USSR 1941

  Chapter 771 Merits and Demerits

  The battle started on time after an hour of rest.

   There are even many units that have not been formed... This is mainly due to lack of time, and on the other hand, because the communication equipment of the Soviet army is backward, it is not easy to find all the personnel that belong to their own formation in the dark.

   Among these are especially qualified artillery observers and tanks following infantry.

   But as Trufanov said, the advantage of the Soviet troops is that they are "experienced"...experienced in fighting in chaos.

   Therefore, the entire army is chaotic and orderly, and the infantry, tanks, and artillery are generally connected together.

   To be honest, Shulka did take a considerable risk in doing so.

  Because this kind of coordinated operations is not what the Soviet army is good at.

  In fact, the Soviet army usually fought infantry against infantry, artillery against artillery, and there was little organized coordination among the various arms.

   Without any training on this basis, the sudden request for high-intensity coordinated operations is a bit like "doing porcelain work without diamonds".

   But there seems to be no better way for this situation.

   Besides, Shulka didn't act recklessly... The initial battle gave the troops enough time to adjust.

   To put it simply, the initial attack was at the level of "actual combat exercises". It looked like an attack but was actually a drill with the enemy's forward positions, allowing commanders at all levels and various arms to try to coordinate.

   On the other hand, Shulka believes in the saying "the battlefield is the best school".

   This is not only because the environment of the battlefield is very real, but also because there is a kind of "do or die" pressure on the battlefield, which will force every soldier and every branch of the army to do everything possible to closely integrate.

   They had to, or death awaited them.

   These are not things that can be practiced on the training ground, so if you find that a unit suddenly grows into an elite on the battlefield... don't be surprised, this is the potential that was forced out by "death".

Shulka was very pleased to see such "potential" in the telescope, because half an hour after the battle started, the tanks, artillery fire and infantry of the Soviet army were already advancing in an orderly manner... This shows that the commanders have gained something up.

  On the other hand, Major General Moritz, the commander of the German 91st Infantry Division, was extremely uncomfortable with the change in Soviet offensive tactics.

As Shulka said, if the Soviet army attacks according to traditional tactics, then the deployment of Major General Moritz can play a powerful role... Tanks will undoubtedly be blocked before they advance to the anti-tank trenches. , Then, the anti-tank guns deployed in all directions will destroy these tanks one by one.

  Once the enemy's tanks are lost, the German infantry divisions don't need to worry about anything...Infantry has never been afraid of infantry Germans.

  However, the battle situation did not develop as Major General Moritz imagined.

  The Russians unexpectedly used infantry to carry out low-intensity attacks in the front... The so-called low-intensity attacks are compared to the fact that the Russian army always carried out large-scale charges in the past.

This kind of low-intensity attack is a bit like sniping each other in the dark: the Russians lurk in the dark position ahead, find a machine gun position or an anti-tank gun position, and use tracer bullets to indicate its position, and then tanks and artillery fire. The firepower hits.

   At the same time the position of the tank is always outside the range of the anti-tank gun...strictly speaking, outside the distance that the anti-tank gun can effectively penetrate the T34 armor.

   In this way, the combination of anti-tank guns and anti-tank trenches lost its effect in an instant. As time passed by the German army in the battle with the enemy, the original few anti-tank doors were knocked down by the enemy one after another.

   After thinking about it for a while, Major General Moritz ordered: "Take down the anti-tank guns!"

  Moritz's order may be right. He doesn't want anti-tank guns to be consumed on the front line meaninglessly.

   But in fact, Major General Moritz's order was wrong, and it was a big mistake.

  At this time, the Soviet army is in an unstable stage, and there are problems in the coordination of the newly formed units. If Major General Moritz boldly launches a counterattack at this time...then the results will be much greater than imagined.

   Shulka has considered this.

  However, Shulka believes that the German commanders did not have the courage to launch a counterattack... They did not know the situation of the Soviet army, and they were unwilling to abandon their positions when they were short of troops.

   More importantly, they have lost confidence in themselves after a series of misjudgments.

  The person who loses confidence is often unwilling to take risks unless he is very courageous or intends to put all his eggs in one basket.

  Shuerka guessed right, and the German army did not counterattack, so the Soviet army adapted to the new tactics while attacking in the dark.

   It can be foreseen that the Soviet army will fight more smoothly, and its reaction speed and combat effectiveness will become better and better. When the German army discovers this, it may be too late.

  But at this time Shulka's trouble is not this.

   "Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev ran to Shulka and Trufanov along the trench and said: "The superiors know, Comrade Motorov let us explain!"

   Shulka nodded, and then returned to the headquarters with Trufanov.

  Trufanov looked at Shulka, licked his dry lips nervously, and then picked up the microphone to identify himself.

Immediately there was a roar from the other side of the microphone: "What's the matter with you? You actually attacked Karachi without telling the Supreme Command? Do you know what this is? Disobedience to military orders is one of them, and I can even characterize it as treason crime…"

   "But Comrade Motorov!" Trufanov said: "What if we win?"

   "Do you think you can win?" Motorov asked back.

"Yes, Comrade Motorov!" Trufanov replied: "If nothing happens, we will be able to defeat the enemy and join forces with the 57th Army before dawn! At that time, the enemy will no longer be able to take the 57th Army. The 6th Army has been rescued from Stalingrad, because we have strengthened the Karachi defense line!"

   There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.

  Trufanov stepped up again: "We are winning, Comrade Motorov, our offensive is going well!"

   "Who told you to do this?" Motorov asked.

   "Yes..." Trufanov didn't know how to answer.

  Because he doesn't know whether it is merit or demerit.

  If it is credit, he will steal credit if he does not report to Shuerka.

   If it is true, he reported to Shulka as an informer.

   Shulka took the initiative to answer the phone and said, "It's my suggestion, Comrade Motorov!"

  (end of this chapter)