Five hundred and ninetieth eight chapters railway bridge
The encirclement was indeed completed, but the German army was surrounded by the Soviet army.
Captain Lex's intuition was right. The Soviet army had indeed set traps in the building waiting for them.
The German army seemed to be powerful and was attacking along the streets, killing gods and Buddhas, but in fact it was full of loopholes, and most of the buildings behind them did not have enough troops to defend them.
Therefore, Vasily led a group of deserters to carry out a counter-outflank on them, and soon cut off their retreat.
There is some caution in using the deserters of the 4th Infantry Brigade. Although their combat effectiveness is not strong, their strength is large, and it is still possible to garrison them in a certain building... Troops with low quality are usually suitable for executing relatively simple tasks.
Rigid tasks, such as garrisoning a certain building, under what circumstances you can retreat, how long you must garrison, etc.
And the simpler and clearer the task, the better.
If they were allowed to follow snipers and mortars to fight guerrillas, they would faint within a few turns.
The German army's tactic is to leave a small force at certain intervals to occupy a building to protect the rear... This is necessary, otherwise it will soon be impossible to encircle the granary.
The German garrison points were approximately one hundred meters apart, and buildings that could pose a threat to them within this one hundred meter range were blasted.
Demolition is much simpler than bombing with artillery fire. They only need to enter the building, then load explosives on the internal load-bearing columns or load-bearing walls, and then with a "boom", the entire building or even the entire row of buildings will fall down.
Of course, this requires certain blasting knowledge.
This is a helpless approach when the German army is short of troops, because only in this way can its garrisoned buildings stand out, so it is possible to use firepower to seal off the surrounding 100-meter area and use this network of garrison points and firepower to surround the granary.
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The problem is that the Soviet army can also implement fire blockade on the same area... The ruins that were destroyed by the bombing are lower than the buildings on both sides. The Soviet army only needs to find a suitable building, or like the German army.
Blasting a building that blocks the line of sight or shooting angle can also implement a fire blockade on the German army.
Soon, the German army was quickly divided into sections that could not reinforce each other.
Captain Lex was a little panicked at this time.
"Major!" he reported to Major Paul: "The situation is getting very complicated. I don't even know if we are surrounding them or they are surrounding us! We need more support!"
"We have no more support!" Major Paul replied: "If we do, it's artillery and air force!"
"They can't do anything, Major!" Captain Lex replied: "They are so intertwined with us that sometimes we can't even tell which building is ours!"
This is indeed the case, especially when the infantry communicates with the air force through oral communication, it is difficult for them to clearly describe which of the similar-looking buildings is the enemy and which is the friend.
In addition, they were very close to each other, so the Air Force could only stare.
"I request a retreat!" Captain Lex said: "The enemy is more difficult to deal with than we thought. We should think of other ways!"
Major Paul knew that Captain Lex was right, so he had no choice but to reply: "Okay, Captain, I agree to your request!"
However, it is too late to retreat now.
Because Vasily had already organized a strong attack on several German positions.
The storming attack was launched with the cooperation of snipers. The infantrymen of the 4th Brigade shouted loudly and rushed like ants towards the buildings guarded by the German troops.
Then, grenades and submachine guns rushed into the building and turned the German troops hiding inside into a hornet's nest.
Once the garrison point was lost, Captain Lex and his party's retreat was cut off.
However, Captain Lex was not an easy man. He made a decisive decision and quickly broke through the encirclement. He used the firepower of tanks and armored vehicles to make a detour from another street and escape.
This was beyond Vasily and even Shulka's expectations.
Because the biggest fear of things like tanks and armored vehicles is that the situation is unknown... These things may be strong, but they are also very fragile. Just a few anti-tank mines planted on the road can blow them all into the sky.
Therefore, according to common sense, Captain Lex should not choose an unknown or unexplored route to retreat.
But he did so, which caught Vasily off guard and allowed them to escape easily.
But in the end, the German attack failed.
When the soldiers of the 4th Infantry Brigade cheered for this victory, the communications soldier reported to Shulka: "Comrade Captain, the reinforcements sent to us by the 10th Division have arrived! There is a total of one battalion, and they are waiting for you outside the warehouse.
The command!"
Then another communications soldier took the phone and said to Shulka: "Comrade Captain, Comrade Batrakov's phone number!"
Shulka took the phone and identified himself, and then heard Batrakov say awkwardly on the other end of the phone: "You guys fought well, Comrade Shulka! I think the third battalion has arrived. It
Under your command, I hope you can guard the granary! This is very important!"
"Yes, Comrade Batrakov!" Shulka replied.
At this time, Batrakov should have apologized or admitted his previous mistakes.
But Shulka can understand it. After all, he is a general and the commander of a division. It is really shameful for him to admit his mistakes in front of his subordinates in the headquarters.
In fact, Major General Batrakov sent him reinforcements and even gave these reinforcements to Shulka's command, which already meant admitting his mistake.
So Shulka gave up as soon as he could. After all, this was a battlefield, not a place where people should be treated rudely and unforgivingly.
After a pause, Shulka said: "However, Comrade Batrakov, I don't think there are enough reinforcements!"
"Sorry, Comrade Shulka!" Batrakov replied: "The situation is very critical now... I cannot mobilize more troops to support you. We need to take back the railway bridge, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"
"What?" Shulka couldn't help being stunned after hearing this: "The railway bridge was not blown up?"
"No, it didn't!" Batrakov said with some embarrassment: "The moment the battle started, the railway bridge was attacked by the enemy's Branfenburg troops. They cut off the detonating wires and occupied the bridgehead position.
Let their reinforcements arrive. Now, the railway bridge is in their hands, and I am concentrating my forces to launch a counterattack!"
Shulka really didn't expect this to be the case.
The German Branffenburg troops disguised themselves as Soviet troops to seize the bridgehead. This is an old story. I didn't expect that the NKVD 10th Division would fall for this trick.
Once the railway bridge is lost, German reinforcements can be continuously added from the south bank of the Tsaritsa River to the north bank, so the train station No. 1 will be really dangerous. (To be continued)