The fortresses converted from museums, opera houses, and large Gundam buildings have now completely lost their former majesty. These lifeless battle fortresses, except for some cracked walls and burned-out windows, exude a creaking sound. Apart from the noise, there was no trace of survivors left in the entire place. The only sound that came out was the footsteps of these German soldiers. This scene almost gave the SS soldiers the illusion that they were not here to fight a war, but as an archaeological team to inspect the remains of prehistoric civilization.
Just entering the Garden Ring Road area, the advancing SS troops did not encounter any resistance. Except for the sound of the tracks of the Panther tank rubbing and the footsteps of the SS soldiers, this place was like a dead city! "Hey, what are you doing?" I saw a soldier rashly trying to push open the iron door, and a man who clearly looked like an officer stopped him through a thick gas mask, "You're crazy, don't be rash! It's so thick The iron door has just been burned by the fire, don’t you want your hand anymore?”
"I'm sorry, sir!" Through the gas mask, the young soldier's face was tightly blocked. However, after hearing the previous officer's words, the soldier immediately pulled his hand back and faced the officer who had just reminded him. Admit your mistake.
"Wait a minute, I'll find someone to open this door!" said the officer who reminded him just now. Obviously, what was behind the iron door also aroused the officer's curiosity, but he would not be as reckless as the soldier. The power of strength in numbers was perfectly reflected at this time. A dead object was destined to be unable to stop the curiosity of the soldiers, but in the end the soldiers still used Panzerfaust anti-tank rockets to blast a big hole in the big iron door. After all, as an anti-tank rocket that attacks tanks, it is very easy to attack a mere iron door.
After opening the door, some soldiers immediately approached the door quietly. The expected attacks and sneak attacks did not happen. But a wave of heat rushed towards them, and even the SS soldiers wearing gas masks felt their faces burning as they approached the gate.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the temperature inside eased, and some SS soldiers walked in. The entire building was sealed very well, leaving these soldiers who walked in without any doubt that if they took a frontal attack, they would be killed. There is no doubt that he was hit head-on. After entering, some tables and chairs were scattered on the ground. It could be seen that they were pushed down by people. There were also more than a dozen bodies of Red Army soldiers lying aside. The military doctor following the attacking force immediately walked in. After a short examination, he said in a deep tone, "The pupils are dilated and the muscles are relaxed! These people died of hypotonic dehydration and suffocation!"
Dehydrated? Extensive burns: Hypotonic dehydration may occur when the burn area is large and a large amount of body fluids are lost and only water is replenished. But it doesn't seem like there is a fire rushing in here? The soldiers next to him were surprised at first, but when they looked around, they understood. In this strong and tightly sealed fortress, the sea of fire outside lasted for more than an hour. It usually serves as a battle fortress to protect lives. When the long-lasting fire still lingers on, it acts as a pressure cooker. The heat wave that came in through the windows and gaps finally wiped out these loyal warriors.
As for death by suffocation, these soldiers understand it well. Simply put, it means that the human body's breathing process is blocked or abnormal for some reason, resulting in hypoxia in various organs and tissues throughout the body, and metabolic disorders of tissue and cells caused by carbon dioxide retention. The pathological state of dysfunction and damage to morphological structures is called asphyxia. When the human body is severely deprived of oxygen, organs and tissues will be extensively damaged and necrotic due to lack of oxygen, especially the brain. It only takes one minute of complete airway obstruction and inability to breathe for the heart to stop. As long as the rescue is timely, the airway obstruction is relieved, breathing is restored, and the heartbeat is restored. Of course, there are also toxic suffocations, such as carbon monoxide poisoning. A large amount of carbon monoxide is inhaled into the lungs from the respiratory tract, enters the blood, and combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which hinders the combination and dissociation of oxygen and hemoglobin, leading to suffocation caused by tissue hypoxia. But whether it is pathological suffocation or toxic suffocation, in short, death is due to lack of oxygen.
One of the characteristics of napalm is that it consumes a large amount of oxygen when burning violently. Even after burning and extinguishing, oxygen cannot be effectively replenished in a certain area for a long time. Although these soldiers are indoors, they are obviously fierce. The fires have been enough to affect the oxygen content inside these fortresses. In the end, in the face of the long-term burning of the raging fire, the oxygen here is getting less and less.
