Chapter 620: train

Chapter 620 Train

This is indeed a very difficult problem, and Shulka also feels helpless.

Even Shulka found that the battle of the granary seemed irrelevant... The Germans captured the railway bridge, which was downstream of the granary, which means that the German supply and reinforcements did not need to pass through the granary.

The reason why the German army robbed the granary was just to make the logistics more convenient and sufficient.

What can I do now?

The German army seized the important place of the railway bridge, and it will definitely be a treasure and will deploy strict defenses around it to ensure its safety.

Looking at the defense map of the enemy and our troops on the desktop, it is indeed the case. The German army has deployed a large number of tanks and defense lines at the head of the railway bridge, as well as roadblocks and firepower points.

This is another reason why the German offensive is not fast. They want to ensure the safety of the railway bridge, and then use the railway bridge as a starting point to attack outwards.

While Shulka was contemplating, the phone at the headquarters rang.

Batrakov answered the phone and responded a few times:

"Yes, Comrade Golikov, Comrade Shulka is with me!"

"OK!"

As he spoke, Batrakov handed the phone to Shulka, and whispered, "It's Comrade Golikov!"

As soon as Shulka answered the phone, he heard Golikov on the other end say anxiously: "Shulka, I didn't expect them to be so stupid that they handed over the railway bridge to the enemy!"

Shuerka didn't answer, but pretended to be nonchalant.

In fact, Golikov's words are inappropriate on the battlefield, although what he said is true, it is really stupid to hand over such an important place as the railway bridge to the enemy.

However, as a commander, Golikov should either dismiss Batrakov, or stop saying something that would damage Batrakov's confidence and morale, because it would make Batrakov even more upset and unable to face The current chaos.

Because Shulka concealed it well, Batrakov didn't find anything.

"If the railway bridge had not fallen into the hands of the enemy!" Golikov said: "The situation at the No. Change... these bastards, I really want to shoot them myself!"

Shulka knew who Golikov was referring to by "bastard", Major General Batrakov.

But Shulka also knew that it was just angry words.

Now that Stalingrad is employing people, the 10th Division of the NKVD is still able to stabilize the situation. At this tense moment, especially at a critical moment, if the commander is shot or dismissed, it may lead to Troops collapsed because of command problems or morale problems.

So, even if it is to settle accounts, it is the moment when the NKVD 10th Division completely collapses.

Otherwise, Golikov would not dare to act rashly for public or private purposes.

Batrakov may also understand this, which is one of the reasons for his change of attitude towards Shulka...Major General Batrakov has actually lost confidence in himself, and he doesn't know how to clean up this mess.

That is to say, the development according to the current situation is the result of the collapse of the NKVD 10th Division and Batrakov being held accountable.

In desperation, Batrakov could only pin his hopes on Shulka, hoping that he could perform miracles again.

"We can't lose the residential area!" Golikov continued: "Losing the residential area means that we can only fight alone, and the transportation line will be completely blocked!"

Golikov is not alarmist.

First of all, the No. 1 and No. 2 train stations are located in residential areas. They are both important transportation hubs within Stalingrad. There is also a port next to the No. 1 train station, which is the main unloading area for large transport ships from the east bank.

Losing residential areas means losing all of this.

Followed by the workers, civilians, and army in the residential area, it is likely that they will all be compressed to the northern factory area. As a result of the dense force, the casualties under the bombing will increase exponentially.

More importantly, the German army only needs to set up a few cannons to completely block all supply lines on the Volga River...

The three supply methods of Stalingrad, that is, river transportation, amphibious landing ship, and pontoon bridge, are feasible because the residential area plus the factory area is 50 kilometers long.

The German army occupied 50 kilometers on both sides, and the longest range of its standard artillery was only about 10 kilometers, so it could only blockade the 10 kilometers at each end, and the Soviet army still had 30 kilometers of river banks to operate.

But if the German army occupies the residential area, the German army will fight all the way to Mamayev Gang, and the river bank controlled by the Soviet army will drop sharply to about 25 kilometers.

At that time, the German army will fire one artillery piece on both sides, and the two wings will block 10 kilometers on each side, which means that the Soviet army will only have 5 kilometers of operating space, which is almost equivalent to nothing.

What pontoon bridges, amphibious landing ships, these supply methods are only effective against the enemy's air blockade.

But for the artillery fire of the German army, it is a matter of a few shells, cheap, accurate, large-scale, and long-term blockade.

It is conceivable that if it reaches this level, even Shuerka will be powerless.

"Do you have any way?" Golikov asked: "It is related to the fate of Stalingrad, take it back, or blow it up!"

"I'm thinking about this issue with Comrade Batrakov, Comrade Golikov!" Shulka said, glanced at Batrakov who was sitting upright beside him, and said, "Please trust us, we will do everything Work hard to get back the railroad bridge, whatever it takes!"

Batrakov couldn't help but glanced at Shulka gratefully.

At this moment, Batrakov desperately needs others to say a few good words for him.

"Very good!" Golikov replied: "If you need anything, please contact me! We will do our best to cooperate with you!"

After finishing speaking, Golikov hung up the phone.

"Comrade Shulka!" Batrakov said with gratitude in his eyes, "You could have separated yourself from these troubles..."

"Don't be funny, Comrade Batrakov!" Shulka laughed: "Get rid of the relationship? No one in Stalingrad can get rid of the relationship!"

Batrakov nodded.

What Shulka said is that if the relationship is separated, it means that everyone will end with Stalingrad.

So, even if it is cleared up, so what? After all, death is inevitable.

"Comrade General!" A staff officer reported nervously on the phone: "We found that the Germans are mobilizing trains south of the Tsaritsa River!"

"Train?" Batrakov couldn't help being stunned when he heard this: "They want to use the train to transport supplies and reinforcements across the river through the railway bridge!"

(end of this chapter)