The battle continues.

Shulka sat in a trench and was bandaged by a hygienist on his left rib...... It was cut by an enemy bayonet in hand-to-hand combat.

This is the result of Shulka's timely dodge, otherwise Shulka would have had an extra hole in his stomach.

And one more hole almost means death on this battlefield.

This was not only because it was difficult to come back alive from such a battlefield after being wounded, but also because the medical level and conditions of the Soviet Union at this time were backward and poor, and it was not easy to get out alive after being treated in a rear hospital.

Therefore, sometimes life is the enemy, and it is strange that just a few minutes of distance can determine life and death.

Only then did Shulka have time to look out over the Volga River in the distance.

It was also not quiet there, as fishing boats and cargo ships were sending people and supplies from the east coast to Stalingrad one after another, and many of them were transferred to the direction of Mamayev as soon as they got off the ship.

German fighters and bombers swooped down from the sky in waves, occasionally blasting several ships into a ball of fire.

Of course, Soviet anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns were also roaring, and occasionally a few planes fell from the sky with black smoke in a strange roar.

Raising his binoculars and looking, Shulka learned more about why Mamayev Hill was so important.

The Volga River in Stalingrad is a special course in that it has two small islands in the middle of the river, upstream and downstream...... The Volga River flows gently, and a lot of sand is deposited in the middle of the river, and the more it accumulates, it forms small islands in the center.

These two small strips of islands almost shield Stalingrad from river traffic on the east coast.

To be exact, there is no shielding, but it will cause a lot of trouble for river transportation.

If the eastern coast wanted to transport supplies or personnel to Stalingrad through the island, it had to go through the process of transit on the island.

That is, the process of transporting the river from the east bank to the island, maneuvering the island to the other side, and then transporting it to Stalingrad by river.

This obviously requires a lot of manpower and material resources, because it will increase the process of transporting and unloading goods several times.

More importantly, fishing boats and cargo ships will be forced to concentrate in narrow river channels, which can easily be bombed by enemy aircraft.

Only in the middle of Stalingrad, that is, between the two small strips of islands, there is a gap about 25 kilometers long, through which supplies from the east bank can be transported to Stalingrad by river at one time.

The Mamayev Heights, on the other hand, sit in the middle of this gap, facing this important river transport channel.

So, as soon as Mamayev Hill was occupied by the Germans, it was not just a question of blocking the port, but blocking the transport of the whole of Stalingrad...... At that time, the Germans would not even need to bomb with planes, they would only need to set up a few cannons at Mamayev Post to blow up the transport ships to the bottom of the river.

"Alright, Comrade Captain!" After bandaging it, the hygienist confessed: "I don't think you should go to the battlefield again, at least not for the next few days, otherwise the wound is likely to rupture." You know, the weather right now is susceptible to infection! ”

Shulka nodded.

But in his heart, he thought that this was not something he could decide, and no one would worry about the problem of "infection" in this Mamayev post.

"How's it going?" Major Mikhailvich ran to Shulka and asked.

"No big deal!" Shulka replied as he struggled to put on his military uniform.

At this moment, Shulka noticed a "rumbling" motor sound from above, and the sound was low, like a rolling thunder.

Shulka was startled, and then understood what was going on.

"Tank, the enemy drove the tank up!" Shulka said.

"Tanks?" Major Mikhailvich couldn't help but be surprised, listened carefully, and then his face changed greatly, and he immediately ordered: "Tank, prepare the bazooka!" ”

"Bazooka!"

"Turn up the bazooka!"

……

While the fighters were busy, the sound of the tank motor became more and more pronounced, and soon the tank appeared above everyone's heads.

The first is the emergence of a cannon barrel from the hilltop position, which is getting longer and longer. Then there was the tank track, which came out of the first half, "rattling" and sounding, as if it was going to the sky.

Then the "Teng" fell heavily, and in an instant the entire tank body was exposed in front of everyone.

It was not a tank, to be exact, it was an assault gun, the "three" assault gun, which can be seen by the fact that it did not have a rotating turret.

But of course, the Soviet army at this time would have uniformly defined it as a tank.

The Germans were right to choose to use assault guns instead of tanks here.

Because the combat effectiveness of the tank on uneven high ground will be limited to a large extent...... If the tank body is high on one side and low on the other, it will cause the turret to rotate in the same plane as the target, which will cause great difficulties in aiming.

Therefore, the tank can basically be used on the high ground is a machine gun, and it is also a course machine gun, and if the artillery wants to hit the target, it basically depends on luck or purely to scare the enemy.

Since this is the case, then it makes little difference to use the cheaper "three" assault gun, which can only be used with machine guns anyway.

The Germans did exactly that, and after the assault gun had gone some distance, its machine gun spewed out tongues of fire with a "click", and at the same time opened fire on the way, hitting the shell two kilometers away with a "boom".

"Rocket artillery ready!" Major Mikhailvich shouted.

After waiting for a while, Major Mikhailvich ordered loudly: "Put!" ”

With a "whoosh" screech, several rockets flew towards the assault gun...... Two of them hit their targets, and the assault gun immediately emitted a cloud of black smoke, but due to inertia it continued to advance for some distance, approaching a distance of about 70 meters.

The Germans did not stop the assault artillery attack because of this, and then another, and another...... One after the other came out from the other side of the hilltop position.

"What are they doing here?" Akimovich asked suspiciously: "They should know that we have bazookas!" ”

"Of course they do!" "But they don't care about that! ”

"How could they not care?" Akimovich asked, puzzled: "That's tanks, they're driving those tanks to death!" ”

"You think they drove those tanks up to their deaths?" Shulka shook his head and replied: "No, Comrade Akimovich. I don't remember how many lessons it was......"

"Lesson 9!" Akimovich reminded.

"Alright, Lesson 9!" Shulka said: "It is very important that you grasp the psychology of the enemy, or understand the intentions of the enemy, otherwise you simply do not know where the focus is!" ”