Chapter 860

Germany made targeted changes to the Soviet Union's playing style, which has not yet been heard by Soviet commanders. However, they had no good way to deal with the German air superiority. They had to rely on the city to slow down the German offensive.

Rokosovsky deployed his troops around Stalingrad, and even didn't deploy too many troops in the direction of Don river. He carefully studied the example of German surprise attack on France, and thought that the deployment of defense lines along the river could not completely stop the German attack, so he put all his treasure on Stalingrad, rather than the Don River defense line that might be broken through.

"How is the work of material hoarding going?" In order to stick to Stalingrad, rokosovsky has been deployed for nearly a month. He hoarded materials around Stalingrad as much as possible, so that he could stay in the city for more than a year when the German army surrounded the city.

He divided his troops into several assault forces and then deployed them on the edge of the city. Once the German army broke through the Soviet defense line in any direction and tried to develop in depth, these shock troops would counterattack from the flank of the German army and drive the German army out of the city.

In modern war, it's ammunition, equipment and food. From fighting with the German army all the way from the front line to Stalingrad, rokosovsky naturally knows the influence of these things on the victory or defeat of the war, so he is preparing these materials that will be consumed a lot these days, just waiting for the arrival of the German army.

"Comrade General! The grain reserve is sufficient. Not only in Stalingrad, we have accumulated a large amount of grain. On the other side of Volga River, I am also building a reserve station, in case the grain in Stalingrad is consumed, I will continue to supplement it. " An assistant answered.

Another assistant handed a piece of information to rokosovsky and said, "Comrade General, we will unify the management of the ships on the Volga River. Once the city security war begins, we have the ability to organize the transportation troops to transport across the Volga River and ensure the smooth supply of Stalingrad."

Rokosovsky heard the report from his subordinates and nodded at ease. He knew how much less defense depth it would be for him to give up the Don River defense, but in order to concentrate his forces to defend the places that need to be defended most, he still chose this kind of playing method of killing the enemy eight hundred and losing one thousand, because at present, this is his best choice.

In addition, he also holds a trump card that the German army does not know, that is to support his 30 main far east divisions. This unit was placed on the East Bank of the Volga River by him, and was ready to join the battle as a new force if not. Rokosovsky is eager for these veterans to eventually drive the German army out of Stalingrad and complete the final victory of the Caucasus battle after they join the battle.

It is precisely because of the reinforcement that is bound to come that rokosovsky gives priority to how to deal with the German army when he formulates his tactics. Once the German army was trapped in Stalingrad and could not get away from it, rokosovsky was sure that the German army could lose more than 300000 troops.

In the Don river, the seemingly solid defense line is actually a cover up for rokosovsky. He took the classic example of the German war when building the Zeppelin defense line for reference, and designed a defense line along the Don River to deter the German army from crossing the Don river.

Because of the time constraints, the Soviet army has received a lot of overdue information from the German army before World War II. Although a lot of information has been known for a long time, rokosovsky, a front-line commander, will be shocked by the imagination of the German army.

The more we study the tactics used by the German army, the more we feel that the German army is extremely deceitful at certain times. The German army was good at using the false and the real to interfere with the enemy's judgment. For example, it used several classic short assaults to cut the deep and wide Soviet defense system into several small local battlefields suitable for the German army.

So this time the Soviet army also played a trick, they deployed a small number of defense forces along the Don river, relying on fortifications to prevent the German army from crossing the river. Rokosovsky strengthened part of his troops in the area where it was easy to cross the Don river. He only waited for the German army to attack and then gave the most fierce counterattack. Compared with the previous way of releasing water, the German army was suddenly attacked, and he misjudged the strength of the Don River defense line.

As long as the German army was confused for a few days, he would gain a few more days for Stalingrad. Moreover, he felt that the German army could not cross the Don River quickly. After all, the equipment and courage needed for large-scale crossing of the Don River were not ready in a moment.

So he was confident that within a few days of stopping the German advance in the Don river, he could continue to strengthen the defense system around Stalingrad and turn the city into a huge blockhouse.

