The Soviets stationed in Sruzko were suppressed by the German artillery, and a large number of military strongholds were completely destroyed half an hour before the battle began.
The German army learned from their previous experience and did not stop the bombardment this time. They did not give the Soviets time to react. Instead, they chose to fire while sending ground troops to attack.
This kind of tactic was very demanding for the German army. Their artillery and infantry had to cooperate very closely. Otherwise, once the cooperation was not good, the artillery shells would fall on the heads of the infantrymen who were attacking.
On the contrary, it would cause heavy casualties to their soldiers and hinder the attack of their infantry units.
At this time, all countries in the world were researching the tactic of coordinated artillery. The ideal situation was obviously that the infantry would immediately catch up after their artillery bombarded a position. There was almost no time to take care of the enemy who had been knocked out!
If they could really achieve this, then the infantry attack would be very simple, because even the most well-trained army would inevitably fall into a certain chaos after being bombarded.
Enemies in a chaotic state were the easiest to deal with. Once the enemy recovered, the attacking party would fall into a bitter battle!
However, the ideal tactic of coordinating infantry and artillery was very difficult. To achieve that kind of seamless cooperation, not only did the infantry and artillery need to have a high level of tacit understanding and coordination.
Moreover, the requirements for the country's military industry were relatively high. At the very least, the accuracy of the artillery used by the artillery must be sufficiently guaranteed. Otherwise, no matter how good the coordination was, the impact point of the shells fired was too large, and they would still blow up their own people!
Although the German army couldn't do it flawlessly, they had clearly practiced their artillery coordination tactics. Compared to the armies of other countries in this era, they were still much stronger.
At this time, the German army could reach the enemy's position within two minutes after the artillery attacked an enemy position.
In two minutes, the infantrymen could advance about 300 meters with their speed. This distance was already close to the limit. After all, the German 280mm mortar had a killing radius of 200 meters. If they got too close, they might be killed by their own shells.
Moreover, considering the possibility of the cannonball falling off, the safe distance should be further. 500 meters was the limit of this safe distance.
Two minutes was obviously not enough for the Soviets.
After all, they were already used to the slow pace of the German army taking at least half an hour to attack after the bombardment stopped.
Thus, in the eyes of the Soviets, they found that after the German artillery stopped, before they could get out of the artillery hole, the German soldiers almost quickly rushed in front of them. They were still swaying from the dizziness of the artillery explosion and were captured.
The first position on the southwest side of Sruzko was broken through by the German army. Seeing this, Quhillel immediately put two regiments of troops here to attack the flank of the Soviets.
The German Artillery Group immediately captured the weakness of the Soviet defense line and began to attack the breach in the Soviet defense line.
When the flank was attacked by the German army, the 55th Army had already realized the danger. The Soviets sent reinforcements almost immediately.
However, as soon as the reinforcements set off, they were attacked by the German air force before they could reach the battlefield.
The German Air Force, which was heavily invested, kept an eye on the Soviets 'every move on the ground and naturally would not let them pass easily.
The Soviets were suppressed by the air and were almost unable to move. What was worse was that the German artillery, under the guidance of the air reconnaissance plane, began to use long-range artillery to bombard them.
In the end, not to mention supporting their allies, even they were in danger!
" Air force, where's our air force?"
The news of their own troops suffering heavy casualties from the air strikes made Lieutenant General Lazarev, the commander of the 55th Army, fly into a rage!
Without air superiority, once the ground troops were suppressed in the air, they were basically living targets for anyone to eat. They were simply sending themselves to their deaths!
"Get me the main command of Leningradsk!”
Lazarev made a phone call to the general command of Lelingrador in a fluster and urgently requested air support!
Without air support, their flank defense line would be completely broken by the German army. Once the flank defense line was lost, the flank of the 55th Army would be exposed to the German army. At that time, they would have to retreat. Otherwise, they might be surrounded by the German army or even wiped out!
Once they retreated, Sruzko's position would be lost.
Sruzko belonged to the outer position of Lelingrador. It was about 30 kilometers away from the core city of Lelingrador. If it was lost, the German long-range artillery such as the Gustav cannon could directly bomb Lelingrador!
What was even worse was that once Sruzko fell, the 42nd Army on the flank of the Soviets would face a two-pronged attack from the German army. Their left and right sides would be threatened by the 18th and 11th Armies of the German army. At that time, the 42nd Army would have to retreat.
If the 42nd group army retreated, a large number of Soviets would be squeezed into a very narrow space around Lelingrador. At that time, they would lose their space to move, and such a dense force would simply be a living target for the German army!
At that time, the damage caused by the German artillery and bombardment would also multiply!
In modern warfare, defending a city wasn't about staying in the city and fighting the enemy. Instead, it was about using the city as a base to build a large number of positions on the periphery to resist, slow down the enemy's attack, and consume the enemy's effective strength.
Once the enemy destroyed all the outposts, the city would basically be lost!
Lazarev understood this principle, so did Marshal Leeb.
Therefore, when he saw that the Soviets were showing signs of defeat, he immediately threw in one of his trump cards, the Second Armored Army of the Central Army Group!
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