Chapter 837

"The report is special forces unit 3 calling for artillery support." An officer came from the direction of the radio station, holding a completed record form in his hand: "they found a Soviet battalion in the process of secret infiltration and called for artillery strike directly."

"..." lundstedt felt that he didn't know what to say. For a long time, especially since the first World War, it has been the pursuit of all commanders to destroy their opponents systematically. Although the German army often killed a battalion of the other side when advancing in the field, it never killed a battalion headquarters so cleanly in the street battle.

What is more exaggerated is that the formal attack has not yet started, and only a force responsible for infiltration has done what it was possible to do before with heavy casualties. Lundstedt suddenly felt that his shells were worth a lot. He looked back, took the form, and saw the detailed statistics above, including which army called for artillery support, what was the purpose, and whether the effect had been achieved.

"The demand for firepower is still too great." After reading the form, lundstedt said helplessly. This kind of fighting method is to compress the firepower of a division or even an army to a battalion for support. Of course, no matter what kind of opponents they face, this battalion can kill one of the enemy's battalions.

Of course, covering a battalion with the heavy firepower of a division can achieve unexpected results. However, in terms of ammunition consumption and other issues, lundstedt is more willing to lose some soldiers. The lives of soldiers in this era are not worth much more than those in the 21st century, but German steel and weapons production capacity are very valuable, The ammunition produced can't be wasted on such a large scale.

That kind of street fighting method of later generations is built on the basis of smooth communication, high-precision weapons, firepower improvement and other aspects of progress. At this stage, if we reluctantly practice it, it will be this kind of fighting method that looks gorgeous but can only give up in the end.

However, lundstedt still has a family background in Smolensk, and he urgently needs such a quick assault to end the street battle in Smolensk, consolidate his defense line and give the troops time to rest. So he felt that at least this time, the ammunition consumption he put in was worth the ticket price. As for the next time, he was not sure.

However, we have to admit that this kind of street fighting method proposed by the head of state can indeed reduce the loss of troops and point out the direction for the future war. Lundstedt's solution to street fighting, which he couldn't figure out, was solved by this way of redistributing firepower to form a fist attack.

Cooperate with a group of 10 special forces, infiltrate and fire the enemy's important defense nodes, and then widely arrange snipers to cover the occupied area and the front positions, and block the enemy's scheduling and interposition in the street battle to the maximum extent, which effectively solves the dilemma that the conventional tactics can't comb the city thoroughly.

"We don't have the time to waste ammunition and precious time like this." Lundstadt took a look at the officers of the special operations forces around him and said, "use your people and your methods to cut this city into four pieces. I will fill in the most elite grenadiers and stop the enemy from fleeing and intervening."

He pointed to the map spread out on the ruins and drew a cross on the whole city of Smolensk. The two crossed lines, like two sharp knives, cut into the center of the whole city: "then I will let the recruits start to clean up these areas one by one. As long as they can't run around the city, I intend to pay 5000 to 10000 people, Speed up the capture of the whole city. "

Zhukov is eyeing the front battlefield, and lundstedt dare not delay too long in an encircled city. He was afraid that the weak side of the German logistics would be perceived by his opponents. Once this happened, the German army would face very serious problems.

Zhukov was not afraid to fight back immediately. After all, the German army still had enough fuel and ammunition in hand. He was afraid that Zhukov would strike the whole defense line with a short assault and concentrate his strength to attack after consuming the Limited supplies of the German army. According to the best estimate of lundstedt and brauchich, the German army would at least hand over the whole of Belarus to the Soviet Union.

In this case, if the Soviet Union chose to go south instead of westward, goodrian and Manstein would be quite dangerous. Once the German forces in the Caucasus were in a dilemma, the whole German plan to attack the Soviet Union would be a complete failure. The German army will fall into endless war of attrition. Even if it wins in the end, it will lose the power and opportunity to dominate the world.

"Forgive my cold blood, Colonel." "I'm a marshal, and sometimes I have to make tough choices," lundstedt said with a sigh to the special operations officer. In order to ensure the victory, I can only regret to push thousands of soldiers to the front line to die. This is the war, the helpless war. "

The officer nodded, and the marshal in front of him said, "I fully understand your feelings. My troops are set up to reduce casualties, but when there are other elements higher than the requirements of casualty control, we don't have to stubbornly carry out tactics."

On the front line, a German infantry soldier poked his head out in the corner and looked at the quiet street opposite. There were still a few flames burning on the roof, and the windows were broken. The windows were black and looked like cannibal mouths. He drew back his head, and then made a few gestures to the infantry behind him. From his weapons, we can see that this unit is not the German experimental battalion, nor is it a main force, but just an infantry for consumption in urban operations. Most of them are armed with Mauser rifles, and most of them are not even equipped with white winter smocks. Some of the German troops in the back are trying to push up heavy equipment. They push something like a cannon, but this guy is higher and bulkier than the German 75mm field artillery. Two German soldiers rubbed the wheel with their hands. The rest of the soldiers pushed and pulled the weapon to the corner. At this time, the canvas was torn apart, showing the real face of the weapon. This is the mass production version of "infantry Frederick" customized according to the needs of the front line, that is, the factory official production version of the original multi barrel iron fist rocket launcher improved by the infantry themselves. Its weapon code name is "Marx", but soldiers still like to call it "building Destroyer". They've been using the name for almost a year, so it's more intimate and easier to remember“ As the platoon leader at the front line yelled out slogans, a group of German soldiers suddenly pushed the multi barrel rocket launcher through the corner and set it up on the spacious street. On the other side, the Soviet bullets generally hit the rocket, making a jingling sound. A soldier was shot in the knee, fell to the ground and screamed, and was dragged back to the corner by two comrades with their tactical vest straps. With a command, the engineer pressed down the launcher, and the rocket began to shoot one rocket after another in the violent shaking“ Be careful, be safe. "With a command, everyone tried to keep their bodies down. With the sound of whooshing, the ejected rockets, along with the slight shaking of the whole rocket rack, spread to the front of the building at the end of the street, like a heavy hammer, beating the wall of the building. Smoke and dust began to spread. With the increasing number of holes in the walls of the building, and with the collapse of the load-bearing structure after the rocket explosion, the outside world began to collapse slowly, and finally collapsed in the white smoke. With dozens of Soviet soldiers inside, they fell to the ground and broke into rubble. A German soldier, taking advantage of the smoke, rushed out of the corner of the wall, past the smoking rocket launcher and ran to the other side of the street. He took his assault rifle and covered another soldier. After running across the street, the soldier crawled on the side of the road and set up a machine gun with quick action, so that the black muzzle pointed in the direction of the enemy. Next to him, the third running German Deputy shooter left the ammunition box beside him, and then held up the chain of the machine gun. Then more German troops began to lean against the wall and grope for the end of the street. They moved very fast, bending down to minimize the possibility of being shot. Soon these soldiers completely occupied the street, and the follow-up troops began to enter the corridor to check whether there were Soviet soldiers hiding one by one. The gunfire became denser and denser gradually. The German army and the Soviet army fought fiercely across several buildings. The casualties began to increase gradually. The German field hospital, which was almost empty, was full of 400 wounded soldiers in only one hour. Smolensk, which had planned to hold on for a month, could not form effective support and mobilization under the split environment caused by the new German fighting methods, and lost a quarter of its cities in just one day. The German army combed the streets in an orderly way, endured the casualties and forced to fight with the Soviet army in turn, which made the Soviet garrison pay a heavy price. March 25, 1939, Smolensk street fighting is still, but the weather in the Soviet Union, has changed from cold to slightly warm up