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All the way to the identity of the internal affairs troops, Andrei and the others went smoothly to Zhukov's headquarters, which was located in the city of Ryazan, southwest of Moscow. www.biquge.info When the convoy stopped outside the headquarters, a captain came over and saluted Andrei and asked: "Are you Major Yakov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Andrei quickly got out of the car and said, "That's right, I am." And the captain immediately made a gesture of please and said: "Comrade Deputy Commander-in-Chief is waiting for you in the office, please come with me!" "Okay." So Andrei followed the lieutenant to the headquarters and went upstairs to a room where a major sat behind a desk, and the captain came to the major and saluted, and said: "This is Major Yakov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, come to see the deputy commander-in-chief." ”

And this major seemed to be Zhukov's adjutant, so he led Andrei into the door, and then reported to Zhukov, who was pacing around the office: "Report to the deputy commander, Major Yakov has arrived!" And Andrei immediately saluted and reported: "Report to Comrade Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Andrei Yalen Yakov was ordered to come and report, please instruct." ”

Zhukov asked the adjutant to go out and close the door, pulled Andrei to the table, pointed to the map on the table and said to Andrei: "Andrey, I heard that you once reported that according to your analysis, the target of the German offensive on the Southern Front was not oil in the Caucasus, but Stalingrad. Now, as it turns out, you are absolutely right, the Germans are constantly rushing towards the Don, and our troops are constantly moving to the area. I reckon we are going to have a fierce battle with the Germans here on an unprecedented scale. ”

As soon as he spoke of the war, Zhukov became as excited as a gourmand who saw good food, and he introduced Andrei to Andrei: "Now we know from intelligence that now on the southern front of the battlefield, from Orel to Sevastopol, is the German Army Group South. At present, it is divided into Army Group 'A' and Army Group 'B'. Their task was to annihilate all our troops on the west bank of the Don.

The current information on the disposition of the two army groups is as follows: Army Group 'A' is under the command of Field Marshal William Liszt and has under the command of the 1st Tank Army, the 11th and 17th Field Armies, and the 8th Army of Italy.

Army Group 'B', commanded by Field Marshal von Bock, commanded the 4th Tank Army, the 2nd and 6th Field Armies, and the 2nd Hungarian Army. In addition, the Romanian 3rd Army was coming day and night.

At present, the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th armies of our army have set up new defensive lines along the Don River, where they are ready to stop the German offensive. ”

Speaking of this, he stopped, looked at Andrei with his eyes and said: "Andrey, your special forces, the next step is not only to fight the enemy like in the defense of Moscow, you also have to have more contact with the front-line command, according to the order from above, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will organize the people of the Gulag concentration camp into a new unit According to the meaning of the base camp, the command will be handed over to you after you arrive in the war zone, and your military rank will be directly promoted to colonel." ”

What the? The sudden pie could smash Andrei unconscious, so he replied almost without thinking: "Comrade General, please rest assured that I will unswervingly complete my mission in the future." ”

Zhukov nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Considering the combat effectiveness of the newly formed troops, after arriving at Stalingrad next, you should first go to Mamayev Post to receive troops!" ”

"Mamayev Gang! Andrei immediately asked: "Comrade General, if we don't block the Germans on the periphery, then I'm afraid the two sides will have to fight a decisive battle in the city of Stalingrad, and then the Mamayev Heights, which is the commanding height, will inevitably become a flesh mill!" Will a bunch of recruits be able to hold back? ”

Andrey, you know what? The General Staff has already conducted a war game on the question you just mentioned. According to the results of the deduction, if the Germans had crossed the Don River, then the focus of the enemy's attack would be 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. As you say, this will be a mill of flesh and blood. ”

"Ahh It's not cannon fodder now! Andrei said in his heart, he knew very well how tragic the battle for Mamayev was for!

If you look at the map, you will see a noticeably recessed spot in the middle of the west bank of Stalingrad: Mamayev Hills

In addition to being pinched in the center of the city, this 102-meter-high hill is the highest point in the city, overlooking the whole of Stalingrad and the Volga River

If the Germans had captured the hill, they would have been able to bombard any Soviet stronghold in the city without hindrance, and all the reinforcements that the Soviets had mobilized from across the river would be in full view.

On September 12, 1942, the German army broke through the city defense of Stalingrad, and the Soviet army's outer defense zone was completely lost; On 15 September, the Germans occupied Mamayev Hill for the first time. The 13th Guards Rifle Division, which was the elite of the Soviet Red Army at that time, received the task of retaking Mamayev Gang on the same day, and the mortality rate exceeded 30% after 24 hours, and the railway station near the hill changed hands 14 times in six hours, and by the time the sun rose again, the 13th Guards Infantry Division, full of 10,000 people, was almost left alive.

But even then, there could be no order to retreat, and the task of the living was still to hold the Germans to the death.

In order to fight for this point, both sides are red-eyed.

On that not vast hill, such a fierce fight every day lasted from September 15th to mid-to-late November; The sporadic onslaughts and counter-shocks continued until the complete liberation of Stalingrad in February of the following year.

By the end of the battle, the density of shrapnel on the Mamayev Gang was 500-1250 pieces per square meter, which was even better than Shangganling!

However, according to the development of historical battles, he has nearly two months of preparation time, so during this time, he can repair the fortifications at Mamayev Height, because Andrei remembers what he knew in his previous life, when the Soviet Army did not build a solid defense system in Mamayev Height, only simple trenches, and many Soviet troops at that time suffered heavy casualties under the powerful firepower of the German army, but how to build this defense system will have to look at the specific situation of Mamayev Gang at that time.