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Volume 2 Iron Torrent Chapter 1079 The Final Counterattack 4

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    After not fighting for decades, many people have forgotten how brave and powerful the German Army was back then. It almost wiped out the entire Western powers on its own. At that time, they did not have tanks, advanced aircraft, long-range artillery, etc.

    Today, the German steel torrent, which presents a mechanized, motorized and high-class style, has changed its appearance. It seems that it has forgotten its former style, but in the face of the rough and direct local comprehensive defense front of Lao Maozi, it has to go back and pick up the past traditions.  .

    This change was something that most people had not expected.  Zhukov, whose main energy was concentrated in Moscow, did not expect it, nor did the generals responsible for commanding the defense of Leningrad!

    The Baltic Fleet suddenly suffered an unprecedented and violent attack. The German army demonstrated their air and sea combat capabilities for the first time, blowing up the naval ships that supported nearly half of Leningrad's firepower to pieces. The infantry that suddenly attacked,  Advancing hard and resolutely amidst the boiling explosions, the lines of defense collapsed one after another under the trampling of the soldiers' feet!

    Although the previous German attack force amounted to 1.8 million people, they were scattered over a wide area along the coast, around Leningrad and even Lake Ladoga. Although it looked tight, the force was actually too scattered, which meant that Maozi was beaten too hard.  , unable to concentrate and effectively counterattack, otherwise such an iron barrel formation is likely to be caught and violently broken through!

    Six thousand artillery pieces and more than 5,000 mortars and small artillery pieces were set up on such a long position to bombard the enemy. It seemed that they could inflict terrible explosions on the opponent, but in fact, after fighting for half a year, the artillery explosion alone  Maozi soldiers and civilians died in the city, and there were hundreds of thousands of casualties in the entire city.  Not even 10%, the efficiency is simply outrageous!

    Such a costly and ineffective strategy is just a continuation of the tradition from the First World War. The Germans retained a rare group of officers at the time.  It also retains the artillery tactics that it has not kept up with for decades. Compared with other great powers, this is only a gap of fifty or a hundred steps, but the gap is a gap!  When the Soviet army, regardless of casualties, mobilized all their manpower to frantically dig countless trenches and anti-gun fortifications, and used the entire city as a fortress to resist, those seemingly intensive shelling seemed weak.  The killing effect on personnel has become extremely small!

    "When soldiers and civilians no longer fear, or can't care less about, the explosion of heavy artillery bombardment, attacks without direct damage will become wasteful and ridiculous!"

    The people from the Chinese observation team didn¡¯t say it explicitly, but they reminded them tactfully.  German generals have very good minds, and many of them have gone to the Chinese battlefield to observe. After two comparisons, it is easy to draw different conclusions. In the past, they dismissed it, but now, they have no choice but to give it a try!

    Thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces were hit on an attack surface.  The strike width is only ten kilometers, not more than 10 kilometers. Almost every salvo can ensure that there is no blind spot between the impact points of the artillery shells. It advances layer by layer. The barrage is so dense that even large anti-artillery fortifications will be destroyed.  Exploded to the point of collapse!

    The northern land under the heavy snow and ice is so hard that even armor-piercing bullets cannot penetrate too deep. Each shell blasts up dozens of tons of snow, and the thousands of degrees of high-temperature gasification created in an instant makes the steam seem to boil.  When the pot was opened, thousands of exploding fireballs roared together.  In an instant, a surging hot wind formed, wiping away all the snow on the ground in a blink of an eye. Under the impact of the huge difference in cold and heat, the storm began to stir like a furious dragon, and the roaring wind pushed and pushed in all directions.  Or it may rotate and rise with the blowing of the north wind, soaring straight into the sky, blocking the view of the battlefield so that nothing can be seen!

    The smoke and clouds caused by the swarms of shells blinded both warring parties, but the battle became unprecedentedly fierce!

    After the German army changed its method of casting nets all over the sky and concentrated its fighter planes to break through the air defense net and restrain the Soviet Air Force with ferocious attacks, specially reinforced twin-engine heavy reconnaissance aircraft followed closely behind, positioning the various air defense firepower points that broke out on the ground according to the previous ones.  The measured grid coordinates were quickly marked, and at the same time, the rocket-assisted radio beacon was launched and reached near the position.

