"Dora" is just one of the giant cannons, in addition to it, there are three "Karl" and six "gamma"... These giant cannons that were originally used to attack the Sevastopol Fortress did not work there but showed their power in Stalingrad.

One round of shells hit Mamayev's hill, and each impact would cause an earthquake-like shaking.

Although ground-boring bullets like "Lexilin" are mainly used to deal with underground fortifications, while the Soviet fortifications on Mamayev's hill are ground fortifications, this does not hinder the shells from killing the Soviet army.

The reason is that although these ground-boring bombs drilled into the strata, the explosions could not produce a large number of shrapnel to kill people on the surface, their energy was almost absorbed by the ground, and the vibrations it generated were enough to shake the surrounding Soviet troops to death.

Therefore, when the German army occupied Mamayev's hill again, most of the Soviet corpses they saw were not injured, but died of bleeding from seven orifices.

Of course, the German army sent not many troops to occupy Mamayev's hill, only two platoons... In fact, the German army was hesitant at the beginning. They didn't know how many people there were still in the Soviet garrison. They were worried that the two platoons were not enough to occupy the hill, but soon found that this worry was unnecessary. Even if the Soviet army stationed on it was not shocked to death, they were stunned and had no power to resist.

In this way, control of Mamayevgang was returned to the German army.

This was definitely not good news for the Soviet army, because twenty minutes later, the German giant cannons roared again, and several huge shells exploded at the central ferry... This time, these giant cannons used grenades, and their explosions looked shocked even Khrushchev, who was commanding the southeastern front on the east bank of the Volga River, was shocked.

In this regard, these giant cannons still play a certain role. For example, in attacking the morale of the Soviet army... Soviet soldiers would not help but think, if such giant cannons were allowed to bombard Stalingrad one after another, then what would happen to Stalingrad? Can they be defended?

After shaking the Soviet army's belief in victory and determination to persevere, the subsequent battle became easier.

But in fact, there is no need for the Soviet soldiers to think like this.

The reason is that these giant cannons do not have many shells... "Dora" shells 35 rounds, "Karl" 75 rounds, and "Gamma" 102 rounds.

This is determined by the difficulty of transporting shells from giant cannons and the logistical difficulties of Berlin to Stalingrad.

Among them, the lifespan of the "Dora" giant cannon barrel can only barely reach 150 rounds... In fact, there will be a risk of explosion at 100 rounds, but since "Dora" is very expensive and it is basically impossible to replace the gun barrel on the front line, it is considered worthwhile and should be used to use maintenance methods and risk the fire of 50 shells.

However, the Soviets didn't know about this, so it was inevitable that they would panic.

Rodimtev is one of them.

He later organized a "punishment camp" to launch two attacks on Mamayevgang.

Similar to before, it was not difficult to capture Mamayev's Gate, and it could even be said that the German army took the initiative to give up the position.

But it was impossible to station in Mamayevgang, because the German army could use giant cannons to "empty" Mamayevgang at any time.

Among them, Rodimtev also thought about various tactics and hoped to avoid the threat of German giant artillery.

For example, only a small number of troops were sent to attack Mamayevgang.

This tactic seems to be correct, because if the Germans use giant cannons to bomb, they will waste ammunition for this small amount of Soviet troops.

But in this regard, Rodimtev was completely wrong... You should know that the German army guarding Mamayev's post were soldiers of the First Infantry Regiment. They were equipped with MP43. Even if there were only one squad and two squads, their firepower was much stronger than that of a Soviet company.

Therefore, the small troops sent by Rodimtev did not pose any threat to the German army. The German army easily defeated them in just two seconds.

For example, Rodimtev hoped to use artillery methods to drive the Germans off Mamayev...

This idea itself is correct. The Germans could control Mamayev's hills with artillery and a small number of infantry garrisons, and the Soviets could do the same.

The problem is that the power of the German artillery at a certain moment is far from comparable to that of the Soviet field artillery. At the same time, the quality of the Soviet army's soldiers and individual equipment are far inferior to that of the German army, so they failed again and again.

In desperation, Rodimtev could only report the situation to Cuikov.

"I think the plan to directly occupy Mamayev's gang is not feasible, Comrade Cuikov!" Rodimtev said: "The main reason is that Mamayev's gang has been locked in by German artillery fire, and any action to occupy Mamayev's gang is meaningless!"

Cuikov has been paying attention to the war in Mamayevgang, so he is very clear that what Rodimtev is talking about is the truth... Of course, Rodimtev is not a coward, but this does not mean that he can lead his troops to make unnecessary sacrifices.

However, understanding is one thing, and whether you can give up is another.

"Comrade Rodimtev!" After thinking about it, Cuikov replied: "I don't think I need to say that you know the importance of Mamayev's host. We have no other choice. We must re-control it in our hands at all costs! Do you understand?"

"Yes, Comrade Cuikov!" Rodimtev put down the phone helplessly.

In fact, he knew this result, because it was related to Stalingrad's supply problem, and the battle for losing Mamayevgang could almost be said to be no longer needed to be fought.

Thinking of this, Rodimtev could only grit his teeth and said, "There is only one way!"

Rodimtev's method is also a stupid method, but it is often a stupid method on the battlefield. This method is to fight the Germans in real terms and fight positions.

In this case, to fight a positional war, the first thing to be ruled out is that the "punishment camp" cannot be allowed to go to the "punishment camp". If the "punishment camp" continues to go to the "punishment camp", they will fall into the previous pit, either being repelled by a small number of German troops or being bombed to death in batches... In fact, after several charges, there is almost no "punishment camp" left, and it is impossible to fight with the "punishment camp".

The way Rodimtev thought was to... let the 13th Infantry Division of the Guards fight head-on with the Germans, that is, gun-to-gun, bayonet-to-bayonet.

Rodimtev believed that the 13th Infantry Division of the Guards was also an elite force and was not completely without a chance against the Germans.
Chapter completed!