Chapter 755: German-Soviet War (69)

"Comrade Commander, the German ground forces have begun to attack!!"

"Finally!" Commander Shaposhnikov's face was extremely grim in the underground headquarters of Smolensk. The German air bombing and ground artillery bombardment day and night in recent days have almost plowed the entire city of Smolensk. Most of the fortifications built on the ground and the heavy equipment deployed were destroyed and wasted; this will make this battle more difficult for our side.

"Let the soldiers return to the ground and hit the Germans hard!!" With the order issued by Commander Shaposhnikov, the Soviet soldiers who had been ready for battle returned to the ground from various exits in an orderly manner, ready to counterattack the attacking German army.

A platoon of Soviet soldiers climbed to the ground from a sewer exit.

"Oh my God! It was bombed like this?!" They looked at the streets around them in astonishment, which were bombed beyond recognition and could hardly see their original appearance. "Hey, comrade platoon leader, where should we set up our positions?" The three-story building not far away that they were originally responsible for defending had been bombed into ruins. Presumably, the two Maxim heavy machine guns deployed in that building had also become parts.

The platoon leader did not expect this to be the case, but it was impossible for him to return to ask his superiors for instructions. "Let's find a place nearby to set up our positions." The platoon leader walked forward cautiously. Although the attacking German army was still several blocks away from here, the bombing and shelling of the downtown area continued. He was afraid that the blind artillery shell would fly over and wipe them out.

Just after taking a few steps, there was a light sound of "Puff!", and the platoon leader felt as if he was hit by something, and his body swayed and stepped back a few steps. He looked down at his chest blankly and fell down weakly.

"Comrade platoon leader, what's wrong with you?" The Soviet soldiers behind gathered and came forward. They saw the platoon leader lying on the ground with blood flowing slowly. They turned him over. His chest was blood red. His eyes were wide open and lifeless. He was dead.

"This!!" He was shot? !

Before everyone could react, people around him were shot and fell to the ground, screaming miserably.

"Enemy attack! Lie down!" The deputy platoon leader yelled and immediately lay down on the ground, looking for the direction of the bullet.

300 meters away, in a building that was bombed to half of its side, behind a window on the top floor, a sniper quickly removed the 10-round magazine that had been emptied of bullets and replaced it with a 20-round magazine placed aside. Most sniper rifles in later generations only have five or ten-round magazines. Because sniper rifles are mainly used for assassination, they require shooters to kill the enemy with one shot. Therefore, it does not have a firepower density requirement, only a shooting accuracy requirement. Therefore, unlike other weapons, there is no need for a large magazine capacity. When using a sniper rifle, a sniper must conceal his intention to shoot the target, because only by saving himself can he destroy the enemy. If the magazine capacity is too large, the volume of the magazine must be too large, making the gun difficult to control and conceal.

However, at this time, each sniper in the German sniper unit will carry a 20-round magazine, which is just right for this situation.

"So many achievements at once, what good luck." The observer next to him sighed. They are a three-person sniper team; a sniper, an observer and the second sniper, and a cover and communicator. In street fighting, they will deal with the enemy below the platoon level by themselves, and those above the platoon level can call for artillery support through the communicator.

After installing a new magazine, the sniper pulled the bolt to load the bullet and aimed at his target again.

Pulling the trigger, a ball of blood burst out from the shoulder of a Soviet soldier in the distance. The power of the rifle bullets was sufficient, and the sniper did not need to aim at their heads and fire, just hit the target.

At this time, the advantage of the semi-automatic rifle over the bolt-action rifle was reflected. The sniper pulled the trigger again and again. In less than a minute, less than half of the Soviet soldiers in a platoon were left.

The remaining people finally collapsed. "Leave here quickly, or we will all die here!" The deputy platoon leader got up desperately and ran towards the sewer not far away. Others followed suit; but within two seconds, the deputy platoon leader who was running in the front was shot and fell to the ground. In the end, only five or six Soviet soldiers escaped back to the sewer.

"You are lucky." The sniper snorted coldly and replaced the sniper rifle with a new ten-round magazine.

"One, two, three, four... twenty-five." The observer counted the bodies lying on the ground. "A total of twenty-five records, really good." He gave another order to the communicator. "Inform the engineering corps that there is a sewer entrance in area C13, and let them destroy it." They would destroy every exit leading to the ground like this. It would be best to trap all the Soviet troops hiding underground like rats and never let them come out.

Such sniping did not happen in just one place. More than 2,000 German sniper teams lurked in Smolensk from all directions.

In just half a day, Commander Shaposhnikov received more than 10,000 casualties caused by the German cold guns.

These were only the casualties killed by German snipers. What was even more terrifying was that these sniper teams could not only snipe small groups of Soviet troops, but also become the eyes and ears of the ground troops and indicators of attack firepower.

For example, at one place, a whole company of Soviet soldiers sneaked back to a relatively intact building and were deploying fortifications at the window when they were discovered by a sniper team in the distance, who called in an attack plane. The attack plane dropped a heavy bomb on the building, and the Soviet soldiers in the entire building did not even see the shadow of the German army, and they were wiped out.

In addition to the attack planes in the high altitude, there were hundreds of helicopters hovering in the low altitude of Smolensk. Once the Soviet army's movements were discovered, 7mm heavy machine guns, 40mm grenade launchers, and 57mm rockets were used to greet the Soviet army, causing heavy casualties.

The ground forces were not easy to mess with either. Various tanks, assault guns, and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns covered the orderly advancement of the infantry; among them, the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns equipped with 4 20mm machine guns were particularly terrifying. The four machine guns fired a storm of shells. Once it was targeted, it could beat you into pieces even if there were several walls between them.

"..." Commander Shaposhnikov frowned, he found that the German street fighting was not what he imagined. It was difficult for his soldiers to even gain a foothold on the ground, let alone effectively counterattack the Germans.