In the end, General Stryk agreed to Qin Chuan's plan.

In fact, this was not agreed to by General Stryker, but a decision made by Paulus, Hoult and others after it was reported to General Rommel.

Paulus had actually seen the purpose of the Soviet army's offensive on the northern defense line, but he had no choice but to have insufficient troops and supplies, and the air force could not take care of the northern defense line and blockade the Volga River at the same time, so he could only watch the Soviet reinforcements pour into Stalingrad from the Volga River in a steady stream.

Just when Paulus was worried about this, Rommel walked into Paulus's headquarters in high spirits.

"General!" Rommel said: "Let me guess, I think you must be worried about Stalingrad!" ”

"General Rommel!" Paulus replied angrily: "If you have come here to laugh at me, then you have succeeded!" ”

In some ways, Hort's 4th Panzer Army and Paulus's 6th Army were still in competition...... At one point, Hort wanted to take Stalingrad with the 4th Panzer Army alone, and did not abandon this idea until their armored forces were blocked by the Soviet 64th Army in the south.

Similarly, Paulus hoped to take Stalingrad while the 4th Panzer Army was blocked.

"No!" Rommel handed Paulus a document and said: "On the contrary, General. I'm here to solve your problems! ”

Paulus looked at Rommel in bewilderment, and then half-incredulously flipped through the papers.

He didn't look long before he looked at Rommel in astonishment, and then flipped through it carefully.

After a long time, Paulus nodded slightly and said: "Very good plan, General Rommel, bold and original, and more importantly, to hit the enemy's key points." No wonder others would call you the 'Desert Fox', now it seems...... Your abilities are not just ...... in the desert"

"No, no, General!" Rommel replied with a smile: "Although I would love to hear these compliments from you, ...... It wasn't my plan! ”

"Holt's?" Paulus couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this: "As far as I know, Hult is not a person who dares to take such risks!" ”

"You're right, General!" Rommel replied: "Actually, it is the work of my men!" ”

"Subordinates?" Paulus couldn't believe it.

"I think you've heard of 'Legendary Sergeant'!" Rommel replied.

Paulus couldn't help but let out an "oh", then nodded.

If you haven't heard of it before, Paulus is no stranger to this "legendary sergeant" by two recent events, one is to take Baku, and the other is to intersperse with Karachi to open up the situation for the 6th Army.

Of course, these are not the work of the "legendary sergeant" alone, but it is said that they all succeeded under the plan of the "legendary sergeant".

Paulus flipped through the plan again, then nodded and said, "If I have a chance, I should meet this 'legendary sergeant'!" ”

"You mean, agree to the plan?" Rommel asked.

"Of course!" Paulus nodded, "Why not?" I will order my troops to cooperate with them! ”

So the plan, called "Red Barricades", was decided.

The reason why it was called the "Red Barricade" program was because the main targets of this program were two factories of the Soviet Army...... the "Red Barricade" artillery plant and the "Dzerzhinsky" tractor plant.

That night, the Soviets again organized an offensive on the northern German line.

This was a common tactic used by the Soviet army, which launched an almost non-stop attack on the German defense line day and night.

The reason for this is why, needless to say, the German soldiers were not given any time to rest.

This point can be said to hit the key point of the German army, the 6th Army itself because of the siege of Stalingrad and the formation of the northern defense line at the same time, so the strength is seriously insufficient, so it can not attack in batches like the Soviet army, can only seize the time to rest between the battles, plus the previous all the way from Kharkov to here, all of them are seriously exhausted and exhausted.

In this regard, the commander of the 14th Panzer Corps, Major General Wittersheim, used the word "dangerous" to describe the northern defense line, which is not to say that the northern defense line is in danger, but that the German soldiers are close to collapse and it is difficult to continue to maintain the defensive line.

But to put it another way, it was Rear Admiral Wiethesheim who added his own subjective consciousness to his strategy...... Strategically, a considerable number of people knew that an attack on Stalingrad should be launched as soon as possible, but because of the difficulties of the northern defense line and the fact that Major General Witsheim himself was under such danger and pressure on the northern defense, he subjectively favored the defense of the northern defense line without making an objective judgment.

That night, the Soviet army's attack on the German defense line was particularly fierce, artillery fire poured into the German defense line in patches, and from time to time there was a terrifying whistling of rocket artillery, and the sound of fire near the German defense line shook the sky.

Captain Utvinko, who was stationed on the perimeter line, was the commander of the 62nd Infantry Division of the 98th Army of the Soviet Red Army.

However, the division commander can only be barely regarded as a battalion commander, because the 98th Infantry Division has suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle in Karachi, and only 465 people are left in a division of more than 10,000 people. This is also one of the reasons why Utvenko, a lieutenant, was able to become a division commander.

"Comrade Captain!" One of his subordinates, awakened by the sound of artillery, asked Utvenko with some hesitation: "I heard that the offensive of the Stalingrad Front is not going very well, is it true?" ”

Utvinko replied confidently: "Listen to the sound of the cannons, we have beaten the Germans to the point of no defense!" ”

Utvenko spoke beautifully, but in his heart it was a different matter, because just yesterday he saw with his own eyes the annihilation of the 16th tank army on a state farm.

Of course, it is impossible to say these discouraged words at the front, so Utvinko added: "It will not be long before our men will break through the German lines to reinforce us, the German invaders are doomed to defeat, they will not end well!" Lo and behold, they have not launched an offensive against Stalingrad until now, do you think it was the Germans who were kind? No, they just don't have enough troops and ammunition! So, cheer up, we'll be able to get the Germans out in no time! ”

The soldiers nodded their heads at this point, and at least one thing was true, that is, the Germans had not launched an attack on Stalingrad until now.

At this time, a dense gunfire suddenly sounded in the direction of the state farm, tracer bullets drew bright lines in the air, and there was a faint "rumble" of tank motors.

"It's T34!" Utvinko was a tankman and could easily tell from the sound of the engine that he was a tanker, so Utvinko immediately made a judgment: "It's our people, they broke through the German line and hit here!" ”

The soldiers couldn't help but let out a cheer.