Chapter 1261 Steel Storm
Despite the heavy losses, the Soviet defenders in Stalingrad are currently withstood the strong pressure of the Dragon Army, although the current situation is still very severe for them.
However, for the Soviet army, the current situation has not changed.Now about 10,000 well-equipped Chinese troops surrounded Stalingrad, while the 7+ Soviet troops and militias in front of them were exhausted. They lost most of their heavy weapons and lacked food, ammunition and equipment.At the same time, the situation in the encirclement continued to deteriorate: on July 7, 10000 artillery pieces of the Dragon Army roared in unison, pouring a steel storm on the Soviet positions.
At the same time, the situation in Stalin's Fortress also took a sharp turn for the worse. The artillery fire destroyed the last usable runway in the city. The Soviets had to transfer the supply receiving point to the "Tenth Road" directly opposite the foot of Buda Castle Hill on the west bank of the Neva River. There is a 730-meter-long narrow parking lane in the Moon Revolution Square. Since it is impossible to take off and land large aircraft, many young members of the Communist Youth League from junior aviation clubs from all over the Soviet Union fly gliders every day, and are dragged by light aircraft on this projectile. Take off and land on the ground.
The harsh conditions and unfamiliar driving skills have caused these passionate teenage youths to suffer heavy casualties.The loss of the airport also means that it is no longer possible for all the wounded to be evacuated. At the same time, most of the supply will be changed from airlift to airdrop. As a result, some supplies are likely to fall on the Chinese positions.
But the bad news is not enough. The meteorological department of the Soviet Air Force predicted that the weather would turn bad in the second week of July, and no aircraft could be launched. In order to continue to maintain the supply guarantee, the Soviets began to try to use motor boats and barges to recapture the out of the Ladoga Lake District.The Neva River, which flows north to south, brought supplies into Stalingrad.
The harsh climate and geography have taken a toll on this life-and-death river artery.On one occasion, a barge carrying 4000 tons of ammunition crashed into a sandbar 24 kilometers north of the city.Despite such a disastrous setback, the Soviets managed to send boatloads of goods into Stalingrad under the cover of night and thick fog.However, the increasing pressure from the Dragon Army completely cut off this fragile "water lifeline" in mid-July.
The supply crisis facing the Stalingrad Fortress has reached its peak, and now the main rations of the defenders are a little horse meat and thin soup.Although some cavalry horses were taken out of the city for counterattacks before the siege of Stalingrad, some horses and livestock remained, which had become an important source of meat for the defenders.The grisly scenes of butchery can be seen everywhere, inside shops, in gardens and in narrow streets.The sad neighing of horses can be heard everywhere when they are slaughtered, and the bloody carcasses of horses can be seen everywhere.
And those civilians huddled in the basements, air-raid shelters and underground tunnels in the city are also enduring endless hunger and fear.Let us take a look at the description of these scenes in the American Time Magazine at that time: "Initially the girls, women and men of Stalingrad continued to work. They wore fur coats and fur hats and built barricades under the command of the troops. At first they cringed together whenever shells fell around them, but it didn't take long before the situation got out of hand and they either disappeared into the basement. Or collapsed from hunger and the city itself followed As time goes by, it gradually collapses everywhere. For example, those people sitting curled up in the basement: girls in sheepskin coats, occasionally mechanically touching lipstick and small compacts, they seem to be in a big city. Even the overwhelmed peasant girls are wrapped in gorgeous turbans, and there are many children with long eyelashes among them. They have no food, and no one will Feel hungry again Yes, this scene is unbearable. The corpses of civilians are already lying on the street." At the same time, during this period, almost every night, there was a bloodbath everywhere in the city.
The battle on the periphery is still going on fiercely, and now the Dragon Army has put all its breakthrough capabilities to the east of the encirclement. Here, the fortress defenders gathered 1 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, 1 police battalion and 2 Soviet infantry divisions. Four of the remaining troops, they faced the 3rd Reorganized Infantry Division of the Dragon Army supported by self-propelled artillery, tanks, and combat engineers.
On July 7, the dragon had penetrated Chispes' defenses and was attacking the Neva with unstoppable force.As a result, the flanks of the line responsible for defending the Soviets were completely wiped out, and they were forced to immediately retreat and abandon the area in order to avoid catastrophe.
In addition, the Dragon Army also greatly enhanced the attack density. Some infantry divisions were put into the offensive area with a width of only 400800-150300 meters, and each regiment was 210-7 meters wide. 10mm heavy artillery directly provided fire support for them.Under such high-intensity blows, City Park and Heroes' Square, the last open areas northwest of Stalingrad, fell on July [-] after fierce fighting.From there, the Dragons began to speed up their attack, speeding through Andrássy Avenue, lined with embassies and ornate villas.
