Every time this kind of bomb is thrown, the ground will often form a lot of smoke because of violent explosion and burning. The German army will usually stop attacking after the weapon destroys the target in the last bombing.
This time, they lost hundreds of tons of napalm bombs in Smolensk, a city that has been surrounded by the Germans. A whole day has passed, and the fire is still burning here, and the Soviet defenders in the city have not shown corresponding effective rescue because of casualties and chaos.
The fire ignited the house, napalm, burning substances attached to the building, and people’s skin was burning. All of them were next to things, people were burnt to coke, and the house was burned to ruins. Then, as the dry cold wind flame spread across the street at the end of winter, the house on the other side was also ignited and became an uncontrollable monster.
This monster, which is raging everywhere, devours something that can be ignited and burns down the sheets, cabinets, clothes and people inside the house. It always grows as it devours and eventually becomes as huge as the whole Smolensk.
Houses burned and collapsed, but the Soviet defenders couldn’t come up with any effective disaster relief measures. Their strength was extremely limited, and now they have lost more manpower because of large-scale attacks, which has stretched their defense, let alone helping local civilians to save materials and houses.
These miserable civilians can rely on themselves, but in this time of war, fire trucks and fire engines have long been collected by the army, and the root of the fire could not be put out. Finally, people gave up trying to put out these fires, and they planned to burn the whole city by the spread of the fire.
"Butcher bombers truly become butchers only when napalm is thrown" is a comment made by Dick, the general commander of the German strategic bomber unit. He thinks that the combination of napalm and bombs can destroy the target to the maximum extent and disintegrate the enemy’s resistance will.
This time, he put his idea into practice in Smolensk, and dropped a lot of bombs and napalm bombs. These weapons destroyed the whole city into ruins, and it was a burning ruin. According to the fact that Germany or Europeans understood the situation of war, the city guards should have given up their resistance and surrendered a long time ago. After all, they no longer guarded the city.
However, the actual situation is that the defensive positions surrounded by the Germans were compressed and the cities were destroyed, and a large number of casualties were caused. The Soviets did not surrender, but waited for the German attack in the ruins. They were determined to die with the ruins behind them and strive for more time for their motherland.
Everyone has a belief, and every nation has its own backbone. This momentum is not owned by a specific individual or nation, but every nation that stands tall in the world must have something. This kind of unyielding spirit is common sense to understand. Sometimes people know that they can die, but some people will still follow their beliefs.
"Comrade zhukov told us that our motherland will have greater hope when we hold on for a month!" A Soviet teacher stared at his hands and said, "After the Soviet Union, all our compatriots will not be conquered people! Don’t be a coward! "
“誓死保卫斯摩棱斯克！”所有团长和营长都大回答一边喊出自己誓言一边高举起自己右手握紧了自己拳头
“敌人坦克可从我们尸体碾压过去！但是我们决不投降！”师长说完后就令死守每一寸领土他知道德军进攻马就要展一个人都不愿意让自己防线后面有一个敌人城市
阵地另一个方向德军实验步兵营已经进行他们进攻了两辆自行防炮路让这些沿着街道肃清苏联士兵德军有了超强火力掩护他们小心翼翼整理出两栋倒塌楼房建立了一个前进基地后就防车肃清了另外大楼那里他们布置了有效防御向一个街区挺进
后面跟着一个普通步兵营接手了一些被肃清建筑他们对这种缓慢但是很有效率进攻感到好玩毕竟看着前面部队小心翼翼、按部就班执行着肃清建筑物人都会觉得有些好玩而且聊吧
战斗还是它该时候了一名苏联士兵打响了反击枪然后德军高射炮就猛烈火起来2毫米口径弹药打建筑物墙壁掀起了一片白色烟雾而隐蔽角落里德军士兵则他们手里自动武器拼命压制对面苏联阵地
“这里是特殊实验部队1连炮火向我所位置正前方延伸1米射击！重复一遍炮火向我所位置正前方延伸1米射击！”一名蹲队伍中央德军通信兵新式步话机联络起营属炮火支援来他看去非常镇定因眼前程序已经演练了数遍
On time, as during the drill, the German 15 mm howitzers quickly visited the Soviet garrison position not far in front of the German army. Four howitzers fired shells and landed accurately around the building, blowing the Soviet position there into ruins.
