While Yang Mingzhi was supervising the cleaning of the battlefield, the telegraph operators from the frontline headquarters, headed by Diana, had already begun to send the urgently needed victory reports to the group army headquarters in Blacksmith Village.
The beeping sound of Morse code has not stopped since the end of the battle. Therefore, Yevlov, who was guarding dozens of kilometers away, basically knew the result of the defeat of the Romanian Army's 6th Division early on.
Yevlov himself is not that surprised by the development of the war situation. It seems that such a result against the 63rd Army is normal behavior.
However, for Salinchkin, this was the biggest victory he had witnessed since he landed and joined this army.
The actual units of the entire army participating in the war are two regiments and one brigade, plus divisional reconnaissance battalions. According to current standards, those participating in the war are equivalent to a unit of the size of an integrated division.
Judging from the preliminary results statistics, this Romanian division and two main regiments were completely wiped out, and the remaining enemies abandoned a large amount of military supplies and fled!
Salinchkin stayed in his office all the time. After learning about these precise telegrams, the communications department of the Partisan Republic quickly translated them. His assistants frequently entered his office with these telegram documents containing victory reports.
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Almost every ten minutes, the latest telegram came, starting from the initial declaration that the battle was a complete victory, to subsequent telegrams providing statistics on the results and captures.
"A large number of steel helmets, a large number of firearms and ammunition, more than a thousand horses, and carriages loaded with cans, bread, and potatoes?!"
"The preliminary statistics of the helmets seized alone exceed 5,000, and the total number of enemies annihilated is basically the same?!"
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These successive good news hit Salinchkin's heart again and again. He was in a happy mood and praised in public: "That Belekov, you are really a military expert!"
Salinchkin was very interested. He could not intervene in the military command of the 63rd Army. He could only make some suggestions and do some logistics work on the side.
Looking back at the war in the past few days, the entire guerrilla republic was mobilized. In addition to the eight thousand people who fought across the river, the entire guerrilla republic was mobilized to serve as logistics, medical staff to treat injuries, and to escort prisoners of war and supplies to assist the guerrilla brigade in retreating.
And as a strategic reserve force, the total number of people actually participating in this battle was as high as 30,000!
Compared with the enemy's strength according to the survey, the total number of Soviet troops mobilized was three times that of the enemy. In this way, there was a realistic basis for achieving a great victory.
Only one thing shocked him, that is, the telegram he received claimed that the losses of the troops in this battle were very small.
Based on his knowledge, this kind of head-to-head confrontation between two infantry divisions, not to mention killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, wiped out so many Roman troops, was the Soviet army's losses really very minimal?
Sarinchkin had doubts, so he went directly to the army headquarters! First to congratulate him, and secondly to ask Yevlov, the deputy commander, if Berekov had any other secret reports!
"What a great victory! We basically destroyed a Romanian infantry division!"
Sarinchkin's congratulations at the start also made Yevlov excited: "Of course! This is indeed a victory, and we won it! In this way, we can send our weapons to the friendly forces attacking Kharkov.
Congratulatory message!"
On this day, May 22, the battle situation on the Kharkov front was still favorable to the Soviet army!
Two elite tank armies have broken through the German defenses in the wilderness south of the city. The 21st and 28th Group Armies also began an attack on the northeastern part of the city of Kharkov.
It seems that the comprehensive strength of the powerful German army has been declining rapidly in the year after the war. Timoshenko is also quite satisfied with the current results! "Continuing to develop like this, the German army continues to retreat, Hal
Cove is ours!"
This was his long-cherished wish, Stalin's long-cherished wish, and even more so the grassroots fighters.
With the war situation looking good, most officers and soldiers believed that the German defense line would shrink to the west, and the Soviet army once again formed a Kharkov salient in the war situation.
However, now that the war has started, Timoshenko has to consider the fact that the front lines of the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army are a bit too long! If the enemy reinforcements, if there are reinforcements, they will advance from the south, and our own defenders will
The army must successfully block it. The two tank corps, which are advancing all the way, collide with the armored troops of the German Sixth Group in the front. This will definitely be a bloody battle that determines the victory of the battle.
The TASS news agency has been conveying the news to the world in the past few days that the Soviet army has launched a comprehensive counterattack on the front line in Kharkov, and the German army has been retreating steadily.
