The reason for evacuating the ammunition is simple. Those are the Germans' own ammunition, and of course they know where they are stored.
Therefore, they will at least make some efforts to prevent these ammunition from being used by the enemy.
As a result, Andrianka immediately called in car drivers to drive truckloads of ammunition from underground garages and basements out of storage areas and disperse them to various buildings.
The fact that the German army did not unload the ammunition and supplies from the vehicles also gave the Soviet army great convenience. Otherwise, they would only rely on manpower to carry them. It is not known when the ammunition could be evacuated.
The next step is to withdraw troops from these buildings with ammunition.
As soon as Shulka and others took off, German bombers flew up from behind.
A series of "Stukas" swooped down from the sky with a sharp roar and dropped aerial bombs. Their targets were very clear, which were the buildings where ammunition and supplies were stored.
The tactic used by Soviet soldiers is still called "circling"... A small group of "Stuka" bombers formed a circle, and then one after another dive bombed towards the same target, dropping all the bombs in a concentrated manner.
Destroy the target.
Of course, they sometimes throw not only bombs, but also gasoline barrels.
As a result, those buildings were soon riddled with holes and raging fires broke out.
It is conceivable that if the ammunition and cars were still in the basement, they would soon be ignited by the gasoline that penetrated and explode from the inside, causing the entire building to collapse.
But the German pilots obviously couldn't see this scene.
The only thing that Shurka regrets is that he should have let the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment learn to use German equipment. After all, the probability of capturing and using German equipment in urban street fighting is still very high.
But this seems to be nothing, because generally speaking, the use of bolt-action rifles is similar, especially the accuracy of the German K98K is higher than the Soviet Mosin Nagant.
If you switch from a high-precision rifle to a low-precision rifle, you may experience various discomforts, discomfort, and even a loss of confidence and morale.
But it's another thing if they switch from a low-precision rifle to a high-precision rifle, because they suddenly find that their marksmanship has improved, and what the soldiers need to adapt to is the different weight and recoil.
The submachine gun can be replaced by MP38.
It should be said that it is a bit tricky in this regard, because the Soviet "Poposa" submachine gun is much better than the German MP38 and MP40. The most obvious difference is the capacity ammunition, that is, the sustainability of the firepower... This is very important in street fighting.
is particularly important.
Because if there are hidden enemies everywhere in the house, the MP38 with only 32 bullets is obviously not enough. If you run out of bullets in the middle of the fight, you will have to wait to die.
If the Bobosha submachine gun uses a drum magazine, it has an almost abnormal 71-round ammunition capacity. The "squeaking" burst of fire suppresses the enemy from taking the lead, and then others rush in and deploy their troops to fully suppress it.
This is one of the reasons why the German army will throw away their MP submachine guns if they see "Poposa" on the battlefield.
Shulka used a compromise on this point. He ordered the logistics transport team to transport as many bullets as possible for the "Poposa" submachine gun. In this way, the Soviet submachine gunners could use the "Poposa" submachine gun for as long as possible.
Porsha", this is obviously extremely important for street fighting.
The first person to realize that something was wrong was the commander of the Sixth Army, Paulus.
To be precise, Major General Andreas, commander of the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, received the intelligence first. He ordered the air force to bomb the designated targets before reporting it to Paulus... This is also one of the reasons why the German army is relatively flexible in operations.
If it is the Soviet army, the infantry has no command over the air force, not even the artillery... Therefore, the Soviet army's coordinated operations on the front line, such as bombing a certain target, must first be reported to the group army or even the front army command.
Only then can the air force or artillery be directed from top to bottom to carry out bombing.
During this period, there is a risk that the information will be mistransmitted or it will take too long or even fail to be uploaded.
As for the German army, they will flexibly allocate or replenish troops according to the situation. For example, in order to cooperate with the 29th Motorized Infantry Division's attack on Mamayev Heights, an aviation group was assigned to the 29th Motorized Infantry Division to command.
Therefore, the division commander, Major General Andreas, could bomb targets such as ammunition storage points as soon as possible.
But this bombing was still one step slower than Shulka.
But really speaking, it was a helpless move for the Soviet army to implement this coordinated approach.
The reason is that the Soviet army seriously lacks high-quality commanders. Its regimental commanders, even brigade commanders, division commanders and even group army commanders do not have the thinking and command ability to coordinate operations. Therefore, even if the air force and artillery are assigned to them, it will not help the battle situation, and may even cause
There is a situation where the air force and artillery are sent to the front line to kill people after a random fight.
In desperation, the Soviet army brought the air force and artillery under the unified command of the group army and even the front army.
So, in the final analysis, this is still a question of the quality of the commander.
Paulus was extremely shocked when he received this information. He asked Andreas: "Hospital and school? Both were occupied by the enemy at the same time in less than half an hour? I don't know how you fought this battle, Major General, then
But we attacked the forward base at Mamayev Hills, and your defenses are so lax!"
"No, General!" Andreas replied: "I have invested a total of one regiment in these two places, and I have also set up defense lines along the buildings. Under normal circumstances, the enemy will never capture them so easily!"
"What's the reason?" Paulus said angrily: "You know that is the choke point of our offensive line. The entire offensive plan may be ruined because of your mistake!"
"I don't know what happened, General!" Andreas replied: "They seemed to emerge from the ground, suddenly appeared in our hospital, and then suddenly launched an attack on the hospital and school.
And the defense line I deployed on the outside didn't even move at all..."
"From the inside?"
"Yes, General!"
Paulus was stunned for a moment, and then ordered: "Take them back, at any cost!"
"Yes, General!"
Paulus frowned after putting down the phone. The purpose of the attack plan he and Weeks formulated was to quickly capture Mamayev Heights and destroy Stalingrad's defenses, that is, to achieve a quick victory.
But now, the loss of hospitals and schools has thrown many variables into this plan.
Not to mention other things, even if Andreas successfully recaptures the hospital and school, the supplies will not be recovered, and the lost time will not be recovered. These will give Mamaev Gang time to breathe and make more changes.