I, who traveled to Chunwu, entered Stalingrad again?

Operation Blue - Stalingrad: Chapter 43 Chapter 41 Kalmyk Steppe

At the end of July and early August, both the Soviet Union and Germany gathered heavy troops around Stalingrad.On the northern flank, Paulus' 7th Army and the Soviet Army's 8nd and 6rd Armies fought around strategic locations such as Karachi on the Don River, and the outcome has not yet been decided; Unexpectedly, the defense line of the 62st Army of the Soviet Army's North Caucasus Front was quickly torn to pieces by General Huot's 63th Armored Army, and the soldiers pointed directly at the positions of the 51th Army.

But Huot's good luck ended here for the time being. The commander of the 64th Army was Marshal Chuikov, who was famous in later generations and marched all the way from Stalingrad to Berlin.Using the deep defensive position and the support of friendly tanks, he stubbornly withstood Huot's attack. Every inch the German army advanced would shed blood.

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And the task of the 16th Motorized Infantry Division is not easy. A mere division is responsible for the safety of the flanks of the German army nearly 300 kilometers from Volgodonsk to Stavropol. That is to say, an average company has to be responsible for 11 kilometers. On the front line, each soldier is responsible for a 60m position on average, but such a thin defense cannot resist the enemy's attack at all.

This area is basically surrounded by prairie, and there is no danger at all.

General Shi Molin was very worried about this, and finally decided to let the infantry of 61 motorized infantry garrison some positions in companies and platoons. The 60th Motorized Rifle Regiment and all armored units arranged several strongholds in the rear in units of battalions, serving as firefighters and ready to support the front line at any time.

Thanks also to the fact that the Soviet 28th Army on the opposite side was also composed of remnants and defeated generals. It also didn't have many manpower, but it fought 16-[-] with the [-]th Army for a while.

Cai Muzuo followed the company to a deserted place. He still doesn't know where he is. There is no sign on the map. He only knows that this area is collectively called the Kalmyk Prairie, and the surrounding area is flat. , makes no difference at all.

Their company will be responsible for the security within a radius of 6 kilometers. Once there is a large-scale enemy situation, they will immediately send a telegram to the division headquarters, and then they need to hold on for a full [-] hours before they can wait for the overdue reinforcements.

Several officers of the Gray Hound Company gathered around the map, feeling a headache from the long front and the lack of troops.

"If we concentrate our forces on one point, it will be impossible to grasp all the surrounding conditions, and we will not be able to detect the small-scale infiltration of the enemy at night. If we disperse our forces to these three points, we will be defeated one by one by the enemy What do you all think?" Captain Feigel kept gesturing on the map, telling them the predicament they were facing now.

"We must not disperse. Even if a small group of enemy troops infiltrates us, we can deal with them, but once dispersed, how can we communicate? Our company only has one radio station! It is not a good job to be a communication soldier in this kind of prairie." The second row The platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Riegel, took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"Our strength alone can't stop the enemy's attack! How about we ask our superiors for some support? Now we are not only short of people, but also short of support weapons and heavy firepower, especially anti-tank guns, just a 37 What can the gun do, scratch and scrape Ivan's tanks?" Some officers also suggested.

However, the captain quickly scolded him: "There is no shortage of people now? It is impossible for the major to give us any support. As for the tanks, you don't have to worry. According to intelligence, the enemy's 28th Army has few active tanks. If tanks really come That must be the arrival of reinforcements from the Soviets, what effect do you expect us to have with one or two more guns?" He knocked on the temporary table made of ammunition boxes, and emphasized to the officers:

"We are not discussing whether to defend here, but how to defend!"

After all the officers were quiet, Captain Feiger pointed to a corner of the map with satisfaction: "I have decided that the main force of the company will be stationed here! But at the same time, we will send sentries here, here, and here, so that we will also You can grasp the dynamics of the surrounding enemy forces. William? What's your problem?"

"But Captain, if you encounter an enemy, it will be very difficult for the sentries to escape and report back!"

"It's very simple. Each sentry team will carry a flare gun. Once they encounter an enemy, they will immediately fire a warning shot, so that we can know even if we are separated by a distance."

"........."

"Don't look at me like that William, I know this is a difficult mission, but it is worth the sacrifice necessary for the entire company, everyone in the company will take turns to perform the mission! They are not without chance of survival, once they know the enemy The information, the company will rush to support immediately!"

