Chapter 504 Hesitation
Under the counterattack of the Soviet army, the control of the building was quickly returned to the Soviet army.
It should be said that such a counterattack was invincible. The Soviet soldiers occupying the upper floors had an absolute geographical advantage. Even if they did not counterattack the lower floors, they only used explosive packs and grenades to lead them down one by one, and the German army could not bear it.
Some of these fighters even made some improvements to this tactic.
In fact, it is not an improvement, but a little more difficult in the movement: they hold one end of the rope and throw the grenade or explosive package at the other end far away.
The result of this is that the grenades and explosives move in a circle under the double action of gravity and rope traction... At the moment when the grenades and explosives move to the lower space at high speed, they will be thrown by inertia as soon as the rope is loosened. The Germans were even flung through the windows into the rooms below.
Explosives exploded in a confined space, and their power is extraordinary. Even if the German soldiers in it were not directly injured by the explosion, they would be concussed or temporarily deaf.
To put it simply, the German army at the lower level cannot avoid it, only to be bombed.
The disadvantage of this tactic is that it is relatively difficult to resupply on the upper floors of the building. After all, ammunition and explosives are not inexhaustible.
However, this shortcoming has long been made up for by Shulka through other methods.
The first is to concentrate as many ammunition as possible in safe locations on high floors.
Of course, it cannot be placed on the top floor, otherwise it will be easily blown up.
Secondly, the ammunition can be transported between floors by steel cables... There are steel cables that have been pulled in advance. The hooked crossbow arrows are easily hooked when fired to nearby floors or windows. With the cooperation of the opposite side, boxes of ammunition can be slid over.
However, this group of German troops did not come in a hurry to let the Soviet army fight until it was time to transport ammunition, but within 20 minutes, the German army left a pile of corpses and wounded and evacuated from the building.
Usually, the retreat of the German army will bring corpses or wounded, especially the wounded.
But the current situation does not allow them to do so, because they know exactly what situation they are in... They have already entered the building complex, and they themselves are not the most dangerous inside the building, because at least there are still some things to cover them.
Once they exited the building and the Soviets took control of the surrounding buildings, it was condescending shooting at them from several directions.
In this situation, it is difficult to escape even with good hands and feet. Running with the wounded is almost like looking for death.
Maybe thinking about how to attack these buildings, the German army has been silent for a while since then.
On the other hand, they sent transport planes to drop supplies for the troops attacking Mamayev Hill... Having air superiority has such advantages, they seem to never be surrounded by the enemy, or the Soviet army will have a considerable impact if they want to surround them difficulty.
Taking advantage of this time, Shulka and Mikhailvich returned to the "Red October" metallurgical plant along the sewer to meet with Golikov once.
"Comrade Shulka!" As soon as he saw Shulka, Golikov greeted him warmly and shook hands with him.
"Finally see you!" Golikov said: "Thank you for everything you have done, otherwise Mamayev Gang may have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the situation in Stalingrad will be very serious at that time!"
Shulka saluted Golikov and replied: "This is what I should do, Comrade Golikov!"
"This is Comrade Krylov!" Golikov introduced to Shulka: "The Chief of Staff of the Army Group!"
Shuerka's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Although Krylov is only the chief of staff of the group army at this time, he will become a marshal after the war, and he will also serve as the most important arm of the Soviet Union...the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Rocket Army.
It can be said that he was a man of the hour after the war.
"Comrade Shulka, we have actually fought together several times!" Krylov said with a smile.
"Really?" Shulka couldn't help being puzzled when he heard the words: "Sorry, Comrade Krylov, I don't remember meeting you before!"
"No, no, we have never met!" Krylov replied: "I used to be the chief of the combat department in Odessa and the chief of staff in Sevastopol!"
Shuerka understood after hearing the words.
"I've fought in both places!" said Shulka.
"Yes!" Krylov nodded: "At that time I belonged to the Primorsky Army, and you belonged to the infantry, so even though we fought in the same place, we never met each other. Speaking of which, you should have saved them twice. my life!"
As Krylov and Golikov said, they looked at each other and smiled.
Krylov was not all joking when he said this, because it was Shulka who broke the siege of Odessa, and then Shulka... It should be said that it was Mekhlis who landed in the Crimea and defeated Manstein Because of this, Manstein was besieging the Sevastopol fortress where Krylov was located.
Compared to their enthusiasm for Shulka, Golikov and Krylov just greeted Mikhailvich politely.
But Mikhailvich didn't mind this.
One day, when Shulka asked about this "overwhelming" situation, Mikhailvich replied with a smile: "Don't worry about it, Shulka, because I know I can't compare with you. On the other hand , My biggest wish is to lead my troops well and let them become a normal, honorable army that can stand tall in front of their relatives and the motherland, and don't care about everything else!"
Shulka understood what Mikhailvich meant. He and his troops had gone too long in "washing away the shame", and there was no hope in sight. Now being treated fairly and justly, what more could he ask for?
But in fact, Shulka has always known that the 82nd Infantry Regiment does not need to wash away any shame, because they have never had shame, and of course they don't need to wash away.
"Comrade Shulka!" Golikov invited Shulka and Mikhailvich to the map, and said: "I want to talk about your views on Stalingrad, how should we fight this battle!"
"First of all, I think we should clarify our goals, Comrade General!" Shulka said to Golikov: "We should hold Stalingrad instead of retreating! And if we want to hold Stalingrad, we cannot have A little thought of retreating, even a little bit!"
Golikov and Krylov looked at each other.
Before this, they actually did not believe that the Soviet army could hold Stalingrad, even after the Shulka raid was successful.
So, at this time, they are actually still hesitating.
(end of this chapter)
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