Chapter 144: Action
There was no heroism, no pledge meeting, not even a goodbye...... In fact, Shulka did not show up from beginning to end, and the partisans knew only their own instructors, that is, sappers and members of the teaching corps.
This is for the sake of secrecy.
You must know that these guerrillas are going deep behind enemy lines to carry out guerrilla warfare, which means that they are very likely to be captured by the enemy, followed by torture, and then ...... It's all about training.
Then the Germans could send spies, Blennfenburg troops, or insurgents, and so on.
After all, this is Ukraine, and there are natural rebels, so it is better to be cautious and try to let the partisans know less information.
If anything, it was the addition of a piece of beef to these partisans that night...... Beef seized from the Germans.
Then the instructor told them: "Comrades, this is the spoils of war that we have captured from the enemy, and remember this smell, we will seize more of these things from the enemy when we go to the battlefield!" ”
(Note: Each guerrilla squad is assigned a captain and instructor, the captain is mainly responsible for the external work, that is, the bombing of bridges and railways, etc., and the instructor is responsible for the internal work, that is, after the establishment of the base area, propaganda, mobilization, communications, etc.)
This became a practice after that, whereby each group of guerrillas was sent out with a piece of beef and said the same thing.
It is said that this practice did not change even later when Kiev was short of supplies, and if it really didn't work, he would find a cow to kill and say: "Comrades, this is the ...... we captured from the enemy"
After that, they are sent to the train to Odessa in different times, and then they are transported by air or sea to Crimea, and from there they take a large circle by train to infiltrate their target villages and towns from a suitable location.
The partisan headquarters on the Kyiv side entered a state of circulation:
Constant tracking, advice, or command of guerrillas who have been sent to the battlefield...... The reason why the command is ranked last is that guerrilla warfare is a flexible application that needs to be adapted to local conditions, and the headquarters far away in Kiev is not suitable for too much interference.
Therefore, Shulka received more reconnaissance information from the partisans, such as the defense of the German army on a certain bridge or railway, and then gave suggestions or gave offensive instructions.
The reason for the cyclical state is that at the same time as this contact was carried out, more guerrilla training and even more training regiments were carried out at the headquarters.
If there is any difference between guerrilla warfare and special operations, it is that special operations emphasize more on fewer and more precise, and then carry out surgical operations against targets and quickly fight and retreat.
Guerrilla warfare, on the other hand, is more about carrying out large quantities and even mobilizing the masses of the people in large quantities.
So Shulka is more about seeking speed and more...... Neither time nor space allowed Schulka's training to be refined.
Needless to say, Admiral Kirponos came every day to ask questions, counting on the guerrillas to get an early result so that the meaningless consumption of men and materials in Kiev could be ended.
In terms of space, at this time, the land occupied by the Soviet Union occupied by the German army included almost all of Ukraine, Belarus and even approached Moscow.
"How's it going?" On this day, Admiral Kirponos once again entered the headquarters of the partisans.
"All the best!" Shulka replied: "Eight squads have successfully infiltrated the corresponding villages and towns and launched reconnaissance operations, and one squad has been delayed on the way, and one squad is missing!" ”
"Disappearance" on the battlefield is a common thing, mainly because the communication equipment in this era is too backward, and remote communication can only be made by radio, and once there is any emergency, such as radio failure, being discovered by the enemy, etc., it is basically impossible to notify the headquarters.
So no one knows what happened to this team, that is, "missing".
Shulka later learned that they had been exposed as they passed through a German checkpoint, and that one of the partisans had not been able to calm down while being searched by the Germans, and pulled out a pistol and shot the German sentry dead.
As a result, the Germans encircled and suppressed them, and 30 people were either killed or arrested, and only two escaped before reporting the information to the headquarters after a month.
This is one of the reasons why Shulka trained the guerrillas to "walk".
There will always be unpredictable situations on the battlefield, and if there are only one or two elite troops, all hope will be dashed if something goes wrong.
But if the volume is ...... If this pot doesn't open, that pot opens.
Admiral Kirponos picked up the document and looked at it, then asked suspiciously: "You mean to say that we are ready to attack the warehouse and the Lem Bridge?" ”
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "The Germans are defenseless, I mean defenseless against our guerrilla warfare. At the same time, they also need a lot of manpower to repair bridges or carry supplies...... Our two squads took advantage of this and got in! ”
"So, why not act?" Admiral Kirponos asked.
"The other squads aren't ready yet, Comrade Admiral!" Major Gavrilov explained: "If we act...... Whether it succeeds or not, it will be a warning to the Germans that it will be difficult for the rest of our squad to move! ”
Admiral Kirponos nodded: "So, you guys hope to achieve greater results in one go?" ”
"Yes!" Shulka handed two documents to Admiral Kirponos: "This is the Tikanka Bridge, this is the Karliv transit station, and the Belgorod railway station ......"
"Belgorod railway station?" Admiral Kirponos asked suspiciously, "You also have operations there?" ”
"Yes, Comrade Admiral!" Shulka replied: "We found that the Germans were concentrating captured supplies from all over Belgorod, perhaps in preparation for the attack on Moscow!" ”
Admiral Kirponos nodded in agreement.
Belgorod was located on the southern flank of Moscow, which had become a staging point for the attack on Moscow by Army Group South.
"They have concentrated a lot of ammunition and supplies in warehouses near the train station!" "If you can blow up the warehouse and the train station, it will cause them a lot of problems with supplies and logistics," Shulka said. ”
Admiral Kirponos looked at the documents and said: "Their defense is tight, it's not easy!" ”
"Yes!" "But we already have a big plan!" Shulka said. ”