Chapter 582: opponent

Chapter 582 Opponent

"You must have read it wrong!" The adjutant looked at the map, and then responded to Detrich: "It is impossible for them to ship in that direction..."

"No, Colonel!" Detrich replied: "I'm not mistaken, but... I do suspect that I am wrong, their boats can go from the river to the land!"

"What? What did you say? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, Colonel!" Detrich replied: "They did drive the boat to land, I don't know if it was a boat or a car!"

"Take a picture, and bring it back!" the adjutant ordered.

"Yes, Colonel!"

But before the words fell, the adjutant heard Detrich on the other end of the walker curse: "Damn, I was shot, the engine was on fire, I can't control the plane..."

Then the call was interrupted by a noise.

The adjutant froze for a moment, then immediately took off his earphones and rushed to the headquarters.

"You are right, General!" The adjutant reported to Paulus: "We have detected the enemy's new supply line!"

Paulus, who was drinking coffee, stopped what he was doing, and asked calmly, "Sandbar?"

"Yes, General!"

"How did they do it?"

"I don't know, General!" The adjutant replied: "It should be an amphibious boat, so..."

Paulus cast a shocked look at the adjutant, he could no longer keep his composure, threw the coffee cup aside, and lay down in front of the map on the table.

After a while, Paulus shook his head and sighed, saying: "We are all fooled, Gotze!"

"That is to say, it is indeed an amphibious boat?"

"Of course!" Paulus replied, "Do you still remember the amphibious landing craft they used in the Crimean landing operations?"

"Of course, but that kind of ship can't even steer!"

Paulus did not answer.

Then the adjutant himself understood that it is not difficult to control the direction at all, so of course the Russians will have a kind of ship that can be used amphibiously.

"Use this kind of ship!" Paulus said. "Their supply lines will be multiplied in width, that is to say... the narrow blockable transport lanes no longer exist, the sandbars will not be an obstacle, and any point can be Their shipping lines!"

The adjutant froze for a moment, and then said: "I'll send someone to investigate further!"

Paulus acquiesced to the adjutant's actions, and he also hoped that this was not true, but it may not be the case.

Intelligence feedback quickly confirmed this, and Paulus found that there was not only one supply line like this, but one each in the south and north.

"What should we do, General!" The adjutant panicked: "We thought we had blocked their transportation line, but this is the enemy's trap!"

"General!" At this time, a signal soldier reported: "The 219th Artillery Regiment is suppressed by the enemy!"

The 219th Artillery Regiment is the artillery unit deployed by the German army in the Mamayev Gang area to block the transportation line on the river.

Paulus remained silent with a sullen face, as if he knew that there would be this result.

The previous shortage of supplies for the Russian army was disguised. That is to say, the Russian army has always been able to suppress the 219th Artillery Regiment at least for a short time.

The reason why the Russian army did not do this was just to let the German army consume ammunition meaninglessly.

Now, since the German army has discovered this, there is no need for the Russian army to hide it anymore.

It is true.

That night, Shulka was sleeping in bed... Since the amphibious transport ship delivered supplies to improve it, Shulka was finally able to sleep well.

The sleeping place is the basement, or the sewer to be precise.

The 82nd Infantry Regiment is located close to the front line, and all available basements are used as storage rooms, storage rooms and other spaces.

This is important for front-line troops, because otherwise their strength and supplies will be quickly depleted by exposure to enemy fire and aircraft.

Especially during the day, troops and supplies must have a place to hide from the bombing.

Compared with the basement in the building, the sewer may be safer.

The problem is that the sewer exits are small and few, which is inconvenient for troops to deploy, so it is not suitable for front-line combat troops.

It's just right for the headquarters to be moved to the basement.

Due to the small space, the guards cut through and widened the side wall of the pipe, and even made a few ventilation holes. The group finger settled in the ground like this.

Except for the foul-smelling mud and gas inside due to long-term soaking in industrial wastewater, everything else is fine. Even the bursts of gunshots and gunfire on the ground are much weaker, as if hiding in another The world, away from all the war and killing...

But this is actually impossible. With the constant calls of the phone and the beeping of the radio, the situation of the combat on the ground will be transmitted here immediately, and then the commanders will issue new orders to change the deployment.

While Shulka was drowsy, Andrianka stooped to him and shook Shulka awake.

"They found it!" said Andrianka.

"What?" Shulka was a little confused and didn't know what he meant.

"Our supply line!" Andrianka explained: "The enemy sent several reconnaissance planes, we shot down three of them, the others...we don't know if we observed anything before leaving!"

Shulka sat up in bed.

Deceived the Germans only two nights before and after.

But this seems to be expected... The Germans have air superiority, especially now that they still have a certain night combat capability, and the Soviet fighters are basically unable to dispatch at night.

Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for more than 200 amphibious transport ships on two transportation lines to deceive the German army for a long time.

After thinking for a while, Shulka said: "Suppress the enemy artillery on Mamayev Post immediately, and start port transportation at the same time!"

The so-called "beginning" refers to the beginning of real transportation.

This is done in two ways:

First of all, the suppression of the German artillery on Mamayev Post can break the dilemma of the German artillery blocking the river transportation line, so the river transportation can of course be turned from fake to real.

Secondly, if the river transport is still fake, but the German army has switched the main force of the air force to blockade amphibious landing ships, then the river transport supply line is a waste.

Doing this now will make it impossible for the German army to take care of both ends. If the transportation line on the river is blocked, the amphibious landing ship cannot be blocked.

Or it can also be said that if the German army hopes to capture both sides, a considerable number of transport ships will inevitably slip through their loose blockade with supplies.

Paulus also thought of these questions at the same time.

So, when he got the information, he silently said to the adjutant: "We have met an opponent! Although I don't know who he is, I can be sure that he is a difficult guy to deal with!"

(end of this chapter)