The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Before this, the Soviet air defense forces had obviously ignored Mamayev Kurgan, but now it was different. They had replenished the air defense forces in the direction of Mamayev Kurgan in large quantities.

This can be seen from the several German fighter planes that were shot down in succession in the air.

One of the "Junkers 88" bombers that was carrying out the bombing mission was severely damaged by the Soviet anti-aircraft guns... Qin Chuan and the German soldiers watched black clouds rising around the bomber. The "Junkers 88" shook irregularly, and then the left engine caught fire and circled in the air, slowly descending to the north, dragging a puff of black smoke behind it, and then exploded in the distance with a bang.

Although this time was very short, a white thing still fell behind the plane... A pilot successfully parachuted.

(Note: There are four pilots in the Junkers 8A4)

Perhaps because of the wind direction, the pilot's parachute actually floated towards Mamayev Kurgan.

The Soviets obviously also discovered it, so anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and even various light and heavy machine guns fired into the sky.

Colonel Slain immediately ordered the artillery observer to guide the artillery fire suppression. It only took a few seconds for a shell to hit Mamayev Kurgan... In fact, Mamayev Kurgan was a target that could be seen by the naked eye within a radius of more than ten miles, and the artillery had already set up all the parameters.

The mortars of the 1st Infantry Regiment also joined the bombing, and the Soviet firepower was quickly suppressed. There was no sound for a full half minute.

The parachute floated over the position of the 1st Infantry Regiment, and the pilot landed safely dozens of meters behind the trench, with holes all over the parachute.

Several soldiers rushed up, carrying a stretcher, and then pushed the pilot onto the stretcher without thinking about anything else and ran for a while. When they ran to the trench, they jumped into it with a leap.

The pilot had already been frightened to the point of being pale and gasping for breath, but after the medical soldiers examined him, they found that the only wound on his body was the one that was scratched by a stone when he jumped into the trench.

"You are such a lucky guy!" The medic patted the pilot's butt in a playful manner.

"You are right!" The pilot came back to his senses at this time. He looked at the Soviet position opposite and said thankfully: "My parachute has gone out of control. If it had drifted a little further..."

After a pause, the pilot added: "Thank you, thank you. If it weren't for you, I would definitely have died!"

Looking at the pilot led away by the medic, Werner whistled and said: "Sometimes I really envy these guys flying in the sky!"

"Why?" the baker asked.

"Because if we were in danger..." Werner replied: "They would definitely not be willing to use so many shells to suppress the enemy's firepower to rescue me!"

"I said they would, Werner!" Yakop said.

"What?" Werner couldn't believe what he heard.

"How about we make a bet!" Yakop said: "Try it?"

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud.

The days of being stationed in the trenches without attacking or retreating can only be passed by relying on such small things and little humor.

Of course, there are some rare situations occasionally... When the enemy and us are in a stalemate, a group of new recruits are added to the 1st Infantry Regiment.

As mentioned before, the German training camp was in name only at this time, so this group of new recruits were thrown directly from Berlin to the front line.

They were almost scared by this scene, so some of them secretly crawled along the trenches, stretched their hands high over the trench walls, and sometimes shook them outside to attract the attention of the Soviet soldiers on the opposite side...

Seeing this, Qin Chuan could only shake his head secretly.

Many soldiers actually saw it, but everyone tacitly did not stop them, because such soldiers often could not survive for a few days on the front line, and even worse, they might be killed if they cooperated with them, so it might not be a bad thing to let them go home in this way.

On the fifth day, Colonel Slaine finally gave the order.

"Ten minutes of artillery fire!" Colonel Slaine said: "Then withdraw from the position and move to the second line, understand?"

"Understood!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Let the soldiers prepare for earthquakes!" Colonel Slaine added.

"Yes, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

Although there have been many bombing experiences, and the intensity of the bombing may not be less than that of the giant cannon, because the explosion of aerial bombs is more powerful than that of the giant cannon, especially when fighting the US military in Africa.

But Qin Chuan still couldn't help but look forward to the world-famous "Dora" and "Karl".

As several red flares rose into the sky, the sound of artillery soon rang out... In fact, the red flares were completely unnecessary, just to make the Soviet army mistakenly believe that the German army would launch an attack.

Then a large area of ​​howitzer shells poured towards Mamayev Kurgan.

Qin Chuan and others certainly didn't want to watch the battle. They turned around and retreated to the second line 700 meters behind along the winding communication trench.

This was mainly because they were worried that the accuracy of "Dora" and "Karl" was insufficient and they would accidentally bomb the German defense line. The violent vibration was enough to kill the German soldiers in the trench.

Then Qin Chuan shouted: "Lie down, pay attention to shockproof!" The soldiers certainly knew what shockproof was... Try not to touch the ground with your body but support yourself with your limbs, so that only a small part of the energy from the ground will be transmitted into the body without damaging the internal organs.

Perhaps it was to give the frontline troops more time to prepare, or perhaps the "Dora" troops were insufficiently prepared. After waiting for a while, Qin Chuan still didn't see any difference in the sound of artillery, so he couldn't help but get up from the trench and go towards the place where he was being laid. Looking at the dusty Mamayev Heights from shelling.

As a result, at this moment, a strange whistling sound came from the sky. It was the whistling of artillery shells, but it was louder, more like the sound of V1 flying at high speed in the air.

Qin Chuan just wanted to retract his head but it was already too late. He only heard a loud "boom" and the ground shook violently, so that Qin Chuan could not stand still and almost fell into the trench. What was strange was that Mamaye The smoke and dust that exploded on Fu Gang was not much... Qin Chuan originally thought that there would be something like a mushroom cloud when such a large shell exploded.

It was later learned that Dora fired an earth-penetrating bomb called a Lechlin.

The German army designed the "Dora" to use it to deal with France's Maginot Line, and the Maginot Line was mostly underground fortifications, which required its shells to have the ability to penetrate the ground.

The "Lechlin" shell fired by "Dora" can penetrate 8 meters of concrete and explode underground.

It’s no wonder that Major General Wittelsheim thought of using these giant cannons to deal with the tunnels of Stalingrad.