So the Greyhounds immediately settled down in an abandoned collective farm, where no civilians were seen.But when the Soviets retreated, they took away everything they could take away, and those that could not be taken away, including houses and wells, were blown up and sealed. Any supplies can be found here, and to get water, you have to go to a stream two kilometers away.

The next day, the company began to arrange related matters. Captain Feiger would set up three sentinel strongholds 6 or 7 kilometers around the farm, so that he could almost observe the situation within a radius of 3 kilometers.Generally speaking, scouts can observe large-scale enemy movements within 30 kilometers.And if the enemy is creeping quietly, it's really hard to distinguish in such a ghostly place with overgrown weeds.However, the sentries will not stand on high places carelessly, they are also hidden in the shadows.

The 3 platoons of the company are each responsible for a stronghold.All soldiers except the platoon leader and the medics and signalmen will be on duty in rotation, and each shift will last a full day.

The Sentry will be composed of three people, with two kar98k rifles and an MP40 submachine gun, as well as a flare gun, and a sidecar motorcycle that can carry 3 people to take the Sentinels to and from work, which is good.

In order to prevent the sentries from being killed without the company knowing, Captain Feiger also asked the sidecar motorcycles to patrol the sentry positions every few hours and bring supplies along the way.If a Sentinel Point goes missing along with the patrol, it's obvious what happened.

Lieutenant William decided to lead by example, and took two recruits to the southeast of the farm on the first duty. This arrangement made the soldiers below have no complaints about the duty list.

Originally, with his status as an officer, he didn't have to take such risks. The reason why the German army was able to win consecutive battles has a lot to do with its having a group of high-quality low-level officers and non-commissioned officers. It's a pity that the high-level infighting and corruption It is not inferior to other countries at all.

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Operation Blue - Stalingrad: Chapter 44 Cossacks

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"I'm sorry."

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"Wang Zha! To three, I win! Give me back all the cigarettes!"

A lot of people think that war is always fighting, it's not like that, it's more about waiting, waiting for the next attack, waiting for the next meal, the next morning.In this era without mobile phones, there is nothing more tormenting than long waiting. You don't know whether the enemy will attack suddenly, and whether the bullets flying from where will suddenly kill yourself, and you only need to maintain a high level of mental tension. Will wipe the gun and go off.

The gray hound company has camped in this unknown grassland for three days. At first, the soldiers were a little fresh about the scenery of the grassland, but now they are almost lost.

There are no galloping horses, herds of cattle and sheep, continuous yurts and hospitable herdsmen in the tourism promotion of later generations.

There are only houses destroyed after the Soviet army retreated, the cold wind howling at night, and revenge bullets that will be fired at an unknown time.

The German soldiers began to play poker to pass the time and reduce stress. They bet money and had cigarette quotas or coffee and black tea. However, cigarettes and other materials were much more expensive than paper marks in this ghostly place where there were no shops in front of the village.

It's just that there always seem to be several kinds of poker games popular in the German army, the most being blackjack, stud, drawing jokers and the like.If you play too much, you will get tired of it, so the Doudizhu "invented" by Cai Muzao quickly became popular.

Of course, I dare not call it Fighting Landlords here, but change the name of fighting profiteers, because the German Junker officers are also noble landlords, and there are many generals and marshals in the Wehrmacht, such as Manstein, Rundstede and more...  

However, this group of ungrateful bastards soon discovered that Zai Muzao's card skills are very good, and he always wins more than he loses. After Schneider lost all his paper marks and lost his only coin, he became annoyed and proposed to ban him. Wood seat competition.

This proposal was quickly supported by other soldiers and passed almost unanimously.

However, Timuzuo has already earned enough, which is enough for him to buy a lot of things at the company's canteen.It's a pity that there is a shortage of supplies now, and in a few years maybe Mark will become waste paper. Holding the coffee he won from some unlucky ghost, he stood aside and watched these soldiers peck each other, occasionally giving pointers. One or two sentences from one of them was quite interesting, if it wasn't for the constraints, he still wanted to do a Three Kingdoms Killing.

Since there is only one deck of cards, there are many more German soldiers who gather to watch the fun than those who actually gamble. Go alone.

