The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Igor's method really worked. With the efforts of the Soviet soldiers, they built rafts as quickly as possible and then floated them into the sea.

Although it was slow and had to float on the sea for a long time, at least it did not need to wait to die or be captured in Sevastopol.

But others are not so lucky...

News of the withdrawal of senior Soviet commanders spread like a plague in Sevastopol, which severely damaged the morale of the Soviet army. The battle soon became one-sided towards the Germans, and forts were captured one after another by the Germans. , and then the German troops poured in through the gaps in the defense line.

The 1st Infantry Regiment entered Sevastopol ahead of all the troops.

Of course, they only entered after the third battalion arrived and replenished their ammunition.

Everyone originally thought that there would be a fierce street battle when entering Sevastopol, but unexpectedly this was not the case... The soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment only fired a few shots into the building, and then a group of A group of Soviet soldiers came out of the building with their hands raised in surrender.

Occasionally, you can still hear a few sparse gunshots coming from the city. This seems a bit strange, because the First Infantry Regiment was the first to arrive, so there should be no fighting in the city.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that this was the Soviet soldiers preparing to surrender... In this case, few people would be willing to continue fighting this battle, but the Soviet soldiers understood that political commissars and instructors were political workers. They will not be allowed to surrender, even though the political commissars and instructors are also abandoned by senior military officers.

This is not to say that these political workers have advanced ideas and firm stance, but because they clearly know that even if they surrender to the Germans, they will not survive. Everyone knows that the Germans will shoot the political workers after capturing them.

Therefore, even if it is out of their own interests, they will hope to tie the Soviet soldiers to fight with them until the last moment.

But the Soviet soldiers were unwilling to accompany them to wait for death, so a conflict broke out before the German troops arrived... The Soviet soldiers launched a riot and killed these political workers or captured them. Some political workers committed suicide in despair. .

So, you can see corpses in the corner holding pistols with bullet holes in their heads. Some people choose to commit suicide with grenades, but this is obviously a stupid method, because Soviet-style wooden handle grenades are uncertain. , sometimes the exploding shrapnel just avoided the vital parts and was not injured, and his painful wails made people feel a little unbearable until several German soldiers stepped forward to help him solve the pain.

More than half an hour later, several German troops arrived in Sevastopol to end the battle.

When Qinchuan and Colonel Slain returned to the headquarters to report to Manstein, Manstein excitedly said to them: "You know? At least ten forts are intact, and some of them are only It needs some repairs before it can be used. There is also an ammunition depot, which contains thousands of large-caliber artillery shells. More importantly, the power station is intact... Do you know what this means? These forts belong to us!"

Of course Qin Chuan knew what this meant.

You must know that those are giant cannons with a range of 44 kilometers. With them, on the one hand, they can directly bombard the Kerch Peninsula on the other side, and on the other hand, they can block the Soviet warships on the sea... Even if the Soviets send battleships from the Black Sea Fleet, it will not work. For things.

(Note: The Black Sea Fleet has a battleship "Paris Commune" with four triple-mounted 305MM main guns, but the hit rate of sea launches is very low and cannot compete with dozens of 305MM main guns on the shore)

"In addition!" Manstein lowered his voice and said to the two of them: "I reported what you did to Marshal von Bock. Do you know how he responded?"

As he spoke, Manstein imitated von Bock's slightly hoarse voice and expression and said, "Oh, really? They actually did it?"

Manstein raised his head towards the two of them and said, "I think you must really want to see his expression at this time!"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan and Slaine replied, and then the three of them laughed in unison.

At this time, von Bock was indeed a little embarrassed, because the performance of the 1st Infantry Regiment was so eye-catching and it also proved that his previous view was wrong.

But von Bock was a professional soldier after all, and he quickly asked Manstein to make a detailed report on the entire battle, especially the role of the new rifle in the battle... He wanted to know whether this victory was for the First Infantry Regiment. The reason is still the reason for the new rifle.

The report was quickly sent to von Bock, who nodded repeatedly while flipping through the report.

Sometimes, he couldn't tell whether the First Infantry Regiment or the rifle was more important, or it could be said that both were important.

After reading it, von Bock was in a daze for a while, then called Colonel Conrad and said, "I heard you have a new rifle?"

"Yes, Marshal!" Conrad replied: "MP43!"

"Very good!" said von Bock: "How many do you have?"

"There are about seven thousand more!" Conrad replied.

The 1st Infantry Regiment was equipped with more than 2,000, and some were reserved for the 1st Infantry Regiment.

"I want them all!" Von Bock said, "Also, I hope you can mass-produce them!"

"Can you be more specific, Marshal!" Conrad asked: "What is the specific quantity?"

"If possible!" Von Bock said: "I mean, if there is no problem after trying it for a period of time, I may replace all the rifles with it!"

Conrad couldn't help but opened his mouth wide when he heard this and was speechless for a long time. This almost means that KP43 will be mass-produced.

In fact, this is not surprising at all, especially when von Bock saw in the report that the First Infantry Regiment was able to defeat the two regiments of the Soviet 138th Brigade within half an hour... This is despite the military strength of the First Infantry Regiment. Quality and preparedness are factors, but obviously MP43 is also one of the reasons.

However, it is very difficult to achieve large-scale equipment replacement in a short period of time. This involves small production and large troop scale, as well as post-equipment training issues, so for the time being, the submachine gun can only be replaced with MP43.

Of course von Bock would not tell these things to Manstein. If he did so, he would actually admit defeat in disguise.

Therefore, when he later called Manstein, he said in a stern tone: "General, the battle of Sevastopol was fought beautifully, but... our target is the entire Kerry Peninsula. The Soviets still have four armies on the Kerch Peninsula. You cannot take it lightly and must annihilate them in a short time. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty Marshal!" Manstein replied.