Inside the German headquarters, one of his subordinates shouted: "Report to the general, the 3rd battalion has lost contact!" Hearing this, Kraut was horrified and said, "Order the guards to quickly retake the position of the 3rd Battalion." The chief of staff of the German army said: "General, the Chinese army dispatched a small force, the purpose is to cooperate with the siege, the Chinese army will soon break through the city wall from the 3rd battalion defense area, we must have follow-up preparations?" Kraut seemed to be a little sober and said: "Immediately start the defense in depth, even if the Chinese army breaks through the city wall, it will be difficult to develop in depth." ”

The special combat team did not have heavy weapons, and they struggled to resist the German counterattack, and even hand-to-hand combat broke out locally. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the attacking troops to climb the city wall, and the special operations captain finally breathed a sigh of relief. The assault troops ascended the walls and quickly expanded along the sides of the walls, while advancing in depth. However, progress was halted, and fierce fighting broke out in Area 37. The Germans not only effectively intercepted, but quickly counterattacked. In such a narrow area, large forces could not be deployed, and the entire area No. 37 could only meet the strength of one regiment.

In order to ensure that the follow-up troops smoothly entered the city to support the operation, the demolition team blew up two city walls, forming a gap of several tens of meters. After the city wall was breached, all other directions stopped attacking, and the attacking troops began to concentrate on the northeast side to support the battle in the city at any time. After daybreak, another regiment was put into battle in the city, indicating that progress had improved. In the headquarters, Lin Xiong walked in depressedly and said: "Commander, the German army's in-depth offensive is too complete, the attack is very slow, and the German reserves have counterattacked, and some of the places captured have been taken back by the Germans. ”

He Meng asked, "We broke into the city and achieved the purpose of the battle. I thought in advance that the Germans would hold on. It seems that brutal street fighting broke out. Although we have practiced street fighting, we have never fought street fighting. The president has said that street fighting is the most difficult battle in the military field. So we can't be in a hurry. It seems that the Germans thought of the consequences of the breaching of the city walls, and therefore made a lot of preparations. In this case, we adopt the spirit of ants gnawing bones and move forward meter by meter. ”

After dawn, a brigade of the Russian army came up with reinforcements from Yining. "Report to the general, the 72nd Brigade of the Russian Army has arrived under the city!" An operational staff officer reports. Kraut said with a tiger face: "Immediately order the Russian 72nd Brigade to enter the blocking position and replace our front-line troops." Tell the Russian army to fight for every inch of land, and to fight with the Chinese army repeatedly. I said that I wanted to make Nilek a meat grinder for the Chinese army. "Report to the general, General von Lautz call!"

Crout picked up the phone, "???。 General von Lautz, you don't have to worry, we have considered the disadvantages of the city wall being broken through and are well prepared. At present, the Russian 72nd Infantry Brigade has reached the city, and my defensive strength is very rich. Next, I'm going to give up the East Side. Stick to the West Side. In order to solidify the defense, I am going to set up a minefield. General von Lautz, I'll let you know when you need reinforcements. ”

Although the troops have been trained in street fighting, the training is not actual combat, and combat experience needs to be accumulated in actual combat, so the results of the battle are not great. Obviously, the Germans were prepared for street fighting, so the attack was very difficult. Ten days later, the Germans voluntarily abandoned the east city, and all their forces retreated to the west city to defend. Lin Xiong in the command said: "Commander." The Germans laid a large number of mines, and our troops suffered heavy casualties during the advance. At present, the casualties of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division have reached one-third, and it has been replaced by the 5th Brigade. ”

He Meng said calmly: "Our weapons department has also developed mines, and I don't know much about the role of mines. The Germans actually thought of using mines and laying out minefields, apparently they had been prepared for a long time. In order to avoid heavy casualties, the attacking troops were ordered to stop the attack. "Commander, half of the city has been captured, why do you want to stop attacking?" He Meng smiled: "The Germans intend to consume a large number of our troops, but that is just wishful thinking. Since the Germans want to fight a war of attrition, then we will accompany them. ”

He Meng continued: "Count the plan, and see who can consume the enemy and me." In the next stage, your army retreated to Jinghe to rest, replenish the troops, and put the 2nd Army into battle. I have already ordered Tan Xiao, the commander of the 2nd Army. 300 outstanding shooters will be selected from the headquarters and will form a sniper brigade together with the special combat team. I'm going to hunt the enemy in large numbers. 500 specialized sniper rifles and specialized ammunition were transferred from headquarters. Sniper rifles are effective at 1200 meters, and one shot kills at 500 meters. And this batch of sniper rifles is equipped with a new type of scope. In addition, the headquarters also sent us binoculars, which were 30 times larger, and asked all officers above the platoon level to replace the binoculars. ”

