Time passed quickly, and soon the day came for the beginning of the great counteroffensive, which, as in history, began to attack with Soviet artillery, followed by Katyusha rocket artillery. The artillery attack www.biquge.info the blizzard was directionless, but the Romanian army was crushed after the first Soviet attack. The German 48th Panzer Division tried to launch a counteroffensive, and a large-scale tank battle lasted a whole day.

The Germans were routed. In one of the German tank divisions, many of the tanks' wires were bitten by rats, and this division was mainly responsible for reserve reinforcements during the battle. The sudden arrival of the Soviet army completely scrapped these temporarily idle tanks.

Then, the Soviets launched an attack south of Stalingrad, Yeremenko's front-line front joined the operation, and the Romanian 4th Army was quickly routed, and the Soviet two fronts advanced on the north and south flanks. Although the two armies were still separated by a certain distance, their flanks were constantly extended. The blizzard caused great difficulties for the march of the troops.

On 22 November, Major General Rogin, as in history, formed a task force with two motorized infantry companies and approached the bridge across the Don River near Karachi in the evening. By the time they found out, it was already too late, and the German defenders simply did not have time to counterattack.

As a result, the task force succeeded in seizing the bridge and ensuring that the Soviet troops could quickly assemble on the east bank of the Don River in preparation for a rendezvous with Yeremenko's troops. On the 4th day of Operation Uranus, the Stalingrad Front and the South-Eastern Front successfully rendezvoused near Sovetsky and closed the encirclement of Paulus's army.

And Andrei did not return to the Mamayev post and continued to stay in the front headquarters, now he is really very depressed, the battle situation in front is in full swing, and everyone's attention in the rear is also on the battlefield, the biggest role of the internal affairs forces is now to ensure the line of communication to prevent the enemy from sabotage, but now the weather is not able to special operations for the Soviet army, and the Germans are even more so, and now it can only be a head-to-head battle on the battlefield!

Andrei really felt that he was redundant now, so history was still developing according to the original trajectory, and at noon on January 31, 43, Andrei got the exact news that the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 38th Army had successfully captured Paulus's headquarters in the basement of the Central Department Store and captured the newly promoted Marshal Paulus and a group of generals under him. Paulus had the honor of being the first field marshal in German history to be a prisoner!

Shortly after Andrei learned about Paulus's capture, he received a call from Rokossovsky. When he heard that it was me, he simply said: "Comrade Yakov, come to my headquarters at once." ”

So Andrei took Yushchenko and the guard platoon, Rokossovsky's headquarters, and as soon as he entered, he met a large group of historical figures, and after greeting everyone, Rokossovsky beckoned me to sit down. Then he walked to the door and said to someone outside, "Go and bring him here." ”

After I sat down at the table, I asked Rokossovsky curiously: "Comrade commander, did you give me any important tasks when you asked me to come to the headquarters?" ”

"I asked you here to meet someone." Rokossovsky did not answer my question head-on, but said mysteriously: "An important person." ”

"Someone important?!" Andrei was racking his brains about who Rokossovsky was going to let him see, when several people walked in from outside, and when Andrei looked up, he immediately understood that he saw Paulus, and beside him, stood two fighters guarding him, as well as a second lieutenant.

Rokossovsky waved at them, sent them away, and then politely said to Paulus: "Please do it, Marshal Paulus." At the same time, he motioned with his eyes to Andrei to immediately translate this sentence to Paulus, and Andrei hurriedly translated it in German!

"Marshal Paulus, although I have been looking forward to meeting you," Rokossovsky said bluntly without introducing Paulus to the people present, "but I did not expect to meet you in this situation." ”

Paulus saw Andrei sitting next to Rokossovsky, and his face suddenly looked bad, because Andrei had been operating in the rear, not wearing the clothes of the Red Army, but the blue hat and rank of the Internal Affairs Army, and seeing someone similar to the Gestapo, Paulus was not calm directly, he immediately stood up and said to Rokossovsky: "Mr. General, although I am your prisoner, please do not force me to answer the question of violating the soldier's oath, because then I will say to you: 'No comment!'" ’”

When Rokossovsky heard this, he was not angry at all, but pushed the plate of cigarettes and cigars on the table towards Paulus. Politely said, "Marshal Paulus, please smoke." After speaking, he himself picked up a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and the staff officer next to him quickly picked up the match on the table and lit a cigarette for Rokossovsky.

