USSR 1941

Chapter 545: normal slope

??Chapter 545 Forward slope

??Major Mikhailvich waited for some time.

??At this time, the artillery firepower has turned to the positive **** where the German troops are stationed, but they are still carrying out focused bombing.

??The so-called key bombing refers to targeting some military targets observed and recorded during the day, such as trenches, bunkers, machine gun forts, etc.

?? Some of these key targets are distributed on both sides of Mamayev Gang. If the 82nd Infantry Regiment launches an attack at this time, it is easy to cause accidental injury.

??Until several red flares rose in the air... This is the charge signal reserved by the artillery and infantry. At this time, the artillery will extend the artillery fire from the two wings to the center.

??So Major Mikhailvich jumped out of the trench and shouted: "Comrades, for Stalingrad, go forward!"

"go ahead!"

??…

??The soldiers jumped out of the bunker one by one, grabbed their rifles and rushed into the darkness.

?? Gunshots rang out quickly, and it was the defense organized by the surviving German soldiers.

?? This is the characteristic of artillery bombardment. It is basically impossible to wipe out the enemies in the target area, especially those enemies hiding in the trenches.

??The Germans are also veterans at this, so of course someone will survive and quickly organize a defense.

?? However, the terrain on the two wings made the German defenders a little embarrassed.

As I said before, the two wings have great curvature... The curvature means that the entire ground is curved like a sphere, and machine guns, rifles, etc. are direct fire, so it is difficult to hit as long as they are a little distance from the target (the target will blocked by raised ground).

??Of course, if someone charges with his head held high, that's another matter.

?? It is not difficult to imagine that the most useful equipment in this terrain is mortars, grenades, and submachine guns.

?? Mortar ballistics are curved with almost negligible curvature.

??Grenades are similar, and submachine guns have sufficient firepower in close combat.

??The main attacking battalion was fully prepared in this regard. Each squad was equipped with an extra submachine gun, and these submachine guns were transferred from the Guards Infantry Regiment.

?? Except for the submachine gunner, each person brought two more grenades (four standard).

?? In addition, the mortar and the amount of ammunition carried have been enhanced.

After making these preparations, the penetration battle on the two wings became simple. The mortar bombarded the enemy's machine gun position indiscriminately, and then the infantry rushed to the front and threw a row of grenades, and the submachine gunner took the lead in charging forward... In only ten minutes, the German flank defense line was broken through.

??Shuerka followed behind, surrounded by Soviet soldiers stabbing bayonets into struggling enemies or raising their hands to surrender.

?? This is obviously a battle that takes no prisoners.

?? First of all, it is because the position of Mamayev Gang is too important, which is the lifeblood of Stalingrad.

?? Of course, its importance is not a reason not to keep prisoners.

??But from an emotional point of view, the enemy wants to choke Stalingrad's lifeline and kill the Soviet army, so why should the Soviet army politely keep prisoners with the enemy? !

??Secondly, this outflanking night battle itself is not very suitable for keeping prisoners.

??Night battles will double the cost of controlling captives. This is not only a problem that requires soldiers to take care of captives. If you accidentally let captives turn into enemies, you can directly cut off the supply line and follow-up reinforcements of the Soviet army.

?? Again, as the war progressed, the entire Battle of Stalingrad was actually not suitable for keeping prisoners.

??From the very beginning, the German army used its air superiority to surround and blockade Stalingrad, which caused a serious shortage of supplies for the Soviet army. In the end, even the commander of the army group could not even drink millet porridge.

?? In this case, keeping a large number of captives is purely asking for trouble for themselves.

??So the German soldiers were shot one by one in the trenches, and some wanted to escape when they saw something bad, but they were quickly knocked down by the Soviet soldiers who followed them.

?? At this time, Shulka seems to be used to this. There is no room for kindness in war, especially in a war as cruel as Stalingrad. Another meaning of kindness is the benevolence of a woman.

?? Then, the first battalion quickly entered the front **** of the German army.

??Soviet soldiers are very familiar with the positive slope, because not long ago they retreated step by step to the reverse **** from here.

?? In addition, they also conducted a topographic study: the topographic map was distributed to each class, and the class leader organized the subordinates to study intensively.

??The advantage of being familiar with the terrain is that they are very clear about their missions and offensive goals, and the number of friendly casualties due to unclear identification is reduced in series.

?? But in fact, after entering the positive slope, there is almost no combat pressure.

?? This is mainly determined by the deployment of German forces. They concentrated their main forces on the first line of defense of the captured Soviet army, that is, the reverse slope, and the same was true on the two wings.

??However, the positive **** became the most assured area for the German army.

??Because this is where the German artillery and direct fire can reach, and it is also under the protection of the main force of the front line, which makes it almost a second line, especially it is still a "reverse slope" to the enemy.

??So it was taken for granted that the German army concentrated a large number of logistics personnel in this area.

There are engineers, officers, headquarters, and even a simple field hospital... In this regard, we have to admire the courage of the German army. Setting up field hospitals at the front line can provide the necessary preliminary treatment for the wounded better and faster. Double the survival rate of the wounded.

??Otherwise, many wounded would have died on the evacuation.

??However, the wounded, especially the seriously wounded, have no practical significance to the troops, and they cannot even return to the troops to fight.

So in the final analysis, the ultimate goal of doing this is to increase the morale of the troops, but the soldiers know that the country and the troops will do everything possible to keep them alive, so the soldiers have a little security in their hearts, or a placebo... Although it is a placebo, but In the battlefield of life and death, this placebo is very important.

??However, the field hospital was wiped out in just a moment.

??It is built in a bomb-proof cave built with trees. This kind of bomb-proof cave will be safer than ordinary trenches, that is, the top is sealed with trees and soil layers, and it can withstand the bombing of light mortars.

??If there is any difference from other places, it is that there is an inconspicuous red cross flag inserted along the mouth.

??The status of the red cross flag on the battlefield is very embarrassing.

??Because on the one hand, it is very conspicuous and may become the target of the enemy, on the other hand, the "Geneva Convention" hopes that the neutral status of military hospitals and medical personnel will not be attacked on the battlefield (it has not yet officially entered into force).

??How could the Soviet soldiers know this? When they saw the anti-battery hole, they threw a few grenades into it without saying a word, and then rushed in and fired a burst of submachine guns.

?? Originally hoping to kill a few officers, they looked at their hands and saw that all the wounded and military doctors were lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

??(end of this chapter)