The decisive battle against the Third Reich

At 11:50 in the evening, the First Infantry Regiment arrived at the location of the power station.

Although they arrived at the location of the power station, no one saw any building except a high plateau and darkness.

But Qin Chuan knew that the power station was here.

As mentioned before, once a Soviet officer is captured, he will be considered a traitor to the motherland and cannot return to the Soviet Union. Although this will make many Soviet officers and soldiers prefer death to surrender, the advantage to Germany is that the prisoners can easily fully cooperate with the German army.

So at this time, the First Infantry Regiment had the detailed location of the power station and even a sketch.

From this sketch, Qin Chuan and others knew that the power station was actually built by the Soviet army in a high mountain. The reinforced concrete on the outside was camouflaged to look like part of the mountain. It was normal that it could not be found in the dark. .

Several flares were fired into the air, and then the soldiers saw several open doors and windows in front of the high ground. The Soviet troops stationed inside put their machine guns on the windows and nervously fired at the German troops below... This actually made the German troops secretly relax. Take a breath.

On the one hand, this is to tell the Soviet troops stationed in the power station that they are not veterans, and veterans will not shoot randomly because of nervousness.

On the other hand, the German army discovered that the side defense of the power station was not strong... The power station was mainly for top air defense. After all, for the Soviets, they thought that if the German army could attack the power station, it would also mean that the Sevastopol Fortress had been breached. , so it is completely unnecessary to build thick protection on the side of the power station.

Unexpectedly, this idea gave the Germans convenience. If the Soviets built the power station into a fortress, the First Infantry Regiment, which came over without heavy equipment, really didn't know how to attack.

but now……

Several soldiers carrying rocket launchers came up, and then with a few whistles, the rockets went straight to the gate of the power station.

After the explosion, the door was blown down.

Then a group of German soldiers jumped away, divided into two rows and stepped on the "S" shape. Under the cover of other people's firepower, they rushed to both sides of the door from left to right, threw a few grenades inside and waited for them to explode. The gun rushed in.

At this time, another benefit of the MP43 comes into play: compared to a rifle, it is more suitable for street fighting in narrow areas.

There is no doubt about this. First of all, its gun body is short, only more than 800 millimeters. Unlike the bolt-action rifle, which is more than one meter at a time, it will inevitably bump and bump in places with small spaces, such as rooms full of furniture, corridors, etc. Can't be used.

The second is the MP43's ammunition capacity and high rate of fire, which make it more like a submachine gun than a rifle in street fighting.

Just like now, after the German soldiers rushed into the power station, there was a burst of gunfire, and the screams and horrified shouts of the Soviet soldiers came from inside. Some people even shouted in blunt German: "Don't shoot, we surrender!"

Generally speaking, the Soviet Independent Coastal Army is not a force capable of fighting well. Historically, they mainly relied on the Sevastopol Fortress. After the fortress was bombed, most of them surrendered... With a total strength of 120,000, a total of 97,000 of them were captured. This shows that they actually did not put up much resistance after the fortress was breached.

Of course, the reason for this consequence was not only the breach of the fortress, but also the large-scale retreat of senior Soviet officials.

Many senior Soviet officials gathered in Sevastopol. In addition to officers of the Black Sea Fleet, there were also the main commanders of the Caucasus Front, the four armies located on the Kerch Peninsula... This was because they believed that the fortress would be difficult to attack by the Germans. Breakthrough, and Sevastopol is an ice-free deep-water port with convenient transportation, so Sevastopol is a good place to direct the entire battle.

On other occasions, as naval commander Oktyabryski could not disobey the political commissar's order, that is, he could not evacuate these officers.

But the Battle of Sevastopol was a little different. The reason was that Marshal Kuznetsov, the People's Commissar of the Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, had ordered Oktyabryski to withdraw to the Caucasus a few months ago, but Oktyabryski refused. After receiving this order, he took the initiative to stay in Sevastopol to command operations.

Stalin believed that this was enough to prove that Oktyabryski was not a coward. The reason why he proposed to retreat was because Sevastopol could not hold on in the hope of saving the senior commander.

In fact, this is indeed true.

The Soviet army in Sevastopol had a total of two lines of defense and four defense zones.

The first line of defense consisted of a half-circle consisting of the second, third, and fourth defense zones stationed on the fortress to block the German troops.

The second line of defense is a field fortification built by the first defense zone outside Sevastopol as a final buffer.

but now……

In order to reinforce the power station, Oktyabryski has already transferred back the troops in the first defense zone, which means that the second line of defense has existed in name only.

This may solve the immediate problem of the power station being attacked, but if the power station cannot be rescued, then the German army can drive straight into Sevastopol and attack all the senior officers captured there.

Therefore, Stalin specifically approved Oktyabryski's request to withdraw. After all, the Soviet Union at this time was in urgent need of experienced and capable senior commanders, which could not be exchanged for any equipment or wealth.

With Stalin's order, Commissar Anatole certainly could not stop it.

The evacuation process was carried out in secret that night. A Douglas transport plane landed in Sevastopol, and then evacuated the first batch of more than ten senior commanders including Oktyabryski to the Caucasus.

The reason why this operation was carried out secretly was because they were worried that if the news was leaked, it would affect the morale of the Soviet soldiers stationed in the fortress and make them give up resistance.

But everyone knows that this cannot be hidden for long, after all, Sevastopol will lose unified command as a result.

The Soviet 388th Division was not aware of these situations at this time. When division commander Igor rushed to the power station with his troops, he found that the German army had already invaded the power station and built fortifications on the high ground.

Major General Igor didn't think much and immediately ordered his troops to surround the high ground and launch an attack on the enemy.

The 388th Division of the Soviet Army is the most powerful ace division in the independent coastal group army. Its role is somewhat similar to the modern Marine Corps, which is an arm of the Navy responsible for landing operations. It is not an ordinary navy or sailor. In fact, most of the soldiers in this unit are selected from veterans with rich combat experience in the army and then undergo landing combat training. They are not only of good quality but also well-equipped... This This is also the reason why Oktyabryski will place them on the last line of defense and pull them back to reinforce the power station.

"Move quickly!" Major General Igor ordered loudly: "We must stop them before they completely capture the power station!"