Facing the raging dragon attack, the Soviet commanders could only rely on these red-eyed soldiers. Without any cover of heavy weapons, lack of ammunition and lost all hope of breaking out, the militiamen of the Soviet army launched a massacre. A nearly desperate counterattack.During that period, the Eastern Front seemed to have become a huge slaughterhouse, every house, every street, every platform, and every basement were engaged in bloody and brutal street battles.
After taking the West District after a bitter battle, it was only a few kilometers away from the Neva River.The fighting on the north bank of the Neva had become pointless, and now no one doubted that the district would eventually fall.The city's six bridges spanning both sides of the Neva River will be the only way for the northern defenders to retreat. On November 11, the Soviet Supreme Command finally issued an order to allow the defenders in the northern part of the fortress to "operate freely".The garrison detachment stationed in the Kern district crossed the Neva.Immediately under the cover of night, the retreat of all troops, supplies, and wounded was carried out in an orderly manner, and the task of the rear fell on the Soviet 17nd Guards Militia Infantry Division again.
Overall, the retreat was relatively successful. At 18:7 a.m. on the [-]th, Soviet engineers blew up the Anichkov Bridge, the last bridge on the Neva River. So far, all the remaining defenders have retreated into Stalin's West Bank. Grad area.The entire retreat could be said to have been done quietly, with the only exceptions appearing on the Winter Palace Bridge and John Bridge, where the retreating team was blocked, and what was worse, they kept making loud noises to attract the attention of the Dragon Army.A reporter with the Dragon Army recorded the horrific riot: "The bridge was constantly bombarded with heavy artillery fire, but despite this, everyone was running, rolling or crawling, trying to escape from the bridge to the south bank of the city. Among them are poor mothers, crying women and children, and many wounded soldiers. They are accompanied by various vehicles and horse-drawn wagons, rushing to the opposite bank desperately. Whenever a mortar shell falls into the surging crowd During the middle, a large number of people and objects were thrown from both sides of the bridge and fell into the Neva River."
The Dragon Army attack planes whistling over the river at low altitude were also bombarding the unobstructed crowd and docks indiscriminately. The Soviet anti-aircraft artillery units stationed on the high ground on the south bank counterattacked with all their strength, trying to reduce the losses of the retreating personnel.
In the early morning of the 18th, the retreat operation was basically completed.Zhukov blew up the Winter Palace Bridge and John Bridge despite the strong opposition of Stalingrad leader Zhdanov.
Inside the encirclement, the soldiers of the Soviet 52nd Army who had just retreated had already occupied the positions in the southern part of Stalingrad.All remaining Soviet Army, Red Navy, and Air Force artillery were now assembled under unified command.
The besieging Chinese infantry were also trying to fight their way from the north in order to finally break the defenders' resistance.The entire North District and Northwest District immediately fell into a melee, and the initial resisters were able to withstand the wave at any cost.The Soviet army first cut off the electricity and running water of the entire fortress.
Then about 250 soldiers came around the fortress, cut off the connection between the fortress and the dragon army positions around it, and gradually isolated the dragon army soldiers in the entire fortress.Then, they attacked the fortress while the east was unknown.Those Soviet soldiers with explosives and light weapons climbed up to the second floor of the fortress with a ladder.The Chinese defenders there were not concentrated because they had participated in the battle for a day. Therefore, in the face of the sudden attack of the Soviets, they could not repel the Soviet attack even though they tried their best.
After an hour of fierce gun battle, the Soviets took control of the entrance to the gate and blasted the gate with explosives.They then poured gasoline on the top of the fire hydrant and set it on fire.In a short moment, the entire fortress was on fire.The garrisoned dragon army was forced to retreat to the upper floors. They fired yellow flares high into the sky and hung yellow flags at the same time, hoping to attract reinforcements, but they did not expect any reinforcements.It wasn't until ten o'clock in the morning that day that the fire was gradually extinguished.
The fort suddenly fell into an eerie silence. The Soviets rushing to the upper floor captured several Dragon Army soldiers who were trying to escape. From their mouths, these Soviets learned that the defenders had retreated to the top floor.They are trying to run to the basement with the help of the concrete pillars above, and then put up a short-term resistance there, waiting for their reinforcements to arrive.
So the Soviets immediately rushed to the entrance of the basement, and they threw grenades and Molotov cocktails into it.The battle moves from one room to another.Fierce gun battles and hand-to-hand combat continued until 2 pm that day.In the end, the Dragon Army couldn't hold on anymore. During the whole battle, the Dragon Army killed 75 people in total, and the rest were all captured.
