Riding on the remnant of the grenade explosion, the Soviet infantry launched an attack... This was not easy, because the water depth was already about two meters at this time, and the building's doors, stairs, etc. were all underwater, so the Soviet soldiers could only attack
There are only a few corridors, windows, gaps made by shells, etc.
This is of course very dangerous, even if grenades have been thrown into the building just now, shocking and killing the Germans... The quality of the German 9th Panzer Grenadier is also extraordinary. They know that this is the most dangerous and critical time.
, because holding the gap makes it easier to defend and harder to attack, otherwise it will be a big trouble for the enemy to get in.
Therefore, even if they were stunned by the grenade, they still forced themselves to raise their rifles and aim the muzzles at the gap.
But the first people to enter were not people, but backpacks and flashlights.
Shulka asked them to do this.
"If you are willing, of course you can jump in to meet the enemy's bullets!" Shulka said: "But I suggest you use your backpack first!"
Sure enough, as soon as the backpack was thrown inside, several gunshots were heard... The German soldiers were stunned by the grenade and were on high alert. At the same time, the visibility inside the building was not high, so if a black figure wandered in, the German soldiers would subconsciously notice it.
Pull the trigger.
Only then did the Soviet soldiers jump in.
The German army was equipped with bolt-action Mauser rifles. Although this type of rifle had a long range and high accuracy, its rate of fire was very slow. When they discovered that they had been deceived and wanted to reload and prepare to shoot, it was already too late... The first batch
Most of the attacking Soviet soldiers were equipped with Bobosha charges. After they stood firm or jumped in and rolled, they immediately raised their guns and pulled the triggers to pour out rows of bullets. Those who saw it and those who didn't saw it all
Shoot again until all the bullets in the magazine are used up.
At this time, several more Soviet soldiers jumped into the building through the gap, so the German soldiers had to choose between being annihilated or surrendering.
As the Soviet army competed with the German army one after another for buildings, Major General Ellen was sitting uneasily in one of the buildings.
At this time, he almost lost contact with his subordinates... Except for one radio station that the division headquarters snatched away, all the other radio stations were left in the water. Even this radio station was flooded and malfunctioned.
Not to mention the phone, even if it still works, no one can talk in the water.
Therefore, Major General Ellen could only transmit information through semaphores between buildings.
But this method of transmitting information is not reliable. On the one hand, it is very slow. On the other hand, if any building is attacked by the enemy, it cannot even send a signal... The Russian army usually arranges this on amphibious landing ships.
One or two snipers, their role is to kill those targets who dare to stand up and wave the flag from a distance.
Therefore, the only troops that Major General Ellen can directly and effectively command are less than one battalion in nearby buildings.
This actually shows the quality of the German 9th Panzergrenadier Division from the side.
If it were other troops who were flooded and demoralized, had no information and no one to command them, and were violently attacked by the enemy, they would probably have fled in droves.
However, the remnants of the 9th Panzergrenadier Division still unswervingly carried out Ellen's last order to "hold on to the building where they are located."
This is a wise move, since escaping in this situation is almost impossible.
"The radio has been repaired, General!" The communications soldier who was playing with the radio happily reported to Major General Ellen.
Major General Ellen rushed forward in one step and said to the communications soldier: "Quick, send a message to Marshal Manstein immediately: We have been flooded and attacked by the enemy, requesting reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!"
In fact, there was no need for Major General Ellen to send a report. Manstein, who was attacking Karachi with all his strength, already knew this twenty minutes ago.
He got the information from the Air Force.
At first, the Air Force did not know what was going on. It only knew that the direction of Sulovkino was suddenly hit by a large-scale artillery attack and lost contact with it. Then there were suddenly many Russian planes in the sky... The correct sequence should be to contact the Soviet Union first.
Rokino lost contact because it was flooded in front and shelled in the rear.
Therefore, although Manstein knew that there was something going on in the direction of Surovino, he did not know what happened there.
At first, Manstein did not take the Russian attack in the direction of Sulovkino seriously.
He even said to his adjutant jokingly while looking at the artillery fire at Surovino with his binoculars: "Obviously, the Russians have been frightened by us and they hope to outflank our rear!"
The adjutant and staff couldn't help laughing.
No one thought that the Russian army could do this. It was the 9th Panzergrenadier Division. Before that, it had blocked an enemy group by itself, and Manstein later added four more troops.
divisions, two of which were German infantry divisions, one Romanian division and one Italian division.
This force is stationed at key parts of the Surovino area and also has a considerable number of 88MM anti-aircraft guns. The German army does not seem to need to worry about this.
Therefore, everyone is as optimistic as Manstein, thinking that this is just a random attack by the Russian army after jumping over the wall... It is no wonder that they think so, because the Russian army has many "records" like this.
But when the air battle broke out at dawn, Manstein felt something was wrong.
"The Russians actually concentrated their air power in Surovino?" Manstein said while looking at the map: "And they also competed with our army for air supremacy?"
"Yes, Marshal!" the adjutant replied: "General Winkler said that the enemy has at least one aviation division, and they are all fighter planes!"
"This is not surprising, is it?" A staff officer interjected: "As the Marshal said, the Russians were panicked. They tried to break through Surovino and force us to retreat!"
This statement seems to make sense. At this time, Karachi has been surrounded by the Deton River Army and is about to fall. The Russian army seems to have only one way to rescue Karachi: pretend to surround the Deton River Army and make it disorderly, such as
Send troops to reinforce Surovino to reduce the pressure on Karachi. It is best if the Don Army Group is frightened and retreats immediately to avoid being surrounded.
This is also the reason why Manstein has always insisted not to send reinforcements to Sulovkino.
Therefore, on the battlefield, there is always a virtual reality, a real reality, and a virtual reality. It seems reasonable to think in any direction, so those who are involved in it cannot see clearly and cannot figure it out, even Manstein is no exception.
Manstein shook his head and said: "No, the Russians will never use their air force as bait!" (To be continued)