Seeing that Rokossovsky lit a cigarette, Paulus also picked up a cigarette and sat down. One of the officers picked up the teapot, walked up to Paulus, smiled and asked, "Mr. Marshal, do you need a cup of hot tea?" ”

He readily agreed to Su Fang's enthusiasm and pushed the empty teacup in front of him forward. Then the officer poured him tea!

Paulus thanked him in stiff Russian, raised his teacup to his nose and sniffed it, then drank it down. After drinking the tea, he handed it over, and André heard him say in German: "One more drink, please." ”

Quickly translated, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and then Rokossovsky pushed the plate with sliced sausages and cheese in front of Paulus, and made a gesture of invitation, because Paulus refused to answer the topic of violating the military oath, Rokossovsky has been making friends with Paulus, and Andrei is faithfully translating, and finally Rokossovsky said to Paulus: "Marshal Paulus, this is General Andrei Yalen Yakov, Next, the German prisoners will be handed over to him to deal with, I hope you can cooperate well in the future! ”

As soon as Andrei said this, Paulus looked at Andrei with an unbelievable look, he looked at Andrei and asked, "You are the commander of the Soviet division guarding the Mamayev post?" Andrei replied proudly: "That's right, it's me!" Paulus sighed and said, "Although we know that there are not many defenders in Mamayev Height, we have tried various methods, but every time we almost destroy the position of Mamayev Height, your soldiers and shells will still come out!" General Yakov, you have dealt us a great blow, because my troops have suffered a great loss at Mamayev Gang! ”

I have to say that the praise of the enemy is a huge affirmation for a soldier, so Andrei also smiled indifferently and said: "Marshal Paulus, you don't have to worry, we will give a marshal the courtesy he deserves, you have fulfilled your responsibilities as a soldier, and then wait for the day you go home!" ”

In fact, Paulus did his best, and Chuikov's post-war memoirs concluded: Paulus's insistence on not retreating was not a loss, but the best option in the situation at that time. At this moment, the fuel of the besieged German army can only ensure that a small number of armored troops rush back to the rear defense line, and if the vast majority of German personnel marching on foot leave their original positions and run to break through on the desolate and unsheltered grassland, in the face of the superior troops and tanks of the Soviet army, the aircraft intercept and kill, and the whole army will be defeated within a few days, and a small number of people who escape will also lose their combat effectiveness within a certain period of time. Paulus held out for more than two months without breaking through, which played a big role in containing the Soviet army.

But Andrei still understands that any soldier will still despise Paulus, how can a marshal be a prisoner of the enemy, what is a marshal? Marshal is not only a military rank, but also the highest honor of an army! In the history of Germany, there has never been a marshal who was a prisoner on the battlefield, and the surrender after the war is another matter, not only the marshal of other German countries who are prisoners is a shame for soldiers, but as a victor, the marshal still has to be treated preferentially, this is good propaganda, don't look at the Germans to the captured Soviet army are tortured and killed, but if Timoshenko or Voroshilov were captured, I believe the German army will also treat each other with courtesy, after all, this marshal rank has the unmatched value of other military ranks!

Then, André personally escorted Paulus with a platoon of guards to the wasteland town of Zavaregino, where the Nazi German spy agency had planned a plan to rescue Paulus back to Germany.

While the Germans were nervously working out rescue plans, a battalion of the NKVD was responsible for guarding these high-ranking prisoners, and the head of the Stalingrad General Directorate, Voronin, was already waiting for Andrei to come.

Paulus and the other German generals were then put in charge of the Stalingrad General Bureau. But it's not a good job.

Shortly after Paulus' arrival, he asked to meet the Soviet commander, and Voronin met with him, and later Voronin wrote in his memoirs: "When he saw me, he did not stand up, but immediately gave his opinion. He made three suggestions: first, the captives had only one breakfast, but they were accustomed to eating two; 2. They were never offered dry white wine; Third, there is no report to see, and the situation on the battlefield is not understood. I listened carefully to him, paused for a moment, and explained, I can answer all the questions you asked. First of all, I would like to remind you that you are now captives, not on vacation, but as captives! Crimea, which produces dry white wine, was still under German occupation. We serve you vodka every day. You're sure to be well fed and nutritious, so one breakfast is enough. "Voronin did not refuse all the demands of the captives, he promised to constantly let the captives read the newspapers, of course, only Soviet newspapers, and not German ones. There was also a promise to try to provide them with coffee.

