Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2621 Street Fighting
While Britain and France were completely shattered, and southern Africa and the United States were busy robbing people, the Battle of Berlin entered the stage of street fighting.

On April 4, the 21nd Russian Guards Tank Army and the 2th Army broke through to the city of Berlin, and fierce street fighting broke out immediately.

Both the Germans and the Russians are no strangers to street fighting. Almost all urban warfare on the Russian battlefield has seen brutal street fighting. Street fighting experience is relatively rich.

Artillery Admiral Helmut Weidling, who had just been appointed as the garrison commander of Berlin on the 22nd, knew that the Russians would not let any German go, so he was determined to resist to the end.

It is not right to say that the determination is wrong, Wei Delin is also forced, and even his position of "Berlin City Defense Commander" is quite dramatic.

On the 21st, on the day when the Russian army broke through the German outer defensive positions, the 56th Panzer Corps commanded by Weidling was defeated. When Weidling contacted the headquarters by phone, he learned a shocking news.

Just now, Mustache issued an order to arrest Wei Delin on the grounds that he fled the battle.

This was actually a misunderstanding. The 56th Panzer Army did not surrender, but was retreating across the Spree River and the southern and eastern suburbs of Berlin.

At this time, Konev was concentrating artillery to shell Berlin, including the 203mm large-caliber howitzers that had just arrived at the front line. This made Mustache mistakenly think that these artillery came from the 56th Armored Army, so he issued an arrest warrant for Weidling.

Shocked, Wei Delin ignored the gathering of troops and went directly to the Prime Minister's Office to explain to Xiao Huzi face to face. This behavior allowed Wei Delin to regain the trust of Xiao Huzi.

However, Weidling was not happy about this. When the Chief of the Army General Staff Krebs announced to Weidling that he was appointed as the commander of the Berlin City Defense, Weidling said sadly: Rather than let me accept this appointment, it would be better to hang me.

If you are not happy, you are not happy, Wei Delin still has professional ethics.

After accepting Mustache's appointment, Weidling actively organized the defense line and commanded the German and Russian troops to fight in the streets.

In fact, everyone knew very well that this was destined to be the final battle between the two warring parties. The Russians wanted revenge, and the Germans wanted to fight for the Third Reich to the last moment, so the street fighting was extremely tragic.

Weidling participated in the Battle of Poland and France, as well as the Defense of Moscow and the Battle of Volgograd. He has rich experience in urban warfare, which is another reason why he is trusted by Mustache.

Referring to the experience of the Russian battlefield and combined with the actual situation in Berlin, Weidling came up with a defense plan in the shortest possible time.

Weidling asked the German army to fight for every inch of land and make full use of Berlin's complex terrain to deal with the Russian army.

In addition to the German army, Weidling asked all Berliners to mobilize and participate in the battle to defend Berlin, and the Berliners had no choice at this time.

Now Berlin has been completely surrounded, surrounded by Russian troops, and the connection between Berlin and the outside world has been completely cut off.

Although there are still recalcitrant German troops outside Berlin, the connection between Berlin and these troops has been cut off.

Wei Deling considered breaking out, but was rejected by Mustache. Mustache said to Wei Delin passionately: The situation will get better. Our Ninth Army is about to arrive in Berlin. Together with the 9th Army, we will launch a counterattack against the Russian army. suffered its worst defeat in Berlin.

What Mustache doesn't know is that the Ninth Army, which he has high hopes for, has also been divided and surrounded by the Russian army, and it will never reach Berlin.

What's more serious is that the ammunition supplies of the Berlin garrison are seriously insufficient and cannot last for too long. Weidling estimates that the ammunition of the Berlin garrison can last for a month at most.

This is not the same as the situation in the defense of Moscow.

During the Moscow Defense War, the Russian military production never stopped, and they received more and more assistance from the Allied forces. As a steady stream of reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the Russians finally defeated the German army at a heavy price.

In the case of losing most of its territory, the military production of the German army has stopped, and external aid has been completely cut off. Weidling does not know what the future will hold.

The cornered Germans had no choice but to fight to the death with the attacking Russian army.

