Chapter 646 Find a Solution Yourself

Paulus, who was woken up after sleeping for less than four hours, felt a little dazed. Even when he grabbed the military uniform on the hanger at the bedside and put it on, he felt blurry.

Paulus didn't think there was anything wrong with his body. It should be that the news of the Soviet counterattack came too suddenly and caught him off guard. Paulus, who was forcibly comforting himself in his heart, immediately buttoned up his clothes and walked out.

"Where is Colonel Henderson now?"

"Someone has been sent to call him, General. Colonel Henderson was not on duty last night. He has asked for leave. He has a stomach disease and needs to rest. This is the advice of the military doctor."

Colonel Henderson is the intelligence minister beside Paulus. All the work of monitoring Soviet radio and telegraphs was completed under his name. This happened without any warning or advance notice, which made Paulus very annoyed and ready to hold Colonel Henderson accountable.

After hearing the answer from the duty staff officer beside him, Paulus, who fastened the last button on his collar with both hands, frowned and spoke immediately.

"As long as he can get out of bed, let him come to see me immediately! Otherwise, I will go to see him in person, just tell him so!"

"Also tell Schmidt to summon all the staff officers and relevant personnel who are on duty and not on duty to arrive immediately. The Russians are fighting a last desperate battle. As long as we can withstand this wave of madness of the Russians and block them in this broken city, victory will be within our grasp!"

Paulus believed that the victory of the Battle of Stalingrad had been won by him even now. The only uncertainty and need to strive for was the time when the battle would end.

Paulus was very confident that this local counterattack launched by Zhukov's command was the last attempt of the Soviet army to break out and escape from Stalingrad. Although this could be considered reasonable from the perspective of the German army, which had an advantage, the truth later proved that Paulus would pay an irreparable price for his repeated misjudgments of the battlefield situation.

The Sixth Army Headquarters was in chaos because of the sudden dawn attack launched by the Soviet army. After calming down, it immediately wound up like a machine at full power to prepare to respond to and repel the Soviet counterattack.

Paulus, who forced himself to calm down, listened carefully to the battle report presided over by the Chief of Staff Major General Schmidt. He confidently believed that he was in charge of the most powerful field army in the entire Wehrmacht at the moment. Facing the Soviet army's insignificant counterattack, there was no need to be timid and adopt conservative tactics. He almost had arrogance engraved on his face.

"Gentlemen, since these Russians are anxious to die, then we will fulfill their wish in the fastest and most efficient way!"

"Send a telegram to the 14th Armored Army, telling them to start the attack immediately according to the previously assigned attack formation! The goal is to repel Ivan, the enemy in front of them, and attack the city! In addition, contact Baron Richthofen immediately and tell him to send all the planes that can drop bombs to the front line to stop these Russians from going crazy. We need maximum air support! Immediately!"

Paulus, who was awakened from his sleep, still had a strong waking mood even after almost an hour.

For those hateful Russians who gave him a splitting headache and wanted to sleep but had no chance, Paulus, who was annoyed and felt provoked, decided to crush and completely eliminate the other party with the most violent attack, to let these Russians understand that if they dared to leave the protection of the broken city of Stalingrad, it would be equivalent to stepping into the grave in advance.

The Luftwaffe, which was responsible for providing air support to Paulus's Sixth Army, was a very powerful air force. The Luftwaffe's 4th Air Force, commanded by Baron Wolfram von Richthofen, was the most luxurious and powerful air force in the current Luftwaffe.

The total strength of the entire air force accounted for 54% of the current Luftwaffe's total strength. Paulus required such an air force to "send all the planes that could drop bombs to the front line." Needless to say, what a terrible storm of death this meant.

Baron Wolfram von Richthofen, the commander of the 4th Air Force, was even more legendary. This guy was a distant cousin of Manfred von Richthofen, who shot down 80 enemy planes during World War I and was nicknamed "Red Baron".

When his elder brother, the Red Baron, was flying a biplane in the sky, killing the British bulls in panic, his younger brother, the young Richthofen, was still riding a horse on the ground as a cavalryman.

The younger brother, the young Richthofen, ended up on the road of the Air Force like his elder brother.

Hitler's rise to power brought a huge turn in the fate of the young Richthofen. He eventually threw away his saber and got rid of the cavalry and was promoted all the way. In 1942, he became a general of the German Air Force and was in charge of the largest and most elite Fourth Air Force under the German Air Force to fight over Stalingrad.

It was Baron Richthofen who turned Stalingrad into a sea of ​​fire and completely turned it into ruins. Now, Paulus hopes that this meticulous and rigorous German Air Force general can throw the same destruction on the heads of the Soviet counterattack forces.

Malachenko had no idea and no time to think about how Paulus, a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong, was planning to deal with him. When the overwhelming and earth-shaking artillery fire was about to end, Malachenko, who had already connected the radio transmitter in his hand, shouted loudly.

"Charge! Crush those Germans, Ura!"

Malachenko's loud shout was evenly powerful and impressive, but it was a pity that not all the crews of the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment could hear this shout.

Those zombie tanks that were repaired and sent and some T34 medium tanks that were sent as troops after being defeated were almost all "basic simplified versions" without on-board communication radio stations.

Malachenko once asked Zhukov on the phone whether there were any remaining tank wireless communication radio stations in Stalingrad. If possible, Malachenko wanted to get enough to install them on his tanks urgently.

However, Zhukov's unusual answer on the other end of the phone left Malashenko speechless.

"Don't ask me what to do if there is no radio. Find a way to solve it yourself. If you can deal with the Germans, you can also handle battlefield communications. This is an inevitable result!"