Chapter 772 Hell Hospital (Part 2)

It was a great honor for an ordinary sergeant to be personally greeted by Commander Paulus's chief adjutant.

Under normal circumstances, the sergeant would salute and shake hands with Colonel Adam, and smile in a very respectful manner.

But now, the dying sergeant didn't even have the strength to sit up from the bed.

"We hid behind a wall to rest. That's where all the people are."

Under Colonel Adam's quiet listening, the sergeant, who temporarily stopped groaning in pain, began to tell his story.

"Everyone thought that the Russians were far away and would not appear for at least half an hour, but the facts proved that all of us were wrong."

"The Russian engineers used explosives to blow up the wall. They have always done this."

"They concentrated the explosives and submachine guns. Those engineering commandos are well-equipped and have a lot of combat experience. If it is a close fight, we are often the ones who fail. It has always been like this."

"I was very close to the wall and leaned against the wall to eat to replenish my energy. The explosives blew me away about five or six meters. I fainted. When I woke up, the battle was over."

"I am very lucky, Colonel. There is a total of one company of soldiers in our yard and building. The Russian engineer commando quickly withdrew after being defeated, leaving behind more than a dozen bodies. We have more than 20. Their kind of uh, it is called PPSh submachine guns. It is very powerful. If you can seize this kind of thing, everyone is willing to use it."

Hearing this, Colonel Adam frowned and showed a rather unhappy expression.

Since entering the main city of Stalingrad and starting the street fighting, he has been constantly hearing "praises" and "compliments" about the Russian submachine gun.

So much so that Colonel Adam could not hold back his strong curiosity and took two captured PPSh submachine guns when he personally inspected the front-line troops, wanting to see what was so good about this thing that was praised so highly.

As the saying goes, you don't know until you try it, and you will be shocked when you try it.

Taking two PPSh submachine guns to a deserted place and firing two drums to test the guns, Colonel Adam, who was born in the infantry, quickly understood why the soldiers on the front line called this thing "Stalin's harvester".

The firing rate, firepower continuity, and even the shooting accuracy within the effective shooting distance

This seemingly rough-made wooden submachine gun can be said to be impeccable! When Colonel Adam was testing the gun, he even felt like he couldn't stop after pulling the trigger. A full row of glass bottles and iron cans were shot all over the ground by Colonel Adam with less than one drum.

Although he didn't want to admit the superiority of the so-called "inferior race", Colonel Adam, who was greatly shocked after testing the gun, couldn't help but realize that even the most basic individual weapons in the hands of those Russians had surpassed his own.

At least in close-range combat such as street fighting, the MP38 and MP40 submachine guns equipped by our side are not even as good as fire sticks compared to the Russian PPSh! The front-line soldiers said that they were suppressed by this thing and they were telling the truth without any bragging or falsehood!

If you have to say, the Suomi submachine gun purchased from Finland may be able to suppress the Russian PPSh.

But the submachine gun made by the Finns is ridiculously expensive! It is much higher than the purchase price of a machine gun!

Germany, which is rich and powerful, did not purchase many Suomi submachine guns from Finland, and basically equipped them to the Führer's Waffen SS and some elite troops of the Wehrmacht, such as the newly expanded and upgraded Großdeutschland Infantry Division.

As for the general Wehrmacht troops, they are far from being rich enough to popularize the Suomi submachine guns, and the cheap MP38 and MP40 are the only options.

The half-disabled sergeant, who was a little tired from talking, began to lie on the bed and groaned in pain.

Colonel Adam, who was silent with a dark face, was about to turn around and leave, but a sergeant who seemed to have only an injured arm and a bandage suddenly interrupted and tripped Colonel Adam's steps to leave.

"We are not fighting there, but entering a slaughterhouse, Colonel."

"There is no real position in Stalingrad, it's just damn ruins everywhere! The Russians can suddenly attack us from any place, any unexpected position. God, Colonel, have you seen ruins that speak Russian? I have! Everyone here has seen it!"

"The superiors require us to attack fiercely. If we can't capture the Russian position, it means that the offensive is not fierce enough, and we must continue to increase the intensity of the offensive. I know that swear words are hard to hear, but it's just bullshit! Not to mention that the position does not exist at all, even if we really attack more fiercely, it will only make us lose our lives faster."

Colonel Adam was born into a Junker noble family. He has the elegant and reserved aristocratic temperament unique to the Junker noble officer corps. He is the kind of person who knows the truth that "honest words are unpleasant to the ears but beneficial to action", and is very willing to listen to the complaints and complaints of the grassroots soldiers below.

At least in Colonel Adam's opinion, a brief complaint from the lower-level soldiers is often much better than a bunch of officers sitting in a conference room and discussing for most of the day.

Colonel Adam, who was interested, was about to turn around and order the sergeant to continue speaking, but he didn't expect that the sergeant's words had already resonated with the seriously injured soldiers on the beds around him and the lightly injured soldiers sitting on the ground.

"We should learn from those Russians, Mr. Colonel. They are all veterans of street fighting and skilled hunters. They are good at using every bunker and ruins. Every pile of rocks and broken walls are like natural comrades of the Russians. Those The Russians can attack us from any unexpected place, which we have not yet been able to do.”

Before coming to the field hospital, Colonel Adam had already expected that the Sixth Army, which suffered heavy casualties, would definitely experience some depression and low morale, because even Colonel Adam himself felt that those Russians were simply too powerful in the city, so powerful that they were simply useless. Like the same old rival.

But Colonel Adam never expected that the wounded soldiers' "admiration" and frustration for the Russians would reach such an extent.

"You have such an army that can attack the sky!"

Colonel Adam, who was in a daze for a while, suddenly remembered the words the Führer had said to Paulus himself when he praised the Sixth Army.

Colonel Adam was a little distracted as the voice of the Führer kept echoing in his mind. How could the Sixth Army change so much in just half a month? What is the problem?