USSR 1941

Chapter 540: intention

??Chapter 540 Intent

??The battle continues.

??Shulka sat in the trench and was bandaged by a health worker for his left rib wound...that was scratched by the enemy's bayonet in hand-to-hand combat.

?? This is the result of Shuerka dodging in time, otherwise Shuerka would have an extra hole in his stomach.

?? And one more hole almost means death on this battlefield.

?? This is not only because it is difficult to come back alive from such a battlefield after being injured, but also because the medical level in the Soviet Union at this time is backward and the conditions are poor, and it is not easy to get out alive after treatment in the rear hospital.

??So, sometimes life is so strange, just a few points of distance can determine life and death.

?? Until then, Shulka had no time to overlook the Volga River behind him.

??It was also not peaceful there. Fishing boats and cargo ships were sending people and supplies from the east coast to Stalingrad one after another. Many supplies and people were even transferred to the direction of Mamayev Post just after disembarking.

??The German fighter jets and bombers swooped down from the sky wave after wave, blowing up several ships into fireballs from time to time.

??Of course, the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns were also roaring non-stop, and occasionally a few planes fell from the sky with black smoke and strange howls.

??Raising the binoculars and looking around, Shulka learned more about why Mamayev Gang is so important.

The course of the Volga River in Stalingrad is quite special. There are two long strip islands in the middle of the river at the upper and lower reaches of the Volga River. The current of the Volga River is gentle, and a lot of sand is deposited in the middle of the river. Form small islands.

??These two elongated islands almost shielded the river transport between Stalingrad and the east coast.

??To be precise, there is no shielding, but it will cause a lot of trouble for the river transportation.

??If the east bank wants to transport materials or personnel to Stalingrad via the small island, it must go through a small island transfer process.

?? That is, the process of transporting the river to the island on the east bank, maneuvering the island to the other side, and transporting it to Stalingrad by river.

?? This will obviously consume a lot of manpower and material resources, because it will increase the process of shipping and unloading several times.

?? More importantly, fishing boats and cargo ships will be forced to concentrate in narrow rivers, which are easily bombed by enemy planes.

?? Only in the middle of Stalingrad, that is, between the two long islands, there is a gap about 25 kilometers long. Through this gap, the materials on the east bank can be transported to Stalingrad by river at one time.

?? And Mamayev Gang is located in the middle of this gap, facing this important river channel condescendingly.

So, once Mamayev Kurgan is captured by the Germans, it is not just a matter of blocking the port, but blocking the entire Stalingrad transportation...then the Germans will not even need to bomb with planes, they will only need to be in Mamayev With a few cannons set up, the transport ships can be blown to the bottom of the river one by one.

?? "Okay, Comrade Captain!" The health worker confessed after dressing up: "I don't think you should go to the battlefield anymore, at least not for a few days, otherwise the wound is likely to rupture. You know, the current weather is very easy to get infected!"

?? Shulka nodded.

??But he thought in his heart that this is not something he can decide, and no one on Mamayev Post will worry about the issue of "infection".

?? "How's the situation?" Major Mikhailvich ran to Shulka and asked.

?? "No big problem!" Shulka replied while struggling to put on his military uniform.

?? At this moment, Shulka noticed a "rumbling" motor sound from above, the sound was low, like a rolling thunder.

?? Shulka couldn't help being startled, and then understood what was going on.

?? "Tanks, the enemy has brought up tanks!" Shulka said.

?? "Tank?" Major Mikhailvich couldn't help being startled. After listening carefully, his face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered: "Tank, prepare the bazooka!"

?? "Bazooka!"

?? "Turn up the bazooka!"

??…

?? While the soldiers were busy, the sound of the tank motor became more obvious, and soon the tank appeared above everyone's heads.

?? First, a gun barrel emerges from the position on the top of the mountain, getting longer and longer. Then there is the tank track, which emerges from the first half, making a rattling sound, as if it is about to drive to the sky.

?? Then it fell heavily with a "Teng", and the entire tank body was exposed in front of everyone in an instant.

?? To be precise, it is not a tank, but an assault gun, the "No. 3" assault gun, which can be seen from the fact that it does not have a rotating turret.

?? But of course, the Soviet army at this time will uniformly define it as a tank.

??The Germans are right here to choose to use assault guns instead of tanks.

??Because the combat effectiveness of the tank on uneven high ground will be greatly restricted... If the tank body is high on one side and low on the other, the rotation of the turret will not be on the same plane as the target, which will cause great difficulty in aiming.

??So, tanks can basically use machine guns on high ground, and they are also directional machine guns. If the artillery wants to hit the target, it basically depends on luck or purely to scare the enemy.

??Since this is the case, there is not much difference in using the cheaper "No. 3" assault gun. Anyway, they can only use machine guns.

This is exactly what the German army did. After the assault gun moved forward for a certain distance, its heading machine gun spewed out flames in a "da da da" direction, and at the same time fired while advancing, and the shell hit two kilometers with a "boom". outside the place.

?? "Bazooka ready!" Major Mikhailevich shouted.

?? After waiting for a while, Major Mikhailvich ordered loudly: "Let go!"

With a scream of "whoosh", several rockets flew towards the assault gun... Two of them hit the target, and the assault gun immediately emitted a cloud of black smoke, but it continued to move forward due to inertia A distance approached to a distance of about 70 meters.

??The German army did not stop the assault artillery attack because of this, and then another one, and another... one after another emerged from the other side of the hilltop position.

?? "What are they doing?" Akimovich asked suspiciously: "They should know that we have bazookas!"

?? "Of course they know!" said Shulka, "But they don't care about that!"

?? "Why don't they care?" Akimovich asked puzzled, "Those are tanks, and they are driving those tanks up to die!"

?? "Do you think they drove those tanks up to die?" Shulka shook his head and replied, "No, Comrade Akimovich. I don't remember which lesson it was..."

?? "Lesson Nine!" Akimovich reminded.

?? "Okay, Lesson 9!" Shulka said: "You have to grasp the enemy's psychology, or understand the enemy's intentions. This is very important, otherwise you don't know where the focus is!"

??(end of this chapter)