USSR 1941

  Chapter 818 key

   But no matter what, with the attack of the Don Army and the roar of the Dora cannon, the morale of the German Sixth Army trapped in Stalingrad was stabilized.

  So the Soviet 51st Army Command was in trouble again.

   "We have received intelligence that most Germans believe that they should continue to resist!" Zolotarev said: "Because they believe that the Don Army will at least open a gap in the encirclement to help them escape!"

  If there is hope of escape, German soldiers will certainly not choose to surrender, so even if there is an amnesty order, it will not help.

   Or it can also be said that the appeal of the amnesty to German soldiers will be greatly reduced.

   Trufanov said unwillingly: "They should know that the Don Army is in trouble. If they don't know, we can continue to propagate! I mean tell them with a bill!"

"No, they don't know!" Zolotarev replied: "This time, the Germans have already launched a propaganda war one step ahead. They told the soldiers that because the Don Army has the Dora cannon, it is making rapid progress. They only need a few You can break through the Soviet defenses and reach Karachi in a matter of days!"

After a pause, Zolotarev took another telegram and continued: "They even vaccinated the soldiers. Paulus told the troops: 'Yes, we can imagine what the Russians will say, they Leaflets will be thrown from the sky tonight, telling us that the Don Army is making slow progress and we won't make it to the day when we can break out of the siege, or should we make a bet?!'”

   Although this method is not clever, at least from the perspective of the Soviet army, it is indeed preconceived and makes the Soviet army's subsequent propaganda passive.

  If the Soviet Army did not issue leaflets saying that the Don Army is making slow progress, it will prove that Paulus is right, and the Don Army is indeed making rapid progress.

  If the Soviet army distributed leaflets saying so, it would have been guessed by Paulus. If Paulus could have guessed it in advance, then what the Soviet army said was of course a lie.

  So no matter what the Soviet army did, it was wrong, and even if it was publicized, it would not have any good results.

"If this continues..." Zolotarev said with some concern: "Although we can continue to receive the enemy's surrender during these six days, it is foreseeable that the large-scale surrender of the enemy that we hope to see will not occur. .”

   "They'll find out they've been duped!" Trufanov said.

   "Yes, they will indeed find themselves cheated!" Zolotarev replied: "But that may be 6 days later, what can we do? Issue another amnesty?"

  The preciousness of the amnesty decree is that it "passes this village and there will be no shop", and it is precisely because of this that it has a threatening effect similar to "counting down seconds" on German soldiers.

  But if "there is this store after this village", that is, if the effect of one amnesty is not good and then another amnesty is issued, it will not only fail to achieve the expected effect, but may also become a joke.

  The Germans would dismiss it and say, "Look, the Russians have issued an 'amnesty' again, let's wait for another time!"

   Then Trufanov gave a suggestion: "We know the exact location of the enemy's cannon!"

Speaking of which, Trufanov pointed out a location on the map and said: "In a village in the southwest of Milovey, they drove away all the people in this village, so that the location of the cannon can be kept unknown. At the same time, the Germans lived in houses and spread the canvas to hide the cannons so that we could not detect them from the air. Also they built a railway into the village so that the parts and shells of the cannons could be transported directly Into the village!"

  The Germans did it very secretly, but the position of the cannon was exposed as soon as it fired, especially the cannon could not move at will, because it even needed two rails on the left and right as its own support.

   "You mean we blow up the cannon?" Zolotarev asked.

"Blow up, or raid the village!" Trufanov said. "Air force, artillery, partisans, or whatever. I mean, the big guns are already the key, aren't they?" ?The enemy thinks the cannon will save them and we destroy it, so they know they're doomed!"

  So Trufanov and Zolotarev set their sights on Shulka.

   It should be said that what Trufanov said is still reasonable, the cannon has indeed become the key to this battle.

  The Don Army relied on it as the backbone to attack Karachi. Wherever the German army wanted to break through, they aimed the muzzles of the cannons, and then a "boom" could always blow up a "no man's land" somewhere.

  At the same time, the giant artillery has also become the pillar of the German 6th Army, to be precise, the spiritual pillar... In this case, the Don Army needs a miracle to save the 6th Army, and the giant artillery is that miracle.

  Thus, Trufanov's plan is to "beat the snake and hit the seven inches".

but…

Shulka shook his head and said: "Air force, artillery, or guerrillas... Of course Manstein knew that the cannon is the key, so he must be prepared. If nothing happens, he will definitely be around the cannon Deploy fighter planes to patrol, and set up defense lines around the village. If you want to destroy it, I'm afraid you can directly encircle and annihilate the enemy's 6th Army!"

  Trufanov and Zolotarev couldn't help but nodded silently when they heard the words.

  Although they didn't want to admit it, it was a fact that the enemy would not expose their "seven inches" to the Soviet army so easily.

  This can be seen from the fact that the Germans took over an entire village and turned it into a cannon base... There are many buildings in the village, and the buildings can be a hiding place for cannons.

It is conceivable that the Germans must have set up sails everywhere as "false targets", and there may even be a few thick barrels, so that if the Soviet Air Force flies to the target area after all the hardships, it will not be clear Which is the real target.

   As for the use of artillery and guerrillas, it is even more difficult.

  It was just a village, and the Germans could completely surround it and not allow any strange faces to enter or even approach.

  So, Trufanov's plan can only stay on the plan, as long as you do some reconnaissance work, you will find that it will not work at all.

   When several people were frowning, Shulka said: "Although the key of the cannon cannot be broken through, why don't we try another key?"

   "Another key?" Trufanov asked suspiciously, "The enemy still has a cannon?"

   "No!" Shulka replied: "I'm talking about Paulus, Paulus, commander of the 6th Army!"

  (end of this chapter)