: One thousand two hundred and five terrible anti-aircraft guns
The battle surrounding the main building of the City Hall has evolved into a final battle in the nearby streets from the very beginning. The Soviet army seems to want to defend this highland and iconic buildings to the death, while the German army hopes to take it as soon as possible and occupy the entire Rostov.
Rostov was an important point of support for the Germans to complete their defenses before winter began: it was already mid-October, and winter was approaching.
If Rostov cannot be won, the hundreds of thousands of German troops nearby will have to spend the winter in the wild, which is definitely not good news.
As the battle went on, the Germans finally couldn't hold their breath. They mobilized the No. 3 assault gun and other armored vehicles to try to take the City Hall with absolute superiority.
The No. 3 assault gun continued to roll forward with its crawler, crushed the gravel and rubble scattered in the middle of the road, and charged majestically along the street towards the City Hall.
Behind the No. 3 assault gun is an anti-aircraft gun modified on the No. 4 tank chassis, which was popular with German soldiers in the urban battle.
This self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is equipped with a set of 4 mounted 20mm caliber cannons, which are mainly used to carry out the weapons and equipment of the air defense tasks of the field troops.
However, the Luftwaffe had already defeated the Soviet Air Force, and the other party did not even dare to fight in the air, so the air defense pressure of the ground troops became much less.
Although there are still terrible threats such as the Il-2, on the whole, the field air defense mission intensity of the German ground forces is very low.
Because of this, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are often used by the Germans for urban battles.
And this kind of weapons and equipment designed for air defense is very useful in urban battles, especially against infantry hiding in buildings.
The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns approached their targets little by little, and behind the anti-aircraft guns, there were densely packed German infantry.
Because they had surrounded Rostov, the Germans could continue to reinforce their front-line combat troops, but the Soviet defenders lost a little less.
According to past combat experience, many German armored units operate in a mixed organization of such small units, which is more efficient when combined.
In fact, including field tank units, the Germans often mixed their own combat units, and also allowed armored units and infantry to respond to a variety of emergencies.
Such a mix of their own troops can flexibly fight, reduce unnecessary losses, and also allow the German troops to temporarily strengthen a certain combat capability of the mixed troops as needed.
For example, adding tanks in field battles, adding infantry and assault guns in urban street battles, and adding trucks and motorcycles when rushing on the road...
The German assault gun grabbed a good spot, alongside the burning wreckage of a Soviet T-26 tank.
Now this kind of light fast tank is rare, and the Soviet grass-roots commanders generally do not let this tank charge alone, because this kind of tank cannot pose a threat to the Panther tank at a very close distance.
However, in Rostov, there are still many T-26 tanks used as barricades, some of these tanks were destroyed by shelling, and some were killed by German tanks and assault guns.
Obviously, this one in front of you may have been killed by German anti-tank rocket launchers or assault guns, because if it was killed by artillery, it is absolutely impossible to be so complete.
The self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery that followed had a very good shooting angle, so the German gunners in the car began to prepare for the fire.
This multi-mounted large-caliber rapid-fire gun can pour a large number of shells in one direction, and it only takes a split second.
It can destroy the target like a heavy machine gun. The high penetration ability provided by the ultra-high initial velocity allows these 20mm caliber shells to easily penetrate the wall and cause tragic damage to the people inside.
When fighting in the air, because of its range, its ability to intercept bombers for high-altitude bombing is almost zero.
When it can be used for ground combat, this kind of artillery with a range of more than two kilometers is definitely a murderous weapon of destruction.
Therefore, when this quadruple self-propelled anti-aircraft gun modified by the German No. 4 chassis drove near the municipal building, the victory of the German army was close at hand.
"Ready!" the last loader shouted loudly with his arms raised after he was ready to fire.
"Fire!" After hearing his shout, the commander of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun also shouted the command to fire the next second.
With this command, the four gun barrels protruding from the front of the steel shield in front of the German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun spit out dazzling flames~www.wuxiaspot.com~ suddenly! sudden! sudden! sudden! "Although not as terrifying as the MG-42 machine gun's rate of fire, the ferocious firing sound, as if beating on the enemy's heart, was dull and suffocating.
Just like a thunderbolt, the self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery fired a terrifying and intensive attack. Immediately, white smoke began to fill the outer wall of the city hall. The cracked wall fragments were scattered everywhere, and some even splashed on the church that was already close to the church. German soldier's helmet.
"The enemy is completely suppressed! Attack! Attack!" Seeing everything that happened not far away, the German front-line commanders raised their voices and shouted the order to attack.
A German soldier bent over with a rifle and rushed towards the city hall in the distance. The building was still shrouded in light smoke, and there was no sound in the entire building.
"Keep firing! Keep firing! Make it a sieve!" A German officer supported the steel helmet on his head, ran to the body of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the center of the street, and shouted at a building not far away.
The anti-aircraft gun loaders standing on the car body nodded and shouted loudly: "We're about to do this! It's dangerous here!"
A bullet hit the anti-aircraft gun's shield, making a crisp "ding" sound. Everyone shrank their necks intently, and then the anti-aircraft gun roared again.
The firepower of the two sides is really not on the same level. After the German anti-aircraft guns opened fire again, the other party's counterattack and flirting were almost less.
One after another, dust-covered German soldiers rushed to the gate of the city hall under the cover of ferocious fire from anti-aircraft guns.
The Soviet soldiers who stood in front of them were wiped out one by one, corpses and blood everywhere, bullet marks and shattered bunkers everywhere.