Chapter 172
But the tactics of guerrillas are not just to deal with.
Reichenau and Manstein pin their hopes on the SS... The SS is composed of many departments, among which the task of special operations teams (also called commandos) is to carry out large-scale arrests, exterminations, searches for dissidents and underground Rebel forces, which included capturing Jews and sending them to concentration camps.
Special operations teams usually follow the occupying forces. That is to say, the regular troops attack in front, and the special operations team follows behind. Every time the army occupies a piece of land, the special operations team takes over a piece of land and is responsible for the security of the land, eliminating dissidents, etc. work.
This division of labor is no problem for the German army, because it allows the army to concentrate on fighting in the front without having to pay attention to various troubles in the rear.
At the same time, the special operations team is more than enough to deal with poorly equipped, unorganized stragglers, and even unarmed civilians.
but…
Now the guerrillas assigned by the Soviet army to various places are all veterans who have come down from the battlefield. Their military quality is much better than the German special operations team that usually only targets civilians.
So several times even if they had information about the guerrillas, they forcibly broke out of the siege.
In particular, these guerrillas will also "break up parts into wholes into parts". When they need to fight, they "break up parts into wholes". Whole to zero" scattered among the common people and disappeared without a trace.
This caused Reichenau and Manstein a headache.
Reichenau even called the special operations team leader directly: "I think you should listen to General Manstein's ideas and implement martial law, registration and roll call..."
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the captain: "I know what to do, Your Excellency Marshal, we have a lot of experience in this area, just like you have a wealth of experience on the battlefield!"
The implication is that everyone should perform their duties and no one should care about others.
Reichenau has nothing to do about it. Just like the Soviet Union had two systems, Germany at this time also has two systems...the Wehrmacht and the SS, and the SS is still above the Wehrmacht.
"We may be able to form our own troops to search!" Manstein said.
"No, General!" Reichenau rejected Manstein's idea without thinking: "This will be considered a seizure of power!"
So Manstein had nothing to say.
This is a very ironic phenomenon. The guerrillas hid under the jurisdiction of the SS and attacked the facilities of the Wehrmacht, but the Wehrmacht could not counterattack and could only rely on the SS. The SS dealt with these Russian guerrillas from the regular army. And very strenuous...
This made Manstein very passive. All he could do was to add police posts and defenses to important facilities.
But just like the "offensive superiority theory" pursued by the Germans, the defensive side is always the one that suffers, especially in large areas...Because they have many points to defend, they have to invest more troops, and they are always worried. Guerrillas can slowly observe in the dark to find flaws, and then hit with one blow.
But in fact, even if Manstein can really interfere with the affairs of the special operations team, I'm afraid it won't have much effect: this is the Soviet Union. Although there are rebel forces in Ukraine, the influence of the Soviet Union is still deep-rooted, and it is impossible to simply martial law and registration. will solve the problem.
These are not what Shulka needs to care about. He doesn't even know that he has accidentally hit the enemy's weakness, that is, the gap between the Wehrmacht and the SS.
Shuerka only knows to continue to expand the training scale of the guerrillas, and then send the guerrillas out one after another.
Minsk, Kovel, and even infiltrated Brest... Brest is a good place for guerrilla warfare, because as I said before, it is a transportation hub, and roads and railways are densely distributed in forests and In a narrow passage between the swamps.
Here, the guerrillas only need to hide in the northern forest and occasionally use mortars to fire a few shells in the direction of the road and railway, which can make the German army unbearable.
Admiral Kirponos, on the other hand, worked hard to strengthen the defense from Kyiv to Odessa.
The main one is Kyiv, because Kyiv is like a sharp knife deep into the hinterland of the German offensive line. Although it is half surrounded by the German army, it is still a danger to the German army, that is, it may still become the German attack target in the future.
So the Kyiv defense line was re-consolidated, and this area of Ukraine formed a pattern of projecting guerrillas around Kyiv to disrupt the enemy's supply line.
Shulka originally thought that he would continue to organize and direct the training and activities of the guerrillas in Kyiv... He even liked this job a little bit, although it was also very hard, and all kinds of documents and information were flying all over the sky. The card was stunned.
But compared to the bullets, shells, corpses and blood on the front line, it is not much better.
During the occasional break, Shulka can light a cigarette in the lounge and drink a cup of coffee... This is called life.
However, such days will soon be a thing of the past.
"Comrade Shulka!" On this day, when Shulka and Major Gavrilov were busy sorting out information, General Kirponos walked into the office.
This surprised Shulka and others, because since the guerrilla headquarters got on the right track, General Kirponos rarely came to the headquarters in person. After all, he is the commander of the front army and has too many things to worry about.
"Comrade General!" Shulka stood up and saluted, and at the same time, it could be seen from Kirponos' expression that something had happened.
Admiral Kirponos called several other people to his side for a short meeting:
"First of all, I have to thank you for your contributions. This guerrilla headquarters was built by you alone. From training to going to the battlefield and then to follow-up command, the layers are distinct and interlocking. What's more valuable is that in less than one In just one month, a large number of guerrillas were trained and put into the battlefield to achieve brilliant results. On behalf of the Southwest Front Army, I would like to thank you for your contributions!"
"Comrade General!" Shulka said: "Do we have other tasks?"
Admiral Kirponos nodded, and then handed over a telegram, saying: "I hope to continue to cooperate with you, but Comrade Zhukov of ... needs the most elite troops to defend Moscow! They even called for the first 333 regiment, I can't refuse!"
So Shulka understood that the next stop was Moscow.
(end of this chapter)
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