Amid the sound of gunfire, the Soviet and German armies engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat on the Mamayev Heights.

There are no tanks, no planes, no large-caliber howitzers, but the fighting is more brutal than the one with these equipment.

Both sides of the enemy and the enemy increased their troops on the battlefield in batches, and then fought and consumed in batches on the dark hills, grenades, bayonets, and even stones and teeth...... Even if the Germans have MP43 in their hands, nothing is impossible in the dark, as long as an enemy grenade blows a gap or is temporarily suppressed by a mortar, the Soviets lurking at close range will immediately rush up like a tidal wave to engage the Germans in hand-to-hand combat.

However, whether it is hand-to-hand combat or hand-to-hand combat, the MP43 is a perfect illustration of its firepower and continuity, as long as the Germans are given any time, they can reorganize the defense line in the form of grenades and MP43 to repel the enemy.

This, of course, is inseparable from the quality of the German soldiers.

Sometimes Qin Chuan could even order the entire German soldiers to retreat, and then rely on tank fire to inflict intensive casualties on the Soviet troops that followed.

The battle lasted all night, and it was not until the next day that the Soviets reluctantly stopped the attack...... Because if the offensive continues, German fighters and bombers will appear again, and then the Soviets will obviously suffer more casualties.

However, the Soviet tanks did not escape in the end, because they themselves had to hide in the ruins of Stalingrad to avoid being discovered by German fighters, and most of them half-buried themselves in the rubble with only a few turrets exposed, so that they could shoot when necessary, maneuver and be difficult to detect enemy planes in the air.

But now they had to be exposed to assist in the attack on Mamayev Hill, and this exposure was stared at by German fighters, followed by machine guns and bombs, and in less than ten minutes the five tanks were a pile of scrap metal emitting black smoke and flames.

Qin Chuan did not climb the Mamayev Gang all night.

Because he knew that in a battle like this, it was more important to grasp the rhythm of the battle so that the German troops stationed on it could advance and retreat, or to replenish the Mamayev Gang at the right time, or to direct the mortar troops to suppress it.

Facts also proved that Qin Chuan was right in doing this, the German casualties in one night were only 100, and the corpses of the Soviet troops on the hill were thousands at least.

"It's time to clean up the bodies!" Qin Chuan raised his head towards the corpses on the hill: "Otherwise, in a few days, our way up will be blocked by piles of disgusting carrion!" ”

"Yes, Major!" The soldiers responded and went into action.

The corpses of German soldiers would be picked out and buried nearby, while the corpses of Soviet soldiers would not be treated so well, they would be piled up in a pit, layer by layer, and finally piled up into a hill, like a dry firewood, and then poured gasoline on fire...... The smell made the soldiers on the defensive line invariably tie their mouths and noses with towels.

Soon, the second battalion, which was a reserve, came up to exchange guards with Qin Chuan, and after fighting for so long, it was time for the first battalion to rest.

Qin Chuan explained to the commander of the second battalion, Bazel, the layout of the defense line, the tactics that the enemy might use and some dangers, and then shook hands with Bazeel and said, "Good luck!" ”

"You too!" Bazel patted Qin Chuan's shoulder with a deep sigh and said, "Look at you, I was still a rookie when I met you, and now I can stand alone!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded gratefully to Bazel, although he didn't have much contact with this old superior, and he didn't even say a few words, but it was precisely in this way that Bazel's greatness could be reflected...... Qin Chuan has been bypassing him to contact Colonel Slein or even General Stryker, if it is someone else, I am afraid that there are few people who are as careless as Bazel.

After the stalemate in the battle at Mamayev Heights, the Stalingrad side was a little untenable.

The reason is simple, the Mamayev Gang was under the control of the German army, which directly led to the precise blockade of the central ferry crossing...... German artillery observers from Mamayev could clearly grasp when and where reinforcements from the east bank would land, and then call in artillery fire to cover them.

As a result, the number of troops and supplies available to Stalingrad was greatly reduced, and even the supply of ammunition was problematic.

To do this, Chuikov had to evacuate his underground bunker on Pushkin Prospect.

In fact, it was more of an escape than an evacuation.

Because at noon that day, a group of German troops suddenly attacked the entrance to Chuikov's underground bunker...... The strategy of urban guerrilla warfare developed by Chuikov, although it caused great problems for the German army, was generally successful.

But the problem is that guerrilla warfare often does not have a unified and clear line of defense, so that even the enemy itself is not sure of the enemy's position or its own position.

The appearance of the Germans was completely unexpected by Chuikov, as the underground bunkers were already located very close to the central crossing.

But Chuikov did not dare to think so much, and he immediately ordered the staff officers and guards to fight the Germans.

However, these people were not professional combatants after all, and the underground bunkers were quickly filled with the wounded.

At the same time, Chuikov was also angry to see that the people around him were not as heroic as they usually showed...... Drivers, heralds and even many officers used various pretexts to escape into the safety of underground bunkers, in what they put it, "convenient command" and "discuss solutions".

In fact, it is not surprising at all, because most of the command structures of the Soviet army were formed in peacetime, not on the basis of merit-based selection in wartime, and even many of them desperately crowded into the headquarters to work because they did not have to go to the battlefield and did not need to face the enemy, and now they are only exposing their true nature.

Since the underground bunkers had no ventilation system, the bunkers were quickly filled with smoke, heat, and foul odors, and soon became hypoxic.

Fortunately, there is another secret passage in the underground bunker, which goes straight to the Volga River a few miles away.

Chuikov hastily fled to the Volga with important documents and a map of the operational situation, as well as his staff group, and crossed the Volga by boat under the cover of night.

But Chuikov knew that he could not stay on the east bank of the Volga to command, because, as he said before, either hold Stalingrad or die there.

If the Soviet soldiers had known that he had withdrawn across the Volga, Stalingrad would soon have fallen.

So, Chuikov immediately boarded an armored speedboat and crossed the Volga again and returned to Stalingrad.