"The overall strategic direction is to trade space for time!" Shulka told Akimovich: "When the enemy advances, I retreat, and when the enemy retreats, I advance, use the ruins to keep a distance of 50 to 100 meters from the enemy!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Captain!" Because I had already observed the actions of Shulka and others just now, I would understand it as soon as I heard it now.

It's not hard to understand.

As said before, because the Soviet army did not have air supremacy, there is no doubt that it is at a disadvantage during the day.

In this case, the Soviet army could not go head-to-head with the German army, and the result of this would inevitably be a loss for the Soviet army.

But at the same time, the Soviets could not blindly retreat...... From west to east, the width of the city of Stalingrad is only five kilometers. If you blindly retreat, it will only take a few hours to be beaten by the Germans to the Volga.

Therefore, the retreat had to be done as Shulka and others did, always keeping close contact with the Germans, using the cover of the ruined buildings to lay barbed wire along the way.

The combination of ruins and barbed wire, combined with soldiers, can slow down the enemy's advance to the slowest level.

Sometimes it can even artificially create some favorable situations.

For example, Shulka is doing now...... The middle part deliberately retreated faster.

Where would the attacking Germans perceive this, and when they see that the Russian army is repulsed, they immediately take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

So it didn't take long for the German offensive line to unconsciously form a salient in the center.

At this time, the two flanks of the Soviets suddenly outflanked the salient, and the Germans suddenly found themselves surrounded and the offensive line was divided into three inaccessible parts.

Major Weber was in the area that was surrounded.

He hid in the ruins and gasped for breath, the battle between the ruins and the wreckage of the building made him very uncomfortable, and the rapid leap of soldiers on the sudden high and low terrain had exhausted his physical strength.

This was true of the major as the commander, not to mention the rest of the German soldiers.

"Major!" The adjutant reported to Major Weber: "We are surrounded! ”

"I know this, Edward!" Major Webber comforted: "Don't worry, they can't help us!" ”

Major Weber was indeed not worried about this, because he thought that the so-called encirclement of the Russian army did not pose much of a threat to them.

This was mainly based on Major Weber's confidence in the German army's air supremacy and the quality of the German army...... It's really not good, and you can fight your way out of the encirclement by blowing up a bloody road with artillery.

But Major Webb soon discovered that this was not the case.

"Major!" The adjutant reported: "The enemy is too close to us to indicate the position of the artillery!" ”

"Distance yourself from them!" Major Webber ordered.

"We tried, Major!" "But they always keep their distance from us, they move forward when we retreat, and we have no room to retreat!" said the adjutant. ”

"Order the second company to cooperate with us to break through!" Major Webber ordered.

"The second company was blocked by enemy fire!" The adjutant replied.

"How do they block it?" Major Webb was a little curious.

"A passage without many ruins!" The adjutant replied: "There is a clear view there, the enemy has a machine gun and a couple of snipers in the vicinity!" ”

Major Webber was stunned when he heard this.

There can be no fixed tactics for street fighting, because no one knows what will become of the city's buildings after a massive bombardment, or even which buildings will be blown down and which will not.

If there is any tactic, it is to adapt measures to local conditions according to the situation after the bombing, analyze specific problems on a case-by-case basis, and make full use of every favorable condition.

For example, this passage, which is not buried by the ruins, can be a good line of fire to divide the enemy as long as a few limited firing points are arranged.

"Get Captain Erdman to reinforce us now!" Major Webber then ordered.

"No, Major!" The adjutant replied, "Captain Edman says it's hard for them to reinforce this area!" ”

Captain Erdman was the commander of the tank company, and Major Webb wanted to use the tank to tear a hole.

But the facts obviously disappointed him again, and the tank, which was controlled everywhere, could not be said to be able to protect itself in this environment.

If the tanks had barely reinforced the area, it would have been more likely to be attacked all the way or to be covered with barbed wire wrapped in tracks, and even if they did, they would have turned into a pile of scrap metal.

At this time, Major Webber was clearly out of proportion, and he almost shouted to the adjutant in anger: "You tell him this is an order, move closer to this side immediately!" Otherwise, I swear, will send him to a court-martial! ”

"Yes, Major!"

The adjutant answered, then turned and ran towards the station's position.

But before he had run a few steps, he heard a "bang" of gunshots, and the adjutant fell to the ground with his thighs in his arms screaming.

It was Shulka who fired the shot.

He had been staring at this position for a long time...... A captain traveled frequently between the two places, apparently with a higher-ranking officer waiting for him to report something.

Then, when he saw the captain run out again, he fired a bullet into his thigh.

At a distance of more than a hundred meters, it is not difficult to do this.

Shulka pulled the bolt and loaded it while coldly said to Akimovich: "The important thing is not to shoot the enemy to death, on the battlefield, a wounded enemy is more valuable than a dead enemy, especially an officer!" ”

As he spoke, two German soldiers swooped out of their bunkers and ran to the captain's position.

It was clear that they wanted to come to the rescue.

Shulka quickly pulled the trigger and knocked out one of them, then put away his rifle and switched positions.

Sure enough, several mortar shells immediately whistled towards the location where Shulka was hiding just now, and one shell almost exploded behind them.

When he lay down again, Shulka said: "You also have to learn to guess the psychology of the enemy...... They are not fools, in fact they are all experienced veterans, and if someone comes to the rescue, someone must cover them! ”

With that, Shulka raised his gun, knocked down the German soldier who was struggling to drag the captain to transfer, and then moved another position with Akimovich.

"Unthinkable!" Akimovich looked at Shulka with admiration in his eyes: "Comrade Captain, you seem to be able to ...... anything Not only a great commander, but also a great sniper! ”

"They do not conflict, Comrade Akimovich!" Shulka poked his head out to look at the battlefield and then immediately retracted his head and replied, "In fact, they are the same in many ways, they are all trying to kill the enemy!" ”

At that moment, a gunshot rang out from the opposite side.

"He killed himself!" Shulka said: "It's a man! ”

Shulka didn't have to look to know because it was the sound of a pistol.