Because the German army began to bomb Stalingrad indiscriminately after the bombing of the Luftwaffe on August 23, the flag presentation ceremony was very simple, and after Chuikov came to the division headquarters, he ordered the heralds around him: "I said Comrade Heralds, go and bring in the flag of the Siberian Volunteer Division." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

He said yes, turned and ran out. After a while he walked in again, followed by a captain with a rolled flag on his shoulder.

Chuikov asked the captain to spread the flag on the table, so that Andrei could see the true face of the flag.

When I was looking at the military flag, the captain was still next to Andrei looking at the military flag and remembered the historical data to correspond: "The flag of the Soviet army is made of red silk with a golden tassel on the edge, and the size is 145x115 cm. The obverse center is embroidered with a hollow Venus with a diameter of 60 cm, and in the center of the Venus is a sickle and an axe. Above the Venus is the slogan 'Destroy the German invaders', and below it is the name of the troops. On the back of the flag, in the center is an embroidered portrait of Lenin, 48x46 cm in diameter, with the slogan 'For the Motherland' above and the Russian abbreviation of the USSR below. The flagpole is wooden, 2.5 meters long, 4 centimeters in diameter, dark brown in color, with a metal hoop at the top and two gold bands. ”

Andre stretched out his hand and stroked the new military flag that belonged to his own unit, and couldn't help but be passionate, while the other commanders were also very excited to finally have a military flag belonging to their own troops.

Chuikov saw that the time was almost up, and began the ceremony of awarding the military flag and announcing the order!

Andrei and the people in the division headquarters read the oath of Soviet servicemen: ... I will defend our Motherland with valor, tact, loyalty and honor,

Defend its honor and destroy the enemy at all costs. If you break the solemn vows,

I am willing to be severely punished by the laws of the Soviets, hated and spurned by the working people.

――――――― glory forever belongs to the great Soviet, Ula

After a short period of enthusiasm, Andre felt lost in his heart, this flag presentation ceremony was too simple and too child's play. Later, I saw several more conferring ceremonies

So he looked back at Yazov and said: "Comrade Yazov, in addition to the combat mission, I will hand over the task of protecting the flag to you, I will give you a squad of soldiers, I want you to swear to me with your life and honor, even if you sacrifice your lives to protect this glorious banner, can you do it?" ”

And Yazov immediately saluted and then said: "Comrade division commander, rest assured, I will protect this glorious banner at all costs." ”

Then Andrei asked everyone to take the military flag to the troops to take the oath, and Andrei and Chuikov talked about the battle situation,

This was the historical street fighting tactics of the Red Army against the Germans at Stalingrad: the main tactics of the German army were joint operations of all arms, and great attention was paid to the coordination of ground bombardment by infantry, engineering troops, artillery and air force. In order to counter this tactic, the Soviet commanders adopted a close-quarters strategy, trying to keep their front line as close as possible to the German army, which resulted in the German artillery units not being able to play the advantage of long-range attacks.

"Yes, we mixed the Germans with us, and our army formed combat teams with different weapons, such as a two-person sniper team, so that our snipers could fully kill and injure the Germans, and the commander must be on the front line, which can also greatly boost morale." At the same time, assault engineering detachments were formed to meet the special needs of street fighting.

The assault engineering detachment consisted of 20 to 30 of the most experienced soldiers, whose main weapons consisted of submachine guns, grenades, bayonets and sharp shovels. Assisting the assault detachment in the attack were light anti-tank guns, tanks, anti-tank rifle squads, and flamethrower squads.

Their task was to occupy and defend the buildings of the front-line city, we first blew up the outer walls of the buildings with artillery, set grenades into the buildings, set the basement on fire with flamethrowers, and blew them up with grenades. Before entering the room, they will throw grenades and then strafe them with submachine guns.

And Chuikov is a great shot, so if the Germans enter the city, we will fight like this, but why did Andrei seem to be ready for street fighting from the beginning?

"Uh" Andrei found that Chuikov was indeed suspicious, so Andrei said in a low voice: "Comrade commander, don't forget what I do?" ”

"What for? The Guards, no! It suddenly occurred to Chuikov that Andrei belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the famous Cheka intelligence officer was a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Then Andrei memorized the history book: "In the early morning of July 19, 1942, a German communication plane fell from the sky over our position, the pilot was killed in the ensuing engagement, and the Soviets found top-secret documents in their briefcases. The German pilot who died was Major Leachell, and while on duty, he received a new deployment plan for the German army, codenamed "Operation Blue". This was one of Hitler's plans to seize oil fields in the Caucasus and cut off the supply of our troops.

Moreover, our intelligence officers also risked their lives to obtain some intelligence materials, so I had long anticipated street fighting, and you should also know that the General Staff conducted war games. According to the results of the deduction, the focus of the enemy's attack was the Mamayev Height. It is possible that the enemy will take the Mamayev post from our troops within the first week after approaching Stalingrad. In the ensuing battle, in order to recapture and hold this high ground, our army had to devote at least five to eight divisions per month. To put it mildly, this place will become a flesh mill. ”

Chuikov took a breath, this Andrei really knows a lot!