875 Review
"This is the submachine gun that the Soviets used just now?" An officer walked over, the dust on his body making him look a little embarrassed.
He carried an STG-44 assault rifle with magazine pockets on both ribs and an M35 steel helmet on his head.
In fact, he was indeed a front-line commander, commanding about 70 troops - a company before, and now only about 60 are left after the battle.
"Yes, I saw him fire with this, playing the drum for playing, and the firepower is really strong." The soldier wiped the dust off it with his hands and handed the weapon to his commander.
The German officer looked at the submachine gun with the wooden butt, nodded and said, "You send it to the battalion headquarters, let the battalion commander take a look, and then go to the regimental headquarters again." ”
Now that they have discovered this new Soviet weapon, it is obligatory to warn other friendly units not to suffer the loss of this weapon again.
"React this weapon to everyone, go ahead! Don't delay! The officer patted the soldier with the Bobosha 41 submachine gun and ordered.
After all, the Soviet army did not have this kind of individual weapon before, and in addition to light machine guns, there were few submachine guns in their troops.
But now it's different, the other side is equipped with a new submachine gun, which looks quite powerful.
If the Germans had continued to attack or defend in the same way as before, they would have suffered a great loss – as if they had just encountered the situation.
Previously, in similar attacks, the Germans attribution of a maximum of 5 to 10 men. But just now, at least 20 of the troops under this commander's command were killed.
Among them, at least 10 were caused by this submachine gun, which has to be said to be a considerable number of kills.
If it had been said that a Soviet army had killed 10 Germans at close range, no one would have believed it at all.
Hearing the commander's order, the soldier straightened up for a moment, and then ran to the rear position with his weapon in hand. There are not many opportunities to leave the front line in public service, and it is definitely a good thing to go to the regimental headquarters and get a hot lunch.
"Build a line of defense now! This piece is the salient, and the Soviet army can't fight back! After disposing of the weapon, turning sideways, the commander shouted loudly.
Everyone was busy, some carrying corpses, others helping the wounded with simple wounds. More people began to build positions, the smoke of gunfire had not yet cleared, and the battle was not over.
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"The Soviets threw in submachine guns, which posed a greater threat to us in urban street fighting." An officer stood beside Marshal Rundstedt, pointed to several submachine guns found from the battlefield in front of him, and spoke.
These weapons were no secret to the German leadership, and the Führer's intelligence department had already issued a notice that the Soviet army was mass-producing the Bobosha Type 41 submachine gun.
Unlike the strange names of the STG-44 assault rifle and the MG-42 machine gun, the 41 of this weapon represents the year of service.
"This weapon is really practical, the barrel of a Mosin Nagant rifle sawed from the middle, it is the barrel of this Bobosha 41 submachine gun......" The technical engineer on the front line looked at the weapon in his hand and opened his mouth to praise.
They were also trying to develop their own submachine guns, but after seeing the weapon in front of them, they found that the Soviets were really talented in designing weapons that were simple and practical.
"Playing the drums is a bright spot and a problem." Another officer in charge of technology pinched his chin and carefully analyzed: "The ammunition feeding mechanism is not very reliable, but it is very thoughtful. ”
Not only is there an idea, but the ability to equip individual weapons with a drum of 71 rounds is really very guaranteed.
The Germans generally used a 32-round magazine, which was much more reliable than a drum, but the load was more than half less.
You know, changing the magazine one more time on the battlefield is risking your life. So the soldiers preferred to have a drum with a larger load.
In the real World War II, German soldiers also liked the Bobosha 41 submachine gun. They will seize this weapon and do everything possible to get ammunition for themselves.
In addition, the German army also issued a modification manual for the modification of the Bobosha 41 submachine gun, so that soldiers can modify this weapon to fire German 9 mm caliber bullets.
"The front-line commanders should immediately convene a meeting to spread all the knowledge about this weapon! We didn't pay attention to this aspect before, and it was an oversight on our part. Rundstedt said with a frown.
As the commander-in-chief of Army Group Center, he naturally knew about the Bobosha 41 submachine gun in advance.
But he did forget about it, completely forgotten about it. The information in the hands of the front-line commanders, issued by order of the Führer, was pressed to the headquarters of the army group.
Although there were some submachine guns in the Soviet troops before, they had never appeared on such a large scale. As a result, just in these days, at least 1,000 of these weapons appeared in Moscow.
These days, the German army has lost more than 1,000 people due to the tactical lag, and the Soviet army even fought a small climax in several local areas, causing the German army to lose a lot of positions.
Of course, the big rhythm was still on the side of the German army, Guderian's armored troops had advanced to the periphery of Ryazan, and the German army in the north had also been overwhelmed.
After all, Moscow was surrounded on three sides, but the Germans spent so long that they never approached the real city of Moscow.
The losses on both sides were high, but the Soviets fought with determination and vowed not to let the Germans get closer to Red Square.
"Let General Manstein's troops come up and begin the storm...... We don't have time to waste. Rundstedt looked at the map and instructed his men.
"Yes! Marshal! One of the officers stood up and saluted, then walked out of the headquarters and arranged for Manstein's troops to enter Moscow.
"Write a telegram of apology to the Führer and report the matter to the High Command, after all, it is our human error." Then, Rundstedt said helplessly.
The Führer's intelligence service had always provided accurate and timely information on the enemy's armament, which had helped the Germans a lot.
If it weren't for this information, the Germans might still be using tanks No. 1 and No. 2, as well as No. 3 and No. 4, which were not at all the opponents of the Soviet T-34 tanks.
If it weren't for this information, the Germans would not have prepared for street fighting in advance, let alone hit the city of Moscow so easily.