Chapter 2791 Big Fish in the Building

"Comrade commander, our comrades are waving in front, and it seems they are waving at us.

"I saw it, pull over to the roadside and wait for me in the car."

The TOS-1A rocket assault tank drove forward along the street and slowly stopped at the side of the street. The excellent transmission system inherited from the Stalin series of heavy tanks made this huge steel beast flexible.

Except for the lack of dual-flow transmission and on-the-spot steering, there is no problem with the forward and reverse driving of this heavy armored vehicle. It only takes a moment to pull the joystick and step on the pedal to stop steadily at the side of the street.

"Finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Don't get me wrong, I mean you are the savior that the comrades are looking forward to, indeed. ”

Because of the huge launch box on the vehicle body, the overhead hatch for the crew members to enter and exit can only be opened very close to the edge of the vehicle body.

It was the first time for the commander to see a tank soldier coming out of such a place. He was a little curious, but he still welcomed him and smiled and whispered. The commander who slipped out of the car quickly just smiled.

"Comrades should help each other. Comrade Major, just tell me, what do you need us to do?"

"Okay, the battle situation is urgent and I have the same idea, so I will tell you directly.

The commander of the main siege team with the radio call sign "Volga River" is a major battalion commander of a tank battalion belonging to the 1st Heavy Combined Brigade.

Don't think that the official position is low. In fact, this is already the level configuration in the main attack direction. The attack commanders of several other secondary streets around are even captains.

There is no way, because urban street fighting is the most restrictive place in all battlefield environments.

Even if you, Malashenko, have an elite field group with a total force of nearly 30,000, the street area is so small and the battlefield width is so wide. If you throw all the main forces into it, it is not called street fighting, but queuing to die.

If there are too many people, the Germans can kill a whole squad with a small steel cannon shell. Malashenko, who claims that his soldiers are all selected from a hundred or a thousand, will not do such a loss-making business.

Deploy a battalion in the main attack direction, and the major battalion commander is responsible for leading the team to command the front-line operations. This is already the maximum density of offensive forces under the marginal effect.

If there are more, it will really be a performance art just to make the numbers look good and fool people.

"The situation is like this"

"Do you see the intersection ahead? After you pass that intersection, turn left and there is a tall administrative building at the end of the street about 500 meters away. The building is very tall, and I don't have time to count how many floors it has, but the firing points and observation posts set up on the upper floors and top of the building are enough to cover the entire street within the field of vision. There are both direct and indirect firepower, and you can hit it if you see it."

"I just asked a few refugees who didn't escape. That building is the highest administrative building in the southern part of Berlin. It is very old, not a modern building. It is a pure brick and stone structure, but it has obviously been reinforced twice by Nazi engineers. The walls made of stone slabs and stone bricks are combined with concrete. The concrete and armor plates are so hard that they make people's scalps numb, so you have to go out and solve the problem. "

"But none of this is important. What's important is that refugees told us that the city defense commander of the southern part of Berlin is likely to be in that building. In the past few days, someone saw him frequently driving in and out of the building. Just now, we did see that there are many traces of communication antennas and telephone lines on the upper part of the building and the surrounding open space. It does look like a command center. "

Hearing this, the driver, who had been squatting on the ground and looking at the map spread on the ground, nodded, thinking that he had roughly understood the basic situation and understood the commander's intention, and then responded immediately.

"One thing needs to be made clear. Once we open fire, no matter what rank the Nazi commander in that building is, there is absolutely no chance of survival. In the buildings that we bombed, the Nazis were either blown to pieces, killed by shock, or crushed into a pulp by the collapsed ruins. There are almost no survivors. Have you ever considered this?"

There is no doubt that the destructive weapon TOS-1A definitely has the most terrible destructive power among all contemporary army armored vehicles.

All beings are equal in front of TOS-1A. No matter whether you are a general of the Wehrmacht or an ordinary soldier of the SS, 16 rounds of 310mm rockets will only kill you on the spot.

If the commander wants to catch someone alive and make a big fish, then the commander can only say that he can't help.

I am good at demolition and sabotage, but if you want to catch someone alive, it's better to keep TOS-1A away and ask for help.

Fortunately, the commander who actively requested support and called TOS-1As knew clearly what he needed, and he also understood what he should do and how to do it in the current battlefield situation.

"I have considered it, and I can figure it out and understand it."

"My answer is to just do it! I can't care about so many things. We can't move forward without pulling out this damn nail. We don't ask to destroy the whole building, but we must silence and eliminate all the firepower points with a caliber of more than 20 mm. We can't let the soldiers charge under the direct and indirect firepower of large calibers. Even if there are tanks to protect them, they can't resist it."

"As for the Nazis in the building, it's up to you."

"I don't care who he is or how high his rank is, even if he is a shampooer working in there. The order I received is to charge forward, clear all obstacles along the way, and completely crush the Nazi resistance. It's not to catch a Nazi big fish and fill the lives of comrades with endless holes. Let him live or die, just let him go and attack!"

"Once the attack is successful, I judge that the enemy's command in the block may be temporarily or completely chaotic. It depends on whether you can take down the German headquarters, which will be beneficial to our next attack. Once successful, the enemy's reinforcement dispatch and defense command are likely to have problems. It all depends on you."

The major pressed the map on the ground with his left hand and outlined the action plan on the rugged map with pebbles and debris with his right hand. He confirmed from his eyes that the driver had understood and then gave the final order.

"My people will open up an offensive channel for you, advance a short distance under the enemy's direct fire, and attract fire."

"But even so, your attack window is still very short. TOS-1A is too large and has a high battlefield recognition rate. Enemies occupying high ground vision will definitely see it as long as they are not blind. Once you appear on the street, it won't take long for them to react and notice you, and then transfer fire to you. This process won't take too long."

"Before that, open fire! Fire all the rockets you brought and retreat immediately! Your equipment is very important and difficult to replenish. My people and I will do our best to cover your actions. If you need anything, contact me immediately on the radio, the channel you know, if there is no problem, then start the action."