Chapter 68: Tukhachevsky
"Maybe you're right!" Major Gavrilov said: "But you can't say it, understand? No one can say! ”
"Why?" Shulka asked.
"You know why!" Major Gavrilov replied.
Then he looked around and left, adding before leaving: "Forget this, don't say anything!" ”
"Yes, Major!" Shulka replied.
But the answer was this, and Shulka finally couldn't hold back.
While squatting next to the car to eat, Shulka looked at the tanks located between the bunkers more than a hundred meters away, pretended to be careless and whispered to the actors: "Okunev, I wonder why they don't use the tanks together!" ”
The actor was stunned, stopped biting on the bread, and then replied: "It seems that you haven't recovered yet, Shulka, I thought you were normal!" ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" Shulka said.
"Okay!" The actor replied: "Because Tukhachevsky wanted to do this, Shulka, remember him?" ”
Shulka couldn't help but let out an "oh".
Of course, he knew Tukhachevsky, one of the first five marshals of the Soviet Union, a very talented military strategist, known as the "Napoleon of the Soviet Army".
His contributions, such as proposing the formation of mechanized troops, air forces, airborne troops, etc., as well as proposing the development of T34 tanks, military jet engines, etc.
But what impressed Shulka the most was that Tukhachevsky proposed a military theory that tanks should be used intensively and that they should be coordinated by the Air Force, Infantry, Airborne Forces, and other arms...... These theories were later proven to be completely correct in the German army.
Shulka believed that if the Soviet army had been formed according to Tukhachevsky's ideas, it would not have been the Germans but the Soviet army that had been galloping across the globe.
Here's the problem...... Heydrich, then the head of the German "security police", used a counter-trick at this time, he disguised a series of evidence of Tukhachevsky's "treason" and deliberately leaked it to the Soviet Union.
Needless to say, Tukhachevsky, along with seven generals, was arrested and executed on charges of "treason". (Note: Rehabilitated in 1956)
Therefore, of course, the military theory put forward by the traitor Tukhachevsky cannot be used, because it is "a theory with ulterior motives to try to subvert the Soviet army."
So Shulka, of course, can't revisit this theory.
"Fuck it!" Shulka couldn't help but curse, at this point he felt as if he was fighting the Germans hand and foot, and the person who tied him was none other than the Soviets.
"Is there any problem, Comrade Sergeant?" A pair of boots appeared in front of Shulka.
Shulka looked up and saw that it was Olga, the deputy instructor.
"No, there's no problem, Comrade Deputy Instructor!" Shulka stood up.
"Good!" Olga nodded: "If there is any situation or idea, I hope you can report it to me in time, understand?" ”
"Yes, Comrade Deputy Instructor!" Shulka replied jerkily.
How did he feel that he and the deputy instructor were not allies on the same front, but enemies who were intrigued and witful.
Despite Major Gavrilov's repeated admonitions, Shulka could not resist bringing it up in front of Admiral Kirponos.
"If you have anything to say, just say it, Comrade Sergeant!" Admiral Kirponos ignored Major Gavrilov's round, for Shulka had succeeded in piquing his curiosity.
"That's right, Comrade General!" Shulka thought for a moment and said, "I think that the bunkers and the 'wooden house camouflage' tactic are enough for us to withstand the German attack, so ...... Is it still necessary for us to place our tanks in bunkers and make them bombing targets for the Germans? ”
Admiral Kirponos nodded in agreement, and the deployment of tanks in the defensive ring did add to the smell.
What's more, at this time, the focus was no longer on the defense of the front, but on the outflanking of the enemy's central army group in the rear.
"So, you think we should withdraw the tanks?" Admiral Kirponos asked.
"Yes!" Shulka replied.
"And then what are you going to do with these tanks?" Admiral Kirponos asked.
Shulka hesitated, then replied: "I think they should be gathered together into a single force, Comrade General!" An independent force! ”
Admiral Kirponos was stunned for a moment, and then understood the reason why Major Gavrilov was trying to stop Shulka.
Major Gavrilov sighed, looking helpless.
Admiral Kirponos looked at Major Gavrilov and then at Shulka, and was silent for a long time before asking Shulka: "Do you have any plans?" Withdraw them not to hide in bunkers as toys or to watch! ”
"Of course, Comrade General!" Shulka replied.
Admiral Kirponos was a smart man, and he could not have withdrawn the tanks in order to protect them and at the risk of "making a mistake" by pooling them together to form a force.
Shulka knew this, so of course he had a plan in place as well.
Admiral Kirponos looked around, winced, and led Major Gavrilov and Shulka to a small room next to it.
It was Admiral Kilponos's lounge, and it was simply furnished, with nothing but a bed, a table, and a lamp on it.
Of course, this is only a superficial appearance.
Admiral Kirponos opened the drawer, took out a bottle of vodka from the drawer, raised it, and said: "I hide here once in a while and drink a few sips!" ”
Major Gavrilov laughed.
This time, they didn't even want a wine glass, and Admiral Kirponos took the bottle and took a few sips before handing it to Major Gavrilov.
"Say, Comrade Sergeant!" Admiral Kirponos said to Shulka: "Here you can speak freely, if Major Gavrilov does not tell the truth!" ”
Major Gavrilov, who was holding a bottle of cow drink, almost choked on a mouthful.
"I need a map, Comrade General!" Shulka said.
Of course, maps were indispensable in the lounge, and Admiral Kirponos casually took one out of a drawer and spread it out on the table.
Shulka pointed to the map and said: "The Kyiv defense line is more than fifty kilometers away from Kyiv, and the Germans will keep pushing the front line to the Dnieper River and outside the Kyiv line, so that a salient will be formed outside the Kyiv line!" ”
"What's the use of this protrusion?" Admiral Kirponos asked.
"If we organize an armored force!" As he spoke, Shulka drew an arc on the map from the protrusion to the south......
Admiral Kirponos and Major Gavrilov were stunned.