This guy, Fredheim, doesn't like playing cards very much, and the novels he brought before have been read several times over and over.Now he is holding a pen and paper, sitting on the ammunition box with his legs crossed, as if he is writing something.

"What are you writing? A love letter to some girl?" Cai Muzuo asked curiously.

"Fuck you! I'm married to this damn war, this is a reply letter to my mother." Friedheim folded the paper, looking like he didn't want others to see his writing What.

"That's a pity, but you'd better tell her not to expect much from you coming home, it's a long time before the war is over."

Just as Zai Muzuo was about to say something, Sergeant Douglas opened the door and came in: "Hans? It's time, it's time for you to change shifts!"

Zai Muzao had no choice but to swallow his unfinished words, drank the coffee, and picked up his new toy—an MP40 submachine gun.

"Let's go, don't make Schneider wait too long."

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As veterans, Zaimuzuo and Friedheim took Xiaodeng, a novice, on a sidecar motorcycle to prepare for the changing of the guard.

There was a joke in the previous life, "It's better to cry in the back seat of a BMW than to laugh behind a bicycle." This R-75 three-wheeled sidecar motorcycle is actually a BMW brand.

Speaking of this era, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Porsche can all be regarded as accomplices of the Nazis, providing important military supplies including tanks, airplanes, trucks, motorcycles, etc.

This kind of motorcycle is not exclusive to Germany. There are similar things in various countries, such as the Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the United States, the Ural M72 motorcycle in the Soviet Union, and Japan because of the terrain in the Tianchao area. , and since everyone is copying from each other, they all look similar.

Friedheim was in charge of driving, Xiaodeng sat behind him, and Zaimuzuo sat in the exclusive seat of the Taijun in the drama. According to the plot, the unlucky ghost in this seat is always the first to die...

The riding experience of the three-wheeled motorcycle was not very good. On the one hand, the road conditions in the Soviet Union were very bad, with potholes and mud everywhere.On the other hand, Friedheim's motorcycle skills were not very good, and his buttocks hurt when he bumped all the way, but at least he didn't overturn.

However, when they arrived at the destination, they couldn't find anyone. It wasn't until someone shouted their names that they realized that the lieutenant had set up the post by the birch forest not far away, not the hill where the three of them were.

"It's very calm, everything is normal, Ivans are probably having diarrhea, you can sleep comfortably. It's just a bit cold at night. In addition, in order to prevent enemies from emerging in the woods, we have a few mines there, you You should know the signs we commonly use, just be careful, and don’t step on them when you pee!”

Before leaving, Schneider explained this to the three people who came to take over the shift, and then he took his two followers on the Taijun motorcycle and drove to the camp.

It is said to be an outpost here, but it is actually a small ditch in front of the woods, concealed with some branches and turf.

Several observation ports are facing the possible position of the Soviet army in the northeast direction. In the distance is the endless and empty prairie, and a small stream meanders through the rolling hills.

Although not as wide as some highlands, the concealment and survivability have been greatly enhanced.

The previous sentinels have almost built this place. There are a few recessed holes in the small trench to store personal belongings. Someone brought some straw from the farm and made three small nests, so that it is slightly warmer to sleep in. Son, they are happy to sit back and enjoy it.

The three of them took turns to be on duty, while the other two sat in the trench either sleeping, thinking about life, or cleaning and maintaining the guns, without any intention of talking.

In the evening, Taijun's motorcycle drove over again, contacted the outposts and brought them dinner at the same time.

Zai Muzao opened it and saw that it was potato and onion stewed bacon soup, and buckwheat black bread that was about to vomit. From May to now, with the continuous advancement of the front, Zai Muzao found that the meat in his bowl was getting more and more If there is less, it will not meet the so-called first-class food standard of the German army, but potatoes are still enough for now.

It is only August now, but the temperature difference between day and night in the grassland is huge, and you may still be sweating in the afternoon, but when night falls, the cold wind will follow.Timuko huddled in a pile of straw in his overcoat, unable to fall asleep listening to the howling cold wind for a long time.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the whistling of the cold wind is like a devil's cry, echoed by the crackling of the birch forest, and the occasional neighing of unknown beasts. The atmosphere is exactly the same as in ghost movies.

Wait, hissing?Zai Muzao realized something was wrong, and woke up Fredheim beside him, "Did you hear anything?"

"What?" Fredheim had just been shaken awake, still a little dazed from sleep.

