At this time, the German Army Group B was under the command of General Weix.

Army Group B was originally composed of Von Brown. Bock commanded, but von. Bock again objected to Hitler's order, arguing that Army Group South should not be divided into Army Groups A and B, attacking the Baku oil fields and Stalingrad in the Caucasus, respectively.

In this regard, Von. Bock makes sense.

Attacking the Stalingrad and Baku oil fields at the same time made the mistake of strategic duplication: attacking both could achieve the goal of blockading the Baku oil fields, and Stalingrad was more strategically important because it could threaten Moscow's flank.

In other words, Hitler's combined forces could have dealt an almost fatal blow to the Soviet Union at any point...... The Baku oil fields accounted for 70% of the Soviet Union's fuel supply, and once Baku was lost, no amount of assistance from the United States and Britain would be a drop in the bucket.

The problem was that Hitler was too anxious.

On the one hand, he knew that Stalingrad was of great strategic importance, and on the other hand, he was not satisfied with just blockading Baku, he wanted to be able to capture Baku and use it immediately.

This is due to the fact that Germany has always been short of oil, because it has always been scarce, even to the point of converting coal into gasoline at any cost, so the sight of the fat meat of the Baku oil field cannot help but swallow, just like a hungry beggar who cannot resist the temptation of good food.

As a result, Army Group South was divided into two army groups, A and B, to attack.

Feng. Bock did not approve of this plan, and even included the repeated meaningless movements of armored forces between armies A and B.

But Hitler was not a man who could listen to the opposition of his subordinates. Bock had been trying to persuade Hitler to retreat during the Battle of Moscow...... This suggestion was later proved to be correct, but in Hitler's mind, it was because of the existence of a similar kind of von . Bock, who was always thinking about the retreating commander, led to the defeat of the Battle of Moscow.

The reason for the re-enablement of the von. Bock was because Reichenau, the former commander of Army Group South, died of a stroke, and Hitler could only choose someone from a large group of generals who had been removed from his post to command.

However, von. Bock did not know Hitler, and Hitler could not stand the repeated disobedience of his subordinates.

So in the von. Bock was removed from his post immediately after his objections and has not been used ever since.

Weix seems to have picked up a big bargain, as he thinks, because he took over the command of Army Group B after the German victory in Kharkov, and Army Group B has been devastated all the way to Stalingrad.

But at this time, Weix frowned and stared at the map in a daze, and after a long time, he said to the adjutant: "I began to think that von. Bock is right, Hans! ”

"Yes, General!" The adjutant replied with deep sympathy: "We are seriously under-armed!" ”

Wilks sighed and said, "I can't imagine that after such a huge victory we have, I mean...... We have almost routed one of the enemy's fronts, but we still have to face an enemy many times our size, and it seems that the enemy will never be able to fight! ”

This is not actually because there are too many Soviet troops, but because there are too few German troops.

The total strength of Army Group B seems to be quite a lot in terms of numbers, about 600,000 people, but among them, the Hungarian 2nd Army has 180,000 and the Italian Eighth Army has 100,000 people, and only the German Sixth Army and the Fourth Panzer Army can really play a role.

The 350,000 men of the two armies defeated one of the Soviet fronts, but there were still a large number of remnants and the other front in front of them, which gave Weix a feeling that there was no end to the battle.

Another problem was that the Germans had stretched the front too long and were fighting on several sides at the same time: the Germans needed to encircle Stalingrad from three sides, and at the same time had to build a defensive line in the direction of Kotluban to resist a possible attack by the Stalingrad Front in the north, which made Weickers struggling.

"So, General!" Hans advised: "We can only solve this crisis by taking Stalingrad as soon as possible by a quick solution!" ”

Wilks nodded in agreement.

At this time, Stalingrad was like a thorn in the German line, and the Germans were encircling it at great risk themselves...... Stalingrad was located in a narrow passage between the Don and Volga rivers that was only 100 kilometers wide, and if Stalingrad launched a counter-charge, it would only take one day to cut off the German army and put hundreds of thousands of German troops in a siege with no way out.

Thinking of this, Weix set his eyes on the Mamayev post, and then ordered: "Order Major General Eric, the time has come to attack!" ”

Major General Eric, commander of the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, had been hiding their strength in order not to expose the strategic objectives of the attack on Mamayev Hill too early.

Even before that, the direction of the German offensive was dominated by the urban areas on both flanks, which diverted the attention and main defensive forces of the Soviet army to the sides.

Immediately after receiving the order, Major General Eric gave the order to attack with all his might.

Fifty "Stuka" bombers bombed hospitals and schools in their way...... The German bombing was carried out carefully, and they tried to preserve the hospital buildings, that is, to target the Soviet pillbox fortifications and sandbag fortifications.

As for the Soviet troops in those buildings, they were solved by the army's assault guns.

The 29th Motorized Infantry Division was armed with 100 "No. 3" assault guns, plus 30 tanks for cover.

You must know that an armored division has only more than 100 tanks, and a motorized infantry division is equipped with 100 assault guns and 30 tanks.

The assault guns did not disappoint the Germans.

In fact, the assault guns were almost invincible in the case of air supremacy: the air force was responsible for bombing enemy artillery and the more obvious anti-tank gun positions, and the artillery further provided cover for the assault guns.

Then, the heavily armored assault gun can easily knock out the enemies inside the building one by one.

In fact, the Soviets could use the strategy of firing one shot to change places with the German assault guns.

The problem is that not many people can afford the feeling of powerlessness that can only be passively beaten in the face of assault guns, and at that moment almost everyone will think in their minds: it is only a matter of time before it is lost, so why stay here and lose your life?

This is also the confidence mentioned earlier, and it is difficult to keep fighting after losing the confidence to win.

As a result, the Soviet troops stationed in hospitals and schools withdrew from their positions after half an hour of defense...... Needless to say, what awaits them is to be incorporated into a correctional camp.

But at that life-and-death juncture, who would take care of this.