Struggle in Soviet Russia

No one thought that the Germans who were encircled in the city would suddenly choose to break out. Therefore, the Soviet army in front of the front was indeed caught off guard for the first period of time. However, the Soviet army quickly stabilized the line of defense and teamed up with the German army who were preparing to break through. In many areas, the two sides even had the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.

At the headquarters, Viktor listened to the basic battle situation introduced by the front army chief of staff Ma Linin. According to the feedback from the front, the German army's breakout direction was the line from Hay Square to Hun King Street. Judging from this, if there is no accident, it is in the encirclement circle. The German army in the middle should plan to break through to the north of the city, break through the Soviet defense zone between the Tisza River and the Danube River, flee into the mountains and forests in the north and northwest of Budapest, and then flow to the northern region of Austria from there.

Standing next to the command table, Victor watched Malinen point the map with a pointer to deduce the direction of the German attack, but he heard the sound of gunfire and explosions outside the tent, which seemed to be getting closer.

Viktor knew that Rokossovsky's temporary command post was on the north side of Castle Hill, next to the Danube River, and continuing north from here, it was the line between Angie Island and Bech Road. In other words, this was the The only way for the German army to break through to the north.

The reason why the gunfire outside the tent is getting closer and closer, must be that the German army is concentrating on advancing in this direction, but I don't know if the Soviet troops who are fortified along the way will be able to contain their offensive.

To be honest, Viktor was always a little flustered when he heard the sound of guns and guns approaching outside, but he could also feel that the commanders in the tent, including Rokossovsky, did not have the slightest Worried look.

Victor also knew that although the sound of gunfire seemed to be very close, the German army breaking through the siege should still be far away from here. There are nearly three kilometers, and there are several kilometers from the Eagle Mountain to the German positions. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the Germans to advance the front here in a short time.

"Report!" At this moment, a signal soldier appeared at the door of the tent, holding a piece of paper in his hand, and shouted loudly.

"Come in," Malinin just finished introducing the battle situation on the front line, he threw the pointer on the map, glanced in the direction of the entrance of the tent, and said.

"The latest front-line battle report from General Filipovsky," the signal soldier stepped into the tent, gave a military salute to everyone present, and then raised the piece of paper in his hand and said loudly.

A staff officer walked over quickly, took the battle report from the hands of the signal trooper, looked at it, turned around, and said, "The Germans' offensive on Filipovsky's front is very fierce, So far, it has been confirmed that the German troops involved in the raid include the Commander-in-Chief Division and the 8th and 22nd Cavalry Divisions."

Having said that, the staff officer stopped, shook his head and smiled, and handed the battle report to Malinin next to him, then continued: "Filipovsky said he was under a lot of pressure and asked for reinforcements."

Victor did not read the battle report. Of course, although he was not a member of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, he also knew the basic situation of the Front.

Filipovsky, as mentioned by the staff officer, is the current commander of the 46th Army Group, and he is also the commander of the troops currently in charge of front-line operations. As for the "commander-in-chief", the eighth and twenty-second cavalry divisions mentioned in the battle report, it refers to the main force of the German army surrounded in the city-in the past more than 100 days, these German forces have So one of the big reasons why they resisted so resolutely was because they were all SS troops.

In the view of the Soviet Army, the SS was different from the German Wehrmacht. Although the latter were also brutal, they were still soldiers. But the SS was different. They were wolf dogs kept by the fascists and had no humanity at all. , as long as the Soviet Union's practice is followed, as long as the SS is caught, it will basically be shot directly. These guys are not worthy of the treatment of prisoners.

The members of the SS obviously knew about this, so whenever they were surrounded by Soviet troops, these guys would not easily choose to surrender.

Filipovsky's battle report undoubtedly determined that the German army's breakthrough direction was the north, so the front army headquarters could also deploy the battle according to the situation.

Afterwards, Rokossovsky quickly issued the latest combat order. He agreed to Filipovsky's request and sent reinforcements to the 46th Army. The direction, mainly to the northwest of Vienna Street to the south of Hay Square, was covered by artillery fire.

The shelling known as the Budapest Massacre began as orders from the Front's headquarters were communicated to the artillery units.

