Chapter 2679 Fire Line Pressure

A surprise attack in the early morning kicked off the new day. Whether the German army liked it or not, the ensuing destruction and death had to be faced.

"Damn it! The Russians are coming, everyone go! Pick up your weapons, quickly!"

"We need artillery fire, tanks, and any anti-armor weapons support! Immediately! The Russians have deployed a large number of armored forces along the main road of Friedman. We can see a lot of tanks and armored vehicles in the telescope! Yes, heavy tanks! We need support, quickly!"

"Blocks 1 and 2 are almost unbearable. The Russians have broken through the defense! Shrink the defense line, we must regroup the troops! Immediately carry out a tactical retreat, quickly!"

The German army did expect that the Russians today would not give up and would most likely take action.

But the Germans really did not expect the enemy's movements to be so large and so fierce.

In the early morning before dawn, there was a volley of hundreds of rockets that hit their heads and faces. The whole street was smashed into a smoke screen. Before they could catch their breath from the torrential fire, the rumbling Russian steel monsters had already rushed over in groups.

You couldn't even see a Russian infantryman following these big iron lumps. The Russian tanks running at high speed were like magic. After getting close enough, they spit out a large number of ferocious infantrymen armed to the teeth.

These fully armed Russian soldiers got off the car and shot at anyone they saw. The weapons in their hands didn't even have a bolt-action thing, and there were few semi-automatic ones. The Russians who rushed to the front were all holding automatic firearms.

Those German soldiers who were staggering and whose heads were still not awake didn't even have time to get out of the door of the building. The Russian soldiers who kicked the door and rushed into the building used violent bullets to wash their faces with a wave of fire.

Most of the German soldiers who didn't react to why, what happened, and what to do lost their lives in a hail of gunfire. They were beaten to a pulp and died on the spot. They screamed and fell to the ground, leaving only a few twitching pieces of rotten blood and rotten flesh.

The German soldiers at the lower level were confused and had no idea why. The German commanders at the upper level who understood the chaos through the radio and telephone and witnessed this terrible scene through the telescope were not much better.

It was so fast and powerful, and the speed and strength seemed to have never been so perfectly integrated, which was unexpected.

The Russians' unusual and perverted fighting style made people completely confused and couldn't find a way to deal with it.

Everything came unexpectedly and deteriorated rapidly without any countermeasures.

The existing troops at hand could not stop these violent Russians at all, let alone stop the enemy. Now even stopping this visible chaos was a fantasy and completely incapable of doing.

There is no other way except calling for reinforcements, using all possible and imaginable ways to call for reinforcements.

But reinforcements are not interstellar warps, and the reaction and tactical maneuvers of the troops require battlefield time.

Before the arrival of the reinforcements, which are not even sure whether they will be useful, these unfortunate German troops can only face this nightmare alone, and it all depends on their luck whether they will be beaten into a pig head.

"The front-line troops report that the attack is going smoothly, comrade division commander."

"The two main intersections of the predetermined target have been taken, and the resistance encountered is lower than our prior expectations. The troops are now continuing to advance along the main road as planned. The casualties encountered are also completely controllable. The follow-up troops have set out to consolidate the occupied areas. Should we consider adjusting the combat plan and try to control more areas?"

The front line sent one after another good news that the progress was smooth and expected. After holding the radio to understand the situation, Kurbalov, who reported to Malashenko in person, also looked relaxed.

If the battle is fought well, people will naturally feel good. At least this is the case for Kurbalov, who knows that his troops' attack is going well.

But the situation is a little different on the side of Malashenko. The division commander who put down the telescope in his hand seems to be a little solemn, with an indescribable taste in his expression.

"Didn't you see it? Kurbalov, this battle has exposed some problems so far."

"Exposed problems?"

Like Malashenko, Kurbalov, who was standing in front of the window of this high-rise building, was a little confused. In a sense, this position is indeed relatively dangerous, but it also stands high and sees far.

In these years when battlefield reconnaissance means are backward, standing high and seeing far can help you solve a considerable part of the battlefield situation awareness problems, and the risks paid and the rewards reported are corresponding. Kurbalov, like Malashenko, can roughly understand the dynamics of the war on the contact line that is constantly advancing in front of him with the telescope in his hand.

But Kurbalov really doesn't quite understand what Malashenko means. Where did this attack that seems to be almost normal expose the problem?

"Bombardment, first of all bombardment."

"According to our prior assumptions, the rocket artillery fire prepared by a battalion at this street corner can eliminate about 30% of the German resistance. The battlefield timing and firepower projection time are well grasped, which is the best situation we can decide."

"But if you look at the actual effect, the number of buildings that were completely destroyed by rocket artillery barrages was less than one-third of what we expected. We underestimated the resistance of urban structures to large-scale artillery fire. The saturated firepower used in field environments will be weakened by at least 60% to 70% in urban structures, even for rocket artillery with higher firepower density and stronger regional destructive power."

"If we can achieve the expected destructive effect, we should have captured the street corner and advanced deep into the city five or even eight minutes ago. But now we have just taken it, and the close combat with the German remnants has delayed a certain amount of time. This resistance also bought them some time to call for reinforcements."

Putting the telescope on the table, Malashenko came to the war zone map hanging on the wall and stopped to stare. His eyes were full of various red and blue arrows and actual control lines and contact line marks. After a little thought, a command to win in a steady manner came out.

"Notify the frontline attacking forces to slow down the attack speed, prioritize the integrity of the formation and the continuity of the troops' follow-up, and launch the attack in an orderly manner. This battle is not about speed or killing a lot. As long as the Germans can feel the increasing pressure on their heads clamped under the hydraulic press and stimulate their desire to survive, then our fish will definitely be hooked."