"Rush!"

The fighters shouted and charged at the Mamayev Gang position.

The most difficult part of the whole battle is the beginning.

The Germans were on guard against the enemy's outflanking from the rear, and the first thing the Soviets had to pass through was an obstacle zone mixed with mines and barbed wire...... Although some of them had been partially removed from the previous artillery preparations, it was impossible to completely clean them up.

Landmines cause more trouble to attacking troops than just physical injuries and psychological fear, they can also affect the offensive formation of the troops.

Because from the perspective of attacking the enemy's position, the formation should be fully deployed, that is, the formation of a capital "one" formation facing the enemy, so as to expand the contact surface with the enemy as much as possible so that the enemy can withstand as much impact as possible in a short period of time.

Otherwise, if you put a "1" long snake formation at the enemy, only a few fighters in front of you will be able to play a role in the unit time, and the enemy only needs a machine gun to sweep from head to tail.

But if it is aimed at minefields, it is the opposite, because the former will allow the soldier to step on the mine as much as possible in a short period of time, and the latter will be safe after stepping on the front side.

Therefore, at this time, the storm formation should try to take an intermediate value between the two considerations, which can neither be too scattered nor too concentrated.

The whole team charged in a column in squads, and the charge of the reserve had to remember the route of the troops in front and charge closely with it...... Only then does it make sense for the forward charging unit to step on the mine.

However, stepping on thunder is quite a matter of luck.

When Shulka was charging, he saw that the soldiers who rushed in front were fine, but the soldiers in the rear were blown over and fell to the ground, holding their feet and screaming.

Fortunately, he stepped on a Soviet wooden shell mine, if it was an S-shaped jumping mine of the German army...... Shulka was only two positions away from him, and the steel balls that flew out in an instant would definitely hit Shulka a few times.

But seeing this scene, Shulka was more relieved.

Because he knew that the German garrisons stationed at Mamayev Hill were undersupplied, or rather poorly prepared in their rear, otherwise they would not have laid wooden shell mines.

Shulka thinks there should be two reasons for this:

One is that it is no secret that the German army at Mamayev Hill was undersupplied...... The hospital and school were occupied by the 82nd Infantry Regiment, as a result of which supply lines were cut off.

The way the Germans could get their supplies was by airdrop.

But airdrops are limited, and they will inevitably focus on what is more needed, or arguably urgent.

Such as fuel, shells, bullets, tank parts, etc.

Landmines are not a necessity compared to these.

On the other hand, the main direction of the German defense was the front, that is, east of the Mamayev Heights, where at least two regiments of the enemy were massed and would launch a fierce attack on them at any time.

Therefore, even if there were mines, the Germans would have given preference to them to the east rather than to the rear.

This allowed the 82nd Infantry Regiment to successfully storm the German positions at Mamayev Heights.

It was a Soviet position, to be exact, but it was occupied by the Germans and used by them.

However, the superiority of the Soviet army was also precisely here.

Prior to this, Shulka communicated with the command of the 62nd Army.

The command of the 62nd Army even sent a defense map.

On this map, the location and direction of the trenches and bunkers on the Mamayev post are marked in detail.

It even states which bunkers have been blown up and which have not.

It is not difficult to obtain this information.

Golikov only had to ask a few survivors of the Mamayev Heights...... The Germans took positions from them, so they knew everything about it.

"They have been occupied by the enemy for more than 24 hours, and we don't know how far the enemy will restore them!" ”

"I know, General!" Shulka replied: "I'll pay attention to that!" ”

In fact, there is no need to worry too much about this, because as mentioned before, the west is not the focus of the German defense, so although these fortifications will be repaired to some extent, they will certainly not be repaired.

And it was true, the Germans did not even change the point of machine-gun fire.

This information was very important to the Soviet army, especially in night battles.

Usually, night battles are basically to test the enemy's firing points with the charge of the soldiers in front, and then hit the flares to knock out or suppress these firing points before launching a charge.

Otherwise, they will rush forward without caring about anything, and a few machine guns will form crossfire and sweep everyone down on the battlefield.

However, now the 82nd Infantry Regiment does not need this step.

As soon as the mortars came up, they bombarded the "suspected" machine gun fire indiscriminately, and the machine guns also swept at the position...... This is not to say that you can kill the enemy, in fact, it is very difficult to kill the target by firing at a large position in the dark.

But these bullets and shells exploded nearby, and shrapnel and bullets flew indiscriminately, which not only pressed the enemy to prevent him from raising his head, but also temporarily obscured the machine gunner's vision from the smoke and dust.

At this time, the Soviet infantry approached the point of fire, and then threw a few grenades and charged again, and the problem that would have required a lot of time and lives was solved.

Because the Soviet offensive was fast, fierce and precise, the enemy and us entered hand-to-hand combat within minutes of the battle.

Hand-to-hand combat is a completely one-sided situation.

There is a saying that two fists are hard to beat four hands, and the side with more people will take advantage of hand-to-hand combat, and it is a big advantage.

The total strength of the German army in this rear was less than 100 people, while the Soviet army had more than 300 people in the first battalion, and another battalion followed...... In fact, the follow-up battalion is basically used to clean up the mess.

When Shulka rushed forward, the ground was littered with soldiers scuffling with each other.

Shulka did not hesitate, stepped forward and pulled the trigger with his pistol against the head of the German soldier.

With a "bang", the German soldier's head was tilted to the side, and then he fell to the ground.

He could not resist until he died, because he was choking each other's necks with the Soviet soldiers below.

He even saw Shulka and saw Shulka put a pistol at his head.

But he could do nothing but watch it happen, his eyes filled with despair and fear, and finally collapsed in a pool of blood.

It wasn't a good experience for Shulka either, as it was like shooting a defenseless captive, even though Shulka knew it wasn't.

However, Shulka did not hesitate and grabbed the pistol and continued to the next ......

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