To the northwest of Vienna Street, the 13th Armored Division of the "Commander's Hall", which was responsible for the main assault mission, together with a grenadier battalion and a communications battalion that cooperated with its operations, directly encountered a torrential rain of Katyusha rockets. The division commander of the division, including the chief of staff, almost the entire division headquarters was blown away as soon as the artillery fire was covered. Therefore, less than half an hour after the start of the breakout operation, the entire 13th Armored Division of the Command Hall was blown away. effective command was lost.

What is catastrophic is that, less than an hour after the headquarters of the 13th Armored Division of the Command Hall was blown away by Soviet artillery fire, the 8th SS Cavalry Division, The 22nd Cavalry Division, the division headquarters of the two cavalry divisions, also encountered Soviet artillery fire during the attack. The commanders of the two cavalry divisions, along with most of the commanders, were killed on the spot.

At this point, the German troops in the breakout almost lost their effective command, and everyone fell into a chaotic state of fighting on their own.

The entire breakout operation started at nine o'clock in the evening on the first day and continued until the early morning of the second day. Although Filipovsky got the reinforcements he needed, the Germans who had already killed the red eye eventually had some people. They managed to escape into the continuously covered mountain forest in the northwest of the city, and their number was probably around three or four thousand. And behind them are the Romanians who are chasing after them. Now, the Romanians have become allies of the alliance.

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When the first ray of dawn in the morning cut through the smoke and covered the ground again, Budapest finally stopped after more than a hundred days of gunfire.

In Pezhidegkut, northwest of the city, the Soviet army set up in front of the defensive front on the outskirts of the city. Several military jeeps faced the dawn and slowly drove from the direction of the city.

Inside the car, Victor sat in the back seat, looking out the window through the dusty window.

Half an hour ago, Victor left the artillery position of Eagle Mountain and drove to Perth Hidegkut by car. All he could see on the way were corpses everywhere, as well as trucks and tanks that were destroyed and blown up. It can be seen that from Castle Hill to the forests on the outskirts of the city, the road German army is covered with corpses. Their breakout is messy and disorderly, like a frightened crab group, scurrying around.

In front of the jeep, there was a convoy of Soviet trucks. This pair of fourteen trucks was parked on the side of the pothole road. A group of Soviet soldiers were standing in a row, watching something on the side of the road.

Victor leaned over, reached out and patted Varenka on the shoulder, motioning him to pull the jeep to a stop.

The place where the jeep stopped was next to a bomb crater with a diameter of more than two meters. Victor jumped out of the car and saw several stumps and broken arms scattered in the crater at first glance. Fortunately, Victor is used to blood now, and such a scene will not make him feel uncomfortable. Otherwise, as a general, it would be a bit ugly to vomit on the spot in front of so many soldiers.

Bypassing the crater, and walking six or seven steps forward, there is a deep gully. This gully was obviously excavated manually, with a width of nearly four meters. Judging from the scale, it should be a reaction that was excavated by the Soviet army. Tank trench.

At this time, the long anti-tank trench was filled with corpses, and one could feel the scalp tingling at a glance.

According to statistics from the Military Committee of the 2nd Ukrainian Front Army, last night, in the process of preventing the German army from breaking through, the Soviet army killed more than 20,000 fascist bandits in less than five hours. Victor did not know this data. How high is the authenticity, but after confirming with the number of captured Germans, even if the data is exaggerated, it should not be too much.

The corpses that almost filled the anti-tank trenches were all killed last night. Those Soviet trucks were specially responsible for collecting corpses. They collected these corpses from all over the city and dumped them here. to be buried.

Of course, there were also some SS soldiers and officers who, after being captured by the Soviets, were also escorted here and executed by firing squad.

Standing next to the anti-tank trench, Viktor looked up and looked north. As far as the eye could see, a mountain range was so far away from the horizon. There was Buda Mountain, and it was also the seven besieged last night. The place where more than 10,000 German troops were going, unfortunately, after a night of fierce fighting, only 3,000 or 4,000 of these tens of thousands of people finally escaped into the mountains.

Not far behind, there was the sound of the motor of the motorcycle, and Victor raised his hand and touched his nose - for some reason, he always felt that there was a foul smell in his nose, although he also knew that it was just an illusion.

"Comrade Chief," the sound of the motor stopped not far away, and a signal soldier ran over quickly. He gave Victor a military salute and said loudly, "Comrade Commander asked me to tell you that our soldiers have caught... …”

Seemingly forgetting his name, the signal trooper picked up the note in his hand and looked at it, then continued: "Caught Wiedenbruch, the commander-in-chief of the garrison in Budapest."