The NKVD unit is the internal guard of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs under the Soviet Internal Affairs Commissioner. Its mission is to complete the combat duty tasks of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its nature is somewhat similar to the German security division or police force.

At this time in Stalingrad, they were responsible for strictly investigating the soldiers who fled to the east coast who tried to escape and throwing them into the "punishment camp" at the ferry.

As the battle in Stalingrad became more and more difficult, there were still many such soldiers.

For example, in a day yesterday, the NKVD troops seized 184 people.

21 of them were shot on the spot...

Generally, it is not shot because Stalingrad needs too much force, and even if they are thrown into the "punishment camp" as cannon fodder, it can play a role.

But there are some situations that have to be shot.

For example, among these 21 people who were shot, 8 were because of self-harm... Self-harm is a particularly bad situation, especially after self-harm, they can no longer fight, so even if they are thrown into the "punishment camp", they cannot play a role. Keeping them will only waste food.

Three people were NKVD soldiers... NKVD itself is a law enforcement officer, which is absolutely unforgivable, so he did not have the opportunity to go to the "punishment camp" and shot him directly in front of a group of detained soldiers at the ferry entrance.

Another 10 people were identified as spies... Some of the spies may be German soldiers from Brandenburg's troops, some may be wronged, and some may be verified.

There are examples of this. As mentioned earlier, after being captured, Soviet soldiers often work hard for the German army because they have no turning back.

The German army hid the news that these officers and soldiers were captured and allowed them to return to the Soviet troops to collect intelligence for the German army.

The German army was very clever because they had all the evidence when these Soviet officers and soldiers were captured and even confessed, and these evidences would be provided to the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs at any time. Therefore, even if these Soviet officers and soldiers returned to the Soviet army, they still did not dare to betray the German army, and could only provide intelligence to the German army again and again.

So in the end there were only 163 people, which was still a little far from the 500 people that Rodimtev asked for.

Several new recruits were reinforced from the east coast... The recruits were of little value anyway, and most of them died in less than a few days. They picked up some 500 people to send to Rodimtev.

Qin Chuan didn't know what Rodimtev had done. At this time, they were dealing with the flyers thrown by the Soviets from the air... This was a propaganda method of the Soviets. They always used low-speed biplanes to throw propaganda items at the enemy when the enemy planes could not function at night.

Qin Chuan picked up a piece casually, and it said in German:

“Read and forward to your comrades

Soldiers of the 21st Armored Division! For months, your superiors have been trying to seize Stalingrad. This attempt cost you 80,000 people to kill, but the purpose has not been achieved.

This attempt will never be realized! It will never be realized!

Because the Soviet Red Army will continue to defend its homeland, the defense lines around the city will continue to become the tomb of the enemy…”

Qin Chuan didn't want to see it any further. The Soviets' propaganda method was very clumsy. They actually used fake data on the flyers they showed to the Germans and emphasized how brave they were. This would not first of all, it would not gain the trust of the German soldiers. Even if they had the intention to surrender, they would be scared by this deception.

Sure enough, the German soldiers who were picking up the flyer to see it soon noticed a lot of ridicule:

"Oh, have we already killed 80,000 people? Why don't I know?"

"They are the traitors of the motherland that they shot to death, right?"

"There will be no 80,000 people!"

"Yes! You can't imagine how many 'traitors of the motherland' will be!"

Then the soldiers burst into laughter.

You should know that at this time, the German army had only more than 100,000 troops invested in the attack on Stalingrad. If 80,000 people were killed, most of them should be killed or injured. No wonder this data became a laughing stock for German soldiers.

However, the cruelty of war has not decreased at all.

When the day was hazy, the sound of gunfires from the Soviet army's attack on Mamayevgang sounded again.

At this time, the German soldiers knew what to do, and they all hid in the trenches and waited for the moment when the enemy's artillery fire stopped.

This time, the Soviet army's artillery preparations only took five minutes, perhaps because they knew that the artillery preparations would not work.

Then, with Qin Chuan's order, the German soldiers rushed to the high ground under the cover of artillery fire.

Qin Chuan did not charge with the soldiers. He hid behind a small earth slope and used a telescope to watch the battle... The location of this small earth slope was south, allowing Qin Chuan to see about one-third of the south slope of Mamayevgang.

Qin Chuan quickly felt something was wrong, and there was no problem with the charge force, about 300 people, but compared with the orderly formation when the charge yesterday, the Soviet army's team can be said to be very chaotic today. They basically did not cover each other, and there were even a considerable number of soldiers who did not have tactical actions and did not know how to hide themselves.

Looking at the rear of the Soviet army, several Marks machine guns were being carried in the bunker behind. A Soviet officer was holding a pistol in his hand and was pushing several Soviet soldiers to join the charge camp.

"'Punishment Camp'!" Qin Chuan suddenly understood something, and then shouted to Eberhard: "Hurry up, call them back!"

"What?" Eberhard was stunned. He didn't understand why Qin Chuan chose to retreat at this time. Retreat now means giving up the position to the Soviets and blocking the central ferry.

"Retreat!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Order retreat!"

"Yes, Major!" Eberhard responded and immediately issued an order through the walkie-talkie.

Then Eberhard quickly understood that in a few seconds, Soviet artillery fire surged into Mamayev hills, chasing the retreating German soldiers all the way to explode on the high ground.

"God!" Eberhard couldn't help but be stunned: "How can they fire? Why? There are their people on it!"

"Because they are 'punishment camps'!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviets didn't care about their life and death at all!"

Eberhard understood after hearing this, but he shook his head with an incredible expression, as if he couldn't believe that the Soviets would do this.

But the facts were right in front of him, but he had to believe them.

In some ways, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the Soviets doing this, because this is war, and not using this method may lead to more soldiers and even elites dying on the Mamayev post and not even winning.
Chapter completed!