"Have the troops been strengthened in all the defense lines that are easy to cross the river?" Rokosovsky asked his subordinates in charge of the Don River defense. A general quickly reported the latest situation to his superiors: "report, comrade general, the defense line has been strengthened, and we have laid mines in most places. When the German troops cross the river, they will be beaten head-on by our army. "

"Very good! Now? We'll have to wait, waiting for the Germans to make a tentative attack on the Don line! " Rokosovsky was very satisfied with his deception tactics and walked out of his office with his hands behind his back.

After all, he has never suffered a loss in the hands of the German army since he stepped on the front line and fought with the German army in the border area between Belarus and Northern Ukraine, and he has taken the initiative to shrink his troops. When he was in the central theater, he escaped from the huge encirclement of the German a group army and ascended to the sky. When he was in the southern theater, he was attacked by German special forces and paratroopers, but he did not hurt his bones. Now the German army is marching into the Caucasus, and he used a move to shrink his forces to resolve the German Blitz. For a Soviet general, there are voroshlov and Khrushchev before, and then Timoshenko, He has the capital to be proud On the West Bank of the Don river, goodrian is looking at the surging river and issuing his attack order. Although he did not know whether the Soviet army was in such a hurry to shrink its forces for the Don River defense line or the Stalingrad defense line behind him, he knew that if the Soviet Army really started a battle with him on the Don River defense line, the situation would be favorable to the German army“ As long as the Soviet army did not put their troops in Stalingrad, they would fight endless street battles with us. So even across the Don river, we have a way to annihilate them in the wild. " Goodrian said to his assistant behind him, "order the troops and start the exploratory attack!" Two German tanks, in a makeshift bunker, point their guns at the opposite bank of the river. German engineers began to set up pontoons on the Bank of the river, several armored engineering vehicles put some equipment on the river, and engineers at the trench began to inflate the rubber raft. Farther away, several German assault boats had been thrown into the Don river by infantry. The soldiers jumped into the boats by stepping on the cold water. The motors began to roar. The assault boats broke through the river, rolled the bow spray and rushed to the opposite bank. The German soldiers on the ship lowered their heads, and there was a machine gun for cover in the bow. Behind them, the comrades on the river bank are laying out mortars and several machine gun cover positions. All of them are watching the situation on the other bank. As soon as there is wind and grass, they will use intensive fire to cover their comrades and build forward positions on the other bank“ Suddenly On the other side of the Soviet position, a machine gun fired a row of bullets. These bullets hit the river beside the assault boat and splashed the water column. The water splashed on the face of the German soldiers on the assault boat. However, behind these German troops, the weapons supporting them immediately roared, two German machine guns fired madly, and the tracer bullets flew to the Soviet position in a straight line. The firepower of both sides gradually escalated, and a shell fell into the water of the Don river. Although it was a little far away from the German assault boat, goodrian, who was still standing on the Bank of the river to watch the battle, frowned. He felt that the other side seemed to want to stop the advance of the German army, but he didn't know why, it was a big difference from the firepower density of the Don River defense that he expected“ This is not the firepower that a division should have. When we were in France, the firepower of the other side was at least three times that. " Goodrian said to his deputy in disappointment: "it seems that we have to inform tricheller to prepare him for a tough street fight."“ General, there is nothing we can do about it. The enemy is more difficult than we thought. According to the news from general Manstein, the Soviet army is also using urban street fighting to block. The fighting is very hard. " The Deputy behind him looked at the fire coming from the other side and said. Just as he said these words, an assault boat was sunk, and all the German troops on it were destroyed. Goodrian also saw this scene, he packed his telescope, then turned away from the river bank, went to his armored command vehicle: "start shelling, cover crossing the river! The Soviets have not invested any decent troops in the Don river. Don't waste your time here! Directly break through this line of defense and press on Stalingrad! "“ Yes! general! Break through the Don line! Go to Stalingrad The assistant stood at attention and answered. Then he went to the armored command vehicle and called several division commanders at the front line: "the command of the group army orders to break through the Don River defense line within 2 hours! The general attack begins