The battle was just as Shulka thought, before it was dark, the German artillery rang out, and the shells were bombarded at the building.

Because the Soviet soldiers were prepared, they immediately withdrew into the basement and sewers...... It was impossible to withdraw all of them into the sewers, mainly because there were few sewer entrances and some troops were too far away from the entrances, and it was unrealistic to move to the entrances to avoid the bombing, which would cause a large number of casualties on the way.

On the other hand, even when they go out to fight, they will not be able to deploy troops in time because of the lack of sewer exits.

As a result, the basements of each building were used as bomb shelters.

The disadvantage of using a basement as a bomb shelter is that if a building collapses, its exit will also be buried.

So it was necessary to make some preparations before that, that is, to build several exits to the outside in the basement in advance.

Shulka was hiding in one of the basements.

In the basement, you can clearly feel the shells smashing the building and the vibration of the explosion, and then the dust on the top of the head "gargle" down, which makes the soldiers can't help but look up in the dim flashlight light, worrying that the ceiling will collapse and bury everyone in the old days.

After listening for a while, Shulka said: "The enemy did not make a sortie!" ”

"How did you hear that?" Akimovich asked curiously.

Mikhailvich glanced at Akimovich in a rare and strange way, and said: "'Stuka' makes a characteristic whistling sound when it dives, and there are bombs!" ”

"And then there's the shock of an aerial bomb hitting a building!" Andrianka adds: "In order to make aerial bombs better and more accurate to destroy buildings, the Germans will fly the 'Stuka' at high speed and drop time-lapse bombs from the top of the building, so that the bombs will gain huge kinetic energy from the roof of the building into the building, and then the bomb will explode inside the building...... The effect of this will be much better than the bombardment of artillery shells from the outside! ”

Akimovich nodded in realization, with some embarrassment and admiration in his eyes.

But in fact, this is the basic common sense of people who have been on the battlefield, and Akimovich is indeed rare and strange.

But Shulka was not concerned with this, he wondered why the Germans didn't bomb the more effective "Stuka"?

The next second Shulka figured out that it was the Stalingrad Front.

At this time, the Stalingrad Front may have launched a counteroffensive against the German army, so the German army could only throw the main force to the front line of Kotluban.

But what Shulka did not know was that the Germans had other reasons besides countering the counteroffensive of the Stalingrad Front.

The bombing lasted for more than half an hour before it gradually subsided.

The observer outside reported to Shulka by phone: "Comrade Captain, the enemy is coming!" ”

There are observers out there all the time.

These observers are usually hidden outside of the building with a good view, constructing a single bunker.

Their role is to report to their respective units when the enemy is attacking, otherwise the enemy will not know about it, which means that they will be locked up in the basement and wait for death.

"Ready for battle!" Shulka ordered.

The fighters immediately grabbed their weapons and equipment and went out of the basement through the exit.

When I stepped out of the basement, the whole world had changed...... Half of the tall building had collapsed, and the other half was riddled with bullet holes, leaving almost a frame behind.

The other buildings were similar, surrounded by ruins and broken bricks, and if it weren't for the same basement, I couldn't believe that these were the hospitals that had been stationed all along.

The other soldiers were stunned when they saw this.

Valery couldn't help but scold: "These *** bastards ......"

"Forget it, Valery!" Mikhailvich said: "From now on, we have to get used to all this!" ”

Major Mikhailvich was right.

From the moment the Soviet army chose to hold Stalingrad, it was doomed that Stalingrad would be in ruins, because both sides would kill each other with bullets and shells at all costs, and of course no one would care about these buildings in the process.

It was only a short stay, and the soldiers knew that now was not the time to accuse the enemy of crimes for the building.

One by one, they entered the position with their guns in their hands and under the command of the officers.

"A few points!" Shulka lay on his stomach in a pile of rubble and said to Akimovich who was following him: "Never put too many troops, because there are not too many bunkers to hide, and these bricks and tiles are ......"

Shulka raised his head to the side: "They become perfect shrapnel when the shells explode, and more people sometimes means more casualties!" ”

"So how do we stop the enemy?" Akimovich asked: "I mean, in the case that they have more people than we do!" ”

"Barbed wire!" Shulka looked ahead, where soldiers were pulling up the barbed wire fence under the cover of the rubble.

"It can stop the enemy's speed!" "Then there are machine gunners, submachine gunners, they mean there is enough firepower, plus bazooka shooters and snipers!" Shulka said. ”

Akimovich looked around, and the whole layout was exactly as Shulka said.

There were not many troops, but most of them were machine guns and submachine guns, and only a few riflemen were arranged nearby for cover.

The bazooka shooters were placed in the gaps in the ruins...... Buildings that are blown up are actually not conducive to tank combat, because the mountains of debris that fall down will block their way.

If there was a gap, it was a key defensive point for bazooka shooters, and several submachine gunners and riflemen who were responsible for covering even spent some time laying anti-tank mines.

Snipers are deployed to high ground: water towers, building wreckage, etc., anywhere there is good visibility and cover.

"I think by now, the observation group should return a batch!" Shulka looked ahead with a telescope and said to Akimovich: "Because now I know the big arrangement!" ”

"I agree, Comrade Captain!" Akimovich nodded.

This was mainly due to the ferocity of the German offensive, which they carried out from the entire front...... Paulus's 6th Army attacked the north of the city, and the 1st Division of the 4th Panzer Army attacked the south of the city.

Therefore, other troops should learn as they fight.

Otherwise, wait for the observation of the company to learn the whole thing before proceeding to the next step, the Soviet army has already suffered heavy casualties.

"Yakov!" Akimovich ordered one of the soldiers beside him: "You take twenty people back!" ”

Shulka gave Akimovich a surprise look, and he thought that Akimovich would take this opportunity to go back as a matter of course.