Although in this situation, the chance of survival of the Red Army soldiers inside is very small, the SS soldiers still dare not be careless. Carelessness during the war is an unforgivable mistake. Some of these soldiers have friends because If they carelessly cost themselves their lives, they don't want it to happen to them again. So we continued to search carefully. This three-story giant fortress was searched by SS soldiers. The bodies of eighty-three Red Army soldiers were quickly found. The bodies of these soldiers were scattered on various floors. They also found The military doctor briefly examined the seven unconscious Red Army soldiers and shook his head and said, "There is no need to resuscitate them!"
When these soldiers heard what the military doctor said, they understood that although these soldiers were not dead yet, they were not far away from death. With the approval of the officer just now, several soldiers pointed their Mauser 98 rifles at the unconscious Red Army soldier. Perhaps they couldn't bear to see such a scene, and the military doctor measured his head. Click, click, click... With a burst of gunfire, several unconscious Red Army soldiers followed their comrades to another world.
This was true for the first fortress, and so was the case for the second fortress. Almost in the areas where napalm bombs exploded, the SS soldiers rarely found survivors after entering these fortresses. Most of the people and the first fortress were Like the Red Army soldiers in the fortress, they also died of dehydration and suffocation. The few soldiers who still had physiological activities were also cleared away by SS soldiers. With such an easy advancement of nearly five hundred meters, more than twenty or so large fortresses fell into the hands of the SS. The almost non-dangerous work almost completely dispelled the vigilance of the soldiers.
However, when entering the 23rd Battle Fortress, the attacking SS soldiers and the defending Red Army soldiers exchanged fire for the first time.
Rather than saying it was a firefight, it was better to say that the careless SS soldiers were sneak-attacked by the Red Army soldiers who were still unable to move. Just like the previous action, they passed through the burned-out gate, and everything they saw was a blur. The wreckage, the gate here obviously failed to withstand the fire, as the several charred corpses on the first floor can prove this. Seeing this situation, it is naturally difficult for the SS soldiers who entered to be vigilant. Barely entering a battle fortress, SS soldiers could see corpses of different types of Red Army soldiers, ranging from hundreds to dozens of corpses of Red Army soldiers. So after seeing the scene here just now, I would not have thought that there were still people in this situation. Not dead yet.
When the SS soldiers separated and searched randomly, a Red Army soldier who could still control his body faced the SS soldiers in the corner and pulled the trigger. This was also the reason why the SS soldiers entered this area. The first casualty, this Red Army soldier who had almost exhausted all his strength, was naturally killed immediately by the SS soldiers who heard the news. However, his survival also served as a reminder to the German soldiers who had already relaxed their vigilance. It was not yet time to relax their vigilance.
Lin Wei, who was in the rear, although he did not enter the sea of fire with the attacking soldiers, he was always concerned about the situation there. In this history, after all, napalm bombs were used on a large scale for the first time. In fact, Lin Wei has no idea what kind of results he can achieve. You must know that compared to Tokyo, the architectural style of Moscow, the temperature here, and everything here are very different, at least not mainly wooden buildings. It is difficult to burn Moscow for 700 miles like Tokyo.
However, as news of the smooth progress gradually came, the people who had come to report described the dead and wounded Red Army soldiers. A smile slowly appeared on Lin Wei's lips. The secret weapon that Lin Wei had high hopes for, for the first time The appearance finally did not disappoint him.
"Leader, according to the news from the search team ahead, at least the bodies of nearly 8,000 Red Army soldiers have been counted! The battle fortress group that once gave us a headache has now been taken down by us without any effort, and there are still ten There are still living people in several fortresses, and the attacking Führer Regiment has met with stubborn resistance from the Pushkin Museum Fortress!" Lin Wei listened to the staff's careful explanation bit by bit and said, "I want to hear it within an hour. We have no time at all for the news that all the fortresses have been captured! And since the bodies of nearly 10,000 Red Army soldiers have been found, this is enough to show that the Red Army soldiers defending the Garden Ring Road suffered a devastating blow. You know The bodies of the Red Army soldiers who died outside could not last long under the heat of a thousand degrees burning for an hour. The number of deaths of Red Army soldiers will only be greater, even more than twice the number of corpses we found. Don’t be fooled by the Red Army. The remaining defensive soldiers are terrified! Follow the established plan!" Lin Wei said confidently.
"Yes, leader!" Lin Wei watched the staff member go out and said playfully to Crawford, "My dear adjutant, do you think I should talk to Comrade Stalin now?"