Chapter 1154 1155 Fight to the Death and Don't Retreat
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While the deception of superweapons was brewing in the blue sea and blue sky of the Mediterranean, the German Army did not stop its own attack, and they launched one offensive climax after another in the Moscow encirclement, so that Stalin, who was hiding in the basement, felt that his situation was getting worse and worse.
The German grenadiers, carrying grenades, cleared the Soviet defenders from building room to room, and their cautious and small attacks made the Soviet defenders deeply feel that urban street fighting was not as simple as they thought. Both the Soviet and German armies were seeing their internet numbers soar, but the Germans were losing fewer and fighting better and better.
Countless battle-hardened German grenadiers fired a dense barrage of rockets at suspicious buildings with infantry MLRS, also known as building demolition machines, which fired a dozen or even dozens of rockets in one go, which could smash a building to the ground in a very short time.
The small-caliber multi-loading anti-aircraft guns, which the Germans called self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, also cost the Soviet soldiers who fought in the cities. These had a very high firing angle and were heavily armoured, making them a terrifying weapon for the Soviet troops defending the barricades and buildings.
What is even more terrifying is that the German army began to appear more and more large-caliber artillery in Moscow, these large-caliber howitzers from the Soviet Union, France and Germany added a tragic atmosphere to the Battle of Moscow. Every time a large-caliber howitzer fires a shell falls, Moscow's buildings shake and tremble, and the dust that falls, making the city feel like it's foggy at every moment.
Each shell fired from these large-caliber howitzers was a very huge project, and dozens of German artillerymen had to use various methods to clean the barrels to ensure that there was no residue left by the firing charge of a shell in the rifling lines of the huge barrels like chimneys.
Then there is a special person to check the screws and other components on the cannon to ensure that these components do not break or twist. In the process of shelling Moscow, a French large-caliber train gun was blown up, which embarrassed the troops on the front line for a while.
Then there is the re-hoisting of large-caliber shells, which are so large and heavy that they cannot even be loaded by human power during the firing process. In the far East battlefield, while the impoverished Chinese army was still counting the few bullets left in their pockets, on the outskirts of Moscow on the Eastern Front, German artillerymen were using cranes with winches and conveyor belts to prepare their huge artillery for the next roar.
And the damage and destruction caused by these weapons to the Soviet Red Army were actually far less shocking than those ghostly Stuka 2 dive bombers. As Italian and Finnish troops joined the encirclement of Moscow, the old Stuka bombers exported to them began to appear frequently in the skies over Moscow.
The Finnish Air Force deployed its 1st Air Strike Group in Moscow, with 40 Stuka bombers deployed directly north of Moscow, while at the field airfield directly south of Moscow, the Italian Air Force dispatched 190 Stuka bombers, almost five times more than Finland, and if the Luftwaffe's Stuka 2, the Axis dive bombers near Moscow, were almost 600.
Because the fighting on the Eastern Front was basically over, the first to be mobilized and concentrated was undoubtedly the most mobile air force, and the Luftwaffe units, which had fuel supplies, quickly gathered their large forces near the Moscow encirclement - if it were not for the rotation and the security of the airspace in other areas, the Luftwaffe would have at least 10,000 planes in Moscow.
This figure made the Soviet defenders in Moscow somewhat desperate, because there was less and less land for them, but more and more German planes were sorted. This means that the bombs dropped on Moscow are becoming more and more dense, and the bombing accuracy is indeed getting higher and higher.
With the destruction or diversion of anti-aircraft artillery near Moscow, the Soviet air defense system in the Moscow encirclement has completely collapsed, and thousands of German bombers are throwing everything they can find into Moscow every day. Because some units have carried out air raids so frequently, many troops are waiting on the ground, hoping that their aerial bombs will be delivered to the airport as soon as possible.
Hundreds of bombers flew over the target in obscurity, then opened the engine room under the horrified gaze of the people, and rained down bombs on the target's head - the sight was spectacular and inspiring.