"Den? Did you find anything?" Cai Muzuo hurriedly shouted, but got no response. He turned around and saw that the kid was dozing off while on duty!

Cai Muzuo lay down and pressed his ears to the ground, his face changed drastically after a while: "Cavalry! Ivan's cavalry brigade!"

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Operation Blue - Stalingrad: Chapter 45 Chapter 43 Cossacks ([-])

With a kick to remind Deng who was dozing off, Zaimuzuo carefully looked out from the observation port on the edge of the trench.On a dark and windy night, under the bleak starlight, he could only vaguely see a group of black shadows moving 200 meters away.

The Soviets seem to have placed something on the horseshoes, making the sound of the horseshoes very dull, and it is difficult to distinguish between the whining wind. Only by pressing your ears to the ground can you hear some sounds vaguely.

"At least the size of a cavalry company, shall we send a signal?" Fredheim took out a signal pistol and lay beside the wood seat, and asked in a low voice, while Deng beside him was even more frightened and trembling.

"He, they're coming towards us! What should we do?"

"Don't act rashly! Take cover, they won't be able to see us in such a dark place, let's wait until they pass!"

So the three of them went back to the trenches and waited for the Soviet army to pass through. Thanks to the hard work of the previous sentries, most of the trenches of the observation post were covered by branches and turf, and it was not easy to find them during the day, let alone now when the lights are dark.

Timu Zuo closed the mp40 safety, loaded the bullet, and kicked Xiaodeng again.

"Take your finger off the trigger, we'll be screwed if it goes off!" The recruit was trembling all over, holding his rifle tightly, and Zai Muzao was afraid that his shaking of his hand and shooting would expose the identity of the three of them. Location.

And he and Fredheim had seen quite a few scenes now, calmed down a little, put his fingers on the handle, took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly, staring at the gap between the branches above his head.

The Soviet cavalry is getting closer and closer, and now they can clearly hear the dull sound of horseshoes, and even the panting of the horses. The well-trained Soviet cavalry basically did not make a sound, only the disobedient horses occasionally tore Beep.

Since the invention of the heavy machine gun, the cavalry has gradually given up its role as the protagonist of the war. It is impossible for the heavy cavalry to charge in one round to determine the outcome like in the Middle Ages. However, in World War II, the Soviets and Germany still retained part of the cavalry.

Although the German army is famous for the blitzkrieg of the armored forces, in fact it is far from achieving the achievement of motorization of the entire army. A lot of supply transportation, investigation, and communication still rely on horses. Most infantry divisions can be said to be standard Mule.Some armored divisions also fought as cavalry divisions in the early days when there were insufficient tanks, but now there are indeed not many independent cavalry divisions.

The size of the cavalry in the Soviet Union is a bit larger. Among them are the geographical factors of the poor road infrastructure in the Soviet Union, and the historical reasons that Budyonny, a Soviet hero, once led the Red Army cavalry to sweep the White Army to end the civil war. Therefore, the Soviet Union still retains as many as The cavalry establishment of the 7 armies, these war darlings of the old era still exert their residual heat on the vast and boundless plains of the Soviet Union and the rugged mountain roads of the Caucasus.

The cavalry marched from the trenches one after another, and several horses even passed over their heads. Through the camouflage gap formed by dead branches, leaves and turf, Timuzuo could see the appearance of the Soviet cavalry slightly clearly.

They wear cylindrical flat-topped leather hats, black or gray winter cloaks, rifles or submachine guns slung behind their backs, sabers on their waists, and even light machine guns, mortars, and anti-tank guns. It is broken down into several small parts and carried by several soldiers respectively. It is well-armed and definitely not the fool who hacked the tank with a saber in the legend.

The camouflage on the trench successfully deceived the Soviet army, but it was so successful that the Soviet army never thought that this piece of grass that looked no different from other grasslands was actually empty.

With a click, the front hoof of a war horse accidentally stepped on the camouflaged branch, and then the entire front body sank in, and the cavalry on its back was thrown directly onto the grass beside it.

"Suka Bulie!" The cavalryman who was thrown rolled on the spot, cursing angrily, and the horse also let out a mournful cry.

The muzzle of the gun in the trench was also aimed at the horse immediately, and Zai Muzao felt his hands tremble a little, not because of fear like the recruits, but a kind of excitement, as if he was longing for something.

