On the outskirts of Smolensk, German military and its allies began to attack the city. Under the previous fierce shelling and air strikes by the Allied forces, Smolensk at this moment has become tattered, like a huge ruins.
However, the Russian troops in the city also had a tenacious will to fight. After receiving the order to defend their position, they did not retreat at all even in the face of strong enemies. Instead, they held their position and fought to the end with the attacking Allies until everyone was killed.
I have to admit that the Russian army is very brave. But unfortunately, many times wars cannot be fought and won with courage.
German 3rd Army Corps is undoubtedly the main force in the attack on Smolensk. Although the other two Polish Army group armies and Belarusian Army group army have the same strength as German 3rd Army Corps, there is a huge gap in combat power.
Under the order of Fedor von General Bock, German 3rd Army Corps invested four Infantry Division in this attack. These four Infantry Division easily broke through the Russian defense line outside the city and broke into Smolensk the city.
German military undoubtedly has rich experience in street fighting. In the daily training, there is also special training on street fighting, so that after the soldiers invade the urban area, they will know how to give full play to their advantages in street fighting and at the same time preserve themselves as much as possible.
After entering the city, German military's troops quickly dispersed into several small troops. These small troops, organized into companies and platoons, began to sweep away the Russian army in the urban area of Smolensk.
In City Urban Warfare, launching an attack in a narrow street is not suitable for dispatching a large force. Otherwise, it will become the target of the enemy's intensive firepower. On the contrary, small groups of troops can operate more conveniently and flexibly.
"Machine gunners prepare to suppress the enemy! Snipers prepare. Mortars and Grenade Launcher, start rapid fire in two minutes!" A second lieutenant platoon leader of German military 33rd Infantry Division gave the order.
There were dozens of people in their platoon, and their mission was to clear out this street. But they first had to get rid of the barricades deployed by the Russian troops on the streets. In this way, they could invade the streets and gradually eliminate the Russian troops hiding in the streets.
After the second lieutenant platoon leader's order was issued, a mortar and three Grenade Launcher were ready.
Then a heavy shelling began.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Dense explosions rang out on the streets, and shells roared and hit the Russian army's position one after another. The entire position was soon shrouded in smoke.
The shells falling from the sky caused a lot of losses to the Russian troops on the barricades. Some Russian soldiers were directly torn into pieces in the explosion.
"Machine gun fire, suppress the Germany people!" a Russian officer ordered.
"Da da da!"
The two Heavy Machine Guns on the Russian position began to fire, and dense bullets shrouded the German militarys.
Two gunners who were preparing to retreat were hit by machine gun bullets and fell to the ground on the spot.
"Bang!"
A crisp gunshot rang out, and a Russian machine gunner's head exploded like a watermelon, with red and white ones scattered everywhere.
The Russian deputy Archer was stunned for a moment, then quickly replaced the dead machine gunner and continued to fire.
However, the next second, a fist-sized bullet hole appeared in his chest.
"Snipers, Germany people's snipers!" the Russian military officer shouted.
The other Russian soldiers were frightened and no longer dared to operate the machine gun.
The machine gunner of another machine gun was also killed by the German military sniper. German military's snipers are condescending and can directly attack targets that pose a greater threat to the Russian army.
"Quick, keep shooting!" the Russian officer shouted. However, no one paid attention to his order. Although those Russian soldiers were brave, they did not want to be shot in the head by German military's machine gunner.
At the same time, one General Purpose Machine Gun and three Squad Automatic Weapons from German military began to fire, and dense bullets flew over the heads of the Russian officers and soldiers. This made the Russian soldiers lie down in the trenches and did not dare to show their heads.
"Attack!"
German military second lieutenant officer immediately issued the order to attack. Dozens of German military soldiers, under the cover of their own machine guns and snipers, launched an attack on the Russian barricades.
"Grenade, throw it!"
A Sergeant First Class squad leader ordered.
Several grenades were thrown into the Russian barricades, and explosions sounded. The Russian troops inside suffered heavy casualties.
The German military soldiers also took this opportunity to break into the barricade and wipe out all the remaining Russian troops inside.
After the battle, the wounded were sent to the rear. After a short rest, German military of this platoon began to clear out the Russian troops hiding in the buildings on both sides of the street.
Although, during the shelling and bombing before German military, the buildings on both sides of the street were almost destroyed. But there are still some Russian troops hiding in it, which will pose some threats to German military. Only by clearing out these Russian troops can we launch an attack on the next target without any worries.
German military soldiers formed a combat team and began to eliminate the Russian troops. When they encountered a house that had not collapsed, they formed a fighting formation, first threw grenades into them, waited until the grenades exploded, and then rushed in to attack the threatening targets.
From time to time, fierce gunshots were heard, which was German military exchanging fire with the Russian troops hiding inside.
The resistance of the Russian army was very tenacious. Even when facing German offensive, which had an absolute advantage, they fought to the end. This also caused a lot of casualties to German military.
Several German military soldiers rushed into a house and found a seriously injured Russian soldier inside. They did not fire immediately because the Russian soldier seemed to no longer pose a threat to them.
However, the next second, a smile appeared on the face of the Russian soldier. Because in his hand, he held a smoking grenade.
"Asshole!"
The Russian soldiers cursed and rushed outside the house.
"Boom!"
There was an explosion and the Russian soldier was killed. Likewise, several German military soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
After German military invaded Smolensk, the battle became very fierce. The Russian officers and soldiers fought to the death, which forced German military to compete with them for every house, every ruin, and every street. In many places, we even had to fight for it repeatedly. After German military occupied this position, the Russian army would organize a large number of troops to take it back. Later, German military occupied this place again. In such an opposition battle, the casualties of the troops would naturally not be so small.