German fighters were quickly put into battle, but to no avail.

Because as mentioned before, the pontoon bridge is composed of many small boats, and the resistance to sinking is very good, and even if the fighter hits the target with a series of bullets, it basically does not react.

The "Stuka" bombers were of course useful, but the problem was that the pontoon bridge was elongated and in motion, and in addition to the fact that a large amount of smoke was released at the central crossing to make the visibility low, the three "Stuka" dived down and threw six shells without hitting.

Then the pontoon bridge entered the position between the sandbar and the east bank, and the Soviet artillery fire also stopped.

It is clear that the Soviet pontoon bridge was precisely calculated, and its length was slightly shorter than the distance between the sandbar and the eastern bank, that is, more than two hundred meters...... If it is too long or just right, it is difficult to enter the valley and position it, but shorter it is not a problem, and the Soviets at the other end, that is, on the east bank of the valley, have prepared other iron boats and tools to splic, and it will not take long to complete the entire pontoon bridge and launch a charge.

Without waiting for the pontoon bridge to stop, Qin Chuan gave the order to open fire.

However, the fire on the sandbar did not cause much damage to the pontoon, as mentioned before, the pontoon bridge was built with thicker armor and larger ships at the end of the German sandbar, and even at the head of the bridge there was an iron baffle similar to the ancient siege crossing the moat, on which the machine gun bullets would only make a "sonorous" sound and then be bounced off without exception, even the anti-aircraft guns could not do anything about it.

Then the baffle was slowly lowered, originally Qin Chuan thought that at this time he should be able to shoot and block the Soviet troops on the pontoon bridge with firepower, but after the baffle was lowered to form a bridge, a T34 tank was exposed, and the sound of "boom" in the direction of the pillbox was a shell...... Although it failed to hit the uneven pontoon bridge with poor accuracy, it was enough to shock the Germans, because this T34 had already formed a certain amount of fire suppression in front of them and covered the follow-up Soviet troops to launch attacks along the pontoon bridge against the sandbar.

Sure enough, then the Soviet army continued to attack the sandbar from the pontoon.

The onslaught of Soviet troops was not just along pontoons.

In fact, a T34 had blocked almost half of the pontoon deck, so there was only a very narrow passage at the head of the bridge facing the Germans, and if they were to charge along this channel, the Germans would have needed only a few MP43s to fire in turn.

When the Soviets reached the vicinity of the pontoon bridge, they jumped into the river from both sides into the shallows, and then spread out from both sides to charge forward.

To make matters worse, there was more than one pontoon bridge, and soon another floated downstream...... These pontoons always use power to rush one end up the sandbar and run aground, throw an iron anchor in the middle, and fix the other end with a rope and then fill the gap by sappers, so that the Soviet soldiers can charge, and even light tanks can "quack" on the pontoon bridge to cover the infantry to charge.

Therefore, attacking this sandbar is still very different from naval battles, which basically do not have pontoon bridges to attack, but sandbanks are not the case.

"Call for artillery reinforcements!" Qin Chuan shouted.

"Yes, Major!" Eberhard answered, and immediately instructed the rear artillery observers to report the coordinates to the rear artillery units.

In less than a minute, a large number of shells whizzed from the rear and exploded into columns of water on the Volga River, along with which pontoon bridges and screaming Soviet soldiers were blown into the sky.

But before the German soldiers could breathe a sigh of relief, the sound of artillery also sounded in the direction of the Soviet troops, and the shells whistled across the sandbar and went straight to Stalingrad.

Qin Chuan secretly screamed badly...... It seems that the Soviets have been prepared for this, and they have deployed artillery on the east bank with a range comparable to that of the German army, and the German artillery is only afraid of heavy losses when they are unprepared.

Qin Chuan guessed correctly, Yeremenko transferred two more elite artillery regiments to the direction of Shazhou...... These two artillery regiments are all equipped with more advanced and long-range M1938 howitzers, which have a maximum range of 11.8 kilometers, which is more advanced than the German army. The range of the FH 18 type at 10 km is even longer.

That is to say, if the Soviet army deploys the M1938 howitzer within 1.8 kilometers from the sandbank, then the German artillery fire can hit the sandbank, then the Soviet M1978 will definitely be able to hit the German artillery position.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard the correspondent report to Qin Chuan: "Our army's artillery has been suppressed and suffered heavy losses, and we are temporarily unable to provide artillery reinforcements!" ”

Looking at the direction of the Soviet pontoon bridge, its sappers have already begun to rush to repair the pontoon bridge...... The emergency repair of the pontoon bridge is not difficult, it is only necessary to row a few iron boats to the gap, tie them with wire ropes, and then lay wooden or iron plates.

Therefore, even if the German Air Force fighters and bombers swooped down again and again, strafing and bombing, and occasionally blew up the pontoon bridge, they could not stop the Soviet troops from surging up the sandbar like a tide.

The battle soon entered the white heat, the Germans all beat the weapons in their hands "rattle", although rows of Soviet soldiers fell on the way to charge, but they were as dense as ants, regardless of casualties, regardless of mines, straddle the corpses of their comrades and charge forward.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan ordered: "Leave two people behind, and the others will go out of the fort to defend!" ”

The soldiers answered, carrying rifles and following the communication trenches from the rear exit into the trenches on either side of the pillbox.

Although the bunker is safe, its shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, it has low perception of the outside like a tank, there are blind spots, and more seriously, the firepower is too concentrated and cannot hit mortars.

This will undoubtedly limit the firepower of the MP43 in the hands of the soldiers to a considerable extent.

Therefore, if you want to block the Soviet army's sea of people, you must fight out of the fort.

Sure enough, when the German soldiers entered the position and fired the MP43, they quickly pressed the Soviet soldiers who were charging intensively, rushed up and knocked down a group, and soon piles of corpses were piled up in front of the barbed wire.

This was followed by Soviet tanks...... The bazooka shooter, under the cover of the German soldiers, approached the target and finally hit the target after firing three rockets, turning the T34 into a ball of fire.

However, the Soviet charge did not stop because of this, and there were still countless Soviet soldiers charging on the other side of the Volga River, densely packed with no end in sight, and some did not even wait for the pontoon bridge to be repaired, jumped into the river and swam for a while, and then boarded the pontoon bridge and rushed in the direction of the sandbar.

Until the whistling of shells came from the rear...... The cover of the artillery fire that had not been seen for a long time finally came again, and this time the artillery fire came more violently, and a single shell accurately smashed into the pontoon area, blasted them into several sections, and then floated down the river.