The second step was to send signal troops everywhere to give orders to gather all the troops scattered in all corners of Stalingrad for unified command.

This step is easier to do, because those are armies after all, and they will be stationed wherever they are ordered to do so.

The third step is to organize the workers.

In the city's major enterprises, an armed contingent of workers and clerks was established.

All of these units are issued with weapons and equipment in accordance with the standards of the army, and instructors are assigned for basic training and unified command.

In addition, these teams have to continue to produce and repair equipment during the battle.

The fourth step was to give the order not to retreat to the east shore or to the island under any circumstances. (Note: Due to the slow speed of the Volga River, several large islands were formed in the middle of the river by depositing quicksand).

The most important point is to popularize the tactics that Shulka said to the whole army.

However, the 82nd Infantry Regiment was fighting the enemy on the front line at this time, so it was impossible to withdraw the 82nd Infantry Regiment to form an instructor regiment to train other units...... Even if Shulka was willing, there were no conditions or time to carry it out.

Krylov came up with a solution, he selected a few staff officers from the army group to lead some veterans to form an observation company, numbering seventy people.

This observation company followed Shulka into the position, and they learned the tactics of the 82nd Infantry Regiment through on-the-spot observation, questioning, and recording, and then synthesized the tactics into a set of unified theories and printed them, and the members of the observation group carried these booklets as instructors to guide the combat of each unit.

Leading the team was a major staff officer named Akimovich.

He is a very sunny and handsome young man, and he does not have the frame of a major at all...... Or rather, there is no shelf in the face of Shulka.

"It is a great honor, Comrade Shulka!" As soon as they met, Major Akimovich shook Shulka's hand and said: "I am lucky to be able to lead the observation company to learn from you!" It's our fate, don't you say? We had at least a few hundred majors in our ranks, but they chose to let me come! What a coincidence, they may know that I have always admired you......"

Later Shulka learned that it was actually Major Akimovich who desperately asked to lead the observation company.

The reason why "desperate" is used is because Golikov thinks that Akimovich is a staff officer, and he is not suitable to lead the observation company directly to such a dangerous front line without much actual combat experience.

But Akimovich applied again and again, wrote a guarantee, made up his mind, and analyzed the necessity of the staff officer to participate in the observation company, and Golikov had no choice but to agree.

Of course, part of this is due to the fact that Akimovich has some truth in what he says.

"I admit that the observation company needs more experienced combat personnel!" "But if we're going to compile these tactics and distribute them to other units, then it's not enough just the fighters, because we need to organize them systematically," Akimovich said. But they ...... They don't even know a word! ”

"Comrade Major!"

Shure was about to salute but was stopped by Akimovich.

"Comrade Shulka!" Akimovich said: "My current identity is the commander of the observation company, and you are the object of our study. In order to be more efficient, I think we should not use the ordinary relationship between superiors and subordinates, but the relationship between instructors and students, that is, I should salute you! ”

Saying that, Akimovich really saluted Shulka and said: "Comrade instructor, cadet Akimovich is waiting for the order!" ”

What he said did have some truth, and the situation was urgent, so Shulka acquiesced.

Saying goodbye to Golikov and the others, Shulka ordered each of the observation companies to carry a box of ammunition on their backs and enter the sewers.

It was dark at this time, and the sewers were out of sight.

Naturally, Akimovich turned on the flashlight.

"First lesson!" Shulka said: "Don't turn on a flashlight when walking in the sewers!" ”

"Why?" Akimovich asked suspiciously: "If we don't turn on the flashlight, how can we see the way forward!" ”

"Do you need to see the way forward?" Shulka asked rhetorically, "Would you accidentally step on the air and fall into a pit, or fall into a ditch on the side of the road?" ”

So Akimovich understood.

The pipes are closed, and there are basically no pits, so moving forward with your eyes closed is not much different from turning on a flashlight.

If anything, it's that there is a sense of security when there is light to see.

"But Captain!" Someone in the back asked, "If there's an intersection or a turn, how do we know?" ”

"When you hit your head on it, you know!" Shulka replied.

Akimovich and the others couldn't help but look at each other.

Seeing that they were reluctant to turn off the flashlight, Shulka raised it above his head and said, "These pipes have an exit every other distance, you know, for workers to maintain or clean up." Although these exits have lids, they are usually not tight, and there are often gaps in disrepair. If it was the Germans above, they saw a light underneath the manhole cover...... You know what that means! ”

Of course, they knew what that meant, and the Germans would open the manhole cover and throw grenades down, and even some of the big-hearted ones would climb down the sewers to search.

In the same way, you should try not to make a sound when going down the sewer.

So everyone turned off their flashlights one after another, and moved forward in the dark.

However, this is not easy for the untrained observation companies, as it requires them to have a tacit understanding of each other to be separated by some distance and everyone to stride forward boldly, or sometimes whisper commands to tell the rear that it is time to turn.

Otherwise, as it is now, the members are often bumping into each other in a chaotic mess and moving forward very slowly.

"It seems that we shouldn't be in a hurry to get them on their backs!" Major Mikhailvich said.

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "I overestimate them a little!" ”

"No, Comrade Shulka!" Akimovich's voice rang out behind him: "We can do ......"

Before the words fell, he heard an "ouch", and it was obvious that someone had bumped into him.

"Now I'm just realizing how useful these two months of training are!" Mikhailvich said: "We were originally a group of troops that could say that they would not fight, but now we look at those veterans...... I suddenly found out that we had surpassed them! Is this a delusion? ”

"No, it's not a delusion!" Shulka replied: "However, this is limited to Stalingrad!" ”

"That's enough, isn't it?" Major Mikhailvich laughed.