Chapter 682 Death Station (Part 3)

The fierce exchange of fire with tracer bullets resounded throughout the street. The German infantry, which gradually recovered from the passive attack, began to fight back against the Soviet army with the help of the armored units in front.

Although this level of fighting back was pitifully weak in the face of the fierce firepower of the Soviet army, the desperate fight of the German army in front of him still made Malashenko feel a little uneasy and suspicious.

Soon, before Malashenko came to a possible conclusion, this uneasiness and suspicion became a reality in a roar of steel.

Boom boom boom——

Malashenko, who was commanding Iushkin to fight vigorously, suddenly heard a burst of explosions far away. He vaguely distinguished that these explosions came from the south of the railway station. Malashenko had just thought that something bad was going to happen, and the familiar voice of Lavrinenko suddenly came from the radio channel.

"Malachenko! A large group of Germans are rushing over from the south and west of the station! There are at least 300 of them! There are tanks and armored vehicles, and the number is still increasing. I suggest you prepare!"

The reason why the group of Germans who were firmly suppressed in front of Malachenko fought to the death was that another group of Germans who were attacking in the south were about to break through, and they were just one step away from the final blow.

The Germans who broke out from the main road of another block in the southwest quickly eliminated all the Soviet defense forces in front of them at a considerable cost, and then directed their offensive spearheads directly to the railway station. The troops commanded by Lavrinenko who were guarding the south of the railway station were standing in front of them.

Unlike the small German vanguard unit that Malachenko faced, the opponent Lavrinenko encountered was a powerful offensive force composed of three German troops who had captured three different streets.

The German army that was sweeping towards the train station knew that they would definitely encounter strong resistance from the Soviet army relying on favorable terrain, so the small-unit tactics used in narrow streets to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to deploy were no longer suitable.

The wide and open space in front of Stalingrad No. 1 Railway Station was enough for the German army to gather a powerful armored offensive force. Although this level of armored offensive force was not as powerful as in a field battle, it was undoubtedly more than enough to deal with the Soviet army defending the train station at the moment.

The situation facing the south of the train station defended by Lavrinenko was much more difficult than that of Malashenko.

The German army that continued to file out from the two blocks and gathered together used tanks to resist the machine gun fire and moved forward crazily. Even though Lavrinenko commanded the tanks guarding the front to destroy five or six German tanks in a row, he still couldn't stop the opponent's strong momentum like opening a floodgate.

More and more German infantry ran out from the intersection of the block. In just a few minutes, the number of people had soared to at least 500 people, with more than a dozen tanks and Type 3 assault guns.

The defense force south of the railway station led by Lavrinenko was originally inferior to the main force commanded by Malashenko. Naturally, they were a little overwhelmed by the attack of such a powerful main force of the German army.

Hearing the urgency of the situation from the echo of gunfire in the radio channel, Malashenko, who threw down the transmitter in his hand, was about to order the troops to reinforce the south of the railway station. Unexpectedly, the German army, who was facing the enemy, also had an unexpected sudden situation.

The roar of steel came again from the rear of the German army, which had been suppressed by the powerful firepower of Malashenko.

The three leading long-barreled Type 4 tanks that rumbled past the intersection and turned onto the main road of the block instantly caught Malashenko's eyes. In the large German army following closely behind, an unknown number of half-track vehicles and other tanks could be vaguely seen, but obviously a large number of them. The crowded M35 steel helmets everywhere indicated that there were even more German infantrymen accompanying them.

"Damn it, have we poked a hornet's nest? How many Germans are rushing towards the train station?"

If Malashenko had a remote-controlled drone to take aerial photos of the city, he would have seen from a God's perspective the flood of German troops, which was like a floodgate opening, and was converging from all the streets and alleys in all directions to one direction: Stalingrad No. 1 Railway Station.

The German army, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, took only less than two hours to sweep away the Soviet guards stationed in the last few remaining blocks around the train station, and swarmed along the completely opened offensive channel towards the train station with only the last line of defense left.

Malashenko, who was also facing great pressure, did not dare to send any more troops to support Lavrinenko.

If the current battlefield situation is not careful, there is a huge risk of losing everything. In this case, the final result of sending troops to support Lavrinenko is likely to be that neither side of the two lines of defense can hold on and all fall, and then it will be a waste of effort.

Malashenko had an absolute advantage in tank quality, but the Germans had an even stronger and absolute advantage in tank numbers.

There were more than a dozen burning tank wreckages left in the small square in front of the train station, but the Germans, who seemed to have lost their minds, still had no intention of stopping and continued to attack desperately.

More and more Type 4 tanks equipped with long-barreled 75mm main guns appeared in front of the train station to increase the intensity of the attack. The T34 tanks, which were in a close-range firefight with the Germans at a distance of 200 meters, were penetrated one after another and the upper front of the hull and the turret armor were destroyed head-on.

The fierce battle that had been going on since the beginning quickly consumed the troops of both sides. The Germans suffered heavy losses, and Malashenko, who was defending the train station, also suffered heavy casualties.

The Germans, whose reinforcements were still coming in a steady stream, launched three large-scale assaults on the train station in succession within an hour. The fierce firepower that was almost equal to or even better than the Germans’ made Malashenko feel more and more stressed.

Malashenko, who was already sweating profusely and soaking his clothes with sweat, stretched out his hand and just grabbed the radio transmitter beside him to ask about the situation on Lavrinenko’s side. He never thought that it was Lavrinenko who grabbed the transmitter at the other end who spoke first.

"Malachenko! The Germans have gone crazy! The south of the train station is about to be lost. The Germans have sent at least one division of troops to attack us!"

Swish--

Boom--

"Damn it! The German tanks have knocked down the wall! No. 121, 122, 123, stop them!"