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Mamayev Gang, division headquarters

Listening outside, although it was in the mountains, the division headquarters also felt a huge vibration, the Germans not only bombarded with heavy artillery this time, but also dispatched planes to bombard the Mamayev Gang in turn, two consecutive offensive failures, so that the Germans put strong firepower into the Mamayev Hills, the gas lamps were shaking, in front of the desk, Andrei shouted to Plavio in a loud voice: "Chief of Staff, ask about the first regiment, no, there are other regiments!" ”

Then, Plavio made a phone call, but found that because of the fierce shelling, the regiment could not speak clearly, and at this time, the German artillery bombardment was even more ferocious, and countless orange-red bullet marks broke through the thick air, and rushed to the position on the top of the Mamayev Hill with a heart-wrenching roar. With a burst www.biquge.info of heart-rending explosions, brilliant flames bloomed on the battlefield, and billowing smoke and dust were rising.

There was a constant artillery bombardment, and dense shell clusters bombarded the surface positions of Mamayev Hill back and forth.

Hail of grenades smashed down, the earth was beaten like a drum, and the whole position was ploughed over. During the explosion, large clumps of mud were lifted into the air, leaving only dense craters.

The Soviet officers and soldiers hidden in the anti-artillery holes and communication ditches listened silently to the incessant sound of explosions, and all of them had faces full of fear, even those commanders who had experienced many major battles had never seen such a heavy bombardment, let alone those recruits who had not been on their uniforms for a long time.

From time to time, a grenade plunged into a communication ditch, and the officers and men lying at the center of the explosion were flipped into the air in a brilliant fireball, and the tumbling corpses were cut into pieces by sharp shrapnel and turned into a sky full of flesh and blood.

The officers and men who were still alive lay dead on the bottom of the ditch, letting countless shrapnel scream over their heads, and occasionally a downward burst of shrapnel pinned the soldiers in the direction of flight to the ground.

"Damn, the Germans are still over!" The battalion commander who was hiding in the front line with a company angrily ripped off the bloodstained military hat. Just now, in his sight, a grenade tore three soldiers to shreds.

Although Andrei promptly ordered the large forces to withdraw from their positions, the dense artillery fire caused heavy casualties among the vigilant troops on the positions.

The imminent explosion, the struggling companions in a pool of blood brought the nerves of all Soviet officers and soldiers to the brink of collapse.

At this time, the German Stuka bombers divided into four groups of seven waves and entered the bombing route in turn.

The raindrops of aerial bombs rained down at a free speed under the pull of gravity and swooped down on the bombing range marked by the army's artillery fire.

Countless terrible screams tore through the dull air, and the moment the bomb came into contact with the ground, the movable firing pin inside the sensitive mechanical fuse would violently impact the detonator under the action of inertia, and in the flash of fire, the main charge was detonated, and then a huge fireball of smoke and flames was set off in the earth-shattering roar.

In the dense explosion, the skyrocketing fireballs rose one after another, and the terrifying shock wave mixed with countless flying debris swept across the entire battlefield.

The carpet-like bombardment was devastating, and individual bunkers built between trenches were blown to pieces like toys in the face of powerful aerial bombs. Entire sections of trenches collapsed with violent shaking, and the surviving Soviet officers and soldiers struggled to get out of the mud, desperately sucking in the air that was almost set on fire.

From time to time, anti-artillery holes were directly hit by aerial bombs, and the 30-centimeter-thick soil layer was simply unable to resist such powerful explosions. In the powerful explosion, the trench where the entire bomb shelter was located was razed to the ground, and the entire squad of soldiers hidden in the cave was left with only flesh and gun parts that could be seen everywhere in the smoky mud.

The vigilant troops had to quickly retreat along the tunnel to the tunnel. The Germans used bombers and bombshells, and a 500kg bomb from World War II exploded in Zhengzhou, leaving a crater in the ground.

It is far more powerful than artillery shells, such as the 500-kilogram Type 2 aviation blasting bomb

Penetration depth (altitude 8000 m, speed 700 km/h, medium hardness) - 3.65 m

Crater volume (altitude 8,000 m, speed 700 km/h, pilot-1, delay time 0.1 seconds, for moderately hard soil) - 145.4 cubic meters

Andrei, who is well aware of these data, knows that although the bombardment still has little impact on the troops in the tunnels, it is still very lethal to the vigilance troops and surface fortifications in the trenches!

He already knew that the alert troops had all left the surface positions, and you must know that according to history, the Soviet army did not arrange a thorough defense at Mamayev Gang at that time, and there were only simple trenches on the mountainside!

At this time, Plavio summarized the news and immediately wrote a note: "Report to the division commander, in the just concluded air raid and artillery bombardment, we have suffered a total of more than 200 casualties. However, the technical equipment of artillery has not lost the slightest loss because it has been hidden in solid anti-aircraft fortifications. ”

"Except for a few observation posts, let the remaining commanders and fighters continue to stay in hidden fortifications." Andrei writes, and then André continues: "We now lack anti-aircraft weapons, and in the face of enemy air strikes, we can only do this way. "Perhaps it was because of the effect of the air raids that the Germans temporarily stopped shelling, and the division headquarters was able to speak.

Then the intensity of the German bombardment did not decrease, and Andrei then impatiently ordered: "Messenger, immediately help me call the headquarters of the army group." ”

"The enemy's air raids are endless!" Andrei yelled: "If we don't send the air force to drive these damn enemy planes away, I'm afraid our position will really not be able to withstand it!" ”

When Chuikov's voice came, Andrei immediately shouted: "Report to Comrade Commander, the Germans flew more than sixty sorties and carried out two consecutive rounds of bombardment of Mamayev Posts. At the same time as the bombardment, they also used heavy howitzers and tank guns to carry out concentrated bombardment of the high ground. ”

But Chuikov said in a stern tone: "What's the use of you telling me this? Didn't you have already given an order, and without the permission of your superiors, you are not allowed to retreat a single step, and you must firmly block the enemy from the city. ”

"That's right, Comrade Commander. I would like to ask you to call for help from our Air Force to send warplanes to support us, repel enemy planes that are bombing the heights, and destroy enemy tank forces. ……”

Without waiting for Andrei to speak, Chuikov said in a stern tone: "Colonel Yakov, please remember that it is not only your troops that are being bombed by enemy planes and artillery and tanks. If every unit had to request the support of the air force when it was attacked, how could our air force group have so many planes. ”

When Chuikov spoke. Andrei listened carefully, but Andrei did not give up and still hoped to get support from the Air Force.

Chuikov said a lot more, and Andrei continued: "Comrade commander, the importance of the Mamayev post is incomparable with other defensive positions, and once it is lost. Mamayev Hill is the commanding height of the whole city, if the German army sets up an artillery observation post here, it will directly carry out precise strikes on our targets, and once lost, the German attack troops can divide and surround our army in two ways! ”