The battle situation was just as Shulka imagined. The German artillery sounded before it was dark, and the artillery shells hit the buildings in pieces.
Because the Soviet soldiers were prepared, they immediately withdrew into the basement and sewers... It was impossible to withdraw all of them into the sewers. This was mainly because there were few entrances to the sewers and some troops were too far away from the entrances. They had to move there during the bombing.
It is unrealistic to avoid entrances, and this approach will cause a large number of casualties on the road.
On the other hand, even when it comes to fighting, there are few sewer exits and it is impossible to deploy troops in time.
Therefore, the basements of various buildings were used as air raid shelters.
The disadvantage of using a basement as an air-raid shelter is that its exit will be buried once the building collapses.
Therefore, some preparations must be made before this, that is, several exits to the outside are constructed in advance for the basement.
Shulka was hiding in one of the basements.
In the basement, you can clearly feel the hard impact of the artillery shells on the building and the vibration of the explosion, and then the dust above their heads "washes" down. This makes the soldiers couldn't help but go to the building in the dim light of the flashlight.
Looking at it, I was worried that the ceiling would collapse at some point and bury everyone instantly.
After listening for a while, Shulka said: "The enemy did not send any planes!"
"How did you hear that?" Akimovich asked curiously.
Mikhailovich glanced at Akimovich with a strange look and said: "'Stuka' will make a unique whistling sound when it dives, and it will also have bombs!"
"In addition, there is the vibration of the aerial bomb hitting the building!" Andrianka added: "In order to make the aerial bomb blow up the building better and more accurately, Germany will fly the 'Stuka' to dive down from the top of the building at high speed.
Throw a delayed bomb, so that the bomb will gain huge kinetic energy and penetrate into the building from the roof, and then the bomb will explode inside the building...The effect of this will be much better than bombing from the outside with artillery shells!"
Akimovich nodded in sudden realization, with a bit of embarrassment and admiration in his eyes.
But in fact, this is the basic common sense of people who have been on the battlefield. Akimovich is indeed rare and strange.
But that was not what Shulka was concerned about. What he was thinking about was why the Germans didn't use the more effective "Stuka" to carry out bombing?
The next second Shulka figured it out, it was the Stalingrad Front.
At this time, the Stalingrad Front may have launched a counterattack against the German army, so the German army could only send its main force to the Kotluban line.
But what Shulka didn't know was that the German army had other reasons besides dealing with the counterattack of the Stalingrad Front.
The bombing lasted for more than half an hour before gradually slowing down.
The observer outside reported to Shulka by phone: "Comrade Captain, the enemy is coming!"
There are observers outside at all times.
These observers usually hide in a position with a good view outside the building and build a personal bunker.
Their role is to report to their respective units when the enemy attacks. Otherwise, the enemy will not know when they come up, which means they will be locked up in the basement and wait for death.
"Prepare for battle!" Shulka ordered.
The soldiers immediately grabbed their weapons and equipment and got out of the basement through the exit.
When I walked out of the basement, I saw that the whole world had changed... half of the tall building just now had collapsed, and the other half was full of bullet holes and dilapidated, with almost only a frame left.
The other buildings are similar, with ruins and broken bricks everywhere. If it weren't for the same basement, it would be hard to believe that these are the hospitals that have been stationed there.
The other soldiers were also stunned when they saw this scene.
Valery couldn't help but cursed: "These **** bastards..."
"Forget it, Valery!" Mikhailovich said: "From now on, we have to get used to all this!"
Major Mikhailovich is right.
From the moment the Soviet army chose to stick to Stalingrad, it was destined that Stalingrad would become a ruins, because both the enemy and us would use bullets and artillery shells to kill each other in every possible way. Of course, no one would be killed in the process.
Care about these buildings.
This was only a short stay, and the soldiers certainly knew that now was not the time to accuse the enemy of crimes for the building.
They entered the position one by one with guns in hand under the command of the officers.
"A few points!" Shulka lay down behind a pile of rubble and said to Akimovich who was following him: "Never deploy too many troops, because there are not many bunkers to hide, and these bricks
watt……"
Shulka raised his head to his side: "They will become perfect shrapnel when the artillery shells explode. More people sometimes means more casualties!"
"Then how do we stop the enemy?" Akimovich asked: "I mean, when they have more people than we do!"
"Barbed Wire Fence!" Shulka cast his gaze forward, where soldiers were using the cover of ruins to pull back the barbed wire fence.
"It can stop the enemy's speed!" Shulka said: "There are also machine gunners and submachine gunners, which represent enough firepower, plus rocket launcher shooters and snipers!"
Akimovich looked around and saw that the entire layout was exactly as Shulka said.
There are not many troops, but most of them are machine guns and submachine guns, and only a few riflemen are arranged nearby to provide cover.
Rocket launcher shooters were placed in the gaps in the ruins... The collapsed buildings were actually not conducive to tank operations, because the mountains of collapsed ruins would block their way.
If there is a gap left, it is the key defensive position for the rocket launcher shooter. Several submachine gunners and riflemen responsible for covering even spent some time laying anti-tank mines.
Snipers were placed in high places: water towers, building wreckage, etc., any place with a good line of sight and cover.
"I think that by now, the observation group should return in batches!" Shulka said to Akimovich while holding up the telescope to observe the front: "Because by now we have understood the grand layout!"
"I agree, Comrade Captain!" Akimovich nodded.
This was mainly due to the fierce German attack, which was carried out from the entire front... Paulus's 6th Army attacked the north of the city, and part of the 4th Armored Army attacked the south.
Therefore, other troops should learn while fighting.
Otherwise, the Soviet army would have already suffered heavy casualties if they waited until the observation and training was complete before proceeding to the next step.
"Yakov!" Akimovich ordered to a soldier beside him: "Take twenty people back!"
Shulka glanced at Akimovich unexpectedly, thinking that Akimovich would take this opportunity to go back as a matter of course.