The NKVD unit is the Internal Guard Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR under the Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR, whose mission is to complete the combat service tasks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, and its nature is somewhat similar to the security divisions or police units of the German army.

At this time in Stalingrad, they were responsible for checking the soldiers who tried to sneak through to the east bank at the ferry and dumping them in the "correctional camps".

As the battle of Stalingrad became more and more difficult, there were not many such soldiers.

For example, in the space of one day yesterday, the NKVD forces seized 184 people.

Of those, 21 were shot dead on the spot......

In general, they are not shot, because Stalingrad needs troops so much that even throwing them into the "punishment battalion" as cannon fodder can make a difference.

But there were circumstances that forced them to shoot.

For example, of the 21 people who were shot, 8 were self-harmed...... Self-harm is a particularly bad situation, especially after self-harm, it is no longer able to fight, so even if it is thrown into the "punishment camp", it will not be effective, and keeping it will only waste food.

There are 3 people who are soldiers of the NKVD...... The NKVD itself is a law enforcer, which is unforgivable, so there was no chance to go to the "punishment camp" and shot directly in front of a group of detained soldiers at the ferry.

Another 10 were identified as spies...... Some of the spies may have been German soldiers of the Brandenburg Army, some of them may have been wronged, and some of them were verified.

Among them, there is such an example, as mentioned before, after the Soviet officers and soldiers were captured, because there was no turning back, they often died for the German army.

The Germans hid the news of the capture of these officers and soldiers, and asked them to return to the Soviet units to gather intelligence for the Germans.

The Germans were very clever in this way, because they had in their hands all the evidence of the capture and even the confession of these Soviet officers and soldiers, which would be provided to the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs at any time. Therefore, even if these Soviet officers and soldiers returned to the Soviet army, they still did not dare to betray the German army, and could only provide intelligence to the German army again and again.

So in the end there were only 163, which is still some distance from the 500 that Rodimtsev demanded.

Just in time for a few more ships of recruits from the east coast...... The recruits were of little value anyway, and most of them died within a few days of going into battle, so they randomly picked up a few hundred men and sent them to Rodimtsev.

Qin Chuan's side didn't know what Rodimtsev was doing, and at this time they were dealing with the leaflets thrown down from the air by the Soviets...... This was a propaganda tactic of the Soviets, who always used low-speed biplanes to drop propaganda at the enemy at night when enemy planes were ineffective.

Qin Chuan picked up one casually, and it was written in German:

"Read and pass it on to your comrades

Soldiers of the 21st Panzer Division! For months, your superiors have been trying to seize Stalingrad, an attempt that cost you 80,000 men in battle, but it has not been achieved.

This attempt will never come to fruition! It will never happen!

Because the Soviet Red Army will continue to defend its homeland, the defensive line around the city will continue to be the grave of the enemy......"

Qin Chuan didn't want to look at it any further, the Soviets' propaganda methods were very clumsy, they actually used false data on the leaflets shown to the Germans, and emphasized how heroic they were, which could not win the trust of the German soldiers in the first place, even if they had the intention to surrender, they would be frightened by this deception.

Sure enough, the German soldiers, who were picking up leaflets and reading them, soon noticed a burst of laughter:

"Oh, have we lost 80,000 of our lives? How did I not know? ”

"They are counting the 'traitors to the motherland' who were shot by them on our heads!"

"Then there won't be 80,000 people!"

"Yes! It's hard to imagine how many 'traitors to the Motherland' there will be! ”

Then the soldiers burst out laughing.

You must know that at this time, the total number of troops invested by the German army in the attack on Stalingrad was only more than 100,000, and if 80,000 people were killed, then most of them should have been killed or wounded, no wonder this data would become a laughing stock for German soldiers.

However, the cruelty of war has not diminished in the slightest.

When the sky was hazy, the artillery of the Soviet attack on Mamayev Hill rang out again.

At this time, the German soldiers already knew what to do, and they all hid in the trenches with their waists and waited for the moment when the enemy artillery fire stopped.

This time, the Soviet artillery preparation lasted only five minutes, perhaps because they knew that the artillery preparation would not be of much use.

Then, with Qin Chuan's order, the German soldiers rushed to the high ground under the cover of artillery fire.

Qin Chuan did not charge with the soldiers, he hid behind a small dirt slope and watched the battle with a telescope...... The location of this small dirt slope is southerly, so that Qinchuan can see about one-third of the southern slope of Mamayev Hills.

At a glance, Qin Chuan quickly felt that something was wrong, there was no problem with the charging force, about more than three hundred people, but compared to the orderly formation when charging yesterday, today's Soviet army can be said to be very chaotic, they basically did not cover each other, and even a considerable number of soldiers did not know how to hide themselves without tactical movements.

Looking at the rear of the Soviet army, several Makmi machine guns were set up in the rear bunker, and a Soviet officer with a pistol in his hand was pushing several Soviet soldiers to join the charging camp.

"'Punishment Camp'!" Qin Chuan suddenly understood something, and then shouted loudly to Eberhard: "Quick, call them back!" ”

"What?" Eberhard couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't understand why Qin Chuan chose to retreat at this time, and retreating now would mean that he would not be able to control the blockade of the central ferry by giving up his position to the Soviets.

"Retreat!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Order a retreat!" ”

"Yes, Major!" Eberhard answered, and immediately gave the order through the walkie-talkie.

Then Eberhard quickly understood, and a few seconds later, Soviet artillery fire was pouring up the Mamayev Heights, chasing the retreating German soldiers all the way to explode on the high ground.

"God!" Eberhard couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "How can they open fire?" Why? There are also their people on it! ”

"Because they're a 'punishment camp'!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviets don't care about their life and death at all!" ”

Eberhard understood, but shook his head with an incredulous expression, as if he couldn't believe that the Soviets would do this.

But the facts were in front of him, and he had to believe it.

In some ways, there seems to be nothing wrong with the Soviets doing this, because this is war, and not using this method would result in more soldiers and even elite soldiers dying on Mamayev Hill, or even victory.

Now, why not do it when they can exchange such a strategic point for them at such a small price?!