(End of this chapter)
Despite the heavy losses, the Soviet defenders in Stalingrad are currently withstood the strong pressure of the Dragon Army, although the current situation is still very severe for them.
However, for the Soviet army, the current situation has not changed.Now about 10,000 well-equipped Chinese troops surrounded Stalingrad, while the 7+ Soviet troops and militias in front of them were exhausted. They lost most of their heavy weapons and lacked food, ammunition and equipment.At the same time, the situation in the encirclement continued to deteriorate: on July 7, 10000 artillery pieces of the Dragon Army roared in unison, pouring a steel storm on the Soviet positions.
At the same time, the situation in Stalin's Fortress also took a sharp turn for the worse. The artillery fire destroyed the last usable runway in the city. The Soviets had to transfer the supply receiving point to the "Tenth Road" directly opposite the foot of Buda Castle Hill on the west bank of the Neva River. There is a 730-meter-long narrow parking lane in the Moon Revolution Square. Since it is impossible to take off and land large aircraft, many young members of the Communist Youth League from junior aviation clubs from all over the Soviet Union fly gliders every day, and are dragged by light aircraft on this projectile. Take off and land on the ground.
The harsh conditions and unfamiliar driving skills have caused these passionate teenage youths to suffer heavy casualties.The loss of the airport also means that it is no longer possible for all the wounded to be evacuated. At the same time, most of the supply will be changed from airlift to airdrop. As a result, some supplies are likely to fall on the Chinese positions.
But the bad news is not enough. The meteorological department of the Soviet Air Force predicted that the weather would turn bad in the second week of July, and no aircraft could be launched. In order to continue to maintain the supply guarantee, the Soviets began to try to use motor boats and barges to recapture the out of the Ladoga Lake District.The Neva River, which flows north to south, brought supplies into Stalingrad.
The harsh climate and geography have taken a toll on this life-and-death river artery.On one occasion, a barge carrying 4000 tons of ammunition crashed into a sandbar 24 kilometers north of the city.Despite such a disastrous setback, the Soviets managed to send boatloads of goods into Stalingrad under the cover of night and thick fog.However, the increasing pressure from the Dragon Army completely cut off this fragile "water lifeline" in mid-July.
The supply crisis facing the Stalingrad Fortress has reached its peak, and now the main rations of the defenders are a little horse meat and thin soup.Although some cavalry horses were taken out of the city for counterattacks before the siege of Stalingrad, some horses and livestock remained, which had become an important source of meat for the defenders.The grisly scenes of butchery can be seen everywhere, inside shops, in gardens and in narrow streets.The sad neighing of horses can be heard everywhere when they are slaughtered, and the bloody carcasses of horses can be seen everywhere.
And those civilians huddled in the basements, air-raid shelters and underground tunnels in the city are also enduring endless hunger and fear.Let us take a look at the description of these scenes in the American Time Magazine at that time: "Initially the girls, women and men of Stalingrad continued to work. They wore fur coats and fur hats and built barricades under the command of the troops. At first they cringed together whenever shells fell around them, but it didn't take long before the situation got out of hand and they either disappeared into the basement. Or collapsed from hunger and the city itself followed As time goes by, it gradually collapses everywhere. For example, those people sitting curled up in the basement: girls in sheepskin coats, occasionally mechanically touching lipstick and small compacts, they seem to be in a big city. Even the overwhelmed peasant girls are wrapped in gorgeous turbans, and there are many children with long eyelashes among them. They have no food, and no one will Feel hungry again Yes, this scene is unbearable. The corpses of civilians are already lying on the street." At the same time, during this period, almost every night, there was a bloodbath everywhere in the city.
The battle on the periphery is still going on fiercely, and now the Dragon Army has put all its breakthrough capabilities to the east of the encirclement. Here, the fortress defenders gathered 1 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, 1 police battalion and 2 Soviet infantry divisions. Four of the remaining troops, they faced the 3rd Reorganized Infantry Division of the Dragon Army supported by self-propelled artillery, tanks, and combat engineers.
On July 7, the dragon had penetrated Chispes' defenses and was attacking the Neva with unstoppable force.As a result, the flanks of the line responsible for defending the Soviets were completely wiped out, and they were forced to immediately retreat and abandon the area in order to avoid catastrophe.
In addition, the Dragon Army also greatly enhanced the attack density. Some infantry divisions were put into the offensive area with a width of only 400800-150300 meters, and each regiment was 210-7 meters wide. 10mm heavy artillery directly provided fire support for them.Under such high-intensity blows, City Park and Heroes' Square, the last open areas northwest of Stalingrad, fell on July [-] after fierce fighting.From there, the Dragons began to speed up their attack, speeding through Andrássy Avenue, lined with embassies and ornate villas.
