The decisive battle against the Third Reich

At five o'clock in the morning, without any artillery preparation, not even a signal flare, the 21st Armored Division launched an attack in the direction of Mamayev Hill.

To be precise, it cannot be said that it is in the direction of Mamayev Hill, because this attack is not along a straight line, let alone a street... Attacking along the street will definitely not work, because the Soviet army laid out a line of fire in the middle of the street. A line of defense and many landmines were laid.

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

The problem is that if the German army attacks these defense lines, it will have to use artillery bombardment, mine clearance, etc. After doing this, the streets will be filled with craters and even blocked by ruins, so the German tanks cannot advance along it.

But this time the Germans did not take the usual route. They chose to shuttle inside the building.

The first stop is the train station.

The Soviet troops deployed at the train station were relatively small, 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. Apart from the railway tracks, platforms, dormitories for railway employees and an office building, there is only a wall as high as a person.

In such terrain, the Soviet army knew that they could not use "close tactics" to fight the Germans. If too many troops were deployed, the Germans would be able to flatten them with artillery from a long distance.

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

But it's clear that their luck has run out.

On this day, while Livakov and the soldiers were hiding in the basement and sleeping, suddenly there was a "rumble" of tank motors outside, and there were waves of strange vibrations on the ground.

The Soviet soldiers were awakened one after another, except for a fat man who huddled in the corner and snored almost louder than the sound of tanks.

"Comrade Livakov!" Then the sentry hurried down and reported: "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 was almost speechless.

Below the floor, at least 50 tanks were driving towards the train station, followed by densely packed German soldiers. These German soldiers knew at first glance that they were elite troops, because all they had in their hands were MP43s that made the Soviet army frightened.

"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 powerful, we simply cannot stop them, even for a short time!"

Livakov thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "Comrades, we cannot retreat because the order from our superiors is to guard this place. You know what punishment we will receive if we retreat!"

"But……"

"There is no but!" Livakov interrupted the soldiers' questions: "The last moment has come, we will fight the Germans to the end!"

The soldiers couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this.

"Get ready for battle!" Livakov ordered loudly.

But before he finished speaking, a rifle butt suddenly hit him from behind, knocking Livakov unconscious.

"He is simply crazy!" The Soviet soldier who took action raised his eyebrows and said to other Soviet soldiers: "Comrades, you can't retreat and you can't resist. It makes no sense to continue like this, so I plan to surrender. What about you?"

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

However, the Soviet soldiers soon discovered that they had been deceived, because after the "Soviet soldier" surrendered with them, he soon started chatting happily with the Germans in German and passed cigarettes to each other.

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

This was indeed the Brandenburg troops.

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

But the situation now is slightly different, because the German army needs to quickly seize the building facilities and even tunnels all the way to Mamayev Heights, and then they can use these buildings and tunnels to hold on there to ensure the logistics of Mamayev Heights.

To achieve this, the Brandenburg troops had to take action. Otherwise, the underground facilities held by the Soviets would be difficult to break through in a short time, and it would also bring great uncertainties to the logistics of Mamayev Heights.

The train station went very smoothly. Only two Brandenburgers sneaked in and tricked all the Soviet troops into surrendering... Of course, this was partly due to the number of German troops and Stalin's Order No. 227.

The second stop is school.

The school has a large garrison, including a battalion.

This is determined by the fact that the Sixth School has several tall and strong reinforced concrete buildings. These buildings only need slight modifications, such as opening a few perforations in the walls and mounting a few mortars on the top floors. Soon, It can be converted into a fortress.

But these obviously could not stop the German army's three-dimensional air and ground attack... Several fighter planes flew into the sky and strafed the roof of the building and dropped a few light bombs. They quickly suppressed the Soviet artillery and snipers on the roof. .

Then the tanks covered the infantry and launched an attack on the building. After the infantry entered the building, they fought with the Soviet troops one after another, floor after floor.

This battle did not last long, for the same reason as before. The Soviet army here mixed in many soldiers from Brandenburg's troops.

These soldiers of the Brandenburg troops launched an attack at the same time as the German army from the tunnels... The German troops attacked outside to attract the strength and attention of the Soviet army, and the Brandenburg troops took advantage of the situation and occupied the underground fortifications.

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

But Qin Chuan and others don't need 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" through the school wall, then knocked down a low building behind the wall, and advanced several meters along an unguarded section of the street. Ten meters later, he turned left... and pushed down a wall again and broke in.

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