Chapter 54: Continue to Fight
At 6 o'clock in the morning, when the sun just rose, the staff members started a busy day in the German front command. The plan implemented last night made them a little unable to sleep. Ghosts were screaming everywhere and wailing everywhere. Although they knew that it was fake, their own people were making trouble, and General Gesiyun's so-called mental attack, they were still a little scared in their hearts. General Gesiyun was so scary. Even demons and monsters could be used as weapons, which was terrifying.
When many people are insomnia, Kaneda had a good dream. In the dream, Kaneda dreamed that he was awarded the marshal's scepter by Hitler. He also gave him a medal full of diamonds. He also gave him 100 PLMMs to be his female secretary. Kaneda felt that this was the best dream he had in his life.
Lei Deng, who was standing beside him, looked at General Ge Siyun who was a little dazed and asked, "General Ge Siyun, are you okay?" Jintian came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing, is there anything wrong?" Lei Deng said, "Yes, general, I want to ask if the mental attack last night would be effective." Jintian smiled and replied, "Of course it will be useful. This is called attacking the heart first. Often this kind of mental attack is the most terrifying. This is also to lay the foundation for our combat plan tonight. Tonight's action is the main show. By the way, did the Soviets take action?"
"Yes, general." Leiden replied, "The Soviets have taken action. I don't think they will be entangled with us like yesterday. They should concentrate their forces to attack important targets. Our last failure told them that entanglement with the defenders in the city is failure, and the Soviets have no time."
Jinda was very satisfied with Leiden's reply, "We are in a decisive battle today. General Paulus called and their troops would start to head north at noon tomorrow. General Guderian's troops were also ready. If the Soviets did not take down Stalingrad by noon tomorrow, they would have the possibility of us making dumplings, so we must keep it today. Lay a good foundation for tonight's combat plan and completely defeat the confidence of the Soviets."
Speaking of this, Jinda glanced at the staff officer who was listening to him with his eyes. The generals said, "I order that all troops must stick to important goals at all. The Soviets will definitely attack with all their lives today. All troops will implement the original action plan."
After a short period of time, the Soviet army cooperated with tanks to attack important targets. Malinovsky ordered that all troops attack the Red October factory, Mamayevgang, and important warehouses first.
But at the beginning of the Soviet operation, the Germans were blocked from all directions. This time, the Germans used the captured heavy artillery and the heavy artillery arranged on Mamayev's hill without any estimates, and the Soviet army bombarded the Soviet army from the beginning of the Soviet operation. When the Soviet soldiers were advancing, they found that landmines appeared on the road they walked yesterday. The Soviet soldiers did not know that the zombies had another task last night was to bury mines on the road again. Under the teachings of Jintian, all the German soldiers in Stalingrad learned to bury mines and dig traps. They learned from one example and applied to each other, making the mines and traps more hidden and lethal.
Although Malinovsky ordered not to get too much entanglement with the German army, the Soviet soldiers were stubbornly blocked by the German guerrillas all the way and continued to delay until noon before reaching the predetermined location and began to attack important targets.
But their nightmare had just begun, and the Germans' firepower was stronger than yesterday. Even German tanks that were hard to see yesterday appeared frequently and fired at them.
A company of Soviet soldiers rushed into a warehouse. But what appeared in front of them was not the supplies in the warehouse. Instead, the German tanks that had been waiting for a long time. The Soviet soldiers were unable to resist the torrent of steel in front of them. A company of soldiers was submerged under the wheels of German tanks. Where the tanks drove by, blood-ridden tracks were dragged up.
There was another battalion soldiers who rushed into another warehouse. They found that the supplies were intact in the warehouse. But there was an extra banner. It said in Russian, "Welcome, you will see the most beautiful fireworks in the world." Then there was a loud bang. The entire warehouse turned into a huge fireball. The thick smoke rose only to the sky. All the people entering the warehouse turned into ashes. There was only one soldier who was eager to pee at that time. He survived. In his memoir, he wrote, "If I hadn't gone to find a toilet at that time and found a place to solve it, I might not have survived now. This also shows the importance of not urinating or defecating anywhere. Fortunately, when I was urinating on Red Square in Moscow, I was fined 10 rubles, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to find a toilet at that time."
Lestov is a recruit from the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Guard Infantry Regiment. As a member of the Guards, although he had just joined the army for less than two months, he still felt a sense of pride that was exposed to his bones. After eating dry bread this morning, he unexpectedly got a small cup of vodka. The company where he was in served as the sharp knife of the entire regiment. The company commander handed him a red flag. This glorious mission made him so excited that he burst into tears. Their mission today was to attack the Red October Factory.
After tangling with the Germans all the way for a long time, Lestov's troops approached the Red October Factory, and a barricade appeared in front of them, and the sound of linen-torn shooting sounds of MG34 sounded. Listening to the sound of bullets hissing from the ears, Lestov looked back and saw that the 2nd Battalion and the regiment headquarters were following, as if there was still the figure of the regiment commander. He turned his head and saw the company commander wave his hand, "Comrades, defeat the German devils for Stalin, and rush!"
Nothing was left. Lestov yelled, "Ula!" and rushed out first with the red flag. In order to avoid German machine gun bullets and mortar shells, the Soviet soldiers skillfully jumped into the dead corners or hidden parts of the machine gun, but they were traps one by one. Those who were waiting for them were either mines or grenades with mixed lines. Only the brave recruit Lestov rushed in the middle of the road. What was strange was that the bullet seemed to know him. Until now, he did not even lose a piece of skin, so the red flag fluttered high, encouraging the Soviet army behind to continue charging and continue to step into the trap. 300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters were getting closer and closer. The German faces could be seen clearly and finally rushed to the barricade.
Why did the Germans look wrong, surprised, envious, and saw a ghost-like expression? Why didn't the Germans shoot me? Why didn't the Germans surrender? Lestov came back from the fanaticism and stood on the sandbag and looked back on the sandbag. God, the red flag slowly slipped from his hands. He forgot the tradition of the Soviet Red Army. The red flag did not fall and charged continuously. He bravely rushed into the German fortifications, but in this short 300-meter street, 1,325 officers and soldiers of the 133rd Guard Infantry Regiment fell down, 75% of them died of landmines. Of course, half were luck and half were German soldiers who were intentional. He was not damaged, and he won him the title of "Miracle Joseph" in the prisoner-of-war camp. It is said that the managers of the prisoner-of-war camp also gave him the treatment of officers (a piece of bread was given).
The day's battle ended again, and the Soviet army launched the most fierce attack on this day. However, their casualties were even greater, but the results were very few. In the Soviet front command, Malinovsky seemed to be 10 years old all of a sudden. He knew that he would never be able to take over the city in front of him.
Chapter completed!