The battle for the main building of the town hall has evolved from the very beginning to a decisive battle in the nearby streets. The Soviets seemed to want to defend the heights and landmarks to the death, while the Germans hoped to take it and capture all of Rostov as soon as possible.

The Germans had to complete their defensive line before winter, and Rostov was an important point of support: it was already mid-October, and winter was approaching.

If Rostov cannot be taken, hundreds of thousands of German troops nearby will have to spend the winter in the field, which is definitely not good news.

As the battle progressed, the Germans finally lost their breath, and they mobilized the No. 3 assault gun and other armored vehicles in an attempt to capture the town hall with their absolute superiority.

The No. 3 assault gun rolled forward tracks, crushing through the rubble scattered in the middle of the road, and rushed majestically down the street to the town hall.

The No. 3 assault gun was followed by an anti-aircraft gun modified from the chassis of the No. 4 tank, which was popular with German soldiers in urban storms.

This self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is equipped with a set of 4 20 mm caliber cannons, which are mainly used to carry out the air defense tasks of field troops.

It's just that the Luftwaffe has already defeated the Soviet Air Force, and the other side doesn't even dare to fight in the air, so the air defense pressure of the ground forces has become much smaller.

Although there are still terrible threats such as the Il-2, on the whole, the intensity of field air defense missions of the German ground forces is very low.

Because of this, the Germans often used the weapon and equipment of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns for urban siege.

And this kind of weapons and equipment designed for air defense is very useful in urban fortifications, especially against infantry hiding in buildings.

Little by little, the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns approached their targets, and behind this anti-aircraft gun, there were dense German infantry.

Because they had already surrounded Rostov-on-Don, the Germans could continue to reinforce their front-line combat units, but the Soviet defenders suffered a little less losses.

According to past combat experience, many of the German armored units fought in such a mixed formation of small units, which was more efficient in coordination.

In fact, the Germans, including field tank units, often mixed their own combat units, and were able to allow armored forces and infantry to respond to a variety of contingencies.

In this way, the mixed units could fight flexibly, reduce unnecessary losses, and also allow the German troops to temporarily strengthen the combat capability of the mixed units as needed.

For example, you can add tanks in field battles, increase combat units such as infantry and assault guns in urban street battles, and have more trucks and motorcycles when you are on the road......

The German assault gun took a good position, and it was flaming with the wreckage of a burning Soviet T-26 tank.

Such light and fast tanks are now rare, and Soviet commanders generally do not let them charge alone, because they cannot pose a threat to Leopard tanks at very close range.

However, in Rostov-on-Don, a number of T-26 tanks were used as barricades, some of which were destroyed by shelling, and some of which were killed by German tanks and assault guns.

Obviously, the one in front of you may have been killed by the German anti-tank rocket launchers or assault guns, because if it was killed by artillery, it would never be so complete.

The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns that followed already had a very good firing angle, so the German gunners inside the car began to prepare before firing.

This multi-mounted large-caliber rapid-fire gun can pour a large number of shells in one direction in just a split second.

It can destroy targets like heavy machine guns, and the high penetration provided by the ultra-high muzzle velocity allows these 20mm caliber shells to easily penetrate walls and inflict tragic casualties on those inside.

In anti-aircraft warfare, because of the range of fire, its interception capability against high-altitude bombers is almost zero.

When it can be used in ground combat, this kind of artillery with a range of more than two kilometers is definitely a murderous weapon of destruction.

So, by the time this quadruple self-propelled anti-aircraft gun modified from German chassis No. 4 drove near the municipal building, the victory of the German army was already within sight.

"Ready!" When he was ready to fire, the last loader raised his arm and shouted loudly.

"Fire!" After hearing his shout, the commander of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun shouted the same loud command to fire in the next second.

With this command, the four barrels of the German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun sticking out in front of the steel plate shield in front of it spat out dazzling tongues of fire.

"Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly! "Although it was not as terrifying as the rate of fire of the MG-42 machine gun, the ferocious sound of firing one after another, as if hitting the heart of the enemy, was dull and suffocating.

Like a thunderbolt, the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns unleashed a terrifying attack, and immediately the outer wall of the town hall began to fill with white smoke, and fragments of the cracked walls scattered everywhere, some even splashed on the steel helmets of the German soldiers who had already approached the church.

"The enemy is completely suppressed! Offensive! Offensive! "Seeing what was happening not far away, the front commanders of the German army tore their throats and shouted the order to attack.

A German soldier stooped over the town hall in the distance with a rifle, the building was still shrouded in light smoke and there was no sound in the entire building.

"Keep firing! Keep firing! Beat it into a sieve! A German officer, holding a steel helmet on his head, ran to the body of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the middle of the street, pointed to a building not far away, and shouted.

The anti-aircraft gun loaders standing on the hull of the vehicle nodded and shouted loudly as they attached the new magazines to the guns: "We are going to do this!" It's dangerous here! ”

A bullet hit the shield of this anti-aircraft gun with a crisp "ding" sound. Everyone shrank their necks subconsciously, and then the anti-aircraft gun roared again.

The firepower of the two sides was really not on the same level, and after the German anti-aircraft guns opened fire again, the other side's return fire was almost as little as flirting.

One after another, covered in dust, German soldiers, under the cover of ferocious fire from anti-aircraft guns, rushed to the gates of the town hall.

One by one, the Soviet soldiers in front of them were eliminated, corpses and blood everywhere, bullet marks and broken bunkers everywhere.