Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh scattered and concentrated
The German offensive went smoothly initially.
This can be said to be due to the environment, or it can be said to be intentional by the student troops.
In terms of environment, at the beginning of the battle, the German army was in a relatively open area, and there were few buildings on the Charica River. Even a few buildings were destroyed by artillery due to previous battles.
At this time, if the German army wanted to attack a certain building, they could attack from several directions on the open ground or suppress it with fire.
It is said that the student troops did this intentionally. Of course, considering that environmental factors were not conducive to defense, they deliberately made an opening to allow the enemy to enter the building complex.
Once the German troops entered the complex it was different.
You may not feel anything when entering a building complex in normal life, but during a battle, the building complex will be like a maze, even though sometimes it is just a very simple street.
The reason is that every building or even ruins can be transformed into a firepower point or sniper point, so enemies may be hidden in every direction and everywhere.
Vasily fully grasped this point and carried out scattered attacks.
The German army actually hopes that the enemy can stick to a certain point, such as relying on a certain building, and digging field fortifications on both sides of the building or placing sandbags to create an obvious line of defense for defense.
In fact, this is what the NKVD 10th Division has always done.
This is their defense line along the banks of the Tsaritsa River. In addition, there are several similar defense lines in the train station.
Obviously, such a line of defense is not a big problem for the German army... The German army has advantages in air, tanks, and artillery. After discovering the enemy's defense line, they immediately contacted the artillery and air force, and then used artillery and air force to attack the enemy.
After destroying them, they would then launch an attack under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles. It wouldn't take long for them to take down the defense line at a very small cost and cause a large number of Soviet casualties.
Vasily did not fight like this, or it can be said to be Shulka's strategy.
The snipers and mortars did not have a clear line of defense. They looked disorganized, one here and one there, but overall they were orderly.
"The most important thing for us is to know the enemy's location!" Shulka said when discussing tactics with Vasily: "Then with the enemy as the center and a radius of three hundred meters, that is probably our range of activities!"
"And it must change with the enemy's activities!"
"Yes!" Shulka nodded in appreciation.
Unlike other Soviet commanders, Vasily had an innate ability to understand this guerrilla tactic.
If the Soviet army did not have a unified line of defense, the German army would be in trouble.
They soon found themselves feeling powerless.
The commander who led the troops into the building was Captain Lex, who had just been transferred from the main force to support Major Paul.
The reason why Captain Lex and his troops were chosen for reinforcements was because Captain Lex had some experience in street fighting with the Russian army before, and he even led troops into a train station.
But this time, Captain Lex found that the enemy he faced was somewhat different.
"We can barely see the enemy, Major!" Captain Lex reported to Major Paul as he directed the troops to follow the tanks along the street: "But they seem to be everywhere!"
Just as he was talking, a "boom" shell exploded nearby, and two soldiers who had no time to lie down for cover were injured on the spot.
Captain Lex dusted himself off and got up from the ground. Then he heard Major Paul's voice coming from the walkie-talkie: "You have been shelled?"
"Yes!" Captain Lex replied.
"Report the enemy's coordinates!" Major Paul replied: "Don't forget that we have more powerful artillery and air force!"
"No, Major!" Captain Lex replied helplessly: "We don't know the location of the enemy's artillery, and even if we know it, it won't help!"
After a pause, Captain Lex explained: "Because they are moving at any time!"
At this point Major Paul had nothing to say.
At this time, Major Paul and Captain Lex both knew what the enemy was playing, which was to disperse and concentrate so that their advantages could not be used.
The problem is that they have nothing to do with this tactic.
After a moment of silence, Major Paul gave the order: "Occupy the buildings along the road and turn them into our stations!"
"That's exactly what I'm doing, Major!" Captain Lex replied: "I'm attacking, then occupying, step by step... The problem is our strength. We only have more than a hundred people, and there are at least more than a hundred buildings on this street.
Houses. If we arrange one person per house, we can only occupy this street!"
Then Captain Lex added: "In addition, we can't call it 'occupation' at all, because we are not sure whether those houses will fall into the hands of the enemy in the next second, but we are still foolishly thinking that the rear is safe and
keep going!"
The reason Captain Lex said this was because a similar situation had occurred before... He arranged for a squad to occupy an important building and led the troops to move forward. Unexpectedly, in just a few minutes, that building
The enemy appeared and set up a machine gun to shoot at the rear of the main force.
Captain Lex didn't understand why it happened so quickly, especially since the defense of one squad was already quite large, but the enemy could eliminate it in a matter of minutes.
What Captain Lex didn't know was that Vasily also knew about the buildings he considered important.
Therefore, Vasily sent people to lurk in the building in advance.
For example, under the bed, in the closet, in the box, etc. It's like hide and seek.
If this alone cannot successfully eliminate the enemy, it is because the Germans are not fools. They will search the building as soon as they enter to ensure its safety.
The problem is that these hiding spots are also targeted by snipers from the outside.
That is, when the Germans wanted to enter and search, there was a sudden "bang" and a bullet flew from the window and knocked one of them to the ground.
The Germans immediately took cover to avoid enemy snipers. Just when everyone was focused on the outside, they never expected that a man emerged from the darkness inside the building and silently surrounded them.
Captain Lex led the troops forward with difficulty. The deeper into the building complex, the more powerless he became.
This was not only because his subordinates were decreasing one by one, but also because he felt that this was a trap by the enemy.
"I think we should retreat!" Captain Lex reported to Major Paul: "Because I believe the enemy may be waiting for us somewhere ahead!"
"No, Captain!" Paul replied without thinking: "Do what you have to do, and we will complete the encirclement soon!" (To be continued)