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Major Gavrilov frowned in the provisional command.

As he imagined, the war did not go well.

The superiors were a little underestimated, they thought that if the 9th Army could break through the breakthrough of the German 6th Army, it would definitely be able to break through the German defense line in front of them, after all, there was only one regiment of the German army in front of them.

But it turns out that the battlefield is often not a simple comparison of forces, the German regiment held a communication artery: here is a crossroads, the intersection of several roads, there is a high ground on each side, the German army seized the high ground and placed artillery on the high ground to condescendingly suppress a long passage only a few hundred meters wide in the middle, which made it impossible for the Soviet troops to deploy, and could only go up one regiment at a time.

In fact, this cannot simply be said to be underestimating the enemy, but it should also be said that the Soviet army has not yet become familiar with the "blitzkrieg" tactics, after all, it has only been trained for a few days, and it is the first time it has been put into actual combat.

"Comrade Major!" At this time, the communications soldier handed the phone to Major Gavrilov and said: "Comrade Vavilich! ”

Colonel Vavilich was the commander of the 131st Motorized Division, and not long ago he was a regimental commander, but he was promoted to division commander because the former division commander made a mistake in the battle.

At this time, there were many such cases in the Soviet army, especially when the initial fighting was not going well, and countless commanders were dismissed or even shot because of ineffective combat, even Pavlov was not spared.

"What's going on?" Colonel Vavilich on the phone asked: "Comrade Gavrilov, I hope you understand the situation we are facing...... The Romanian army is massing on our right flank, the Italian mechanized units are approaching us from the left flank, and if we are held back by the Germans in front of us, we will be encircled by them and plunged into a bitter battle! ”

"I understand, Comrade Vavilich!" Major Gavrilov replied: "But we are ill-prepared, the attack is too hasty, we should at least wait for the artillery to catch up and suppress the enemy's artillery!" ”

"The enemy has only one regiment, and they don't have tanks yet!" Colonel Wavelich said: "Our artillery will come up, but what you need more is courage, understand? Courage to attack the enemy! ”

This was a common problem among Soviet commanders, who simply attributed defeat to the lack of courage of their soldiers...... It's a good excuse to cover up your incompetence and find an excuse for your failed command.

If the battle is won, they are complacent: Look, this is the battle I commanded.

If they lose, they spread their hands: it's not a matter of command, if they fight braver, they can win...... Are they brave enough? Apparently not, because some of them still escaped alive!

"Break through the enemy's line in half an hour, understand?" Colonel Wavelich ordered: "Otherwise you will go up yourself!" ”

Gavrilov replied helplessly "yes", and then turned his gaze to Commissar Fuming, who was standing beside him.

Commissar Fuming shook his head and scolded: "This is a fool, their command has only one word, and that is 'brave'!" Maybe we can let him try it himself! ”

Major Gavrilov shook his head and replied: "Although he is a fool, one thing is right, the situation is urgent, the enemy is outflanking us from both flanks, and if we do not quickly crush the Germans who stand in our way, the consequences will be disastrous......"

This is the crux of the "blitzkrieg".

The most taboo thing about "blitzkrieg" is to be entangled by the enemy and fall into a bitter battle, and if it is fought like this, it will not be a "blitzkrieg".

And there will definitely be some transportation arteries that the troops must pass through, such as bridges, traffic hubs, and so on.

The Germans' method was to infiltrate the enemy with the Brandenburg detachment, or to paratrooper to seize these points, and then the armored forces could pass through without incident.

At this time, the Soviet army obviously did not have these resources, so it could only storm by force.

If the Soviet army had the same "No. 3" and "No. 4" tanks as the German army, as well as infantry tanks, infantry artillery, and air-ground coordination capabilities, it would be no problem.

But...... The newly formed 9th Army apparently failed to do so.

"Maybe!" Commissar Fuming pointed to the map and said, "We can only find a way to take the high ground on both sides first......"

Major Gavrilov shook his head: "The Germans deployed a company of condescending defenses on the high ground on both sides, and they were integrated with the ground defense. We can't take these two heights in a short time, unless we can break through the defense line in front of us and attack from the rear of the heights! ”

This leads to a paradox: in order to break through the defensive line, you must take the high ground on both sides, and in order to take the high ground on both sides, you must break through the defensive line......

Just when Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fomin did not know what to do, a communications soldier entered the command headquarters and reported: "Comrade Major, a soldier has just been withdrawn from the battlefield, and he said that Second Lieutenant Davydov of the third company asked him to contact you!" There is important information to report to you! ”

Major Gavrilov was a little puzzled, what other intelligence report could he have from the battlefield?

Commissar Fuming thought of ...... The soldier may have only used this excuse to disguise the fact that he was a deserter.

But with the mentality of "it is better to believe it than not to believe it", Major Gavrilov still let him in.

"Comrade Major, Comrade Political Commissar!" A soldier covered in mud and blood walked into the command headquarters, and then stepped forward to report: "I am Videnka, a communications corpsman of the third company, and the company commander ordered me to report to you that the third company is lurking in an anti-tank trench more than two hundred meters in front of the enemy's front line......"

"Lurking? You mean latent? Major Gavrilov's eyes widened: "A whole company? ”

"Yes!" The signal man replied: "And seven more tanks!" (Note: The communications corps did not know that a tank was lost!) ）

"Great!" Major Gavrilov exclaimed with surprise and delight: "So that we can break through to the enemy's line of defense before the enemy artillery is ready!" ”

"Yes!" Political Commissar Fuming agreed: "As long as we concentrate our artillery fire on bombarding the enemy's defense line and suppress their anti-tank guns!" ”

Saying that, the political commissar of Fuming asked the signal soldier: "Is this what Comrade Davydov planned?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commissar!" The signal soldier replied: "But this is Comrade Shulka's plan......"

"Shulka!" Major Gavrilov laughed: "I should have known that it was him, and who else could make the enemy unguardable!" ”

Political Commissar Fumin looked at Major Gavrilov with strange eyes and asked: "Comrade Major, you actually sent Shulka to the battlefield?!" ”

"Don't look at me like that, Comrade Commissar!" Major Gavrilov replied with some embarrassment: "If we can't break through the line, we will also go to war!" ”