Chapter 689

At five o'clock in the morning, without any artillery preparation, and even without firing flares, the 21st Armored Division launched an attack in the direction of Mamayev Kurgan.

To be exact, it cannot be said that it was in the direction of Mamayev Kurgan, because this attack was not along a straight line or along a street... It is definitely not possible to attack along the street because the Soviet army laid one line after another in the middle of the street and buried many mines.

These lines of defense were not actually used to resist the German attack, and the Soviets themselves knew that such lines of defense could not stop the enemy's attack.

The problem is that if the German army attacked these lines of defense, they would have to use artillery bombing, mine clearance, etc. After doing these, the streets would be full of craters and even blocked by ruins, so the German tanks could not move along it.

But this time the German army did not take the usual route, they chose to shuttle through the building.

The first stop was the train station.

The Soviet army deployed fewer troops at the train station, probably only one company.

The reason is that there is a large open space to the west of the train station, which can be said to be on the outskirts of Stalingrad. In addition to the rails, platforms, dormitories for railway workers and an office building, there is only a one-person-high wall.

In such a terrain, the Soviet army knew that they could not use "close-range tactics" to fight the German army. If too many troops were deployed, the German army could use artillery to flatten them from a distance.

This company was led by a second lieutenant named Livakov. He was always thankful that the main attack of the German army was not here, otherwise the train station they were stationed in would have been lost long ago.

But it was obvious that their good luck had ended.

That day, when Livakov and the soldiers were hiding in the basement to sleep, suddenly there was a "rumbling" sound of tank engines outside, and there were waves of strange vibrations on the ground.

Soviet soldiers were awakened one after another, except for a fat man who was curled up in the corner and snored almost louder than the sound of the tank.

"Comrade Livakov!" Then the sentry hurried down and reported: "The Germans, they are attacking us!"

"Get your weapons ready!" Livakov jumped up without thinking: "Comrades, it's our turn, you know what to do!"

But when Livakov climbed up the stairs and looked down, he was so surprised that he could hardly speak.

Downstairs, at least 50 tanks were heading towards the train station, followed by dense German soldiers. These German soldiers were obviously elite troops at first glance, because they were all holding the MP43 that the Soviet army was terrified of.

"Comrade Livakov!" A Soviet soldier asked Livakov in a trembling voice: "What should we do?"

"Retreat, Comrade Livakov!" Another Soviet soldier said: "The enemy is too strong, we can't stop them, even for a short while!"

Livakov thought about it, then gritted his teeth and said: "Comrades, we can't retreat, because the order given to us by our superiors is to defend here. You know what punishment we will receive if we retreat!"

"But..."

"No buts!" Livakov interrupted the soldiers' doubts: "The last moment has come, we must fight the Germans to the end!"

The soldiers looked at each other in surprise.

"Get ready for battle!" Livakov ordered loudly.

But before he finished speaking, a butt of a gun suddenly hit him from behind and knocked Livakov unconscious.

"He's crazy!" The Soviet soldier who took action raised his eyebrows and said to the other Soviet soldiers: "Comrades, we can't retreat or resist. There is no point in going on like this, so I plan to surrender. What about you?"

The Soviet soldiers hesitated, and then nodded in agreement... In fact, such a thing only needs one person to take the lead.

However, the Soviet soldiers soon found out that they were fooled, because the "Soviet soldier" who took action surrendered with them, and soon spoke German and talked happily with the Germans, and passed cigarettes to each other.

"He is a German!" At this time, the Soviet soldiers suddenly realized, and thought of a word in their minds: Brandenburg troops.

This is indeed the Brandenburg troops.

Under normal circumstances, the German army would not put the Brandenburg troops into the front-line combat troops, because this kind of troops that are good at disguising and deceiving the enemy are more suitable for fighting behind enemy lines or collecting intelligence, and it is a waste to use them in front-line combat.

But the situation is slightly different now, because the German army needs to quickly seize the buildings and facilities and even the tunnels all the way to Mamayev Kurgan, and then use these buildings and tunnels to defend the place and ensure the logistics of Mamayev Kurgan.

To do this, the Brandenburg troops must take action, otherwise the underground facilities guarded by the Soviets will be difficult to break through in a short time, and it will also bring great uncertainty to the logistics of Mamayev Kurgan.

The railway station was very smooth, and only two Brandenburg team members sneaked in to trick the Soviet army into surrendering... Of course, this was partly due to the number of German troops and Stalin's Order No. 227.

The second stop was the school.

The school had a large garrison, a full battalion.

This was determined by the fact that the Sixth School had several tall and sturdy reinforced concrete buildings. These buildings only needed to be slightly modified, such as opening a few firing holes in the walls and installing a few mortars on the top floor, and they could soon be converted into a fortress.

But these obviously could not stop the German army's three-dimensional attack from the air and the ground...Several fighter planes flew up to the sky and strafed the rooftop and dropped a few light bombs, quickly suppressing the Soviet artillery and snipers deployed on the rooftop.

Then the tanks covered the infantry and attacked the building. After the infantry entered the building, they fought with the Soviet army one room after another and one floor after another.

This fight did not last too long, for similar reasons to the previous ones. Many soldiers of the Brandenburg unit were mixed in the Soviet army here.

These soldiers of the Brandenburg unit started to attack at the same time as the German army from the tunnel...The German army's attack outside attracted the Soviet army's troops and attention, and the Brandenburg unit took advantage of the situation to occupy the underground fortifications.

Without the underground fortifications to support each other, it would be much easier for the remaining Soviet army to deal with.

But Qin Chuan and others don't have to worry about these, they are the responsibility of the 2nd Infantry Regiment.

The 5th Armored Regiment and the 1st Infantry Regiment continued to advance without stopping. The tanks "rumbled" and smashed through the school wall, then knocked down a low house behind the wall, advanced dozens of meters along an unguarded street, turned left... and pushed down another wall and broke in.

The view in front of them was wide, and there were more than a dozen runways lined up in the distance, so the soldiers knew that they had successfully entered the third stop... the airport.