In the end, the colonel, under the "coercion" of Major Mikhailvich and others, reluctantly made a phone call to the command of the Stalingrad Front to prove his identity.

"Yes!" On the phone, he replied: "Colonel Kaplanov is our staff officer, we sent him to Comrade Shulka, and Lieutenant General Gordorf hopes to talk to Comrade Shulka!" ”

So Major Mikhailvich was relieved.

But he still said to Colonel Kaplanov with a dissatisfied face: "Colonel, you don't look like you're here to invite someone!" ”

"You should know how tense the battle is right now!" Colonel Kaplanov replied without a good face: "We can't waste any time!" ”

"Then you should prepare the documents and the orders of your superiors!" Major Mikhailvich said: "Instead of thinking that you can take our deputy regimental commander away with a military uniform, just drive a car casually, as you do now!" ”

Colonel Kaplanov, who didn't seem to want to entangle with Major Mikhailvich any longer, asked impatiently: "So, can I take people away now?" ”

"Absolutely!" Shulka walked into the headquarters, he had already taken this time to change back into his military uniform.

"Colonel!" Shulka said: "Do you need to tie my hands? ”

Colonel Kaplanov did not speak, but walked out of the room with a "snort".

Shulka and Major Mikhailvich couldn't help but smile at each other.

The headquarters of the Stalingrad Front was more than thirty kilometers from Stalingrad, and Shulka did not know where it was, except that the jeep turned left and right on the road, then turned into a forest, and then stopped in front of a pillbox.

A few people jumped out of the car and walked into the entrance only to realize that it was supposed to be an underground warehouse and not a bunker.

The warehouse was full of soldiers running back and forth, busily loading ammunition onto trucks and transporting it away in batches.

This is already a common occurrence in Shulka, as the same is happening in Stalingrad.

Even the scene in Stalingrad was even more chaotic...... After hearing the rumors of the war, the people rushed to flee the city and rushed to the east bank of the Volga, so the stations and docks were full of people coming and going, and the soldiers came and went in groups.

"Comrade Gordorf!" Kaplanov walked up to a lieutenant general and saluted.

The lieutenant general was discussing something with the generals around the map on the shell box, when he heard the voice, he raised his head and turned around, his eyes swept Shulka coldly, and then turned to a major general beside him.

"Comrade Shulka!" The major general greeted him and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you!" ”

"General!" Shulka stepped forward and saluted.

"Maybe you don't remember me!" "My name is Filippovich, I used to be a staff officer to Comrade Rokossovsky, and I was a colonel!" ”

Shulka let out an "oh" and seemed to guess what was going on...... He had worked with Rokossovsky for a while, and it was then that Colonel Filippovich met him.

Now, Colonel Filippovich, who was transferred to the Stalingrad Front, should be a major general to be exact, thought of Shulka when he was at a loss for the defense of Stalingrad.

So, he recommended himself to Gordorf.

This is also the reason why Lieutenant General Gordov behaved coldly towards himself...... He simply didn't believe that a captain who had been transferred to the "cannon fodder regiment" could have any good way.

"This is Lieutenant General Goldov!" Major General Filippovich introduced: "The commander of the Stalingrad Front, and at the same time the commander-in-chief of the two fronts! ”

"Comrade General!" Shulka stepped forward and saluted.

Lieutenant General Goldov nodded, then pointed to the map in front of him and said, "Look at this, Comrade Shulka, you need to understand the current battle situation first!" ”

Pointing to the map, Major General Filippovich explained: "The Germans have occupied Karachi and extended the line of defense to the Don line, from north to south are the 44th Infantry Division, the 60th Motorized Division, the 14th Panzer Corps, and the 71st Infantry Division...... We can't stop them on the west bank of the Don! ”

These Shulkas are already roughly visible on the map.

Stalingrad is important not only because the city is named after Stalin, not only because it was an important industrial base for the Soviet Union, but also because of its strategic position.

In the vicinity of Stalingrad there are two main rivers, one is the Don and the other is the Volga.

The Don naturally forms a large bend like a fish hook in the central part of the river, forming a narrow channel with the Volga River at its narrowest point of only 100 kilometers.

Stalingrad is located on this narrow passage and is backed by the Volga River.

As you can imagine, these two rivers were almost the moats of Stalingrad, and the enemy could only attack from both flanks except to cross the river...... This is also one of the reasons why the Soviet army placed two fronts, one north and one south, on the two flanks of Stalingrad.

"What's the problem?" Shulka looked at it for a while and then asked, while turning his gaze to Major General Filippovic.

Shulka knew that there must be something difficult to solve, which is why he thought of him.

No one answered, and the officers had some unnatural looks on their faces.

"No problem!" Major General Filippovich replied: "We are just...... I'd like to hear your opinions, such as troop deployment or other aspects! ”

Shulka understood when he heard this.

They were actually beaten by the Germans and lost their confidence.

This does not seem strange, before the Soviet army was also full of confidence that it could occupy Kharkov or even encircle the German army, who wanted to be counter-encircled by the German army in just a few days and lost hundreds of thousands of elites.

Therefore, they did not believe from top to bottom that there was anything else that could hold back the German offensive, despite their natural dangers.

However, this is true, mainly because most of the assembled troops are remnants of the defeated army, they have little combat experience, and they share the same lack of confidence as these commanders in their ability to win.

As a result, it did not take long for the Germans to break through the Soviet line and march under the city of Stalingrad.

This is not a question of troop deployment, but of morale and the quality of the troops, the former may be motivated in some way, and the latter is not something that can be held on an improvised basis.

And if the soldier collapses at the touch of a button, the seemingly strong defensive line is empty.

"Do you have any ideas?" Major General Filippovich asked.

After thinking about it, Shulka replied: "First of all, there is the question of the possible direction of the enemy's attack. I think the enemy is more likely to attack from the south than from the north! ”

Lieutenant General Gordorf couldn't help but raise his head and look at Shulka in surprise.