and it was a timely updated defense map.

This is a psychological tactic.

The reason is that there were too many "false" things in the previous Soviet propaganda. The defense map was in the hands of the German army and it was difficult to deal a big blow to them in such a short time. But if one day, two days, three days... the Soviet army will update the latest every day The defense line map and inform them to the German army, the German soldiers have verified several times and found that there is no problem, so they will believe in the authenticity of the defense line map from quantitative change to qualitative change.

Sure enough, the German army seized this point or Paulus used this point to fight back.

Paulus learned of the leaflet at ten o'clock at night, less than two hours before the Soviets distributed it.

Paulus was frowning and staring at the map at the headquarters, hoping to find a feasible breakout plan, but he was disappointed again and again... All routes were blocked, and he seemed to only hope Manstein's Don Army.

However, the offensive goal of the Don Army is too obvious, and everyone in the world knows that it is Karachi.

If everyone knew that the Germans would attack Karachi, then of course the Russians would make it a point of defense as well.

Paulus knew what this was going to be like: although the imperial armies were always invincible, it was only because the Germans marched quickly and always caught them unawares that if the Russians were sure where the Germans were going to attack, the war would be very difficult. Soon to be in a quagmire.

It was true of Moscow, it was true of Stalingrad, and of course it was true of Karachi, which Manstein was about to attack.

Therefore, Paulus was not optimistic about the plan that the Don Army could take Karachi and rescue the 6th Army.

Thinking of this, Paulus felt a little regretful.

At the beginning, he should not have believed what the head of state said. As the saying goes, "the military orders abroad will not be accepted." He should have chosen to break out of the siege when the enemy attacked Karachi and was about to close the siege.

Now, it's too late.

At this moment, the adjutant opened the door and came in, and said in a panic: "General, the Russians have dropped a large number of leaflets!"