Chapter 141

"Woo... Woo..." mixed with the sound of turbulence, the shrill cry makes people sweat, which is still so bright and harsh on the streets of Madrid full of gunfire.

"Watch the sky! Enemy aircraft An officer of the Republican Army pointed to the sky to remind his comrades, but he was hit by a machine gun just after he appeared. His face was bloody and he fell on his back in the trench, and his body was still shaking.

Stuka dived to a nearly right angle and accurately dropped a bomb to the Republican position. With a loud noise, debris and broken glass splashed everywhere, mixed with arms and fingers, sending groups of Republican soldiers to heaven.

Stuka bombers drop bombs and fly high into the sky. The air defense firepower on the ground is frantically fighting back at the tail of the plane. All kinds of machine gun and rifle ammunition are sprayed into the sky as if they don't need money. But waiting for them is the Spanish air force he-51, which covers Stuka bombers at low altitude.

"Comrades! Pay attention to the front! The bastards of the national army are coming up again A fighter gunner looked at the officer who fell beside him, helped the helmet on his head, looked at the soldiers of the national army who came up in the dark, and cried out: "let them taste our strength!"

"Bang!" There was a shot. Then the second gun was fired, and the machine guns roared. The silence of Stuka's bomb made a noise. The Spanish Republican Army's flesh and blood became an unbreakable position.

"Hello? Is it the second company? This is battalion! Yes... Yes... The position has been taken by you? Good! Stay there! Until I give you new orders! You can arrange people to rest... But you must ensure the safety of the position! well! Long live the Fuehrer A commander of the Grenadier regiment of the 2nd SS Panzer Division, holding a walkie talkie, ordered the man at the other end.

Then he put down the microphone in his hand and went to an officer sitting in front of his battalion looking at the map of downtown Madrid. Standing at attention, he reported: "commander! Our army has taken the eye-catching Hotel on the fifth block, and a squad of soldiers from the second company is setting up a defense nearby. "

"What about the loss? In the afternoon, the enemy launched some local counterattacks, and the National Army heard that 54 people were killed. " The SS commander took a drink from his glass and asked.

"Report. Three people were killed and 19 wounded in our battalion yesterday. " The battalion commander was very distressed to say: "to tell you the truth, the national army is far less brave and tenacious than the Republican Army, they can win completely by new equipment and us."

"To tell you the truth, we are not used to the endless war of attrition in the city. In the wild, the second SS Panzer Division can advance dozens of kilometers or even further every day, and the loss can be negligible. However, in the streets of Madrid, the same loss can only hit a few insignificant streets. " Said the commander with a sigh.

He seemed to suddenly think of something and asked, "what about our hunting team? How are you doing in the city? "

"The performance of the hunting team is as good as ever. It's like they are in heaven in the city." When the battalion commander mentioned the hunting team, he looked a lot better: "in the report they submitted yesterday, they said that they had killed at least 49 Republican soldiers and officers. But we can't verify most of the results. "

"There's no need to take the risk of verifying these achievements. Those who lie about their achievements will die in the end, because every time they exaggerate their achievements, the next time their superiors will send them to more dangerous places." The commander waved and said with a smile, "it's no different from chronic suicide."

"It's worth noting, Mr. commander, that there were some snipers in the Republican Army, and one of us was killed by an enemy sniper." The battalion commander continued to report: "they learned our tactics very quickly. I think once the war falls into a war of attrition, more snipers will be trained

The commander gave a wry smile: "there is no way. We can lure our opponents to do wrong things, but there is no way to stop them from doing right things."

In the distance, the shelling began again.

"Franco suspected that there was a Republican command here. They are shelling areas they suspect. " After tapping on the map, the lieutenant commander said to the battalion commander, "but general Bok thinks that the other party's headquarters should be in our attack direction, so I brought seven tanks to cooperate with your troops to seize the school here in the afternoon. I hope I can get something. "

"It's said that there are some problems in China and small-scale rebellion is taking place in some areas... Is that true?" In the end, the battalion commander asked a question that he cared about: "some new recruits said that the head of state is liquidating Junker nobles, which makes the domestic military unstable."

