Chapter 478: Ammunition
And then it spread to schools.
The school was in some trouble here, because the hospital was separated from the school by a street and was surrounded by a wall, which gave the Germans stationed at the school some time to prepare.
But that's just some preparation time.
The wall may have given the Germans some benefits, but it also made it easier for the Soviets to first use the wall as a cover to attract German firepower, and then break through to blow up a section of the wall, and rush into the school through the gap to engage the Germans in close combat.
This is the advantage of the Soviet army's familiarity with the terrain, the 82nd Infantry Regiment has drawings of buildings everywhere early in the morning, and if you want to attack at this time, you only need to turn these drawings out, and then where are the buildings, how many floors, how many openings are there, where are the firing points that the enemy may arrange, and where are the dead ends of fire...... It's all at a glance.
It was from these firepower corners that the Soviets smashed a gap before they could successfully rush in.
Once you rush in, things are easy to do.
Although the German army has high quality and strong combat effectiveness, especially the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, he is the elite infantry of the German army...... The motorized infantry division was second only to the armored division in the German army, and its definition was mainly infantry that could move quickly.
The training of infantry in this definition is sometimes heavier than that of armored divisions.
For the troops of the armored division, the armored corps will seriously drive tanks, and the infantry will learn to fight in coordination.
However, the motorized infantry division, such as the rapid mobile infantry, sometimes has to quickly rush to a certain point to fight a positional battle with the enemy, sometimes it has to coordinate with the infantry and armored units, and sometimes it has to advance to attack the fortified or seize a certain strategic point...... This is very important in Blitzkrieg.
This is one of the reasons why Weix will send the 29th Motorized Infantry Division to attack Mamayev Heights.
Mamayev Gang is a high ground with an elevation of more than 100 meters, coupled with the complex terrain on both flanks, it is either a canyon or a gully, which is actually not suitable for the attack of armored troops.
In addition to the armored troops, the most suitable is the motorized infantry division, which not only has strong combat effectiveness but also has many cars, motorcycles, and a large number of tanks.
It's just that what Weix didn't expect was that the motorized infantry division would be able to fight in the field, fight in coordination, and attack fortifications, but urban street fighting was not its forte.
In fact, urban street fighting was not taken seriously in this era.
The reason for this was that the First World War was fought in trench warfare, and on the other hand, it was generally believed that if the enemy army had already entered the city, it would be basically incapacitated.
As a result, there was very little training specifically for street fighting, and the Germans were no exception.
But the 82nd Infantry Regiment has been fighting street battles for the past few months, and even this school and hospital have been trained on the ground...... To be exact, a school field hospital simulation.
Schools and hospitals are two types of places that are more sensitive, especially hospitals.
The hospital has a large number of wounded people coming down from the front line, and doctors are busy in it, full of people inside and out. Shulka can't say let them all stop and let the 82nd Regiment train!
Therefore, the training method is to use several small buildings in similar locations to simulate.
The school was different, since the German occupation of Karachi and the intensive bombing of Stalingrad by aircraft, the school has been closed, and for an empty school, the 82nd Infantry Regiment has no problem training.
Therefore, the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment were so familiar with the school, so to speak, that after occupying the seven-story school building, they immediately placed snipers on the high places and buildings to condescendingly block the dormitory buildings and office buildings on both sides.
The rest of the troops, under the cover of snipers, then charged at the two buildings, and in a flurry of submachine guns and grenades, it didn't take long to take them down.
There was another reason for this rapidity: the Germans deployed their fire points towards Mamayev Hill, while the Soviets attacked from their rear, the direction of the main German forces.
The Germans did not expect this, and soon fell one after the other like dominoes that had been toppled.
Shulka did not take part in the attack on the school, he knew that it would not be a problem to occupy the school, so it was left to Major Mikhailvich to take full responsibility there.
He and Andrianka went to the underground parking lot below the hospital's Building 5, which was now filled with cars full of ammunition and supplies.
Shulka casually counted at least fifty.
"The Germans are really fast!" "They have only been occupying this place for a few hours, and the ammunition is already piling up! ”
"Do you know why?" Shulka said: "These are preparations for the attack on Mamayev Hills!" ”
Andrianka nodded, they must have come up with the motorized infantry division, and they were parked in the underground garage for fear of being bombed by the Soviets. On the other hand, in order to be able to transport the ammunition to the Mamayev post in time, it was not unloaded...... As soon as the Mamayev post was needed, the Germans only needed to drive these cars to the front.
It didn't take long for Shulka to discover that these were just one of them.
Because soon a signal corpsman reported: "We found another batch of ammunition in the basement of Building No. 7, also loaded on a car, about thirty of them!" ”
A few minutes later, I received a telegram saying that the school had also found a batch of 70 vehicles.
After thinking about it, Shulka gave an order to Andrianka: "Pass the order, pay attention to collecting German weapons, including rifles, and learn the use of enemy weapons at once!" ”
"Yes!" Andrianka answered, and passed the order on.
Why this is done is needless to say.
The ammunition depot had ammunition but no equipment, and the Soviets were the 82nd Infantry Regiment to be exact, and they had only one supply route, which was to transport it to the hospital through an underground pipeline.
Although this method was very safe, even the Germans never discovered this mode of transportation.
The problem is that it is transported in very small quantities...... It takes about an hour to reach the hospital from the "Red October" metallurgical plant through the sewer, which is not a long distance, the problem is that it can only be walked and the passage is narrow. And there is a risk of getting lost in the meantime, especially since only one person is allowed to pass through at the exit, and the ammunition boxes can only be handed up one box at a time.
(Note: The logistics personnel of the 82nd Infantry Regiment are responsible for the transportation of ammunition, that is, the original disabled veterans who have been eliminated from the combat unit)
This could easily lead to a shortage of ammunition in the 82nd Infantry Regiment.
Now, however, a large amount of German ammunition has been captured by them, which of course can be put to good use.
Therefore, it was necessary to collect and familiarize yourself with the equipment of the German army.
"Plus!" After thinking about it for a while, Shulka ordered again: "Evacuate these munitions to other buildings immediately, use cars, move quickly!" ”
"Yes!"