    The Peregrine attack aircraft that followed closely launched the German version of wireless guided glide bombs in a series from beyond the limit of the anti-aircraft gunfire range. Even though there was considerable dispersion deviation between the two, the overall accuracy was better than before.  The smear campaign has increased by more than ten times!

    And with the reinforced hardened head heavy gliding bomb, each one is no less powerful than a torpedo. After being hit at a large angle at a speed exceeding Mach 0.6, it can penetrate the entire floor of a six-story building and penetrate to the roots.  , the explosion can destroy the entire building in one go, and again and again, it can kill all the people inside and nearby!

    Hundreds of Peregrine Falcons, following the advancement pattern of dozens of special reconnaissance aircraft, achieved unprecedented results in just a short period of time to gain air supremacy!  Air defense arrayed across southern LeningradThirty to four percent of the crowd immediately became mute!

    However, the Stuka fleet, which had previously had its attack power greatly limited due to its slow speed, could finally carry 500-pound bombs with a large number of them, slowly climbing to high altitudes again and again, and then falling over.  Come down and launch a precise attack on the buildings, heavy artillery or mobile tanks, or the abrupt fortress!

    After a heavy blow from the air battle in England, the improved JU87D Stuka had an ammunition load of 1800 kilograms. The other JU87G had 37mm cannons mounted on both wings. It swooped down and aimed at the unbalanced Soviet T34 and T34 armors.  Other main tanks can easily attack and penetrate the top, and the effect is excellent!

    During the previous fierce attack, they were beaten by the dense anti-aircraft artillery and the Soviet army's crazy fleet of aircraft, and now they finally came in handy!

    The industrial production of the Soviet Army at this time has begun to gradually recover. At least the production of aircraft to support air combat is increasing day by day. Their low-cost and simple technology is not afraid of the Germans' war of attrition, and the acquisition of air supremacy is only temporary.

    But that¡¯s enough!  Numerous calibrated artillery positions and key targets, after double calibration by aerial reconnaissance aircraft and radio beacon bombs, were fed back to the German heavy artillery units behind. It was a set of precise attack coordinate systems that had not been available before. Through the original computer  After emergency calculations, the high-precision K18 173mm long-range heavy artillery was developed.  From a distance of more than 20 kilometers, a rough attack was carried out in a group mode, and the precise artillery shells dropped at a wide angle could often destroy a target point with a single salvo, which was very efficient.  It¡¯s unprecedented!

    Before, it was unimaginable for the Germans to use artillery as a sniper rifle to hit a specific target dozens of kilometers away. They could not do high-end things like hitting tanks with terminally sensitive bullets for the time being, but when it comes to control accuracy and ballistic stability,  , improve the processing accuracy and stability of the artillery.  This is exactly what the German mechanical bloodline is best at. Once reminded, there will be an immediate change!

    The power, accuracy, and range of the K18 heavy artillery, which was first presented on the northern battlefield, are greatly improved compared to the main 150mm gun, and the Germans also installed it on the chassis of the Tiger heavy tank.  Used as an assault gun.

    In addition, a new K38 210mm heavy gun has also joined the battle.  However, this thing is honestly too bulky. The 33-ton iron lump has to be transported by train. Moreover, the artillery's operating rocker is so complicated that it is not something ordinary people can play with. This not only leads to transportation,  It is difficult to maneuver and deploy, and has higher requirements for the environment and the quality of operating artillery.  As a result, after successful development, the output was low, the time spent on the battlefield was short, and it never played a positive role.

    But this time, the six assembled 210mm cannons took on the important task of assisting in precision strikes. Together with the K18 173 cannon and the bloodline K39 advanced 150 heavy cannon, they served as a force for precision destruction and strike. After the fighter aircraft accurately detected the target  , launch a non-stop remote targeted eradication operation!

    ??Buildings and fortresses.  Cannons, tanks, and even groups of machine gun nests, once discovered by air power, will be bombarded by glide bombs, Stuka dives, and long-range precision artillery fire.  Behind the opposing positions of the two armies, the first circle of defense line construction began.  On the ten-kilometer front, unprecedentedly fierce German artillery fire surged forward like layers of huge waves, leaving behind a charred ruin that was completely blown into a garbage heap!