This good news of victory is really needed in all anti-fascist battlefields around the world, and is also needed by the people in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union and the struggling guerrillas.
Sarinchkin and Yevlov completely believed in the TASS propaganda, and now they had the opportunity to report the great victory to the front army headquarters, the guerrilla movement headquarters, and leader Stalin.
The two gathered at the group army headquarters and exchanged information with each other. They were nothing more than "the invincible Soviet Red Army will definitely defeat the enemy", "the defeat of the German army is imminent", and what other "servants of the Axis Powers"
The military’s combat effectiveness is really terrible.”
The words of the two men all revealed their contempt for the enemy and their optimism about the war situation.
Just as the two of them were crossing their legs and talking animatedly about the situation and matters after the battle, new telegrams were still being delivered by the telegraph operator.
A new translated telegram was delivered to Yevlov.
"Okay! Go down, Sorkina!"
The back view of this young girl was very pleasing. After giving her instructions, Yevlov did not forget to take a few glances at her, and the same was true for Salinchkin.
But Salinchkin was more interested in the contents of the telegram.
Yevlov smiled and picked up the document: "Don't worry! Comrade, let's see what Berekov has seized."
When he actually saw these contents, his soothing expression instantly turned serious, and finally he simply frowned.
"Hey! What's going on? What did Berekov say?" Salinchkin urged.
"It's casualties! Terrible casualties! The soldiers of the third regiment of the 284th Division who participated in the battle actually bravely launched a bayonet charge against the Romanian army! The battle was won, but our army suffered huge casualties!"
"What? Is there such a thing?" When he heard the phrase "huge casualties", Salinch's head got big!
He is quite familiar with the current composition of the 284th Division, especially the third regiment, which is unique in that it is filled with many female soldiers.
When female soldiers are used as combat infantry, there is a period of doubt as to whether they are qualified to serve as Salinchkin.
This unit actually charged the enemy with bayonets?!
It wasn't until he picked up the telegram and looked at all the data clearly that his originally cheerful face turned serious.
"It's unbelievable! There are times when our female soldiers are so brave, they actually charge towards the enemy!"
"It seems like it's true!" Yevlov shook his head: "What a pity! I admire the troops who dare to charge bravely to the enemy. Even when I was a soldier, I was willing to charge into battle for the country! But, they are women
A soldier, a soldier is also a woman! Hundreds of young girls died! This... is too...",
For a moment, Yevlov didn't know what to say. He paused for a while and finally said frankly: "Hey! In the final analysis, we still won. Including the previous casualty statistics, from May 17 to today, the total casualties are
It’s reached 1,500 people! I really don’t know if the total of 1,000 casualties in this telegram is true. If they are true, then the charge of the third regiment is undoubtedly the action with the most serious casualties!"
This telegram clearly records that the third regiment suffered permanent losses of more than 750 people!
"Some of the wounded can return to the team after recovery and continue to fight against the invaders." Salinchkin said, "Classified as permanent losses, the Third Regiment may eventually lose more than 800 people! This is one-third of the regiment.
The losses, compared to other units, the casualties of this unit are so heavy! What is his regimental commander doing? Do they really have to launch a bayonet charge against the enemy? It is crazy to let a group of women fight with bayonets! Adjutant
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"arrive!"
"Who is the leader of the third regiment of the 284th Division?"
"It's Anatoly Anatolysky."
Hearing this name, Salinchkin immediately had an impression. He continued: "I remember that this comrade was in charge of Misi Ferry. The third regiment seems to have never been a front-line unit."
Yevlov nodded: "Yes, there are two female battalions in this army that participated in the Second Battle of Homnich! However, in that battle, these two battalions experienced bloody battles and completed the job outstandingly.
After completing the mission, the casualties were also relatively bad. Half of these girls were lost! We all don’t want these young girls to suffer serious sacrifices, but the reality is that they must also fight like male soldiers. I really admire them! However,
If you think about it carefully, maybe they would have reconsidered at that time, and maybe the battle situation was not yet at the level where a bayonet charge or even a bayonet battle was necessary."
"Your words are very pertinent! Maybe we should ask Comrade Berekov to talk about it, and Comrade Anatoly to report his work in person." After saying that, Salinchkin snapped his fingers: "Adjutant, give it to me.
Make a note of it and inform Comrade Yelentina soon! When the troops come back, let her interrogate the commander of the third regiment of the 284th Division!"