USSR 1941

The Germans advanced slowly along the street.

Perhaps because of the lessons learned from the past, they were very cautious. Every time the tank advanced a certain distance, it would stop and look around. Occasionally, it would shoot a shuttle or fire a shot at some suspicious windows, and then move on after confirming that there was no danger.

Colonel Eber was the commander of the 2nd Tank Regiment of the 6th Armored Division, and he was in charge of the attack on the Tver Bridge.

Major General Lucas's order came from the walkie-talkie: "Don't rush forward, our purpose is to block those Russians..."

Colonel Hébert knew this.

In fact, he hesitated for a while outside the residential area. He was considering whether to attack the residential area. The role of the new Russian equipment in street fighting had already left him with lingering fears.

But in the end he chose to enter.

Because although the German army won the initial victory, their position was very awkward. There were no buildings to hide near the bridgehead except ruins. , the Soviet army can attack the German army under the cover of the building.

Therefore, the German army needs to occupy a building to give itself some defensive depth.

"Stop!" Colonel Ebert ordered.

The troops stopped immediately, and the infantry surrounded the tank nervously holding their rifles. The most nervous is the tank soldiers in the tank, because they all know that they are facing the enemy's new anti-tank equipment, and they know what will happen if they are hit.

Colonel Ebert didn't know why he stopped. He only felt a chill. Maybe it was the sixth sense that made him aware of the danger, but after looking around for a while, he found nothing.

At this time, only a few "booming" explosions were heard, and the two nearby buildings were blown to pieces, with broken stones and tiles flying everywhere, and some even flew near Colonel Ebert.

"Fight!" Colonel Hébert shouted, realizing that he seemed to have stepped into an enemy trap.

But it was too late to realize that Soviet tanks had smashed through the walls of the seemingly empty buildings in front of them, and one after another climbed up from the white snow. Soviet soldiers.

Combat developed into hand-to-hand combat from the very beginning.

This is what the Soviet army wanted, as I said before, because the bazooka only has a range of 100 meters, so they always want close combat.

In fact,

It is difficult to think about close combat in street fighting, because street fighting is often when the enemy occupies the upstairs and cannot attack for a while, so it often forms the format of "you are among you and I am among you". The enemy and the enemy were entangled and strangled together due to reasons such as the narrow shooting range of the machine gun.

However, this kind of battle obviously took advantage of the Soviet army, because from time to time, a few rocket launchers would suddenly appear from upstairs or from the ruins, and then "chirp" and destroy the German tanks.

On the other hand, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade is equipped with many "Bobosha" submachine guns. The rate of fire, ammunition capacity, and design of this thing can be said to be tailored for street fighting in extremely cold winter conditions.

The German MP40 submachine gun, not to mention ammunition capacity, continuous firepower, and low-temperature safety, just one small detail determines that it must be inferior to the "Poposa".

This detail is actually very easy to change during production, and that is the trigger guard.

The trigger guard, also known as the trigger guard, is used to prevent accidental shooting. If there is a trigger guard, soldiers will often trigger the trigger when they hit something or do tactical actions such as lying down and rolling when they are marching.

The trigger guards of MP40 and even other German equipment are relatively small, which is determined by the warmer climate in Europe, and it can fully adapt to the European battlefield.

The problem is that this is the Soviet Union, and the temperature will drop to minus 40 degrees in winter.

At this low temperature, German soldiers had to wrap themselves in three layers, otherwise they would be frozen or even frozen to death.

This includes the trigger finger as well.

If the German soldiers can get enough thick gloves, this problem may be barely solved.

The problem was that the German army was short of supplies. In order to protect their fingers from freezing, the soldiers wrapped their hands and fingers in rags and clothing fragments to keep out the cold.

The result of this is that their index finger cannot reach into the guard to pull the trigger, or they must be very careful when doing this action, otherwise the weapon will be fired before the finger is in place.

The German soldiers thought of a way. They tied a bent branch, wooden stick or wire cut from furniture to their index fingers to replace their clumsy index fingers to pull the trigger.

Of course, this will definitely affect the reaction speed of the German army, and it will also reduce the quality of the German army and make them look very clumsy.

In contrast to the equipment of the Soviet army, almost all equipment, including the "Poposa" submachine gun, has a large retainer. Even if Soviet soldiers wear thick gloves, they can easily stuff their index fingers into the retainer.

Therefore, in such close combat, the Soviet army was no surprise against the German army... In this case, the high quality of the German army cannot be reflected at all, and a Soviet recruit with a "Bobosha" submachine gun can also Instantly wiped down several experienced German veterans.

The battle lasted only ten minutes, and the German army retreated out of the residential area like a tide.

This is actually a manifestation of the quality of the German soldiers. This not only means that they retreated in order to cover each other, but also because they knew in their hearts that in this case they should disengage from the enemy and fight at a long distance.

The Soviet army was chasing the German army all the way in the rear.

On the other hand, Admiral Hopner couldn't hold it anymore, so he had to fly to Wolfsburg urgently, hoping to persuade Hitler to allow the Fourth Tank Army to retreat.

"My head!" Admiral Hopner said, "Although I don't want to say that, I don't think it makes any sense to stick to it..."

Hitler burst out like a needle prick when he heard this: "Even if I approve the retreat, my general! We are not safe, they will run all the way, frost, snow, and icy roads will make us First their tanks and heavy equipment are discarded. Next they will even throw away their rifles, and in the end they will have nothing left! No, positions must be held, arteries of communication and supply centers, as fortresses are to be held. All The troops must stand still and not take a step back!"

After a pause, Hitler went on to say: "What's more, my general...we have already occupied the Tver Bridge, and they are rushing to repair the railway. Your plight will be solved soon!"