    Such a ferocious attack gave the Soviet army a hard blow. They were not sure what they were planning to do. However, the offensive and defensive battle that lasted for half a year also gave everyone at the top and bottom a certain amount of experience. The frontline commanders  Without saying a word, he ordered all the infantry to engage in defensive operations.

    According to the general rules, the German army must attack one point, influence the rest, create gaps and then disperse and break through. Therefore, if the troops are mobilized, it will become very dangerous.

    With the sudden lack of maritime support, the Soviet army on the southern front was not too panicked. The artillery positions they set up on the seaside highlands were enough to provide a considerable degree of suppression, and more importantly, the experience they summed up in the two battlefields, special deployment  The tank groups on both wings, when the German army launched a frontal attack, came out unexpectedly and attacked from the waist. It worked every time!

    This time, it should be no exception!

    So, when the intensive frontal artillery fire began to extend backwards, the Maozi soldiers who had been huddled under the artillery fortifications for a long time rushed into the trenches, took up weapons, and nervously stood in the steaming black and white mixed positions.  Aim forward!

    The main frontal attack force of the German army, and the ten-kilometer skirmisher line stretched across it, has advanced in front of us!  The first thing that appeared in Mao Zibing's sight was the huge, heavily armored Tiger tank, plus dozens of road-opening construction vehicles blocked by huge bulldozers in front. Further back, shadowy figures swayed, and there were a large number of them visible.  !

    But this is not a problem, I am completely numb.The Soviet army is no longer as panicked as it was last year. The front-line company platoons are trotting in the trenches with their waists bent, constantly slapping the soldiers to encourage them, and then the flat anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns are pushed out from the depths of the bunkers, ready to  Aim to strike.

    But at this moment, a muffled sound that was so dense that it was impossible to hear the drumbeats suddenly sounded from the rear of the German army. Thousands of large-caliber mortars fired tens of thousands of shells at the maximum firing speed towards the front!  It almost reached a terrifying density of one shot per meter. They were intertwined with each other at a depth of about a hundred meters, and they were all air-burst anti-personnel bombs. A steel storm formed by millions of steel balls and prefabricated fragments rushed down from the sky like crazy.  Shoot, it forms a terrifying death hell!

    With trenches collapsed by heavy artillery, half-collapsed bunkers, and exposed positions, tens of thousands of Soviet troops were caught off guard and suffered a devastating disaster. Thousands were killed and injured in the blink of an eye!  Before they could recover, another series of smoke bombs swarmed down, swamping them and the echeloned defense positions behind them that had just raised their heads from the carpet bombing!

    Wait until a gust of wind blows over and the vision becomes a little clearer.  The remaining Soviet soldiers were shocked to find that there were countless more German soldiers around them!

    Three divisions were thrown into the front at once, each wearing thick cotton clothes and a seemingly bloated composite insert nylon body armor.  The German soldiers holding MP40 submachine guns, pump-action repeating shotguns, engineer shovels, and Chinese-made short-bodied 7.92mm assault rifles and general-purpose machine guns looked like a group of bears coming out of their holes to look for food, huffing and puffing thick white smoke.  , plop plop and slammed into the trench, and then ignored it and smashed the military uniform in front of him.  The poorly equipped soldiers, mostly armed with Mosin-Nagant rifles, opened fire like crazy!

    A long-lost hand-to-hand trench battle broke out!

    ??The German soldiers, who were almost all equipped with automatic equipment, met each other without saying a word. First, a large grenade as big as a fist was thrown into them, and the smoke of the explosion was just rising.  The man jumped in, fiercely picked up the sharp steel engineer shovel, and began to chop at random!  The tattered cotton clothes on Mao Zibing's body were torn open like pieces of paper, which could disembowel someone!

    Submachine guns, shotguns, and assault rifles seemed not to be afraid of inadvertently injuring their own people. Once they saw the target accurately, they would fire them repeatedly, making rapid-fire clicking sounds and a dull thumping sound.  In the blink of an eye, Maozi lay dead and injured, lying on the ground in a large area!

