USSR 1941

The battle situation was just as Shulka thought, the German guns rang before dawn, and the shells bombarded the building in pieces.

Because the Soviet soldiers were prepared, they immediately withdrew into the basement and the sewer... It was impossible to withdraw all of them into the sewer, mainly because there were few entrances to the sewers, and some troops were too far away from the entrance, and they had to move to the bombing time It is unrealistic to avoid the entrance, and this approach will cause a lot of casualties on the road.

On the other hand, even when it comes out to fight, it is impossible to deploy troops in time because of the lack of sewer exits.

Therefore, the basements of each building were used as air-raid shelters.

The disadvantage of using the basement as an air-raid shelter is that once the building collapses, its exit will also be buried.

So some preparations must be made before that, that is, to pre-build several exits to the outside for the basement.

Shulka hid in one of the basements.

In the basement, you can clearly feel the shells smashing hard on the building and the shock of the explosion, and then the dust on the top of the head "gargled" and fell down, which made the soldiers unable to bear in the dim light of the flashlight. From the looks of it, I was worried that the ceiling would collapse at some point, burying everyone in their heads.

After listening for a while, Shulka said: "The enemy did not send out planes!"

"How did you hear that?" Akimovich asked curiously.

Mikhailvich glanced at Akimovich strangely, and said, "'Stuka' will make a unique whistling sound when it dives, and there are bombs!"

"There is also the vibration of the aerial bomb hitting the building!" Andrianka added: "In order to make the aerial bomb blow up the building better and more accurately, Germany will drive the 'Stuka' to dive from the top of the building at high speed Throwing time-delayed bombs so that the bombs gain enormous kinetic energy into the building from the roof, and then the bombs will explode inside the building...the effect of this will be much better than shells bombing from the outside!"

Akimovich nodded suddenly, with embarrassment and admiration in his eyes.

But in fact, this is the basic common sense of those who have stayed in the battlefield. Akimovich is indeed rare and strange.

But Shulka didn't pay attention to this. What he thought was why the German army didn't use the more effective "Stuka" to carry out bombing?

The next second Shulka figured it out, it was the Stalingrad Front Army.

At this time, the Stalingrad Front may have launched a counterattack against the German army, so the German army could only send its main force to the front line of Kotluban.

But what Shulka didn't know was that the German army had other reasons besides the counterattack of the Stalingrad Front.

The bombing lasted for more than half an hour before it gradually slowed down.

Observers outside reported to Shulka by phone: "Comrade Captain, the enemy is coming up!"

There are observers out there all the time.

These observers are usually hidden outside the building with a good view to build a personal bunker.

Their role is to report to their respective troops when the enemy is attacking, otherwise the enemy will not know when they come up, which means they will be blocked in the basement and wait to die.

"Ready for battle!" Shulka ordered.

The soldiers immediately grabbed their weapons and equipment and drilled out of the basement through the exit.

Walking out of the basement, the whole world has changed... Half of the tall building just now has collapsed, and the other half is full of bullet holes and dilapidated, almost leaving only a frame.

The other buildings are similar, there are ruins and broken bricks all around, if it is not because of the same basement, it is hard to believe that these are the hospitals that have been stationed all the time.

The other soldiers were also stunned when they saw this scene.

Valery couldn't help cursing: "These bastards..."

"Forget it, Valery!" Mikhailevich said, "From now on, we must get used to it!"

Major Mikhailvich was right.

From the moment the Soviet army chose to stick to Stalingrad, it was doomed that Stalingrad would become a ruin, because both the enemy and the enemy would use bullets and shells to kill each other. Of course, no one would be in the process. care about these buildings.

This is only a short stay, and the soldiers certainly know that now is not the time to accuse the enemy of crimes for the building.

One by one, they entered the position with guns in hand under the command of the officers.

"A few key points!" Shulka said to Akimovich who was following behind a pile of ruins: "Never deploy too many troops, because there are not many bunkers to hide, and at the same time these bricks watt……"

Shulka raised his head towards the side: "They will become perfect shrapnel when the shell explodes. More people sometimes means more casualties!"

"So how do we stop the enemy?" Akimovich asked. "I mean, when they outnumber us!"

"Barbed wire!" Shulka cast his gaze forward, where soldiers were pulling the barbed wire under the cover of the ruins.

"It can stop the enemy's speed!" Shulka said. "There are also machine gunners, submachine gunners, which represent more than enough firepower, plus bazooka shooters and snipers!"

Akimovich looked around, and the whole layout was indeed as Shulka said.

There are not many troops, but most of them are machine guns and submachine guns, and only a few riflemen are arranged nearby to cover.

The bazooka shooters were placed in the gaps in the ruins... The collapse of the building is actually not conducive to tank operations, because the collapsed piles of ruins will block their way.

If there was a gap left, it was the key defensive part of the bazooka shooter, and a few submachine gunners and riflemen in charge of covering even took a moment to plant anti-tank mines.

Snipers were deployed to high places: water towers, building wreckage, etc., any place with a good line of sight and cover.

"I think by now, the observation group should return a batch!" Shulka said to Akimovich while holding up the telescope to observe the front: "Because I have understood the grand arrangement by now!"

"I agree, Comrade Captain!" Akimovich nodded.

This is mainly due to the fierce attack of the German army. They attacked from the entire front... Paulus's 6th Army attacked the north of the city, and part of the 4th Panzer Army attacked the south of the city.

Therefore, other troops should learn as they fight.

Otherwise, wait for the next step after observing Lian Xuequan, the Soviet army has already suffered heavy casualties.

"Yakov!" Akimovich ordered to a soldier beside him, "Take twenty people back!"

Shulka glanced at Akimovich unexpectedly, he thought that Akimovich would take this opportunity to go back as a matter of course.