Imperial Overlord

"Of course I want to take down the First Hospital. The Soviet army has invested at least 20,000 people in defense here. If I take this place, I will be able to control the Setong River and the banks of the Lamenka River." In the group headquarters behind the front line, Mann Stein looked at the dozen or so division commanders and several corps commanders.

The Manstein combat group he commanded is already comparable in size to the army group, which is also a testament to the trust of the High Command and the Führer.

Hundreds of thousands of troops stormed Moscow head-on, and every battle was crucial and affected the time when Moscow was finally occupied.

The focus of Manstein's offensive was on the triangle formed by the Sheton and Lamenka rivers.

Once you control this place, you can use these two rivers as a barrier to completely build a bridgehead to downtown Moscow.

As long as you cross the railway bridge over the Xietong River, the opposite is Minsk Street, which is almost the second ring road of Moscow.

Moreover, after occupying this place, the German army can build a new artillery position near the First Hospital, and its firing range will be able to cover one-third of Moscow.

Here, the German army can use a 150mm howitzer to fire on Moscow's Red Square. I have to say that this is also a big temptation.

"Join the foreign troops of the SS, and squeeze the Soviet army's defense line around the First Hospital first!" He gestured with his hand in the block near the First Hospital, and Manstein said to his group chief of staff: "Adjustment Heavy artillery to support this operation."

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The Soviet army, who was defending hard, suddenly found that the German army opposite him had become more and more. The other side was obviously very interested in the block near the First Hospital behind them, so they put in more troops to fight for it.

The good news is that these sudden SS units were brave, but not well-armed and tactical.

The bad news is that the number of these troops is simply too many, to the extent that the Soviet army is a little unbelievable.

The Germans poured almost 10,000 soldiers here, from the south and west, and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet troops in the nearby blocks.

The 150mm and larger caliber artillery began to bomb at the same time, and the attacking German army received more than usual artillery support.

"Boom!" A huge explosion, possibly a shell fired by a 283mm caliber K5 train gun, landed outside the walls of the First Hospital.

The huge explosion destroyed the hospital's walls, and about 20 meters of the walls collapsed in the explosion.

The Soviet field tents behind the courtyard wall were all blown away, and many Soviet wounded waiting for medical treatment ended their lives in the devastating explosion.

"Comrade Kolinsky! The wounded are not allowed to retreat." The Soviet officer in charge of the defense of the First Hospital said helplessly, looking at the doctor in a white coat in front of him.

"They don't have any use here at all. Don't let them retreat to the rear. Are they waiting to die here?" Kolinsky asked with a puzzled face.

As a doctor, he doesn't understand that this strange order is based on humanitarianism. Shouldn't the wounded be sent to the rear for treatment first?

"There is no more medicine in Moscow... There is no difference between them lying here and going back to the other side of the river." The officer replied coldly.

"I don't understand, can the rear be more stable? At least it won't be attacked by artillery shells so frequently, right?" Doctor Kolinsky continued to ask angrily.

"There is no place to put the wounded, and there is no medicine... Comrade Khrushchev's choice is very simple, die for the motherland, or die as a deserter... You see, there is no option for the wounded." It was still that cold Tone, after the officer finished speaking, he left the hospital with his soldiers.

As he walked, he continued to speak his order: "You and all the nurses have to leave before this evening... My defense line may collapse within 24 hours, and it is the order from above to let you go, Cherish it!"

Many of the equipment in the hospital has been moved to the Moscow subway, which is basically a larger field hospital.

Without antibiotics, and without penicillin, the chances of the wounded surviving are not high.

"There is no option for the wounded..." The bloodless Kolinsky glanced at the wounded who could barely see the edge, not knowing what to say.

He didn't understand why there were orders for him and the nurses to leave, but no orders for the wounded soldiers to retreat from the front.

Suddenly, a 150mm caliber artillery shell landed in the crowd of wounded, knocking off the bodies of more than a dozen wounded at once.

After the explosion ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the smoke had not dissipated, and the female nurse lowered her head and bent over and ran to the place of the accident.

Some nurses were hit by shells, and some wounded were directly killed by shells. The scene was chaotic, no one cared that there were still shells flying overhead, and calls for help and doctors came one after another.

"This **** order." Kolinski, who was standing still, cursed, and quickly raised his feet and ran to the place of the accident.

A subsidiary building next to the main building of the First Hospital was also hit in half by shells just now, and many people were buried in the collapsed rubble and debris.

Many people are helping to clear the debris, rescue some equipment and the wounded below, as well as medical staff.

On the square, next to the crater, Kolinsky looked at the tragic situation in front of him, not knowing how to help.

Some of the wounded came to help spontaneously. Together, they managed to drag the half-carved corpse of a nurse from the side of the crater to the ground.

Blood was everywhere, and the whole open space was like hell. This shell seems to have exploded in mid-air, and the damage effect is not very obvious, but the damage effect is simply unbelievable.

More than 100 people died under the shell, weeping and cursing, no one knew when the second deadly shell would fall.

The radio proximity fuze that the Germans just mass-produced was used on a 150mm howitzer. The Soviet Union did not know that such a weapon existed, but they had really experienced the killing effect of artillery shells.

"Let the female nurse pack up, obey the arrangements, and get out of here!" After a while, Kolinski, who was covered in other people's blood, gasped and shouted to his assistant, "You lead the team! Use the fastest speed... leave here!"