    However, after many years of ideological baptism, the Soviet troops all entered the desperate mode at this time. The remaining long rifle bayonets had no time to turn around, so they simply threw them away and rushed forward with a roar, using their sabers or fists to fight desperately!

    But obviously they didn¡¯t take into account how powerful the main force of this group of infantry was!  Those were the bravest, strongest, and most loyal SS elites carefully selected from the more than a million soldiers who besieged Leningrad.  Before setting off, their eyes were red after drinking high alcohol and taking stimulants. They had already finished warming up after running all the way. This is when they are at their strongest combat effectiveness!

    Number of people.  With their fighter planes, firepower, quality, and bravery, the German army, which was completely dominant, cleared the first trench without much effort, and then built dozens of passages as quickly as possible to allow tanks and wreckers to pass.  Rushing towards the second trench, the overwhelming mortar shells also continued to hit another killing barrier in front, and continued to advance!

    In the rear, the second wave of German troops accelerated their charge and poured into the trenches. Instead of the first wave, they quickly set up forward defense formations to cover other troops behind them as they continued to advance into the battlefield!

    All this happened so fast, as fast as thunder!  The shocked Soviet commanders did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ordered the tank groups on both wings to immediately enter the battlefield. They knew that once they could not block the German assault on the front, the entire defense line, which was also diluted, would be forced to give up and turn into  City defense operations, the terrible thing is that the buildings in front of them are being completely destroyed layer by layer!

    Two steel clusters composed of more than a hundred tanks rushed out quickly, like the left and right punches of a boxing master, hitting the German army's waist and ribs fiercely!  According to general rules, the German army will inevitably be distracted by the sudden attack and lose touch with the front and rear. When the time comes, the frontal pressure will drop sharply, and this attack will inevitably fail!

    But when the two sides came face to face, Maozi Tank was horrified to find that what lay in front of them were all Tiger tanks!  Of the previous attacks, only 20% were actually used for frontal breakthroughs. The remaining 80% were used as defensive forces and were always placed on the two wings. Just when they repeated their old tricks and killed them, they fought back head-on!

    The Tiger tank has thick armor, external composite armor, and a thick main gun. It is unstoppable when it hits it. The chain defense formed by only fifty tanks, one can hold up two, and it can withstand the Soviet T34 groups, making it difficult to move even an inch!

    The gap between the two sides was immediately revealed!  Two of the opponent's heavy Tiger tanks were hit by one shot. It was no big deal. They were shot back and destroyed directly., after a few rounds, the numbers of the two sides were basically equalized, and they fought hard in the ice and snow. Not long after, the Stuka bombers followed and struck down in a crazy dive, blasting the remaining ones into scrap metal!

    In order to prevent the German army from attacking, the Soviet army cut down almost all the forests around Leningrad and used them all to build fortifications. The advantage was that it opened up the field of vision and gave the enemy nowhere to hide. In winter, they had nothing to keep warm and could freeze to death. The disadvantage was that they could freeze to death.  His whereabouts were also exposed, and he had no cover in the face of the German aerial attack!

    The consequences of the Baltic Fleet being killed have emerged!  Without one side of suppressive artillery fire and the iron fist attack on both wings failed, the German army's ten-layer wave-like infantry attack would not be interrupted. The human sea tactic once again exerted an astonishing effect, hitting the Soviet bunkers hard layer by layer.  Above, there is constant corrosion and impact, advancing step by step!

    Such a three-dimensional strike system, so closely integrated, has never appeared on the Soviet-German battlefield before.  The buildings and fortifications that were destroyed by the German army's indiscriminate tactics of total destruction directly caused half of the preset artillery units to be unable to fire. The rest finally turned around from a distance and just fired the first round of artillery shells, but the impact point was nowhere to be found.  It can only cover some of the German troops behind them, but there is nothing they can do for those who have already rushed into their own battlefield!

    The terrible thing is that as long as they open fire, they will soon be discovered by German aerial reconnaissance planes. The Germans, who have changed their tactics and no longer blindly bomb, adopt the precise method of pulling out nails one by one. The ensuing joint air and ground attacks will destroy every place.  The artillery continues to destroy!

    On the frontal defense line, the German infantry, which had suffered negligible losses, suddenly opened a ten-kilometer-wide gap and quickly rolled towards the front!
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