USSR 1941

A group of German soldiers pushed into the Soviet position under the cover of tanks.

This time they were not in a hurry to rush up to close combat with the Soviet army. Relying on the wreckage of the tank, they used artillery fire to suppress the Soviet army while building fortifications on both sides... The fortifications were individual bunkers first, and then individual bunkers were added to each other. Connected to form a trench.

It can also be seen from this that the German army is preparing to fight steadily, that is, to build a line of defense first, and then launch a charge based on the line of defense and tank wreckage.

At that time, the quality of the German army was better than that of the Soviet army, and it was condescending to occupy a geographical advantage. Under such circumstances, there was no reason for the charge to lose to the enemy.

And it is true.

But Shulka will not sit still and wait for failure.

When the German army built the fortifications and was ready to charge, Shulka ordered the Soviet soldiers to retreat from the traffic trench to the second line of defense, and by the way, laid a field of mines and barbed wire behind them.

This made the German commander, Lieutenant Colonel Edmund, feel like he punched hard but hit the cotton.

To make matters worse, between the first line of defense and the second line of defense, there was an open space again at a distance of about 200 meters...

"We can keep sending the assault guns up!" Lieutenant Colonel Ball said. "After all, we have succeeded, I mean, we have successfully captured a line of defense. This proves that the enemy has nothing to do with our tactics!"

Lieutenant Colonel Bauer's idea is very simple. If the enemy can't do anything about this tactic, that is to say, if he can occupy one line of defense, he can occupy the other line of defense.

So it won't be long before the Russian army will be driven out of Mamayev by the German army.

"Maybe you're right, Lieutenant Colonel Ball!" said Lieutenant Colonel Edmund, "but it's getting dark, and if we're going to do this, we have to move faster!"

Lieutenant Colonel Bauer wasted no time and immediately ordered the troops into battle.

But attacking the second line of defense is much more difficult than imagined.

The reason is that the assault guns had to go through the criss-cross trenches. Since these trenches were built on the reverse slope, the side facing the hilltop position was particularly high, that is, the gap between the two sides of the trench was very large.

This caused some trouble for the tanks to cross the trenches. In addition, the trenches were relatively loose. Some tanks fell down as if they were falling off a cliff... The tank crew inside were hit with black noses and swollen faces. , some tanks turned over when they were still crossing the trench,

Impossible to move like an overturned tortoise.

The other side of the trouble is the landmines.

The German engineers had to clear the roadblocks against the bullets and shells of the Soviet army to open a way for the tanks.

There is no such problem when attacking the first line of defense. The reason is that the open space has been repeatedly charged by both the enemy and us, and the mines, roadblocks, etc. have already been cleared away.

Then, after nearly an hour of tossing, the Germans only had two assault guns approaching the second line of defense, and these two assault guns were far from enough to provide cover for the Germans.

At this moment, under the helplessness of Edmund and Lieutenant Colonel Bauer, the sky gradually darkened.

Lieutenant Colonel Edmund gave an order to the frontline commander: "Organize the defense! If you can hold your line of defense until dawn, victory belongs to us, understand?"

"Understood, sir!" Major Klein replied.

Major Klein was the commander of the 29th Assault Gun Battalion.

The German army usually used tank troops to command infantry in battle, because they believed that tanks should always be the main force in battle.

This time the battle is obviously not the case, because it seems that the purpose of the assault guns is to lay a bunker.

Major Klein was a little dissatisfied. He didn't want to see his subordinates driving the assault gun to die... Some of them were even veterans with rich combat experience, especially the driver.

However, Major Klein understood that he could not change anything, because the facts proved that this tactic was correct, and it successfully occupied an enemy line of defense.

After thinking about it, Major Klein ordered the adjutant: "Organize the defense, we must make those assault guns and soldiers die worthwhile!"

"Yes, Major!"

The defense of the German army was so familiar that it was almost programmed.

Programmatic has its advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that every soldier knows what to do, and they will even consciously make up for the flaws.

For example, they know to lay mines and barbed wire in front of the position, and know where to strengthen firepower or add an extra secret sentry.

The disadvantage is that this procedural law is easily grasped by the enemy.

In order to be able to hold the line of defense, Major Klein also did something other than procedural.

"Clean up the tank wreckage in these locations!" Major Klein drew several circles on the map.

"But the major!" The adjutant said puzzledly, "They have been blown up, and it is impossible to repair them!"

"I don't intend to repair them!" Major Klein replied, "However, we can clean up the corpses and burnt machine guns inside, and then install a new machine gun..."

The adjutant couldn't help but "oh" when he heard the words, so the wreckage was used as a bunker.

This is actually a good idea, as the tank wreck is mostly behind the lines, which means it's usually out of range of the enemy's bazooka.

On the other hand, the enemy thought it was just a tank wreck, so they would not consider these firepower points when charging.

And these firepower points are even condescending and facing the enemy's charge surface. As long as there are a few flares to cooperate, they can suddenly exert force to harvest the lives of a large number of enemies.

After deploying these, Major Klein believed that this would be foolproof, and the German army only needed to wait until dawn the next day and then completely occupy Mamayev Post.

What Major Klein didn't expect was that his arrangements didn't work from beginning to end.

If there is a role to play, it is when dealing with the Russian army's feint attack.

On the other side, Shulka and Mikhailvich went to the headquarters to meet with Colonel Pavelkov after dark.

"I won't say anything else!" said Pavelkov. "Although you fought bravely, more bravely than I expected. But you still lost ground!"

"No, Colonel!" Shulka replied: "The last line of defense is still in our hands, which means we have not lost ground!"

"Is there any difference?" Colonel Pavelkov asked back: "The Germans' defenses are very tight, and they are condescending. It is almost impossible for us to take back the position from them, even if it is night now!"

"There is a difference, Colonel!" Shulka pointed to the second line of defense on the map, and said, "The second line of defense is arc-shaped, and the two wings are large on the mountainside. We can attack from the two wings and go around to the enemy's direct slope. !"