Chapter 758 German-Soviet War (72)

How to fight back against the Germans?

This question really stumped everyone present, and the entire conference room fell into a deathly silence.

After an unknown amount of time, a general spoke in a barely audible whisper. "We should first regain air superiority." German planes almost covered the entire sky over Smolensk, which was quite disadvantageous to their own ground operations; if they wanted to effectively fight back against the Germans, the most urgent task was to solve the problem of air superiority.

"..." Commander Shaposhnikov looked at him speechlessly. Seize air superiority? Can it be done? ! Not to mention the Soviet fighters, even the American fighters are no match for the Germans, so how can they regain air superiority? It's simply a fantasy! ! And the Germans' intentions are also quite obvious. After taking Smolensk, their next target is Moscow. Those fighters have been transferred to defend Moscow. How could Comrade Stalin send them here to fight for air superiority. If they send too few, they will just give away their heads in vain. If they send too many, what can they use to defend Moscow? !

While everyone in the conference room was racking their brains to think of countermeasures, the German attack was still advancing in an orderly manner.

"Da Da Da!"

A Soviet bunker blocked the German army's way, and several machine guns fired crazily, blocking the entire street.

The German platoon leader hiding at the corner of the street took out a periscope and observed the bunker opposite. It sounded like a Maxim heavy machine gun and two light machine guns. The streets here are narrow, and these three machine guns firmly blocked the entire intersection, which was a bit tricky.

What's even more tricky is that the bunker was built at the bottom of a building. Even if an attack aircraft was called to drop bombs, it might not be able to accurately hit and destroy it. Moreover, all kinds of messy construction waste piled up outside the bunker increased the protection measures. Even if their Iron Fist rockets could hit it, they might not be able to destroy it. What's more, under such dense firepower, leaning out to fire the Iron Fist is basically a life-and-death struggle.

The German platoon leader was unwilling to let his soldiers die in vain, and ordered a soldier next to him. "Hans, go see if the assault gun has been repaired." On the way here, the assault gun had its tracks blown off by a mine, and it could only lie there waiting for repairs. If the assault gun fails again, a shell from the 150mm caliber cannon can blow the bunker up to the sky.

However, they did not notice that a sniper rifle on the rooftop of a building in the distance had been aimed at the bunker.

"Distance 450 meters, right wind direction 3 to 4." Listening to the data given by the observer, the sniper slowly held his breath, pressed the crosshairs in the sight on the shooting hole, and pulled the trigger steadily.

"Bang!"

The bullet accurately shot into the shooting hole that was constantly spitting out flames, and a light machine gun immediately went silent. The machine gunner fell to the ground, holding his stomach and screaming, with wisps of blood flowing out from the gaps between his fingers.

"Medic! Someone was shot!" The Soviet soldier next to him immediately pulled him aside, and the medic bandaged his wound simply. "The injury is too serious, and surgery must be performed immediately."

"You two, carry him to the medical room." The squad leader on the side just gave an order, and another machine gunner was also shot and fell to the ground.

"!!" The squad leader frowned slightly. Two bullets flew into the machine gun firing hole in such a short time. He didn't think it was an accident. Before he had time to figure out how the bullets could be shot in from these narrow firing holes, the machine gunner of the Maxim heavy machine gun screamed and fell on his back. The bullet hit his chest and took his life directly.

Now everyone reacted. "There are German snipers! Pay attention to find them! Quick! Keep shooting, don't let the Germans get close!!" The squad leader gave orders loudly and shouted to the soldiers guarding the telephone. "Call for support! There are German snipers! We need soldiers to support!"

The rest of the soldiers resolutely stepped forward to pick up the machine guns and continued to shoot, but before they had been fired for a few seconds, three machine gunners were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

Six machine gunners were killed or injured at once, which was undoubtedly a terrible pressure for the remaining Soviet troops; when even the squad leader was seriously injured, no one dared to continue to operate the machine guns.

The Soviet machine guns fell silent, and the German platoon leader at the corner of the street picked up the periscope and looked at it in confusion. "What's going on?" At this time, Hans, who was sent to find the assault gun, ran back. "Platoon leader, the assault gun will have to wait a while before it can be repaired."

The Soviet machine gun sounded again, and the platoon leader ordered the soldier holding the grenade launcher. "Two smoke bombs."

The grenade launcher fired two smoke bombs at the bunker, and when the smoke spread, the platoon leader took the lead and rushed towards the Soviet bunker. Even if the iron fist could not destroy this bunker, they still had another terrible weapon that could destroy it; that was the flamethrower. As a close-combat weapon, the flamethrower is used to attack buildings, bunkers and fortifications and to clear out the remaining enemies. This weapon can be called a defensive offensive terminator at a distance of 30 meters, and its impact on the enemy's morale is immeasurable.

Under the cover of smoke, they successfully arrived more than 20 meters away from the bunker. The German flamethrower operator aimed the launcher in his hand at the approximate location of the firing hole. He pressed the firing valve device without hesitation, and the compressed gas in the cylinder sprayed out of the firing port with fuel, and then was ignited by the burning flame and sprayed towards the firing hole of the bunker more than 20 meters away.

At this time, a Soviet reinforcement arrived at the bunker. Seeing that the remaining soldiers in the bunker were timid and no one dared to approach the machine guns, the newly arrived Soviet squad leader was immediately furious. "Hurry up and fire! The Germans are coming!" But because the smoke from the smoke bombs affected their vision, the newly arrived machine gunners didn't know where to shoot.

Suddenly, a scorching flame came through the thick smoke and rushed towards them. The hot napalm poured into the bunker through the shooting hole. The first to bear the brunt were the unlucky machine gunners. The burning feeling came from their faces, and the burning pain became all they remembered. Until he lost all feeling, the piercing burning sensation became the only thing they could feel. Then the terrible flames filled the entire bunker, and the heart-wrenching screams were heard clearly even by the German soldiers not far away.

Seeing the flames gushing out of the bunker, the German platoon leader did not rush to issue an attack order. Because this bunker might lead to the Soviet army's underground fortifications. Once it was lost, the Soviet army underground would blow up this entrance. If they approached rashly, they might be affected.

Sure enough, in less than five minutes, a dull explosion was heard from under the bunker, and a large part of the ground where the bunker was located collapsed.