Zhukov is very experienced. He ordered the tank army and the combined army of various arms to attack in a coordinated manner. At the same time, he used large-caliber artillery to bombard Berlin indiscriminately. The bombers of the Russian Air Force dropped tens of thousands of tons of bombs and incendiary bombs on Berlin every day. Destroyed, the whole city is burning.

The Germans have a strong will to fight. Berlin is the last bastion of Germany. Last winter, the German army strengthened the city defense of Berlin. Perfect three-dimensional defense system.

Zhukov is not an indecisive Frenchman. He is decisive and does not play cards according to routines, showing his true qualities as a famous general.

What Wei Delin hopes most is to engage in close combat with the Russians, fight for every inch of land, and use the favorable terrain to consume the Russians.

Zhukov does not fight a war of attrition with Weidling. The Russian army usually concentrates artillery and air force to bombard a certain area intensively, and then deploys ground troops to press on and fight steadily.

To deal with those German troops hiding in buildings or fortifications, the Russians did not fight indoors with the Germans, but used superior firepower or engineers to destroy the entire building.

Specifically, if the Germans hid in a building with a strong structure, the Russians would not enter the building at all, but would use explosives to completely destroy the entire building, regardless of whether it was the German army or civilians inside the building, they would ignore it at all.

The Germans are not weak in counterattack either.

Regardless of the poor equipment of the German army in the Battle of Remagen, the weapons and equipment of the Berlin City Defense Force are still quite good.

What limits the German army is its production capacity, never its technical level. If Germany has massive resources like southern Africa or the United States, then even if Russia has the support of southern Africa and the United States, whether it can withstand it is still a question mark.

Germany still has more than 200 million troops in combat.

Based on Germany's current production level, it is indeed beyond its capabilities to provide complete logistical support for these 200 million troops. The hundreds of thousands of German troops in Berlin are no problem.

At least for a short time.

Using various anti-tank guns and explosives, the German army destroyed more than 300 Russian tanks on the first day of street fighting. On some main roads, the destroyed tanks once completely blocked the roads and made them impassable. The attack of the troops created great difficulties.

"The road ahead is completely blocked, we can only go around from the side—" Vitaly from the 3rd Guards Tank Army looked at the street in front of him helplessly.

It is said that it is a street, but in fact, the original appearance can no longer be seen clearly, and it is more appropriate to describe it as a ruin.

The Russian army's offensive is simple and rough. Regardless of military strongholds or civilian buildings, tanks bombard first, then use flamethrowers, and finally engineers go up and plant explosives, even if there is no one in the building.

This is also Zhukov's purpose.

Zhukov wants to show the fighting power and determination of the Russian army to the greatest extent through a brutal battle, which is very important for the next game.

So the block in front of Vitali was reduced to ruins. A Russian T34 tank was destroyed on the nearby ruins. When Vitali was speaking, the ruins could no longer bear the weight of the T34 and collapsed.

"Without the cover of tanks, it is difficult for us to continue to attack—" Alexander, who has a year and a half of service experience, suffers from a disease called "Unable to fight without tank cover", just like American soldiers.

The use of tanks by the Russians, from the initial infantry as the main tank auxiliary, to the later infantry and tank coordination, and now to the current group combat, has made great progress.

Russia now has more than 1.2 tanks. Soldiers have long been accustomed to fighting with the cooperation of tanks, and it is impossible to return to the period of the Moscow Defense War.

"Find a way to get these tanks away and open the passage for the follow-up troops." Alexei, who is in charge of the ideological work of the troops, waved the Nagant revolver in his hand, cheering for the soldiers: "Gentlemen, this is our last Station, the dawn of victory is at hand, Moscow awaits the news of our victory!"

Vitaly and Alexander looked at each other and shut up at the same time.

Russians are not afraid of death, what they fear is that death is worthless.

It's not that Vitali and the others didn't try. The company commander, Second Lieutenant Portovich, led the troops to organize a charge just now.

The result was that Alexei became the supreme commander of the company.

"Get some explosives and blow up these tanks—" Alexei is not good at commanding operations, let alone taking the lead.

