Considering that the German army has an absolute advantage in technological weapons, it is now able to crush its own side in both artillery and air force.
When Political Commissar Petrov first selected a location for the temporary regiment headquarters, he selected a relatively intact house with a basement.
Although this house, which looks like it should have been some kind of warehouse before, is poorly constructed, in disrepair, and even seems to be leaking, at least it is directly connected to the attached underground storage room, which can come in handy at critical moments, like now.
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Malashenko and Petrov, political commissars one behind the other, and their entourage from the regiment, hurriedly evacuated to the basement to temporarily avoid the fierce German artillery fire coming from nowhere.
As soon as he arrived in the basement, before he could take a breath, Malashenko immediately got on the phone with Commissar Petrov and blurted out the questions he had been holding in his mind.
"Where on earth did these bastard Germans get their artillery shells from? It's like hell. The terrain in the city is so complicated. Did they move all the artillery positions here?"
The somewhat nervous Malashenko forgot a very crucial detail in his haste, but this does not mean that Commissar Petrov also forgot.
Political Commissar Petrov, who took a slight breath, listened to the still rumbling vibrations of shelling above his head. Combined with the direction of the whistling shells he just heard, he already guessed the answer that was close to 100%, and then went to
Malashenko spoke up.
"Under the current situation, as expected, Mamayev Heights should still be in the hands of the Germans. The German artillery is inherently short-handed, and artillery positions deployed outside the city cannot hit the city near the Volga River.
Come from the East Railway Station, not to mention the terrain and building obstructions in the city."
"Only the Mamaev Hill, the only place where the German artillery can overlook the whole city, can blockade and attack any street in the south and north of the city with firepower. The artillery positions deployed on the highlands can also make up for the lack of range.
It’s not a problem to cover a distance of ten to eight kilometers!”
The city of Stalingrad, built in a north-south direction relying on the Volga River, is truly a wonderful idea.
This thin strip-shaped city makes full use of the convenience of waterway shipping on the Volga River, which will bring great development convenience to the entire city in peacetime. Not only is it very convenient to send raw materials to Stalingrad, but those produced
Heavy equipment and military products can also be easily transported using water transportation, which is undoubtedly a great advantage.
But there is a very obvious landmark that lies in the heart of the center of Stalingrad, which runs north-south.
This landmark is not a man-made building, but a hilly plateau formed by the accumulation of graves of the dead in ancient times, Mamayev Hill!
There is a military philosophy in modern warfare in later generations, called "Whoever controls the sky wins half the war." It is used to describe the irreplaceable and important role of air superiority in modern warfare armed with high technology.
As for the city of Stalingrad at this moment, whoever captures Mamayev Heights will win half of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad. This way of describing it is not an exaggeration at all, or even more so.
Even the German artillery, which is naturally short-handed, can pass through the central strategic location of Mamayev Hill and extend the artillery strike range to the three directions of north, south, east and west at the same time. It can almost cover all the Soviet troops that have been identified and marked on the map.
All strategic locations were covered by artillery fire.
Relying on the Mamayev Hill as an advanced combat base, the German army can also radiate more troops to carry out operations in all directions around the Mamayev Hill highland as the core.
The ground connection between the Soviet troops in the south and north of the city is very likely to be cut off by the German army as a result. Any large-scale troop concentration will definitely lead to merciless artillery fire as long as it is discovered by the German army.
Mamaev Kurgan is so important! So important that the Soviet and German armies were willing to sacrifice countless young lives and continue to throw in a lot of chips like two crazy gamblers who lost their sights.
At the gambling table at Mamayev Kurgan, the battle is to see who loses all the betting chips in his pocket first, and the person sitting across from the gambling table is the final winner.
And now, the shelling barrages roaring like a storm on the ground overhead are telling Malashenko and all the Soviet soldiers stationed south of the train station a cruel fact!
Since control of Mamayev Hills was seized by the Germans more than a day ago, control of the heart of Stalingrad is still in the hands of the Germans.
Malashenko's face turned dark as he felt the ground shaking under his feet.
Judging from the level of artillery firepower that I was personally experiencing, the German artillery unit that was constantly dropping artillery shells on my head at this moment was at least the size of a heavy artillery regiment.
Being able to send an entire heavy artillery regiment to the Mamayev Hill, which is a relatively rugged and steep terrain, the German army's actual control over this hell hill is probably so strong that it is very difficult to break.
The heavy artillery regiment was sent to this post which was difficult to climb and even more difficult to descend. This in itself is enough to show that the German army is confident and determined to win.
Malashenko was a little depressed. He couldn't understand why the 13th Guards Infantry Division, which he replaced to defend the train station, could not even attack Mamayev Hill with the strength of an entire organic Guards Infantry Division.
Can't come down.
In the original historical direction, the 13th Guards Infantry Division not only shouldered the task of defending the train station with part of its troops, but also used two main regiments to launch a fierce attack on the Mamayev Hills occupied by the Germans. In Chuikov
Under the command, the entire division swore to recapture the Mamayev Hills occupied by the Germans.
The final result was that the 13th Guards Infantry Division completed both missions at a cruel cost with only 320 men left in the division.
Not only did they drive the German troops entrenched on Mamayev Heights off their posts, they also regained the Stalingrad Railway Station, which had once fallen into the hands of the Germans.
According to Malashenko's original vision, the 13th Guards Infantry Division, which he led as the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment, took over the task of defending the train station, should be more capable after devoting all its efforts to the task of recovering Mamayev Heights.
With ease, you can end the battle and successfully regain lost ground in less time.
But the cruel fact that the earth is shaking now is obviously not the case. It is obvious that Mamayev Heights is still firmly in the hands of the German army.
That heroic infantry division, which like Malashenko bore the name of Guards, failed to complete its mission as the history had originally planned.