Facing the raging dragon attack, the Soviet commanders could only rely on these red-eyed soldiers. Without any cover of heavy weapons, lack of ammunition and lost all hope of breaking out, the militiamen of the Soviet army launched a massacre. A nearly desperate counterattack.During that period, the Eastern Front seemed to have become a huge slaughterhouse, every house, every street, every platform, and every basement were engaged in bloody and brutal street battles.
After taking the West District after a bitter battle, it was only a few kilometers away from the Neva River.The fighting on the north bank of the Neva had become pointless, and now no one doubted that the district would eventually fall.The city's six bridges spanning both sides of the Neva River will be the only way for the northern defenders to retreat. On November 11, the Soviet Supreme Command finally issued an order to allow the defenders in the northern part of the fortress to "operate freely".The garrison detachment stationed in the Kern district crossed the Neva.Immediately under the cover of night, the retreat of all troops, supplies, and wounded was carried out in an orderly manner, and the task of the rear fell on the Soviet 17nd Guards Militia Infantry Division again.
Overall, the retreat was relatively successful. At 18:7 a.m. on the [-]th, Soviet engineers blew up the Anichkov Bridge, the last bridge on the Neva River. So far, all the remaining defenders have retreated into Stalin's West Bank. Grad area.The entire retreat could be said to have been done quietly, with the only exceptions appearing on the Winter Palace Bridge and John Bridge, where the retreating team was blocked, and what was worse, they kept making loud noises to attract the attention of the Dragon Army.A reporter with the Dragon Army recorded the horrific riot: "The bridge was constantly bombarded with heavy artillery fire, but despite this, everyone was running, rolling or crawling, trying to escape from the bridge to the south bank of the city. Among them are poor mothers, crying women and children, and many wounded soldiers. They are accompanied by various vehicles and horse-drawn wagons, rushing to the opposite bank desperately. Whenever a mortar shell falls into the surging crowd During the middle, a large number of people and objects were thrown from both sides of the bridge and fell into the Neva River."
The Dragon Army attack planes whistling over the river at low altitude were also bombarding the unobstructed crowd and docks indiscriminately. The Soviet anti-aircraft artillery units stationed on the high ground on the south bank counterattacked with all their strength, trying to reduce the losses of the retreating personnel.
In the early morning of the 18th, the retreat operation was basically completed.Zhukov blew up the Winter Palace Bridge and John Bridge despite the strong opposition of Stalingrad leader Zhdanov.
Inside the encirclement, the soldiers of the Soviet 52nd Army who had just retreated had already occupied the positions in the southern part of Stalingrad.All remaining Soviet Army, Red Navy, and Air Force artillery were now assembled under unified command.
The besieging Chinese infantry were also trying to fight their way from the north in order to finally break the defenders' resistance.The entire North District and Northwest District immediately fell into a melee, and the initial resisters were able to withstand the wave at any cost.The Soviet army first cut off the electricity and running water of the entire fortress.
Then about 250 soldiers came around the fortress, cut off the connection between the fortress and the dragon army positions around it, and gradually isolated the dragon army soldiers in the entire fortress.Then, they attacked the fortress while the east was unknown.Those Soviet soldiers with explosives and light weapons climbed up to the second floor of the fortress with a ladder.The Chinese defenders there were not concentrated because they had participated in the battle for a day. Therefore, in the face of the sudden attack of the Soviets, they could not repel the Soviet attack even though they tried their best.
After an hour of fierce gun battle, the Soviets took control of the entrance to the gate and blasted the gate with explosives.They then poured gasoline on the top of the fire hydrant and set it on fire.In a short moment, the entire fortress was on fire.The garrisoned dragon army was forced to retreat to the upper floors. They fired yellow flares high into the sky and hung yellow flags at the same time, hoping to attract reinforcements, but they did not expect any reinforcements.It wasn't until ten o'clock in the morning that day that the fire was gradually extinguished.
The fort suddenly fell into an eerie silence. The Soviets rushing to the upper floor captured several Dragon Army soldiers who were trying to escape. From their mouths, these Soviets learned that the defenders had retreated to the top floor.They are trying to run to the basement with the help of the concrete pillars above, and then put up a short-term resistance there, waiting for their reinforcements to arrive.
So the Soviets immediately rushed to the entrance of the basement, and they threw grenades and Molotov cocktails into it.The battle moves from one room to another.Fierce gun battles and hand-to-hand combat continued until 2 pm that day.In the end, the Dragon Army couldn't hold on anymore. During the whole battle, the Dragon Army killed 75 people in total, and the rest were all captured.
(End of this chapter)
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