Chapter 537 Infantry vs. Infantry
So, the German army can be said to know nothing about the Soviet army's anti-slope position.
On the contrary, the Soviet army knew the frontal **** of the German army very clearly... Mamayev Hill was originally stationed by the Soviet army, and the Soviet army had just withdrawn from the frontal slope, and even the Soviet army still had Mamayev Hill Contour topographic map.
Artillery can calculate the height, distance, etc. based on this topographic map, and then accurately hit the mortar shells to the corresponding position.
Of course, the Soviet army actually lacked artillery that could count these, especially those equipped with shovel mortars... They are not actually artillery, but infantry part-time artillery.
This led to this advantage not being well utilized, otherwise the Soviet army would be able to blow up the German army on the other side with only mortars.
"Can we go around?" Lieutenant Colonel Ball asked.
Lieutenant Colonel Edmond shook his head: "The two wings are canyons and gullies, and the difficulty of going around them is no less difficult than capturing them!"
So, Lieutenant Colonel Bauer was helpless.
After thinking for a while, Lieutenant Colonel Edmund said, "Remember how we defeated them in the cemetery?"
"You mean...by soldiers?"
"Yes!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmund nodded, "These Russians are very smart. They force us to fight infantry against infantry all the time! The hospital is like this, the cemetery is like this, and Mamayev Hill is still like this! "
Lieutenant Colonel Edmond was right.
Although the hospital is not obvious, the ruins, barbed wire, mines, etc. make tanks everywhere. Fighters and artillery cannot attack targets hiding in buildings and basements, which reduces the role of modern equipment in series.
This is exactly Shulka's strategy: forcing enemy infantry against infantry.
All tactics actually revolve around this point.
The reason is very simple. The German army has an advantage in modern equipment, and it can even be said to be an absolute advantage.
Maybe, the Soviet army will be better than the German army in terms of tanks.
But because there is no air supremacy and lack of communication equipment and multi-arms coordinated training, the war with the modern equipment of the two armies can undoubtedly be said to be defeated by the Soviet army.
This is also one of the reasons why the Soviet army collapsed thousands of miles in the early days of the Soviet-German War.
Even the victory in the defense of Moscow was partly due to the cold snap that prevented German planes from taking off normally, tanks from starting normally, and so on.
Therefore, as long as the German army can be forced to abandon modern equipment and fight infantry against infantry... this is a victory in the first place.
Although the quality of German infantry is much better than that of Soviet infantry.
If this goes on for a long time, the disadvantages of the insufficient German army will be exposed.
But Lieutenant Colonel Edmund didn't know this.
Or he knew this but was unwilling to admit it, and he had no other choice, because Mamayev Post was the key to the quick capture of Stalingrad.
So the next moment, Lieutenant Colonel Edmund organized an infantry battalion to attack Mamayev Post under the cover of mortar troops.
"Even if we can only attack with infantry!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmond said, "I believe we can also defeat these barbarians!"
Even Lieutenant Colonel Edmund had a plan to mix artillery observers with the infantry, some of whom would drag telephone wires into battle.
"The radio can easily reveal your identities!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmund said: "It will make you a target for enemy snipers. Compared with it, the telephone is more stealthy! You don't need to fight, all you have to do is lie down." Among the dead bodies, and then directing the artillery bombardment by telephone, understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
This plan worked to a certain extent.
The German army rushed up in batches, and then left piles of corpses on the ridgeline position, and the entire hilltop position was almost filled with corpses...
Facts have proved that good quality is not always useful on the battlefield.
Good quality, it can only be said that it will be useful under the same weather and geographical conditions.
But in the case of disparity in geographical advantages, there is simply no room for military quality to play.
Just like now, the German army must rush through the empty hilltop position, which is like an insurmountable chasm.
The first thing they have to endure is a round of grenade and mortar bombardment. After passing through this barrier, they stand on a high place and expose themselves to the enemy's guns...
The machine guns, rifles, and submachine guns of the Soviet army slammed and knocked down the enemies who emerged from the ridge line one by one. The German army fell in a pool of blood without even seeing the enemy.
After much difficulty, they managed to advance a certain distance under the cover of smoke bombs, but found that there were barbed wire and landmines in front of them.
At this time, the German artillery observers played a role. They hid in the dead bodies to observe, and then cooperated with the artillery through the phone to guide the artillery to accurately hit the Soviet positions one after another.
"What's going on?" Major Mikhailvich shouted, "They seem to be able to see us!"
"It's artillery observers!" Shulka said: "They must be hiding somewhere in the position!"
"Where's the sniper company?" Major Mikhailvich said, "What are they doing? Find those people and kill them!"
"We have already done this!" Koroteyev, the commander of the sniper company, replied: "But we can't guarantee to find everyone!"
It is very difficult to find a few living people among the piles of dead bodies, especially under the cover of smoke and dust on the battlefield, and it also takes time.
"Why don't we launch a counteroffensive?" Shulka said.
"Counterattack?" Mikhailvich looked at Shulka puzzled: "You mean to occupy the positive slope?"
"No, of course not!" Shulka replied: "Knock the enemy back, and we will come back!"
Mikhailvich immediately understood what Shulka meant when he heard the words.
So, Mikhailvich conveyed the order... It even took fifteen minutes.
The reason why it took so long was because every soldier had to be told to only rush to the top of the hill, otherwise with the coordination of the Soviet army, it would be easy to overshoot and be unable to stop.
After getting ready, Mikhailvich waved his pistol and shouted: "Comrades, go forward and drive the invaders down the mountain!"
"Come on!"
Soviet soldiers jumped out of the trenches one by one and charged towards the hilltop position.
At the same time, the mortar troops fired at the front **** of the German army without moving, that is to say, a barrage exploded on the front **** and separated them into two pieces, unable to reinforce each other.
Then there is no doubt that a charge will occupy it.
But that's not the purpose.
After occupying the hilltop position... the German artillery scouts were quickly exposed, because they all dragged a telephone wire behind them.
As long as the Soviet army followed the vine, it was easy to pull the artillery scouts out of the pile of dead bodies.
Of course, the phone line is also cut.
(end of this chapter)
