German 17th Army Corps, one of two Infantry Division and 8th Armored Division, launched an attack into Chełm city, officially kicking off the brutal street fighting. German military attempts to eliminate the Russian army entrenched here in one fell swoop during street fighting. Similarly, the Russian army also hopes to use street fighting to defeat the powerful German military. As for whose goal can be realized in the end, I am afraid we can only wait for the final result of the battle.
The Russian army's defense line on the edge of the city was simply unable to withstand German offensive. The tanks led the infantry, and after launching a round of assault, they were able to easily defeat the Russian army. Of course, the real battle will only begin after entering the city.
After German military attacked Chełm, he immediately launched an attack according to the previous training. In street fighting, it is obviously unrealistic for large forces to gather together to attack. Narrow streets will restrict the deployment of troops. Therefore, troops are often divided into small units of companies and platoons to fight in city streets. This kind of combat method will be more flexible. Especially after receiving the support of Armored Forces, they were able to easily defeat their opponents among City Urban Warfare.
A tank marches through the ruins of a street. The tank's turret kept rotating, searching for possible threatening targets. Dozens of German military soldiers followed the tank, guarding the surrounding area. While they rely on the protection of tanks, they also provide protection for tanks.
"Da da da!"
Suddenly, gunfire rang out. A Russian machine gun set up on a ruins began to fire. Several German military soldiers were shot on the spot and fell to the ground. The other soldiers also quickly fell to the ground.
The tank played a great role at this time. The turret rotated and aimed at the Russian machine gun fire points on the ruins.
"Boom!"
Tank Cannon fired, and a High-Explosive Shell hit the Russian machine gun fire point in the blink of an eye, blowing it up. At the same time, the tank's machine guns also began to fire, suppressing other Russian troops on the ruins.
The German military soldiers who were lying on the ground immediately began to attack under the cover of the tank's machine gun fire. They surrounded the Russian army's retreat, and after a fierce battle, killed all the dozens of Russian soldiers stationed here.
After clearing the nearby area, German military resumed action.
German military used this tactic to gradually clear out the Russian troops entrenched in Chełm city. Constantly encroaching on the Russian army's living space and squeezing their activity space. When the Russian army's living space was completely squeezed out, they were wiped out. And Chełm also fell into the hands of German military.
Of course, for German military, the main purpose of this battle is to eliminate the effective forces of the Russian army, not to compete for the city. The gains and losses of one city and one pool are not important. What is important is to get rid of the more than one million troops of the Russian Southwestern Front Army. In that case, this battle can be considered a victory.
"Boom!" A mortar shell fell into the German military queue, which was carefully searching. Several German military soldiers were killed in the explosion.
"Hidden!" a platoon leader yelled. The rest of the soldiers immediately looked for hiding places.
"Boom! Boom!"
The Russian mortars fired continuously, but, as German military was already prepared, they did not cause any casualties to German military.
"Mortar, kill the enemy's artillery!" the platoon leader ordered loudly.
"Platoon leader, Russians's mortars are deployed at the corner of the street and we can't reach them!" the mortar team replied.
"Asshole! Where's the sniper? Can you kill Russians's mortar?" the platoon leader then asked.
"Unable to aim!" the sniper replied.
"Damn it! Ask the battalion headquarters for support, we need a tank!" the platoon leader ordered.
"Yes, platoon leader." The correspondent immediately ducked, evacuated the street, and rushed to call for help.
However, the platoon leader soon realized that his request for help was completely unnecessary.
A Mark II fighter plane flew through this street and after discovering the Russian army's firepower point, the fighter jet immediately launched an attack.
"Da da da!"
A series of bullets from the aircraft machine guns came over, knocking the Russian soldiers hiding on the street corner to their knees. The bullets of the aircraft machine gun are extremely powerful, and those who are hit basically have no way to survive. The bullets hit the Russian mortars, and sparks shot out.
"Great! Attack." German military's platoon leader saw this and immediately launched an attack.
Under the cover of aircraft fire, a dozen soldiers rushed over and eliminated all the Russian troops hiding there.
8th Air Corps's plane also came to help when 17th Corps attacked Chełm. However, Bomber almost all went to Zamość to support 20th Corps's offense. Only some fighter jets came to support 17th Corps. But even so, their support gave 17th Corps a great help during the battle.
Even though Chełm had been reduced to ruins by German military's indiscriminate bombing, the Russian army was like mice, hiding in the ruins and engaging in a fierce battle with German military. Many times, attacking from the ground is not easy to eliminate them. However, for aircraft in the sky, it is very easy to detect the Russian army and launch an attack.
The tactics of air and ground coordination were even more years ahead of the Russian army, which caused the Russian army's plan to stick to Chełm to completely abort.
"General, the Germany people's offensive is very fierce. They not only have tanks to cooperate, but also aircrafts in the sky. We can't resist their attack at all! The casualties of the troops are huge, and the morale is falling quickly." A Russian division commander reported to Lieutenant General Fyodor and Lieutenant General Golovin.
"Damn it! Isn't this just street fighting? Germany people actually use aircraft and tanks. How can we hold on!" Lieutenant General Fyodor roared angrily.
Lieutenant General Golovin's face was also very ugly. In their opinion, Germany's tactics are too bullying. According to tactics like German military, the Russian army in Chełm is simply vulnerable. If you want to stay here for half a month, that is even more idiotic. If it doesn't work well, I won't be able to last even four or five days.
Of course, even so, Lieutenant General Golovin overestimated the Russian army. Under German military's fierce attack, German military had occupied one-third of Chełm's urban area in one morning. At this speed, the entire Chełm city area can be occupied in up to two days. As for the Russian troops stationed here, one can naturally imagine what the final result will be.