I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 10 No Way to Retreat

Schumann felt relieved after receiving reinforcements from the division headquarters.

The firepower of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun is very terrifying. This type of artillery was originally used only for air defense, which is the early Type 37 anti-aircraft gun.

But when encountering heavy tanks such as the Soviet KV series, this type of gun was the only one that could solve the problem on the entire Eastern Front.

As a result, it gradually became the German army's most important anti-tank or medium-range fire support weapon.

However, the shortcomings of this model are also very obvious. After all, it is not designed to participate in ground combat, so the height of its gun mount makes it very vulnerable to attack. Therefore, the Type 41 anti-aircraft gun was later developed, which adopted the low gun mount design of general anti-tank guns and at the same time increased the range by more than four kilometers, greatly improving its survivability on the battlefield.

But at the moment, this old-style anti-aircraft gun is the star weapon of the German army on the Eastern Front. The fact that the division commander allocated two to him shows that he attaches great importance to it.

Jingke proposed to place two anti-aircraft guns, one in each of the north and south corners, to ensure crossfire and not be easily destroyed. However, Schumann opposed this idea. His reason was simple: crossfire was good for anti-tank, but their mission now was to attack, so as long as they were placed at a relatively far distance and fired directly, they could provide the greatest help to the attacking troops.

Schumann decided to use the 88mm cannon to repeatedly bombard one spot in the evening, trying to blow a hole, and then press forward with the entire army! This time, he wanted to hit the target with one strike.

The enemy would never expect that I would attack during this time period!

Schumann's idea was indeed very creative, because Pavlov and others were eating hard bread and drinking hot soup at that time, trying to relax their nerves that had been tense all day.

At this moment, the terrifying whistling sound of the 88 gun shells rang out, the whole building shook violently, and the dust falling from the roof ruined a good box of soup.

"Are these FXS crazy? They can't even eat in peace?"

Pavlov angrily put down the military lunch box in his hand and looked for a place to hide.

At this time, the safest place is the corner of the small room. Just like when an earthquake comes, the safest place is definitely the corner of the bathroom close to the load-bearing wall.

Moreover, people cannot lean against the wall as they may be easily injured by the shock.

I have to say that the walls of this building are really strong. Even with the abnormal firepower of the 88 cannon, it took more than ten minutes of bombardment before finally blasting a gap like a door.

Lin Chen immediately called on everyone to prepare for battle.

"Don't go, the enemy's shelling hasn't stopped yet!" Pavlov kindly reminded.

"No, it's getting dark. If I were the enemy's commander, I would definitely launch a fatal attack during the last twilight! Judging from their artillery fire, they are concentrating on creating a hole and then rushing in. We must quickly plug the leak!"

Lin Chen knew that the method of letting them in this time might not work. At least the enemy had to be severely injured first. Otherwise, how could he fight so many people coming in at once?
Perhaps it was because of the previous battles that Pavlov became dependent on Lin Chen, so he decided to listen to him and immediately called everyone to their combat positions.

Sure enough, the enemy's artillery fire quickly directed suppressive fire at the upper floors, and the dark masses of German soldiers on the ground floor had begun to approach the outer wall of the building.

"Throw the grenade!" Pavlov quickly gave the order.

"Boom boom boom!"

With a series of grenade explosions, the German troops in the front were blown to pieces.

But the German machine gunners immediately suppressed them, and several members of the combat team who wanted to throw a second wave of grenades were knocked down.

The Germans immediately approached and threw several grenades into the gap in the building.

"Get down!" Although Lin Chen shouted, several people were still killed. The scene was horrific. Fortunately, the two MG34 machine guns ambushed on both sides of the building began to roar. This was a hidden firepower point that Lin Chen specifically instructed not to open fire unless absolutely necessary.

At this moment they could no longer care about much else and could only open fire.

Under the crossfire, the German army suffered heavy losses and was knocked down in large numbers.

However, the Type 88 assault gun and the two guns immediately opened fire in return. Although they did not dare to get too close due to the anti-tank firepower, these artillerymen were indeed the elite on the Eastern Front.

The artillery was very accurate. With just two shells, the two firing points here were destroyed.

Without machine gun suppression, the German army took the opportunity to rise up and rush forward again.

“Retreat to the second floor!” Lin Chen knew that if he continued to fight, his entire army would be wiped out, so it was better to fight and retreat at the same time!
Pavlov no longer cared about the wounded who had fallen to the ground. He called the remaining few people, took their submachine guns and hurried upstairs.

The German army quickly rushed in through the gap. Seeing the Soviet wounded soldiers who were still alive on the ground, they immediately shot them again. In such a fierce battle, taking prisoners was meaningless, especially for such seriously injured low-level soldiers. It would be better to kill them quickly.

A dying member of the combat team, seeing how brutal the German army was, quietly detonated the last grenade on his body.

With a loud "bang", several German soldiers were buried together.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Since there were many German troops rushing in, and the team was led by a major battalion commander, he didn't care about such a small loss at all.

He pointed to the left and right with his strong arms, and immediately two teams of soldiers rushed over and searched forward carefully.

He himself led the large force to the second floor.

The German army's coordination was quite exquisite. Several German riflemen suppressed the troops from the bottom of the stairs, while other German backbones quickly rushed upwards while throwing bombs.

Pavlov was already familiar with this kind of street fighting. Before the German troops came up, he threw several grenades down, and there was a bloody scene downstairs.

Then submachine guns were used to suppress the enemy from time to time. At this time, the continuity advantage of PPSh's firepower was reflected. PPSh used a drum magazine, and a full drum could hold up to 71 rounds of bullets, while the German MP40 only had 32 rounds.

As a result, the German army suffered a great loss.

In anger, the German major immediately dispatched the machine gunners who came up from behind to suppress the second floor, but the shooting angle from bottom to top was a blind spot, and the effect was not ideal.

The German soldiers who rushed up were knocked down one after another, and their blood covered the messy stairs, making the attack of the follow-up troops even more difficult.

Fortunately, the flamethrowers at the back came up, and the major immediately commanded a group of flamethrowers to spray upwards from the ground floor.

Several Soviet soldiers at the opening on the second floor were unable to dodge and were sprayed, screaming in pain. Lin Chen had no good solution and could only take out his pistol to help them relieve their pain.

"Retreat to the third floor!" Pavlov had no choice but to retreat again.

The German army waited until the flames died down, then moved up again, occupying each floor one by one.

There are only four floors here. How long can they hold out?
The major was already starting to worry about where to plant the swastika flag on the roof.

(End of this chapter)