Chapter 150
However, this tactic of the guerrillas is not something that can be dealt with as soon as they want to.
Reichenau and Manstein pinned their hopes on the SS...... The SS consisted of a number of divisions, among which the Einsatzgruppen (also known as the Commandos) were tasked with carrying out large-scale captures, exterminations, and searches for dissidents and underground rebels, including the capture of Jews and their imprisonment in concentration camps.
The Einsatzgruppen usually follows the occupying forces. That is, the regular troops attack at the front, and the special task force follows behind, and every time the army occupies a piece of land, the special task force takes over a piece of land and is responsible for the security of the land and the removal of dissidents.
This division of labor was not a problem for the German army, because it allowed the army to concentrate on fighting at the front and not to worry about all the troubles in the rear.
At the same time, the Einsatzgruppen can be said to be more than enough to deal with those poorly equipped, unorganized stragglers, and even unarmed civilians.
But......
The partisans assigned by the Soviet army to various places are all veterans who have come down from the battlefield, and their military quality is much better than that of the German special forces that usually only target the common people.
As a result, even if they had the intelligence of the guerrillas, they forcibly broke through the siege several times, and the casualties of the German special forces were even greater, and they made a fuss.
In particular, these guerrilla units will "turn the pieces into parts," and when they need to fight, they will "turn the pieces into pieces" and gather together from all directions to launch a surprise attack on the target, and whether they succeed or not, they will soon "break into pieces" and disperse among the people and disappear without a trace.
This was a headache for Reichenau and Manstein.
Reichenau even called the commander of the Einsatzgruppen directly: "I think you should listen to General Manstein's ideas and impose martial law, registration and roll call......
But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the captain: "I know what to do, Your Excellency Marshal, we have a lot of experience in this area, just like you have a lot of experience on the battlefield!" ”
The implication is that no one cares about each of them in his own duties.
Reichenau was helpless about this, just as the Soviet Union had two systems, Germany at this time also had two systems...... Wehrmacht and SS, and the SS was still above the Wehrmacht.
"We might be able to assemble our own troops to search!" Manstein said.
"No, General!" Reichenau vetoed Manstein's idea without thinking about it: "This would be considered a seizure of power!" ”
So Manstein had nothing to say.
It was ironic that the partisans were hiding in the SS and attacking Wehrmacht installations, while the Wehrmacht was unable to fight back and had to hope in the SS, and the SS struggled to deal with the Russian partisans from the regular army......
This made Manstein very passive, and all he could do was add guards and defenses to important facilities.
But just like the "theory of offensive superiority" pursued by the Germans, the defending side is always the losing side, especially the large area...... Because they have many points to defend, they have to invest more troops, and if they are always on the lookout, the guerrillas can slowly observe in the shadows to find flaws, and then hit them with one blow.
But in fact, even if Manstein can really interfere in the affairs of the Einsatzgruppen, it will not play a big role: this is the Soviet Union, and although there are rebel forces in Ukraine, the influence of the Soviet Union is still deep-rooted, and it is impossible to solve the problem by simply imposing martial law and registering.
None of this was Shulka's concern, and he didn't even know that he had inadvertently hit the enemy's weak point, the gap between the Wehrmacht and the SS.
Shulka only knew to continue to expand the training of the guerrillas, and then send the guerrillas out one after another.
Minsk, Kovelli, and even Brest...... Brest is a good place for guerrilla warfare because, as I said before, it is a transport hub, and roads and railways are densely packed in a narrow passage between forests and swamps.
Here, the partisans only had to hide in the northern forests and occasionally fire a few shells from mortars in the direction of roads and railways, which could make the Germans unbearable.
On the other hand, Admiral Kirponos worked to strengthen the defense of Kiev to Odessa.
Among them, Kiev is mainly Kiev, because Kiev is like a sharp knife deep into the hinterland of the German offensive line, although it is in a state of being semi-surrounded by the German army, it is still a danger to the German army, that is, it may still become the target of the German army in the future.
As a result, the Kyiv defense line has been re-consolidated, and a pattern has formed in this part of Ukraine with Kyiv as the core, projecting guerrillas everywhere to disrupt the enemy's supply lines.
Shulka thought that he continued to organize and direct the training and activities of partisans in Kiev in this way...... He even already liked the job a little, although it was also very hard, and all kinds of documents, information, etc. were flying all over the sky, and Shulka was almost dizzy.
But compared to the bullets, shells, corpses and blood on the front line, it is not much better.
Occasionally, Shulka can light a cigarette and drink a cup of coffee in the lounge...... That's life.
However, such days are quickly a thing of the past.
"Comrade Shulka!" On this day, while Shulka and Major Gavrilov were busy sorting out information, Admiral Kirponos walked into his office.
This was a bit of a surprise to Shulka and the others, because since the guerrilla headquarters was on the right track, General Kirponos rarely came to the headquarters in person, after all, he was the commander of the front army, and there were too many things to worry about.
"Comrade General!" Shulka stood up and saluted, and it was clear from Kirponos' expression that something was happening.
Admiral Kirponos called several others to his side for a short meeting:
"First of all, I have to thank you for your contributions, this guerrilla headquarters was set up by you, from training to going to the battlefield to subsequent command, the layers are clear and interlocking, and what is even more valuable is that in less than a month, a large number of guerrillas have been trained and put into the battlefield to achieve brilliant results, I thank you on behalf of the Southwestern Front, thank you for your contributions!"
"Comrade General!" Shulka said: "Do we have other tasks?" ”
Admiral Kirponos nodded, then handed over a telegram and said, "I would love to continue to work with you, but...... Comrade Zhukov needs the most elite troops to defend Moscow! They even named the 333rd regiment, and I couldn't refuse! ”
So Shulka understood that the next stop was Moscow.