Chapter 792 German-Soviet War (91)

Stalingrad.

This city, named after the contemporary leader Stalin, which made the Soviets proud, has now completely become a ruin shrouded in flames of war. Countless soldiers are fighting in the ruins, and people fall down every minute or even every second, just to fight for the city under their feet that has become a ruin.

Commander Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky in the underground command center frowned deeply when he looked at the casualty report in his hand. Two days ago, he received news that the German street fighting troops that had attacked Smolensk had arrived in Stalingrad and were about to go into battle. As a result, the casualties on our side doubled in the past two days, and the casualties yesterday alone reached an astonishing 20,000 people.

Originally, the casualty ratio between our side and the European Allied Forces (Germany, Romania, Hungary, Russian Liberation Army, Ukraine, and Foreign Legion) was maintained at a level of 1:2 or 1:3; but when the German street fighting troops went into battle, the death ratio suddenly exceeded 1:6. The German street fighting troops relied on more intensive artillery support, as well as air support and the infiltration of snipers and special forces, causing the Soviet casualties to rise sharply.

As casualties increased, various problems followed. "Comrade Commander, our reserve medicines are running out. Especially anesthetics and plasma for rescuing the wounded are running out." The logistics general in charge of medical supplies reported a more worrying problem. Once the anesthetics run out, performing surgery on the wounded soldiers can be painful to death.

Commander Vasilevsky sighed lightly. "I will find a way." The so-called way can only be to ask Moscow for help, but now Stalingrad has been surrounded; the outside supplies cannot be transported in at all, including life-saving medicines.

In the original time and space, the Battle of Stalingrad, because the German army failed to completely cut off the Soviet supply line, the Soviet army always received strong support at the most critical moment. There were several times when the Soviet army in Stalingrad suffered a devastating blow, but the Soviet army survived. It depends on the support of new troops and the continuous supply.

In general urban sieges, the attacker must first establish a tight encirclement along the periphery of the city to prevent the defenders in the city from receiving new reinforcements, and then launch a centripetal assault to orderly eliminate the defenders in the city.

The city of Stalingrad is unique. It is backed by the Volga River, which makes Stalingrad impossible to be truly surrounded by the German army (unless the German army crosses the Volga River and establishes an interception position on the east bank of the Volga River).

At the beginning of the siege of Stalingrad, the mustache issued an order to block the Soviet transportation, dropped a large number of mines and bombs on the Volga River waterway, and launched a large-scale air strike on the Soviet railways and highways near the front line, intending to completely cut off Stalingrad's connection with the outside world. Later, as the German front advanced to the vicinity of the Volga River, the German field artillery also joined the blockade of the Soviet supply line.

If the Soviet army wanted to defend Stalingrad, it had to break the German blockade and provide a reliable logistical supply line for the defenders in the city. This was related to the success or failure of the Stalingrad defense battle and the success or failure of the strategic decisive battle around Stalingrad.

The Battle of Stalingrad was the most difficult period for the Soviet logistics department. Despite the unprecedented difficulties, the Soviet logistics department basically completed the tasks assigned by the Supreme Command. It not only ensured the personnel and material needs of the Soviet 62nd Army in the city, but also provided sufficient material reserves for the future counterattack, broke the blockade of German aircraft and artillery, overcame natural obstacles such as the Volga River and the Don River, and provided reliable material support for the front-line troops through the comprehensive use of various transportation methods such as railways, highways, water transportation, air transportation and even human transportation. During the entire Stalingrad defense campaign, the Soviet logistics department transported 26,000 carriages of various materials to the front line, totaling 520,000 tons. The Soviet army consumed 17 million rifle rounds, 7.3 million artillery shells and 100,000 tons of fuel. Without strong logistical support, the Soviet army could not achieve the final victory of the Battle of Stalingrad.

At this time, under the order of Yannik, the German army had already crossed the Volga River and occupied the east bank of the Volga River. The entire Stalingrad was completely surrounded. Even if the supplies that occasionally broke through the German defense line were transported in, they were just a drop in the bucket.

Commander Vasilevsky could only put the medicine aside and asked another question. "How is the consumption of food? Is it enough?"

Another general reported. "Comrade Commander, because the number of soldiers killed is too large, the remaining reserve food is still sufficient."

Because the number of soldiers killed is too large, there is no need to worry about food consumption? Commander Vasilevsky opened his mouth slightly, and finally could only nod. "Don't be stingy, make sure every soldier is well fed."

"Yes! Comrade General, I will take care of it."

At this moment, the fierce battle on the ground continued, accompanied by dense gunfire, bullets shuttled back and forth between two buildings less than 100 meters apart.

Under the building where the Soviet army was stationed, several soldiers were pushing an M192776mm infantry gun out from behind the building.

"Push hard!" A Soviet squad leader loudly encouraged his men, and the soldiers also shouted slogans loudly and pushed the infantry gun. In fact, the weight of this infantry gun is less than one ton, and it has two wheels, so it should be easy to push; unfortunately, now the two wheels are completely damaged, they can only use brute force to pull and move the cannon.

The soldiers of the Restoration Army in the building opposite obviously also discovered this thing, and bullets began to intensively sweep over. After all, no one wanted to be blown up by this thing. A Soviet soldier was shot and fell down, but more Soviet soldiers pushed the door artillery and pushed it to the designated position, aiming the muzzle at the building opposite.

"Bombs!"

A gunner was about to pry open the shell box, and the whole person trembled suddenly, and fell on the shell box weakly.

Others just thought it was hit by a grenade, and another soldier immediately stepped forward, but just as he was about to pry open the shell box, he was also shot and fell down. Soldiers around the infantry gun were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and then they reacted. "Sniper! Dodge!" The remaining people rolled and crawled to hide behind the building. At this time, only one of the two squads of soldiers was left.

"Comrade squad leader, what should we do?!" The other soldiers panted and asked their squad leader.

Before the squad leader had time to come up with a countermeasure, a burst of rapid shells broke through the air in the sky.