Burning Moscow

Street fighting is also called "urban warfare" because it is a battle between streets and houses. It usually takes place in cities or large villages. One of its notable features is that the enemy and the enemy are close to each other, close to each other, and cruelty. The two sides compete fiercely for strong buildings, main streets, and commanding heights. The second is that the enemy and ourselves are mixed with each other and canine teeth. The military operations of both sides are restricted, and many local independent battles are often formed.

Since the crossing, I have participated in almost all battles of offensive and defensive positions. I have not had much contact with this kind of urban street fighting that has gradually formed with the expansion of the scale of the war, and my group of commanders and fighters are very important to this important combat style , I don’t know much, so I specially called them together today to listen to Lieutenant Gretka's description of the city battles he participated in, and let the commanders understand what the city street fighting is all about.

Lieutenant Gretka saw that the room was quiet and no one spoke. He went on to say: "I left Sergeant Poser's squad and followed the tank and Pyro to attack the other side of the block, and I took three A squad, carrying an 81mm mortar, attacked from the front.

My subordinates and I assembled behind a row of bungalows. Our target was a three-story concrete building across the road. On this block, there are four buildings of the same structure, which are the commanding heights of the entire block. As a result of the air raid by our military aircraft just in the morning, almost all the buildings have their roofs knocked off.

I hide behind a window in a room and observe the situation on the opposite side. The building looks empty, but I dare not take it lightly. Who knows if there will be hidden Russians behind those glassless windows. Watching us as we prepare to attack.

Just when I was hesitant, Sergeant Zegor, the second squad leader, blasted a hole in the wall and entered the room to see if I hadn't given an offensive order for a long time. He was a little uncomfortable, and yelled loudly: ‘Mr. Lieutenant, what are you still hesitating about? The building opposite looks like there is no one. Shall we attack? ’

After I glanced at him, I decisively stopped him: ‘No. Although I did not agree to his request for offense, I couldn't think of a good way to do it in a rush. At this moment, Sergeant Poole Lang, leader of the third squad, and Sergeant Kranz, leader of the fourth squad, also walked into the room, and happened to hear the conversation between me and Sergeant Zegor. Sergeant Kranz thought for a while and said to me: ‘Mr. Lieutenant, I have a way! ’Seeing that all of us looked at him strangely, he went on to say, ‘First you use firepower to cover me and rush into the building. Then let the soldiers rush over one by one. ’

I was very curious about his proposal, so I asked incomprehensibly: ‘Sergeant Kranz, why should the soldiers rush over one by one? ’

‘Mr. Lieutenant,’ Kranz replied, ‘I guess there must be a lot of Russian firepower in the building. If we rush together, it will be in their fright. Their machine guns and submachine guns will cause serious damage to our offensive troops. But if they rushed past one by one, they would see that there were too few people in the firing range, and they would definitely not expose their firepower for one or two soldiers. In this way, when they came to understand, I think most of the people in our platoon had already rushed into the opposite building, so that we would have enough strength to carry out an assault and kill all the Russians in the building! ’

It makes sense to hear what he said. I nodded and agreed. Sergeant Kranz, who got my permission, opened the door, carried his submachine gun, and rushed out of the room. When he rushed to the road, my heart touched my throat, and I was afraid that the Russians hiding in the building would shoot at him. But the facts have proved. Kranz's analysis was correct. The Russians were unwilling to expose their firepower for one person. Before he rushed to the building, no one shot at the building opposite. "

When Lieutenant Gretka just said this, I heard a captain not far away whispered: "Damn German, really cunning. If it was me, I saw there was only one person. Running over, soldiers are absolutely not allowed to shoot casually to expose the target."

Greetka apparently heard this captain’s complaint, but he just glanced at the captain’s direction and did not stop his recounting: "...Sergeant Kranz rushed to the outside of the building and did not immediately get out of the corridor. The door rushed in, but leaned back against the wall and threw a grenade inside. After the grenade exploded, several flames spurted out from the corridor. It seemed that some Russians could not restrain themselves and fired outside regardless of the superiors' orders Up.

Kranz threw two more grenades into it, and the shooting inside suddenly stopped. At about this time, the soldiers in the Kranz class had rushed out of the building one after another, following the appearance of their squad leader, leaning back against the wall and throwing grenades into the window. Before the smoke from the explosion dissipated, some of them rushed into the building from the door, and some entered the building directly through the window.

Seeing all of Kranz’s four squads hit the opposite building, I stood up straight, adjusted my military cap, and said to the second squad leader, Sergeant Zegor, who was already eager to try:'Sergeant, take your soldiers, Go and occupy the opponent's building. ’

Zegor agreed with excitement, drilled out of the big hole in the wall, greeted the second class hidden behind the bungalow, and launched a charge towards the opposite building.

