USSR 1941

Veniamenko may have seen these advantages from the very beginning. After all, he is the commander of the Airborne Forces, especially the commander of the Airborne Forces who has "exchanged ideas" with the German army. In addition, he has considered the airborne point before, so the whole There was no doubt during the process, and only when Shulka talked about airborne to the city to launch mass warfare did he cast a surprised look at Shulka... Apparently, even he didn't consider this.

Then Zolotarev asked: "Do you have any questions, Comrade Veniamenko?"

"No, I have no problem!" Veniamenko replied: "I fully agree with Comrade Shulka's plan. The triangular defense zone formed by these three targets is very suitable for airborne operations!"

Veniamenco is an expert who knows when he speaks.

In fact, this is also Shulka's intentional deployment. The reason why the triangular defense zone is more suitable for airborne operations, especially for Soviet airborne troops, is because the Soviet airborne troops have no experience and insufficient training.

To make matters worse, in the case of insufficient experience and training, it is necessary to take advantage of the night airborne combat... This will inevitably lead to a series of problems such as mistakes in the airborne point and difficulty in gathering troops.

However, these problems can be weakened as much as possible through strategic deployment.

This deployment is a triangular area composed of three attack points.

To put it simply, if there is only one point of attack, then the Soviet airborne troops can only airdrop towards one location. As a result, some troops will even be airdropped to areas tens of kilometers away from the target, and they cannot reach the airdrop point at all. Of course It won't work either. (Note: One year later, during the airborne operation of the Soviet Union on the Dnieper River, troops deviated from the airborne point by tens of kilometers)

But the triangle defense area is different. It looks like a triangle defense area. In fact, if it is used for airborne, it will be a circle centered on this triangle. As long as the airborne is at any point of this circle, it is possible to use the principle of proximity to one of them. Attack the point and go into battle.

And this circle has a range of tens of kilometers.

In other words, this kind of deployment can firstly make full use of the three thousand airborne troops as much as possible.

"The only shortcoming!" Veniamenco said, "is that the force is too small, only 3,000 people. If we let them attack three targets at the same time, we will parachute everyone to the target area in the first batch, that is, Said that we have no reserves at all, and we can't provide them with reinforcements should the situation arise!"

Shulka nodded. Veniamenko had hit the mark.

"So we can only win and not lose!" Veniaminco said: "Any point, as long as the failure is not only a loss in itself, but also makes this triangular defense area that can reinforce each other a linear defense between two points, which is very easy. Divided and surrounded by the enemy!"

"Yes, are you confident?" Shulka asked.

"To be honest, I don't have much confidence!" Veniaminco shook his head with a wry smile, "Because we are dealing with the Germans, and their actions are usually very fast, especially in the village of Butur..."

Speaking of which, Veniamenco pointed to the location of Butur Village on the map and said: "Compared to other places, Miloway City has people and guerrillas who can use it, and buildings to rely on for street fighting.

Highland No. 3 occupies a favorable location and guards against danger, but Butur Village has no people and no favorable location, so they can only rely on themselves. "

Veniamenco was right that the village of Butur was indeed the most dangerous part.

To put it simply, the attack on Miluowei has advantages in terms of land and people, and Height No. 3 has advantages in land, but Butur Village is a small village where the entire village has been expelled.

To make matters worse, it is closer to the German southern defense line and can be reinforced by German motorized troops within an hour, so it is the most difficult to attack and occupy.

"So we should focus on the village of Butur in the distribution of troops!" Shulka said: "At that time, our army will attack the German defense line with all its strength to attract its troops and attention. In addition, the airborne troops are occupying and controlling the Milove train station. After that, immediately reinforce Butur!"

Veniamenco nodded and said, "That's the only way!"

Therefore, it is still unknown who will win this battle.

Of course, there has never been a reason for victory on the battlefield. It can only be said that success depends on people's plans, and it depends on luck and the performance of soldiers on the battlefield.

If there is any advantage, Shulka believes that it should be that the Germans were defenseless.

The reason why the Germans were unprepared was precisely because they had a large number of spies in the Soviet army, and these spies would tell the Germans that the Soviet Union had no airborne troops at all, and their airborne troops were organized into infantry divisions and charged towards the defense line.

Therefore, the Germans would not have any mentality and facilities to guard against the Soviet airborne troops, such as minefields, Rommel bamboo shoots and the like. (Note: Rommel's bamboo shoots were arranged by Rommel when he was in France to prevent the British and American airborne troops. It was to sharpen things like wooden sticks and face the sky. Although simple, they have considerable lethality and deterrence against the airborne troops. )

Sure enough, the German army was not prepared for the Soviet airborne operation. At this time, they were shocked by the surrender of the 6th Army.

As it was with Hitler, so it was with Manstein.

"Shame, this is a disgrace to the empire, a stain that can never be erased!" Hitler waved his fists angrily when he received this information, jumped and shouted: "I just sent the traitor to Marshal rank, he surrendered with that honorable rank, and his troops! He should kill himself, so that his men would fight to the death! I believe those soldiers were brave, if Paulus hadn't ordered Ask them to surrender, and they will! And it will eventually lead to victory, Army Group Don is attacking Karachi, and they will soon break through the supply line! Paulus ruined this victory with his own hands..."  No one dared to answer, because They all know this is not true.   Even if Paulus did not surrender, even if Paulus committed suicide, the 6th Army would not be able to win.   But no one dares to say that, because once it is said... then who is responsible for the next failure?  Put it down, of course it was Hitler's mistake in command!  Or, Hitler knew it well, and he just continued to let Paulus take the blame.  Göring deeply agrees with Hitler's remarks, because if Hitler's statement is made, then the responsibility for this failure does not lie with him, and of course it does not lie with the Air Force.   All because Paulus didn't follow through.