USSR 1941

"Comrade Shulka will be punished because of us!" Sokolov said straight to the point: "You know why!"

The officers nodded one after another. They were not fools. They were retreated during the charge and managed to save their lives... No one would think it was luck.

"Tell me, what should we do?" Sokolov asked.

After a moment of silence, an officer said: "Comrade Sokolov, we can't do anything, can we? We just obey orders..."

Before he finished speaking, Sokolov kicked the officer to the ground severely.

"You bastard!" Sokolov kicked again, cursing: "You have been frightened by those orders, you have completely forgotten how we got here, if there is no Comrade Shulka, Are you a coward here to give orders? Now, get out of your orders! Get out, and don't let me see you again!"

The officer could only run away in embarrassment under the ridicule of others.

Sokolov announced on the spot that he was fired.

"Of course such a person cannot command soldiers!" Sokolov said, "Especially the soldiers of our second battalion!"

After discussing with others for a while, Sokolov decided to go to the army headquarters with several officers to find the political commissar to "rehabilitate" Shulka, and that's how the scene just now happened.

After being allowed to enter the headquarters, Sokolov first saluted Shulka and others, and then said to Zolotarev: "Comrade Commissar, it is my order to withdraw the troops. Comrade Erka has nothing to do! I am willing to take all responsibility, as well as my subordinates..."

"Oh?" asked Zolotarev. "You gave the order?"

"Yes!"

"Why did you give this order?"

"Because... because I am greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Are you willing to accept any punishment?"

"Yes!"

"Including putting you in the 'punishment camp' again?"

"Yes, Comrade Commissar!" Sokolov answered without hesitation.

Trufanov and Zolotarev couldn't help laughing.

Shulka winked at Sokolov in embarrassment, and said, "Go down, don't be ashamed here!"

This made Sokolov a little confused.

"Comrade Shulka!" said Zolotarev, "I can't see that your subordinates are loyal to you?"

Shulka didn't know how to answer, so he ordered Sokolov: "Get out, it's none of your business!"

Sokolov was still a little reluctant, and it was not until Shulka stared at him that he reluctantly withdrew.

Zolotarev added before he went out: "That was my order, Comrade Sokolov!"

Only then did Sokolov feel relieved.

After he went out, Trufanov and Zolotarev laughed again.

"I can't tell!" Trufanov said with a smile, "There are quite a few people who are willing to take the blame for you, not just our political commissar!"

"It's meaningless to say these things now!" Zolotarev said: "It's time for our 'breakout heroes' to find a way to break through the enemy's defenses!"

Trufanov looked at the map and asked: "Can we continue to attack with conventional tactics? As Shulka said, as long as we break through the enemy's outer anti-tank artillery fortifications, the depth will be reduced due to the lack of anti-tank artillery equipment." collapse!"

"This may not work anymore!" Zolotarev said: "Because the Germans are already on the defensive, their reinforcements should already be on the way at this time, and their reinforcements may already be on the way before we organize a second offensive." Come and fill the gap in the anti-tank guns!"

Shulka nodded in agreement.

This is not to say that the German reinforcements will arrive in large quantities. In fact, it will take time for the German reinforcements to arrive due to traffic restrictions.

The problem is that when the German reinforcements arrived, they added a batch of anti-tank guns, and when they arrived, they added another batch... If this continues, the Soviet army may face endless obstacles.

After thinking about it, Trufanov said, "Perhaps, we should break through from another position!"

"This is unrealistic!" Shulka said: "We don't have that much time. I think that at this time, the Don Army is already retreating, and they probably only need a day to withdraw from our encirclement." Go. At that time, even if we break through the defense line, it will be meaningless!"

Zolotarev nodded.

In fact, the Don Army had already begun to retreat before the Soviets launched an offensive, so this time will be shorter than what Shulka said.

"So what should we do?" Trufanov complained: "Originally we hoped to seize the German train gun, but now it seems...we seem to have to watch the Germans transport it away!"

"They can't transport it away for a while!" Zolotarev replied: "According to intelligence, if the Germans want to complete the dismantling and transport it away, it will take at least half a month!"

It took the German army more than a month to assemble it, but the dismantling process and emergency dismantling may be much faster.

"What do you think the Germans will do with this train gun?" Trufanov asked.

"It's more about blowing up!" Shulka said. "Blow it up after dismantling and transporting important parts!"

Zolotarev agreed: "They are unlikely to risk guarding Milove for half a month because of a train gun!"

"Actually, they can do this!" Trufanov said: "Because we have nothing to do with their defense now!"

Shulka pointed to the map and said: "So far, the German troops in Miloway are still very empty. What I mean is that the main force of the German army has not had time to withdraw in the direction of Karachi, and Miloway's troops are all concentrated. It is used on the north and south sides to deal with the attacks of our Southwest Front Army and South Front Army. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that the German army must be empty of troops inside Milovei!"

"So what?" Trufanov spread his hands: "We just can't break through, as we can see, the German defenses are very tight!"

Shulka did not directly answer this question, he asked instead: "If the Germans encountered this situation, what would they do?"

"Germans?" Trufanov was puzzled at first, but then quickly thought: "Airborne troops, you mean airborne troops?"

"Yes, why not?" Shulka asked back: "We have airborne troops, don't we?"

Trufanov and Zolotarev looked at each other.

Trufanov replied: "We do have airborne troops, Comrade Shulka! It's just that they always fight in the Guards!"

Shulka was speechless for a while, the airborne troops were used as infantry... If this was the case in the early days, it was fine, is it still the case now? !