Chapter 676 Urban Guerrilla Warfare
The group battle that Cui Kefu mentioned is actually guerrilla warfare.
These teams can flexibly utilize buildings, ruins and other terrain, sometimes launch attacks and sometimes implement defenses, while others are responsible for sneak attacks, sniping the single German tanks or small infantry detachments and then retreat, transferring from the sewers and tunnels to other defensive positions.
This is exactly what Qin Chuan was worried about... In a certain way, the German army was not afraid of the Soviet army fighting conventional wars with them, because no matter what, the German army had more advantages than the Soviet army in conventional wars.
However, if the Soviet army fought unconventional wars with the German army, such as urban guerrilla warfare and close-fits-all tactics, it would be the time for the German army to have a real headache.
The so-called "necessary tactic" among them is actually the principle of "the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I am close to each other" that always maintains a certain distance from the enemy, and consumes the enemy's vitality while weakening the enemy's equipment such as aircraft, cannons, and tanks.
The German army realized this the next day.
There were basically no gunshots that night. The German army thought that the Soviet army was countered by the German army in the past few days and nights, so they stopped doing this. Unexpectedly, the fact was not the case...
The next day, when the sky was bright, gunshots suddenly came from the building that had been occupied by the German army.
It turned out that the Soviet army took advantage of the night to penetrate the German rear and did not make any statement after the tunnel penetrated into the rear of the German army, because they knew that it would be difficult to cause how much casualties it would be to the enemy without seeing the enemy in the night.
They just quietly occupied several buildings that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and suddenly attacked them at dawn.
The situation on the front line was similar. The German army pushed forward as usual to compete with the Soviet army in the front for the control area, and found that they would not be intercepted by fire when they advanced. They even walked into the building with great swagger and no one shot at them.
But it is also the problem here. Because no one fired the building, the tank didn't know where there was an enemy, so even if it fired, it was aimless.
It was not until a team of German troops entered the building that the gunshots were loud... The Soviets built sandbag fortifications inside the building and targeted those who attacked the building.
The tank still cannot fire because it cannot distinguish where the enemy is and where the person is, or even if it can be identified, it will inevitably hurt its own people after firing.
So, the battle soon fell into a state of harshness, and the enemy and us competed for each room in the building, and then seized each floor at a time.
As the baker said: "We occupy the kitchen, but we have to fight with the enemy for the living room. Sometimes we are separated from the enemy by a wall, and we can even hear their breathing!"
However, the 1st Infantry Regiment obviously has a great advantage in this regard, because they are holding an MP43. This thing has a short gun body, a bullet capacity and a power that is much larger than a pistol and a submachine gun, which is very suitable for combat in a narrow space. Therefore, even if this tactic is very harsh, the 1st Infantry Regiment has achieved outstanding results.
But the Germans in other directions were not so lucky.
The 6th Army's infantry only has a small number of MP43s or even 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, in the furniture room, and in the narrow front and back of the door, etc., and it is very inconvenient to fight, especially the ammunition capacity is only 5, and the firing rate is very slow.
Of course, the Mosinnagan rifle in the hands of the Soviet army also had similar problems, but as mentioned before, the equipment gap and casualty ratio between the enemy and us are narrowing.
This made the German troops in other directions basically advance at a speed of meter, and they were spread over with corpses and blood.
"Major!" On that day, just as Qin Chuan and his soldiers were cleaning up every corner of the newly occupied building, the communications soldier said to Qin Chuan: "Col. Slain calls, he asks you to go to the division command!"
Qin Chuan nodded and told Eberhard to walk back with a guard squad... Qin Chuan dared not be too arrogant here. Soviet soldiers may be lurking in every corner of the building, even the Deguan District is no exception, so no matter where you go, you must at least bring one squad.
The group got into the car and drove back. Qinchuan had a jeep, but another meaning of riding a jeep in this ghost place was to tell the Soviet sniper... I am an officer, shoot me!
After a dozen minutes, the car stopped in front of the small house used as the division headquarters.
To be precise, the division headquarters is in the basement of the small house. Qin Chuan has been here once before. The decoration inside is very simple, with only a bench and a dirt table. The point is that there is a layer of soil 12 to 15 feet thick on it, which can withstand the bombardment of small-caliber artillery fire.
What surprised Qin Chuan was that when he walked into the command center, he found Major General Wittersheim was also inside, and was discussing something with Captain Strek and Colonel Slain.
"Major!" Major General Wittsheim warmly invited Qin Chuan to join the discussion.
"The method you proposed before was effective, Major!" Major General Wittsheim said: "We have made considerable progress after using the 'lattice tactics'. But at the same time... we also seem to force the Soviets to change their tactics!"
"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "We feel this!"
Qin Chuan was fighting on the front line with the soldiers, and of course he knew that the Soviets' tactics had changed.
But Major General Wittsheim shook his head and said, "No, I don't think you don't feel it. Maybe your feelings are not that deep, because only the First Infantry Regiment is still attacking, and the other troops are already struggling!"
"Because we have MP43!" Qin Chuan told the truth.
"I know, Major!" Major General Wittsheim replied: "My soldiers are also equipped, and they all reacted to their eagerness to have MP43, but I contacted the arsenal in Berlin...Their output is not enough for us to fully replace the equipment in the short term. On the other hand, there are also problems with ammunition!"
Of course, Qin Chuan can understand this point. The high firing rate of MP43 means more ammunition is needed.
If it is one regiment, it is not a problem for two regiments to be equipped with MP43, but if it is popularized by the entire army... the amount of ammunition increased will not be supported by the German logistics in Stalingrad.
Chapter completed!