"It's true. I can't hide it." The commander snorted coldly: "my family has taken the oath to stand on the side of the head of state. Those guys who don't know how to praise will naturally be wiped out one by one."

"But I heard from the logistics department that the domestic chaos has affected the production of ammunition, and there are problems in the mines. Is it too drastic? There are not enough barrels and ammunition for our battalion. Now we have several batches of copper shell ammunition imported from Italy. "

"You can be content. Because of the long distance, the 2nd Armored Division always used inferior ammunition and machine gun barrels made in Spain. The problem of shell extraction was quite serious. It was only a few days ago that they won Barcelona that they got a batch of supplements." The lieutenant commander was obviously worried about supplies: "general Bok has sent a telegram to yuan, asking the head of state to meet the supply of weapons to the front-line forces."“ Is it really so serious? " The battalion commander sighed: "is this grenade replacement not because of the shortage of materials? Even the wooden handle has been canceled, leaving only one warhead. The surface has been cut into pieces, which looks much rougher than the old grenades we used before. "“ You are wrong this time. " The commander said with a smile: "general Bok has seen the power report of the new grenade, and it is really better than the old grenade. Although the throwing distance is about 10 meters, the cost has decreased by 20%, and the production speed has increased by 70%. With this improvement, you can use twice as many grenades as before. Do you think it's good or bad? "“ If only the fuze had been improved. " Battalion commander smile, some embarrassed scratch head, but still not content to say a word. The commander pointed to the battalion commander with a smile: "you! It's said that it's really improving, but I don't know the effect. " Thinking of the turmoil in China, the battalion commander was worried: "I hope our hometown is OK."“ It's going to be OK! Don't worry The commander patted the battalion commander on the shoulder, pointed to the door and said, "I'll go back to the general headquarters in the afternoon, so I won't linger here. Look, if your attack goes well in the afternoon, you can drive the Republic out of Madrid tomorrow."“ Long live the Fuehrer The battalion commander stood at attention“ Long live the Fuehrer With that, the commander walked out of the battalion command post. In the afternoon, the attack began. The peculiar sound of cutting wood of the German machine gun began to appear in the battlefield. The auxiliary shooter carried the bullet chain of the machine gun into the machine gun, and the bullet flew out of the machine gun with the jet tongue. The machine gun flew to the target, and instantly knocked down several Republican soldiers who showed their heads to fight back. The tank's crawler chain rolls up dirt and dust. Covering the infantry behind, they carefully leap into one crater after another. Sandbags and maintenance wheels are hanging in front of tank 3. This is the "additional armor" that tank soldiers install for their tanks. I hope these things can save their lives at the most critical moment. Across the low wall, the German soldiers opened fire with long guns and short guns, and the position opposite was covered with white smoke. After most infantry fired, they retreated to the back of the wall, began to pull the bolt and push it up again to reload their Mauser 98K rifles. A soldier's rifle was jammed, so he had to hold the rifle upside down and kick the handle on the bolt with his foot to get the stuck cartridge out of the barrel, because the strength of his arm was not enough to open the stuck bolt. It took him a long time to repair his rifle and fire again. Because of the lack of copper mines, Germany has been forced to implement steel shell ammunition in its own country. This kind of ammunition can't be stored for a long time, and it's easier to jam than copper ammunition. However, the advantage is that it can be manufactured more quickly and make up for the shortage of copper shell ammunition. Although it affects the use to a certain extent, most soldiers are still used to this kind of bullet. Another attack began. The shells cut through the sky and blew a school building into ruins. The glass was broken and the wall collapsed. The Republican Army machine gun positions that kept firing inside were directly destroyed. More than a dozen bodies were scattered around. When the German soldiers bent over, no one looked at them. In the ruins, Republican Ernst? The battle flag of tyrman camp is buried under the rubble. A German war reporter with a camera left images of their achievements to several German soldiers passing by. Their faces are covered with dirt and their teeth are white. They are very happy and smile. They don't care about the explosion and smoke in the distance. The battle was so much easier than expected that in the afternoon Franco's army declared control of downtown Madrid. Although the resistance was still going on, the sniper's gunfire could be heard occasionally until two weeks later. However, organized resistance has indeed been eliminated, and the Republican Army has withdrawn from Madrid, the capital city that has become half a ruin.