The battle throughout Leningrad has gradually calmed down, but the battle for Leningrad Square is still full of blood. Compared to the entire city, the area of Leningrad Square is indeed small, but the SS soldiers encountered the fiercest resistance in the entire battle here. During the entire day's attack, in addition to leaving hundreds of people in the square in front of the building, The SS received nothing but a corpse. When the Battle of Leningrad had almost ceased fire, General Arthur Philip, commander of the Prinz Eugen Division, and Schad Hermann, commander of the Northern Mountain Division, noticed this location that was still resisting stubbornly at almost the same time.
The two division commanders ventured to the forward position and observed the eleven-story building. At the same time, they ordered to find the construction personnel of the building to learn about the situation. The main structure of the building is very solid, and the square greatly increases the chance of exposure for the attacking German soldiers. After studying the terrain, the two division commanders felt a shadow cast in their hearts. It was almost impossible to capture this last stronghold of the Soviet Red Army without paying a price. possible.
The already dark night made General Shade and Herman a little irritable. Time was running out. Because a building wasted so long, it can never be called a glory in the Northern Mountain Division's combat record. Snap..., General Shade and Herman slipped a match and were about to light a cigarette, but were immediately knocked out by General Arthur and Philip, "Are you crazy? We are now within the range of the Red Army sniper, in the dark Lighting a cigarette in the sky is equivalent to providing a corrective target for snipers!" General Arthur Philip glanced at the shooting window of the building with some fear, and said with some fear that during World War I, many soldiers were killed in the long trench warfare. Killed in this way, for General Arthur Philip who participated in World War I, lighting up a cigarette in the wild in the dark has almost become a taboo.
"Arthur & Philip! What do you think we should do? Should we find some commandos to blast this building!" General Schad & Hermann said a little irritably. There seemed to be such examples in the German army in Warsaw and London. General Schade and Hermann obviously wanted to learn from the experience of the Wehrmacht.
"No, the viewing angle of the building is very good. It is difficult for commandos to approach the building. Moreover, the main beams of high-rise buildings are usually inside the building, and it is difficult to destroy them by external means!" Arthur & Philip objected, "Unless you can Get the main gun from the battleship!"
Generals Shade and Herman looked at General Arthur and Philip with somewhat unclear eyes. If General Arthur and Philip were not a little older, and if it weren't for their good personal relationship, Generals Shade and Herman might really be the real ones. He waited on him with his old fist, "If I can get the battleship to land, what can I do to you?" General Shade and Hermann asked in a nonchalant manner, "Then what can you do?"
"No!" General Arthur Philip looked straight at the sky and spoke very simply, as if he was asking whether it would rain tonight.
"Two generals, the battle damage statistics have been released. In today's attack on Leningrad Square, we and Prince Eugen's division lost a total of 413 people killed and 672 injured!" In this kind of situation! At the wrong moment, General Shade and Herman's adjutant didn't seem to realize the calm before the storm, and ran over to add fuel to the fire. Under the black night, General Shade and Herman's eyes were filled with fear. With a terrifying cold light, he almost wanted to beat his adjutant, who had always seemed pretty good, to death.
"Well, you go down first!" General Arthur and Philip waved their hands before Shade and Herman. Looking at the joke, he clearly knows that although Shade and Herman can't do anything to him, it doesn't mean that he won't vent his anger on others.
"Is there really no other way? I don't believe that the Red Army soldiers here are made of iron!" General Shade and Herman said angrily.
"If it's not possible, we can attack tomorrow. After all, if we fight in the dark, we will let the soldiers pave the way for victory with their blood. Under normal circumstances, I will never do this..." Speaking of this, General Arthur & Philip suddenly looked like I remembered something. When I thought about it carefully, something seemed a little wrong with Generals Shad and Herman today. They seemed to be very anxious to occupy this place. So he asked with doubtful eyes, "You don't seem to be right today, why are you so anxious to occupy Leningrad Square?"
General Schad Hermann was shocked, glanced around him, and then said helplessly, "I have sent a report to the leader to occupy Leningrad! In fact, the situation was very clear at the time. I didn't expect to be delayed here. Such a long time!”
"What did you say? You're crazy!" General Arthur Philip roared, "You actually sent the report before the battle was over. Have you forgotten how the original commander of your Northern Mountain Division was transferred? Divorced? Leaders really don’t like people who talk empty words, but they can’t do it!” Generals Schade and Herman listened to General Arthur and Philip’s scoldings in silence, and thought of the original Northern Mountain Division in their minds. Division commanders Michel & Gebermeier, Michel was transferred because he failed to catch the Norwegian royal family. Of course, Schad & Hermann, who was the leader of the 2nd Mountain Regiment at the time, knew the inside story very well, so that’s why in a hurry. You must know that leaders are very sensitive to deception. If this matter is not handled well, the Northern Mountain Division will soon have a third division commander.
No matter which country you are in, lying about military information will result in a military court, Hit? After the defeat in the Battle of Moscow, Marshal Bock was removed. After the Battle of Leningrad was postponed indefinitely, Marshal Loeb was removed. This was true for the marshal, not to mention the two division commanders.
