It took the Germans more than two hours to withdraw, leaving behind a large number of mines.

This caused some trouble for the Soviet army, but they finally reoccupied the railway bridgehead that afternoon and consolidated the defense of the Tsaritsa River... This time it was not just a brigade, but an entire division, the 19th Infantry Division.

division.

The battle situation finally calmed down.

"We have deployed a division along Pushkin Street!" Dimitri pointed to the map and said to Shulka: "One artillery regiment is dispersed about three kilometers away from the front line, and another artillery regiment is hidden in an air raid shelter as a reserve.

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It can be seen that Dimitri still has some combat experience. At least he knows that the artillery cannot be too dense, especially during the day.

However, Shulka was still not satisfied with this deployment of troops.

"Which division is deployed along Pushkin Avenue?" Shulka asked.

"8th Infantry Division!"

"Withdraw one regiment!"

Why should we withdraw? In fact, everyone knows that when the German army has artillery and air superiority, it is not appropriate to deploy too many troops on the front line, because these troops are placed on the front line to be bombed by the enemy.

"But, Comrade Shulka!" Dimitri said: "It is difficult for the strength of two regiments to block the enemy's attack!"

This is the embarrassment at the contact point between the enemy and ourselves. If there are too many troops, they will be bombed. If there are too few, they may not be able to stop the sudden attack of the German army or they may be torn through the defense line and become passive.

"Snipers!" Shulka replied: "Snipers can make up for the shortcomings of insufficient troops!"

"But we don't have that many snipers!"

"Each of them can be a sniper, Comrade Dimitri!" Shulka replied.

"Everyone?" Dimitri looked at Shulka in confusion.

This was not something Shulka suddenly thought of on a whim.

In fact, Shulka has been trying this tactic.

This was the cold-blooded tactic used by the Volunteer Army when they faced the U.S. military in the Korean battlefield a few years later.

Shulka believes that in many ways the situation in Stalingrad is similar to the situation when the volunteers faced the US military.

First of all, the enemy has absolute advantages in air, tanks, artillery, etc.

In this regard, it should be said that the situation of the Volunteer Army was more severe. In the early stage of the battle, the Volunteer Army had almost no air force and tanks, which caused the artillery to be completely suppressed. The Soviet Army had a complete range of services, but the artillery and tanks were suppressed because the air force did not have the upper hand.

Secondly, the terrain of both battlefields is very complex.

On the surface, the two seem to be different. The Volunteer Army fought the US military in the mountains, while the Battle of Stalingrad was fought in the streets.

But the Battle of Stalingrad was not actually a pure urban street battle. The enemy and we fought on a high and low ruins. It was actually closer to mountain warfare. The pipes, sewers, and remaining houses and buildings under the city were

It's almost like a tunnel or a cave.

Finally, both standard equipment are bolt-action rifles.

This is somewhat magical. The rifles used in two battles between different countries in different time and space are actually the same... After the volunteer army was re-equipped, they were equipped with Mosin-Nagant rifles reinforced by the Soviet Union, and a considerable part of them were old guns left over from World War II.

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this point is very important.

Because if the whole army wants to implement the "cold gun, cold artillery" tactic, it must be a bolt-action rifle... The advantages of the bolt-action rifle are long range and high accuracy. This provides conditions for the "cold gun, cold artillery" movement.

Although this is still far behind the sniper rifles that are selected and equipped with sniper scopes, it is enough as long as it is barely enough. What the "cold gun and cold gun" movement wants is quantity.

"The key point is dispersion and movement!" Shulka said: "One soldier can act alone, or two or three soldiers can act together! Seize every opportunity to snipe the enemy, gather small ones to become large, and accumulate small victories to make a big one.

Win!"

"But, Comrade Shulka!" Dimitri said: "What if the Germans concentrate their forces and launch an attack?"

Dimitri actually didn't understand what Shulka meant. He thought he was going to disrupt all the original structures and fight guerrillas with the enemy.

"The defense line is still the original defense line, and the troops are still the same troops!" Shulka said: "They still did what they were supposed to do. They just freed the riflemen and let them fight the enemy like snipers. Understand

Yet?"

Dimitri nodded in understanding.

"To be precise, there are mortarmen!" Shulka added.

In fact, Shulka had already wanted to do this.

Stalingrad is not a place where both sides compare their forces and then use a sea of ​​​​people to charge the enemy's bullets... It turns out that this does not do much except increase the casualty figures.

But on the other hand, Shulka did not dare to take risks. After all, Stalingrad was in danger, and the entire defense zone was only fifty kilometers long and five kilometers wide.

To put it bluntly, in history, the Battle of Stalingrad was originally won, that is to say, Shulka could have won if he had followed the original tactics.

But if you try new tactics, such as cold-gun and cold-gun campaigns, this is implemented by the entire army. If you are not careful or if any unit becomes scattered, and the Germans find a loophole to tear open the defense line, the consequences will be disastrous.

This forced Shulka to be more careful.

He first used this tactic on a small scale at Mamayev Heights, then formed a cadet unit, and now expanded it from the cadet unit to the NKVD 10th Division.

If there is no problem with the NKVD 10th Division, it will not be too late to expand it to the entire army.

"Any questions?" Seeing that Dimitri was still hesitating, Shulka asked.

Dimitri hesitated for a moment, then replied awkwardly: "Comrade Shulka, I think we need more experience, or... my subordinates may not be qualified for this kind of tactics! You know, we are internal affairs

The troops and their combat experience all come from destroying the guerrillas..."

After hearing these words, Shulka couldn't help but look at Dimitri with admiration.

There is a saying: "If you don't have diamonds, you can't do porcelain work."

The most feared person on the battlefield is the kind of person who makes a swollen face and pretends to be fat. He obviously doesn't know what he is doing, but he agrees, and then he is willing to risk the lives of his subordinates.

Dimitri did not do this. He chose to face his own shortcomings and even admitted that the internal affairs troops had "lack of combat experience." This was very rare for the NKVD officer who had always been proud and arrogant.

Although it is indeed difficult for them to be competent... The volunteer soldiers on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea are all veterans of the Anti-Japanese War. They have many years of experience in combat and even guerrilla warfare, so the "cold gun and cold gun" movement is a piece of cake for them.

A plate, sometimes broken into parts, sometimes broken into whole parts, all kinds of things are handy.

However, given the quality of the Soviet infantry on the battlefield of Stalingrad, once it is broken into pieces, the troops may be scattered and the generals and soldiers cannot be found.

"We can do it!" Shulka said.
Chapter completed!