USSR 1941

Shulka was a little stunned when he heard this, but after thinking about it later, he thought it was nothing strange.

This situation may only be possible for the Soviet army.

The reason may be that the command and tactics of the Soviet army were extremely simple. No matter what the battle was, the commander usually waved his pistol and shouted: "Comrades, for the sake of the motherland and for Stalin, go!"

Then the troops rushed forward wave after wave.

In this way, it becomes natural to get used to it, so these airborne troops who are scattered in various directions in various regions after being airborne and cannot find the headquarters are not keen on organizing first and then attacking, but combine with the surrounding troops nearby to form a continuous attack. , platoons, and even squads attacked Butur as units.

"Order them, organize the troops at once!" Veniamenko ordered to the correspondent, but the order was stopped by Shulka.

"I wonder how the battle went?" Shulka asked.

"What?" Veniaminko looked at Shulka in confusion: "Is there any problem?"

"What if the situation is in our favor?" Shulka said: "I mean, in this case, the offensive line of the troops should be uneven, and some troops may even have penetrated into the village of Butur. We are in Does organizing the troops at this time mean that they must stop fighting, and will that give the enemy a chance to breathe?"

After a pause, Shulka added: "On the other hand, the command of the Second Airborne Regiment has just arrived at Butur Village, and they don't know anything about the situation. If they are asked to organize an attack, they can How much did it help?"

Veniamenko looked at Shulka with disbelief, and said, "So, should we let them attack without organization?"

"Why not?" Shulka asked rhetorically. "Who cares about being organized if you can win?"

Veniamenko thought for a while and replied, "I'll ask about the situation first!"

Therefore, the order given to the headquarters of the Second Airborne Regiment was not to organize troops, but to contact while reconnaissance, gather scattered troops around the periphery and strive to form a complete offensive line.

More than half an hour later, good news came from Visarion: "Comrade Veniamenco, our men have entered the village of Butur and occupied several buildings!"

Veniamenko didn't even think about it,

He ordered: "Provide them with reinforcements immediately, and at the same time strengthen the offensive in other areas!"

"yes!"

Shulka added: "Watch out for enemy reinforcements!"

Veniamenco immediately added the sentence.

The problem that is easy to occur in an unorganized attack is to ignore this and ignore that. If it is attacked by enemy reinforcements, it will soon collapse.

Therefore, the biggest function of the headquarters of the Second Airborne Regiment when it arrived in Butur was to organize manpower to intercept enemy reinforcements.

However, before this, the unmanned Soviet airborne troops had organized defenses. They buried landmines on the road and set up ambushes on both sides of the road, and repelled a group of reinforcements after more than an hour of fighting.

"It's almost dawn!" Trufanov looked at his watch worriedly.

Shulka knew what Trufanov was worried about. As soon as the sky dawned, it meant that a large number of German fighter planes would appear over Butur. In addition, the enemy's tank troops might also rush to Butur. It will be very difficult for the army to have a chance to capture Butur.

The failure to capture Butur almost means that the airborne troops in that area will become rootless and will be wiped out soon.

Then, the German army would turn around and encircle Milloway and Highland No. 3.

If the battle situation develops like this, the Soviet army will gain nothing, because at least the De Don Army can retreat safely.

What the Soviet army got was just to recover Miloway one day in advance.

"Are the airborne supplies in place?" Shulka asked.

Prior to this, because it was expected that the battle in Butur Village would be difficult, it was planned to give several batches of supplies.

"Only drop one batch!" Veniamenco replied: "The enemy's night fighters blocked the village of Butur in time, and it is very difficult for us to enter the airspace to airdrop again!"

Obviously, the enemy also realized the importance of Butur Village.

"What if it's a bombing?" Shulka asked.

"Bombing is possible!" Veniamenco replied: "The problem is that we can't identify targets in the dark!"

Bombing is not the same as airdropping.

Because the Soviet bombing can use rockets, as I said before, Il-2 can mount a rocket nest, and then launch rockets to attack the target from a distance.

The airdrop must be directly above the target.

Therefore, it is very easy for the German fighter planes to prevent the Soviet airdrop, because the Soviet transport plane must reach this point and fly at a low altitude to be able to airdrop... If it is too high, the airdropped materials will be blown too far by the wind, then It also loses the meaning of airdrop.

But bombing with rockets is hard to guard against.

Thinking of this, Shulka said: "No, we can find the target!"

"How did you find it?" Veniamenco's eyes lit up involuntarily. If the bomber could find the target, it would obviously be a powerful help to the airborne troops' attack.

"Someone of us broke into the village of Butur and occupied the building!" Shulka said. "Let them set it on fire!"

Hearing this, everyone in the headquarters fell silent.

It's not hard to do that, in fact it's easy, because it's just a matter of setting fire, even your own building.

The problem is... After setting the fire, the Il-2 attack aircraft will launch the rockets to the place where the fire is, that is to say, it will flatten that area.

In this case, even telling the pilot not to directly bomb the position of Huoguang is useless, because it is a rocket, a rocket with extremely poor accuracy, and it depends on the number of rockets to blow the target into a sea of ​​​​flames, especially when it is flying launch, then no one can control it.

Veniamenko didn't hesitate much, he nodded immediately and said: "Good idea, I'll contact the Air Force immediately!"

Then he picked up the phone.

Trufanov said: "Can we let them retreat in time? I mean those comrades who set fire to retreat immediately after setting fire?"

Shulka shook his head and said, "No, they can't retreat!"

"Why?"

"Of course the Germans know what our purpose of setting the fire is!" Shulka explained: "Once they retreat, the Germans will immediately follow up to put out the fire. For the fire of the building, it is very likely that only a few explosives need to be dropped. hour……"

There is no need to say more about the next thing, when Il 2 will lose its target, the plan will fail.