Shulka's purpose in doing this is very simple, in fact, it is to turn the tiger away from the mountain.

The Luftwaffe has always been superior in quality over quantity, while the Soviet Air Force is superior in quantity.

Under these circumstances, if it had been clear from the outset that they wanted to attack Feodosia, it would have been almost impossible for the Soviet Air Force to fly over Feodosia and carry out effective bombing if the Germans wanted to.

However, if Kerch had succeeded in organizing a counteroffensive, and it had been a counteroffensive with the support of the air force, it would certainly have attracted the attention of the Luftwaffe.

Needless to say, the Luftwaffe would throw a limited number of fighters into the direction of Kerch to resist the Soviet counteroffensive.

Then the air defense over Feodosia will be exposed.

"Maybe you're right on this, Captain!" Major General Vladimir looked at the map and said: "If we do this, it is indeed possible to successfully bomb Feodosia and render the shore defense guns scattered on the beach ineffective!" ”

Ironically, these coastal defense guns were actually Soviet ones, and they were captured by the Germans and became a threat to the Soviet Navy.

However, precisely because they belonged to the Soviet army, the Soviet army was well aware of their location and distribution.

"But you don't know the difficulties and dangers of amphibious landing operations, Comrade Captain!" As he spoke, Major General Vladimir looked at Mehris, who was pretending to read the newspaper on the other side, and he was obviously a little worried that what he said would be heard by the "king of small reports".

"You don't know anything about it!" Major General Vladimir lowered his voice and continued: "So, if you are as smart as they say, you should cancel this stupid plan right away, it will get nothing but me and my soldiers freezing to death on the beach!" ”

"Tell me what's the difficulty?"

"What?"

"I want to know those difficulties!" Shulka said: "Then we will be able to solve those difficulties, do you say, Comrade General?" ”

Major General Vladimir couldn't help but laugh: "You think you can solve those difficulties? No, Captain, no one can solve these difficulties, at least for now! ”

Major General Vladimir is telling the truth, the amphibious landing battle should be said to be a good fight by the US military, but that is also because they have accumulated experience again and again in the Pacific theater, and the Pacific War has just broken out at this time...... That is to say, looking at the whole world, there is not much experience in amphibious landing operations.

"Maybe I can!" Shulka replied without changing color.

There was a disdainful smile on the face of Major General Vladimir, who clearly thought that Shulka was too conceited.

"The problem of shore defense artillery can be regarded as solved!" Major General Vladimir said: "But what about the question of air supremacy? Without air supremacy, our transport ships and warships were the target of German fighters and bombers...... We may be able to deceive the Germans for a while, that is, the time of the bombing of Feodosia. But by the time the Germans react, their air force will soon point the finger at our warships, what do you think we should do? With anti-aircraft guns? Or send all the fighters to fight them for air supremacy? ”

"We don't need to worry about that!" Shulka replied: "Because we landed at night!" ”

"What?"

"You know, General! It is difficult for fighters to function at night, especially on the sea! ”

Rear Admiral Vladimir, who is the commander of the Navy, of course, knows this, the sea level is pitch black at night, and the sky is also pitch black, which makes the pilots unable to distinguish where the sea is and where is the sky, so they often fall headlong into the sea only to think that they are throwing themselves into the arms of the sky.

In contrast, flying on land or even barely fighting is much safer, and fighting at night at sea is killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of yourself.

"But we can't bomb Feodosia at night either, can we?" Major General Vladimir asked.

"Of course!" Shulka replied: "But we can choose to bomb before dark in the evening, and then the fleet will approach Feodosia and carry out a second round of bombardment with naval guns, even if the Germans react......"

"It was dark then, too?"

"Yes!" Shulka nodded: "So the Germans can only withstand our shells in the dark, and they may hope for revenge after dawn, but ...... The dark nights of winter in Crimea are so long that they may never wait for dawn! ”

Major General Vladimir again threw a surprised look at Shulka, who found it seemed that everything on the battlefield was in the hands of this captain.

"If it's a landing at night!" Rear Admiral Vladimir continued: "Then new difficulties will be raised, low visibility will increase, and this will increase the danger of preparing landing craft!" ”

"I suppose that's not going to bother you, is it?"

Major General Vladimir was silent, then nodded: "We need a few days to practice it, I mean landing at night!" ”

"Two days!" "We have only two days at most, and on the evening of the third day we will attack on time, because the follow-up troops of the Germans may arrive at that time, and then it will be even more difficult for us to attack Feodosia!" ”

"No problem!" "But more importantly, it's the climate, captain, I think you know that too!" said Major General Vladimir. ”

Shulka nodded, this is the trickiest one.

"We can only hope that the weather will get better!" "If the wind and waves had weakened, we would have been able to shorten the time the soldiers were frostbitten as much as possible," Shulka said. ”

"Even so!" Major General Vladimir shook his head and said: "I mean, even if the wind is calm, frostbite is still unavoidable!" Because our assault boats and landing craft could not go ashore, they could even run aground in the shallows, which meant that the soldiers had to jump into the water and wade ashore...... No one can survive in that situation, Captain, no one! They don't even need the enemy to waste bullets shooting at them, just wait ten minutes and they will freeze! ”

This is indeed a big problem.

So it is normal for it to be considered a "stupid plan", and if there is any chance of success, it is that the indomitable determination of the soldiers to rush into the enemy's trenches and consume the enemy's living force before they are frozen.

After the enemy was exhausted, it was possible for the follow-up Soviet troops to calmly land without letting the sea water soak their feet.

Mekhlis would not have cared about this, but Shulka and Major General Vladimir could not avoid it.

However, Shulka thought about it and drove the boat ashore?

Why not?