The Soviet Ring Railway line was held back for only an hour by Soviet tanks, planes and mortars, and almost no Soviet troops on the line could escape back to Stalingrad.

The reason was not that they could not escape, but that they were on the line of defense and were shot from two directions at once...... German direction and Stalingrad direction.

Later, when the prisoners were interrogated, it became known that these soldiers guarding the outer line were soldiers of the Soviet "punishment battalion", which was one of the reasons why they would be placed on the outer line of defense with little strategic significance.

The German tanks and troops then drove along the road and the fork in the road into the city.

Qin Chuan heard a burst of cheers from the soldiers around him...... Although the 21st Panzer Division was placed in reserve on the second front, they rejoiced at this landmark step: they finally entered Stalingrad.

Unlike the excited pride on the faces of the soldiers, Qin Chuan frowned and looked in the direction of Stalingrad from time to time with a telescope...... The battle inside the city could not be seen from outside the city, only bursts of gunfire could be heard, and German fighters in the air could dive, strafe and bombard.

"Major!" Seeing Qin Chuan like this, Eberhard couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"No, there's nothing wrong!" Qin Chuan put down his binoculars and replied thoughtfully: "There will always be some situations in the street battle, and this battle may not go too well!" ”

"Don't worry, Major!" Eberhard replied, "We easily killed it the other day, and then set a fire, and finally escaped safely, didn't we?" And we all saw that the defense of the Soviets was nothing more than a few sandbags! ”

"That's because we lied to the Soviets!" Qin Chuan replied: "And urban warfare has never been a problem with sandbags!" ”

"So what?" Eberhard asked.

"Remember Holm?" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically.

"You mean ......" Eberhard looked horrified: "The Soviets will learn how we defend in Holm?" ”

"Why not?" Qin Chuan replied: "We have been able to withstand the attack and encirclement of the Soviets in Holm for several months with fewer victories, why can't the Soviets apply it to Stalingrad!" ”

"But it's different!" Eberhard said.

"What's the difference?"

"It was winter for us!" Eberhard replied: "What is more important is that the Soviets are far less coordinated than us!" ”

Eberhard was right, and this was something the Germans were proud of...... The coordination and quality of the Soviets were far inferior to those of the German army, for example, when they attacked Stalingrad, they were all arms of the army advancing in cooperation with each other: tanks, infantry, and artillery on the ground, and fighters in the air.

This is especially the air-ground cooperation of fighters, once they find a structure that is difficult to break through, they call the bombers to drop bombs to blow it up...... The German "Stuka" dive bomber can increase the destructive power and accuracy of the bomb with the help of dive, so what the German army needs to do is to indicate the target, destroy the target, and then move on.

And these are things that the Soviet army could not do.

But......

"It's just now, Eberhard!" Qin Chuan replied.

"What do you mean?" Eberhard's face was puzzled.

"The battle has just begun!" Qin Chuan said: "Everything is still in order now, and our army's offensive line is not chaotic for the time being, that is, it basically maintains a straight line and pushes forward, but this is not the case if the battle continues!" ”

Eberhard let out an "oh" and stopped talking.

In fact, Qin Chuan only said the tip of the iceberg, and the problems existing in street fighting have basically been seen in the Battle of Holm, such as the problem of tank mobility, the problem of night fighting, the problem of identifying friend and foe, and so on.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the problem to arise.

The Germans would always run into a few hard nails as they advanced along an offensive line, and sometimes the enemy and us would launch counteroffensives and fight each other repeatedly, so the German offensive line was quickly blurred and intertwined.

Then tragedy inevitably happened...... Several bombers swooped down and blew up a building, but it was occupied by the Germans, and none of the three squads of soldiers in it could get out.

However, none of this seemed to require Qin Chuan to worry, because they were just reserves now.

As the fighting lasted for several days, almost everyone realized that the situation was getting more and more serious, as more and more wounded and corpses were brought out of Stalingrad, day and night, but the fighting in the city showed no sign of end.

On this day, Major General Wiethesheim finally found Qin Chuan.

The word "finally" is used here because Qin Chuan knew that Major General Wiethesheim had wanted to talk to him for a long time, but because of the loss of face or the competitive relationship, he kept holding back.

Of course, Qin Chuan was accompanied by Colonel Slain who went to see Major General Witsheim.

"Colonel!" As soon as Wittelsheim saw the two, he stepped forward and shook their hands and said, "I'm glad you guys are here, we're in trouble!" ”

Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan both guessed this, so they weren't surprised.

"Is it our turn to fight?" Colonel Slane asked.

"I think so!" Major General Wiethesheim nodded and said, "But before that, I think it is necessary to talk to you about ......"

Colonel Slain couldn't help but be a little surprised, if it was about preparing to go to battle, it should be to discuss the battle plan in the meeting, but Major General Witsheim privately "talked" with them.

"That's right!" Major General Wiesheim walked to the map with the two of them, pointed to a line and said: "We have now attacked here in a big way, and the farthest part has penetrated about a kilometer into the city, but now it is struggling, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a stalemate, and when we are stalemate, the number of casualties is skyrocketing!" ”

"What's the problem?" Colonel Slane asked.

"They dug tunnels to connect to the basement!" Major General Witessheim replied: "Just like you did in the Battle of Holm!" ”

Colonel Slain had a look of abruptness, and he knew why Major General Wittersm was "talking" to the two of them.

"It's obvious!" Major General Wietsheim continued: "The Soviets have learned your tactics, which makes it very difficult to fight at night, because the Soviets will suddenly appear behind us at night, or even right next to us. As a result, the buildings we captured during the day will be lost at night, which will cost us a lot of people, and then it will happen again the next day! ”