Therefore, it can be said that the German army knew nothing about the Soviet anti-slope position.
On the contrary, the Soviet army knew the German army's positive slope very clearly... Mamayev Hill was originally stationed by the Soviet army. The Soviet army had just withdrawn from the positive slope, and the Soviet army even still had Mamayev Hill in its hands.
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Artillery can calculate the height, distance, etc. based on this terrain map, and then accurately hit the mortar shells to the corresponding position.
Of course, the Soviet army actually lacks artillery that can calculate these, especially those equipped with shovel mortars... They are not actually artillery, but should be part-time artillery for infantry.
This resulted in this advantage not being fully utilized, otherwise the Soviet army would have been able to defeat the German army on the other side with only mortars.
"Can we go around it?" Lieutenant Colonel Ball asked.
Lieutenant Colonel Edmond shook his head: "There are canyons and ravines on both sides. It is no less difficult to get around it than to capture it!"
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Ball was powerless.
After thinking about it, Lieutenant Colonel Edmond said: "Remember how we defeated them in the cemetery?"
"You mean...by soldiers?"
"Yes!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmond nodded: "These Russians are very smart. They force us to fight infantry against infantry all the time! This is the case in hospitals, in cemeteries, and in Mamaev Hill!
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Lieutenant Colonel Edmond is right.
Although the hospital is not obvious, the ruins, barbed wire, mines, etc. make the tanks restricted everywhere. Fighters and artillery cannot attack the targets hiding in the buildings and basements, which reduces the effectiveness of modern equipment step by step.
This is also Shulka's combat policy: to force the enemy's infantry to confront infantry.
All tactics actually revolve around this point.
The reason is very simple. The German army has an advantage in modern equipment, and it can even be said to be an absolute advantage.
Perhaps, the Soviet army would be better than the German army in terms of tanks.
However, due to the lack of air superiority and the lack of communication equipment and multi-arms coordinated training, there is no doubt that the Soviet army will lose in a war with modern equipment between the two armies.
This was also one of the reasons why the Soviet army was completely defeated in the early days of the Soviet-German War.
Even the victory in the Battle of Moscow was partly due to the cold current that prevented German aircraft from taking off normally, tanks from starting normally, etc.
Therefore, as long as the German army can be forced to abandon modern equipment and fight infantry against infantry...this is first and foremost a victory.
Although the quality of the German infantry was much better than that of the Soviet infantry.
If this continues for a long time, the disadvantages of the German army with insufficient manpower will be exposed.
But Lieutenant Colonel Edmond didn't know this.
Or he knew this but was unwilling to admit it. At the same time, he had no other choice because Mamayev Heights was the key to quickly occupying Stalingrad.
So the next moment, Lieutenant Colonel Edmond organized an infantry battalion to launch an attack towards Mamayev Heights under the cover of mortar troops.
"Even if we can only attack with infantry!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmond said: "I believe we can still defeat these barbarians!"
Lieutenant Colonel Edmond even formulated a plan to mix artillery observers with the infantry, some of whom would drag telephone wires to the battlefield.
"The radio can easily expose your identity!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmond said: "It will make you the target of enemy snipers. Compared with it, the phone is more secretive! You don't need to fight, all you have to do is lie down
Among the dead bodies, and then direct the artillery bombardment by phone, you understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
This plan played a certain role.
The German troops rushed up in batches, leaving piles of corpses on the ridgeline. The entire mountaintop position was almost filled with corpses...
Facts have proved that good quality is not always useful on the battlefield.
If the quality is good, it can only be said that it will be useful under the same weather, time and geographical conditions.
However, given the huge disparity in geographical advantages, there is simply no room for military quality to be used.
Just like now, the German army must rush through the empty mountaintop position, which is like an insurmountable gap.
The first thing they have to withstand is a round of bombing by grenades and mortars. After being lucky enough to break through this barrier, they stand on a high place and expose themselves to the enemy's guns...
The Soviet machine guns, rifles, and submachine guns rang out, knocking down the enemies who emerged from the ridges one by one. The Germans, on the other hand, fell into a pool of blood without even seeing the enemies.
Finally, using the cover of smoke bombs, I successfully advanced a certain distance, only to find that there were barbed wire and landmines blocking my way.
At this time, the German artillery observers came into play. They hid among the dead bodies to observe, and then coordinated with the artillery through the phone, guiding the artillery to accurately hit the Soviet position one after another.
"What's going on?" Major Mikhailovich shouted: "They seem to be able to see us!"
"They are artillery observers!" Shulka said: "They must be hiding somewhere in the position!"
"Where is the sniper company?" Major Mikhailovich said: "What are they doing? Find those people and kill them!"
"We have already done this!" Koroteyev, the commander of the sniper company, replied: "But we cannot guarantee that we will find everyone!"
It is very difficult to find a few living people among the dead bodies, especially under the smoke and dust of the battlefield, and it also takes time.
"Why don't we launch a counterattack?" Shulka said.
"Counterattack?" Mikhailovich looked at Shulka in confusion: "You mean occupying the positive slope?"
"No, of course not!" Shulka replied: "Drive the enemy back and we will come back!"
After hearing this, Mikhailovich immediately understood what Shulka meant.
So, Mikhailovich passed on the order... It even took fifteen minutes.
The reason why it took so long was because every soldier had to be told to only rush to the top of the mountain, otherwise the Soviet army's coordination would easily overshoot and be unable to stop.
After getting ready, Mikhailovich waved his pistol and shouted: "Comrades, move forward and drive the invaders down the mountain!"
"Come on!"
Soviet soldiers jumped out of the trenches one by one and charged towards the hilltop position.
At the same time, the mortar troops launched stationary blocking fire at the German army's front slope, which meant that a barrage exploded on the front slope, dividing it into two parts and unable to reinforce each other.
Then there was no doubt that a charge would capture it.
But this is not the purpose.
After occupying the hilltop position...the German artillery scouts were quickly exposed because they all dragged a telephone wire behind them.
As long as the Soviet army followed the clues, it would be easy to pull out the artillery scouts from the pile of dead bodies.