USSR 1941

Chapter 596: irregular forces

??Chapter 596 Irregular Forces

In fact, the disputes between Colonel Akadyvich and the political commissar are not limited to the two of them or the Sixth Directorate... If there is such a conflict between the chief officer and the political commissar in the Soviet State Security Administration, it is conceivable that other units are even more There are many such situations.

This also made the Soviet high-level realize that although their political commissar system played a certain positive role in certain aspects during the war, such as calling, propaganda, and stopping deserters, etc., it played a more negative role. Seriously It is not an exaggeration to call it a hindrance or even an accomplice of the German army.

??So, a few months later, the Soviet Army abolished the political commissar system, that is, the command and decision-making power on the battlefield was completely handed over to the chief officer.

?? It turned out to be a wise choice.

If there is any shortcoming, it is that the policy is to hand over the power to the chief officer. The problem is that the post of political commissar is still there, and it is still by the chief official's side. At the same time, the chief official knows that these political commissars are not small but have real power. People, so a considerable number of chief officials dare not let go of command but must get the consent of political workers for everything.

?? Of course, in any case, this is an improvement in the general direction.

??Because battlefield command should be handed over to professionals, and political workers should be the cohesive force of officers and soldiers rather than enemies.

??The Sixth General Administration has temporarily come to an end.

?? Shulka and the headquarters of the 82nd Infantry Regiment are still busy with the supply of Stalingrad.

??Shuerka's method is actually very simple, that is, to advance in multiple directions: main river transportation, amphibious landing ships, and pontoon bridges.

The transportation in these three aspects is in large quantities... The main river channel is a large and medium-sized transport ship, and if you accidentally let it slip past a few ships, it will be a large amount of supplies; the number of amphibious landing ships is increasing by dozens of ships every day; Not to mention, several can be set up anytime and anywhere, but the disadvantage is that the transportation volume is small, and manual handling is required like ants moving house.

??The simultaneous use of these three modes of transportation will make the German fighters overwhelmed, even if the German army has a strong night air regiment.

??This is a bit like the human sea tactics commonly used by the Soviet Union...to make the enemy difficult to deal with, even if a single German army has an absolute upper hand, it will not help.

?? But this transport is only at night.

??Because whether it is the main river channel, an amphibious landing ship or a pontoon bridge, it will be completely exposed to the firepower of enemy fighters as soon as the sky is bright.

?? Among them, the pontoon bridge is especially... It can be said that it cannot be damaged at night. Simply put, the repair speed is much faster than the bombing speed.

?? But not at daylight:

??Although the pontoon bridge is still narrow and the target is small, the problem is that it is very long, connecting from the west bank of the river to the sandbar, and then connecting from the sandbar to the east bank.

??The German pilots could easily find the trend of the pontoon bridge during the day, and then drove the fighter plane along the direction of the pontoon bridge, and then threw the bombs downward...the hit rate was almost inseparable.

?? Therefore, Stalingrad's supplies are still not sufficient enough to be squandered or completely change the situation of the war, but it is almost impossible for the German army to win by blocking the supply line.

?? "What are you thinking?" Andrianka asked when she saw that Shulka was frowning at the map.

?? "I'm wondering how the Germans will face this situation!" Shulka replied: "If the supply blockade doesn't work, what will they do next?"

Andrianka smiled and said: "Maybe this is what makes you better than others, Comrade Shulka, you always want to be ahead of others. I mean, when others celebrate their victories or laugh at their enemies' defeats , but you are thinking about the enemy's next move! You know? You are fighting against yourself!"

?? "Shouldn't it be like this?" Shulka said: "This is war!"

??As the saying goes, "People who have no long-term considerations must have near-term worries", especially on the battlefield. As a commander, it is only natural for a commander to think about what the enemy thinks.

?? It's just that the Soviets don't seem to be like this. They always take one step at a time.

??Actually, Shulka considered more than these.

?? Prior to this, the Battle of Stalingrad generally followed the historical trend.

??However, history changed after Shulka used a series of resupply tactics...

??The Stalingrad battle commanded by Chuikov did not have such an optimistic supply line. At that time, the Soviet Union did not have amphibious landing ships, and Chuikov did not know how to use oil barrels to build pontoons on the Volga River.

Therefore, the Soviet army fought extremely fiercely in the Battle of Stalingrad. This "tragic" refers not only to the battlefield, but also to the transportation channel on the Volga River... In order to allow the Stalingrad defenders to persist, the Soviet army almost day and night Constantly scrambling to cross and transport materials on the narrow transportation channel.

?? Even so, Stalingrad's supplies are still seriously lacking.

??In the end, like the defense of Moscow, winter came when Stalingrad was about to fall, and the German army was once again defeated by the severe cold climate.

?? Now of course this will never happen again.

??Stalingrad has not experienced a serious lack of supplies in history. At the same time, it is now May and it is entering the beginning of summer, and it is still far from winter.

??From this perspective, Shulka sometimes doesn't know whether the replenishment strategies he proposes are good or bad.

?? Call it a bad thing, it has indeed improved the supply situation in Stalingrad, which is obviously positive for the entire war situation.

?? Say it is a good thing, since the Battle of Stalingrad has deviated from its original direction.

?? As a result, Shulka lost the ability to "prophet", and it was even unknown who would win the battle of Stalingrad.

??Thinking of this, Shulka felt a little regretful. He should try to keep the original battle direction as much as possible, so that he can wait for the final victory step by step.

??Can now...

?? After thinking for a while, Shulka said, "Do you still remember that Vasily I met on Mamayev Post?"

?? "Yes!" Andrianka nodded: "He performed very well. I heard that he has killed more than 70 enemies so far, and the results are far superior to Koroteyev!"

?? Koroteyev is the commander of the sniper company of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

?? Shulka was not surprised by this. You must know that Vasily’s statistics in the Battle of Stalingrad were that 225 Germans were killed in one month and seven days, which is an average of 7 to 8 people per day.

??This is not something a sniper company commander can match.

?? "I'm thinking!" said Shulka, "It's time for us to form an irregular army!"

?? "Irregular troops?" Andrianka was a little puzzled.

??In his mind, the Stalingrad garrison was full of "irregular troops", because few troops could advance and retreat like the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

?? So, why organize "irregular troops"?

??(end of this chapter)