"Leave this matter to me!" General Arthur Philip said, and then immediately kicked Shade and Herman into the headquarters.
Since Leningrad is located at a high latitude, the night comes very early, so for General Arthur & Philip, he still has time. As long as the Plaza Building is captured before zero o'clock, they will be finished before today. The battle for Leningrad.
The Plaza Building is eleven stories high and was completed in 1937. At that time, the purpose of the construction was no longer what General Arthur Philip was concerned about. General Arthur Philip was concerned about whether there was a way to quickly occupy the building. In view of the experience in Leningrad, General Arthur & Philip found the route map of the underground pipelines in the city of Leningrad, hoping to find a way to enter the building from the bottom of the building. But General Arthur Philip was disappointed. There was no pipeline passing through the bottom of the building.
However, General Arthur & Philip already had a preliminary understanding of the structure of the Plaza Building. The entire building had only one front door as an exit, which was very beneficial to the defense of the Soviet Red Army and very disadvantageous to the attacking German army. After entering the door, the door There are stairs on each side of the building. If the building is attacked from the area currently occupied by the SS, no matter where the attack is, it must pass through a 300-meter square. During this journey, the Soviet Red Army's snipers inside the building will face life. The happiest moment is when you can improve your record without mercy. General Arthur & Philip also thought of other methods, such as letting the Air Force's Stuka dive bomber wing bomb, or still using the Air Force's transport planes to let soldiers start the attack from the top of the building, but the former cannot move during the night. After all, it is very dangerous to dive bomb in the dark sky. The Red Army hit the wall first before the bombing arrived. The latter makes no sense, since attacking from the top only seals the building, not captures it. Now that the Soviet Red Army inside the building has decided to fight to the death, the blockade is obviously meaningless. Moreover, General Arthur & Philip must occupy the building before today, so neither plan can be established.
"The only way to get close to the building is to rely on tanks!" General Arthur Philip ordered, "Let the Second Mountain Regiment organize this attack and mobilize tanks to cover the attacking troops of the Second Mountain Regiment! In any case, as long as we rush into the building , we will win!" General Arthur Philip said decisively.
At six o'clock in the evening on the 18th, the Second Mountain Regiment, guided by fifty tanks, once again attacked the building where many German soldiers had been buried. Behind them, General Arthur Philip had prepared enough The searchlight only waits for the Second Mountain Regiment to approach the building before guiding them. It is absolutely impossible to turn on the light early, because while guiding the troops, it is also equivalent to guiding the snipers of the Soviet Red Army.
But even so, facing the sound of tracks coming from the opposite side in the dark night, which many Soviet Red Army soldiers still remembered, the Soviet soldiers who had been staring at the opposite side of the square still knew that the German army was about to attack. The darkness restricted the German soldiers, but it also minimized the threat from Soviet snipers. Although many snipers were still shooting, their level was obviously not enough to accurately hit the target in the dark. There were no shouts, no impassioned battle slogans, except for the sound of heavy tracks and heavy footsteps with a sense of oppression. This attack was in an eerie silence. Some unlucky soldiers were hit by stray bullets and let out one or two screams, but the entire attack was still full of silence.
This offensive attitude of the German army caused the Soviet Red Army troops defending the Square Building to fall into great panic. In the windows of the building, little flames kept coming out, which not only did not cause much damage to the soldiers of Prince Eugen's Division. The number of kills and casualties also exposed the target, because the German snipers out of sight used these flashes to avenge the Soviet snipers in their own way.
On the Soviet position at the bottom of the building, the Red Army still used heavy machine guns to shoot at the attacking Second Mountain Regiment. However, in front of the body of the Panther tank, the soldiers of the Second Mountain Regiment did not feel any pressure. On the contrary, the high-explosive shells of the Panther tank were like opening a can, overturning all the few Soviet fortifications. But even so, the Soviet Red Army still used their few anti-tank weapons to fight back.
Therefore, the Panther tank that reacted immediately attacked. So a German Panther tank immediately rushed out of the preset position. It raised its muzzle and opened fire on the Russian anti-tank gun on the opposite floor. The bullets from the 75mm main gun and 7.92m machine gun hit Thick smoke billowed out from the front of the building. The anti-tank guns on the opposite side were not to be outdone and poured fire on the Panther tank that suddenly appeared. Yes, this kind of light artillery can't hurt the Black Panther at all. Soon with a loud noise, the floor where a Russian artillery was located was completely collapsed, and a large number of professional tiles mixed with the corpses of Russian soldiers and the remains of the artillery fell down in blood. It fell heavily on the street in front of the building. However, the artillery here has just been silenced. The German anti-tank guns on the other side opened fire again. The first shell landed directly less than half a meter next to the tank. See this scene. The grenadiers standing nearby opened fire rapidly. Moreover, the Soviet soldiers also intertwined the alternating cover on different floors into an extremely tight fire net. Whenever the German grenadiers shot the machine guns in a certain corridor, other groups would fire together. These suppressed grenadiers had no way to raise their heads. This gave the cannon a great chance. Under the cover of the machine gun, the cannon opened fire calmly and leisurely.
