With a loud bang, a building with only one wall finally collapsed in shaking. The dust flew everywhere with the collapsed wall crashing to the ground, and finally slowed down with the air waves, indifferent to the surrounding air.
A cannon was set up not far behind the ruins. The Soviet 122 mm howitzer had just fired two shells with a huge camouflage net on its head, which was used to hide from the German aircraft. Camouflage network is full of dust, from the sky, here is just a ruins.
"And the ammunition? No more? " A Soviet artillery soldier looks back at a loader in the distance searching for empty ammunition boxes. These days, they are carrying on the heavy shelling with the German artillery, but the Soviet artillery, which used to be powerful, has gradually fallen behind.
"We don't have any shells. The truck that went to the division headquarters to get ammunition hasn't come back yet. I don't know what happened." The loader reluctantly threw away an empty ammunition box and replied.
When it comes to the two soldiers driving away, there are unnatural expressions on everyone's faces. Just a few hours ago, the ammunition here was running out, so the commander of the cannon arranged for two soldiers to get the ammunition, but they haven't come back yet.
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The whole of Stalingrad was in ruins, and there was no safe place on the ruins now - even if there was, on the other side of the German occupied area. So a few hours of disappearing in a chaotic place means that these two people are now more or less in danger.
The latest news is that a few hundred meters away from here, German soldiers have begun to haunt the street, so these days they dare not walk in the direction of the German army, as artillery, their loss is not big, of course, the two soldiers who did not return are not counted.
Compared with the Soviet infantry on the front line, the Soviet artillery here is very lucky. At least they have a chance to live, while those infantry can only struggle in a sea of blood.
Just two blocks away, in a small square, the bodies of Soviet soldiers had made the whole square almost invisible. It used to be a place where the Soviet Union concentrated on dealing with the dead and the wounded. After the German army hit here, it became a battlefield for the soldiers of the two armies to compete with each other.
So there was no one to deal with the mountain of corpses. The soldiers in the field hospital had already died, and many guns used by Soviet troops were scattered on the ground. Some corpses even held the rifles they used when they committed suicide.
If there is a real Eschatology in the world, it is here; If there is hell in the world, this is hell. Although the weather is cold, you can still smell some strange smell here, so this small square has another name, smell street.
"Wula With a cry, hundreds of Soviet soldiers, braved the bullets of the German army, charged toward the opposite side. They were carrying rifles, shouting slogans and hobbling on the corpses, while the German army on the opposite side calmly hit the bullets on the chest of these recruits.
One Soviet soldier after another fell on the body and was trampled by the soldiers who followed. In the end, the attack ended in a flurry, and most of the hundreds of Soviet soldiers who were in charge of the attack were tragically left on this famous smelly street. Their bodies will decay little by little with the temperature, and eventually turn into stink, polluting the noses of all the people living here.
This is Stalingrad, where the Soviet Union has to defend itself to the death. Therefore, countless Soviet soldiers rushed here one after another to defend their motherland with their own flesh and blood, facing the machine guns and cannons of the German troops. A group of people came and died here, and more people made up for it, and continued to fight here until they also died - yes, here, Stalingrad.
Although the weather has become warmer, Stalingrad is still cold and the water supply and power supply have basically collapsed. All that's left here is fighting, fighting and killing, fighting for their humble survival in the ruins.
Soviet soldiers had already filled Stalingrad with 270000 soldiers. These soldiers were sent by divisions one by one and then thrown into complex battlefields. In most cases, they would be exhausted the next day. Most of the troops didn't need any logistics at all. They didn't need food or even ammunition. They just died on the battlefield and used their own death to force the German troops to stop and wait for replenishment.
If the city on the Volga River was a new city of hope before the start of the Soviet German war, it is now a land of death symbolizing destruction. Hundreds of thousands of dead people from both sides roam the city, making the city still very cold in April.
A car suddenly stopped next to the Soviet artillery position. An officer and a soldier came down from the car. They looked around and then said a bad news: "we are infantry nearby. We found a car destroyed on the side of the road when patrolling just now."
As the officer said, he handed some documents and military plates to the artillery officer: "you can see if they belong to your troops."
As we all expected, the remains of the dead really belonged to the two men they sent to collect the shells. So the commander of the cannon nodded, put away the remains, and said, "it's my men. It seems that they were killed by you."“ I don't know if it's in line with the order you've received. If I were you, I'd better move the cannon back another 200 meters now. The nearest front position of the German army is only 120 meters away from here. Maybe with only one charge, they can fight here. " The infantry officer lit a cigarette and said, squinting. 120 meters? This distance is indeed very unsafe, but as the commander of this artillery, he did not receive the order of retreat from the superior, so for a moment, the Soviet artillery commander did not know what to do, so he could only keep silent. It's very common that we can't receive the order to retreat at this time. The chaotic communication system has already collapsed, and the division headquarters or a certain headquarters have been killed by the German special forces not once or twice. If all orders were waiting for the superior troops to give, the Soviet army would have lost Stalingrad long ago“ I see. I'm going to retreat now... "He said, looking at the car coming by the infantry officer“ Forget it, don't think about my car... Push it yourself. " The infantry officer lost his cigarette butt and got into the car with his guard. On the rubble Road, the car disappeared in an instant. The rest of them began to gather up the 122 mm cannon. After all, it was their weapon and a talisman for them not to go to the front line. Everyone was careful that something might happen to the cannon, because according to Stalingrad's routine, if the cannon was damaged, the artillery would go to the front line to serve as infantry. A few kilometers away is the core of the Soviet Stalingrad garrison, which is full of hidden field hospitals and artillery positions disguised as ruins. Many soldiers who have just come to Stalingrad collect their guns and ammunition here, and then go to the terrible front line“ Sorry, I have to get out of here. " In the dark basement, an officer with a huge scar on his face said to rokosovsky: "since the G group army is not here, I am not needed here."“ Of course you are needed here, Captain Wolff Rokosovsky stares at the ace of tank war who was warmly received by Stalin: "you know, from the beginning of the war until now, no one has left Stalingrad. I don't want you to be the exception."“ I have only one task, which is to destroy the guy named Ryan. He's not here anymore. I can feel it. " Wolff gave a sneer, then ignored rokosovsky's threat and replied directly, "so I came to find the access documents that you want to leave here. I'm leaving tonight." Rokosovsky slapped the table and said angrily, "you are running away! I urge your troops to go to the battlefield, but you always use the name of Ryan to prevaricate me, which is a betrayal of the revolution! This is not loyalty to the motherland! If you dare to go, I'll shoot you! "“ Hum Wolff laughed twice, and then looked at rokosovsky: "you dare not, because if I am killed by you, it proves that you are not loyal to the great Comrade Stalin... Because I graduated from wolf Knight school, Stalin knows that we will never betray him in our life. Since I didn't betray, you are the only one“ You...! " Rokosovsky wanted to drag out and shoot the guy who spoke coldly but didn't help much. But in the end, he gave up the idea with his teeth clenched. He looked at wolf and asked, "where are you going? I'll give you a pass. "“ Kursk. " Wolff replied, "I don't want to take my weapons with me. Just leave here by boat tonight. Thank you for understanding me... After all, we are all working for the great Comrade Stalin." Rokosovsky picked up his pen and wrote a document on the paper that approved Wolff to leave Stalingrad.