Chapter 426: gaffe

Chapter 426 A slip of the tongue

The battlefield was soon full of gunfire, and a few minutes later the Soviet army rushed into the German trenches, and even amphibious landing vehicles drove directly into the German trenches...

This is indeed a lot of luck. The amphibious landing vehicle can't control the direction. During the process, it has to cross the bomb crater, run over the barbed wire, and not be blown up by the mines. Finally, it can drive over the 300-meter-long beach to reach the German trenches.

Therefore, only a limited number of more than a hundred amphibious landing vehicles can do this.

But it played a big role, because each amphibious landing vehicle has a heavy machine gun on the bow, which can drive to the vicinity of the trench and turn the gun horizontally to suppress the German firepower in a trench.

At the same time, the Soviet soldiers on the amphibious landing vehicle jumped down and fired grenades, semi-automatic rifles, and submachine guns, and soon beat the German army into screams.

If the attack of the amphibious landing ship could not completely break through the German defense, the input of the follow-up troops that the Soviet army arrived later made the enemy completely desperate... The second wave of Soviet troops was not amphibious landing vehicles, but small flat-bottomed boats, Lifeboats and even rubber boats.

This type of ship is very fragile compared to amphibious landing vehicles, especially rubber boats. Not only are its personnel completely exposed to enemy fire, but even the rubber boat itself will soon be destroyed by a few bullets or shrapnel. It will leak and sink... definitely a big threat at low temperatures.

So, if it weren't for the vanguard troops who had already landed to fight the German army, it would be basically impossible for this group of Soviet troops to successfully land, and even if they succeeded, they would have to pay a heavy price.

Their advantage is that the draft is shallow, and even a shoal of more than one meter has no pressure on these flat-bottomed boats.

As it is now, they paddle all the way to the shore and immediately go into battle.

At this time, the German army has already lost its momentum, because the reinforcements of rubber boats like this can be wave after wave, and the entire 5th Navy Brigade can be reinforced, and even more troops can be transferred if necessary.

The German army only had one reinforced battalion, and it was a reinforced battalion fighting with the Soviet army. In any case, this situation could not stop the Soviet army's crowd attack, especially the Soviet army who organized the crowd attack was quite good in military quality. Naval Infantry Brigade.

Sure enough, the battle ended after ten minutes. The German army left a lot of corpses and only a small part managed to flee to Feodosia to start street fighting with the Soviet army.

There is no doubt that this is not a problem for the Soviet army.

The entire battle lasted only twenty minutes.

It's not because the quality of the German army is not good, nor is it that their defense is not strong, but because they have no idea that the enemy can rush directly from the sea to the shore or even their defense line.

"Comrade Mehlis!" Major General Vladimir reported excitedly: "The battle is over, we have won!"

"Oh, is it?" Mechlis hadn't recovered from the bombing just now, he was stunned for a while before he realized it, and then turned his head and asked in surprise and joy: "What did you say? We won ?You mean we took Feodosia?"

"No, Comrade Mehlis!" Major General Vladimir was a little helpless to the absent "representative of the Supreme Command" in front of him: "We have successfully captured the enemy's beachhead, which means we have successfully landed. The remaining enemies I fled to the city and relied on building defenses, but I believe that we will be able to occupy Feodosia soon!"

"Good fight, Comrade Vladimir!" Mechlis became excited: "Don't be soft on those invaders, drive them out of Feodosia, and tell the whole world that the invasion of the Soviet Union will lead to war." What's the end!"

"Yes, Comrade Mechelis!"

"Continue to fight!" Mehlis left these words and walked towards the headquarters.

Shulka knew what he was going to do. He was going to report to Stalin, and he would report in an exaggerated way...Compared with the battle victory, Shulka believed that what excited Mechelis more was Stalin's praise and admiration.

Major General Vladimir offered Shulka a cigarette and said, "You seem to be used to all this!"

This time Shulka knew what Major General Vladimir was talking about.

"It's nothing to lose to me, is it?" Shulka took the cigarette, lit each other with the major general, and said after taking a puff of smoke, "Actually, it should be 'we'!"

"Even so!" Major General Vladimir glanced in the direction of the headquarters and said, "I still don't like his approach!"

"No one would like it!" Shulka replied: "But it's the best choice, don't you think?"

Major General Vladimir remained silent.

Shulka suddenly realized something, looked at Vladimir in surprise, and asked, "You don't know what to do, do you?"

"Nothing, Captain!" Major General Vladimir replied: "I just inadvertently revealed these unfair things to my subordinates, and then...you know!"

Of course Shulka knew that this matter would soon be spread among the army, and eventually it would even reach the ears of reporters.

"You're crazy, Comrade General! He's Mehlis!"

Shulka should have said his nickname "King of Small Reports" at this time.

Shuerka looked at the headquarters, lowered his voice and said: "If he wants to block the news, it will hurt a lot of people!"

"Will it be?" Major General Vladimir said with a blank face, "Will he do this?"

"Of course he wouldn't do it blatantly!" Shulka said: "But other crimes can be used!"

In this era of war, it is too easy to accuse others of crimes. For example, if they have escaped experience or have some stains, it is okay to call him a spy if they can’t find any charges...

On the other hand, even if this matter is known to reporters, it will not help. Mechlis used to be the director of the publishing bureau and the editorial board member of "Pravda". Until now, the media is still firmly in his hands.

After listening to this, Major General Vladimir realized the seriousness of the problem, and even Major General Vladimir may be ruined on this trivial matter.

"Block the news, Comrade General!" Shulka gave Vladimir a wink and said: "Classify it as a military secret, and don't tell anyone at the same time!"

Major General Vladimir nodded, quickly dropped the cigarette **** in his hand and turned around to deal with the matter. He almost fell when he got off the gangway, looking very embarrassed.

This is a bit ironic. The battle in front of him and the Germans didn't make the steel soldier so groggy, but he was panicked because he hated Mehlis in his heart and accidentally missed some words.

(end of this chapter)