Then the news spread quickly, and witnesses told a Soviet sentry that the Soviet sentry would report the matter to their superiors half-believingly, and then report it up one by one to Lieutenant General Lopatin, the commander of the 62nd Army.

Lieutenant General Lopatin was shocked when he heard this information, but he could not confirm whether this was an individual incident or a major conspiracy. He immediately asked the staff officer: "Where is Captain Droyev?"

Captain Droyev was the Soviet officer sent by Lopatin to welcome the "reinforcements".

"I don't know, Comrade Lopatin!" the consultant replied.

The Soviets' communication situation determined that their reaction speed was slow. For example, if Captain Droyev had a walkie-talkie and kept in touch with the command at any time, it would have been long time since then that problem was discovered.

But Captain Droyev was not equipped with a walkie-talkie, so no one knew whether he could not contact him or was killed by some spies as described in the intelligence.

Then, Lopatin looked at the map and ordered: "Call to notify the checkpoints along the road, stop the reinforcements and order them to stand by on time for inspection!"

"Yes, Comrade Lopatin!" The staff officer responded.

Lopatin's decision was obviously wrong because he thought it might be just a matter of a small number of Germans dressed as Soviet soldiers mixed in... This was no longer unusual for the Soviet army, and the German Brandenburg troops often sneaked in to steal intelligence, even Stalingrad was no exception.

Because of this wrong judgment, Lopatin thought that it would be enough to stop the troops and search. What he did not expect was that this time was different from usual. This time it was not a small army, and its purpose was not to gather intelligence, but to conduct an assault similar to special operations.

It should be said that Lopatin missed an opportunity.

If he could accurately judge this, and then calmly mobilize the troops to set up an ambush in front of the "reinforcements", the 1st Infantry Regiment would be afraid that he would not be able to take it.

It’s a pity that Lopatin does not have such wisdom.

Fortunately, Lopatin did not have such wisdom, otherwise the 1st Infantry Regiment would have been the first piece of meat grinded by Stalingrad, the meat grinder, and it would have been so slurped that there was no residue left.

The person who received the call was the second lieutenant of the Soviet army standing up and answering repeatedly. Soon after, he saw the tanks of the "reinforcement" described on the phone "rumbled up".

The second lieutenant put down the phone and walked forward, raised his hand to stop the team.

"Hey, you are not allowed to pass here!" said the lieutenant: "The superior ordered you to stand by on the spot and wait for inspection!"

"What happened?"

"I don't know!" The second lieutenant replied: "Anyway, you're here!"

Qin Chuan knew that the matter might have been exposed. Although he didn't know what was wrong, he couldn't hide it anymore, so he made a quick decision and ordered: "Battle!"

The gunshots rang out quickly. Before the lieutenant could understand what was going on, they were beaten into a sieve. Several Soviet soldiers in the checkpoint hurriedly raised their guns, but a row of grenades with blue smoke had been thrown to their feet... With the roar, more than ten Soviet soldiers were bombed into the sky.

There were also a few clever ones who turned over and hid behind the sandbag and avoided the explosion of the grenade, but this was useless, because the next second the tank "rumbled" and smashed the sandbag with the Soviet soldiers hiding behind it.

"Advance this street!" Qin Chuan ordered: "At the Volga River, the 'Red Barrier' artillery factory on the right, and the tractor factory on the left!"

"Yes, major!" The German soldiers took out a white towel and tied it with a white towel to their left arm... This is to avoid being unable to identify the enemy and me in the dark.

At the same time, they also established a set of code words. One side asked "Long Live Stalin" and the other side answered: "Red Barrier". This would not make the Soviet army suspicious and effectively distinguish between us. Because if the other side was a Soviet, of course, they would also answer "Long Live Stalin" instead of other answers.

The troops were divided into three parts according to the plan, with three to four tanks as cover.

This is done to launch a more effective attack on the troops, so that a certain street will not be unable to advance after being blocked by the enemy with firepower.

It turns out that this worry is not redundant, because in the subsequent battles, several tanks drove out of the tractor factory and blocked a street... These tanks were just produced from the tractor factory, and those who drove them were even workers in the factory.

From this we can also see that the Soviet working class was still very conscious. Usually, they should all escape at this time, but they would take the initiative to fight in tanks.

But this did not work, because German tanks soon walked around the other street, and there was a burst of blast on them...

The tanks driven by Soviet workers were one because they lacked professional skills, and the other was that they could not distinguish between the enemy and us. After all, both sides used T34 tanks.

But this was not a problem for the Germans, because they tied a red cloth to the tank's gun barrel, body and antenna.

In addition, the tanks driven by Soviet workers did not cooperate with infantry, so they were beaten into a pile of scrap iron in a few strokes.

When the news reached Lopatin, he was shocked. It was not until then that he realized that it was not a small part but a whole army that had been infiltrated.

Then Lopatin quickly understood the intention of the troops to sneak in...the factory.

"Quickly, send reinforcements to the factory area immediately!" Lopatin ordered: "At the same time, order the checkpoints along the way to block these hateful Germans, and at all costs!"

"Yes, Comrade Lopatin!" The staff members immediately became a group of people, and ordered the troops to be transferred.

But it was too late to do this at this time.

Stalingrad's lack of troops, and the result of insufficient troops is that the main force of the troops can only be distributed on the periphery.

Of course there was no problem with this. The periphery was defended by the troops, while the urban area was built fortifications by the people, and even armed the people.

Then, when the Germans attacked, the peripheral troops could defend themselves from step by step along the fortifications built by the people.

But now these German troops attacked the inside as soon as they came up, and they also entered the hinterland for more than two kilometers... (Note: Stalingrad is roughly a rectangular, 40 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide)
Chapter completed!