Chapter five hundred and forty-six willing to gamble to admit defeat
The battle started before dawn.
The German army's tactics are very simple. The 82nd Infantry Regiment has already tried it when it was in the direction of the hospital... The infantry pulled out a line of defense to cover, and artillery observers were mixed in to guide the artillery and fighter planes to bomb the building until the building collapsed or the German infantry
until it can be easily captured.
The Germans seemed to be in a hurry and approached the building before dawn to make preliminary battle preparations.
In other words, German soldiers usually did this, and there was no problem.
But now the problem is bigger, because lurking in the building is the sniper company of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.
This situation has a great advantage for the snipers of the sniper company... They are in a high-altitude building and have a good bunker. They can lie down in the bunker quietly and confidently and wait for the target to make a mistake.
A German soldier turned on a flashlight because he needed some light to find the magazine he accidentally lost while leaping forward. It must have fallen into a crack in the bricks of the ruins, so he groped on the ground for a long time without touching it.
With.
The German soldier was very careful. He leaned against a high place and covered the flashlight with a black cloth before turning it on... In less than a minute, he was happy to see that the magazine was mixed with a pile of broken wood.
He turned off the flashlight without thinking, then used the cover of darkness to find the location of the magazine from memory and grabbed it in his hand.
Just as he was putting the magazine into his backpack, the gun rang out, and the German soldier fell straight to the ground.
Until he exhaled his last breath, the German soldier still didn't understand what had exposed him. He was already very careful.
The shooter was Vasily.
He was borrowed by Shulka. After all, the Mamayev Heights was in a stalemate at this time. The enemy and we each occupied an inclined plane and could not do anything to each other. In this situation, it was difficult for snipers to be effective, so Shulka
Tivasili agreed.
This German submachine gunner was indeed very careful. He hid in the blind spot of his rifle when he was using the flashlight. When he came out, the flashlight had gone out, and Vasily could not clearly see what the target was looking for.
But Vasily knew that the enemy was looking for something and knew its location.
Because the flashlight's light moved back and forth on the ground, then stopped at a point, and soon it went out.
It's obvious that what you're looking for is there.
So, Vasily locked this location based on his impression... Although the target was not there at this time, he would definitely be here.
All Vasily had to do was wait for a while, then pull the trigger and fire the bullet.
"Bang" was another gunshot.
This bullet was fired by Korodeev. It killed an artillery observer who was holding a gun mirror in the observation building. The reflection from the gun mirror lens exposed his position.
Korodeev has always been secretly competing with Vasily.
This time, Korodeev knew that the target he killed was more valuable.
An artillery observer is obviously much more important to a submachine gunner than an artillery observer.
The problem was that from a sniper perspective, Korodeev knew that Vasily's targets were much more difficult to kill than his own.
Even Korodeev didn't understand how Vasily killed that target.
Therefore, in fact, the superiority and inferiority have already been distinguished, and Korodeev has to admit this.
Then, gunfire rang out one after another in the building, and German soldiers fell down one after another. They were so frightened that they huddled in the ruins of the bunker and did not dare to raise their heads.
"The period before dawn is our opportunity!" Shulka said to Sokolov next to him: "The enemy infantry will want to make some preparations in advance to make full use of the dawn time. At this time, their artillery and aircraft are still unable to
Make it work, this is when we can play cold shots!"
"We may not be able to kill many targets!" Sokolov felt guilty. He knew that his troops could not compete with the sniper company.
"The important thing is not how many enemies are killed, Sokolov!" Shulka said: "The important thing is to put a kind of psychological pressure on the enemy and let them know that these buildings are not empty!"
Sokolov couldn't help but say "oh".
After a moment of silence, Sokolov asked: "I want to know how they can escape from the enemy's bombing?"
"Then keep watching!" Shulka replied.
The sky soon became brighter, and the German army immediately began to show its teeth and claws to take revenge.
First, dozens of planes flew over the building and dive-bombed it non-stop.
"Observe the bombing formation of the enemy planes!" Shulka raised his head towards the German bombers in the air and said: "If they are determined to blow up a certain building, they will circle in a circle and then attack one after another.
Diving towards the same target. Otherwise, they are providing cover for the infantry and artillery, which is to hope that the infantry can launch a charge to capture the building!"
Sokolov looked up at the sky and said: "It's a scattered bombing, which means they didn't really intend to blow up the building!"
"Yes!" Shulka said, "Do you know what we should do at this time?"
"We should not retreat in a hurry!" Sokolov replied: "We must be prepared to block the German infantry!"
Shulka nodded.
Then, the battle situation developed exactly as Shulka said. The German army launched a charge under the cover of a barrage of artillery fire... They seemed to know that the Soviet army would not deploy too many troops in the forward buildings, so they planned to occupy it quickly and save ammunition.
Method: Direct occupation by infantry.
But the attack was quickly foiled.
The sniper company had long been prepared for this. The precise shooting of the snipers and the rain of bullets from the machine guns made the German attacking troops breathless. After a while, they left behind a large number of corpses and retreated.
Immediately afterwards, large swaths of artillery shells roared into these buildings, while bombers dive-bombed in circles one after another.
Sokolov knew that this was the time for the sniper company to retreat, so he quickly raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the building.
I saw the soldiers of the sniper company sliding down the pre-arranged ropes one by one, turning around, entering the traffic trench and disappearing without a trace.
Seeing this scene, Sokolov couldn't help but be stunned.
The whole battle process is actually very simple. You just need to hold on until the enemy makes up his mind to blow up the buildings... Of course there is no need to stay and let those buildings turn into ruins.
"Do you know what to do?" Shulka asked.
"Yes, Comrade Shulka!"
"Now, do you still think this is a death mission?" Shulka asked again.
"No, Comrade Shulka!" Sokolov replied awkwardly.
"Very good!" Shulka patted Sokolov on the shoulder: "I am willing to admit defeat and remember what you said!"