Who knows what happened to Balzen when he went to the front again?! Who knows how many German troops reinforced Slavdzic?!
This battle was certainly hasty, so the reconnaissance intelligence was a mess! This is by no means a reason for hesitation and delay. That Slavdich must be captured according to the orders of the superiors!
Yang Mingzhi rushed over to the generals in a hurry and began to explain the current embarrassing situation.
"Listen! Comrades! Our reconnaissance battalion has discovered a new situation. The German army has begun to reinforce Slavdzic. We may have to fight a war that is no longer planned!"
"So, this is an encounter?" Laflenji said, patting his chest with contempt for the Germans and infinite confidence in himself: "We were worried that we couldn't find the Germans, and they actually came to our door in person!"
Yevgeny echoed: "He is right. It is not honorable to fight against the puppet troops. It is more meaningful to eliminate the German soldiers."
Yang Mingzhi frowned slightly: "It's good that you are confident, but we still can't take it lightly. After all, they have tanks. Now, everyone, pay attention!"
Several important officers present immediately concentrated their attention, waiting for the commander to issue an emergency order.
Yang Mingzhi had two orders:
First, all the Catfish rocket launchers were immediately transported to a suitable area, where the launchers of the Feiyu rocket launchers were set up. The troops used the rocket launchers to conduct tactical fire strikes on Slavdzic.
Second, the paratrooper brigade accelerated its movement towards Slavdich and joined the reconnaissance battalion. After the rocket launcher completed its artillery preparations, the troops launched a full-scale attack.
These are the two core contents of the order, and there are many details. In particular, he divided the 284th Division's second regiment into two. Lavrenti led a battalion, carried all the catfish rocket launchers, separated from the army, and went to one place.
A suitable launch point was used to launch the operation. Yevgeny took the remaining men, carrying the main baggage of the infantry regiment, and all the larger Exocet rocket launchers, and moved closely behind the paratrooper brigade.
In fact, after Balzen reported that Slavdzic's enemies had made city defense preparations and a hasty attack would only increase casualties, Yang Mingzhi came up with the plan to use long-range firepower to prepare artillery fire.
Before the Soviet attack, it was common practice for Soviet soldiers to use heavy artillery to bombard enemy positions. There were no large-caliber howitzers. One rocket can hold up to two 155mm howitzers. There were thirty rounds here.
The troops were marching in the forest, and the march route was marked on the regional map by Yang Mingzhi. This was the first time his troops had set foot in this area. A large area had not yet been explored, so the regional map on hand became the only reference.
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The maps drawn by the Soviets were quite detailed. They drew a large number of small tributaries that flowed into the Dnieper River on the map.
These shallow tributaries, which can be called small streams, flow through the forest. By determining the appearance of the channels of these streams and the order of marking, Yang Mingzhi can roughly know the true current position of the troops.
The forest where the troops marched was very dense, and there were some airspaces lacking vegetation coverage - places where streams passed through.
The troops have been split up. After arranging the tasks, the large troops with the paratrooper brigade as the main body, carrying a large amount of baggage, continued to rush towards the target city. Yang Mingzhi led Lavrenti and 600 soldiers towards the two marked on the map.
Run to the place where the streams meet.
At this moment, Yang Mingzhi simply turned into a mathematician. He asked Lavrenti to wait a moment, and he quickly planned a route on the map and made precise measurements using tools such as a ruler, a protractor, and a ruler.
Lavrenti was amazed when he saw it: "Commander, if you draw these lines, can you really guarantee that we will hit the rocket launcher? We can't see the target at all!"
"Of course! If you have the opportunity to read an advanced mathematics textbook, or go to the artillery battalion commander Doronin for some advice, you can do that too."
Yang Mingzhi stopped talking nonsense. The trajectory of a high-parabolic rocket launcher four kilometers away from the target was determined. He put away the map and immediately ordered to move towards the new target!
Most of the forests in Eastern Europe grow on the plains, and the cold temperate climate also makes the vegetation on the ground basically just weeds. The troops encountered no resistance. It only took them twenty minutes to reach the intersection of the streams.
Everything is in line with Yang Mingzhi's judgment. This is a small riverside wetland plain with slightly muddy land surrounded by forests.
Yang Mingzhi ordered the panting soldiers non-stop: "Comrades, this is not the time to rest, everyone starts building the launchers immediately! All rocket launchers are also unloaded for final inspection!"
Let’s talk about this launcher. It takes five minutes for soldiers to install it. The most critical part of it is not the long and narrow launch rails that are spliced together, but its trigger system.
After all, due to the extreme lack of actual materials, this rocket launcher still uses the traditional ignition method of the firing pin striking the flash cap. Therefore, the flash cap of the rocket launcher is placed at its end. Furthermore, the two rocket launchers "Flying Fish" and "Catfish", especially
The rear ends are very similar, so the ignition system is completely universal!
Yang Mingzhi was watching a group of soldiers build two launchers. He gave an additional order: "You should fix the launch angle at 63 degrees and the direction of south-east at 33 degrees. Complete the debugging and load a catfish immediately!"
At least compared to the slow positioning of large-caliber howitzers, the launcher layout of this rocket launcher is really fast.
In just over ten minutes, a rocket launcher was loaded on the launcher.
In the battle at the end of April, the soldiers of the parachute brigade used this kind of rocket launcher and gained rich experience. They taught their experience to other troops. Lavrenti and his men not only saw this experience, but also learned it.
It has been actually tested at the training ground, so it is definitely the first time these soldiers have used it.
After the two launchers were driven, Yang Mingzhi personally took the compass and fine-tuned the launchers, so that he was sure to aim at Slavdzic.
But he is still a little worried that there are three reasons that interfere with the accuracy of rocket launchers: aerodynamic performance, fuel volume and mapping accuracy. This mass-produced rocket launcher cannot guarantee that each one is properly charged, and the weight of each round is also somewhat different.
This tiny difference will be lost in a long flight.
The most critical issue is the map. If the pre-war Soviet geological surveyors had poor drawing accuracy, their ballistic calculations would be wrong, and no one would know where the rockets would go when fired.
In any case, there was no way out, and Yang Mingzhi had no choice but to go forward. But the soldiers didn't understand their commander's concerns. They all stared at the iron bumps on the launcher, talking and laughing that this thing could blow up the Germans.
Into green smoke.
Yang Mingzhi called the eager Lavrenti to his side, pinched his waist and said: "Now you have seen that we are about to launch a firepower attack on Slavdzic."
"Yes, sir! This is also the first time we have supported frontline troops with such artillery fire!"
"That's right! The target is just a small city. A few shots will blow up half of the city! I don't have time to engage in street fighting with the enemy. Let's let them try our latest technological achievements this time! As long as most of the city is destroyed,
The dilemma of the reconnaissance camp will disappear, and we will be able to complete the scheduled mission before the sun sets!"
After saying that, Yang Mingzhi immediately ordered: "Rav Lianji, your people are ready for ten rocket launchers. This is the number we dispatched in the first round of strikes. Prepare the remaining twenty rocket launchers for me too!"