The 82nd Infantry Regiment did not take advantage of the victory in pursuit.

In fact, it was impossible to take advantage of the victory to pursue, because the German army was ready at the foot of the mountain and built a complete defensive line...... It was a line of defense based on assault guns and tanks, and there were even trenches between tanks and barbed wire.

The Germans did not dare to lay mines on this line because many of the defeated German soldiers fled back to this line from the Mamayev Posts, and in this case, the mines not only did not work, but could even injure their own people by mistake.

However, even then it was difficult for the Soviet troops to break through such a line of defense.

Or is there no need to break through this line of defense...... Breaking through it would inevitably result in heavy casualties, and by the time dawn the next day, the Soviets would not only retreat, but also spit out the positive slope.

"Facing us diagonally, there is no danger to defend!" Shulka said to the others: "We have tried, and it is difficult to hold it even with heavy casualties, but the anticline is not!" ”

Shulka said this from the headquarters of the 39th Guards Infantry Regiment to Pavelkov and a group of officers.

Shulka didn't really want to do that, because it was a bit of a jealousy...... That's the Guards Infantry Regiment, and you still need a unit like the 82nd Infantry Regiment to impart experience? It's a bit of a self-respecting feeling, and Shulka understands that.

But Pavelkov repeatedly asked, talked on the phone several times, and after Shulka politely refused, he personally rushed to the Mamayev post to invite.

"Comrade Pavelkov!" Shulka said helplessly: "Actually, you were involved in the whole battle, so I don't think I need to say more......"

"Although you are right, Comrade Shulka!" Pavelkov replied: "But this is the battlefield, and many problems we just know that you do it but we don't know why you do it, and I don't think that this will win the battle!" ”

Pavelkov's words made Shulka look at him a little differently.

Indeed, as Pavelkov said, it is taboo on the battlefield to "know what it is but not why it is."

The result of not knowing how to pretend to understand is that a simple change in the enemy's tactics can bring completely different results, so it is necessary to dig deep and understand thoroughly.

"I'm sorry for my attitude towards you guys!" Then Pavelkov handed Shulka a cigarette: "One thing, I don't think you know yet, I have removed Lermontov from his post!" ”

"Lieutenant Lermontov?" Shulka was stunned for a moment and said: "You don't need to do this, Comrade Colonel, I won't mind this!" ”

Shulka is telling the truth.

There is a saying that "the return of the five mountains does not look at the mountain, and the return of Huashan does not look at the mountain".

The same is true of human energy......

If a person has a small life circle and has never seen a big scene, he is likely to be confined to a space and worry about trivial things all day long.

On the contrary, it is easy for people who have seen the world to jump out of this circle and stand on another level to look down on these problems.

In the case of Shulka, this is the latter.

If it had been before, Shulka believed that he would have held a grudge against Lieutenant Lermontov's contempt for the 82nd Infantry Regiment and some of the troubles it had caused...... These troubles almost wiped out the 82nd Infantry Regiment because of the defense of the positive slope.

However, after experiencing one battle after another, I have seen many big scenes of life and death, and then I have turned back to face some small contradictions between such troops...... That's not a problem.

But Pavelkov shook his head.

"You misunderstood, Comrade Shulka!" Pavelkov said: "I didn't remove him because of you!" I did this because I realized that if an officer like him was left on his post and continued to command the battle, he would probably kill more soldiers in the future...... Moreover, I can't even accuse him of anything! ”

Shulka understands this.

This is indeed the case, because Lieutenant Lermontov is indeed heroic on the battlefield, but he is brave and unscrupulous, and then he will stand on the commanding heights with his so-called "bravery" and teach others that everyone else who does not fight like him is a "coward".

There is nothing wrong with such a person as a soldier, and even such a soldier is needed, but by no means as a commander.

After hesitating, Colonel Pavelkov said with some embarrassment: "Perhaps, I should also leave the command post like him!" ”

"No, Comrade Pavelkov!" Shulka said: "You have such an understanding, I think you should stay in the command post, it may save a lot of soldiers' lives!" ”

"That's what I'm for, Comrade Shulka!" Pavelkov said: "It is possible to win the battle and at the same time reduce casualties...... That's why I need you to teach us a lesson, for all of us! ”

So Shulka no longer had a reason to refuse.

"But we're just as hard to hold on to the anticline!" A staff officer replied: "I know that we can deploy snipers, grenades, barbed wire, mines, etc., and we can also keep the enemy's artillery fire and direct fire on the other side, but the enemy can use the same tactics as today...... Use the tank on the anticline as cover, and then you can rush into our lines! ”

"They're going to get harder and harder!" Shulka replied.

"It's getting harder?" Pavelkov asked suspiciously: "What do you mean...... Their tanks will be depleted, will they? ”

"No, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka replied: "I mean, those tank wreckage can be put to good use!" ”

"Tank wreckage?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "We found an interesting phenomenon when we were encircling the Germans on the anti-slope plane, the Germans emptied the corpses in the wreckage of the tank and reused the course machine guns inside!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Pavelkov nodded.

The frontal attack was organized by him, so of course he knew about the Germans who had remodeled and used the wreckage of tanks, and those machine-gun fire points even inflicted considerable losses on the Guards Rifle Regiment.

"But it's hard for us to use them!" Colonel Pavelkov said: "Because it is oriented towards our lines, and if we want to use it, we cannot change the fact that it is a bunker for the German army!" ”

Colonel Pavelkov had intended to blow the remains of the tanks into parts from the inside with explosives packs, so that the Germans would no longer be able to attack on them at dawn the next day.

"No!" Shulka replied: "They cannot be exploited by the enemy!" Why don't we drag these tank wreckage to the front of our line? We can then weld the body anywhere on the body, so that it becomes a fixed bunker! ”