Chapter 483: Attacking the Tower

For mine traps, all the Germans could do was clear mines.

Although this is a bit troublesome, because most of the Soviets use simple wooden-shelled mines, metal detectors are useless against them, but it is not impossible to rule out.

The easiest way is to blow up with a grenade, blow up the table, blow up the ground, and blow up something you see with a grenade first and then you will be basically safe.

At the same time, the Germans made another effort to attack along the stairs to the upper floors.

To the surprise of the Germans, the attack was much easier than they imagined, and in a short time they took three floors, and these floors were all free of mines.

"They only had time to lay mines on the first floor!" Major General Andreas said: "Speed up the pace of the offensive and empty them all!" ”

"Yes, General!" Captain Detrich, who was leading his troops to storm the building, replied, turned around and yelled at his men.

It is not simple to attack along the corridor, mainly because the Soviet troops on the corridor occupy a geographical advantage, and the corridor is narrow and the troops cannot be deployed, the Soviet army only needs a few submachine guns arranged on both sides of the corridor to block it with firepower, and at the same time, it can also throw a few grenades from time to time to cause great trouble to the German army.

But to Captain Detrich's surprise, the attack went smoothly despite the difficulty, and in a short time he took two more floors and pushed the opponent to the top.

Major General Andreas couldn't hold back at this point.

This was not only because Building 5 was going well, which made Major General Andreas think that there was a war that could go down, but also because the battle at Mamayev Hill needed ammunition...... All the ammunition that was supposed to be sent to Mamayev Gang fell into the hands of the Soviets, and the supply line to Mamayev Gang was blocked.

The supply line for the German attack on Mamayev was a road between the hospital and the school, which was also a passage that the Germans had carved out in the Soviet defensive line.

Now that hospitals and schools are occupied, supply lines and even the retreat of the attacking forces are blocked, not to mention the transportation of supplies.

In desperation, Major General Andreas ordered an attack on the other buildings to begin.

As a result, tanks and assault guns poured in, and at least one regiment of German troops followed the tanks and assault guns to attack the two flanks with the center of Building No. 5, while "Stuka" bombers also flew over to suppress the rooftop.

The battle was immediately at a fever pitch, with hand-to-hand combat and fierce battles between the enemy and the enemy.

But these are all superficial appearances, in fact, the Soviet army has always had control over the building.

Shulka saw that it was almost time, and nodded at Andrianka.

Andrianka immediately conveyed the order over the phone: "Counterattack! ”

An explosion soon rang out, accompanied by the screams of the German soldiers.

Until now, most of the Soviet troops in various buildings have been "forced" to high floors.

The Germans thought it was a victory.

They are completely unaware that the upper floors have an advantage over the lower floors, which is that they can throw grenades from outside the hallway into the lower floors from the top down...... Of course, if it was equally dangerous to let the soldiers lean out and throw grenades, Shulka wouldn't let them do that.

They have a tactic that is both simple and practical, with the help of ropes.

To put it simply, the grenade is tied to one end of the rope, the other end is dragged in the hand, and the string is pulled and released from the window or hallway...... Smoke-emitting grenades will hang from windows or corridors on the next floor, "swishing" in the air.

Then it exploded with a "boom", and shrapnel flew in all directions condescendingly, causing the Germans to cry wolf.

Of course, this tactic is by no means just a grenade.

In fact, Soviet soldiers used more cluster grenades and explosives packs in order to achieve better results.

Valery liked to tie up anti-infantry mines and grenades captured from the Germans and put them down, so that when they exploded, the steel balls in the anti-infantry mines flew in all directions. The problem is that it's cumbersome and risky.

But Valery didn't mind, because he liked to listen to the screams of the enemy under the steel balls.

Shulka later told it that it didn't have to.

"Why do you have to fight against infantry mines?" Shulka asked.

"Because there's steel balls in the mines!" Valery replied: "They are excellent shrapnel, which is much more effective than grenades, isn't it?" ”

This is true, especially the Soviet army's wooden-handled grenades are very crudely made, sometimes exploding only in half...... The explosion should be as much as possible because it mainly relies on shrapnel to hurt people, and if it is only divided in half, it means that there are only two pieces of shrapnel.

So in extreme cases, sometimes a grenade is thrown at the foot of the target, only to injure the enemy and even continue the fight.

It's different if it's a steel ball, as Valery said, it's with its own shrapnel.

"Yes, because the mines have steel balls!" Shulka replied, and then stopped talking.

Valery didn't understand what Shulka meant, and Andrianka next to him reminded: "Comrade Valery, if you need steel balls, aren't there enough in the metallurgical plant for you?" ”

Valery couldn't help but let out an "oh", nodded excitedly and said, "I know what to do!" Oh my God, I'm like a fool! ”

Valery is indeed a fool, he only needs to mix steel balls in explosives, and does not need to risk retrofitting them with mines that are not very safe.

As a result, the 82nd Infantry Regiment soon appeared with a new piece of home-made equipment, a steel ball explosive pack......

The Ball Explosives Pack is very simple to make, just wrap the small ball with the explosives.

The disadvantage is that it is too heavy and difficult to throw.

However, this disadvantage did not have much effect on the offensive and defensive battles on the buildings, and the Soviet soldiers on the upper floors of the buildings did not need to throw them too far, they only had to push them off the roof of the building to blast the enemies attacking the buildings below, or as before, it would also work well by hoisting them into the air on the lower floors with ropes.

As for the Germans on the lower floors, they were actually attacked from two sides: Soviet soldiers were constantly attacking down the corridors, submachine guns and grenades, and several hanging explosive packets suddenly appeared in the air in the rear corridor from time to time...... And the length of the fuse of these explosive packages was still calculated, and the Germans simply did not have time to dodge.

Then just listen to the sound of "boom", and the Germans fell one piece.

This made it easy, to be exact, effortless for the Soviets to fight from above, and for the Germans it could simply be described as "massacre...... The floor occupied by the Germans with great effort did not expect that it would not be long before it became their burial place.