And the next situation is not different from history, because knowing the special status of Unit A, none of the commanders next proposed the transfer of Unit A to the front, and when Chuikov asked others why this elite army was not put into the battlefield, the adjutant of the front army said in a low voice: "Comrade commander of the group army, they are all the "Royal Forest Army" specially sent by Comrade Stalin to the Mamayev Heights, and the leaders are all colonels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" (this time Unit A was transferred under the guise of a guard unit) and Chuikov also looked bad, now Stalingrad's outer front is very bad, and he knows that recently a small unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has come to Stalingrad, and when he came to the meeting, he met the commander of this unit, as a famous general, of course Chuikov found that this unit is an elite, is it the special forces, but now he knows that they are actually the "Royal Forest Army", In other words, it is barely reasonable to let them help serve as the guard of the front army or the group army headquarters, but it is not possible to transfer them to the battlefield, and their front-line commanders are too low-level!

The guard troops, like Unit A, are directly subordinate units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (some friends may find it difficult to figure out what kind of troops are directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in fact, Western writers during the Cold War have given them a very well-understood term "Soviet secret police", but it is not the same concept as the agents of the "KGB", and most of the troops in it are combat units. However, the field tasks are different from those of ordinary field troops. A bit like the current armed police force in China, of course, our armed police are also scholars, and at that time, the training goal of some of them was to become the best security personnel, and the troops directly under Moscow are understood as the Imperial Forest Army. If you want to know more and more, I recommend you to watch "The Great Time 1958")

Due to the Soviet system, the Red Army commanders on the front line of the internal affairs forces have no right to transfer, so Chuikov also sighed helplessly, and Andrei also felt embarrassed, after all, there is a general bureau of internal affairs, and a lot of work does not need to be done by army A, and unit A hangs the sign of "Royal Forest Army", which ordinary people dare not bother, and the troops who want to give themselves have not yet come, Andrei is now also crying without tears, he has a thousand ideas, you don't have soldiers in your hands, you can't sprinkle beans into soldiers!

And on this day, he actually met Chuikov, the future Marshal of the Soviet Union, Andrei immediately went up to talk to Chuikov, although later he once suggested a nuclear strike on China, but this is a real soldier, an excellent soldier who gave everything for his country!

And after the initial greetings, Andrei immediately remembered that when he was reading books in his previous life, he remembered that at the beginning of the battle, Chuikov found out that there was a problem with the Soviet army's defense line on the Don River, and Chuikov was also blunt in front of this officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

“…… Yes, I observed from the plane that day that the line of defense of the 62nd Army did not meet these requirements, and they did not have time to use the natural barrier of rivers and valleys. In fact, I think that by building a little fortification in these places, it can become an insurmountable obstacle for the enemy. However, the positions of our army were built on the bare grassland, which was not dangerous to defend, and it was very easy to observe from the ground or from the air. There were many gaps between the various defensive positions and troops, especially on the right flank. If these gaps were discovered by the Germans, they would pass through them, encircle our defensive positions, and reach the rear of our defenses.

Due to the excessively long stretch of the line west of the Don River, the defense line of the 62nd division of the 1st echelon of the 4 divisions was 90 kilometers long, and the defense line of the 64 divisions and 1 brigade of the 2 divisions and 1 brigade was also 50 kilometers long. Especially on the right flank of the defensive line, the 192nd Infantry Division pulled the longest. Nearly a quarter or even a third of the strength of the divisions of the 1st echelon was deployed 4 or 50 kilometers away from the main force, with neither artillery cover nor air support, and they would be quickly routed or destroyed in the event of a fierce attack by the Germans. Chuikov then reported: "After familiarizing myself with the situation and analyzing and comparing the information about the enemy gathered by the various units of the 62nd Army, I deployed the troops that reached the Don Valley as follows: the 1st Infantry Division, the 154th Marine Brigade and the 121st Tank Brigade occupied the line on the right bank of the Don from Surovichino to the town of Suvorovskaya, and the left end of the defense was defended by the 29th Infantry Division; The second-echelon 112th Infantry Division was deployed in the area of the Chir River, where the 62nd Army and the 64th Army combined; The 66th Marine Brigade, the 137th Tank Brigade and the cadet regiments assembled as the third echelon in the residential areas of the Meshkova River. ”

Chuikov also reported to Zhukov at that time, and Zhukov immediately praised him after listening to his report: "This deployment of yours is good, you can attack and retreat and defend." If the Germans want to break through your defenses, it will probably take a lot of effort. ”

Chuikov smiled bitterly and said: "However, not long after the deployment of my troops, General Gordorf came to the headquarters with a written order from the Supreme Command and assumed the post of commander of my 64th Army. After he took office, he reviewed my orders, and he did not make any major changes to the apparatus of the first echelon, approved and ordered them to be carried out. However, he made major changes to the configuration of the second echelon of the group army. He ordered not to place the 112th Infantry Division at the junction of the 62nd and 64th armies, but to move it to the periphery of the Stalingrad Line, that is, on the smoke of the Meshkov River, from the village of Logovsky to the village of Gromoslavki; The 66th Brigade of the Marine Corps, the 137th Brigade of the Tanks, and the cadet regiments of the various military cadets were transferred to the location of the Aksai River, that is, to the left flank of the army group, and this decision of General Gordorff transferred all the reserves of the army group to the left bank of the Don River, thus the defensive position of our army group west of the Don River, and lost the second echelon and reserves. ”

For Chuikov's clear understanding, Zhukov also recognized it at that time, but although he was the deputy commander-in-chief, after all, this is a matter of two fronts, and there are connections in all aspects, so Zhukov is also a little difficult to deal with!

In this way, the defense line of the Don River is obviously porous, if the German army can't penetrate it, then don't be confused, think of Andrei for that Goldov, he is also angry, but although he is a colonel in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the commander of the front army has no right to deal with it, then the base camp or Beria has power