Warehouse No. 5 was still roaring, and Zogtanov, who was undergoing surgery, was sometimes distracted by sudden explosions.
"Comrade Zogtanov!" the assistant asked from the side: "Shouldn't we do something?"
"What do you mean?" Zogtanov asked while busy with his work.
"Those soldiers!" the assistant replied: "They are not from the 10th Division. Maybe we can report this situation to our superiors! I think they have affected our work. There are many wounded who think that the enemy will hit this building. Those
The soldiers said the same thing, which caused panic among the wounded!"
Zogtanov was silent for a while and then replied: "If you have the ability, you can report it or drive them out!"
The assistant fell silent immediately. He was just a medical soldier, and of course he didn't dare to take on the idea of those fierce combat troops.
"What's more!" Zogtanov continued: "Don't you know the basic qualities of a field hospital medic? We usually need to work in this kind of environment. If you feel that you are not competent...
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"No, Comrade Zogtanov!" the assistant quickly replied: "I have no objection at all!"
Satisfied, Zogtanov turned his attention back to his hands and the wounds of the wounded.
After a layer of dust fell from the top of his head with an explosion, Zogtanov couldn't help but cursed in his heart... If it weren't for his teacher, that is Dr. Anatoly, who spoke highly of this guy, Zogtanov
Getanov will not allow these lunatics to run amok here.
"I actually believed what he said!" Then Zogtanov laughed at himself: "I thought the Germans would hit here tomorrow?!"
But at this moment, the whistling sound of artillery shells came from the sky, and then pieces of artillery shells exploded nearby, and some even hit the warehouse.
"It's the Germans!" the assistant shouted loudly. He wanted to say something else, but his voice was covered up by the "rumbling" sound of artillery.
Zogtanov was secretly frightened while feeling the vibrations from the ground. As a doctor in a field hospital, he certainly knew that this was German artillery fire.
Even because he had been on the front line for some time, he could roughly judge the intensity of the bombing from the sound and intensity of the bombing.
It has been a long time since the Germans bombed a large area like this time. The last time they bombed like this was when they launched a general offensive and succeeded in occupying half of the buildings of the train station.
This time...
As time passed and the bombing did not weaken at all, Zogtanov became more and more convinced that the "breakout hero" was right. The Germans would indeed launch a fierce attack during the day. This bombing was obviously their artillery fire.
Prepare.
"I seem to have misunderstood something!" Zogtanov said to himself: "I always thought that I was helping him, but I never thought that they were actually trying to save our lives!"
Zogtanov couldn't help but feel lucky that he had the relationship with his mentor Anatoly, otherwise today and the wounded around him, who knows how many of them would have stayed in this basement forever.
On the other side, Major General Batrakov of the 10th Division Headquarters also received the information immediately.
"Comrade Batrakov!" the staff reported: "The Germans launched a large-scale bombing of our army's defense lines, and the artillery fire accurately targeted our army's artillery positions and front-line fortifications!"
Major General Batrakov's expression changed as soon as he heard this information.
German artillery was unable to accurately target Soviet artillery positions and frontline fortifications at night, especially frontline fortifications, such as a bunker and a firepower point.
If the German army can do this, it means that they are fully prepared for this large-scale artillery attack and it is well-targeted.
In other words, this is probably what Shulka calls a "massive attack."
At this time, Major General Batrakov certainly did not think much about this issue. He immediately ordered: "Order the artillery to suppress the enemy's artillery fire!"
This is a common method used in night artillery battles.
Firing at night has a late-mover advantage, because the side that fires first often exposes its position due to muzzle fire and smoke.
This allows the enemy to suppress it more accurately and cause greater losses.
But after the staff officer made a phone call, he looked at Major General Batrakov with helpless eyes.
"Comrade General!" the staff officer said: "Our artillery has suffered heavy losses and they are quickly evacuating their positions..."
To put it simply, the Soviet artillery was beaten at the first opportunity and was unable to fight back.
This is indeed the case.
The German army had a unique advantage over the Soviet army on the battlefield of the Tsaritsa River, that is, they could place artillery positions on the flanks of the Soviet army... The south bank of the Tsaritsa River had been occupied by the German army.
This also means that the Soviet artillery will fall into an embarrassing situation. They will be under the cross attack of enemy artillery from two directions of the German army. In other words, the German army will not have a blind spot for the Soviet artillery positions, but this is not the case for the Soviet army.
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Therefore, Major General Jonas, commander of the German 89th Division, who commanded this battle, decided to make full use of this.
This is the motto of Major General Jonas. He always believes that the key to victory on the battlefield is not to be evenly matched with the enemy, but to expand and utilize one's own advantages as much as possible, because once this advantage is expanded to a certain extent, a series of chain consequences will directly occur.
The reaction caused the enemy's entire defense line to collapse.
Although his theory is not completely correct, it is correct.
Because the war in World War II can be said to be a systematic battle, with infantry, tanks, air and other arms all working together, once any arm is defeated, it will be easily controlled everywhere.
To say that it is not completely correct is because the war at this time cannot be completely said to be a systematic war... On the Korean battlefield a few years later, the Chinese troops were still able to maintain a stable presence in three areas even though their air, tank, artillery and other arms were completely backward.
Eight lines.
The situation at the train station at this time was probably just as Major General Jonas had imagined.
Before that, he even sent the Branfenburg troops to detect the exact location of the Soviet artillery positions.
And despite knowing the enemy's artillery positions, he refrained from destroying them.
Because Major General Jonas knew that if it was destroyed prematurely, it would probably give the enemy a warning, informing them that they were about to attack and replenish artillery in time or even strengthen their defenses.
Now, the surprise attack launched by the German army before dawn caught the Soviet army by surprise, leaving the Soviet army... to be precise, the Soviet army in the direction of train station was almost without artillery for a long period of time. (Unfinished)