"The Germans threw in new artillery, and yesterday we were attacked several times." A Soviet officer reported to Konev on yesterday's battle.

Within a few hours, the Germans used such powerful shells on several positions, and several Soviet positions were severely damaged.

The power of this large artillery is very great, the walls are so thick that ordinary shells can hardly destroy the thick walls of Soviet buildings, and this kind of shells can easily destroy.

What is even more depressing is that there are many such artillery Germans, which can attack in all directions and with many cannons at the same time.

"The counterattack of a battalion-sized unit was disintegrated by this artillery with one shot. Before the battle even began, we lost more than 120 people, almost 30 people were killed and more than 90 were wounded. The officer said word for word.

"More than 100 people were killed by a single shell? You're kidding me, aren't you? When Konev heard the result, he was stunned for a moment, and then questioned.

"We were preparing for a local counterattack, and the other side opened fire." The officer opened his mouth to explain: "Moreover, the caliber of the opponent's artillery is at least 300 mm, which is super heavy artillery. ”

Such artillery appeared during the bombardment of Leningrad, and Marshal Voroshilov also reported on this.

The Germans had large-caliber siege artillery with a caliber of about 300 mm and had a strong suppressive capacity.

Sometimes, it only takes a single shot to change the balance of power in a local area. This artillery has a very long range, and suppressive fire can be carried out at great distances.

In real historical time and space, this K5 train gun can maneuver with the Allied air force and navy at the Anqio beachhead and suppress the landing American soldiers.

What's more, it used the tunnel to evade the Allied bombardment, causing huge losses to the Allied forces that landed in Anqio.

This psychological shadow gave the K5 train cannon a nickname of "Anqiao Express", the express train sent the Grim Reaper, and the fast delivery was a terrifying death!

"The Germans have a lot of artillery, presumably more than 5, and such heavy artillery poses a great threat to us, especially to the Kremlin."

"Let Comrade Khrushchev move to the underground fortifications! Now Moscow, it's hard to say where it's safe! Konev reminded his men gloomily.

If the German artillery bombardment had killed Khrushchev, it would have been a huge blow to the entire Moscow defense.

Although Khrushchev's military level can only be said to be average, he still played a great role in the political management of the region.

After all, in Moscow's huge encirclement, there are not only the army, but also countless civilians who need to be managed.

And these officials, as well as the deployment and distribution of various materials, plus the pressure to withstand Stalin...... All these things prove that it is still very useful to have Khrushchev as a person.

"Got it, Comrade General Konev......" the subordinate replied, and then continued: "It is precisely because of this large-caliber artillery that the suddenness and effectiveness of the German artillery bombardment have increased. ”

Seeing that Konev did not speak, he continued: "Our personnel were shelled before the deployment, and the positions were denser, so the losses were also greater. ”

"And ......," said the officer, speaking of the other side of the matter, "it seems that the German combat group is beginning to be active again. ”

The kind of German combat team he was talking about was referring to the German special sniper squad, and they didn't know the correct name for this kind of formation, after all, they didn't have the habit of interrogation when they caught it alive.

On the battlefield, snipers who catch enemy soldiers are to be shot, and everyone does this without the slightest sense of guilt.

So, no one is bored enough to grab a sniper captive and ask, "What's the name of your team?" Does it sound good? Smoker not?

Sniper captives would be placed on their knees, then a pistol or rifle would be held to the opponent's head, and then the trigger would be pulled to see the opponent's head shattered.

"They're active again?" Hearing the news, Konev asked depressedly.

The opposing sniper team has actually been active all the time, but their attention was distracted by the Soviet snipers for a while ago, and it seemed a little quiet.

But now, when the Soviet snipers were forced to withdraw, these teams turned their attention to the ordinary Soviet soldiers.

"There's no way to go on like this, so the snipers have to try again." Konev, who had a headache, reluctantly gave his own way of coping.

"However, Comrade General, our sniper losses are too heavy, there are too many novices, and the overall combat capability is already declining." The officer spoke.

New snipers have not yet been trained, and the losses of elimination in real combat are even higher. Overdraft these sniper units in this case, and the consequences could be severe.

"The new snipers have not been trained, the old snipers have lost too much, and now the veterans have been transferred back to temporarily train new snipers, and the remaining group of recruits have little experience and cannot complete the task independently." The officer said a lot in one breath.

But helplessly, Konev who he knows also knows, and Konev, who he doesn't know, also knows. The lost snipers cannot be replenished, is it easy to replenish the lost ordinary soldiers?

The German Army Group North pressed the border and had already captured the Ivankov reservoir. He had to send at least 200,000 men north to deal with the new threat.

Under such circumstances, the Soviet defenders in the current huge encirclement of Moscow are already a little overstretched.

Once the Germans continued to expand the Soviet army's defensive area, such as capturing Ryazan or directly cutting off the Soviet army's rear route and encircling the whole of Moscow, then Konev's troops would have to deploy at least 200,000 more to deal with it.

In this case, the loss of thousands of people per day is completely an unaffordable figure - not only he could not afford it, but Khrushchev, Stalin, and even the entire Soviet Union could not afford it.

"I know! I know all of that...... But what can we do now? Is there a better alternative? Konev asked frustratedly and shook his head.

He had already done everything he could, but in the face of the absolute superiority of the German army, he still felt helpless......

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