BXBX NOVEL Chapter 511: ski jump
One thing Andrianka said was right. The German army learned the tactics of the Soviet army, and there was almost no firepower on the first floor.
There is no such thing as "copyright" in war. The enemy's useful tactics can be used immediately, otherwise it will be difficult for oneself. After all, this is a life-threatening thing.
The weakness of the first floor is that there is almost no height advantage, and at the same time, it is inconvenient to transfer... Hospital buildings are mostly cuboid, and the stairs are either in the middle or on both sides. Soldiers have almost no way out and can only fight to the last moment.
In order to avoid this situation, when defending this type of building, it is more necessary to deploy troops near the stairs to facilitate evacuation, or simply not deploy troops to plant landmines.
There is basically no need to worry about such problems on the second floor and above.
Of course, other buildings such as ordinary residential buildings whose corridors are enclosed in the house are another matter.
This also illustrates the complexity of building street battles: the offense and defense of different buildings often have different characteristics and key points.
The German army thought that such preparations were foolproof, but they soon came under pressure from the Soviet attack.
Following screams one after another, rockets flew from the darkness to the building where the German army was located and burst into flames.
At this time, the German army was secretly crying:
When they attacked from the lower floors to the upper floors, they were bombed by rope bombs. Now they occupy the upper floors, thinking that they can finally take revenge and bomb the Russians. Unexpectedly, they are still bombed...
The war is so unfair, who made them not have rocket launchers like the Soviet army? !
(Note: The German Iron Fist did not enter mass production until July 1943, more than a year before then)
However, because the German army is condescending and indeed has the advantage of "rope bombs", the Soviet army seems to have nothing to do with them... As long as they attack the building even if it is only the first floor, they will soon be attacked by various incendiary bombs, grenades and explosives. And it's still hanging in the air.
But of course the Soviet offensive will not be just like this.
The German army had no idea that the Soviet attack was just a feint...
Just as the ground attack was in full swing, the Soviet army on the roof also began to move.
The target is Building No. 7 and No. 12.
Buildings No. 3 and No. 9 next to them suddenly shot out several steel cables and "grabbed" the roof of the target building.
At this time, the roofs of Building No. 7 and No. 12 have been bombed by the Soviet army...that was bombed by the Soviet army with mortar shells, and the Soviet army 37MM shovel mortar.
Although this thing was discontinued in 1941 because of its short range and poor accuracy, the Soviet army still has a lot of equipment.
The main reason is that it does not occupy the establishment. It is said that the mortar is actually carried by ordinary infantry. Anyway, everyone has to use an engineer shovel, and the shells are not heavy. …the shells of this mortar have specialized cylindrical containers that allow it to be worn at the waist like a hand grenade.
When fighting, just untie the "shovel" and shells, and you can easily suppress the target.
After a burst of artillery fire, sniper strikes, and a few smoke bombs, the German troops on the roof of the target building quickly disappeared.
After all, the German army knew that the roof they were on was under the attack of several nearby roofs, and it was impossible to take advantage of the enemy on the roof.
At this moment, the steel cables flew over one by one...
Needless to say, the Soviet soldiers quickly slid along the steel cables to the roof of the target building. Because they jumped from several steel cables at the same time, the speed was very fast. Buildings No. 7 and No. 12 .
"Alarm, enemy attack!" The German army hiding in the dark on the roof shouted after discovering this scene. He hoped that the friendly army could hear his call and send reinforcements.
But the yelling could not attract the attention of other German troops at all.
On the one hand, the noise of the guns and guns was too loud, and the shouts could not be heard by the German soldiers downstairs. Even if they heard it, they did not understand what the sudden "enemy attack" on the roof meant.
On the other hand, most of the firepower and attention of the German army were attracted by the Soviet army attacking on the ground, and they had no time to pay attention to movements in other directions.
More importantly, the yelling stopped abruptly soon... The Soviet soldiers who slid to the top of the building immediately formed an offensive formation and cleared the remaining enemies on the top of the building.
This is very important, because only in this way can the follow-up troops reach the target more safely and quickly.
Therefore, the first squad of ski jumps is often the best and fastest responding fighter in the army. They will gain a foothold on the roof of the building as soon as possible and then open up a safe area for the follow-up troops.
Next...
The battle repeated the previous battle situation again. The Soviet army occupied the highest level and attacked down layer by layer with rope bombs.
If there is any difference, it is that this time the German army has no chance to retreat, because their retreat has been blocked by the ground attacking Soviet army.
Simply put, the German army was actually flanked by the Soviet army from top to bottom.
But in the end, some German soldiers managed to escape.
These German soldiers are obviously the smarter part. As soon as they found that the roof was lost, they realized that the battle was over. They would definitely lose and lose the building in the end.
They did not choose to escape from the stairs, because they knew that the stairs would be blocked by enemy fire.
They connected the ropes that were originally used to bind the explosive packs with them, and then slipped upstairs to the ground under the cover of smoke bombs to escape.
This includes the commander, Major Sean, and his headquarters.
So although the victory was not small, the Soviet army killed and injured more than 200 German soldiers and captured more than 100 people, but there were no high-ranking officers worth mentioning.
"Let some of them run away!" Adrian was full of regret when he reported to Shulka.
Shulka shook his head indifferently.
The Soviet army does not know when a tradition was formed, and it was proud to capture or kill enemy officers...but all armies seem to have this characteristic.
But in Shulka's view, it is only necessary to capture the enemy commander when he needs to obtain information from the enemy commander.
Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense to catch or kill the commander.
At this time, there is no need to extract any information for the battle.
"Order the troops!" Shulka said: "Get ready to evacuate the building!"
"Evacuate the building?" Andrianka asked suspiciously: "Why? We just took them back!"
"Because the enemy is likely to choose to blow them up!" Shulka said: "If they know that these buildings cannot be taken back intact, this is the best choice!"
(end of this chapter)