Paulus did not stay in Stalingrad for long, and later the Ministry of Internal Affairs transferred the prisoners to Susdar, a small city east of Moscow, for security reasons. A local monastery became a concentration camp for the high-ranking prisoners, who were kept in the monastery's single rooms, which were closely guarded.

And Andrei chatted with Paulus on the way, "How will my soldiers, General Yakov, settle them?" Paulus suddenly remembered and asked.

"Well," replied Andrei, after a moment's hesitation, "according to the order I have just received, Your Excellency the Marshal, and the generals who will be sent next, will be properly arranged, as for your soldiers. They will be sent in batches to prisoner of war camps in the rear for re-education through labor. ”

"Concentration camp?!" Paulus was a little frightened by the name, and for everyone, it seemed to mean hell, a demon cave.

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal," said Andrei with a nod, "but you need not worry, our concentration camps are not slaughterhouses, and your soldiers will never be shot arbitrarily there, although they must take part in heavy labor. I can assure you. ”

Paulus did not speak, but Andrei's assurances Paulus could not believe that few of the Russians he had seen who had been captured and imprisoned in German prisoner-of-war camps survived. The Russians were by no means philanthropists, and their POW camps were by no means a paradise on earth, and based on the existing ethnic hatred, Paulus even speculated that his soldiers would lose 90 percent of their lives in those camps.

But the winner is king, what can he say, the Nazis themselves were too arrogant at the beginning, it was really feng shui in turn, and now it is time for the Germans to taste the concentration camp.

After handing over Paulus to the Stalingrad General Directorate, Andrei had to return to the city, because there were still a large number of German prisoners to take over from the Red Army.

On the way, Andrei looked at the German prisoners who were escorted by the Red Army, the shame of the loser is the glory of the winner, this is an eternal philosophy. The helplessness, bewilderment, and decadence on the faces of the German soldiers contrasted sharply with the joy, longing, and joy on the faces of the Soviet soldiers. For the Germans, they were defeated in this crucial battle. From now on, what they have to hope for will not be victory and honor, and perhaps returning home safely as soon as possible will be their only luxury. And for the Soviet soldiers, they won the victory in this battle of unprecedented scale, they won the honor, and they will have many more victories from now on. A lot of well-deserved honors.

The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most tragic battles in World War II and even in the history of human warfare. The entire campaign lasted 199 days. Due to the scale of the campaign, the number of casualties could not be accurately counted.

However, the claim that the Germans lost 1/4 of the troops on the southern flank of the Eastern Front in the Battle of Stalingrad is shared by most people. The defeat of the Battle of Stalingrad made the German army launch the later Battle of Kursk as the last hope to regain the initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield, but as a result, it completely lost the strategic initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield, as the chief of the General Staff of the German Army, General Zeitzler, said: "Our loss of 250,000 officers and soldiers in Stalingrad is equivalent to breaking our backbone on the entire Eastern Front." At the same time, the Soviet Union also paid a heavy price, the specific casualties of the Soviet Red Army were: 474871 killed, 650878 wounded or captured, a total of 1129619 casualties. More than 40,000 Soviet citizens were killed in just one week of the German invasion of the city, and the number of civilians killed in the entire campaign is not accurately counted, but it can be said that it is far more than that. In addition, the German army was wiped out by the whole system, and its combat effectiveness ceased to exist, and the new troops could not form combat effectiveness without a period of training; And the remnants of the Soviet Red Army replenished the new recruits, with the old leading the new, which could quickly form combat effectiveness. Moreover, it was difficult to replenish the personnel and materials of the German army, and the speed and quantity of the replenishment of the Soviet Red Army far exceeded that of Germany. Germany's strength weakened as a result.

Paulus, who had just been awarded the rank of marshal by Hitler, and his subordinates, Lieutenant General Pfefer, commander of the 4th Infantry Army, Lieutenant General Kurzbach, commander of the 51st Army, and Major General Kolfess, commander of the 295th Division, were forced to surrender. Along with Paulus, 23 generals, 2,000 officers below the rank of colonel, and 90,000 soldiers were taken prisoner.

Looking at the devastated city, Andrei had to move slowly, and he heard someone shout again: "Sooner or later, one day we will make the Germans' hometown like this!" ”

During the escort, the slow German soldiers will be smashed by the soldiers behind with a hard butt! Andrei watched this scene, but did not stop it, after all, now the hatred between the two countries cannot be resolved.