The total destruction of the German reinforcements meant that the defenders were cut off from foreign aid. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe Germans trapped in the Brest Fortress were in a desperate situation. The Ming army's attack on the last core fortress officially began after dawn.

On April 25, 1943, the artillery fire and bombardment of the Ming army did not stop from early in the morning, and the dense rain of bullets almost completely submerged the entire core castle. No matter how strong these buildings were, they began to crack and devastate under the almost incessant and intense bombardment. Powerful weapons made by modern technology have gradually acquired the ability to destroy everything.

After the artillery support stopped, more than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the 313th and 385th Infantry Divisions of the Ming Army, under the cover of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, crossed extremely strong bridges in the north and south directions and rushed into the core fortress.

The defense of the core fortress was the strongest in the entire Brest fortress. The barracks surrounding the fortress were several meters thick and filled with German soldiers who were determined to fight.

They used a variety of weapons to shoot fiercely at the Ming officers and soldiers in the charge through the firing holes. Just before the Holm Gate, the Ming army launched several charges within half an hour not only did not achieve any effect, but smashed into hundreds of officers and soldiers.

Because the fortifications surrounding the core fortress were so tall that it was impossible to climb over the river. The only way to attack was the few bridges across the river and the thick gates. But these gates were surrounded by dense shooting holes and artillery batteries, and it became very difficult for the Ming officers and soldiers to even get close.

Seeing that time was passing little by little, the order issued by the command of Army Group Center to the attacking troops had made it very clear that the final deadline for the capture of the Brest Fortress was twelve o'clock this evening. You must know that this is an order issued by Zhang Cheng himself, and it is a huge shame for the soldiers to fail to complete the military order.

If the army is unable to fulfill its orders, then in a disciplined army, the officers will be punished, and the soldiers will not be able to hold their heads up in front of their allies because of this. At the same time, they will also greatly affect the reputation of their own troops. Even later, the chances of this unit going to war will be reduced.

Moreover, once disarmament is encountered, the troops that have had this experience will be given priority for dismantling. If that were the case, all the officers and soldiers would suffer great humiliation.

Seeing the bright sun rising higher and higher, the commander of the 313th Infantry Division of the Ming Army, who was in a hurry, immediately issued an order to recruit death squads among the troops.

Death squads, as long as you hear the name, know that this is a force that carries out extremely dangerous missions. Normally, if it is not an extremely important moment, it is very rare for the Ming army to send death squads to fight. And now, in order to be able to open the passage to the core fortress, the Ming army has nothing else to do.

Because the Ming officers and soldiers had a high level of education, this kind of death squad has always adopted the principle of voluntariness. After all, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty basically have many years of student experience, and they have read books and seen the world. They weren't fools who had been brainwashed by bushido's foolish minds. Coercive orders are likely to provoke backlash and backlash.

However, the Ming officers and soldiers were also patriotic, and they also knew that the current battle was very fierce, and it was necessary to break through the German outer defenses. As a result, the 313th Infantry Division soon had about six hundred daredevils on its feet. If these officers and men who go on extremely dangerous missions are killed or injured in battle, their pensions will be much higher. And once the mission is completed alive, both awards and promotions will be prioritized in the future.

After gathering together, the more than 600 daredevils were sent to the battlefield with a little mobilization. In order to support them, the 313th Infantry Division even pulled the 88mm high-level dual-purpose guns used by the anti-aircraft battalion to the front line and used direct fire to attack the German fire points on the core fortress barracks.

Dozens of artillery pieces of various calibers fired at the German firing holes inside the barracks on either side of the Holm Gate. The shells hit the solid walls and splattered countless flying stones, weakening the fire of the defenders near the Holm Gate.

Hundreds of daredevils rushed to the Holm Gate under the cover of more than a dozen tanks. They stubbornly approached the thick steel gate step by step under the rain of bullets. The German defenders guarding the area also clearly detected the intentions of these people, and they began to concentrate their fire on the daredevils.

The anti-tank guns deployed by the defenders in the turrets destroyed one Ming tank armored vehicle after another from a great height. Snipers and a large number of machine guns rained down on the Ming attack queue, knocking the Ming officers and soldiers to the ground one by one. But even so, the Ming officers and soldiers showed no sign of giving up. They endured constant attrition and casualties, and finally came to the bottom of the Holm Gate step by step, stepping on the bloodstains all over the ground.

