In the Second World War, the German army invaded like a fire, and the momentum was like a bamboo. Under the command of excellent equipment and clever tactics, Germany defeated France, which at that time claimed to have the world's most powerful army. Even if the Anglo-French coalition joined forces, it would be difficult to stop the german steel torrent. Germany used a classic tactical command to tell the world what is the real tactic, and also the strength of German soldiers resounded throughout Europe and even the world.
When Germany crossed Europe, it was almost invincible. In the war with the Soviets, they also lost less and won more, and the Soviet Union's war losses were basically about four times that of Germany. If it were not for the weather, Germany might even have occupied Moscow. However, it was such a strong army that also lost face fiercely in front of the Soviets. This war is a historical miracle, because the Soviet army only 23 people to hold a small broken building, but to block the German army for 58 days of onslaught, and this battle is the "Pavlov Building Defense War".
The Pavlov Building between Lenin Street and the Soviets was one of the important strongholds of the German and Soviet armies during World War II. This is the only commanding height in the surrounding area, and if anyone on both sides occupies this place, it plays an extremely important role in detecting the enemy situation. In addition, it is flanked by the Volga River, and the docks here are the lifeblood of the Soviet side's material mobilization.
In 1942, the Germans were the first to realize the importance of the building and ordered a team to occupy it. When it was owned, the Soviets did not pay attention to it, and only when they lost it, they regretted it. To this end, the Soviet top brass issued a death order to Pavlov, asking him to take it anyway. But Pavlov had only 23 men under him, so how could he fight against hundreds of Germans?
It was night, Pavlov decided to make a surprise attack, and he and his soldiers caught the unsuspecting German army by surprise and successfully seized control of the building. However, the fight was fought, but the number of their soldiers was far inferior to that of the Germans, and how to defend it was the key. To this end, Pavlov ordered the men to completely cover the entire building with barbed wire, and dug a trench more than a meter wide behind the barbed wire, and at the same time, he also treacherously led the Volga River to the trench. As a result, it was difficult for the Germans to break through from the front. In addition, Pavlov also made some tactical commands according to the abundant materials in the building, so that 23 people were extremely effective, seven of them were responsible for setting up machine gun protection, 6 were equipped with anti-tank guns, and 4 were equipped with mortars, which forced more than ten times more enemy waves to repulse, and even the bombing of enemy aircraft did not make them yield.
Of course, Pavlov was able to win only because of the 30 civilians who were captured by the Germans and imprisoned in the basement of the building. In terms of combat, they may not play a role. But it helped the Soviets dig trenches and played a key role in the transportation of ammunition and the allocation of food, which made the war have such a mysterious result!
This battle gave hope to the People of the Soviet Union and even to the people of the world, the German army is not invincible, even if the difference in strength is 10 times, as long as everyone is united, it can be invincible.