The school encountered some troubles because the hospital and the school were across the street and were separated by walls. This would give the German troops stationed at the school some time to prepare.
But it’s just some preparation time.
The wall may have given the Germans some benefits, but it also gave the Soviets convenience. They first used the wall as a bunker to attract German firepower, then broke through, blew down a section of the wall, and rushed into the school through the gap to engage in close combat with the Germans.
This is the advantage of the Soviet army's familiarity with the terrain. The 82nd Infantry Regiment had drawings of various buildings early in the morning. If it wanted to attack where, it only needed to turn over these drawings, and then where the building was, how many floors, how many openings there were, and the enemy
Possible firepower points, where the firepower blind spots are...all are clear at a glance.
The Soviet army just smashed a gap through these blind corners of fire before they could rush in smoothly.
Once you get in, things will be easier.
Although the German army has high quality and strong combat effectiveness, especially the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, which is the elite infantry of the German army... The motorized infantry division is second only to the armored division in the degree of mechanization in the German army. It is mainly defined as infantry that can maneuver quickly.
The training tasks of this definition of infantry are sometimes heavier than those of armored divisions.
For the troops of the armored division, the armored soldiers drive tanks seriously, and the infantry learns to fight together.
But fast mobile infantry such as the Motorized Infantry Division sometimes have to rush to a certain location quickly to fight positional battles with the enemy, sometimes they have to coordinate with infantry and armored units, and sometimes they have to go forward to attack forts or seize a strategic location...
This is very important in "Blitzkrieg".
This is one of the reasons why Weeks sent the 29th Motorized Infantry Division to attack Mamayev Heights.
Mamayev Heights is a highland with an altitude of more than 100 meters. In addition, the terrain on both sides is complex, with either canyons or ravines, so it is actually not suitable for armored troops to attack.
In addition to the armored units, the most suitable ones are the motorized infantry divisions. Not only do they have strong combat capabilities, but they also have many cars, motorcycles, and tanks. If you add some "assault guns" to them, you will be sure to attack Mamayev Heights.
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But what Weeks didn't expect was that the Motorized Infantry Division knew how to fight in the field, fight in coordination, and attack fortresses, but urban street fighting was not its specialty.
In fact, urban street fighting was not taken seriously in this era.
The reason is that trench warfare was generally fought in World War I. On the other hand, it was generally believed that if the enemy army had already entered the city, it would basically lose its ability to resist.
Therefore, there is very little training specifically for street fighting, and the German army is no exception.
But the 82nd Infantry Regiment has been engaged in street fighting in the past few months, and they even conducted field training in this school and hospital... to be precise, it was a field hospital simulation in the school.
Schools and hospitals are relatively sensitive places, especially hospitals.
There are a large number of wounded from the front line in the hospital, and doctors are busy in it. It is full of people inside and outside. Shurka can't just tell them to stop and let the 82nd Regiment train!
Therefore, the training method is to simulate several small buildings in similar locations.
The school is different. The school has been closed since the German army occupied Karachi and the aircraft intensively bombed Stalingrad. For an empty school, it is certainly no problem for the 82nd Infantry Regiment to train.
Therefore, the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment could be said to be too familiar with the school. After occupying the seven-story teaching building, they immediately deployed snipers on high places and buildings to condescendingly blockade the dormitories and office buildings on both sides.
Then, under the cover of snipers, other troops charged towards the two buildings. With another burst of submachine guns and grenades, it didn't take long to capture them.
There is another reason why it was so fast: the German army deployed its firepower towards Mamayev Hill, while the Soviet army launched the attack from their rear, which was the direction of the main German army.
The German army did not expect this, so they quickly fell one after another like dominoes being toppled.
Shulka did not participate in the attack on the school. He knew that occupying the school was no longer a problem, so Major Mikhailovich was solely responsible there.
He and Andrianka came to the underground parking garage beneath Building 5 of the hospital, which was now filled with cars filled with ammunition and supplies.
Shulka casually counted them and found that there were at least fifty.
"The Germans moved really quickly!" Andrianka said: "They have only occupied this place for a few hours, and ammunition has already piled up!"
"Do you know why?" Shulka said: "These are preparations for the attack on Mamayev Heights!"
Andrianka nodded. They should have come up with the motorized infantry division. They were parked in the underground garage because they were worried about being bombed by the Soviet army. On the other hand, in order to transport this batch of ammunition to the airport in time,
Mamayev Hill, so there is no unloading... Once Mamayev Hill is needed, the German army only needs to drive these cars to the front line.
Soon, Shulka discovered that these were just one of the batches.
Because not long after, a signal soldier reported: "We found another batch of ammunition in the basement of Building 7, also mounted on cars, about thirty of them!"
A few minutes later, another telegram was received, saying that the school had also discovered a batch, and there were as many as seventy vehicles.
After thinking about it, Shulka ordered Andrianka: "Pass the order on, pay attention to collecting German weapons, including rifles, and learn the use of enemy weapons immediately!"
"Yes!" Andrianka responded and passed on the order.
There is no need to say more about why this is done.
There was ammunition in the ammunition depot but no equipment, and the Soviet army, specifically the 82nd Infantry Regiment, had only one supply channel, which was from the underground pipeline to the hospital.
Although this method is very safe, even the German army has never discovered this method of transportation.
The problem is that its transportation volume is very small... It takes about an hour to get from the "Red October" Metallurgy Factory to the hospital through the sewer. The distance is not far. The problem is that you can only walk and the passage is narrow. And you may get lost during the process.
, especially the exit can only allow one person to pass through, and ammunition boxes can only be passed up one box at a time.
(Note: Those responsible for ammunition transportation are the logistics personnel of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, who are the original disabled veterans who have been eliminated from the combat troops)
This could easily cause the 82nd Infantry Regiment to run out of ammunition.
Now, a large amount of German ammunition has been captured by them, and of course they can use it.
Therefore, it is necessary to collect and become familiar with German equipment.
"In addition!" After thinking for a while, Shulka ordered: "Evacuate these ammunition to other buildings immediately, use cars, and move quickly!"