The latest commander of the Petrovsk region is Timoshenko, and the political commissar is Tuvatin, and these two people may not be very good at fighting offensive battles, but they are still very good at fighting defensive battles, and some clues can be seen from the large in-depth defense arranged in Petrovsk. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Of course, Guderian would not sit back and wait for the arrival of the fighters, and shortly after Steiner's departure, Guderian gave the order to attack Petrovsk in three days, and Guderian was waiting for the news that Steiner had cut off the Soviet army's rear route, because Guderian wanted total annihilation, not defeat.

Timoshenko and Tuvatin were also at the headquarters every day, always paying attention to the movements of the German army, because it was a local battle, Timoshenko's intelligence sources were much richer than Guderian's, and since the moment the German army pressed on Petrovsk, Timoshenko knew the intentions of the German army.

"It seems that the Germans are bound to win Petrovsk! Comrade Tuvatin, how is our ****** being carried out? ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Timoshenko, all men between the ages of 17 and 50 in the Petrovsk region, regardless of their profession, are integrated into the militia.

Now our total strength has reached 680,000, and there is a huge shortage of weapons and ammunition for the militia, so that only two or three people can get an old-fashioned rifle, ten rounds of ammunition, and two grenades.

My militia does not have heavy weapons at all, but we are urgently transferring them from Stalingrad, which already has a lot of weapons and equipment from the United States. ”

Temoshenko stroked his beard with his hand, nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask:

"When will the weapons and equipment that were transferred from Stalingrad arrive?"

"Three days later."

"Hopefully, the Germans' general assault will be in three days."

In less than a month, Timoshenko organized 380,000 militias in the Petrovsk region, but Timoshenko did not have any weapons for them.

In this way, Timoshenko's troops have gone up, but his combat effectiveness has decreased, but don't ignore the role of the Soviet political commissars in the army, with their brainwashing and supervising the war, those Soviet militias who lack weapons and ammunition also dare to fight.

The political commissars of the Soviet army often said: "For Stalin", "For the Soviets", and then all the soldiers must fight to the death, or they will wait to be executed by merciless military law, and their families will be sent to labor camps.

In this case, whoever dares to run, if he escapes, will not only be executed, but also affect his family, and he will be a martyr if he dies in the charge. Before the Germans completely crushed these Soviet troops and eliminated the political commissars, the Soviet troops would inevitably fight to the death, which was high-pressure and cruel.

"Thank you, Comrade Tuvatin, for sending a telegram urging Stalingrad to send us some Katyusha, and if there is really none, try to give us as many anti-tank grenades or anti-tank guns as possible.

In addition, an order was immediately issued to the whole army that any deserter and anyone who dared to surrender to the German army was a traitor to the Motherland and an enemy of the people, and that he himself should be immediately shot, and his family members should be sent to the Siberian labor camp.

This is a battle related to the future and fate of our Soviet Union, we must be hard-hearted and send more soldiers to the battlefield, we can only use our flesh and blood to forge our steel defense line. ”

"Comrade Timoshenge, you can command the battle with peace of mind, I will be responsible for all military discipline, and ensure that you have no worries, and this is what I, the political commissar, do."

Tuvatin, the political commissar, still had some connections in Moscow, and he sent several telegrams in a row, and Tuvatin was looking for friends to help him get as many weapons and ammunition as possible, after all, there were a lot of American-style weapons and equipment shipped to Stalingrad.

"Report."

"Oh! It's Mascu, what information have you gotten? ”

Because Guderian knew very limited information after all, so last night, Guderian ordered the "direct sailing strike team" to infiltrate the Soviet positions and arrest a few Soviet officers with slightly higher positions.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, according to the confession of one of the Soviet lieutenant colonels we captured, the current supreme commander of the Petrovsk region is Timoshenko, and the deputy commander is Tuvatin.

Timoshenko had expanded the strength of the Petrovsk region to 680,000 troops, including 380,000 militiamen, who were so desperately short of weapons that it took two or three people to get an old rifle, ten rounds of ammunition, and two grenades.

A large number of weapons and ammunition are being delivered from Stalingrad, the exact time of arrival is unknown. ”

"Well, Lieutenant Colonel Mascu, you have worked hard, your task has been completed very well, I will take credit for you, you go down and rest first."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief...... Knock knock ......"

Mascu left the headquarters after reporting the situation, and Guderian waited for Mascu to leave before showing a sad face, this is not a joke, the Soviet army was actually expanded to 680,000.

These Soviet militiamen did not have much weapons and ammunition, and even if they had two anti-tank grenades each, it would be enough for Guderian's German troops to drink a pot, and Guderian remembered vividly that the Soviet commissar forced the soldiers to launch a desperate charge.

As for the Soviet Union's supply lines, Guderian has already sent three SS divisions to cut them off, and now Guderian's greatest desire is to hope that they can cut off the supply lines in Petrovsk as soon as possible, so that those American-style weapons and equipment will not enter Petrovsk.

Rommel had been a bodhisattva in Guderian's headquarters, and he did not interfere with any of Guderian's orders, but Manstein, who had been by Guderian's side, began to suggest:

"General Guderian, we can't wait here in vain, we are attacking while waiting for Steiner to cut off the supply lines of the Soviet army and it is not a conflict.

I propose to launch an attack at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we will first wash the ground with heavy bombs, plow all the Soviet positions with artillery fire, and then let our armored troops step on the bomb landing point to attack.

Let's break through from the middle, tear through the Petrovsk defense line in one go, and then attack with infantry on both sides of the gap, and continue to storm into the depth of the Soviet defense with armored forces.

As long as there is stubborn resistance from the Soviet army, then we will greet them with artillery shells, rockets, and aerial bombs, but the Führer has given you hundreds of thousands of bombs of all kinds, so our losses should not be large.

It's impossible for us to get a relatively intact Petrovsk, I understand that Timoshenko will definitely turn the whole of Petrovsk into ruins, he can't leave Petrovsk intact to us, as for convincing Timoshenko or Tuvatins to surrender, don't think about it, they will never surrender. ”

Rommel still had that attitude of non-interference, and in response to Guderian's inquiring eyes, Führer Rommel said with a smile while drinking tea comfortably:

"General Guderian, you are the commander-in-chief of Army Group South, and all the battles of Army Group South should be decided by you, and I have no objections."

…… (To be continued.) )