The Germans actually blew up seventeen amphibious landing ships.

Not to blow up, to be exact, but to break ...... The small size of the amphibious landing ship, the small target, and the fact that it was in the dark of night, it was difficult for even German night fighters to drop bombs directly on the amphibious landing ship.

In this respect, the Germans did not destroy many amphibious landing ships, only five were killed by direct hits or ammunition.

The problem is that the amphibious landing ship is crudely made.

This is actually understandable, on the one hand, because the equipment of the Soviet army itself has the characteristics of "roughness", and on the other hand, because the amphibious landing ship is new equipment, and there are still many problems that have not been solved in the combination of amphibious power.

As a result, if these amphibious landing ships are hit by machine-gun bullets, or if the bombs explode nearby and vibrate violently, the amphibious landing ships may be unable to move due to malfunction.

Shulka called Sisoi as a result.

"They can't stand the toss, Comrade Sisoy!" Shulka said: "The enemy launched an attack on the amphibious landing ship. I guessed that such an attack would not cause us many casualties, but I did not guess that so many amphibious landing ships would break down! ”

"It's inevitable, Shulka!" Sisoy replied: "You know, these amphibious landing ships are customized by the Navy for landing operations, and they do not require such ships to have good reliability!" ”

And indeed it is.

Naval infantry brigades use such boats more for landing operations, all they need is to be able to wash up on the beach and control the direction.

And then...... It's basically used as a bunker by the Naval Infantry Brigade to block bullets, so of course it doesn't need reliability.

"So, is there any way to fix it?" Shulka asked.

"I can send you a maintenance team!" Sisoi replied: "In addition, we will increase production and try to ensure transportation!" ”

Shulka reluctantly put down the phone.

Increasing production may be the solution, but if the Luftwaffe can scrap or break down 17 Soviet amphibious landing ships in just one sortie, the production of 10 per day is a drop in the bucket.

Just when Shulka was worried, Andrianka, who was guarding the phone, reported: "Comrade Shulka, another batch of enemy fighters has taken off again, this time more than last time!" ”

One aviation regiment of the German army had three air brigades, plus the original dozens of night planes, and its night fighters reached more than 200.

The Germans divided the two hundred fighters into three groups, and then took turns to carry out the blockade.

"Suspension of transportation!" Shulka ordered.

"Yes, suspend transportation!"

"Suspension of transportation!"

……

The order went down.

Major Akimovich had just finished reporting information to the command of the army group.

Since Akimovich had cooperated with the 82nd Infantry Regiment, Golikov asked him to stay in the 82nd Infantry Regiment to coordinate the transport of amphibious landing ships...... After all, the amphibious landing ship was invented by Shulka, and Shulka could also better contact Sisoy, so it was understandable to put this task under Shulka's command.

Even the entire 82nd Infantry Regiment can be said to have been stained with the light of this task, and they were withdrawn from the front line to be responsible for the coordination of supply and transportation.

"The command of the group army has a general understanding of some relevant information!" Major Akimovich said: "Comrade Golikov has no problem with suspending transport, but it does not seem to be a long-term solution!" ”

Shulka nodded.

This is certainly not a long-term solution, and even if the transport ship suspends transportation, the enemy pilots can rest.

That's the benefit of warplanes, they're fast and largely uncontrolled by the terrain.

That is, the blockade imposed by the German Air Force does not mean that its night fighters need to patrol the skies over Volga all the time.

They only need to send a few reconnaissance planes to fly over the Volga River and fire a few flares from time to time, and once they find that the Soviet amphibious landing ship is moving, it will be too late to call in night fighters.

And the amphibious landing ships of the Soviet army...... But because of the slow speed, there will always be a step behind.

Taking a step back, if this is suspending forever, it means that the German blockade has been successful and Stalingrad will not be reinforced.

If there is no pause, more than two hundred amphibious landing ships will soon be lost under such a large fleet of enemy night fighters.

"How's the traffic on the river?" Shulka asked.

"Not optimistic!" Andrianka replied: "Although we have a lot of smoke, the transport ship is large and the target is large...... More than a dozen have been blown up so far! According to preliminary estimates, the pass rate is around one-third! ”

"These bastards!" Major Mikhailvich couldn't help but scold: "Why do they suddenly have so many more night fighters!" ”

"Transferred from Germany!" Akimovich replied: "The British found out about this and relayed this information to us!" ”

At this time, Britain and the Soviet Union had a certain amount of cooperation in intelligence, and at the same time, Britain was an old spy country, so it is not surprising that it would know this.

What Shulka didn't know was that the British intelligence was directly known to be "super secret".

But of course, the British would not have told the USSR that.

At this time, no one knew about the existence of "super-secrets", except for the British themselves.

If anything, it's Shulka.

After a moment of silence, Shulka said: "Contact the Navy, we need more landing ships!" ”

"Landing ship?" Major Akimovich asked suspiciously: "Landing ships will not solve the problem, Comrade Shulka, they cannot pass through the sandbar!" ”

"Indeed!" Shulka replied: "But the Germans did not know, and neither did their pilots!" ”

Major Akimovich was stunned for a moment, then he let out an "oh", and immediately called the army group headquarters.

The answer is actually quite simple.

Amphibious landing ships are built on the template of the Navy's landing ships, that is, the shape of the two is almost the same.

If anything, the amphibious landing ship has four more wheels.

Of course, if the amphibious landing ship is in the water, there is no difference between them at all.

In the same way, the German aircraft in the cockpit in the air certainly could not detect the difference.

Well, if the landing ship was mixed with the amphibious landing ship, the German pilots would not know which ones were their targets.

It can even be said that even if they attack a fake target, they will be complacent thinking that they have attacked the real target.

"Good idea, Shulka!" Major Mikhailvich praised: "Now, if we have enough landing ships, it will be enough to keep the Germans busy with their planes!" ”

Andrianka laughed: "I hope they have enough fuel and ammunition!" ”