Chapter 681 The Same Boat

What's worse is that if the war situation continues like this, the area controlled by the Soviet army will soon become smaller and smaller, and soon no reinforcements will be able to be sent in because there is no room to accommodate them.

"Have you ever heard of the 'Legendary Sergeant,' Comrade Krylov?" Chuikov asked.

"Yes, Comrade Chuikov!" Krylov replied: "I heard that the Germans defended Holm based on his advice!"

Chuikov nodded and said: "Not just Holm, but also Crimea, Sevastopol, and even Baku!"

Krylov couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. He didn't know this.

It is normal for Krylov not to know this, because since Holm, the Soviet army has blocked the intelligence of the "Legendary Sergeant", because for the Soviet army, this is a matter of "improving other people's ambitions and destroying one's own prestige". It would seriously affect the morale of the Soviet army.

Chuikov nodded, looked away from the map, and said to Krylov: "So, I have reason to believe that my opponent is actually this 'Legendary Sergeant'. If we can't find a new method... "

Chuikov will not go on to say anything else.

Krylov looked at the map and said: "Comrade Chuikov, I think we can increase the night offensive. I mean, invest more troops to build more tunnels. Transport troops to farther locations. Attack the Germans... If we can win at night, we can recapture the buildings lost during the day and stabilize the defense!"

Chuikov shook his head and replied: "Judging from last night's attack, the Germans will put themselves into complete defense as soon as night comes. They will even give up some buildings they occupied during the day to maintain a line of defense. On the other hand, They also used a series of measures to attack our tunnels. Although we are not sure what measures they used, these measures are obviously effective, because they are no longer in chaos like before. In this way, at night. There is absolutely no advantage to us in launching an attack, and there will be no result except increased casualties!”

Krylov objected: "But if we don't fight them back at night..."

Although Krylov didn't finish what he said, his meaning was very clear.

The advantage of the Soviet army was to fight at night, because this could weaken the German air superiority and the advantage of having more tanks than the Soviet army.

If the German army cannot be driven back at night, then whether the German army advances 500 meters, 200 meters or 50 meters during the day, the fall of Stalingrad will only be a matter of time.

"So!" Chuikov replied: "We need to find a way, a way to fight the Germans during the day!"

Chuikov's idea was correct. If the Germans could not be repelled at night, they must be blocked during the day.

But this seems a bit fanciful, and everyone knows the reason... The Germans have fighter planes and tanks, and they can use these advantages to blast the buildings forward one by one and push the battle line forward meter by meter.

Krylov and other Soviet officers believed that under such conditions, it was better to find a way to fight during the day than to find a way to attack at night. After all, the difference between them at night was not that big.

But Chuikov didn't think so. He walked out of the underground bunker that served as the headquarters the next day to observe the German offensive.

At this time, Qin Chuan and others were launching an attack on the Soviet-controlled area.

"Grid tactics" not only facilitate the German defense, but also benefit the German offense, because after partitioning, each unit will know the scope of its own attack, and it is even beneficial to the coordination of the artillery and even the air force.

For example, Qin Chuan and others wanted to attack the 15th District. The First Battalion encountered stubborn resistance from a group of Soviet troops when advancing. The tanks of the First Battalion were destroyed by anti-tank guns hidden somewhere... The tank gun has a low body and is difficult to detect when hidden in ruins or buildings.

Later, when the fight was no longer possible, Qin Chuan shouted to the artillery liaison officer: "We need artillery support!"

The artillery liaison officer used a walkie-talkie to contact the artillery unit in the rear and shouted several times: "Artillery attack the third area of ​​the 15th square!"

In order to allow the artillery to bomb more accurately, they also divided each grid into several zones.

The artilleryman also had the same zoning map in his hand, so he immediately knew the location to bombard. If there were no zoning, it would take a lot of effort just to indicate and confirm the position for the artillery.

A few minutes later, the roar of artillery fire was heard in the air, and the artillery shells exploded in front of the defense line like a fireworks display, destroying the Soviet position into a mess.

Qinchuan took advantage of this moment and rushed forward with his soldiers, without the cover of tanks... Qinchuan hoped to fight faster and slower. Before the Soviet army was bombarded by artillery fire, he rushed forward... When you react, rush into their defenses. Then, the MP43 in the hands of the German army and the quality of the German army can take advantage of it.

But at this time, an accident happened...The Soviet artillery actually fired at the same coordinates, which was the 3rd area of ​​​​15 squares.

This is not common in general, because it is a Soviet position. There are only two possibilities for this to happen: one is that the artillery fires in the wrong position, and the Soviet artillery often fires in the wrong position. The other is to kill the enemy regardless of the casualties of one's own.

Qin Chuan believed that this time it was probably the latter, because when the Soviet officers saw a large group of German troops carrying MP43s rushing up with artillery fire, they knew that they would also die if they were not stopped by artillery fire.

"Keep going!" Qin Chuan ordered loudly.

Because he knew that if it was such an artillery attack, it would target a position in front of the Soviet trench, where the German soldiers were, so staying where they were was the most dangerous.

Ahead was the Soviet trench, and the Soviet soldiers were still guarding there... In fact, the trench was just a small ditch or a "bunker" made by moving some bricks and stones from the ruins.

Qin Chuan and others jumped into the trench under the artillery fire, and then lay down and dared not move... Because the shells blew up brick and stone debris everywhere, as long as they raised their heads, they would be hit.

So at that moment, a strange scene appeared: the enemy and us were lying in the same trench, surrounded by flying stones and shrapnel everywhere, and everyone was wrapped in thick smoke and dust. Although they could feel that the person lying next to them might be the enemy, neither side took action... They could not be sure of this, and any action would bring danger to themselves.

At this moment, they just wanted to save their lives amid the whistling and flying shrapnel. The hostility between them seemed to be swept away by the shells that fell ruthlessly and indiscriminately on their heads... At that moment, they seemed to be everyone sitting in the same boat.