It is a pity that the cost of such a flight is enough for a decent businessman to declare himself bankrupt. A butcher bomber is loaded with several tons of fuel, and then carries bombs ranging from 4 to 6 tons and flies to its target. Normally, the Germans would have dispatched at least 50 of these aircraft, which means that the Germans would consume 100 tons of aviation fuel and drop more than 200 tons of bombs for an air raid of this magnitude.
Not counting the downed planes, a single butcher bomber bombing operation would have consumed 300 tons of supplies. Who can imagine how much strength it would take for the logistics troops to replenish it? And how much production would have to be consumed in the rear to keep this bombing campaign going on almost uninterrupted?
What about the consumption of artillery units? What about the consumption of infantry units? What if we add to the consumption of armored troops? Will the total amount of logistics and materials consumed double? Those who have not personally experienced it will not understand how expensive and food-consuming modern warfare is, and none of the generals who fantasize about firing 10,000 artillery at once to crush their opponents is not constrained by the narrow railway and road transportation lines, and by the thin lines on the map that represent the long supply routes.
It is gratifying that such a high level of investment and dedication has paid off after all, and the defenders in the city of Moscow have been compressed by the Germans in a small space and cannot move. These troops huddled in ruins, enduring all kinds of torture for food, ammunition, and even a breath of fresh air.
The tall buildings that once represented death and quagmire were dwindling at a rate visible to the naked eye under the amount of ammunition poured by the Germans on this scale. The tall buildings filled with Soviet soldiers crumbled into a pile of rubble, and then countless craters were left on the ruins, and then the craters were covered with falling dust.
The whole of Moscow is a post-apocalyptic scene from afar, and if Accardo looked at it, he would have remembered the scenes from New York or Washington in the apocalyptic movies he had seen. was directly slapped in the face by the atomic bomb, and it is estimated that it is nothing more than this, and the difference is nothing more than that there is no nuclear radiation and pollutants here now.
After such a tragic battle, the Soviet defenders discovered that their opponents, the German infantry, seemed to be the best at fighting urban street battles in the world. Under the crushing of the other side's various means, they were even more willing to go out into the field to face those strong and powerful German tanks - after all, they fought like a warrior, so that they could die a happy death.
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"Comrade General! Comrade General!" one of Vatutin's men ran into the underground bunker, bypassed the places where dust was constantly falling due to the German shelling, and stood in front of Vatutin, holding the steel helmet on his head, and after a hasty military salute, he said in a panic the purpose of coming here: "The Germans are attacking east along Kutuzov Street, and have already captured several blocks, and we only have 2 regiments of troops there, and we can't get in touch." ”
Vatutin didn't say anything, he walked to the map, stretched out his hand and pressed it on Kutuzov Street, his eyes constantly looking at the various defenses he would face if it was lost.
Soon he realized that the Germans were trying to find a way to drive him to the area along the Moscow River, and for the Germans, the more they concentrated the Soviet defenders in Moscow, the easier it would be for them to bomb and shell, and the more they would save ammunition. But now that his main line of defense is set up on Minsk Street, and he has given way to Minsk Street, then he can only continue to retreat to the east and give up more urban areas to stabilize his position.
"Let the last reserves rush to the intersection of Minsk Avenue and Kutuzov Avenue and strengthen the defense there...... If we still have tanks in that direction, we also order them to rush over and desperately hold the line there. The green tendons on Vatutin's forehead stood out, and the mention of the name Kutuzov made him blush as a Soviet general.
This general named Kutuzov led the army of Tsarist Russia, defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Moscow, saved Tsarist Russia, and achieved a generation of famous generals - now what about himself? Sadly hiding in a bunker under Moscow, the enemy who invaded Moscow this time did not look as weak as Napoleon......
"Assemble the guard battalion of the headquarters! If there is any danger in the defense line of Minsk Street, I will personally bring people over to reinforce it! Dispatch to all command headquarters, and say that I would rather die than take a step back under the order given by Vatutin!" Vatutin said fiercely as he fastened the steel helmet on the table to his half-white head.