When four shells landed in the first round, the Soviet position had been torn apart by the explosion shock wave. Immediately after the arrival of the second round of shelling, the Soviet soldiers’ shell attack was destroyed in World War I. The German artillery fire came too fast compared with the support, and it was almost fast to let people transfer to France. The ambush tactics of the Germans carefully groped became meaningless and could increase casualties
The shelling has just ended, curled up in corners and other places barely survived the shelling. Soviet soldiers once again ushered in purgatory as a test, supplemented ammunition and self-defense guns. Once again, the fierce fire combed some shells without taking care of the dead angle. The German cover quickly entered these ruins and skillfully cooperated to clean up the places where people could hide.
Soon the Germans cleared the battlefield, and four Soviet Red Army prisoners were captured. According to them, 54 accomplices should have been killed. They tried to attack the German troops and left quickly, but they did not expect that they were immediately suppressed by the German powerful firepower, and then they got a round of artillery fire.
Later, the Germans continued to clear their positions. They cleaned up nearby buildings and some burned buildings. They captured more than three Soviet Red Army prisoners and killed others, while only one German soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured.
"It’s really very safe to clear the enemy positions one by one so slowly and steadily. The offensive means can cooperate with our different infantry, but we can also give full play to our powerful firepower advantage in street fighting." Marshal rundstedt looked at his troops in the distance from the cannon mirror and said, "But … ammunition consumption has also increased in several shapes."
"There is no such thing as two beauties in this world." rundstedt, a German officer in charge of investigating the city war in this camp, echoed behind him and said, "In fact, we have moved a small sniper unit of special forces to cooperate, and it will come back soon. It is believed that it will not be long before the Soviets will think that it is not worthwhile to fight street battles with us."
As soon as his words were finished, a series of dense shelling fell on a place that was not very obvious. It was obvious that a 15 mm heavy artillery was moved. It was obvious that an infiltration team found the other big fish and directly called the regiment level artillery support.
More than a dozen 15-mm artillery shells landed in the distance, and the area was suddenly shaken. When everything returned to calm, smoke rose, and there were still several floors of buildings. The artillery was so accurate that it directly blew the area into a huge pit.
Chapter 37 3 Warm up
"report! It was the special forces team 3 that called for artillery support. "An officer came from Taiwan with a record form in his hand." In the process of secret infiltration, they found a Soviet battalion and directly called for artillery strike. "
"…" rundstedt felt that he didn’t know what to say. For a long time, especially from the time of World War I, destroying opponents became the pursuit of all commanders. Although the German army often killed each other in the field, it never took off a battalion command so neatly in street fighting.
What is even more exaggerated is that the official attack has not yet been launched. Just a unit responsible for infiltration has done what it was possible to do before heavy casualties. rundstedt suddenly felt that his artillery shells were worth a lot! He turned around and took the form and saw the detailed statistics, including which unit called for artillery support, what was the purpose, and whether it achieved results.
"The requirements for the firepower of the troops are still too great." rundstedt finally said that after reading the form, some Nai said that this kind of play is almost to compress the firepower of a division and an army to a battalion to support it. Of course, no matter what kind of opponents you face, this battalion can kill an enemy battalion
Of course, a division with heavy firepower to cover a battalion can certainly achieve unexpected results. However, when it comes to ammunition consumption, rundstedt is more willing to lose some soldiers now-the lives of soldiers in this era are much less valuable than those in the 21st century, but German steel and the production capacity of weapons are very valuable, and the ammunition produced cannot be so large-scale.
That kind of street fighting in later generations is the basis for establishing smooth communication, high-precision weapons and improving firepower. At this stage, it will be this kind of way that looks gorgeous but can finally give up the battle.
However, rundstedt Smolensk still has a lot of money, and he urgently needs such a quick assault to end the street fighting in Smolensk, consolidate his defense line and give the troops a rest. He thinks that it is worth it to say that the ammunition consumption he invested this time is worth the fare-he is not sure yet.
