The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The group warfare Chuikov mentioned was actually guerrilla warfare.

These teams can use buildings, ruins and other terrains flexibly, sometimes launching attacks and sometimes defending. Others are responsible for sneak attacks, sniping lone German tanks or small infantry units, and then retreating, moving from sewers and tunnels to other defensive positions. .

This is exactly what Qin Chuan is worried about... In a certain sense, the German army is not actually afraid of the Soviet army fighting a conventional war with it, because no matter what, the German army has more advantages than the Soviet army in conventional warfare.

However, if the Soviet army engages in unconventional warfare with the German army, such as urban guerrilla warfare and close-quarters tactics, then the German army will have a real headache.

The so-called "close tactics" actually refer to the principle of "when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we are close." Always maintain a certain distance from the enemy, while weakening the enemy's equipment such as aircraft, artillery, and tanks, and at the same time consuming the enemy's Vigorous.

The German army realized this on the second day.

There was basically no gunfire that night. The Germans thought that the Soviet army would stop doing so because the infiltration operations in the past few nights had been countered by the Germans. Unexpectedly, this was not the case...

As soon as it got dark the next day, gunfire suddenly erupted from the building that had been occupied by the German troops.

It turned out that the Soviet army made no noise after infiltrating into the German rear through sewers and tunnels at night, because they knew that it would be difficult to cause much casualties to the enemy when they could not see the enemy in the dark.

They just quietly occupied a few buildings that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then suddenly launched an attack at dawn.

The situation on the front line was similar. The German troops pushed forward as usual to compete with the Soviet troops in front for the control area. They found that they were basically not intercepted by fire as they advanced. They even walked into the building without anyone shooting at them. .

But this is where the trouble lies, because no one is shooting in the building, so the tank doesn't know where the enemy is, so even if it fires, it will be aimless.

It wasn't until a group of German troops entered the building that there was loud gunfire inside the building... The Soviets built sandbag fortifications inside the building to target those who invaded the building.

The tank is still unable to fire because it cannot distinguish between the enemy and its own people outside, or even if it can identify it, it will inevitably injure its own people after firing.

As a result, the battle soon fell into a stalemate, with the enemy and ourselves fighting for room after room in the building, and then floor after floor.

As the baker said: "We occupy the kitchen, but have to compete with the enemy for the living room. Sometimes there is only a wall between us and the enemy, and we can even hear their breathing!"

However, the 1st Infantry Regiment will obviously have a great advantage at this point, because they are holding MP43, which has a short gun body, ammunition capacity and much greater power than pistols and submachine guns. It is very suitable for shooting in narrow spaces. Fighting in space, so even though this tactic is very grueling, the First Infantry Regiment has achieved a good record.

But the German troops in other directions were not so lucky.

The infantry of the 6th Army have only a few or even no MP43s. They don't even have many MP40 submachine guns in their hands. Most of them hold K98K... This kind of rifle is in the corridor and in the room full of furniture. , as well as the narrow front and back doors, etc., are very inconvenient for combat, especially the ammunition capacity is only 5 and the firing rate is extremely slow.

Of course, the Mosin-Nagant rifles in the hands of the Soviet army also have similar problems, but as mentioned before, the equipment gap and casualty ratio between the enemy and ourselves are shrinking.

This caused the German troops in other directions to basically advance at a speed of meters, and they were still covered with corpses and blood.

"Major!" On this day, when Qinchuan and the soldiers were cleaning every corner of the newly occupied building, the communications soldier said to Qinchuan: "Colonel Slain called, he asked you to come to the division headquarters Go for a trip!”

Qin Chuan nodded and told Eberhard to lead a guard squad back... Qin Chuan didn't dare to be too big here. There might be Soviet soldiers lurking in every corner of every building, even if The German-controlled area is no exception, so no matter where you go, you must bring at least one person from your class with you.

The group of people got into the car and drove back. Qinchuan had a jeep, but another reason for taking a jeep in this damn place was to tell the Soviet snipers... I am an officer, shoot me!

After ten minutes' journey, the car stopped in front of the small house used as the division headquarters.

To be precise, the division headquarters was in the basement of the small house. Qinchuan had been here once before. The furnishings inside were very simple, with only a bench and an earthen table. The important thing was that there was a 12 to 15-foot-thick soil layer on top, which could withstand the bombing of small-caliber artillery fire.

What surprised Qin Chuan was that when he walked into the headquarters, he found that Major General Wittelsheim was also there, discussing something with Strike and Colonel Slaine.

"Major!" Major General Wittelsheim enthusiastically invited Qin Chuan to join the discussion when he saw Qin Chuan coming in.

"It turns out that the method you proposed before is effective, Major!" Major General Wittelsheim said: "We have made considerable progress after using the 'lattice tactics'. But at the same time... we also seem to have forced the Soviets to change Tactics!"

"Yes, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "We feel this!"

Qin Chuan was leading the soldiers to fight on the front line, and of course he knew that the Soviets' tactics had changed.

But Major General Wittelsheim shook his head and said: "No, I don't think you feel it. Maybe you don't feel it that deeply, because only the 1st Infantry Regiment is still attacking, and other troops are already struggling!"

"Because we have MP43!" Qin Chuan said truthfully.

"I know, Major!" Major General Wittelsheim replied: "My soldiers are also equipped with some, and they all expressed their eagerness to have MP43, but I contacted the arsenal in Berlin...their production is not enough. Let’s completely change the equipment in the short term. On the other hand, there are also problems with ammunition!”

Qin Chuan can certainly understand this. The MP43's high rate of fire means more ammunition is needed.

It wouldn't be a problem if one or two regiments were equipped with MP43, but if it were popularized across the entire army... the increased amount of ammunition would not be able to be supported by the German army's current logistics in Stalingrad.

"Major!" General Strike said bluntly to Qin Chuan: "In other words, we must find a way to deal with this Soviet tactic, I mean with the existing equipment conditions!"