"What's the matter? Gregory? Has your riding skill reached the level of rolling on flat ground?" The sudden change caused the surrounding Red Army soldiers to stop and let out a burst of laughter.

Gregory is a Cossack on the Don River. The so-called Cossacks are not a certain nation, but serfs who fled to the Don River because they were unwilling to work for the noble landlords. Later, they fought with nomads, Poland or Russia for freedom and power. The aristocratic landowners, the Ottoman sultans and other enemies in constant battles became an excellent source of light cavalry, and even Napoleon praised them.

He got up from the ground in a state of embarrassment, his whole face turned red under the ridicule of his teammates, although not many people could see clearly under the night.

"Shut up! Schippan, didn't you see that the sinister and cunning German dug a trap here?" Everyone followed his fingers to look at the trench. The horse stepped on the shallowest end near the forest, and It wasn't the deeper side of the Zaimuzuo where they were, the camouflage was only half collapsed, and the soldiers couldn't see that there were three enemies lying underneath.

And the war horse was not injured, just gnawed a mouthful of mud, it successfully jumped out of the ditch, obediently lowered its head and walked slowly to the side of its master, whistling softly.

"If I were a German, wouldn't I plant a mine in the trap? Even a few spikes would be enough for you. I guess some hunter dug the trap." The cavalry next to him disdainful of Gregory's rebuttal. , he shouted back: "There is a trap! Go around here, I don't want another idiot in the company!"

"It was just an accident!"

Gregory carefully cleaned the mud off the mouth of the mount, and after stroking it twice, he got back on the horse and followed the pace of his comrades.

When the sound of horseshoes gradually went away and could no longer be heard, Cai Muzuo put down the gun in his hand. For a moment, he thought that everything was over. This time, it was as exciting as drilling the KV2 site back then. It can make humans produce a large amount of polyamines. It is said that certain types of drugs and certain sports are fascinating because of this thing.

He looked at the two people beside him.Fredheim's eyes were dull, and he looked like a sage who was unloved. One hand kept crossing his chest. It seemed that his prayers might really help. Xiao Deng kept covering his chest with both hands. Looking at his mouth, it seems that it is not easy for him.

But everything is not over yet, they haven't finished their mission yet, Zaimozao probed to observe the movement of the Soviet army again, guessing that they might have walked a kilometer, and then said to the other two: "Get ready to race! Fry De Heim, do you still remember where Schneider and the others buried those two mines?"

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Operation Blue - Stalingrad: Chapter 46 Chapter 44 Cossacks ([-])

"Of course, under the three trees 100m inside. Shall we bypass them?"

In order to prevent people from the woods from outflanking the outpost, the former sentries planted several mines inside, and the nearby tree trunks were specially carved with an inverted triangle mark with a knife.

However, the black lights are so blind that they can't see clearly at all. Fortunately, Fredheim went to check in the afternoon, and he can still remember the approximate location.

"No, we have to get close to it." Zai Muzao slowly expressed his judgment: "We must send a signal, otherwise it will be over for these Ivan cavalry to raid the sleeping company, and the company's night shift is likely He is also a recruit, if he takes a nap like Xiao Deng, it will be over!"

After finishing speaking, he gave Xiao Deng a look. The kid didn't dare to refute but just scratched his head in embarrassment. If it wasn't for Cai Muzuo's insomnia today, all three of them might have their heads pinned to Ivan's waist for military exploits now!Although the officers often arranged for a veteran and a recruit to watch the night together, according to Zai Muzao's experience, the recruits were usually on duty and the veterans were lazy, after all, there were still a few outposts ahead, weren't they?

"Listen, this signal flare works like a flare. The company can see it if they are not blind, but we are in danger if they are safe. The woods are not big and the trees are sparse. They can't run far after us on horseback. The only way is to go to the mines. Ambush them and catch them off guard! You two go ahead and find the mines with flashlights, and I'll come right after."

"Three people ambush a company, sounds crazy, and they're not French..." Friedheim muttered a few words, but he had no better way, he gritted his teeth: "Just do as you say! It's better than waiting here for a saber"

After a while, Friedheim and Xiaodeng left the bunker first, and Timuzao waited for 5 minutes after they entered the woods before raising the flare gun and aiming at the sky.Signaling in the woods is not a good idea, because it is possible to hit the canopy and the company can't see it.