Chapter 755 Retreat

The sound of gunshots, shouts of killing, and explosions of grenades rang together.

The moment the Soviet amphibious landing ship rushed ashore, the outcome was decided.

If it is other troops, they are afraid that they will flee or surrender immediately.

Because as the Europeans say, if you can't change the situation of the battle, then there is no shame in surrendering or fleeing.

This is the time when the situation of the battle cannot be changed: the German army has actually been surrounded by the Soviet army, and it is surrounded by a small range and close range.

To be precise, the German army near the Don River was not surrounded by many German troops at the beginning, about one regiment.

The front of this circle is a tank regiment of the Soviet Army, the left flank is the Don River, and the rear is the 82nd Infantry Regiment that has just crossed the Don River.

If there is any way out, it is only that the western encirclement has not yet been closed.

But in fact there is no gap at all.

The reason is as mentioned before, this is a small-scale, close-range encirclement.

Although the large-scale and long-distance siege is also terrifying, at least it still has reaction time.

For example, Paulus's 6th Army, whose entire army was surrounded in Stalingrad, could also use the Don River and the Volga River to open up an open space as a defensive depth and even build an airport for transportation.

As for the small-scale and close-range encirclement, there is almost no chance to take a breath. Often, the enemy's bullets and bayonets have already appeared in the rear before realizing what is going on.

Such was the encirclement of the 273rd German Regiment by the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

So on the surface, there is still a way of life in the west, but this way of life is completely under the control and blockade of the firepower of the Soviet army and even the crossfire. Even if the encirclement circle has not been substantially completed, the encirclement has been closed in terms of firepower, not to mention that the German soldiers have no response at all. time.

However, the 273rd Regiment of the German Army showed extraordinary combat effectiveness. They still resisted desperately under the attack of the Soviet army on both sides, relying on buildings, darkness, and hiding in the corpses to continuously attack the Soviet army.

Shulka actually ignored so much, he led the troops all the way to the west.

Since the position of the 82nd Infantry Regiment was on the second German line and on the flank of the enemy's line of defense,

So the interspersed is very smooth... Attacking on the flanks of the defense line and attacking the front line of the defense line are two different things.

Attacking from the front means that both the enemy and our forces are fully deployed, and one knife is one knife, one gun is one gun, and it is easy to fall into a tug-of-war.

Attacking from the flank means that our troops are fully deployed while the enemy has only a small group of people on the edge in the same unit of time.

In terms of close combat, it is obvious that the Soviet "Bobosha" submachine gun has the advantage.

As a result, the German defense line fell down one after another like dominoes.

It wasn't until they hit the defense zone of the German 8th Airborne Division that they felt the pressure and the momentum of the attack slowed down... The German Airborne Division is usually a well-trained elite unit. At the same time, in order to better complete the airborne mission, they are equipped with many A submachine gun, which gives it an advantage comparable to that of the "Poposa" in close combat.

Only then did the news reach Manstein.

Major General Moritz reported to Manstein with a pale face: "I regret to tell you, Marshal, we can't hold it anymore!"

Manstein did not understand the meaning of Major General Moritz's words, and thought that Major General Moritz had just lost confidence, so he comforted him: "Cheer up, General! As long as we persist until dawn, our air force will soon... ..."

"No, Marshal!" Major General Moritz interrupted Manstein: "Our position has been lost, you must organize a retreat immediately, otherwise the entire Don Army will be surrounded, including you, Marshal! "

"What? The position is lost?"

"Yes!" said Major General Moritz, "they're piercing our defenses from the Don, amphibious landing ships! We can't stop their attack, it's over! Karachi, Stalingrad! Retreat, Marshal. We lost!"

Manstein was stunned for a moment, but only for a moment.

He knew that if the battle situation was as Major General Moritz said, it would really be hopeless.

So Manstein no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered to the adjutant: "Order all units to retreat in the direction of Miloway!"

Then Manstein said to Major General Moritz: "And you, General! Retreat!"

"No, Marshal!" Major General Moritz replied, "If we also retreat, no one will be able to withdraw from Karachi!"

Although Manstein didn't want to admit it, it was true, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, General! I salute you, and I will take good care of your family!"

"Thank you, Marshal!" Major General Moritz replied, "I am honored to fight with you!"

The battle continues.

Since the 8th Airborne Division temporarily blocked the attack of Shulka's 82nd Infantry Regiment, and Major General Moritz did not leave his command post until the last moment, the German army successfully organized a temporary defense line in the chaos.

This temporary line of defense blocked the Soviet army for more than three hours until dawn.

As soon as the sky was bright, the Soviet fighter jets were dispatched to intercept and intercept the German fighter planes... Don't think about it, the German army will definitely send fighter planes to provide cover for Karachi.

The German air power may have the overall advantage, but the Soviet army concentrated all its hopes in Karachi, so the Supreme Command concentrated all the air power it could mobilize here, a total of more than 200 fighter planes and more than 100 attack planes.

The fighter plane was covered in darkness, and when it flew over Karachi, the light of the entire sky was covered, as if returning to the night again.

Under the interception of such a huge number of air forces, the German Air Force had no choice but to start a fierce air battle with the Soviet Air Force on the periphery.

As a result, the Soviet army temporarily gained air supremacy in Karachi.

What the Soviet army needs is only temporary air supremacy...

This is the importance of being first.

If the air supremacy had fallen to the Germans first, most of the tanks of the 51st Army would have been destroyed by the German Air Force, and the stalemate would take a long time to break.

But at this time, the air supremacy was first in the hands of the Soviet army...

So the Soviet tanks "cracked" to the front of the infantry, the artillery fire bombed in front, the infantry used the armor of the tank as a cover, and opened the way with the firepower of the tank, breaking through the German defense line with only one charge.

Sokolov led the second battalion to rush into the enemy's line of defense. They found a headquarters in a basement, where they found a German major general who committed suicide with a pistol.