However, the second squad obviously did not have as good luck as the fourth squad. They just rushed to the road. Behind a window on the second floor, a machine gun shot them violently. The two soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked down on the spot. Lie down to fight back.

Seeing that the offense was frustrated, I quickly ordered the mortar team assigned to my platoon to shell the firepower point. After firing two shots, I found that although the building was battered by the air force, the mortar did not play a big role. Because the ceiling blocked it, the shells couldn’t fall, and the machine gun was still firing unscrupulously. , Suppressing the second class can not afford to look up.

After I stopped the mortar firing, I was about to let the third squad participate in the attack. The shooting window suddenly exploded, and the Russians in the room rushed down the window with the machine gun. Before I understood what was going on, I suddenly saw someone out of the window waving a German steel helmet, and then Kranz leaned out from the window. Only then did I understand that it was Kranz who was fighting in the building. Blew up the enemy's machine gun.

Seeing that the second squad also hit the building, I gave an order to the third squad leader who was still standing next to him: ‘Sergeant Poole Lang, you prepare, and immediately take your third squad to assault the second building. ’

Pullang agreed. Go out through the hole in the wall and gather his troops.

The soldiers on the other side of the block went very smoothly. The soldiers of the first squad and the tank soldiers cooperated very tacitly, because there were no concrete buildings there. There is only an ordinary warehouse. Seeing that the terrain here is beneficial to us, a tank soldier stuck out half of his body from the turret and looked around, only to be shot and killed by a Russian hiding in a warehouse.

Our two tanks immediately turned their muzzles and fired two shots in the direction where the bullets were flying. The walls collapsed, and the sniper was buried in the bricks and rubble. Then our Pyro came forward and used The flames threw him into ashes. Seeing our tanks destroyed the warehouse and threatened Buildings 3 and 4, the Russians counterattacked. They sent a squad of infantrymen, under the cover of an armored vehicle, to attack us.

As soon as the armored vehicle appeared in the tanker's field of vision, it was destroyed by artillery fire and the remaining infantry. The entire army was wiped out by tank fire and vehicle-mounted machine guns. Then the first squad launched an attack on Building Three under the cover of the tank. Unexpectedly, they encountered strong resistance from the Russians. A wounded Russian ensign, holding a bundle of cluster grenades, jumped from the window on the second floor and died with a tank. Fearing the same fate, the remaining tank retreated quickly.

Saw the second and fourth classes after seizing the first building. In cooperation with the third squad, the second squad captured the second building, and the first squad repelled by the Russians relaunched the attack on the third building under the cover of the remaining tank.

After the fierce battle, the four squads failed to seize the No. 3 and No. 4 buildings despite heavy casualties. At this time, there were only a dozen people left in our line. Almost all of the first and second classes are all lit up. Seeing the heavy casualties of our platoon, the company commander re-arranged a platoon to replace us in the battle for the building. "

Having said that, Lieutenant Gretka stopped, turned around and said to me politely: "Your Excellency, my experience of street fighting has been finished."

I nodded to him. He stood up and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ensign. There is nothing for you here for now. Let's go and rest with your companions." After saying that, I told Mikhayev next to him: "Comrade Ensign, you take Gram Captain Si, Lieutenant Gretka, and this communications squad leader go to rest."

After Mikhayev and the three Germans left the house, I stood in front of the commanders and asked with a serious expression: "Comrade commanders, you have listened to the story of German ensign Gerritka, what do you think? ?"

The third company commander looked around and stood up and said loudly: "Reporter Commander, I think our soldiers have acted very stubbornly, and will never take a step back even if they sacrifice all heroic sacrifices."

After hearing what he said, I snorted heavily, and said in dissatisfaction: "Fighting is about skill. I don't deny that the commander of our army just mentioned by Lieutenant Gretka did behave very bravely. In the case of serious injuries, he was still holding a bundle of cluster grenades, and he jumped from the stairs and died with the German tanks. His brave and tenacious fighting spirit is worth learning. But then again, he is fighting to defend the city. What we have to do is to save ourselves and destroy the enemy. If we can’t save ourselves, it’s useless to have a high fighting spirit. In the end, we will die as gloriously as the commanders and fighters in Building No.1 and No.2.”

"Comrade commander, I don't understand." Another captain stood up and asked puzzledly: "Aren't we always fighting with the Germans in positional battles? Why should we ask this German to tell us about street fighting in the city? What?"

When the captain finished speaking, I said coldly: "Comrade Captain, have you not found out that the current strength of our army can only delay but not prevent the Germans from advancing towards Stalingrad after fighting for so long? According to some analysis, the German army will rush into Stalingrad in the near future. If we do not want to be thrown by the Germans into the Volga River, we must fight with them in the brutal street fighting in the city."

