Lopatin has a revenge mentality.

If you are an ordinary person, then there is no problem with "revenge and revenge and repay kindness". But as a general, he should consider strategies in a general direction rather than blindfolding hatred to command randomly.

For example, at this time, Lopatin should carefully consider how to minimize the losses in the factory area, or how to do so as not to always be one step behind the enemy.

But Lieutenant General Lopatin is not such a commander who can think calmly at critical moments... This also led to his removal from office and another famous general named Cui Kov who was replaced by the Soviet Union soon after.

At this time, Lopatin had actually lost his fighting spirit and confidence... This was not only because the factory was burned, but also because the 62nd Army suffered heavy casualties again and again before this.

This is actually understandable, because people will have this mentality, and when they are defeated, they will fall into negative emotions and cannot extricate themselves. At this time, he even had the idea of ​​giving up Stalin and retreating to the other side of the Volga River... Because all he thought about was the fierce attack of the German army, and under such an attack, Stalingrad could not be defended. He was more of the only way to hold on Stalin's order to defend himself.

People who lose confidence are prone to breaking their hands and commanding randomly. Lopatin, who was angry and embarrassed, took it for granted that the German army would return from the same route, so he ordered the troops stationed in the west to approach the industrial area step by step.

Who would have thought that the German army turned the finger and turned around and attacked northward along the Volga River... This kind of attack has one advantage, at least there will be no enemies in the direction of the Volga River. At the same time, the Soviet army in the direction of the Reynolds will face the attack of the German army in both directions at this time.

So the German army returned to their camp cleanly and beautifully. Before leaving, they even burned another bread factory and buried many mines on the retreat route, causing a lot of trouble to the Soviet army that followed.

The news soon reached Moscow.

Stalin was smoking a pipe in the office and reading the newspaper. He was used to having some of his own leisure time before work every day.

At this time, the staff officer hurried into the office and whispered: "Comrade Stalin, Stalingrad's telegram..."

Stalin nodded. He originally thought it was Lopatin's telegram asking for supplies and troops again, but after a glance, he almost even fell off the pipe on his mouth.

"What's going on?" Stalin asked after a while: "The Germans were able to cross the heavily defended line to enter the heartland of Stalingrad and burn such an important factory?"

"Comrade Stalingrad!" The consultant replied: "I heard that it was because the Germans disguised themselves as our people..."

"This is just an excuse!" Stalin interrupted the staff officer: "If it were so easy, why couldn't Lopatin let his soldiers disguise themselves as Germans and attack the German command or ammunition depot?"

Of course, this question cannot be answered by the staff, and there is no need for the staff to answer.

After thinking about it, Stalin said to the staff officer: "Order Cui Kev to come to my office!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!"

The staff officer knew that Stalin could no longer help but be disappointed with Lopatin, and at the same time he did not care about the taboo of changing players in the last battle, and wanted to remove Lopatin.

A few hours later, Choikov appeared in Stalin's office.

"Comrade Cuikov!" Stalin asked straight to the point: "What do you think of Stalingrad? Comrade Lopatin was not sure to withstand the German attack. In fact... he thought we should give up Stalingrad!"

"No, Comrade Stalin!" Cuikov replied without hesitation: "We cannot hand over Stalingrad to the enemy, even if its factory has been burned by the Germans. I vow to either guard the city or die there!"

Stalin was very satisfied with Cuikov's answer. What he wanted was this kind of determination, and what Lopatin lacked was this.

"I will ask Comrade Zhukov to help you protect Stalingrad in all respects!" Stalin said: "You are already the commander of the 62nd Army!"

So, Trikov became the supreme commander of Stalingrad. He flew to Kapstinyar that night, which was the east bank of the Volga River, and then crossed the Volga River in the dark to Stalingrad.

On the other side, when they returned to their defense line, they immediately received cheers and applause from the German soldiers... The German army has never stinged in praise of the victors. Although most of the German soldiers they met on the road passed by were German soldiers who had never met before, they heard that the 1st Infantry Regiment in front of them was the 1st Infantry Regiment that burned Stalingrad last night, they were in awe.

After returning to the state-owned farm, the 1st Infantry Regiment also received praise from Paulus: "Warriors, your heroic behavior has inspired each of us. Although many of them have just heard of your deeds, they saw the flames ignited by Stalingrad last night. To my surprise, many people have guessed that it is your masterpiece, which shows that the 1st Infantry Regiment has amazing prestige among us. Therefore, what you ignited last night was not just a fire, but a confidence that we will definitely defeat the enemy and conquer Stalingrad; what you burned was not only the Soviet factories, but their will to resist! The 1st Infantry Regiment, I am proud of you!"

The soldiers couldn't help but cheered loudly, and compared to some substantial rewards, this kind of spiritual praise made them even more excited.

This can be said to be an honor, a belief, or a persistence.

Qin Chuan ignored this. He dragged his exhausted body back to his tent, leaned his rifle aside, lay down like a dead body, and didn't even want to move his fingers a little.

The high-intensity battles over the past few days made him a little unbearable, so he also understood the desire of the officers and soldiers fighting on the northern defense line to stabilize the front line first and then launch an attack on Stalingrad... The fatigue is also an enemy of German soldiers.

The German army is different from the Soviet army. The Soviet army can send troops without combat experience to the battlefield to charge, but the German army thinks that it is meaningless murder. This is also the reason why the Servant Army is more about defending or taking on logistical tasks rather than charging on the front line.

The consequence of this is that the German army always had to fight against the Soviet army several times more than before on the front line.

But this seems that the servants cannot be blamed... This is a war launched by Germany.
Chapter completed!