"You must be mistaken!" The adjutant looked at the map, and then responded to Detrich: "It is impossible for them to transport ...... by boat in that direction"

"No, Colonel!" Detrich replied: "I read that right, but ...... I do suspect I'm mistaken, their boat can be driven 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 De Trich on the other end of the line scolding: "Damn, I was shot, the engine was on fire, I can't control the plane......"

Then the call was interrupted by a murmur.

The adjutant was stunned, then immediately took off his headphones and rushed to the command.

"You're right, General!" The adjutant reported to Paulus: "We have detected a new supply line for the enemy!" ”

Paulus, who was drinking coffee, stopped what he was doing, and then pretended to be calm and asked, "Sandbar?" ”

"Yes, General!"

"How did they do it?"

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

Paulus threw a shocked look at the adjutant, who could no longer keep his composure, tossed his coffee cup to the side, and slumped down in front of the map on the table.

After a long while, Paulus shook his head and sighed, and said, "We are all fooled, Götze!" ”

"In other words, it's really an amphibious ship?"

"Of course!" Paulus replied: "Remember the amphibious landing boats they used during the Crimean landing operation? ”

"Of course, but that kind of ship can't even control the direction!"

Paulus did not answer.

And then the adjutant himself understood that it was not at all difficult to control the direction, so the Russians, of course, would have a kind of ship capable of amphibious.

"Use this kind of ship!" Paulus said: "The width of their supply lines will increase exponentially, that is...... Narrow blockable transport lanes are no longer there, sandbars will not be an obstacle, any point can be their transport line! ”

The adjutant was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'll send someone to reconnoiter further immediately!" ”

Paulus acquiesced to the adjutant's approach, hoping that it was not true, but he was afraid that it was not.

Intelligence feedback soon confirmed this, and Paulus discovered that there was not just one supply line like this, but one in the north and one in the south.

"What are we going to do, General!" The adjutant was a little flustered: "We thought we had choked their transport line, but this is a trap for the enemy!" ”

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

The 219th Artillery Regiment was an artillery unit deployed by the Germans in the vicinity of Mamayev Hill to block the river transportation line.

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

The previous state of supply shortage of the Russian army was camouflaged, that is, the Russian army has always had the ability 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 make it senseless for the Germans to consume ammunition.

Now, now that the Germans have discovered this, there is no need for the Russian army to hide and tease.

And that's exactly what happened.

Shulka was sleeping in bed that night...... Since the amphibious transport ship was able to carry supplies to improve it, Shulka was finally able to get a good night's sleep.

The sleeping place is the basement, the sewer to be exact.

The 82nd Infantry Regiment was located close to the front line, and all available basements were used as hiding holes, storage rooms, and other spaces.

This was important for the front-line troops, because without this, their forces and supplies would soon be lost due to exposure to enemy fire and aircraft.

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

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

The problem is that the sewer exits are small and scarce, which is inconvenient for the deployment of troops, so they are not suitable for front-line combat units.

It was fitting that the headquarters moved to the basement.

Due to the lack of space, the guards chiseled through and widened the side walls of the pipes, and even made a few ventilation holes, and the regimental fingers settled underground.

Except for the foul-smelling mud and gases emitted by the long-term immersion of industrial wastewater, everything else is not bad, even the bursts of gunfire and artillery on the ground are much weaker, as if hiding in another world, away from all the war and killing......

But this is actually impossible, the telephone is constantly calling, the radio is ticking, the situation of the ground battle will be transmitted here as soon as possible, and then the commanders will issue new orders to change the deployment.

Just as Shulka was in a daze, Andrianka walked up to him and shook Shulka awake.

"They found out!" Andrianca said.

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

"Our supply lines!" "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 from the bed.

The Germans were deceived only for two nights.

But this seems to be expected...... The Germans had air superiority, especially now that they still had a certain ability to fight at night, while Soviet fighters were basically unable to make sorties at night.

Under these conditions, it was basically impossible for more than two hundred amphibious transport ships on two transport lines to deceive the Germans for a long time.

After thinking about it, Shulka said: "Immediately suppress the enemy artillery at Mamayev Height, and at the same time start port transportation!" ”

By "starting", we mean starting to actually transport.

This is done in two ways:

First of all, the suppression of the German artillery at Mamayev Hill could break the dilemma of the German artillery blocking the river transportation line, so that the river transportation could of course turn from false to real.

Secondly, if river transport is still fake, and the Germans switch the main forces of the air force to the blockade of amphibious landing ships, then river transport supply lines are wasteful.

To do so now is to make it impossible for the German army to take care of both the end of the war, and to block the river transport line, it will not be able to block the amphibious landing ship.

Or, if the Germans wished to capture both sides, a considerable number of transport ships with supplies would inevitably slip through their modest blockade.

Paulus thought about these questions at the same time.

Therefore, when he got the information, he silently said to the adjutant: "We have met an opponent!" I don't know who he is, but I'm sure he's a tough guy to deal with! ”