"I understand, Captain!" Akimovich said: "Bazooka shooters need preparation time to hit the target, and they are easily exposed to enemy firepower. Attracting the enemy's attention can create conditions for them to attack!"
Shulka did not answer. He had no time to answer because the battle had already entered a fever pitch as several German tanks were blown up.
The German army responded quickly, and they immediately launched an attack on the Soviet army under the cover of mortars and follow-up tanks.
The Germans have reason to do this. They have more troops, and they think they have the advantage... After all, the Soviet positions have been bombed into ruins. This will give them the illusion that the main Soviet army has been buried in the ruins.
These resistance forces below are just remnants.
The small number of Soviet troops also supported this idea of the German army.
So of course we had to strike while the iron was hot. Before the Soviet soldiers suffered heavy losses and reinforcements arrived, they launched a fierce attack and captured the hospital and school in one fell swoop.
Of course the Germans did not expect that although their bombing destroyed the building beyond recognition, the Soviet casualties were minimal.
Misjudgment of the enemy must pay a price, and the German army is no exception...
The enemy's attack was very professional. They covered each other and jumped forward using the ruins as a cover.
Although some of them were constantly killed by enemy snipers, they never gave up the attack.
"Keep moving!" Major Weber shouted to his men: "Don't worry about those snipers, our tanks and machine guns will deal with them!"
Major Weber is the commander who escaped from Building 12 last night.
In principle, he should rest after a night of fighting. The problem is that not many commanders in the German army are familiar with the terrain of hospitals and schools.
This was very important for the German offensive.
"I won't fail again this time, General!" Major Weber promised the division commander Major General Andreas when accepting the order: "I will avenge the comrades who died there last night, and their deaths will not be in vain.
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Major General Andreas nodded, and then said: "Be careful, Major. We just got news from the prisoners that the person commanding this force is the 'Breakout Hero', I think you have heard of him!"
Major Weber was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed.
"No, General, I don't think so!" said Major Weber.
Major Andreas cast a doubtful look at Major Weber.
"I think this is a psychological tactic!" Major Weber explained: "They hope to make us feel that 'breakout heroes' are everywhere, then we will be afraid, and then lose the war!"
Major General Andreas nodded slightly.
What Major Weber said makes sense, because something like this did happen before. The Soviet troops on the front line all claimed that the "breakout heroes" were in their troops, and they all shouted on the radio: "'Breakout heroes' say hello to you."
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What's ridiculous is that those troops are thousands of miles apart from each other, unless the "breakout hero" has the ability to clone himself.
What's more... this Soviet unit, the 82nd Infantry Regiment, is a makeshift unit. It is indeed unlikely that a "breakout hero" will be included in this unit.
"No matter what!" Major Andreas said: "Don't underestimate the enemy. At least the enemy's performance from now on is quite good. In fact, their performance is very surprising!"
"Yes, General!" Major Weber replied, and then said confidently: "I think their good luck ends here!"
So Major Weber appeared on the battlefield attacking the hospital, leading an infantry battalion and a tank company.
He was tactically correct in urging his soldiers to advance.
When dealing with enemy snipers, avoid fighting from a distance...the result of fighting from a distance is to be killed by the enemy one after another.
Unless the German army also has enough snipers to suppress the enemy snipers.
However, Major Weber was not prepared for this because he thought that he did not need to think so much when he had air supremacy: having air supremacy meant that he could completely suppress the enemy's artillery and tank troops, so his own artillery and tank troops
Can completely crush enemy infantry.
Sniper? That's obviously redundant.
It was not until this moment that Major Weber discovered that this was not the case.
Air superiority is actually useless against enemy infantry, because they are hidden in ruins and wreckage, and it is difficult for even infantry to detect their presence, let alone pilots in fighter planes.
Artillery is also unable to exert its combat effectiveness for similar reasons, and many places are even blind spots for long-range howitzers... For example, the German army is advancing past a certain building, and they hope to bomb the front position, but the artillery shells fired will be blocked by the rear building and become a bombardment of the German troops.
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Needless to say, tanks were struggling to find a space to move forward among the piles of rubble, as clumsily as a sow.
"Only the soldiers are left!" Major Weber said to himself.
He still believed that he could win this battle. The reason was very simple. The enemy also only had infantry, and it was an indisputable fact that the quality of the imperial soldiers was higher than that of the enemy. What's more, the German army still had a strength advantage.
As for the snipers... as long as you get close to them and engage in close combat, they'll be finished.
However, just after rushing forward for more than ten meters, Major Weibo felt a new resistance: barbed wire.
At other times, barbed wire might not be a big deal; it's so common on the battlefield.
But now, when the German army is eager to leap forward and defeat the enemy, there is a dense barbed wire fence in front of them...
Major Weibo gritted his teeth and ordered:
"Engineer Company!"
"Covering fire from other units!"
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There is no good way to deal with barbed wire, unless you use a large-caliber howitzer to blow them up several times.
Otherwise, the tough and intertwined wires will be difficult to break.
The most practical and quick method for the German army was to use pliers to cut both ends of the barbed wire fence, and then use tanks to drag it open to create a gap.
However, the engineers soon fell to the enemy's sniper guns one after another.
A few managed to rush to the barbed wire fence, but were knocked to the ground by grenades thrown from nowhere.
Major Weber's eyes turned red at this moment.
He looked behind him and then loudly ordered: "Blow up the buildings blocking the artillery fire and let the artillery provide us with support!"
"Yes, Major!"
This method was indeed very effective. With a whistling sound, the howitzer shells crossed the German army one row at a time and reached the barbed wire fence. They were blown into several pieces and then thrown into the air.
Then the German army took advantage of this power and rushed forward.
However, they soon discovered that what stood in front of them was another barbed wire fence, and not only that, but there were also landmines.