At this time, there were less than 100 Ming officers and soldiers who could come here alive, and the tanks and armored vehicles responsible for covering them had already been destroyed. However, the high military explosives carried by these Ming officers and soldiers did not cause any damage.

The Holm Gate is a huge, unusually sturdy steel gate with a wide road that can accommodate several tanks side by side. If you want to destroy such a heavy gate, even the main gun armor-piercing shells of the Tiger tank are impossible, and the high-explosive shells are even more useless. The only way to do this was to use high military explosives supplied by the engineering units.

This explosive is very powerful and has a super blasting ability. And this time the portion was very generous. Because I don't know how many people can arrive under the Holm Gate alive, in order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, all the daredevils carry this kind of explosives that must be **** before they can be detonated. At this time, the amount of explosives carried by hundreds of people is a huge number.

Without further ado, a pack of explosives with a standard charge of ten kilograms per person is a given. And hundreds of people are thousands of kilograms, that is, one ton of high military explosives. If these explosives are detonated, no matter how strong the gate is, as long as it is not a nuclear gate, it will inevitably be blown to pieces.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who had received relevant knowledge in the boot training camp, quickly did a good job of assembling, placing ****, and setting up the detonation. Then these officers and soldiers immediately jumped into the Bug River like rabbits chased by wild wolves behind them, and swam desperately into the distance. Even if they were constantly shot by the Germans, no one stopped in the slightest.

The soldiers are the ones who know the power of these military explosives best. An explosion of this magnitude, as long as a person is within the scope of the blast wave, is really a certain death.

The earth-shattering explosion created a huge fireball that shook the entire battlefield in the area near the Holm Gate. The violent explosion formed a large, unusually bright ball of light in the core area. In the words of the Ming officers and soldiers after the war, a sun suddenly appeared.

The flames and smoke reached a height of 100 meters in an instant, and their power was so powerful that even the German officers and soldiers on the outer line could clearly see it.

The powerful explosion completely destroyed the entire sturdy Holm Gate, and the thick steel gate was torn into countless pieces in the explosion. The barracks on both sides of the gate were also affected by the violent explosion, and at least hundreds of meters of barracks collapsed into ruins with huge dust.

As for the German defenders stationed nearby, they were lucky enough to die on the spot. I was unlucky enough to have my internal organs damaged and bleed, but I couldn't die for a while. can only spit out blood in a big gulp, and watch himself bleeding from the seven holes slowly being painfully killed.

The explosion blew up the entire city gate and the nearby barracks. The debris flew even kilometers away. One of the artillery positions of the Ming army was smashed by a stone from the Brest Fortress, and a cannon was smashed.

For at least half a minute, the entire battlefield fell into a brief silence because of this powerful explosion. After that, the morale of the defenders, who had been struggling to support them all along, immediately collapsed.

Fight alone, trapped in a lonely city. Enemies are formidable on all sides. In this situation, the defenders were under tremendous pressure all the time. And what everyone regards as the last pillar is a strong defense. But now the thing that gave the last spiritual support to all the living defenders was shattered.

After opening the passage to the core fortress, the morale-boosting Ming army poured into the core fortress like a tide. They fought fiercely with the defenders in this small area. The defenders, deprived of their strong defenses, were losing ground one after another, but there were still many determined defenders making the last stand.

Fierce fighting lasted from early morning to late evening. When the Ming officers and soldiers finally captured St. Nicholas's Cathedral after a bloody battle, the attack and defense of the Brest Fortress, which lasted for several days on a small scale but with an extremely tragic process, officially came to an end.

In this fierce battle, most of the 21,000 German defenders were killed, and the rest became prisoners of the Ming army. The Ming army seized a large amount of military supplies.

The Ming troops who were responsible for the attack also suffered heavy losses. After all, this is an unusually strong fortress. The nearly 50,000 Ming officers and soldiers who participated in the battle suffered more than 15,000 casualties, and nearly 7,000 of them were killed. More than 100 tanks and armored vehicles of the Ming army were destroyed on the battlefield.

Despite the huge cost, the Ming army was able to capture this strategically important place within a limited time. The way forward of the huge mechanized troops was successfully opened. Trans-European railways were also included.

The tragic battle of Brest was a bloody memory for both sides. Here, almost every inch of land is soaked in blood. Any fruits of victory are exchanged for the blood and lives of countless officers and soldiers, and no one can waste them wantonly! (To be continued.) )