BXBX NOVEL Chapter 514: barbed wire
Shulka didn't answer, he didn't have time to answer, because the battle had reached a fever pitch as several German tanks were blown up.
The German army responded quickly, and they immediately launched an attack on the Soviet army under the cover of mortars and follow-up tanks.
The Germans have a reason to do this, they have more troops, and they think they have an advantage... After all, the Soviet positions have been bombed into ruins, which will give them an illusion that the main force of the Soviet army has been buried in the ruins These forces of resistance are but remnants.
The low strength of the Soviet army also supports the idea of the German army from another aspect.
So, of course, we must strike while the iron is hot. Before the Soviet army suffered heavy losses and the reinforcements had time to arrive, they launched a fierce attack and occupied the hospital and school in one fell swoop.
Of course the Germans did not expect that although their bombings blew up the buildings beyond recognition, the casualties of the Soviets were minimal.
Misjudgment of the enemy must pay a price, and the German army is no exception...
The enemy's attack is very professional. They cover each other and use the ruins as a cover to leap forward.
Although some of them were constantly killed by enemy snipers, they never gave up their attack.
"Go ahead!" Major Weber shouted to his subordinates: "Don't care about those snipers, our tanks and machine guns will deal with them!"
Major Weber is the commander who escaped from Building 12 last night.
In principle, he should rest after a night of fighting. The problem is that not many German commanders are familiar with the terrain of hospitals and schools.
And this is very important to the German offensive.
"I won't fail again this time, General!" Major Webb assured the division commander Major General Andreas when he accepted the order: "I will avenge the comrades who died there last night, they will not die in vain !"
Major General Andreas nodded, and then confessed: "You have to be careful, Major. We just got news from the captives that the commanding force is the 'Breakout Hero'. I think you have heard of him!"
Major Webb froze for a moment, then laughed.
"No, General, I don't think so!" Major Weber said.
Major Andreas cast a puzzled look at Major Weber.
"I think it's a psychological tactic!" Major Webb explained. "They want us to think that 'breakout heroes' are everywhere, and then we get scared, and then we lose the war!"
Major General Andreas nodded slightly.
What Major Weber said is somewhat reasonable, because something like this did happen before. The Soviet army on the front line claimed that "breakout heroes" were in their units, and they all shouted on the radio: "'Breakthrough heroes' to you say hello!".
It's ridiculous that those troops are thousands of miles apart from each other, unless the "breakout hero" has a clone technique.
What's more... The Soviet army is the 82nd Infantry Regiment, which is a makeshift force, and the possibility of "breakout heroes" in this force is indeed unlikely.
"Anyway!" Major Andreas said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, at least the enemy's performance from now on is quite good. In fact, their performance is very surprising!"
"Yes, General!" Major Weber replied, and then said confidently: "I think their luck has come to an end!"
So Major Webb appeared on the battlefield to attack the hospital, with an infantry battalion and a tank company.
He was tactically correct in urging the soldiers forward.
Avoid long-distance combat when dealing with enemy snipers... The result of long-distance combat is to be killed by the enemy one by one.
Unless the German army also has enough snipers to suppress the enemy snipers.
However, Major Weber did not make preparations for this, because he thought that he did not need to consider so much when he had air supremacy: having air supremacy meant that he could completely suppress the enemy's artillery and tank units, so his own artillery and tank units would Can completely crush enemy infantry.
Sniper? That's obviously redundant.
Until this moment, Major Webb discovered that this was not the case.
Air supremacy is useless to enemy infantry, because they are hidden in the ruins and wreckage, and it is difficult for even infantry to find their existence, let alone the pilots in fighter planes.
Artillery is also unable to play combat effectiveness for similar reasons, and even many places are blind spots for long-range howitzers... For example, the German army advances past a certain building. They hope to bomb the front position, but the artillery shells fired will be blocked by the rear building and bomb the German army itself. .
Needless to say, the tanks were struggling to find a gap to move forward among the piles of ruins, as clumsy as a sow.
"There are only soldiers left!" Major Weber said to himself.
He still believes that he can win this battle. The reason is very simple. The enemy also only has infantry, and it is an indisputable fact that the quality of the imperial soldiers is higher than that of the enemy, not to mention that the German army has an advantage in strength.
As for the snipers...just get close to them and melee them, and they're screwed.
However, just after rushing forward for more than ten meters, Major Weber felt a new resistance: barbed wire.
At other times, the barbed wire might not be a big deal, as it is too common on the battlefield.
But now, when the German army is eager to leap forward and defeat the enemy, there is a dense barbed wire fence lying in front of it...
Major Weber gritted his teeth and ordered:
"Engineering Company!"
"Other units cover fire!"
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There is no good way to deal with barbed wire, unless you use a large-caliber howitzer to repeatedly blow them up several times.
Otherwise, those tough and intertwined iron wires are hard to break.
The most practical and fast method for the German army is to use pliers to cut off both ends of the barbed wire, and then drag it with a tank to form a gap.
However, the engineers fell under the guns of enemy snipers soon one after another.
Several rushed to the barbed wire fence with difficulty, but were blown to the ground by grenades thrown from the opposite side.
Major Weber's eyes turned red.
He looked behind him, and then ordered loudly: "Blow up the buildings that block the artillery firing range, and let the artillery provide us with support!"
"Yes, Major!"
This approach was really effective. The howitzer shells crossed the German army row by row with a whistling sound and exploded to the position of the barbed wire fence, blasting them into several sections and throwing them into the air.
Then the German army rushed up with this power.
However, they soon discovered that what stood in front of them was another barbed wire fence, not only that, but also landmines.
(end of this chapter)