The second thing Major Paul did was to add an armored company to the main force.
Major General Jonas agreed without thinking. This was mainly because the frontal battle was going very smoothly. The main force was more than enough to deal with the enemy's defeat. At the same time, the armored forces had formed a congestion on the muddy terrain by the river. There were two armored companies.
You can't move in the rear without having anything to do.
Major Paul's request was just enough for one of the armored companies to find a "way out."
The German army moved very quickly. After only ten minutes, an armored company was transferred to the warehouse and placed under the command of Major Paul.
The one transferred was the 7th Light Armored Company of the 179th Regiment.
The German army generally has two armored vehicles at the company headquarters, divided into four platoons, each with four to five tanks or armored vehicles. That is, an armored company has about 0 armored vehicles or tanks.
However, since the war started, the German armored units are usually not at full strength, and some armored units even use half-track vehicles to make up the numbers.
This is the case for the 7th Light Armored Company. It only has a total of 8 "Type 2" light tanks, 8 type armored vehicles, and 7 51 half-track vehicles.
This is obviously the configuration of an armored reconnaissance company. Armored vehicles and half-tracks carry soldiers forward for reconnaissance, and tanks are responsible for providing fire support.
Major Paul was very satisfied with the speed of reinforcements of this armored company. He nodded appreciatively towards the commander of the armored company, Captain Orff, and then spread out the map: "The situation is like this, this building is full of enemy targets.
Sniper, we have dozens of people trapped in the warehouse!"
"Do you want us to rescue them?" Captain Orff asked.
"You can say yes, you can say no!" Major Paul replied: "I hope you defeat them. You know, they are snipers!"
Captain Orff understood what Major Paul meant.
The natural enemy of snipers is armored vehicles, because armored vehicles move quickly and their armor makes the opponent's rifles powerless.
"As for the soldiers trapped inside!" Major Paul said: "I just ask you and your men to be careful not to accidentally hurt your own people. If you defeat the enemy and gain control, they will be saved, do you understand?"
"Understood, Major!" Captain Orff replied.
Captain Orff is very confident about this mission, because he has often encountered situations like this when performing reconnaissance missions before, and he has been able to handle them easily every time, and I believe this time will be no exception.
What Captain Orff didn't expect was that the German army's troop movements were actually in the eyes of the Soviet army... The Soviet army was in the building. From a high position, it was easy to observe the deployment of the German army below, and even the distribution of several armored vehicles.
It is clear which exit you are going to.
"One tank, two armored vehicles, and three half-tracks at Gate 1!"
"Two armored vehicles at Gate 3..."
The communications corps summarized the information piece by piece and then conveyed it to various departments via telephone.
After a moment of silence, Shulka ordered: "Do it!"
"Do it!"
"Do it!"
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The orders were passed down one after another.
The next second gunfire rang out, mainly targeting the German troops trapped in the warehouse.
At this time, the German army's offensive plan was already imminent and had to be launched. In other words, the Soviet army's strategy of encircling the point to mobilize reinforcements had been successful, so the trapped German troops had lost their value.
The first to bear the brunt was the adjutant who had been seeking death. Vasily gave him a very crisp shot. The adjutant tilted his head and collapsed to the ground... This may also be said to be Vasily's kindness to him. This adjutant had already
I have endured so much torture and now I am finally free.
The trapped German troops soon became chaotic.
If they had been suppressed by Soviet snipers before or did not dare to act rashly in the hope that reinforcements would rush in to save them soon, then now they have realized that the enemy is going to kill them, so they have raised their guns to fight back.
But there is no doubt that their counterattack was just random shooting and could not pose a threat to the Soviet snipers.
Several German soldiers who were not seriously injured saw that something was not going well. At this moment, they turned around and ran away towards the gate with all their strength...
However, with several "bang bang" gunshots, they quickly fell to the ground.
One of the German soldiers was not quite dead yet. He dragged his blood on the ground and crawled toward the door, as if he wanted to escape from this terrible place before he died.
This kind of horror is something that outsiders cannot understand.
Soldiers have all seen death and experienced death, so death is nothing to them.
But it is this feeling of being locked by the enemy and walking on the edge of death that makes people feel chilling from the bottom of their hearts.
This is also the reason why several German soldiers, like the adjutant, could not bear to understand themselves.
The sound of gunfire in the warehouse soon attracted Major Paul's attention.
Paul raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the warehouse, and then ordered Orff: "Captain, it's time for you to attack! Kill all those sons of bitches! All of them!"
"Yes, Major!" Orff responded, then grabbed the phone and shouted: "Attention all units, act according to plan! Kill them and avenge our people!"
What Paul and Orff didn't know was that this was exactly what Shulka wanted.
Shurka chose to attack the besieged German troops at this time. In addition to the fact that they had no use value, the other meaning was to force the German troops to attack without sufficient preparation.
In addition, the Soviet mortars and snipers posted upstairs also took action. The bullets accurately knocked down the German soldiers who were not well hidden one after another, and the artillery shells were directed at the German soldiers one after another.
The gathering place exploded with random explosions. One shell even directly hit a half-track vehicle and blew up a group of German soldiers on it who were preparing to attack.
"Let's go!" Orff shouted into the walkie-talkie on the half-track.
Obviously the mortars also put a certain amount of pressure on him, because only half-track vehicles are safer when moving, including armored vehicles... Otherwise, they are more likely to be hit by mortar shells when they are parked in place, and their weak top armor is not enough
to block this attack.
With a "boom" sound, more than a dozen tanks, armored vehicles and half-track vehicles drove toward the warehouse amid the sound of motors.
The main direction of the German attack was obviously the front, because they arranged two light tanks at the two warehouse doors on the front, and only armored vehicles in other directions.
Following these tanks and armored vehicles were half-tracks loaded with soldiers.
Further behind are groups of soldiers organized by Major Paul.
Obviously, when these steel monsters rush into the warehouse, they will rely on their armor protection and firepower to fight Soviet snipers at close range.
At that time, the Soviet snipers would have no advantage at all, and it seemed that the only option was to surrender. (To be continued)