After receiving the order, the German troops began to cover. This time, all their snipers and machine guns were dispatched, desperately covering the impact of the assault troops, while those selected assault troops began their infiltration, and the troops who were defending there The Soviet troops also discovered the German attacking troops, and they began to turn their guns one after another to desperately suppress the German infiltration troops. The battle between the two sides was very fierce. In the contest between the two sides, the German army finally won. Two of the assault soldiers, with the help of other teammates, reached the bottom of the building through a roundabout approach, and then they threw two purple smoke canisters at a close range. After a few seconds, the two jars began to slowly smoke. At first, there were only a few wisps of smoke spreading outward. After a few more seconds, the smoke began to gradually thicken. Soon, clouds of thick smoke rose into the sky, wrapping the entire building tightly.
At this time, the armored and peaceful artillery units of the Prince Eugen Division began to carry out precise strikes on the ground floor and windows of the Parliament Building, blasting several large holes in the ground of the Plaza Building. After the German army's artillery attack, the Second Mountain Regiment of the Prince Eugen Division charged. In this charge, the Second Armored Regiment, under the cover of tanks and machine guns, finally rushed into the square building with difficulty and quickly occupied the square. The ground floor of the building.
The brutal battle to seize the house began. In order to force the Red Army to surrender, the Second Mountain Regiment's main attack force was to open a passage to the top. However, the Soviets deployed defenses layer by layer and placed bombs in key places, causing losses and trouble to the Second Mountain Regiment. Both sides threw a large number of grenades, and hand-to-hand combat occurred from time to time. As time gradually passed, the square building without power was shrouded in darkness. The outside world knew nothing about the fighting on the opposite side. The soldiers on the two armies were almost in hand-to-hand combat without being able to see their hands and fingers. The sapper shovels and bayonets became the protagonists. Almost all soldiers died due to heavy bleeding. In this case, their eyes were no longer reliable, and they relied almost entirely on instinctive reactions when attacking and defending.
After the Second Mountain Regiment rushed into the building, General Arthur Philip immediately ordered the troops to carry out reinforcements. Starting from the bottom floor, the battle never stopped. After the second wave of troops rushing into the building reached the stairwell, they suddenly felt the sound of their feet. No, there seems to be the sound of running water. When they grabbed it, they realized that it was blood left along the stairs. This scene directly made them realize the cruelty of the battle.
From the first floor to the ninth floor, the German soldiers paid a heavy price and fought with the Soviet Red Army soldiers house by house. The explosion of grenades was heard endlessly. The cruel environment and the scene of rivers of blood directly made everyone crazy. At this time , what National Socialism, what Soviets, what heads of state, what Lenin, they have all forgotten, the only thing they remember is to kill people, this is the last vestige of their remaining instinct.
In the large conference room on the ninth floor, nearly a hundred German and Soviet soldiers were killing each other. Under almost invisible visual conditions, soldiers from both sides continued to use words to stimulate the place, and at the same time, they also determined whether the surrounding people were their comrades or enemies. Tables, teacups, chairs, and even glass fragments have become weapons in their hands. If they can't find weapons, they fight with their fists and teeth.
At the stairwell of the tenth floor, the attacking German soldiers encountered desperate resistance from the Soviet Red Army soldiers. As a last resort, the German soldiers could only use flamethrowers to burn the defending Soviet soldiers to death, and then stepped over some burned The corpse continued to advance. Just after entering the tenth floor, the pressure on the Second Mountain Regiment increased sharply. There were almost as many Soviet soldiers as the entire building. At the stairway entering the tenth floor, the first dozen SS soldiers rushed out. It was beaten into a sieve in an instant. As these soldiers fell, more than a dozen grenades flew out behind them, killing these machine gunners. The battle on the tenth floor began under such circumstances.
The soldiers of the Second Mountain Regiment who advanced here were also at the end of their strength. With few people, they were quickly driven down by the Soviet soldiers on the tenth floor. It was eleven o'clock at night. General Arthur Philip looked anxiously at the high-end luminous watch in his hand and asked, "How many floors have you occupied? Have you seen Zhukov?"
"General, we haven't captured the first floor, and fighting is still going on on almost every floor! However, we already have the upper hand below the ninth floor and will be able to capture it soon. There are many enemies on the tenth floor, and it is impossible to capture the building today!" the adjutant said, neither humble nor overbearing. .
"Yes, it's impossible!" General Arthur Philip repeated absently. It is almost impossible to capture this place today. General Arthur Philip failed to complete this task. After thinking for a long time, General Arthur Philip said carefully, " Send power to Marshal Loeb, the battle for the Leningrad Square Building is basically over, and the building is under control!" After saying that, General Arthur & Philip shook his head secretly, and he began to take side shots. Basic and complete occupation are not the same at all. thing.