As a result, the armored train was really dug out by the German army, and most of the trains were intact. If there was any damage, there was a Soviet soldier with a turret throwing a grenade inside before surrendering... German soldiers were angry and hated for such people, but there seemed to be no problem with the Soviet soldiers doing this. Before surrendering, they were still enemies. It was natural to damage their equipment. They would deal with it as they should after surrender.

Of course, the German soldiers would not give this Soviet soldier any good treatment, but they just gave him a few butt stocks.

However, the "heroic behavior" of the Soviet soldiers cannot change anything... The reason is that the structure of the Soviet army's armored train is very simple. The turret is fixed in it by the T34, so a turret was blown up. All the Germans needed to do was drive the armored train back to the factory and then install it with a captured T34.

Such an armored train can be imagined to play its role in a specific situation, such as Karachi Railway Station.

After knowing that Karachi was lost, Stalin was very disappointed with the battle situation in the direction of Stalingrad, because he knew that Karachi's fall meant that the German 6th Army would cross the Don River in full and threaten Stalingrad to the east.

Although Stalingrad is not of great strategic significance to the German army, it is of great significance to Stalin or the Soviet army... because this is a city named after Stalin. If the Soviets cannot even save the city named by their leaders, it will undoubtedly be a satire to the entire Soviet army and a serious blow to morale.

In other words, the gains and losses of Stalingrad are greater in political sense than in practical sense. If it is lost, it will further amplify the negative ideas of the Soviet army against the German army.

Perhaps, Hitler was also attracted by this and was eager to take Stalingrad... Until now, Hitler has also become nervous. He has left the "Wolf's Knot" and flew to the German Eastern Front Operations Command from leaving the "Wolf's Knot".

To be precise, another castle Hitler secretly built in Vinica, Ukraine was also a command center, code-named "Werewolf".

There is no need to say why Hitler did this, of course it was to better command the battle on the Eastern Front.

But in fact, Hitler's command at this time actually did not play much role, because at this time he was already blinded by a series of victories, so he thought that the Soviet army had retreated on its entire line, and ordered the troops to capture Stalingrad within ten days...

This order stunned Paulus, Hort and others. They almost thought that the head of state must have been crazy. The Soviet army in front of them was two fronts, and the German army had only two armies directly used to attack Stalingrad. In other words, the battle had just begun and could not even be considered the beginning.

However, in any case, the situation in the Soviet army is indeed not optimistic.

Stalin thought about it and sent a telegram to the commander of the Western Front, Zhukov, ordering him to arrive in Moscow that day.

The name Zhukov can be said to be well-known. He can be said to be one of the few generals among the many incompetent generals in the Soviet Union with super command talents. More importantly, he is also an ever-winning general.

For example, he defeated the Japanese army in the Battle of Nomenhan, so that he did not dare to enter the Soviet Union and turned to China, thus changing the pattern of World War II. For example, he defended Leningrad, especially it is worth mentioning that he commanded the Western Front to win the Battle of Moscow.

So, at this critical moment, the first person that Stalin thought of was undoubtedly Zhukov.

Zhukov arrived in Moscow at 10 o'clock in the evening and walked into Stalin's office.

"The situation is very bad, Comrade Zhukov!" Stalin said to Zhukov who stood in front of him with a melancholy expression: "The Germans have occupied Karachi and have rushed north overnight, but we have no troops in the north that can stop them. If this continues, Stalingrad will be lost in the future!"

Although Zhukov had known before that the situation in Stalingrad was not optimistic, he did not expect the problem to be so serious.

"Stalingrad must not be thrown away!" Stalingrad continued: "We must be very clear about this. If Stalingrad falls, the German army may use the Volga River as a cover to enter the Soviet Union's rear, which means that all the achievements we achieved in the Moscow defense war will be wasted. More importantly, the army may lose confidence in victory!"

"I agree, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov replied: "We cannot throw away this city!"

"Do you have any ideas?" Stalin looked at the map hanging on the wall with his pipe in his mouth: "If it were your command, how would you fight this battle?"

Zhukov was stunned. He had never thought about this problem before.

However, he is worthy of being a famous general who has been a battlefield for a long time. After looking at the enemy and us situation chart on the wall, he replied: "If it is my command, I will try my best to organize an army north of the Don River to launch a counterattack against the enemy!"

"Counterattack?" Stalin was quite interested in this proposal.

"Yes!" Zhukov replied: "We cannot passively and passively defend in Stalingrad. The weakness of the Germans is that their supply line is very long. The deeper they go into the Soviet hinterland, the longer the supply line will be. At the same time, they have to face bad road conditions and countless guerrillas. In addition to the consumption of the battlefield, I think they are at the end of their strength by this time!"

Stalin nodded in agreement when he heard this.

"Then..." Zhukov continued: "In order to prevent the Germans from throwing all their strength into the battle of attacking Stalingrad, we must launch a counterattack from the north along the passage between the Don and the Volga Rivers to the south. The purpose of the counterattack is not to annihilate them or drive them away, but we may even fail and suffer heavy casualties, but... we consume the German supplies and delay their attack on Stalingrad!"

Stalin nodded again to agree.
Chapter completed!