However, I have to admit that the Fuehrer’s street fighting style can really reduce the loss of troops, and the street fighting style has pointed the way in the future war. rundstedt struggled to figure out the solution to street fighting, and it was solved by such a redistribution of firepower to form a fist assault
Cooperate with a team of special forces with one person to carry out infiltration and artillery positioning attacks on important enemy defense nodes, and then widely arrange snipers to cover the frontline positions in the occupied area to block the enemy’s dispatch and penetration in street fighting, which really effectively solves the complete dilemma of combing the city law with conventional tactics.
"When we don’t spend so much ammunition, when we are precious," rundstedt glanced at the officer of the special operations forces around him and said, "You, you can cut the city into four pieces, and I will fill in the most elite grenadiers to stop the enemy from fleeing."
He pointed to the ruins map, and the whole Smolensk city drew a cross and two intersecting lines cut the center of the city like two sharp knives. "Then I will let the recruits clean up these areas one by one and ask them to run around the city. I intend to speed up the capture of the whole city at the cost of 5 thousand to 10 thousand people."
Zhukov is eyeing the battlefield, and rundstedt does not dare to delay a city that has been besieged for too long. He is afraid that the German logistics will be weak and weak, and the opponent will see it. Once this happens, the problems facing the German army will be very serious.
I’m not afraid of zhukov’s immediate counterattack. After all, the Germans still have enough fuel and ammunition in their hands. I’m afraid that zhukov’s short assault on the entire defense line will consume the German limited materials before launching an attack. That’s the most deadly thing. According to rundstedt and Blauchich, it is best estimated that after this happens, the Germans will hand over the whole of Belarus to the Soviet Union.
In this case, if the Soviet Union chooses South guderian and Meinster instead of going west, it will be quite dangerous. Once the Germans in the Caucasus are in a dilemma, the whole German plan to attack the Soviet Union will be completely defeated, and the Germans will fall into an endless war of attrition, even if they finally win, they will lose the opportunity to compete for world power.
"Forgive my cold-blooded school," rundstedt sighed and said regretfully to the officer in charge of special warfare. "I am a marshal. Sometimes I have to make difficult choices to ensure victory. I can regret pushing tens of millions of soldiers to the front to die. This is the war."
The officer nodded and said to the marshal in front of him, "I fully understand your feelings. Our troops were formed to reduce casualties, but when other elements were higher than casualty control requirements, there was no need for us to stubbornly implement tactics."
A German infantryman leaned out of his head at the corner of the front line and looked at the quiet street opposite, where the roof was still burning with a little flame and the glass windows were shattered. The windows were dark and looked like eating people’s mouths.
He drew back his head and made a few gestures at the infantry behind him. From his weapons, it can be seen that this unit is not a German experimental battalion, nor is it a main force, but an infantry that consumes weapons in urban warfare. Most of them have Mao Se rifles, and most of them are not equipped with white shirts for winter warfare.
Some Germans in the back are pushing heavy equipment. What they are pushing is somewhat like a cannon, which is taller than the German 75 mm field gun, and this guy looks heavier.
Two German soldiers rubbed the wheel hard, and the rest of the soldiers pushed and pulled hard, and finally got this large weapon to the corner. At this time, the mask and canvas were pulled out to reveal the real face of the weapon.
This is the custom-made mass production of "Frederick the Infantry" according to the needs of the front line, that is, the original infantry improved the multi-barrel Tekken rocket launcher factory and officially produced it. The weapon code name is "Marx", but the soldiers still like to call this thing "Building Destroyer", which has been more friendly and memorable for almost a year.
"Ready!" As the platoon leader at the front line shouted slogans, a group of German soldiers suddenly pushed the multi-barrel rocket gun over the corner and set up a spacious street. The Soviets hit the rocket gun like raindrops and tinkled.
A soldier fell to the ground screaming after being shot in the knee, and was dragged back to the corner by two comrades-in-arms. As an engineer pressed the launcher, the rocket launcher shook violently and ejected one rocket after another.
