USSR 1941

"Come on!"

The soldiers shouted and charged towards the Mamayev Post position.

The hardest part of the whole fight is the beginning.

The German army was worried that the enemy would outflank it from the rear, so they were on guard. The first thing the Soviet army had to cross was the obstacle zone where landmines and barbed wire were mixed together... Although the previous artillery preparations had already cleared part of it, it was not enough. Possibly clean them up completely.

The trouble that landmines cause to attacking troops is not only a matter of physical injury and psychological fear, it can also affect the attacking formation of troops.

Because from the perspective of attacking the enemy's position, the formation should be fully deployed, that is, the uppercase "one" formation facing the enemy, so that the contact surface with the enemy can be expanded as much as possible so that the enemy can withstand the attack in a short time. As big a shock as possible.

Otherwise, if you set up a "1" long snake formation facing the enemy, only a few soldiers in front can play a role in a unit of time, and the enemy can sweep from the beginning to the end with only one machine gun.

But if it is aimed at minefields, it is exactly the opposite, because the former will allow soldiers to step on as many mines as possible in a short period of time, while the latter will be safe after stepping on the front.

Therefore, at this time, the charge formation should try to take an intermediate value between the two considerations, neither too dispersed nor too concentrated.

The entire team charges in a column with the squad as the unit, and at the same time, the reserve team must remember the route of the troops in front and follow the route to charge... Only in this way, it is meaningful for the front charge unit to step on the thunder.

But stepping on mines is a lot of luck.

When Shulka was charging, he saw that the soldiers who rushed ahead were fine, but the soldiers behind were blown up and fell to the ground holding their feet and screaming.

Fortunately, what he stepped on was a Soviet wooden shell mine. If it was a German "S" shaped mine...Shuerka was only two bodies away from him, and the steel ball shot out instantly would definitely hit Shuerka. Come on me a few times.

But seeing this scene, Shulka felt relieved.

Because he knew that the German defenders stationed at Mamayev Gang had insufficient supplies, or that they were insufficiently prepared behind them, otherwise they would not have laid wooden shell mines.

Shulka believes there should be two reasons for this:

One is that the lack of supplies of the Germans on Mamayev Kurgan is not a secret ... Hospitals and schools are occupied by the 82nd Infantry Regiment,

The result was that supply lines were cut.

The way the German army can get supplies is through airdrops.

But airdrops are limited after all, and they will definitely focus on more needed or urgently needed supplies.

Such as fuel, shells, bullets, tank parts and so on.

Compared to these, landmines are not a necessity.

Another reason is that the main direction of the German defense is the front, that is, to the east of Mamayev Gang, where at least two regiments of enemies have gathered, and they will launch a fierce attack on them at any time.

Therefore, even if there are mines, the German army will give priority to laying them on the east rather than the rear.

This enabled the 82nd Infantry Regiment to successfully rush into the German position on Mamayev Kurgan.

To be exact, it was the position of the Soviet army, but it was occupied by the German army and used by them.

However, the advantage of the Soviet army is precisely here.

Prior to this, Shulka had communicated with the 62nd Army Command.

The 62nd Army Command even sent a defense map.

The location and direction of the trenches on Mamayev Post and the bunker air-raid shelters are marked in detail on this deployment map.

It even states which bunkers have been blown up and which have not.

It is not difficult to obtain this information.

Golikov just had to ask a few survivors of Mamayev Post...the Germans took the position from them, so they knew it all.

After it was over, Golikov also reminded: "They have been occupied by the enemy for more than 24 hours, and we don't know to what extent the enemy will restore them!"

"I know, General!" Shulka replied: "I will pay attention to that!"

In fact, there is no need to worry too much about this, because as I said before, the west is not the key direction of the German defense, so although these fortifications will be repaired to some extent, there must not be many repairs.

This is indeed the case. The German army did not even change the firepower of its machine guns.

This information is very important to the Soviet army, especially in night battles.

Usually, night battles basically use the charge of the soldiers in front to test the enemy's firepower points, and then target flares to knock out or suppress these firepower points before launching a charge.

Otherwise, just rush forward without thinking about anything, and a few machine guns can form crossfire to sweep everyone down on the battlefield.

Now, however, the 82nd Infantry Regiment does not need this step.

As soon as the mortar came up, it bombarded the "suspected" machine gun firepower point indiscriminately, and the machine gun also swept at the position... This does not mean that the enemy can be killed. In fact, it is very difficult to fire at a large position in the dark Kill the target.

However, these bullets and artillery shells exploded nearby, and the shrapnel and bullets flew randomly. Not only would the enemy be unable to lift their heads, but the smoke and dust would temporarily obscure the sight of the machine gunner.

At this time, the Soviet infantry approached the firepower point, and then threw a few grenades and charged again. The problem that originally required a lot of time and life was solved in this way.

Due to the fast, violent and precise Soviet offensive, the enemy and the enemy entered hand-to-hand combat within a few minutes of the battle.

Hand-to-hand combat is a completely one-sided situation.

There is a saying that two fists cannot defeat four hands, and the side with more people will take advantage of it in hand-to-hand combat, and it will be a big advantage.

The total strength of the German army deployed in the rear was less than 100 people, while the first batch of the Soviet army came up with a battalion of more than 300 people, and there was another battalion in the follow-up... In fact, the follow-up battalion was basically used to clean up the mess.

When Shulka rushed forward, the ground was full of soldiers wrestling with each other.

Without hesitation, Shulka stepped forward to put a pistol against the German soldier's forehead and pulled the trigger.

With a "bang", the German soldier turned his head to one side, and then fell to the ground.

He couldn't resist until he died, because he was choking each other's neck with the Soviet soldiers below.

He even saw Shulka, saw Shulka point a pistol to his head.

But he couldn't do anything, he could only watch all this happen, his eyes were full of despair and fear, and finally fell into a pool of blood.

It was not a good experience for Shulka either, because it was like shooting a defenseless prisoner, although Shulka knew that was not the case.

But Shulka did not hesitate because of this, grabbed the pistol and continued to the next one...

USSR 1941