Chapter 375: persuade

Chapter 375 Persuasion

The German army slowly advanced along the street.

Perhaps because of the lessons learned from the past, they were very cautious. Every time the tank advanced a certain distance, it would stop and look around. Occasionally, it would shoot a shuttle or fire a shot at some suspicious windows, and continue to move forward after confirming that there was no danger.

Colonel Eber was the head of the 2nd Tank Regiment of the 6th Armored Division, and he was in charge of commanding the attack on the Tver Bridge.

Major General Lucas's order came from the walkie-talkie: "Don't rush forward, our purpose is to block those Russians..."

Colonel Ebert knew this.

In fact, he hesitated for a while outside the residential area. He was considering whether to attack the residential area. The role of the new Russian equipment in street fighting had already left him with lingering fears.

But in the end he chose to enter.

Because although the German army won the initial victory, their position was very awkward. There were no buildings to hide near the bridgehead except ruins. , the Soviet army can attack the German army under the cover of the building.

So, the Germans need to occupy a building to give themselves some defensive depth.

"Stop advancing!" Colonel Ebert ordered.

The troops stopped immediately, and the infantry surrounded the tank nervously holding their rifles and guarding around. The most nervous is the tank soldiers in the tank, because they all know that they are facing the enemy's new anti-tank equipment, and they know what will happen if they are hit.

Colonel Ebert didn't know why he stopped. He only felt a burst of creeps. Maybe it was the sixth sense that made him aware of the danger, but he looked around for a while but found nothing.

At this time, only a few explosions were heard, and the two nearby buildings were blown to pieces, with broken stones and tiles flying everywhere, and some even flew near Colonel Ebert.

"Fight!" Colonel Hébert shouted, realizing that he seemed to have stepped into an enemy trap.

But it was too late to realize that Soviet tanks had smashed through the walls of the seemingly empty buildings in front of them, and one after another climbed up from the white snow. Soviet soldiers.

Combat developed into hand-to-hand combat from the very beginning.

This is what the Soviet army wanted, as I said before, because the bazooka only has a range of 100 meters, so they always want close combat.

In fact, it is difficult to fight in the street without close combat, because the enemy often occupies the upper floor and cannot attack for a while, so it often forms the format of "I am among you and you are among you". Or the enemy and the enemy are entangled and strangled together due to reasons such as artillery fire and machine gun shooting.

However, the Soviet army obviously took advantage of this kind of battle, because from time to time, there would always be a few bazookas that suddenly appeared from upstairs or from the ruins, and then "chirp" and destroyed the German tanks.

On the other hand, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade is equipped with many "Porposa" submachine guns. The rate of fire, ammunition capacity, and design of these weapons can be said to be tailored for street fighting in extreme cold conditions in winter.

The German MP40 submachine gun, not to mention ammunition capacity, continuous firepower, and low-temperature safety, just one small detail determines that it must be inferior to the "Poposa".

This detail is actually easy to change during production, that is the trigger guard.

The trigger guard, also known as the trigger guard, is used to prevent accidental shooting. If there is a trigger guard, soldiers will often trigger the trigger when they hit something or do tactical actions such as lying down or rolling while marching.

The trigger guards of MP40 and even other German equipment are relatively small, which is determined by the warmer climate in Europe, and it can fully adapt to the European battlefield.

The problem is that this is the Soviet Union, and the temperature will drop to minus 40 degrees in winter.

At this low temperature, German soldiers had to wrap themselves up three layers inside and outside, otherwise they would freeze or even freeze to death.

This also includes the trigger finger.

If German soldiers can get enough thick gloves, this problem may be barely solved.

The problem was that the German army was short of supplies. In order to protect their fingers from freezing, the soldiers wrapped their hands and fingers in rags and clothing fragments to keep out the cold.

The result of this is that their index finger cannot reach into the guard to pull the trigger, or they have to be very careful when doing this action, otherwise the weapon will be fired before the finger is in place.

The German soldiers thought of a way. They tied a bent branch, wooden stick or wire cut from furniture to their index fingers to replace their clumsy index fingers to pull the trigger.

Of course, this will definitely affect the reaction speed of the German army, and it will also reduce the quality of the German army and make them look very clumsy.

In contrast to the equipment of the Soviet army, almost all equipment, including the "Poposa" submachine gun, has a large retainer. Even if Soviet soldiers wear thick gloves, they can easily stuff their index fingers into the retainer.

Therefore, in such close combat, the Soviet army was no surprise against the German army... In this case, the high quality of the German army could not be reflected at all, and a Soviet recruit with a "Bobosha" submachine gun could also instantly Knock down a few experienced German veterans.

The battle lasted only ten minutes, and the German army retreated out of the residential area like a tide.

This is actually a manifestation of the quality of the German soldiers. This not only means that they retreated in an orderly manner to cover each other, but also because they knew in their hearts that under such circumstances they should disengage from the enemy and fight at a long distance.

The Soviet army chased the German army all the way from the rear.

On the other side, Admiral Hopner couldn't hold on any longer, so he had to fly to Wolfsburg urgently, hoping to persuade Hitler to allow the Fourth Tank Army to retreat.

"My head of state!" Admiral Hopner said: "Although I don't want to say this, I don't think it makes any sense to stick to it..."

Hitler burst out like a needle **** when he heard this: "Even if I approve the retreat, my general! We are not safe, they will run all the way, frost, snow, and icy roads will make us First their tanks and heavy equipment are discarded. Next, they will even throw away their rifles, and in the end they will have nothing left! No, the positions must be held, the arteries and supply centers, held as if they were fortresses. All The troops must stand still and not take a step back!"

After a pause, Hitler went on to say: "What's more, my general...we have already occupied the Tver Bridge, and they are rushing to repair the railway. Your plight will be solved soon!"

(end of this chapter)