USSR 1941

  Chapter 874 Voronezh

   "The 82nd Infantry Regiment and the 11th Infantry Division, move to Voronezh immediately!" This is an order from Beria.

In principle, Beria does not have the authority to command the 82nd Infantry Regiment, but now the 82nd Infantry Regiment is the instructor regiment of the 11th Infantry Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is considered to be borrowed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so of course the 11th Infantry Division is on which 82nd Infantry Regiment just go there.

  The order is executed quickly.

This may be because the 11th Infantry Division belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and almost all transportation and logistics in the country are under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, Saraev only needs a phone call, and several trains will rush to Miloway to wait. them.

  It was only then that Shulka really felt the luxury of internal affairs... Almost all the trains transporting soldiers to the front line were stuffy tank cars, that is, the ones without windows and seats.

   This is understandable, because the most important thing for frontline dispatch is to be more, faster and more convenient.

Any train pulled out, as long as it is a stuffy tank without a seat, it is universal. It can not only carry people but also load a lot, which will reduce a lot of trouble and unnecessary confusion in the transportation and scheduling process...Logistics Agencies do not need to consider which are freight cars and which are people cars.

   As for whether people are comfortable in it, this is completely out of the scope of consideration of the high-level Soviet army.

  But this is not the case for the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The four trains that Saraev transferred in one go are all passenger trains, the kind with seats.

  Because there are seats, there are fewer people who can be transported, so four rows are needed, that is, one row per group.

   This is nothing, after all, there are seats, windows, and better air.

What's even more exaggerated is that you can have lunch as soon as you get in the car. Two slices of freshly baked bread with temperature, a veritable whole wheat bread, plus a box of canned beef and some jam. Someone sent an apple... This kind of food was unimaginable before, and it would be good to have a few slices of bread mixed with grass seeds and mineral powder to fill the stomach.

During this process, Saraev complained like Shulka: "Finally, I can have a normal lunch! You don't know, Comrade Shulka, the same treatment as the infantry is acceptable in other aspects, that is, eating It's a bit unbearable..."

   Saying that, Saraev raised the apple in his hand.

   Shulka's jaw almost dropped in surprise... Is this just a normal lunch in their eyes? !

  The train stopped several times on the road. The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not have any privileges in this regard. After all, it is wartime, and train scheduling is a major issue, and no army can make an exception.

  It was seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived in Voronezh.

   Of course, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no shortage of camps. As soon as they arrived in Voronezh, they were assigned to a barracks converted from a school... Schools have been completely closed during the war, especially the front line.

  Most of the schools are requisitioned as barracks, or warehouses, refugee camps, prisoner camps, etc.

  As for the students, all of them are old enough to join the army and some even become Shulka’s subordinates. Those who are not old enough are either producing armaments and supplies in factories, or are undergoing military training and waiting to join the army.

  Of course, after arriving at the barracks, there was another sumptuous dinner, this time there was even ham sausage.

  After enjoying the dinner, Saraev said: "Comrade Shulka, if we need to perform tasks...I think we should change back to the previous establishment and uniform tomorrow, what do you think?"

   "Of course, Comrade Saraev!" Shulka had no reason to object, after all, the previous organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was more suitable for performing internal affairs.

Shulka knew what Saraev was thinking. Saraev thought that the purpose of transferring the 11th Infantry Division back to Voronezh this time was to have a mission... Just like the internal affairs troops did before, search for partisans, catch spies, etc. .

   It is not surprising that Saraev would think so, because Voronezh is already on the second line at this time, some distance from the front line. If there are no internal affairs tasks to be performed, it seems unnecessary to transfer the 11th Infantry Division here at this time.

  But Shulka doesn't think so.

  First of all, if the 11th Infantry Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is transferred here to perform internal affairs, then there is no need for the 82nd Infantry Regiment to follow along, and it is even impossible to train normally when the 11th Infantry Division is performing tasks.

   In other words, the training should end here.

  Secondly, the "infantry" training of the 11th Infantry Division was very successful. Beria had no need to change a unit that was forming combat effectiveness into a unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This would disrupt the overall training plan and even waste all previous efforts.

   More importantly, Shulka knows what they are doing here... Kursk is to the west of Voronezh.

   As a division commander of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is not surprising that Saraev did not know that something big would happen in Kursk, but now the top Soviet army can probably guess that Kursk will become a battlefield.

Well, the transfer of the 11th Infantry Division to Voronezh is unlikely to be an ordinary internal affairs task, but Beria hopes that the internal affairs troops will play a role on the future battlefield to improve the prestige of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the "friendship" with the military .

  So, the development of things is likely to be exactly the opposite of what Saraev thought.

  At least why did the top Soviet leaders guess that the future battlefield would be Kursk... This is not what Shulka said.

   It’s not hard to guess. Anyone with a little strategic mind should know that the German army will choose Kursk as the battlefield. It can even be said that the German army has no choice:

  Because of the defeat of the Soviet army in Kharkov (Kharkov is located directly south of Kursk), the Kursk region became a salient, which means that the German army formed a natural semi-encirclement circle on Kursk.

With the arrogance and arrogance of the German army, and the habit of fighting on the battlefield again and again, of course they will eat Kursk first and then take the opportunity to advance towards the Soviet army's deep defense line and expand the results. Even the attack time can be estimated...just In next summer and autumn, when the ice and snow melt.

  At the same time, the German army was unable to change the direction of operations.

  Because the German army at this time was already losing troops, they could only choose the easiest position to attack with limited troops.

  This is also one of the reasons why the German army failed in the Battle of Kursk: their strategic goals were too obvious. The Soviet army had guessed that the German army would use Kursk as a breakthrough a few months ago and prepared accordingly.

   Just as Shulka was lying on the bed and was about to rest, a jeep stopped at the door of the dormitory with a "chuck", and then a familiar voice called out: "Shuerka, where is Comrade Shulka?"

  Shuerka sat up from the bed with a "teng", hurriedly adjusted his military uniform and ran out, because he recognized Zhukov's voice.

  (end of this chapter)