Seeing that Lin Xiong was a little depressed, He Meng said: "I understand your desire to fight, but the officers and soldiers are very tired from continuous combat, so they must rest." The battle isn't a day's long, you know? "Yes, but I have a small request that I hope the commander will fulfill." "What requirements?" "You just said that the headquarters has issued 500 sniper rifles, and the sniper brigade is equipped with 400 rifles, whether to give Yu Fu's 100 sniper rifles to our army, I want to form a sniper brigade in the army!" "So you're staring at me here, okay, no problem." Lin Xiong was overjoyed, swept away the gloom on his face and left happily.

The offensive was officially stopped that night, the First Army withdrew its positions one after another, and the Second Army changed its guard one after another. In the headquarters, Tan Xiao, the commander of the 2nd Army, said excitedly: "Commander, you finally thought of us, but you suffocated us." I thought that the capture of the Ili River Valley would have nothing to do with us. He Meng said dissatisfiedly: "You have time to complain, it is better to quickly understand the battle situation." I asked you if you brought sniper rifles, bullets, binoculars. ”

"Commander, it's all here!" Tan Xiao took the telescope from the guard's hand and handed it to He Meng: "It's much more convenient than a monocular, the function of 30 times can be seen more clearly, and the binoculars can be hung on the chest." He Meng opened the box and took out the binoculars, looked at them briefly, and then raised the binoculars and looked in the direction of Nilek City. Although it was night, there were fires in many parts of the city. "Yes, much stronger than a telescope!"

At this time, one of his subordinates walked in with a shiny sniper rifle. He Meng took the sniper rifle and couldn't put it down, opened the chamber and said: "It's really a good gun, it's a wonderful idea to put the scope on the rifle." Commander Tan, has your sniper brigade arrived? "It's here!" "Go and find the special operations captain, immediately set up a sniper team, and enter the front-line position tomorrow to carry out a hunting operation."

At night, at the headquarters of the German army, a subordinate reported: "General, the Chinese army suddenly stopped attacking, I don't know what happened?" Kraut said: "Obviously, the mines we have laid have shown their might, and the Chinese army has suffered." It seems that the defense against operational mines is extremely efficient. Immediately notify the Yining command and continue to deliver mines, I need a large number of mines. In addition, inform the front-line defenders that the enemy has stopped attacking and let them rest for a while. ”

The next day, the sniper brigade entered the front line and quickly dispersed, each looking for a sniper position. A sniper spotted a German lookout post in the scope, which was about 400 meters away from his position. The sniper excitedly loaded his bullet and aimed his crosshair at the German lookout post. With a crisp gunshot, the German lookout post was shot in the chest and fell to the ground. As for whether the German lookout post died or not, it is impossible to judge. But there is no doubt about being hit. The sniper picks up a pebble and puts it in his pocket.

A German officer came out of the fortifications, this guy came out to breathe, his hands raised high and stretched his waist, only to hear a gunshot, the German officer was shot in the head and fell to the ground. Seeing the officer fall to the ground, the German soldiers in the fortifications thought that there was an attacker and immediately rushed out of the fortifications to check, and then the gunfire rang out again, and several soldiers were shot one after another. The German soldiers, believing it to be a close-range sneak attacker, immediately sent troops to search for it, only to be hit even more terrifyingly.

Even more terrifying, an officer looked ahead at the lookout of the fortifications, trying to find the sneak attackers. Suddenly lying on his back on the ground, blood gushing out of his head from a bullet in the head, such a terrifying scene, the German soldiers in the fortifications were stupid. In the command headquarters, Kraut looked at the officer lying on the ground with a shot in the head, and did not know what to say. "A large number of snipers appeared in the positions on the Chinese side, and the targets hunted were all within 500, and they were killed by one shot at a distance of 500 meters.

For a long time, Kraut said: "Fighting with the Chinese is simply impossible to prevent, obviously the Chinese army uses special sniper rifles, and orders the front-line defense troops not to easily expose the target to prevent being hunted." Kraut replied to the chief of staff: "The enemy has snipers, and it is difficult for us to have no snipers, so you immediately organize a sniper brigade to deal with the enemy's snipers." Since the Germans did not have specialized sniper rifles, nightmares ensued. (To be continued......)

PS: In an unfavorable situation, learn to be flexible.