"At least get the corpses of the tankers out of the tanks before using explosives to blow up those tanks." Vitali didn't want to see the remains of the tankers. Even if their families couldn't wait for the return of their loved ones, at least they could When you see the coffin of your loved ones, you don't just get a military uniform.

The key point is that the military uniform may not necessarily be a relic of a relative, but it was probably produced just last week.

For those officers and soldiers who disappeared on the battlefield, since their remains could not be found, it is most likely that they will get a military uniform and set up a tomb, so as to keep some memories.

The greater sorrow is that since the body cannot be found, it is impossible to judge whether the soldier is dead, and the family members will not receive the full pension, which is the most unacceptable to Vitaly.

"They died loyal to the country, and deservedly died!" Alexei's words drew a lot of glaring, and the chicken soup completely lost its effect at this time.

Not to mention chicken soup, chicken blood is not good at this time.

"Then after dark—" Alexander was in the same mood as Vitali.

"Soldier, please pay attention to your position, don't you want to capture Mustache alive as soon as possible and end this war?" Alexei is good at hating, and there is a reason why some people are unpopular.

"Of course I want to, but I want to live until the end of the war and taste the joy of victory." Alexander went back directly, the Russians are so direct.

"Give me the damn explosives!" Alexei is not only talking, the position with the highest casualty rate in the Russian army is Zhengwei.

Don't judge the current Russians by the standards of the 21st century. The current Russians are very firm in their thinking. Even if Alexei, Alexander, and Vitaly have differences, their goals are the same.

Alexander and Vitali didn't speak, watching Alexei walking towards the destroyed tank with the explosive package in his arms.

Alexei was shot by a German sniper just a few steps away.

The sniper definitely did it on purpose, and aimed at the explosive package that Alexei was holding. After the violent explosion, there was no remains of Alexei's body.

"Damn it!" Vitali closed his eyes in pain.

Alexander's expression didn't change at all. He had experienced this kind of scene countless times.

"Hey, what are you doing?" A new support team came up, led by a young lieutenant.

"There are German firepower on the opposite side, and there are German snipers out of sight. Both our company commander and Zhengwei have died—" Alexander stood up and saluted.

"Where are there no German snipers and firepower points?" The lieutenant pushed the helmet on his head, and more than ten people behind him were all wounded.

If it were in southern Africa, as long as you are injured, you can withdraw from the battle and receive medical treatment. Not only will your superiors not punish you, but you will also get military medals.

The Russians really rely on their blood, and they can continue to fight as long as the blood is not shed.

The lieutenant was experienced and not as reckless as Alexei, at least he knew to throw smoke bombs before rushing out of the bunker.

Smoke bombs don't have much technical content, the key is how to use them.

The Russian army previously only equipped tanks with smoke bombs to cover tank attacks.

Later, the importance of smoke bombs gradually increased, and infantry began to equip them, especially when attacking, smoke bombs were very effective.

Relying on the cover of smoke, the lieutenant finally came to the side of the destroyed tank.

"Dennis—" the lieutenant called to the commando with the flamethrower.

The flamethrower on Dennis was aided by Southern Africa.

Russia can also produce flamethrowers.

However, the flamethrowers produced in Russia are far behind those produced in southern Africa in terms of power and range.

The flamethrower produced in Russia has a range of only 20 meters, and the flame temperature can only reach 800 degrees.

The flamethrower produced in southern Africa has a range of 50 meters and a flame temperature of up to 1300 degrees, which is more popular among Russian officers and soldiers.

Thrust -

With the cover of the wreckage of the tank, the bright and dazzling flames sprayed directly on the German firepower.

The lieutenant took out a grenade with his backhand, unscrewed the back cover, pulled off the tab and threw it out. The other Russian soldiers followed suit, and all kinds of grenades flew over like smoke bombs, which was spectacular.

After a series of explosions, gunpowder smoke rose everywhere, and the sight lines of both sides were blocked, and nothing could be seen.

The engineer carrying the explosive package set off at this time. His task was not to place the explosive package on the German firepower point, but to ignite it and throw it out.

It doesn't need to be too close, just throw it out, and the shock will kill the Germans.

(End of this chapter)