"Be careful! Pay attention to safety! " With an order, everyone tried to lower their bodies as much as possible, and the rockets were ejected with the whooshing sound, and the rockets swayed slightly with the whole rocket launcher and spread to the end of the street. The front of the building was like a heavy hammer banging on the wall of the building one by one.
Smoke and dust spread, the wall of the building increased with holes, the load-bearing structure collapsed after the rocket exploded, and the outside world slowly collapsed. Finally, dozens of Soviet soldiers fell to the ground with white smoke and smashed into rubble.
A German soldier rushed out of the corner through smoke, crossed the smoky rocket launcher and ran to the other side of the street. He took up the assault rifle in his hand and followed another soldier.
After the soldier ran across the street, he crawled on the side of the road and quickly set up a machine gun to point the muzzle of the dark hole in the enemy’s direction. The third man beside him ran over, and the German assistant shooter threw the ammunition box around him and then lifted the machine gun chain.
Then more Germans leaned against the wall and groped their way to the end of the street. They advanced very quickly, bent down to minimize the possibility of being shot. Soon, these soldiers occupied the street and the follow-up troops entered the corridor one by one to check that Soviet soldiers were hiding.
The guns gradually became dense from sparse, and the Germans counterattacked the Soviets. There were fierce exchanges of fire across several buildings, and the casualties gradually increased. The original German field hospital was almost one person, and it was full of four wounded soldiers in an hour.
The original plan was to stick to Smolensk for a month, resulting in the effective support and mobilization of the division of environmental law. In one day, a quarter of the city was lost. The Germans methodically combed the streets and endured casualties, forcing the Soviet defenders to take turns to fight, which made the Soviet defenders pay a heavy price.
On March 25, 1939, the street fighting in Smolensk was still going on, but the weather in the Soviet Union had changed from cold to slightly warmer.
Chapter 3 39 Where is the end
The air is still so dry. When winter is about to go away, it seems that there is no rain in the whole Russian territory. However, the roads here have become muddy due to the melting of snow and water, and there seems to be another factor that affects the German advance speed. That is annoying mud and potholes.
The front-line Germans are in a good state, and two main German forces in the south and the middle have now entered a state of stagnation. After rundstedt and Kruger besieged Smolensk, they stopped advancing, while the southern Germans pushed into the Volga River basin and threatened Stalingrad, but they did not attack again.
However, this does not mean that the muddy roads have not caused trouble to the Germans. The long supply lines have made the German logistics forces very depressed. They have to fight against the muddy and collapsed roads and deliver all kinds of supplies needed by the front line to the war troops on time.
This is an invisible war. It is a huge and complicated project that is even more devastating than the front-line war. The German logistics forces are much more powerful than the front-line war forces. They are desperately fighting against various unfavorable factors and have no other advantages than the front-line war forces except security.
"Slow down! Slow down! Do you know how expensive these devices are! " A German railway soldier is directing a locomotive to push a car full of rails along the track being repaired bit by bit. He is flanked by a group of German engineers and some Ukrainian civilian workers. These people are unloading a rail from the car and fixing the sleeper surface on these rails according to the specified position.
Further on, more than a dozen large trucks are full of new sleepers, and some soldiers and civilian workers are in full swing, mixing these sleepers with the existing sleepers of this railway, and then mixing them one by one and arranging them together to become a railway with a density meeting European requirements and standards.
Due to historical reasons, in fact, the railway tracks in Ukraine and Belarus are divided into three different standards, namely, Germany implements the European standard, the old narrow track is backward, and some are the Soviet standard wide track-although the railway tracks aided by Germany are all European standards, there are barely about half of them in Ukraine and Belarus.
The remaining railway tracks need to be rebuilt, but it is not easy to build a railway. It is a very resource-consuming thing to build a railway track in wartime. Hundreds of tons of steel will be turned into railway tracks instead of tanks, which is extremely painful for the Germans with insufficient production capacity and resources.
"Bang!" A railroad track was accurately placed by dozens of civilian workers and soldiers, and on the other side, there were soldiers and civilian workers, and another one was slowly placed on the construction site, causing trouble in the sky. Further away, some German technicians with instruments and equipment were discussing such issues as improving some uneven areas and erecting more parallel railway lines.