USSR 1941

Before the battle was over, the granary was bombed by the Germans.

Bombing has artillery and aviation.

However, as I said before, because the granary is strong and covers a large area, and the Soviet army does not have many troops stationed in the granary, it is difficult for this kind of bombing to be effective.

But the power of the aerial bombs did cause some damage...a bomb penetrated the two-story ceiling and exploded inside the granary, causing the middle part to collapse.

This is also the power of the German "Stuka" dive bombers. These bombers dive from the air at high speed so that the bombs thrown have a high speed, just like the fired shells.

And because the bombs are equipped with time-delay fuzes, if these bombs hit the target accurately, they can penetrate the surface of the target and enter the relatively closed space inside to explode. Such bombs are often fatal to buildings. The explosion caused the entire building to collapse.

If it weren't for the many and thick load-bearing pillars inside the granary... a group of more than 20 meters apart, each group of more than a dozen pillars, and each pillar needs two people to hug each other to surround it, the granary might be finished on the spot.

This design is for air defense. Even if a certain part of the support column is blown off, it will only partially collapse and not all.

It is precisely because of this that the German artillery bombardment did not have much effect on the granary... It is not unreasonable that the granary is so strong that it only has five floors. The relatively low floors make it harder for shells to hit, and many shells fly over the granary. On the other side, most of the shells that hit the granary only caused some damage to the surface.

In fact, such a result has long been expected by Major Paul.

So the bombing stopped after ten minutes... The bombing was just to boost the morale of the soldiers. After being slapped severely by the enemy, they used shells and bombs to save face, so that the soldiers had the confidence to continue fighting.

A battalion of German troops actually want to find confidence in the face of a platoon of enemies?

Of course, at this time, Major Paul didn't know that there was only one platoon guarding the granary, otherwise he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

"We can't take that granary, General!" Major Paul said when Jonas reported: "At least we can't take it for a short time, because the granary is very strong, and the enemy is well prepared and deployed. At least the strength of two companies!"

Major Paul actually knew there weren't that many enemies in the Granary, but of course he wouldn't say so.

"So,

What do you think should be done? Major General Jonas asked back.

"I think we should go around!" Major Paul replied. "Surround it and cut off its supplies!"

"I don't care what you do!" Major General Jonas said, "In short, you must ensure the safety of the main force's rear!"

This is normal for the German army. They usually tell their subordinates the goal and then no matter what method the subordinate uses to complete it, this is the embodiment of the German army's degree of freedom in combat.

"Yes, General!" Major Paul felt that Jonas was going to hang up the phone, so he hurriedly added: "But if we want to surround it, our strength is seriously insufficient..."

"God!" Major General Jonas said, "I just added you an armored company!"

But Major General Jonas soon realized that it was useless to say this, because this armored company was finished and it could not be revived, so the reality now was that there were not enough troops, so either supplement it or don't do it.

After thinking about it, Major General Jonas agreed: "I will send you two companies, Major, and several tanks and armored vehicles. This is your last chance, understand?"

"Understood, General!"

After putting down the phone, Major Paul breathed a sigh of relief.

For him, this was an opportunity to make a contribution to his crime, otherwise he would be held accountable afterwards, and if an armored company fell into a trap and was completely burned, the command mistakes would definitely not escape.

"Xavier!" Major Paul called the staff to the front, then pointed to the map and said, "Go and scout, here, here, and here... Do you understand?"

"Understood, Major!" Xavier replied.

He did understand that the German army had formed a tacit understanding in combat, and there was no need to say too much. After pointing out these points, the staff immediately knew that they wanted to bypass the granary and surround it.

At the same time, this is also a commonly used tactic by the German army: if it is difficult to attack from the front, go around and surround it.

As a result, several German reconnaissance troops set off soon.

They split into two groups, one platoon from each, and then penetrated about 500 meters along the two wings of the granary and tried to occupy the building.

Obviously, as long as the German army occupied the buildings around the granary and surrounded it, the granary was surrounded and lost contact with the main force.

Once this situation occurs, the granary will be destroyed by itself or even if there are still people in it, it will not be able to pose a great threat to the German flank... There is no ammunition, and the machine gun "squeaked" a few times to shoot out the bullets.

On the other hand, the fact that the granary is strong does not mean that the buildings in other directions are also strong. The fact that the granary can attack itself with fire does not mean that buildings in other directions are also fine.

From a strategic point of view, this consideration is entirely correct.

The problem is that Shulka's team is only a part of the cadet team.

And at this time, it's time for the students to train...

Not long after the German troops penetrated along the building, there was a sound of gunfire.

Major Paul felt a little bad when he heard the gunshots, because the gunshots were sparse and not chaotic.

With combat experience, he certainly knew that this was a sniper's masterpiece.

Sure enough, the staff officer reported in the next second: "Major, we are blocked by enemy snipers, they are everywhere!"

One of the functions of a sniper is to make the enemy feel like they are all soldiers, because a few people can easily block the path of a row moving in one direction, so it is easy to make people feel that the enemy is everywhere.

"Have you forgotten how to fight?" Major Paul shouted at the staff: "Suppress them and kill them!"

By holding them down, Major Paul was referring to mortars.

This is a common tactic in the German army... Enemy snipers are often powerless against mortars, especially mortars that are coordinated with each other.

Because mortars can often hide in the blind spots of enemy sniper rifles, such as bullet craters, behind broken walls, etc., they don't even need to stand up, but fire based on the information passed to them by artillery observers or nearby infantry.

So the enemy snipers either change positions or stay where they are and get bombed.

It was only a matter of shells and time for the German mortars to hit the target.

However, before Major Paul could finish his sentence, there were explosions in the battlefield.

It was a mortar, but a Soviet mortar.