Yang Mingzhi has completely changed the "muddle-headed" image he had in the past few days. He is not afraid of things, he is just disgusting and boring! Now that a bunch of worrying things are in front of him, he is more energetic!
He was completely confident about the two regiments and one battalion participating in the operation, and was even more ambitious about the weapons and equipment the soldiers would use.
The military meeting will continue to be held in the afternoon, and Salinchkin will continue to attend as a special representative. This man is a person with whom we can talk, and he is also a person who knows how to maximize interests.
Therefore, he would not report matters such as actions that would expand the tasks of his superiors.
In fact, no one would believe it even if it was reported! Who would believe that there is some kind of weapon that can be launched from the Dnieper River and directly attack a city with a population of 200,000?!
The afternoon meeting was a purely military meeting, with all regiment and battalion-level commanders participating in the battle present. Everyone gathered around the map table and listened to their commander's speech.
On the other hand, the communications room of the headquarters has been replaced by Alexeyev himself, and all male correspondents are present.
The female correspondents all returned to the dormitory to rest. After the shocking scene in the early morning, Alexeyev was completely convinced that Periya, his subordinate, was a genius. He secretly made up his mind that the child must learn to operate the telegraph machine immediately.
It took her five days to learn the Soviet army's double-encrypted telegraph code, and she must have learned how to operate the telegraph machine in five days.
The one month given by the commander is no longer a time crunch, but a waste of the child's time. Judging from the current situation, the child can quickly translate telegrams, except that he cannot send them. If the superior orders the radio to be silent, in this situation, the child will
There is a reason to go to work!
Alexeyev's thoughts were naturally still on the telegraph machine.
The superior's order was too brief, and many details were not explained at all. He was keenly aware that the 17th Guerrilla Brigade definitely had content. After all, the troops could not cross the river and foolishly waited for the so-called guerrilla brigade to find them in person.
He kept waiting, and finally at four o'clock in the afternoon, a new telegram came!
Compared to the early morning, the telegraph operator at this time was already prepared, with paper and pen ready. When the red light suddenly turned on, everyone was ready.
The only sounds in the communication room were the different rhythmic beeps of the telegraph code and the rustle of the telegraph operator's pen across the paper...
Soon, Alexeyev personally took the new information and rushed into the large office where the meeting was taking place.
He shouted loudly: "New order! New order from superiors."
Suddenly, everyone's eyes turned to this man. Yang Mingzhi stood up excitedly and shouted: "What did the superior order?!"
"See for yourself!"
With that said, this new order was placed in front of Yang Mingzhi.
Yang Mingzhi did not find it novel. This new order was a revision and expansion of the previous order. It not only specified the exact time of the 63rd Group Army's operation, but especially introduced the serious difficulties currently faced by the 17th Guerrilla Brigade.
When the war reached 1942, the Soviet army's troop organization was greatly modified. For example, the size of an integrated division was reduced from 15,000 to about 10,000.
Some large units were broken up into more mobile brigades.
Usually, a brigade is mainly composed of two regiments, with a strength of about 5,000. After all, this small-scale unit only has a few thousand people. Compared with the previous units of 20,000 or even 30,000 people, it can exert high mobility in some special battlefields.
The advantages.
Guerrilla brigades generally have fewer combat troops than regular infantry brigades.
There are a large number of guerrilla brigades fighting in the German-occupied areas. Some of them are integrated from scattered stragglers, and some are regular troops who are breaking out and ordered to start fighting guerrillas on the spot. These troops have received new formations, and many guerrilla brigades have been established.
There were only more than a thousand people at the beginning, and they were asked to expand their strength in the occupied areas.
Therefore, in the entire German-occupied area, the most powerful force is the 63rd Army and their Guerrilla Republic. The next level is naturally the guerrilla brigades scattered in the forests and swamps, and the next level is the guerrilla regiments.
, guerrilla brigade, and finally guerrilla detachment.
With the establishment of the Guerrilla Movement Command, Ponomarenko was ambitious. It can be said that the existence of the guerrilla republic gave him so much confidence that he even wanted to recreate it.
Therefore, Yang Mingzhi kept looking down, and an extremely complicated situation was clearly written on the paper.
"What the hell! Our Comrade Ponomarenko, he...the operation he personally directed failed!"
Yang Mingzhi wiped his sweat, looked regretfully at the people with expectant eyes, shook his head and said: "Now we completely understand the situation of the 17th Guerrilla Brigade! They want to learn from us and create a stable guerrilla area in the enemy-occupied area.
! Unfortunately, they failed! Now they are being chased by the enemy and have been forced to move!"
"So? Our mission saved them?!" Yevlov continued to ask.
"Yes! Not only do we save them! We also give them the rear! Now I'm wondering if our army of five thousand soldiers is too small! Because of the enemy's strength!"
"How many troops are there?"
"At least one division!"
"A division?!" Yevlov was shocked, as were everyone else.
The officers had a high degree of confidence in their own troops, but they were not conceited. If the Soviet army faced an enemy with a division of 10,000 people, even if these guys were German troops with low combat effectiveness like the security forces, their huge strength should not be underestimated!
After all, bullets fired by a mob can kill people.
Seeing that everyone was paying close attention to it, Yang Mingzhi simply stood up and read the telegram in front of everyone...
It turns out that the overly idealistic command of the guerrilla movement headquarters ultimately led to the current losses and difficulties encountered by the 17th Guerrilla Brigade.
A broken army withdrew to the Pripet Swamp. They withstood many encirclement and suppression campaigns by the German army. Not only did they win, they also opened up a large liberated area and even established their own country. Stalin and a group of his close comrades-in-arms,
Approved the legality of the guerrilla republic and accepted it as a union republic.
These measures, without exception, stimulated Ponomarenko's nerves.
He was originally the First Secretary of Belarus before the war, and now serves as the First Secretary of the Guerrilla Republic. He is also responsible for the mission of expanding the guerrilla movement. The Guerrilla Republic only exists in the southern part of Gomel Oblast, even if Belekov
He is a genius in guerrilla warfare. As of now, the maximum results he and tens of thousands of soldiers can achieve are still limited. Their power is currently limited to southern Belarus, and there may not be much change for a while.
The guerrilla movement was in full swing. After entering 1942, the comprehensive strength of various guerrilla units in enemy-occupied areas was being strengthened after experiencing a trough.
Ponomarenko's men were able to contact up to twenty-five guerrilla brigades, which varied in strength, ranging from nearly 10,000 to 3,000.
There are ten guerrilla brigades operating in the dense forests from Leningrad to Bryansk, while there are only two guerrilla brigades in Ukraine.
The 17th Partisan Brigade that exists in Ukraine has been operating in the northern part of Chernihiv Oblast. The other one, the 19th Partisan Brigade, is operating near Shostka in Sumy Oblast.
As of May 1942, the guerrilla movement in Ukraine was still not developing well. There were vast plains and only a large amount of forest existed in the northeastern corner.
Forests and swamps can provide natural barriers for guerrillas. It is even more difficult to develop guerrilla movements in plain areas. There are a large number of small-scale resistance organizations in these areas. Their strength is very limited, and the results they can achieve are even more limited.
To make matters worse, the current Ukraine can be said to be the biggest strategic focus of the German army, especially the Kharkiv and Poltava regions. The German army has assembled heavy troops, and the activities of local resistance organizations suddenly disappeared - because the German army used the method of killing one by mistake.
This anti-guerrilla method is cruel but has miraculous effects.
The reason that truly and completely suppressed the local guerrillas was the large number of German regular troops gathered here!