"But our division has been victorious. Couldn't this also stop the Germans from advancing towards Stalingrad?" the captain retorted unconvincedly.

"Enough, fifth company commander." Oleg got up from his seat and yelled at the captain who sang the opposite stage drama. "Aren't you now, apart from the defense line of our division, the defenders in the rest of the area are all strong in the German army." Under the offensive, do you retreat step by step towards Stalingrad? If the independent division was not under the command of Commander Oshaninna, then our division was either maimed or maimed by the German army."

The captain was reprimanded by Oleg and did not dare to refute, so he sat down unwillingly.

I went on to say: "The reason why I asked Lieutenant Gretka to tell you about the street fighting he participated in today is to let everyone know what the street fighting is. I want to ask you a question. If you lead the troops to hold on. When I was in a building and saw only one German soldier rushing towards you, would you give an order to shoot?"

As soon as I asked this question, everyone suddenly became confused. Some said they wanted to shoot, some said they didn't. The public said that the public is reasonable, and the mother said that the mother is reasonable, and no one can persuade anyone.

When they were almost arguing, I raised my hand and pressed it down, seeing everyone shut their mouths. I then asked, "How about it, comrades, do you have an answer?"

Vellore stood up and asked his subordinates: "Dear company commanders, do you know what to do?" Regarding her question. Everyone, including Oleg, shook their heads neatly.

Seeing no one answered, Vellore said unhurriedly: "I thought about it carefully. If we hadn't heard the German ensign talking about this matter, we suddenly encountered such a situation, the top ten would still choose not. Shoot. I don’t want to expose the target’s approach. I don’t know what I said. Do you agree?" She asked the commander present in the next sentence, and everyone nodded at the same time after listening.

She went on to say: "If you shoot, expose the target, the attacking Germans will be vigilant; if you don't shoot. Although the target is not exposed, if the Germans break into pieces and rush into the building to attack like just now, we It will still suffer a lot. So I thought about whether there can be two or three sharpshooters in each building. It is specially used to fight a single German who rushes to the building. And even if the German army has a large force behind, they Seeing that there were only one or two people shooting, they would not be too alert. When they noticed something was wrong, it is estimated that there were quite a few corpses of German soldiers in front of our building."

Vellore’s statement made me feel bright. To be honest, when I heard Ensign Gretka just now, I also felt that the shooting or not shooting is very difficult, but if you follow Vero Erti’s suggestion is implemented, but it is a feasible way. So I decisively decided and said loudly: "Yes, I think the Vellore political commissar is right. If our division's troops stick to the established building in the future, they must be equipped with snipers to fight those who are attacking the building. German soldier. Do you have any objections?"

"No!" the people present replied loudly.

In order to strengthen everyone’s impression, I said while the iron was hot: “Also, street fighting in the city is similar to our usual guerrilla tactics. Hard work, find the right time, fight when you have the opportunity to fight, and the fight is not too expensive. Don’t worry about the gains and losses of a street or a building, and focus on destroying the vital forces of the German army. We must know how to concentrate our superior forces to fight against small or isolated enemies, accumulate A small win is a big win."

"Comrade commander, why do you find the right time and fight when there is a fighter?" A company commander sitting in the middle asked me for advice.

"What is a favorable fighter? That is, when the Germans have few troops, the terrain is unfavorable, and they are not prepared yet. We must not fight three times. One is to find that the number of German troops is more than us, so we do not fight; the other is the German army. The terrain it occupies is good, so don’t fight; third, the Germans are prepared ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ not to fight; in short, we don’t fight unprepared battles, and we don’t fight uncertain battles."

As soon as I finished speaking, the third company commander stood up again. He scratched his head and said, "Comrade commander, listening to what you just said, you are giving us a war theory class. But we are just ordinary company commanders. Are these things useful?"

When he finished speaking, I immediately nodded and said affirmatively: "It is useful, of course it is useful. Although you are only company commanders now, the next battle will be more cruel. There are many people, including me, It is possible to sacrifice. But the surviving commanders, because they have gone through the war experience and have rich combat experience, are likely to be promoted. Although the content I said is not very useful when you were a company commander, but When you become a battalion commander, or even a division commander, you will discover how important this knowledge is to you. Finally, I remind you that if a commander makes a wrong decision, many soldiers will pay. The price of blood and life. In my division, such commanders who do not care about the lives of soldiers are absolutely forbidden."

Having said that, I waved at the commanders and said, "Okay, I will stop here for the time being. A German army will come over tomorrow. Everyone will go back to their respective companies and do the concealment work that should be done. We must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise, our disguised force will be exposed. Once exposed, what consequences will be, I just don’t say, everyone understands it in their hearts.”